Last week, at a village board meeting in East Hampton, Kenneth “the Lip” Lipper, a resident of the village and former deputy mayor of New York City, delivered a jeremiad against the coming scourge of movie actors, socialites, and sports stars—with their “entourage of hangers-on, drivers, bodyguards, and, of course, the ever-present paparazzi”—to Main Street.
The rumored leasing of the historic Hedges Inn, with its 13 guest rooms and white picket fence, to Zero Bond, an exclusive members-only club with locations in Manhattan and Las Vegas, was a personal affront to Lipper, 82, whose house on Hook Pond Lane abuts the property. Counting Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian, and current New York City mayor Eric Adams among its members, Zero Bond has become the latest flash point in the ongoing battle between developers and preservationists on the East End.
