BY MICHAEL WRIGHT East Hampton Town and the Concerned Citizens of Montauk responded to critics of plans to remove invasive plants from a 40-acre Montauk nature preserve with a new pitch that addressed their concerns. The plans to remove invasive pla
The Festival of the Other Side: More than 15,000 descend on Whangamatā for New Year festival
29 Dec, 2020 06:00 PM
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Promoter Clayton Spence at Joe s Farm venue that will host the Festival of the Other Side. Photo / File
An influx of festival-goers and holidaymakers are rolling into Whangamatā with an estimated 15,000 expected at the small beach town s big New Year party. New event The Festival of the Other Side is set to debut at Joe s Farm on the outskirts of Whangamatā on Wednesday and Thursday.
The holiday hordes have business owners rejoicing, with one telling the Bay of Plenty Times festivals like this were what they need to survive post-Covid.
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Jane H. Concannon Revocable Trust v. The Building Department of the Town of East Hampton, Town of East Hampton Zoning Board of Appels, and Breakers Motel, Inc., Index No. 4297/2016, dated February 5, 2018. In this case, the neighboring property owner appealed the Town of East Hampton’s Zoning Board of Appeal’s determination to the Supreme Court. At issue was the neighbor’s appeal of a building permit to the Zoning Board of Appeals issued for the renovation of a restaurant to operate at the Breaker’s Motel in Montauk. The Zoning Board’s determination dated April 5, 2016, denied the application as untimely finding that the applicant had constructive notice of the presence of the restaurant use on the Breakers’ property at the time of the 2010 site plan application and subsequent hearing. The Supreme Court held that the Breakers Motel restaurant use was legal, even under the new Resort District (RS) zoning, and did not require a special pe