Disgraced Former Congressman George Santos Announces Bid for House Seat Held by Nick LaLota
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Former U.S. Representative George Santos's official congressional portrait.
Former U.S. Representative George Santos's official congressional portrait.
Staff Writer on Mar 8, 2024
Former 3rd District U.S. Representative George Santos announced last Thursday night, March 7, that he is running for Congress this year in the 1st District, now represented by fellow Republican... more
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A 17-year-old from Manorville was arrested by Village Police at about 5:45 p.m. on July 30 and charged with DWI after police received a call about an erratic driver. An officer located the car on Moses Lane and witnessed the driver run a stop sign and swerve out of his lane, police said. When pulled over, the teenage driver was found to be intoxicated. QUOGUE — On August 1 at 8:44 a.m., Quogue Village Police arrested Carlos Aguilar Morales, 23, of Eastport and charged him with criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of second-degree ...
6 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer
A bad idea doesn’t improve with age. Suffolk County is about to discover this. In November, the county will ask its voters, once again, to sign off on four-year terms for county legislators. That’s double the current two-year term, and it comes on the heels of a 2023 state law that will switch local elections to even-number years — when federal and state positions are on the ballot, too. There’s almost nothing new about the proposed switch to four-year terms when comparing it to 2020, when seven out of 10 Suffolk County voters rejected the idea. Columnist Karl Grossman offers ...
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Last Wednesday, a utility work crew thought the middle of morning rush hour was the best time to do some maintenance work along County Road 39, closing one eastbound lane. The result, not surprisingly, was a backup that stretched nearly to East Quogue, and bungled things up for much of the day. It’s a fact: The traffic problem on the South Fork gets worse every year, and there are precious few workable solutions on the table. Credit Charlie McArdle, Southampton Town’s highway superintendent, and Southampton Village officials in particular for trying some things, hoping to hit on a silver bullet. ...
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Staff Writer on Mar 8, 2024