Toward ‘Living Shorelines’
The Town of East Hampton was awarded a $350,000 federal grant earlier this month to explore “living shoreline” projects on Fort Pond and Lake Montauk.
Another Setback for Montauketts
Following in her predecessor’s footsteps, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday vetoed a bipartisan and widely supported bill passed by the State Legislature this year that would have granted state recognition to the Montaukett Indian Nation. It was the fourth time in nine years that a Montaukett recognition bill was shot down by the state’s executive branch after passing in the Legislature.
More Money Needed for Big Y.M.C.A. RECenter Repairs
After earmarking $1.2 million in its 2022 capital plan for repairs at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, the East Hampton Town Board will be putting the job out to bid again after “the bids came back much higher than anticipated,” Deputy Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez said last week.
Car Theft Links East Hampton to Big Gang Bust
A set of gang-related indictments last week was notable for zigzagging across Long Island, from a murder at a Farmingville nightclub to a shooting outside Lee Zeldin’s Shirley house, to an armed carjacking in Wantagh, to East Hampton. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced on Dec. 12 that the gang, called No Fake Love, or NFL, has been broken up.