. £5 .
Fine imposed in 1650 by colonial East Hampton’s village worthies — at the first-ever “Court of Elections” government assembly — on any resident found to be selling powder, lead, shot, or swords to Native Americans. Sell them guns or pistols and the fine would be £10. (By 1653, the meeting decreed that no Native person was to come into the village at all, except on a “special occasion,” because “the Dutch hath hired Indians against the English and we not knowing Indians by face.”)
. 2013 .
The last year that a G.O.P. candidate was elected to the East Hampton Town Board. The official Last Republican was Fred Overton, a former town clerk and assessor. Since then, East Hampton voters have painted the town board blue over and over again. Although the town was staunchly Republican for most of the 20th century, demographically, registered Democrats today outnumber Republicans twofold.
. 1 .
The number of people of color elected to the East Hampton Town Board, ever, as of 1991 — when Robert David Cooper became the first Black resident to be elected to that position. He’d also broken the color barrier in 1969, when he was hired as the town’s first Black police officer. Cooper is also a descendant of the Indigenous Montaukett tribe, and was elected its chief in 1998.
. 3 .
Number of times Judith Hope was elected East Hampton Town supervisor. The first victory came in 1973, the year of Roe v. Wade and the U.S. pull-out from Vietnam. The future friend of the Clintons, as chair of the state Democratic Committee, is credited with coming up with the idea that Hillary should run for Senate from New York.
. 139 .
Number of agitated East Enders who signed a petition protesting “group house” rentals in the overheated summer of 1969. Neighbors complained about loud rock music at all hours and cars parked all over the lanes. By 1976, landlords were required to register any group rental, but hardly any complied. Plus ça change . . .
. 31 .
Number of stalwart voters who turned up to participate in the 2017 budget referendum at the teeny-tiny Wainscott Common School. The most participants on record in a Wainscott school vote was 156 in 2023, when a controversial spending plan was on the ballot. The Wainscott ZIP code has the fifth-highest property values on Long Island (behind Sagaponack, Water Mill, Brigehampton, and Amagansett).
. 29 .
Years that Fred Thiele represented the five East End towns in the State Assembly — the current record for consecutive time. Among his notable achievements over those years was the creation of the Community Preservation Fund, a 2 percent real-estate transfer tax that has so far generated more than $2 billion to protect precious open space, farmland, and historic sites.
. $250,000 .
Cost of the highest tier of ticket to attend a 2019 fund-raiser for President Trump at the Sandcastle, the 17,000-square-foot mansion of Joe Farrell, Bridgehampton construction magnate; at that level, attendees were granted permission to take two photographs with the president. General admission started at $2,800.