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Express Sessions: East End Employers Discuss Challenges In Hiring New Staff

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Express Sessions - Hiring Challenges

Adam Fine

John Tortorella

Joseph P. Shaw

Mark Smith

The panel.

Robert Chaloner

East End businesses and organizations, including school districts and the region’s largest employer, have had a difficult time recruiting employees for open positions for a number of years because of... more

East End Hospice Offers Advice On Navigating Grief, Finding Hope Throughout The Holidays

As a fairly new social worker at the time, Jean Behrens approached the first Thanksgiving ... 7 Dec 2021 by Michelle Trauring

Winter Track Season Is Put On Hold While Section XI, SCCC Iron Out Insurance Issue

Winter track athletes who were gearing up for the start of their season this past ... by Drew Budd

New Canalside Walkway Proposed For Public Access at Hamptons Boathouses In Hampton Bays

When the development is complete, the Hampton Boathouses property in Hampton Bays could include a ... by Kitty Merrill

District Provides Update On Mashashimuet Park Improvement Plans, And Bond Timeline, At Sag Harbor Board Of Education Meeting

At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Sag Harbor Superintendent of Schools Jeff Nichols gave ... by Cailin Riley

Forum Set for Families With Special Needs Children

A program for parents and guardians of children with disabilities is being offered by the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, the next in its Thinking Forward Lecture Series. During a teleconference on Wednesday, December15, moderator Dora Romero, the center’s new in-house social worker, will talk with Donna Febo, a parent of two children with special needs and a broker for families in obtaining special needs supports, and Christine Bryant, about eligibility through the Office for People with Development Disabilities and benefits available through social services programs. The program will start at 7 p.m. The Zoom meeting ID is 837 ... by Staff Writer

Need A Little Christmas? Sweet Adelines Sing A Capella And Al Fresco Saturday

Without music, what would life be? “Without a song or a dance, what are we?” ... by Kitty Merrill

Can’t Harvest It All

Here we are again, going into the shortest days with seed catalogs arriving and the beginning fantasy of spring. This, while we are still deep in this season. We’re still shoveling potatoes out of storage, still pulling carrots, cutting cabbage, cauliflower and kale. Brassicas show up on the menus of Ancient Greeks, but our consumption of kale probably predates civilization and may well have eclipsed it, too. It’s a big family of leafy greens that is as nutritious as it is versatile. Whereas something like a tomato is a haughty and demanding crop, the brassicas are conciliatory and try hard ... by Marilee Foster

Southampton Investment Adviser Accused By Feds Of Misappropriating Over $1 Million

Jeffrey Slothower, founder of a Manhattan-based investment advisory firm and a Southampton resident, was arrested ... by Kitty Merrill

Sunrise Vehicle Fire Snarls Morning Traffic From Hampton Bays East

A work van went up in flames on Sunrise Highway on Tuesday morning, stalling eastbound ... by Kitty Merrill

VIEWPOINT: To Tell The Truth? That’s Open To Interpretation

There are quite a few synonyms for the word “interpretation.” All of them are used to explain an understanding of something, so that’s why everyone has a different way of making sense of written or spoken words, sentences, expressions, circumstances, facts. If a child does something and then makes an effort to convince everybody that he didn’t do it, he only makes us smile. The tangible proof of his guilt is visible on his face and his hands, but instead of being angry at his behavior, we silently agree with him — and we are proud that he is so ... 6 Dec 2021 by Ryszard Krasowski