The Beach: The End: Summer's Over and More Bad News

The End: Summer's Over and More Bad News
Thursday, August 30, 2007

The weather is perfect. At least we have that. But it looks like everything else is going to hell in a hand basket. So here you go, play along with us: Summer is Ending and...

So is The Patience of the Grounded: The anti-helicopter forces are building and gathering strength. "'It felt like Apocalypse Now,' East Hampton resident Kathi Goldman said at a recent public hearing." There's a movement afoot—headed by an investment banker no less—to conduct a formal study of the noise generated by plane and helicopter traffic into and out of East Hampton airport—which would be the first step towards banning or reducing flights. I-bankers, we'll see you on the LIE.

So is Your Marriage: They always trot out this little statistical anomaly at this time of year. "'People don't want to initiate something when they're in the Hamptons or in Europe,' said Robert Dobrish, a New York divorce lawyer." After Labor Day though? Sayonara sucker, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

So are The Freewheeling Sharehouse Party Days: Southampton has passed "a new law which requires that rental properties—a whole house or a single apartment—must be leased and used by a single family, and that no rental can exceed the number of persons permitted in the state's fire prevention and building code." So much for the kegger, kids.

Summer is dead. Long live summer.
· Hamptons Helicopter Gridlock Stirs Up Air Rage on the Ground [Bloomberg]
· End of the Summer, Time for a Divorce? [ABC News]
· Southampton cracks down on summer rental uses [Newsday]

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