Truck traffic has surged on Accabonac Road since the Long Island Rail Road trestle near its southern end was raised, residents of the road have told the East Hampton Town Board, and the effect, they say, is a diminished quality of life, between the noise and the large vehicles' threat to the safety of pedestrians, joggers, cyclists, children, and pets.
East Hampton Town and Sag Harbor Village police levied misdemeanor drunken driving charges against multiple drivers over the last 11 days.
Town police said that Justin Finney, 40, of Three Mile Harbor Road, East Hampton, was headed south on Cedar Street near Old Orchard Lane on May 30 around midnight when he drifted from the pavement and hit a street sign then a tree. An officer found him a short distance away from his 2003 Toyota. He seemed intoxicated, they said. Mr. Finney was held overnight and arraigned the next morning by Justice Rana.
Sag Harbor Village Mayor Kathleen Mulcahy, who is running for a second term in Tuesday's election, and James Larocca, a trustee making his first mayoral bid, offered starkly different opinions on paid parking, a proposed waterfront zoning code, and the most suitable location for Bay Street Theater's new home in a contentious debate on Friday.
Those curious about all the activity at the site of the former Il Mulino restaurant in Wainscott or perhaps surprised to see that this week the building there had disappeared could have had their questions answered at Saturday's Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee meeting, when Kim Quarty of the Peconic Land Trust briefed the group on the new preserve at the head of Georgica Pond.
