Letters

Wonderful news! More than 27 acres on Halsey Lane, Bridgehampton, that have been farmed for generations by the Topping family have been preserved in perpetuity as farmland.

Hats off and heartfelt thanks to the following for their part in effecting this result: (1) the family of the late Raymond Topping; (2) the 2023 Southampton Town Board (Supervisor Jay Schneiderman and Town Council members John Bouvier, Rick Martel, Cyndi McNamara and Tommy John Schiavoni), who authorized a major expenditure by the town’s Community Preservation Fund toward the preservation effort; (3) a group of private citizens led by Lewis Frankfort, all of whom contributed funds to the Peconic Land Trust to achieve this marvelous result; and (4) the Peconic Land Trust, its president, John v.H. Halsey, and its director of conservation planning, Kim Quarty, who worked with everyone to make this happen.

Thanks also to Assemblyman Fred Thiele, for having had the foresight to sponsor the creation 24 years ago of the Community Preservation Fund for each of the East End towns.

John A. Millard

Bridgehampton