East Hampton’s varsity Academic Team stands unbeaten this year and will next compete in the regional Quiz Bowl finals sometime in April. Having fun, while giving their brains a good workout, is the goal for the whip-smart members of this group, each with their idiosyncratic areas of expertise.
The East Hampton Town Trustees and 12 fishermen filed a class-action lawsuit last Thursday on behalf of themselves and all residents of the town, asserting that the five homeowners associations whose members’ deeds were determined to extend to the mean high water mark on a stretch of Napeague beach are unlawfully depriving them of access.
Both Pfizer and Moderna have asked the federal Food and Drug Administration for authorization of a fourth (or second booster) dose of their respective mRNA vaccines against Covid-19. Should this be approved, how much extra protection would it provide and who would benefit?
The East Hampton Town Board voted last Thursday to adopt an affordable housing overlay district off Route 114 in the Wainscott School District, just outside of Sag Harbor. It also set hearing dates for a pilot outdoor dining program, and on amending the town code with respect to the “new” publicly owned, private-use airport planned to open on May 19 after the town deactivates East Hampton Airport in its current form.
