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Southampton Town buys property next to woodlands

Southampton Town Hall is at 116 Hampton Rd.

Photo credit: Erin Geismar

Southampton Town officials approved a purchase Tuesday of 8.4 acres of land, adjoining 115 acres of environmentally fragile woodlands known as the Tuckahoe Woods Target area.

The town will pay a negotiated price of $1 million for the vacant land located on Mountain Laurel Lane from the owner, identified by the town as the estate of William B. Platt III. The money will be paid by the town’s...

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