Registered voters in the East Hampton Library District — which includes the East Hampton, Springs, and Wainscott School Districts — can cast ballots Saturday on the library’s $3.994 million budget for 2026. 

If passing a tree protection ordinance in the Town of East Hampton is set to be a war between environmentalists and developers, Jaine Mehring’s presentation before the town board on Tuesday was the first salvo. 

Nearly a dozen residents urged the Southampton Town Board last week to switch the designation of an 8.3-acre preserved farmland parcel across from Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack to open space. Sagaponack Mayor Bill Tillotson and David McMillan Jr., a member of that village’s board, opposed the change.

The East Hampton Town Board accepted a bid of $791,875 Tuesday for renovations to be made to the town’s dispatch center.