Dock on Three Mile Harbor. Photo zillowstatic.com. Initially, the Trustees voted to approve a one-year moratorium commencing in November 2021 on all new applications for docks, catwalks, floating docks, floating structures, and floating platforms in the Trustee owned waterways of which we own the bottomlands. They include Wainscott Pond, Georgica Pond, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, Accabonac Creek and Harbor, Pussy’s Pond, Hand’s Creek, Alewife Brook, Northwest Creek, and Little Northwest Creek. Last year, in November, the Trustees voted to extend the moratorium. The inventory search is necessary to ensure the existing docks are in compliance with permits already granted.
Last year, non-residents without shellfishing permits, came by vans and cars at night to several our waterways including Georgica Pond, Napeague Harbor, and other bodies of water where shellfish are known to inhabitat. In particular, the blue-claw crabs are singled out. The poachers goal has been to disperse and fill their buckets before speeding away in their vehicles without being apprehended by the police or marine patrol. Those who have been caught poaching typically do so without the required town permits to harvest crabs. Crabs – Photo Durell Godfrey. The Trustees have jurisdiction over several of the town’s waterways including
Tim Garneau, an East Hampton Town trustee and volunteer for many civic-minded groups, was recognized by the town board last Thursday for his leadership in the relocation of Little League playing fields from Pantigo Place in East Hampton to the recreational facility on Stephen Hand’s Path in Wainscott. Article and photo by Christopher Walsh: East Hampton Star
The East Hampton Town Trustees participated in the second annual PRIDE parade on June 3, 2023. Thanks to the founder, Tom House, the South Fork communities, organizations, schools, businesses, and government bodies, came together again to support LGBTQIA – Hamptons PRIDE Parade poster for June 3, 2023 Hampton PRIDE Parade June 2023 Volunteer East Hampton Village EMT members Ocean Rescue Hampton PRIDE Parade 2023 Hampton PRIDE Parade June 2023 Ocean Rescue Hampton PRIDE Parade June 2023 Hampton PRIDE Parade Real Gay Dads Bay Street Theatre Hampton PRIDE Parade 2023 Hampton PRIDE Parade 2023 Hampton PRIDE Parade -swirling in colors! Hampton
The East Hampton Town Trustees Scholarship was awarded to graduating senior, Skye Tanzmann on June 1st, 2023. The nine member Trustee board was delighted to present Ms. Tanzmann with a $1,500 scholarship fund to assist with her college tuition as she enters Harvard University this coming Fall. Skye Tanzmann- EH Town Trustees Scholarship Fund Winner 2023 EHHS Awards night – Trustees Susan McGraw-Keber and David Cataletto – Harvard bound the winner! Skye was an intern at the East Hampton Shellfish Hatchery during last summer and presented to the Trustees her plan to construct an oyster reef in Accabonac Harbor. She
Lineup begins at 11am on Main Street by Pondview Lane and Guild Hall. At 12pm registered participants will march east on Main Street and continue via Newton Lane, Railroad Avenue, and Lumber Lane to Herrick Park, where there will be music and celebration with D.J. Karin Ward till 3pm.
June 1, 2023 Time: 5:00-7:00 pm The East Hampton Library: Baldwin Room Join the Accabonac Protection Committee in person for refreshments in the Baldwin Room at 5:00 PM today! Accabonac Harbor and two sailboats in Summer. Photo Susan McGraw-Keber The library has set up a Zoom meeting. ID and password will be emailed to all participants 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. To Register for Zoom: Call (631) 324-0222 Ext. 3, or Stop by the Adult Reference Desk .LTV will film this event. Reminder, tomorrow, June 1, is the first APC Forum of 2023. Join us in person
Orsted – Eversource offshore wind turbines BOSTON – May 25, 2023 – Ørsted, the U.S. leader in offshore wind energy, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Eversource Energy’s 50 percent interest in the uncontracted federal offshore wind lease area currently owned jointly by the two companies. In addition to the seabed, which is in early-stage development, the agreement also includes contracts and partnerships for key operational assets in the Northeast. The $625 million agreement further strengthens Ørsted’s leading position in offshore wind energy and demonstrates the company’s commitment to building an American offshore wind industry, including a supply chain
First Prize: Francisco Vasquez5th grade, Springs SchoolVideo: Don’t Trash East Hampton The Town of East Hampton Litter Action Committee had an extraordinary night at LTV Studios in Wainscott this past week – The winners, all from our local schools, from grades 6 – 12, entered their anti-trash message videos in the hope of winning the Grand Prize of three hundred dollars. All videos will be featured on LTV Channel 20 and will be added to this post when they become available. Winner of Litter Video The evening’s event was declared a great success as there was a terrific community turn
Ingleside, Texas – May 25, 2023 – In the latest milestone for the growth of the U.S. offshore wind supply chain, offshore wind joint development partners Ørsted and Eversource today marked the “sail away” of the first American-built offshore wind substation, which departed a Texas fabrication facility yesterday. The substation is transiting across the Gulf of Mexico and then up the East Coast for installation at the South Fork Wind project site in a few weeks. Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. (Kiewit), the largest offshore fabricator in the U.S., designed and built the substation, which will be deployed at Ørsted and Eversource’s
Beach Lane Wainscott Newly paved road after cable installation of South Fork Wind Farm 5/23/23 Photo Mike Wright EH Press Summer visitors returning to Wainscott this week for the first time since last September might never know the extent of the industrial construction that had taken place there over the last several months, or the pioneering efforts now underway just over the ocean’s horizon. Someone pulling up to the beach at the end of Beach Lane may only notice the fresh blacktop and brightly painted parking stripes on the roadway, without realizing that a foot-thick power cable that will soon
Statement from Orsted Regarding Mooring System in Use
“As part of the fish monitoring study outlined in the SFW Fisheries Study Work Plan, the Stony Brook University team is conducting a regular visit to the sensor array off Wainscott today to collect data from sensors, replace batteries, and deploy new retrievable moorings alongside the previous moorings. As the Stony Brook team is deploying new moorings alongside the existing moorings there’s no change to the mariners briefing, our standard method for updating mariners on the presence of equipment in navigational waters. Members of the fisheries outreach team, in collaboration with the research team, have worked with the fishing community to select an alternative mooring, one that is smaller, lightweight and retrievable, and is more compatible with commercial fishing in response to the feedback we’ve received from the community on original deployment of cement moorings.”
Images of the mooring system and a diagram are shown below.
