Rich Town in the Hamptons Is Crying Poverty (The New York Sun)

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers, and gala benefits in the Hamptons, the summer playground for the millionaire Learjet Set. But down at Town Hall, the local government could use a handout. East Hampton, one of the main towns on the eastern end of Long Island that make up the Hamptons, is …