Ripple EffectThere’s a certain irony to the fact that local elections have the biggest direct impact on people’s lives — yet they regularly have the lowest turnout, much lower than, say, a presidential election, where every single vote is a tiny...
Commodity, Not CommunityLast week’s Express Sessions event in Southampton Village, part of a five-part series called “Local Matters” — upcoming events will turn to Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Hampton Bays and Westhampton Beach — was largely dominated by a trio of interconnected...
A Day To ShareThe three-day weekend just past is generally known as Columbus Day weekend, but in recent years the holiday has an alternate identity, Indigenous Peoples’ Day. More than four decades after the idea was first suggested in 1977 at a United...
Green LightSometime in November, it appears that some new traffic patterns will appear along County Road 39. They won’t be brand new — they are the result of a great deal of testing and trial-and-error this year, led by Southampton Town...
A Strong HeartbeatIn an era when community ties can feel increasingly fragile, it was heartening to see the hamlet of Springs come together once again for SpringsFest — an afternoon that reminded all who attended what shared purpose and local pride can...
Paging King SolomonAnyone who believes every local issue is cut-and-dried, and simple to resolve, should take a closer look at Poxabogue Field in Sagaponack, and at least acknowledge just how thorny a choice the Southampton Town Board faces. On the surface, it...
Price vs. ValueThe price tag will create the first response among Sag Harbor School District residents — $35 million to $40 million is a hefty figure, even though any substantial renovation of a school building can be expected to come in at...
Free To ChooseGovernor Kathy Hochul deserves credit for giving New York State residents a shot in the arm, figuratively and literally. The mess that is the federal Health Department has effectively muddied the waters on COVID vaccines. This is to be expected:...
On the WaterfrontVisionary and groundbreaking legislation designed to protect commercial enterprises operating along the waterfront was signed into law, with deserved pomp and circumstance, by Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine earlier this week along the commercial docks in Greenport. The legislation sets...
