Editorials

In an editorial last week, the election date that will establish staggered terms for East Hampton Town trustees was misstated.

Seeking re-election, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc has proposed landing and takeoff curfews, something that was tried before and failed to cut down on noise.

Now comes word that Facebook’s leadership knew the harm that it and its apps did and that, far from being something they tried to stop, it was the company’s business model.

With voting to begin in three weeks in an important election cycle, a promising change to the way the East Hampton Town Trustees will be chosen is ahead.

Some leeway in the community preservation fund law may have to be found for Fisher’s dream house to be used as an event space, as in for weddings.

A measure passed in the New York State Legislature could radically change how affordable housing projects on the East End are funded.

On Oct. 15, the village board will take comments on a proposal that would mandate property-maintenance standards.

Early voting is only a month away in an important East Hampton Town Board election, but the real issues remain difficult to sort out.

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

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.

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

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.