The five candidates for East Hampton School Board fielded questions at a forum at East Hampton High School on Saturday afternoon that was attended by about 50 people. The five... more
There will be a contested race for three seats on the Bridgehampton School Board this year, with two incumbents — Vice President Jo Ann Comfort and board member Angela Chmielewski — seeking reelection, and two newcomers, Nicole DeCastri Zabala and Merritt Thomas, entering the race. Comfort was voted into her role as vice president during last year’s reorganization meeting. Current President Jenn Vinski was also named president at that time, filling the vacancy left by Ron White, who resigned before the end of his term. Chmielewski is seeking a second three-year term; Comfort is seeking a third three-year term. CAILIN ...
24 Apr 2024 by Cailin Riley
Springs Board of Education President Barbara Dayton will once again be challenged for her seat. This time, she will be vying for her fourth consecutive three-year term against Ireland native Dermot Quinn. Quinn, a local race runner and avid bird watcher, is a father of two. His wife, Margaret Doyle, is a teaching assistant at Springs School. Dayton has lived in the district for 25 years and has two daughters who graduated from Springs School. The annual trustee election will take place alongside the 2024-25 school year budget vote on Tuesday May 21. Voting will take place from 1 to ...
by Desirée Keegan
In Montauk, the lone school board seat on the ballot is the one that was vacated by Thomas Flight in January when he joined the East Hampton Town Board. Sarah Roberts was appointed by the remaining board members to replace him and is now seeking election to a full five-year term on the board. In Amagansett, there are suddenly two seats on the board up for election next month — heading off what might have been a contested race — after the announcement late last week that incumbent board member Kevin Warren had resigned his seat on the board, effectively ...
23 Apr 2024 by Michael Wright
Christina DeSanti and Sarah Minardi are running unopposed to keep their seats on the East Hampton Board of Education. DeSanti, the current board vice president, is seeking her fifth straight three-year term. She runs Dreesen’s Catering in East Hampton with her husband, Rudy, her son Rudolph was a member of the Class of 2018 and her son Patrick graduated in 2020. DeSanti, who has lived in East Hampton for three decades, has a Bachelor of Science in business management from Ithaca College and formerly worked in the mortgage industry in Phoenix, Arizona, and in East Hampton at Par East Mortgage ...
by Desirée Keegan