The Bounty That Surrounds UsWhen the Community Preservation Fund gets its well-earned accolades for the good it has done for the East End in the past quarter century, the focus often is on the preservation of land, keeping it from being developed and thus...
Fair and Impartial“The appearance of impropriety” is a phrase that’s often used as a cautionary note: Elected officials, journalists and others for whom ethical questions can be devastating are advised to avoid situations that could be perceived as compromising. It’s meant to...
The Downtown DilemmaLast week, an Express Sessions event in Sag Harbor focused on the village’s shopping district and explored a puzzle: If last summer was the busiest ever, and the streets of Sag Harbor were, by all accounts, packed on most every...
Shining ExamplesA glimpse back in time to the 19th century would reveal, in most of the East End’s hamlets and villages, small general stores, often containing a local post office, where people living in the neighborhood could purchase groceries and necessary...
Staying AliveAnd, in the same vein, Sag Harbor Village’s holiday weekend “Keep It Local” shopping event was a success, and it’s a model that should be repeated more frequently in the village — and in every other village and hamlet shopping...
Work To DoThe Maidstone Gun Club appears poised to reopen soon, under a new lease with East Hampton Town, and with terms based on settling a lawsuit filed by neighbors. It is, ultimately, a win, if only because a major threat appears...
Cuts That HurtIf you poll most Americans of all political stripes, you’d find a general agreement that there’s likely waste and fraud in the massive amount of federal spending, and that identifying and eliminating it would be a worthwhile task. What’s happening,...
See What WorksA note of appreciation to Southampton Town’s highway superintendent, Charlie McArdle, for refusing to leave things alone. At this point, it’s become policy at Suffolk County that they don’t have a solution to the chronic traffic problems on the South...
Staff Writer on Jan 25, 2022