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East Hampton Town Board Severs Ties With Senior Center Architects, Will Make Senior Center a Community Center for the Public Instead

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The overgrown lot on Abrahams Path, where the Town Board planned to build a new senior center. The Town Board voted to sever ties with the architects at a recent work session on Tuesday, October 14. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez announced the town plans to reimagine the project and make it more of a community center. DOUG KUNTZ

The overgrown lot on Abrahams Path, where the Town Board planned to build a new senior center. The Town Board voted to sever ties with the architects at a recent work session on Tuesday, October 14. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez announced the town plans to reimagine the project and make it more of a community center. DOUG KUNTZ

A building permit on the lot that houses what the Town Board planned would be a senior center. That has now changed, and the Town Board plans to make the project a community center, perhaps more like the Montauk Playhouse. DOUG KUNTZ

A building permit on the lot that houses what the Town Board planned would be a senior center. That has now changed, and the Town Board plans to make the project a community center, perhaps more like the Montauk Playhouse. DOUG KUNTZ

The Abrahams Path location of what was planned as a senior center in September. JACK MOTZ

The Abrahams Path location of what was planned as a senior center in September. JACK MOTZ

East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez. JACK MOTZ

East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez. JACK MOTZ

The overgrown lot on Abrahams Path, where the Town Board planned to build a new senior center. The Town Board voted to sever ties with the architects at a recent work session on Tuesday, October 14. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez announced the town plans to reimagine the project and make it more of a community center. DOUG KUNTZ

The overgrown lot on Abrahams Path, where the Town Board planned to build a new senior center. The Town Board voted to sever ties with the architects at a recent work session on Tuesday, October 14. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez announced the town plans to reimagine the project and make it more of a community center. DOUG KUNTZ

authorJack Motz on Oct 14, 2025
The East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday voted to sever its relationship with the two architectural firms battling in court over the new senior center, about two months after a... more

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