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A new report shows that East Hampton Airport generates nearly $78 million a year and supports more than 850 jobs in eastern Long Island.
The report was released by The East Hampton Community Alliance, a nonprofit group that was formed last year in response to efforts to close the airport.
The East Hampton Town Board can close the airport after mandates tied to federal grants expire in September.
Hamptons residents have complained for years about noise pollution from recreational planes and helicopter tours that fly to and from the airport.
The report says almost 46,000 people arrived through the airport in 2019.
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Photo: Shutterstock. A proposal to build a 15-turbine wind farm in federal waters 30 miles east of Montauk Point came closer to fruition when the East Hampton Town Board approved two agreements with South Fork Wind, LLC. A press release issued by theTown says that the project would be the first offshore wind farm in New York State. The turbines will produce enough clean, renewable energy every year to power 70,000 homes, according to a fact sheet available on South Fork Wind’s website. South Fork Wind is a joint venture between Ørsted, a multinational power company based in Denmark, and Eversource, a national energy leader with homegrown expertise in regional energy transmission. Recently, the partners purchased a facility inResearch Way in East Setauket to serve as their local base of operations.
BY MICHAEL WRIGHT Both of East Hampton’s elected government bodies this week gave their stamps of approval to the landing of the South Fork Wind Farm power supply cable at Beach Lane in Wainscott and the $29 million the agreements will bring the to