Gold Stars and Dunce CapsGold Star: Several of them, in fact, after an agreement in Albany finally will put in place long-overdue protection for historic burial sites. It’s hard to imagine that unmarked graves — whether they hold the remains of early settlers, war...
A Very Local CrisisThe East Hampton Town Board and Planning Department are doing their best to make it easier for residents to construct affordable rental apartments throughout the town — and they deserve widespread support. New legislation, in the works for months now,...
A Big InvestmentMoney won’t fix everything. But when you’re looking at a multigenerational problem — decades of leaky septic systems and other polluting sources flooding our groundwater and threatening our drinking water supply — the more money put to the task, the...
Room To GrowSag Harbor School District is in fine financial shape. On Tuesday, district residents will vote on a $48.06 million budget for the 2023-24 school year — a spending plan that has one of the lowest tax levy increases in the...
Not So TemporaryGeoCubes have long overstayed their welcome in East Hampton Town. At waterfront properties in Amagansett and other communities, seawalls made up of the 1-ton sandbags were installed as so-called temporary measures to protect homes threatened by encroaching seas. But it...
Essential EmployeesWhile there are many things to argue about on the op-ed pages of this newspaper these days, it is easy to forget that we have much to celebrate on the South Fork — in particular, the number of residents who...
A Familiar RefrainThis editorial may sound familiar. It seems like every spring, these pages contain a dire warning about the harmful effects that synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides sprayed on lawns in an effort to achieve the greenest lawn on the block...
Lessons To LearnIt might well turn out to be true that East Hampton Village is getting “back on track,” as Mayor Jerry Larsen said last week, after taking over control of East Hampton Volunteer Ambulance after 50 years of self-management. “Nothing is...
Staff Writer on Jan 25, 2022