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Southampton Turns a Corner

In her quarterly state of the town address at Southampton Town Hall on Friday, Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst painted a picture of a town on the comeback, with organized labor, local businesses, and the town board working in harmony.

Apr 7, 2011
Lion Head, Take Two

Neighbors of a proposed three-lot development in Springs continued to rail against improvement of the properties at an East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on March 22, even though the board had already approved a house on each lot three years ago.

Apr 7, 2011
Concert Details Emerge

In response to an outpouring of community opposition, followed by a lawsuit seeking cancellation of a town permit, the organizers of the MTK: Music to Know festival, slated for Aug. 13 and 14, are seeking Federal Aviation Administration and East Hampton Town permission to move the event to an unused runway at East Hampton Airport. Should that effort fail, they plan to go ahead with the concert at its original proposed site, on farmland in Amagansett.

Apr 7, 2011
Delay for Beach Suit

Lawyers representing a group of landowners on Napeague who are seeking to assert control of a long stretch of sand in front of their properties and the East Hampton Town Trustees, who claim ownership of the stretch, will have to wait two more weeks for a judge to intervene in their argument.

Apr 7, 2011
Get used to those potholes. The State Department of Transportation says spot repairs on Route 27 are the best we can hope for for now. Two More Years of the Pothole Slalom

A resurfacing project originally planned for this year to address potholes and other problems that have plagued the stretch of Route 27 between Southampton and East Hampton will not go out for bids until the summer of 2012.

Mar 14, 2011
Push for Elected LIPA Board

In the wake of $231 million in rate overcharging by the Long Island Power Authority over the past few years, and what he views as a weak effort to address the problem, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. signed on as a co-sponsor this week of legislation to replace LIPA’s appointed board with an elected one.

Mar 4, 2011
Looking at Limiting Cars

In an effort to provide town ordinance enforcement officers with a way to identify and eliminate illegally overcrowded housing, the East Hampton Town Board has been talking about placing limits on the number of cars that can be parked overnight on residential properties.

Mar 4, 2011
Rock Festival May Move to Airport

A proposal to move a two-day August music festival from a field in Amagansett to an area at the East Hampton Airport

Feb 17, 2011
Town Board Moves to Ease Building Restrictions

Erosion has spawned a multi-million-dollar lawsuit by residents of Montauk’s Soundview community.

Feb 12, 2011
At Poxy, Is Third Time the Charm?

After a second request for proposals for a restaurant concession at the Poxabogue Golf Course drew no bidders, Southampton Town Councilman Chris Nuzzi introduced a new request for proposals at last week’s town board meeting.

Jan 21, 2011
This party was not at the exact location proposed for the Amagansett concert, but depravity reigned, nonetheless. August Festival Decried

A permit for a three-day music festival in Amagansett in August, issued last month by the East Hampton Town Board, remains in place despite calls for the board to rescind it.

Jan 14, 2011
Montauker to Take Town Planning Post

The East Hampton Town Board filled a vacancy on the planning board this week, appointing Nancy Keeshan of Montauk, a real estate broker.

Dec 19, 2010
C.P.F. Income Is Up

Sales through October yielded slightly more than $15 million for the preservation fund this year, an 89-percent increase from the 2009 revenue during the same time, which were $7.9 million.

Dec 2, 2010
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