01.24.2022 News East Hampton Town Board votes to close airport temporarily, bringing potential relief to East End residents The East Hampton Town Board unanimously voted Thursday to close the controversial airport for traffic on Feb. 28 and reopen a private use airport as of March 4 with...
12.12.2020 News East Hampton contemplates airport closing in move that could impact other towns Residents plagued for many years by helicopter noise could find relief from a decision in the hands of the East Hampton Town Board. The expiration of the contract East...
11.07.2016 News Court rules East Hampton can’t impose restrictions on choppers The East Hampton Town Board’s effort to restrict helicopters and other so-called “noisy” aircraft into and out of its airport was dealt a serious blow by a federal appeals...
11.22.2015 Government Suffolk Closeup: Going to war with the Army Corps “Save Montauk” — “No More Army Corps” These were some of the signs as widespread opposition greeted the Army Corps of Engineers project to put “geotubes” at taxpayers’ expense...
06.07.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Time to hold the line on noise “Yet another summer of unrelenting, health-threatening aircraft noise?” That was the heading of a statement from the Quiet Skies Coalition as Long Island’s biggest contributor to noise pollution...