Editorials

Remarkably, the arguments in favor of keeping East Hampton Airport in operation were generally without substance.

Building is out of control in the Town of East Hampton and is changing cherished neighborhoods in the blink of an eye.

In 2015, when East Hampton Village officials took on a growing trend of extra-large residential basements, their concern was that the extra living space brought with it a range of complications.

The public is not invited. That is the message of a recent East Hampton Village Board decision to go from holding meetings twice each month to just once.

Any and all concerned with East Hampton Airport will have an opportunity tonight at 7 to say just how they feel.

So-called spot zoning is illegal in New York State, which made a recent East Hampton Town Planning Board decision to recommend just that a head-scratcher.

Ranking states in terms of corruption is difficult, but if it were possible New York certainly could claim a top position.

The death of Devesh Samtani, an 18-year-old summer visitor who had been struck by a car while walking on the side of the road in Amagansett at night last month, was an avoidable tragedy.

This is one of those years when nature has looked with favor on the East End, providing us with a beach plum harvest for the ages.

The United States was never going to win in Afghanistan.

One warning sign is that the present town board is not to be trusted when it comes to recreational or environmentally significant areas.

In what could be the first of sweeping relaxation of zoning laws, the East Hampton Village Board last week made it easier for the owners of large properties to get more of what they apparently wanted.