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Southampton Goes Shopping For Land

SOUTHAMPTON TOWN SPENDS $10,000,000 ON LAND THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUND. Southampton Town Board approved the purchase of 3 separate holdings. The largest of the acquisitions was a $7.5M for the development rights to farmland in N...

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The Peconic Bay Shopper and famous Waterfront homes on the North Fork

The East End of Long Island has long been a getaway for the rich and famous. Since the 1980s the Hamptons have dominated the news as the playground for Manhattan's who'se who. The mix of proximity to the City and the world's best Ocean Beaches...

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Finally!!!

Finally the media is easing up on their Real Estate Market bashing! In the past 2 days you’ve been reading & hearing Home Sales Prices Rose & Contracts for Home Purchases Rose. The most recent was the report by the National Association ...

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No-Vacancy Signs Are Going Up At Brand New “Blue Inn” In East Marion For 4th Of July Weekend

Montauk Hotelier Sam Glass succeeded in bringing the best of the North Fork and South Fork & the Hamptons together: the owner of Montauk’s Ocean Resort Inn is opening the Blue Inn this fourth of July weekend! Visitors to the North Fork ...

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Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund Collects $24+M In First 5 Months Of 2011

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 While much of the country is in a deep real estate recession, the Eastern End of Long Island has seen an uptick in gross sales which in turn affects the 2% Peconic Land Tax as well as other transfer taxes. This...

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Team Work

Peconic Land Trust and Suffolk Country have once again collaborated together to preserve 6.6 acres in Southampton for $850,000. This parcel is part of a one hundred acre preservation in the Great Swamp and Noyac greenbelt between Bridgehampton ...

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Main Beach Ranked #4 Best Beach In America

Dr. Beach has announced the Top 10 Beaches in America and our very own Main Beach in East Hampton has ranked #4. In addition, this is the only Hamptons, or Long Island beach for that matter, making the list this year. For years Coopers Beach in...

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Home Sales on the Rise

The U.S. Commerce Department reported new U.S. single-family home sales rose 7.3% to a seasonally adjusted 323,000 unit annual rate. This was the second straight month of gains and the highest level since December! Economists had predict...

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EH Library Wins Lawsuit Against Village

After an 8 year battle to build a new Children’s Wing at the Library, the NY State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Library and issued the special permit and 2 variances needed for the addition. The court found that the Village denial last...

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East Hampton Library Expansion

8 years later and a drawn-out legal battle with the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals, East Hampton Library will be growing. There obviously were two polarized viewpoints on this expansion with objections driven by traffic and par...

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