On Dec. 31, the Brookhaven Town landfill stopped accepting construction and demolition waste, which means that trash generated in East Hampton now needs to be hauled much farther away — off Long Island, in fact. Chiefly because of the new hauling fees, Stephen Lynch, superintendent of the Highway Department and Sanitation Department supervisor, asked the town board to increase the budget for most categories of trash disposal.
The New York State Clean Slate Act, which establishes a framework for sealing records related to certain offenses and addresses “some of the collateral consequences that follow a criminal conviction,” took effect last month, and while some local attorneys view it as a tool for better rehabilitation, others think it is too broad in scope.
While Captain Beebee’s headstone now sits pristine atop the hill next to the Old Whalers Church, the rest of the family’s six plots sit in disrepair. Recently, however, the museum received a $10,000 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, which will allow for the restoration of the remaining headstones.
The East Hampton Town Board approved grant money from the town's community housing fund for five housing projects that serve people of middle and low incomes.
