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Springs Fire District Makes New Pitch For Cell Tower Alternative

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Residents of Springs protested plans to put a cell tower in a residential neighborhood.

Attorney Carl Irace said the Springs Fire District would welcome a temporary "cell on wheels" at its firehouse. Kyril Bromley

Residents have hired attorney Dianne LeVerrier to help them oppose the town proposal. Kyril Bromley

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Residents of Springs who oppose the cell tower. Kyril Bromley

An attorney for the Springs Fire District told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday that a 100-foot-tall temporary “cell on wheels” tower could be put at the fire department... more

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East Hampton Town officials plan to propose constructing a new cell tower on town-owned land somewhere in Springs to help boost abysmal telephone and emergency communications reception in the hamlet. With outrage building over cell service that seems non-existent in broad swaths of the town’s most densely populated hamlet, Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez told members of the Springs Citizens Advisory Committee last week that the town plans to erect a temporary “cell on wheels,” or COW, tower on a town parcel in Springs that would be able to host antennas from the three largest cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile ... 30 Jun 2021 by Michael Wright