A couple who live next to Herrick Park in East Hampton Village filed an Article 78 petition in Suffolk County Supreme Court on Sunday seeking to stop the village from building lighted pickleball courts in the park. They also say plans for an ice-skating rink and a "concert venue" in the park as part of a later phase of construction would violate both the procedural requirements of the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the covenant language in the deed to the park.

Erik Kelt, a Shelter Island native who has been a principal in New Orleans, is coming home to the East End take on that role in Springs starting in July.