Board of Directors
Barbara Friedman – President
Drianne Benner – Vice President
Tony Asch – Treasurer
Imogen Rose-Smith – Secretary
Jeri Woodhouse
Daniel Watts
Chris Wedge
Erin Stanton
Emily Caufield
Mark Riesenfeld
Nicole Garret
Glynis Berry
Mark Levine
Happening Now
Orient Water Project Recommendations Survey
The OA Water Committee recently met with consultants at CDM Smith to discuss present and future recommendations that the community should consider to sustain the health of our water resources. While the consultant has analyzed historical data from private well testing performed by Suffolk County Department Health Services, we do not have much information about how folks in the community are coping with issues of contamination and reliability. The Committee wanted to hear directly from residents about their experience and practices with their well water.
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Summer 2023 Newsletter
We hope you are all enjoying the cool and peaceful days of spring as we approach the busy summer months.Kicking off the summer season, after a long hiatus the first in-person Annual Meeting of the Orient Association will be held on Saturday, May 27th at 9:30 am in Poquatuck Hall.Members of the Orient Association will be voting on a new slate of officers and Board Members will be introduced.
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Why Should We Care About Code Compliance? June 11, 2023
The town code includes regulations about many things that affect us including short-term rentals; building size and construction, noise; our visible environment including signs, lighting and dark skies; RV, trailer and boat storage; landscaping and dumpsters. Code compliance and enforcement (or lack of it) often comes up in our community meetings. It impacts many of the things that recent surveys say we value. Learn how code enforcement works and some ways it might be improved, and your role in ensuring compliance and enforcement.
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