It’s sitting on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk, just waiting to change life on the South Fork for the better. Legislation approved in June in Albany would create the Community Housing... more
Our Sag Harbor park tennis courts are under siege. There are eight clay courts and two hard courts. Information was just given at the start of the season that the hard courts will be given over to pickleball, as they were last season, but will be resurfaced and used only for pickleball — not to be shared for tennis, also. Two of the now eight clay courts, on the upper level, are to be paved this summer, I was told, so that the high school teams can use hard courts for practice in fall and spring. The timing of this ...
10 May 2025 by Staff Writer
Kudos to the Board of Trustees of North Haven for addressing the continuous issue of cellphone coverage in North Haven. Poor to no cellphone coverage in and around North Haven is matter of safety and security that needs to be improved. The two authors of the letters “It’s A Haven” and “Money Grab” from the May 1 issue of The Sag Harbor Express both overstated the size and footprint of a single cell tower. The tower size discussed in the last Board of Trustees meeting was a 110-foot tower, with a base of 2,500 square feet — not 150 feet ...
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I saw with deep chagrin the letter Erica-Lynn Huberty posted in The Express last week [“We Need a Choice,” Letters, May 8]. Despite our political differences, I have found Mayor Tom Gardella to be an eminently reasonable and moral person to work with on matters of concern in the village, including supporting Erica-Lynn’s “VOTE” banners (which were wonderful, inventive and nonpartisan, as Mayor Gardella agreed when the issue of village workers having removed them, while he was away, came to my and others’ attention). He immediately approved their re-installation in any supportive business’s windows. Of course, in a better world, ...
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It’s not fair to suggest that the last two weeks, when Southampton Town, with Suffolk County’s blessing, tested some various strategies for managing the flow of traffic westward in the afternoon rush hours, will be enough to “solve” anything. This is a Gordian knot, but Charlie McArdle is no Alexander the Great, sword in hand, ready to cut the snarl free. At best, the town’s highway superintendent is diligently picking at various parts of the heap, hoping to loosen it a tiny bit. Suffolk County officials were active participants this time, which is helpful, and they will be sitting down ...
7 May 2025 by Editorial Board
When your publication dispenses its “Gold Stars and Dunce Caps,” I hope you will take the unprecedented step to add an additional star alongside the name of Town Highway Superintendent Charles McArdle. As an administrator who could have easily monitored the challenges of westbound traffic modifications from the comfort of a construction trailer, Charlie was planted roadside throughout the entire ordeal, wrapped in the neon OSHA jacket of his subordinates, barking orders into a walkie-talkie while simultaneously scowling at hapless motorists who were reluctant to merge into a single lane. My daily afternoon eastbound commutes confirmed his presence, a battle-hardened ...
6 May 2025 by Staff Writer
The recent “The Downtown Dilemma” editorial [May 1] asks the right question: If our streets are overflowing with people in summer, why are our Main Street businesses falling behind? The answer is not just about parking or nostalgia. It’s about how money flows — and how little of it stays. Every summer, millions of dollars pour into the South Fork. But, too often, those dollars bypass local businesses entirely — spent at national chains, short-term rentals or online retailers. Even when tourists walk through town, they often browse without buying. The result: Packed sidewalks but struggling storefronts. One practical, proven ...
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It was discovered last week that 11 upper-class members of a high school lacrosse team near Syracuse had terrorized their younger teammates. They invited five of them out for some fast food and then staged a kidnapping. Four escaped, but one was thrown into the trunk of a car, with a pillowcase over his head, and later dumped in the middle of the woods. The young victims were terrorized and terrified. The incident was videotaped. Surprising? Horrifying? Really? As a psychologist, let me remind you what our children are surrounded by every day: • The cruel and inhumane treatment of ...
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I find the jubilation surrounding the achievement of a $2 million price tag for a home in my neighborhood macabre — the equivalent of a white collar crime. Charles B. Grubb Bridgehampton
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Questions were recently raised about the identity of a frequent letter writer, who self-identified as “Jose Reyes of Hampton Bays.” Southampton Democratic Committee officials provided documentation strongly calling into question the legitimacy of the letters. The letter writer has since acknowledged — without revealing his or her true identity — that this was a “pen name,” or an assumed name, and apologized and promised to stop submitting letters using that pseudonym. The Express News Group policy is to require verifiable address and phone numbers with published Letters to the Editor, with the information kept confidential but used to verify a ...
5 May 2025 by Editorial Board
I’m a textile artist, one of several convening in Sag Harbor who make art in support of local and pro-democracy causes. You may have seen some of my handmade art “VOTE” banners, which the village removed, and that I personally pulled out of garbage cans along Main Street [“Vote Banners Don’t Last Long in Sag Harbor,” 27east.com, November 5, 2024]. Recently, Mayor Tom Gardella reposted on his only Instagram account the following: “To all the people complaining about Doge! ... F--- YOU.” Many of us who saw the post were shocked. One of my fellow textile artist-friends asked the mayor ...
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