05.19.2015 Government Choppers to fly to East Hampton over Memorial Day weekend The Town of East Hampton has agreed to hold off implementing its historic airport restrictions to allow a federal judge to rule on a lawsuit challenging the new regulations....
05.03.2015 Columns Guest Column: No sweeter sound in the world than helicopters They make the sound that still tears at my soul. They bring me the promise of peace and they Pavlovianly ready me for violence. It’s the same sound —...
04.22.2015 Government Lawsuit filed after East Hampton Town imposes aircraft restrictions Less than 24 hours after the East Hampton Town Board approved a handful of long-awaited restrictions on flights into and out of its airport on April 16, opponents vowed...
04.17.2015 Government Quieter skies could be coming; East Hampton board imposes restrictions The East Hampton Town Board voted Thursday night to place restrictions on flights into and out of its airport.
04.14.2015 Government ‘Historic’ vote on aircraft noise scheduled in East Hampton Half a loaf is better than none. In the case of four proposed East Hampton Airport restrictions, it’s three quarters of a loaf for anti-noise activists, but even that...
03.17.2015 Editorials Editorial: Zeldin steps up on Common Core, helicopters Freshman Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) has had a good few weeks. We’ll hold our fire — for now — about his joining forces with reactionary U.S. Senator Ted Cruz...
03.13.2015 Government Benefits of helicopter regs debated at packed East Hampton hearing A public hearing Thursday evening debating the question of restricting aircraft flights over the East End took almost four hours with 70 speakers trooping to the podium. More than...
03.05.2015 Government Snow postpones East Hampton Airport hearing on helicopter regulations The East Hampton Town Board announced this morning that the scheduled public hearing for this afternoon on proposed airport restrictions has been postponed due to the weather until Thursday,...
03.04.2015 Government Public to weigh in on chopper ban at town board meeting Update: Thursday’s snow storm has postponed the meeting reported on below. Click here for more. The East Hampton Town Board is expecting a big crowd Thursday for a public...
02.06.2015 Government East Hampton moves to ban helicopters on summer weekends Battle lines have been drawn by the Town of East Hampton in the war over excessive helicopter noise plaguing East End residents, especially those on the North Fork, Shelter...