It is rare to be granted a second chance in life. Our community is lucky that the STAR project on Magee Street is giving Southampton the opportunity to rectify the bad choice made almost 50 years ago, when installing a pool in the then-new high school was voted down.
Let’s be sure that this time we support making swimming lessons, recreation and rehabilitation available to all — especially ensuring that every child in this waterfront community learns to swim and, ideally, enjoy the water.
Steve and Sheila Peiffer
Southampton
Here is what I would say to Edgar Papazian [“A Tourist Trinket,” Letters, May 16] if we chatted about it some more, and I hope we do. I think privileging one type of conversation over the other is reductive. The...
Today, I received an email from Congressman Nick LaLota telling me that he recently returned from his fourth trip to America’s southwest border. He went on to say that the border situation is a mess and that President Joe Biden...
The Southampton Press article on rules of conduct for the advisory committees [“Southampton Town Board Tables Vote on Advisory Committee Rules of Conduct,” 27east.com, May 15], stating that all members agree to be respectful of each other, etc., and failure...
It begins when the bulldozer arrives, and, in short order, the little cottage is demolished. As you glance out the window of your modest home, a huge house with numerous bathrooms and bedrooms, and every possible amenity, appears in its...
June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 11th federal holiday. The House of Representatives voted, 415-14, to send the bill to Biden, while the Senate passed the bill unanimously...
Thank you, Celeste, for your beautiful Letter to the Editor [“Life Is Beautiful,” Letters, March 16]. I’m with you 100 percent. Life is precious and truly begins at conception. Keep spreading pro-life conviction. Mym Tuma East Moriches
I am excited to announce my candidacy for Southampton Village trustee alongside Josh Belury on the Common Sense Party ticket. My deep commitment to our village and community drives me to address the improvements we need. I would like to...
The Southampton Press recently highlighted Southampton Village’s ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, which took effect on May 16 [“Gas-Powered Leaf Blower Ban Takes Effect in Southampton Village on May 16,” 27east.com, May 14]. This regulation was put on the books...
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