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A Motion to Hold Town Trustees in Civil Contempt Over Truck Beach

The war of words between attorneys over the 4,000-foot stretch of Napeague ocean beach popularly known as Truck Beach continued this week, when an attorney for the homeowners associations who successfully sued East Hampton Town and the town trustees to assert that their property deeds extend to the mean high-water mark of the beach submitted a motion to hold the trustees in civil contempt.

What Now at the Airport?

The East Hampton Town Board will address the situation at the airport — what has transpired to date and the town’s options after its latest legal setback — at its work session on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee is shifting its short-term focus to flight routes, hoping to impact air traffic by next summer.