Hopper Riders Down Slightly; Montauk School Stop Added To Amagansett Route
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Passengers board the Hopper at the East Hampton LIRR station after the 7:03 train's arrival on Tuesday. MICHAEL HELLER
Passengers board the Hopper at the East Hampton LIRR station after the 7:03 train's arrival on Tuesday. MICHAEL HELLER
Staff Writer on Dec 1, 2021
Ridership on the Hampton Hopper’s free “Montauk Loop” shuttle was down considerably in 2021 from the numbers posted before the pandemic, and drivers reported regularly that some potential riders objected... more
A temporary emergency radio communications tower will be placed in the town parking lot at Gann Road in Springs, East Hampton Town officials agreed, after it was discovered putting the tower at Maidstone Park wasn’t possible. The 85-foot tall mobile tower — commonly known as a “cell on wheels,” or COW — will be borrowed from Suffolk County Police Department and parked somewhere on the property. The COW is a stop-gap to help improve chronically poor emergency radio communications while the town works with a cellular tower company to get a permanent 185-foot tall tower erected on the nearby Girl ... by Michael Wright
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Staff Writer on Dec 1, 2021