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East Hampton Village Beach Permit Sale Approaches

Tuesday, Jan. 23, will be the day for East Hampton Town residents to purchase village beach parking permits, a week before they go on sale to the general public.

Jan 11, 2024
Clearing Commencing for Cantwell Court Houses

Clearing and other site activity for Cantwell Court, the planned affordable-housing subdivision at 395 Pantigo Road in East Hampton, is to begin as soon as next week.

Jan 11, 2024
Major Montauk Beach Renourishment Project to Begin Soon

Mobilization for the Montauk portion of the 83-mile-long Fire Island to Montauk Point beach renourishment project is to begin Thursday, with temporary road closures to allow mobilization of very large equipment including bulldozers and 35-foot lengths of piping. Beach infill is to begin next month, when an offshore dredge will pump 80,000 cubic yards of sand a day onto the downtown beach.

Jan 11, 2024
Town Trustee Clerks and Resolutions Settled

The trustees re-elected Francis Bock to the position of clerk, or presiding officer, and Jim Grimes and Bill Taylor as deputy clerks. They also honored Susan McGraw Keber, who served three terms as a trustee until her retirement at the end of 2023.

Jan 11, 2024
Planning Board Member Tapped for East Hampton Town Councilman

Ian Calder-Piedmonte, vice chairman of the East Hampton Town Planning Board, liaison to the town’s agricultural advisory committee, and a co-owner of Balsam Farms in East Hampton and Amagansett, has been appointed to fill the seat on the town board that was vacated by Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez when she became supervisor at the start of this year.

Jan 8, 2024
New Town Position Signals New Direction in East Hampton

In a move that has the potential to change how Town Hall operates for years to come, the East Hampton Town Board has appointed the first town administrator, whose responsibilities will range from overseeing staff in the supervisor’s office to preparing the annual operating budget.

Jan 4, 2024
Supervisor Burke-Gonzalez Sets Priorities

At a time when East Hampton Town faces “many challenges,” Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez was sworn in at the town board’s organizational meeting on Tuesday and began to implement changes at Town Hall and to set priorities for the coming year. 

Jan 4, 2024
New and Returning East Hampton Officials Sworn In

Along with the new town supervisor, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, new Councilman Tom Flight, and the incumbent Councilman David Lys, a new town justice and new members of the planning, zoning, and architectural review boards were sworn in this week.

Jan 4, 2024
New East Hampton Supervisor Will Usher in New Era

East Hampton Town will have a town administrator for the first time, there will be new members appointed to the planning board, zoning board of appeals, and architectural review board, and a new chairman for the A.R.B. in 2024. 

Jan 1, 2024
Supervisor Van Scoyoc, Signing Off

After three terms as East Hampton Town supervisor, two as town councilman, and tenures on both the planning board and zoning board of appeals, Peter Van Scoyoc is leaving Town Hall. It has been an improbable path for the onetime owner of a construction company, he said, “and yet circumstances arose, and I felt compelled and called to serve.”

Dec 28, 2023
Montauk Loses Its 87-Foot Coast Guard Cutter

Coast Guard Station Montauk will soon be without its 87-foot cutter, Bonito, it was revealed at the town board’s Dec. 19 meeting. A personnel shortage is blamed.

Dec 28, 2023
Parsons Wore Many Hats

Randy Parsons was first elected to the East Hampton Town Board in 1979, when the population of East Hampton was only 14,000; he will be leaving the planning board, on which he has served for the last seven years, on Dec. 31, and when he leaves, a great deal of institutional knowledge leaves with him.

Dec 28, 2023