The Sag Harbor School Board of Education deserves credit for working with its transportation committee to come up with a reasonable way to cut down on transportation costs while also... more
We appreciate the op-ed by Karl Grossman [“Is Plum Island Safe?” Suffolk Closeup, Opinion, April 18] yet wish to point out that much work has been done in recent years to make Plum Island a safe and compelling destination for the public. Plum Island has been off-limits since 1897, when the federal government began buying the island to build the Army’s Fort Terry, followed by the Department of Agriculture’s opening of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in 1954. This relative isolation has contributed to a profound lack of understanding about the island, allowing claims to circulate, including the one ...
6 May 2024 by Staff Writer
Paddling season is here! I use a canoe, kayak, prone board or stand-up paddleboard. Every place I paddle is a pleasure. I would like to share some of my favorites with you. Paddle from Connecticut Avenue in Manorville to Riverhead: four hours. Circumnavigate Shinnecock Bay counterclockwise from the Coast Guard Station: six hours. Paddle from Orient Point to Riverhead: nine hours. Paddle from Cedar Point Avenue in Noyac to Long Beach in Sag Harbor: three hours. Paddle from Louse Point in East Hampton to Napeague Harbor Beach and go for lunch at Lunch: three hours. Paddle from Riverhead to Inlet ...
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Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters stated that their goal is to eliminate Hamas. They have a right to pursue this goal. Their unstated goal, softened by being referred to as “collateral damage,” is the elimination, or at least drastic reduction, of the Palestinian people by any means available: death from the sky, starvation, destruction of medical facilities, disease spreading in the crowded encampments in southern Gaza, the region that the Palestinian population was “encouraged” to flee to for safety. Or was it to concentrate them into ever smaller spaces to make the killing more efficient? The inevitable population remnant — ...
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Regarding your editorial, “Time To Talk” [May 2]: Thank you for starting off your opening statement about how valuable Eastville Community Historical Society is — only to compare us to other “worthy” nonprofits and to question the legal system put in place specifically for education corporations. It would be pertinent for the editorial board to provide proper context and content on these processes and why we are qualified to utilize this system of which the residents decide through their vote. I believe the sentiments and position of your editorial is trying to address a generalized and larger issue on ad ...
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We are squandering resources at an alarming rate. We are without the will to stop it. Just stop. Can’t stop using too much water … so sewer. Watch the vernal ponds dry up and disappear and then wonder why. We’re nuts. Lee Foster Sagaponack
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Ed Surgan stated that our universities are sick and that their student demonstrators only want death to America after it pays off their student loans [“Make-Believe Radicals,” Letters, May 2]. Mr. Surgan was spewing all sorts of bile, but much of what he said in his letter is over-the-top exaggeration and not factual. The New York Times reported that half of the people jailed at Columbia University and at The City University of New York were not students (many were professional external agitators). The Wall Street Journal reported that activist groups trained students for months before campus protests. Our enemies ...
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Let’s start with a clear message: The Eastville Community Historical Society is an incredibly valuable commodity for Sag Harbor, and its new request to the school district to begin levying a community tax to provide about $75,000 a year for “general use, maintenance and capital improvement financing” is not at all unreasonable. That’s particularly true in the context of the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum’s existing annual levy, and its recent request to more than double it to $125,000 a year. But with the new request, it might be time for the school district, and Sag Harbor as a ...
1 May 2024 by Editorial Board
On Long Island in the 1950s, our large family had one car and went to Jones Beach every summer. My father, aunt and three uncles served in the war, and families with lost sons lived among us. We knew the meaning of bravery and sacrifice, and we voted with the best interests of our country at heart. Today, we seem to have forgotten what “the common good” means. I want our country to return to a time of trust in our neighbors, good-paying union jobs, and a belief in doing what’s right for everyone, especially working families, the backbone of ...
30 Apr 2024 by Staff Writer
We have learned that Sag Harbor’s gem, Canio’s Books, the best bookstore on Long Island and a fixture of Sag Harbor for more than 40 years, will be forced to move on September 30 [“Canio’s Books, Long a Sag Harbor Cultural Icon, Faces Uncertain Future as Lease Is Not Renewed,” 27east.com, March 20]. Failing that, it may have to close altogether. My wife and I have regularly driven the 70 miles from our home in Kings Park to events hosted at Canio’s Books by its proprietors, Maryann Calendrille and Kathryn Szoka. These events are held year round and range from ...
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With the appointment by the Sag Harbor Village Board of Lieutenant Robert Drake as chief of police [“Sag Harbor Will Appoint Drake as New Police Chief,” 27east.com, April 23], the Sag Harbor Village Board has brought a difficult chapter to a close and appointed a widely respected law enforcement professional with an outstanding reputation. He is the right man for the job. Rob is a thoughtful, mature, and seasoned police officer and leader with very high measures of personal and professional character and integrity. He will restore morale and goodwill within the department. And, as he has throughout his career, ...
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