Who provides a service depends on your address, and the East End splits the work three ways: the town you live in, the village inside it, and an independent district or utility. Schools belong to school districts, trash to the town, electricity to PSEG Long Island, water to the Suffolk County Water Authority in most places, and the emergency department to a hospital system. This section sorts them out and gives the official steps, fees and phone numbers. Moving from the city? The move checklist puts these in order, and Hamptons Key lists the rentals.
- Hamptons school districts, hamlet by hamletFifteen districts compared: grades, enrollment, and the high school each hamlet's children attend.
- Healthcare in the HamptonsEmergency departments in Southampton, East Hampton, Riverhead and Greenport, and the urgent-care options between them.
- Trash, recycling and transfer-station permitsSouthampton Town sells green bags and issues no permit, East Hampton Town sells an annual permit, and Shelter Island requires Town bags.
- Utilities for Hamptons homesPower, water, heat and trash: who supplies each, how to start service and what it costs to begin.
- Town and village offices on the East EndThree towns and seven villages: where the clerk is, which office issues what, and what is split between town and village.
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Checked October 2026. Rules, fees and hours change; confirm with the office or operator before you act.