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All Eyes Are on Yaphank As Votes Are Counted

As of Saturday, according to Mr. Cohen, the board had received 799 ballots

Nov 17, 2011
Budget Goes Up, Taxes Go Down

A $65.6 million East Hampton Town budget for 2012, up from almost $64 million last year, was the subject of a hearing before the town board last Thursday night.

Nov 17, 2011
LTV Records Audited

A close look at the financial operations at LTV, East Hampton Town’s public-access cable television provider, showed shortcomings in record keeping

Nov 17, 2011
Septic Waste to Go Private

Plans for the immediate future of East Hampton Town’s septic waste treatment plant were outlined at a public board meeting on Tuesday.

Nov 17, 2011
Town’s Office Condos on the Market

The East Hampton Town Board agreed Tuesday to put the word out publicly that seven town-owned office condominium units at the Pantigo Place complex in East Hampton are for sale.

Nov 17, 2011
Government Briefs 11.10.11

East Hampton Town

Drawing for Duck Blinds

    The East Hampton Town Trustees will hold a drawing at noon on Friday, Nov. 18, for those hunters who would like to use new public duck-hunting blinds at Fresh Pond, Amagansett, and Scoy’s Pond in Northwest. A daily fee of $25 will be charged. The blinds will be available four days a week from Nov. 24 to Nov. 27 and from Dec. 6 to Jan. 29.

Nov 10, 2011
Two seven-foot-tall gateposts before a cul-de-sac on Beverly Road in Springs are at the center of a new zoning controversy. Heavenly Gates Are Not Quite So Heavenly

After several years of postponements, the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals heard an application on Nov. 1 to revoke a certificate of occupancy for a non-operating gate flanked by two stone columns, located on a cul-de-sac at 17 Beverly Road in Springs.

Nov 10, 2011
Marilyn Behan and Bill Mott, town board candidates running on the Independence Party Line, discussed their pending fate Wednesday night at Astro’s Pizza in Amagansett. Independence Team Feels the Chill of Defeat

At Astro’s Pizza around 8:15 on Election night, Marilyn Behan, an East Hampton Independence Party candidate for town board, was “holding down the fort,” flanked by her family.

Nov 10, 2011
Airport Noise: Let’s Try Another Tack

Concerned citizens and members of the Quiet Skies Coalition gathered at LTV Studios on Oct. 26 to hear from a panel led by Sheila Jones, an attorney specializing in environmental litigation.

Nov 3, 2011
Enforcers to Try Fliers

At the close of Tuesday’s East Hampton Town Board work session, Patrick Gunn, an assistant town attorney who is in charge of East Hampton Town code enforcement, spoke even though he was not on the agenda.

Nov 3, 2011
Highway Complaints Agreement

Three East Hampton Town Highway Department workers have reportedly agreed to withdraw complaints they filed with the New York Division of Human Rights against the department’s superintendent

Nov 3, 2011
Of E-Mails and Ethics in Town Politics

East Hampton Town Democrats have called upon the Town Ethics Committee to investigate Len Bernard, the town’s budget officer, charging that he has engaged in political campaigning from his Town Hall office, using his phone, computer, and taxpayers’ time to conduct political business.

Nov 3, 2011
Septic Waste Odor an Issue

he immediate issue before the East Hampton Town Board at its work session on Tuesday was a suggested $4,000 “quick fix” for the smell emanating from the East Hampton Town scavenger waste treatment plant

Nov 3, 2011
Bill Mott’s top issue, he said, is the protection of the beaches and public access to East Hampton’s rare environmental beauties. CAMPAIGN DIARY: Mott Ready for the Next Step

    This election year, Bill Mott is trying to ascend the political ladder he’s been poised on for a long time.

    A 28-year volunteer fireman with the Bridgehampton Fire Department, Mr. Mott has served for 12 years as an East Hampton Town trustee and made a go at the Republican nomination for town board once before.

    He was drawn into local government 14 years ago by the late Jim McCaffrey, a town trustee who became his “political stepping stone.”

Oct 27, 2011
Government Briefs 10.27.11

East Hampton Town

C.S.E.A. Approves Contract

    Members of East Hampton Town’s Civil Service Employees Association union voted last Thursday to ratify a four-year contract with the town, retroactive to the start of 2011.

Oct 27, 2011
Political Briefs 10.27.11

Team Wilkinson

    The last fund-raising event for “Team Wilkinson” — the incumbent Republican supervisor, Bill Wilkinson, and his town board running mates, Steven Gaines and Richard Haeg — is being held tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Palm restaurant in East Hampton. Tickets are $75.

Happy Democrats

    Tomorrow, Zach Cohen, Democratic town supervisor hopeful, and Democratic town board candidates, Sylvia Overby and Peter Van Scoyoc, will host a free happy hour at the Shagwong restaurant in Montauk beginning at 5 p.m.

Clams and Candidates

Oct 27, 2011
Who Would They Emulate?

    Political candidates all across the board appeared on Monday at Ashawagh Hall under the auspices of the Springs Citizens Advisory Committee. They discussed their backgrounds and platforms, but dealt with a series of Springs-centric questions as well.

Oct 27, 2011
Candidates Respond to Environmental Coalition Q & A

The East Hampton Environmental Coalition, comprised of 11 nonprofit groups, has released responses from East Hampton Town Board and supervisor candidates.

Oct 21, 2011
Debate Dates in Final Weeks

    For East Hampton voters who want to educate themselves about their choices next month, three big candidate forums are scheduled in the coming week and another that already happened can be seen on LTV or online.

    The Concerned Citizens of Montauk will host its annual meet-the-candidates event on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Montauk Firehouse.

Oct 20, 2011
More on Campaign Money

    Campaign disclosure reports for mid-July through early October from the East Hampton Independence Party and the East Hampton Conservators, both of which were not posted to the New York State Board of Elections Web site last week, showed modest fund-raising for both groups during the period.

    The East Hampton Conservators, a political action committee that raised nearly $60,000 in the first half of 2011, reported only $300 in contributions since then.

Oct 20, 2011
Napeague Fight Confirmed; Summary Judgment Denied

        The political controversy about public access to oceanfront beaches on Napeague seems to have lost some of its heat in the last week.

Oct 20, 2011
New Election Endorsements

    The East Hampton Conservators, a political action committee that supports pro-environment candidates and issues, has announced its endorsement of the Democratic candidates for town supervisor and town board, support that will give the Democrats an extra boost of money, as well.

Oct 20, 2011
Sylvia Overby, a Democratic town board candidate She Said It Was ‘Love at First Sight’

    Despite an exhausting campaigning schedule and the recent “nerve-racking” public debates, Sylvia Overby, a Democratic candidate for East Hampton Town Board, remains buoyant, meeting every election challenge with a smile and the determination to fight for East Hampton’s quality of life.

    While Ms. Overby’s community involvement dates back to 1994, she admits she was surprised by the intensity of the campaign process.

Oct 20, 2011
Surf Lodge Submits Plan for More Food Service

    The owners of the Surf Lodge in Montauk, who have accrued more than 640 alleged town code violations over the past four months, submitted site plans to the East Hampton Town Planning Board on Sept. 21. The board will discuss them at its meeting on Wednesday.

Oct 20, 2011
To Study the Future of Napeague Inlets

    Should the inlet to Amagansett’s Napeague Harbor be to the west of Hicks Island, a small island at its mouth, as it is now? Should it be to the east, where one existed previously? Or should there be inlets on both sides of the island?

    Land Use Ecological Services, a Riverhead firm, has signed a $20,000 contract with the Peconic Estuary Program to find answers to these persistent questions as they relate to the best way to improve the eelgrass, shellfish, and other life in the harbor.

Oct 20, 2011
Tout Town as Film Location

    East Hampton Town’s come-hither Web site, with information for media production companies that town officials hope will come here for movie, commercial, or still-photography shoots, is online at filmthehamptons.org.

    The site was developed by members of the town’s media advisory committee, which was convened by the town board in order to develop media business here. Councilwoman Theresa Quigley has been working closely with the group.

Oct 20, 2011
Steven Gaines is making his first foray into politics with a run for East Hampton Town Board. Author Opens New Chapter

    Although Steven Gaines, an author who is navigating his first campaign for political office, has spent a large portion of his adult life in the public eye and describes himself as “outgoing and warm,” he said this week that the public scrutiny in the political realm is decidedly different than what he has experienced as an author. In that gap lies the daunting demand of being a candidate.

Oct 13, 2011
Proposed changes to town procedures for review of farm structures, such as this hoop house, will be reviewed by New York State for compliance with its Agriculture and Markets Law. Debate Over Farm Law Continues

    A proposed amendment to East Hampton Town’s zoning code, designed to simplify the procedure for farmers looking to add greenhouses, farm stands, or other buildings to their land is the right idea, most speakers at a town board hearing last week on the legislation agreed, but the devil is in the details.

Oct 13, 2011
Government Briefs 10.13.11

East Hampton Town

A.R.B. on LTV

    Meetings of the East Hampton Town Architectural Review Board have been added to the lineup of programs on LTV,  channel 22. The meetings, at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, will be covered live and will be re-aired on Fridays at 4 p.m. and Saturdays at midnight and 10 p.m. They can also be seen online at the LTV Web site, at ltveh.org.

Oct 13, 2011
Public Bags a Duck Blind

    As ducks begin to fly south from their northern summertime habitats, the East Hampton Town Trustees are planning to set aside at least one and perhaps two blinds for hunters from the general public to shoot from. 

Oct 13, 2011