East Hampton Town’s commissioner of public works, citing rising costs for the carting of refuse from the town, proposed increases in certain fees to use the town’s recycling centers during a Town Board meeting on Tuesday, January 7, but the recommendation drew some push-back from board members mindful of the rising cost of living in recent years. Stephen Lynch, who is both the superintendent of highways and the public works commissioner, recommended a $10 increase, ...
Police raided an East Quogue home early on Thursday morning and arrested a resident there on drug and weapons possession charges. Southampton Town Police said ...
An odor of gas in the science wing at East Hampton High School prompted a brief evacuation of the area on Friday morning, but the ...
Editorials
It seems a lifetime ago, but there were moments of real promise in the relationship between the Shinnecock Nation and state and local governments. In...
Letters
Set Record StraightThe recent statements made by the Southampton Town Board at its December 19 meeting regarding the nation’s gas station travel plaza — that the Council of Trustees was not willing to share any plans, etc. — is completely false. The Trustees hosted a meeting on September 9, at the nation’s office, where we met with Southampton Town Supervisor Maria Moore, Councilman Michael Iasilli and Town Attorney James Burke. We were very forthcoming with our plans and answered several questions about...
Protect CrabsAs reported in The Press, the New York State Legislature recently considered a proposal to increase the protection of Atlantic horseshoe crabs [“Governor ‘Drops the Axe’ on Horseshoe Crabs, Vetos Bill That Would Have Ended Commercial Harvest,” 27east.com, December 18]. Assemblyman Fred Thiele voted against the legislation, citing their value as bait in commercial fisheries. Horseshoe crabs are also caught and drained of up to one-third of their blue blood and then released back to the sea alive. There are...
Nearly 35 years ago, Joe Romanosky Jr., the last person to coach the Southampton varsity ....
Read More Southampton SportsMontauk School fourth-grade students were given a crash course on ubuntu, among many other things, ...
Read More East Hampton SportsWhile things may not seem to be going all that great for the Pierson boys ...
Read More Sag Harbor SportsThe Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill is home to thousands of works by acclaimed artists. One of them…
