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From Townhouses To Luxury Hotel Rooms: Town Board Approves Pivot For Canal Property

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A sketch depicts the proposed public access along the east side of the Shinnecock Canal in red.

The proposed public access along the east side of the Shinnecock Canal includes a floating dock. KITTY MERRILL

The Southampton Town Board voted unanimously on Tuesday, March 8, to amend the Canoe Place Inn zoning designation to allow the townhouses located on the eastern side of the Shinnecock... more

Irresponsible Article

It is difficult to discern if “Southampton Set To Welcome First Legal Cannabis Dispensaries After Site Plan Approvals” [27east.com, August 6] is an article or a press release for the marijuana industry. The reporter does not mention that there are several pre-existing pot shops on Shinnecock Territory fronting Montauk Highway, which I believe number seven or so, which would then actually mean that we will now have more than 10 cannabis stores between St. Andrews Road and Bridgehampton. It is next stated that the shops will have a “distinctly Hamptons feel,” without explaining what that means. The stores are then ... 18 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer

Heartfelt Thanks

Please accept our most heartfelt thanks to all who attended our son’s funeral service on August 14. We are so grateful to so many of you who took the time and effort to help our family through the most difficult time of our lives. To the gracious and caring nurses and doctors who cared for our son through a long five-year ordeal, we can only offer our deepest thanks and let you know how much we cherish your love for our son and your tireless devotion to his care. To all the staff within the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and ... by Staff Writer

My Last Column

After 35 years, I am saying adios to Los Hamptons. It’s not the Hamptons’ fault. I love the place, the ocean, the terrain, the people. It’s become home. The reasons are tragic and mundane. My husband and partner of 33 years, Michael Hampton, passed in June. I still can’t bring myself to use words like “died” or “death,” because they imply finality. I carry him with me. He envelopes me, just in a different form. It’s also an ordinary Hamptons story. I can’t financially sustain our beautiful home by myself. We have stairs, lots of them. Toward the end, I ... by Carlos Sandoval

House on Fire

At the editorial board’s request [“Sounding the Alarm,” Editorial, August 21], I read “A Constitutional Crisis Requires Action” [Viewpoint, Opinion, August 21]. I actually read it twice so that I could fully “hear” it, and what I heard was what has become the typical reaction to President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024. The central theme is that democracy is under threat because he simply was elected to do exactly what he’s presently doing. No earth-shattering epiphany — just the same nonsense that our democracy is perilously close to ruin. So, instead of addressing women’s issues, Judi Roth has decided to ... by Staff Writer

Lifeguard Schedule

I have not seen a Ponquogue Beach lifeguard schedule, especially their hours after Labor Day. My neighbors and I believe that lifeguards should be on duty on three or four weekends after Labor Day at Ponquogue Beach. In 2024, they were on duty two weekends after Labor Day. The beach was very busy on the first three weekends and moderately busy on the fourth. We don’t see any reason not to have lifeguards when there are hundreds (maybe thousands) of beachgoers. It seems prudent that Southampton Town would want to protect beachgoers. It not safe to be in the ocean ... by Staff Writer

Update Needed

I just finished Terie Diat’s letter this week [“A Big Change,” Letters, August 14]; I was anticipating that she would have updated her facts from the trustees meeting of a few months ago that included an open hearing on underwater land used for gross square footage calculation. Yes. That’s the issue. Underwater. Underwater and unusable. Unless you’re a crab. Currently, we in North Haven are the only municipality on the East End that allows a deed that includes “underwater land” to have that unusable piece of their property included in the calculation of the gross square footage of their residence. ... by Staff Writer

Unwinnable Battle

Across our community, outdated and unnecessary landscaping practices are very loud in the way they undermine the health of our natural world. The cycle of constant lawn “care,” as practiced in much of modern suburbia, is less about nurturing nature and more about waging a slow, expensive war against it. Fueled by a vision of uniform green perfection, it damages the very ecosystems we rely on — and it’s a loop that runs season after season. The cycle: It starts with watering — gallons of treated drinking water sprayed over grass that evolved to survive drought by going dormant. When ... by Staff Writer

Traffic Fixes

Does anyone who suggests traffic resolutions live in this area or drive in this area? Install bumps on Somerset/Pleasant streets to slow traffic. End the “no right turn” fiasco there, because have you seen the nightmare this “no turning right” has caused on Magee Street? The South Magee traffic starts at Moses/Pelham and takes one hour to cross County Road 39. Install a left turn signal at the light at South Magee/County Road 39. Make that area of the road three lanes so people can turn left, go straight or turn right — there is room. Remove all the cars ... by Staff Writer

Step It Up

I’d like to add to Karl Grossman’s column [“Zeldin Under Fire,” Suffolk Closeup, Opinion, July 31], in which he informed readers of Lee Zeldin’s disastrous leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency. Alongside the anti-environmental actions mentioned in Mr. Grossman’s column, it’s important to note that Trump-Zeldin policies have reversed a key environmental ruling. By overturning the 2009 “Endangerment finding,” the scientific analysis to justify regulating carbon emissions, Lee Zeldin reduced the U.S.’s capacity to address climate change. Payoff? Please note: The fossil fuel industry contributed $75 million to the Donald Trump campaign and added $19 million to Trump’s inauguration. And, ... by Staff Writer

More Than a Stain

The people of Southampton should understand exactly what their town government is doing when it appeals the federal government’s recognition of the Shinnecock Nation’s Westwoods property [“Southampton Town Takes Department of Interior to Court Over Status of Tribal Land in Hampton Bays,” 27east.com, August 14]. The town is effectively saying that Westwoods is not sovereign or indigenous land at all — that it is simply another parcel of real estate, subject to local zoning and local property taxes, as if the Shinnecock Nation’s history and rights do not exist. That is not just wrong — it’s offensive. It is a ... by Staff Writer

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From Townhouses To Luxury Hotel Rooms: Town Board Approves Pivot For Canal Property

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