Patrick Parcells News Today

Southampton Village Trustee Bill Manger unseated his former running mate, two-term Mayor Jesse Warren, in a high profile East End village election.

Local East End village elections are poised to be relatively uneventful this year — with one notable exception: the dramatic showdown in Southampton Village.

Dering Harbor Village Hall. (Credti: Reporter file photo) A request for a mooring in Dering Harbor has set off a political scuffle and caused a Village Board member to resign her posts. In addition to being a trustee, Clora Kelly has been serving as Waterways Commissioner. When a resident asked for a mooring, Ms. Kelly said, she identified several sites, including one in front of her home. Her husband objected to that placement, she disclosed at the Board’s monthly meet...

The Dering Harbor Village Board of Trustees is focusing on clarifying and defining certain regulations. For the past few meetings, changes have been discussed in the Zoning Code as to Permitted/Prohibited Uses, Driveways and Off-street Parking; Definitions: Lot Lines, Yards and Lot Coverage; and Trees and Vegetation. At the March 13 board meeting, held via Zoom, the trustees opened a public hearing into the proposed changes. Some of the issues they sought to address include noise from residenti...