HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT 2019-20 BUDGET PROPOSAL Total District Budget: $54,323,592 Spending Increase, Dollars: $1,839,988 Spending Increase, Percentage: 3.5 percent Piercing State Cap?: No Proposed Tax Levy: $47,723,441 Current Tax... more
Spring gives us all the distraction we need. You can tune out the world news and breathe in the fragrant air. You sense the sweetness and take a deeper breath. What is that? I stand up from my tractor seat to have a better look. Is it a stand of daffodils? An old row of “bolting” collard greens? Really, everywhere you look, there is something in bloom. Maybe the scent originates behind the privet, a grove of something special: great flowers outside an empty mansion. Maybe it is all the dandelions, the hearty ones that dot the headland — simple ...
by Marilee Foster
Frederic Gallatin Cammann of Bridgehampton died on April 16 in Greenport. He was 94. Funeral arrangements by Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A full obituary will appear in a future edition.
by Staff Writer
A celebration of life for Samuel Irving Hellman of Southampton, who died on March 22, will be held on Saturday, April 20, at 2 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.
by Staff Writer
Paula Angelone’s recent Letter to the Editor [“Sound Familiar?” Letters, April 11] was extremely disturbing, as she blamed Benjamin Netanyahu for the recent problems in Israel, not Hamas. Let me remind Ms. Angelone that Israel is currently in a war because thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, killing Jews, raping women, beheading children and burning some alive, and kidnapping hundreds. They didn’t cross the border stating that we need a two-state solution. They crossed to willfully and wantonly kill Jews. I must say, blaming Netanyahu for his response, along with Israel’s response, is both irresponsible and defies logic. Netanyahu has ...
by Staff Writer
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on Apr 30, 2019