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Dubious Distinction for Suffolk; It Leads the State in Pesticide Use

The county leads New York State by a huge margin in pesticide and herbicide diversity and use, according to a report released by the State Department of Environmental Conservation last week. In 2021, a staggering 6.5 million pounds of pesticides were applied in Suffolk.

Apr 6, 2023
Turkey Vote Is Thursday; Protest Is Planned

The East Hampton Town Board is expected to pass a resolution Thursday regarding an additional turkey hunting season, which would span May 1 to May 25 this year. Ahead of the 2 p.m. meeting, a protest at Town Hall will be staged by the East Hampton Group for Wildlife.

Apr 5, 2023
Gardella Eyes Sag Harbor Mayor's Seat as Larocca Bows Out

The mayoral election in Sag Harbor is June 20 and the race, or perhaps lack thereof, is becoming clearer. Last week, Mayor James Larocca announced in a staff meeting that he would not be seeking re-election, and on Monday, Thomas Gardella, the current deputy mayor, confirmed that he will be running for mayor.

Apr 3, 2023
On Water Testing for 2023

The East Hampton Town Trustees voted on Monday to allocate $83,160 for the 2023 water quality and bottomlands assessment of waters under their jurisdiction.

Mar 30, 2023
East Hampton Town Seeks Volunteer Plover Watchers

Beachgoers will soon see temporary string fencing at sites along 18 miles of ocean and bay shoreline, as the federally and New York State-protected piping plover makes its annual return to East Hampton Town and Village.

Anna Soccorsi of the Natural Resources Department told the town board on March 21 that it is seeking seasonal volunteers to monitor sites where the shorebirds nest, the better to assist conservation efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Mar 30, 2023
A Wrinkle in the Town Code

A puzzle of an application involving two adjacent parcels, a bunch of portable restrooms, access to them, and a house in a commercial neighborhood came before the East Hampton Town Planning Board this month. The immediate issue is that the house, even though it is on a commercially zoned lot, is the parcel’s only legal use (though it pre-exists town zoning and is classed as nonconforming).

Mar 30, 2023
Ditch Plain Neighbors Push Back

On paper, a 2,379-square-foot house on the South Fork may not seem outlandish, but place that house on a .17-acre lot in a flood zone with a raised swimming pool and decking in the middle of Ditch Plain in Montauk, and both neighbors and town planners have a problem.

Mar 30, 2023
Planning a No Fling Spring

The East Hampton Town litter action committee will launch a monthlong No Fling Spring initiative on Earth Day with a cleanup of Springs-Fireplace Road. Beach cleanups and a No Fling Spring Fling dance party in May are also on the agenda.

Mar 30, 2023
Proposed Self-Storage Facility Called ‘Monstrosity of Coverage’

Owners of the third-largest commercial building in East Hampton Town, the Home Sweet Home warehouse in Wainscott, want to convert it into a self-storage facility, but town planners want to see a smaller building with more space for parking, among other things.

Mar 30, 2023
Housing Committee Formed

The East Hampton Town Board has appointed an advisory committee to review potential affordable housing initiatives and make recommendations to the town board, following the town’s recently adopted Community Housing Opportunity Fund Project Plan.

Mar 23, 2023
Carissa’s Lot Merger Hits a ‘Sanitary Flow Dam’

Don’t call it an expansion, but Carissa’s Bakery at 221 Pantigo Road in East Hampton needs a little more elbow room — and parking.

Mar 23, 2023
Foiled Again in Truck Beach Suits

The New York State Supreme Court has once again sided with property owners along a 4,000-foot stretch of Napeague oceanfront popularly known as Truck Beach, granting five property owners associations’ motions to dismiss separate complaints by East Hampton Town and the town trustees, along with a dozen fishermen.

Mar 23, 2023