Thomas Coughlin is a natural storyteller. He easily reminisces about his life, the people who have shaped him, the experiences he’ll never forget. But for decades he never spoke about his time serving in the Vietnam War — in part because he was never welcomed home. It was June 1969, he said, and he was just 20 years old. “We were shunned,” the veteran recalled from his home in Remsenburg. “It was my first learning ...
Editorials
When it comes to changing the world, some things are easier to do than others. The region has done some sweeping things with an eye...
Letters
Merry Little BandAs a longtime opponent of the wind turbine project offshore of Montauk, I appreciated the letter from R. George Arnold on April 4 [“Scary Things”]. I’m happy to join his “merry little band of citizens with common sense.” Building a major wind farm along the spectacular migratory freeway, the Atlantic Flyway, where we are blessed to live, is heartbreaking, shortsighted and disastrous for birds. We not only depend on pollinators for our global food supply but on birds, which consume...
Not a SwipeIn response to the letter written by George Lynch, “A Gratuitous Swipe” [Letters, April 25], where Mr. Lynch accuses me of being irrational, misleading, and calling my points “unsupported allegations,” I feel compelled to defend my positions. In my letter, “What Are We Doing?” [Letters, April 18], I note that the school impact study conducted by Nelson Pope Voorhis during the application phase of the workforce housing complex at Speonk Commons determined that Speonk-Remsenburg School would see an increase of...
Seeded as the top Division II boys 4x100-meter relay heading into last year’s state qualifier, ....
Read More Southampton SportsThe 2024 Old Montauk Athletic Club awards dinner was held on April 30 at the ...
Read More East Hampton SportsTrailing, 2-1, going into the top of the sixth inning at Bridgehampton on Thursday, May ...
Read More Sag Harbor SportsWhat do you see in your nightmares? Is it drawn from some traumatic, real-life experience? Or maybe…
