Community

"It is important to for East Hampton to have a voice on this committee to convey our unique and specific needs as we prepare meet the challenges of COVID-19 this summer," Peter Van Scoyoc told us about the newly formed County Beaches/Summer Working Group.

"We are not encouraging visitors to East Hampton at this time, and will be enacting parking or other regulations as needed," East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said.

"As a local community, we're going to need to step up to really make sure that those in need at least are able to come and get food or shelter," Mayor Warren told Hamptons.com.

The East End of Long Island is special. Residents and visitors alike recognize this.

"In these troubled times, for those of us that are staying home, it's so valuable to be able do something that feels worthwhile, and this absolutely feels worthwhile," Ken Wright stated.

"I felt like I wanted to do something creative and help. I know how to sew, I had the fabric, and when some Southampton Cultural Center friends said they were making masks, I thought, well I can that too!" Grice told Hamptons.com.

"This is going to take us working together. ... Just because those numbers are flattening, it's no time to relax. We're not out of the woods," Governor Cuomo stated.

"We want to make sure that whoever's feeding this town and whoever's taking care of this town right now has a proper mask," Ilissa Meyer noted. "That's really important."

"The only challenge for us that's really big and looming is that we lost all of our tuition income. That's gone and we're providing this free of charge," Katy Graves stated.

"The risk of contracting a tick borne illness, such a Lyme disease becomes progressively worse year after year. It's important that you take the right steps to help keep yourself and your family safe, especially with the risk of co-infections with COVID-19 this year," Brian Kelly noted.