Gold Stars and Dunce CapsDunce Cap -- To Southampton Town officials for their on again/off again cone and flashing light program in Hampton Bays and other areas. The so-called traffic calming measures can’t possibly calm motorists who make good time one day, only to...
A Matter of FaithFor 50 years, Roe v. Wade was the law of the land and it assured women in the United States the right to choose whether or not to carry a pregnancy to term. But that precedent was overturned in June...
A Model for SuccessOnce environmental damage is done, it is exceedingly difficult to undo — but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try, or that our efforts won’t succeed beyond expectations. Case in point, the rebound of the hard clam population in Shinnecock...
A Will To PlayThere’s more at play than a simple change in demographics when it comes to the latest struggling East End football program, this time at Hampton Bays High School, which, for the first time in 47 years, will not field a...
The Bully Pulpit“Platinum Bull” serves as a shining symbol for East Hampton Village government, in part because of how the 16-foot-long stainless steel sculpture got there in the first place. Because a bull always strides purposefully where it wants to go, and...
Have It In WritingIt was a longtime South Fork resident, the late Joseph Heller, who said it best in his novel “Catch-22”: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” In Hampton Bays, as red-faced town officials scrambled to stamp out...
A Place Of HistoryWhat makes a place special? Not an entire community, but an actual place — a location, a street address? What makes it historic? We designate historical markers to battlefields, but also to places where less bloody events took place, or...
A Delicate BalanceA story from East Hampton Village last week highlighted an issue that could well be percolating beneath the service in many communities, as local volunteer ambulance corps seek a delicate balance of morale and necessary moves to provide reliable emergency...
on Oct 25, 2019