The East Hampton Town Board is considering a second proposal by the Tesla company to install an electric vehicle charging station — at no cost to taxpayers — in a... more
It was just a couple of years ago, during the height of the COVID pandemic, when it seemed very likely that the days of movie theaters were numbered, or at least the idea of a small-town cinema was beginning to look endangered. At the time, of course, nobody was going out much, and gathering places like theaters were largely closed. But that crisis started to feel like a death knell: In 2020, global box office revenue went down by 70 percent. That came on the heels of an evolving climate for moviegoing. Streaming services offering 4K resolution on home television ...
27 Aug 2025 by Editorial Board
As the 50th annual Hampton Classic takes place this week, please do keep in mind just what an enormous undertaking it is, how much devotion it takes to put on such a high-quality international event, and how deep its local roots really do go. Detailed in a special publication last week that The Express News Group was proud to produce, the Classic began in 1976 with a more modest name: The Southampton Horse Show, though that first event actually was held in East Hampton. It was a revival of a tradition that dated back to the early 20th century, when ...
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Thank you for featuring the work of East End for Peace & Justice [“On Sag Harbor’s Wharf, Weekly Vigils Reflect Global Strife and Local Anguish,” 27east.com, August 21]. The immense loss of life due to Israeli airstrikes, bombings of journalists and universities, and the rhetoric used by the Israeli government is genocidal. Eighty-three percent of people killed in Gaza by Israel are civilians (source: +972 Magazine). The Gaza death toll could exceed 186,000 due to the spread of disease and food shortages (source: The Lancet). In August 2025 alone, Israel has killed over five journalists. All universities in Gaza have ...
26 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer
Our society is mired in painful division and unrest. While the noise is all around politics, a major, or possibly the major, underlying problem is economics. The divide between those with money and thus with power has accelerated to unsustainable levels. Debt has become the foundation of our entire economy. Answers that would fundamentally change this equation exist in a surprising place: Sharia-Muslim law. Readers will have to look up the entire description. The basic premise is that “riba” — charging interest and usury — is exploitative and unjust, and therefore a major sin. There are a variety of alternatives ...
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As a candidate for the Southampton Town Council in this November’s election, I’d like to introduce myself to your readers. I’ve lived in Southampton for the majority of my adult life, working, raising my children and marrying here. I originally moved to Southampton to take a management position at Hampton Jitney. As a vice president at the Jitney, I helped it grow from a small business into one of the most successful companies on the East End. While working there, I also served as president of the Southampton Chamber of Commerce and on the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce board, ...
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Concerns of Trump administration authoritarianism were topics in a recent editorial in this paper [“Sounding the Alarm,” August 14], as well as in a “Viewpoint” by the local League of Women Voters. No mention was made about the years of political harassment Donald Trump experienced since his first election. His supporters were endlessly harassed, and some arrested in the dead of night; jack-booting FBI agents hauled off friends, outspoken supporters and campaign operatives for having the temerity to disagree with the liberal narrative. The loyal media lapped it up, like a megaphone stirring the masses into blind disobedience and dissent. ...
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I’m a member of the East End for Peace and Justice group, who organize the vigil in front of the windmill in Sag Harbor Village every Sunday at 3 p.m. I have managed to be there most Sundays, for some months now, and I want to comment on last week’s article [“On Sag Harbor’s Wharf, Weekly Vigils Reflect Global Strife and Local Anguish,” 27east.com, August 21]. I grew up with parents who were against the war in Vietnam and went to march in the city with thousands of others who thought that war was sheer madness, a big, powerful country ...
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I am totally blown away by the cruelty of the Southampton Town Council by continuing to bring frivolous lawsuits against the Shinnecock Nation [“Southampton Town Takes Department of Interior to Court Over Status of Tribal Land in Hampton Bays,” 27east.com, August 14]. This is yet another land grab on the part of Europeans who are new to this area. This not only causes the nation to bring counter-filings, which cost money, but delays them from creating income, creating infrastructure, on their own land. Haven’t we done enough to Indigenous people in general and these neighbors in particular? Other sovereign nations ...
25 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer
In a recent letter from Jessica McNerney [“More Than a Stain,” Letters, August 21], she unjustly attacks Maria Moore and the Southampton Town Board for challenging the validity of a letter issued by an official of the U.S. Department of Interior that came down heavily on the side of the Shinnecock Nation with regard to the proper map recording of the Westwoods property, which has longstanding legal implications. Research would have shown Ms. McNerney that the letter — which was dated January 2 of this year, less than three weeks before the change of administrations, after years of inaction — ...
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Our elected officials have tried to fix the traffic problem, but they have only taken baby steps. This problem requires a significant lifestyle change for all. I’ve observed that 75 percent of the cars in traffic have only one passenger per car. Trucks seem to travel whenever they want. Landscape equipment and construction vehicles are nearly always parked on the road. Let’s take these one at a time. We have to set up a share-driving program, which means we have to set aside land (town, Pine Barrens or Shinnecock Nation land) for carpooling. Any car with only one person in ...
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