The Town of Southampton has settled litigation against it calling for creation of an eruv. Suits against the villages of Quoque and Westhampton Beach brought by the East End Eruv Association, the Long Island Power Authority, Verizon and residents are pending.

In July, Acting Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Joseph Farneti annulled a town zoning board decision saying the lechis, or strips affixed to utility poles to create an eruv, violated local sign rules (NYLJ, July 13).