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The idea of allowing cars from outside the area to park along streets in their neighborhood continues to rankle residents of the area, a small square of streets bordered by Montauk Highway and the Atlantic Ocean on Napeague.

After a Wednesday raid, East Hampton Town officials alleged that the Hampton Country Day Camp stuffed 25 counselors into a legally four-bedroom house amid squalid conditions.

Village representatives defend their work to maintain state of the beaches.

Two issues related to the reinforced dune to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers along the downtown Montauk beach appeared to have been resolved this week after discussions

East Hampton Town has appealed a federal court injunction barring implementation of a law that would have restricted the noisiest aircraft using East Hampton Airport to one round trip per week.

David King, the Springs fire chief, keeps a tight watch on the department’s Facebook page, especially after an unexpected post implied poor conduct.

A reader once uploaded a photo of a fireman on the scene without turnout gear, the necessary suit and equipment to combat fires. Chief King surmised the picture could have been taken hours after the fire was extinguished, but out of context it evoked sloppy protocol and unprepared firemen.

Republican candidates for office gathered at East Hampton Point restaurant last Thursday, promising if elected to deliver the effective leadership they said is now in short supply.

Word has been received that the so-called 2-percent cap on how much the town may increase property taxes will be less than 1 percent next year unless a majority of the town board votes to pierce it.

Responding to concerns about burning embers left under the sand and the debris left behind after nighttime beach fires, the town board has proposed a new requirement that all beach fires be built in metal containers.

Complaints about garbage cans and trash on the beaches brought East Hampton Village officials to a meeting of the town trustees on Tuesday, with the village beach manager defending Main Beach, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s finest, and one of the trustees defending her unilateral action to tag cans on the beaches for removal.

An incident early this month in which two dogs that swam in Fort Pond in Montauk experienced subsequent gastrointestinal illness is raising questions about the water body’s ecological wellness and whether or not a monitoring program should be implemented.

East Hampton Town’s Public Safety Division reported last week that the Ordinance Enforcement Department had opened cases on 1,076 alleged code violations during the first half of 2015, up from 621 cases opened during the first six months of 2014.

According to Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell, who commented in a press release, the department’s half-year report depicts a “notable increase in enforcement activity in the Town of East Hampton, highlighting the town’s continued improvement in enforcing the town code, to the benefit of all East Hampton residents.”

The East Hampton Town Republican Party will launch its campaign for the Nov. 3 election at a party from 6:30 to 9 tonight at East Hampton Point restaurant.

Tom Knobel, the G.O.P. candidate for supervisor, Lisa Mulhern Larsen and Margaret Turner, candidates for the town board, Stephen Lynch, the incumbent highway superintendent, and candidates for town justice, assessor, and trustees are expected to attend.

Tickets, which are $100, can be purchased at the door or online at eventbrite.com or ehnygop.com.

After reports of overcrowding and other problems at Harbor Raw Bar and Lounge near the Montauk Docks, East Hampton Town got a judge on Wednesday to agree to put the clamps on the party.

“What benefit does a year-round resident get for the diminution of quality of life?” asked Jeanne Frankl. “What does the town get in tax revenue?”

Acute summer headaches have engendered talk of civil disobedience by members of a new Facebook group called Montauk Locals — people who, says its page, “do not want our town destroyed or abused by out-of-towners that have no respect for our town and the locals, workers, and beaches.”

A proposed change in how landing fees are calculated for aircraft using East Hampton Airport will result in a 15-percent increase in revenue to the airport this year.

This week's government briefs

The growth of solar power generation in New York State increased by more than 300 percent from 2011 to 2014.

Beach fires on East Hampton Town beaches might soon have to be built only in containers.

A hearing before the East Hampton Town Board last Thursday on a management plan for a town nature preserve on Napeague, which abuts Dolphin ­Drive on its western edge, rekindled a debate over parking on Dolphin Drive.

The Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the reopening of approximately 4,000 acres of shellfish habitat in the Towns of Southampton, Riverhead, and Southold.

Helicopters and other “noisy aircraft” that fly into and out of East Hampton Airport will be subject to a nightly curfew.

A federal judge has agreed to an injunction sought by aviation interests blocking East Hampton Town from imposing strict limits on helicopters and other loud aircraft using the municipal airport in Wainscott.

A group of 10 coastal planning experts appointed last week to a Town of East Hampton Coastal Resiliency Project Advisory Committee will guide the town in its development of a Coastal Assessment Resiliency Plan, called CARP, over the next two years.

A proposed law that would limit the ability of East Hampton motels to add a restaurant or bar drew support, critique, and criticism last Thursday night during a hearing before the East Hampton Town Board.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has endorsed Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst in her bid for Congress.

The East Hampton Town Trustees, who manage many of the town’s beaches, waterways, and bottomlands on behalf of the public, have asked the public to help fight aerial spraying of the mosquito larvicide methoprene on waters under their jurisdiction.

An archeological survey of close to three acres at the corner of East Hampton’s North Main and Cedar Streets could reveal the locations of wind-powered sawmills once on the site.

A month after the board faced a small army of attorneys and owners of large properties who were nearly unanimous in their fierce opposition, the board brushed aside a predicted legal challenge and adopted new restrictions on gross floor area and lot coverage on residential properties.