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No Contest in Four East Hampton Town Races

Thu, 10/21/2021 - 09:18

In addition to the candidates for East Hampton Town supervisor, the town board, and the town trustees, there are four incumbents seeking re-election on the Nov. 2 ballot this year. All are running unopposed.

Carole Brennan is the town clerk. She has the endorsement of the Democratic, Republican, and Conservative Parties.

Stephen K. Lynch, the superintendent of highways, is also running unopposed. He will appear on the Democratic and Independence Party lines.

Steven Tekulsky, town justice, is endorsed by the Democratic, Republican, Conservative, and Working Families Parties.

Eugene DePasquale, a town assessor, is also running unopposed. He is endorsed by the Democratic, Republican, and Conservative Parties.

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The State of the Bays Is Mostly Bad

Sensational mentions of a flesh-eating bacterium aside, the State of the Bays symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus offered dire news regarding degraded waterways and climate change. 

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Call ‘Flesh Eating’ Alarmist

The Vibrio vulnificus “flesh eating” bacterium “is not unusual in warm saltwater or brackish environments and does not necessarily indicate pollution or a widespread public health emergency,” the Southampton Town Trustees said in an advisory issued following a social media post that went viral.

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Item of the Week: All Aboard the Fishermen’s Special

The L.I.R.R.’s Fishermen’s Special to Montauk and Hampton Bays was once a convenient and popular rail service for urban anglers. The photo here is from 1946.

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