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Villages Craft Draft Police Reform Plans, Schedule Public Hearings

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A public hearing on the Law Enforcement Review Committee report for the Westhampton Beach Village Police Department will be held on March 4.

Quogue Village will hold a public hearing on its police reform plan next week.

Are body cameras and patrol car cameras beneficial? Do officers interact often enough — positively — with the community they protect and serve? How do police address a diverse population?... more

Business Briefs, May 23

Suffolk County Bar Association Welcomes Chase Bank as Business Partner The Suffolk County Bar Association has announced Chase Bank as its latest business partner. Nicole Maldonado, vice president and senior business relationship manager of Business Banking at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, said of the partnership, “Chase for Business offers a wide variety of business banking needs for small, mid-sized and large businesses. At Chase, we’re committed to giving business owners the support they need to help them achieve their ambitious goals. I look forward to working with SCBA members and providing them with all the benefits Chase Bank has to ... 20 May 2024 by Staff Writer

A Battleground

Sixty years ago, the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair opened. “Like a giant playground” was the headline last month in Newsday in a five-page spread, the cover story of its “LI Life” section, based on a quote from a fairgoer describing it. I was there on opening day to do a story about members of the Suffolk County chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality joining in a major protest about discrimination in hiring at the fair. My story was ultimately headlined: “Jail Pavilion for Suffolk CORE.” For it was not a “playground” but more like a battleground that day. ... by Karl Grossman

Peconic Bay Medical Center Opens New Simulation Lab for Staff Education and Training

Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead celebrated the launch of a new simulation lab that ... by Alek Lewis

Feature, Not a Bug

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 fact that we are having multiple conversations about Sag Harbor’s future is a feature, not a bug. Conversations about intractable issues being worked out in real-time in a community will take many shapes — including circular. The shape of a conversation has no bearing on its importance. Joe Shaw did an excellent job guiding the discussion at the Express Sessions ... by Staff Writer

Answers Needed

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 can help secure the border by issuing executive orders. I have a few questions for Representative LaLota: Why didn’t you support the recent bipartisan immigration legislation that would have improved the situation at the border? Did you not support the aforementioned bipartisan legislation because Donald Trump told Republican members of Congress not to support it? (Trump said it because it ... by Staff Writer

Apply to All?

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 of a committee member to abide by such rules shall be grounds for removal of said member — interesting, it’s only for citizens advisory committee members and not politicians. New York State Senator Kevin Parker had to be restrained after he flipped out and shoved a lobbyist in a committee room on May 15. I wonder if he will be ... by Staff Writer

Innovation Needed

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 place. As the Southampton Town Board contemplates the tax assessment issue, I hope its members realize that longtime residents with simple homes get swept up because their new neighbors have built their weekend mansions. In Flanders, Hampton Bays, East Quogue, North Sea and Noyac, houses are selling for high prices, and the assessments are inflated. Just because your new neighbor ... by Staff Writer

VIEWPOINT: A Focus on Human Assets

By Adele Kristiansson National EMS Week, May 19 to 25, usually coincides with Memorial Day ... by Adele Kristiansson

VIEWPOINT: Blooms of Remembrance

By Biddle Duke When lilacs make their annual miraculous appearance along the roadways and fence lines, their color and fragrance send me spinning into our history. They are blooms of remembrance. It is little wonder. Lilacs and Memorial Day have been intertwined since the day to honor Civil War veterans was established. In this part of the world, the pale violet-and-white flowers always emerge in mid to late May, right around Decoration Day, as it was originally called — Decoration Day, because it was specifically timed so that people might gather up the season’s brightest blossoms to decorate the graves ... by BIDDLE DUKE

Community News, May 23

YOUTH CORNER Circle of Fun The East Hampton Library, 159 Main Street in East Hampton, ... by Staff Writer

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