Local Activist Sounds a Warning About Legalized Cannabis
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Kym Laube at the Express Session on October 17 in Southampton. DANA SHAW
Kym Laube at the Express Session on October 17 in Southampton. DANA SHAW
Stephen J. Kotz on Oct 29, 2024
The opportunities and challenges of New York’s legal cannabis industry were the focus of the most recent Express Sessions, “Cannabis and Its Economic Role” — but Kym Laube, the executive... more
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Sag Harbor Village Police arrested Billy Jose Salazar, 51, of Coral Springs, Florida, early in the morning on August 20 on felony charges of DWI. According to police, initial contact with Salazar was made when an officer responded to a report of a man lying in the street next to the open driver’s side door on a pickup truck on Bay Street. According to police, it was Salazar who was lying on the ground with a visible head wound, apparently from falling out of the truck. He told police that he had been driving the truck, ...
27 Aug 2025 by Staff Writer
QUOGUE — On Wednesday, August 20, at 8:53 p.m., Quogue Village Police received a report that an unknown individual had entered someone’s private residence on Meadow Lane and took two bicycles valued at approximately $1,700. After investigating, police were able to identify a suspect, who was arrested two days later at 10:17 a.m. at Quogue Village Police Department. The suspect was identified as Omar Chalco Prado, 37, of Shirley. He was charged with fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony, and was released on an appearance ticket. The stolen bikes were located and will be returned. QUOGUE — On August 14, a ...
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A divided Southampton Town Board narrowly approved a long-settled agreement to direct $2.7 million in funding from the town’s Community Housing Fund to a 79-unit workforce housing apartment complex planned for a former laundromat property on Quiogue. Councilman Bill Pell took the opportunity of the Town Board’s final vote to approve the housing fund contribution on Tuesday night, August 26, to try to force the project developers back to square one with their proposal, which he said he thinks was ill conceived on Quiogue. Supervisor Maria Moore also voted against approving the funding, saying that she thought it should simply ...
by Michael Wright
It was just a couple of years ago, during the height of the COVID pandemic, when it seemed very likely that the days of movie theaters were numbered, or at least the idea of a small-town cinema was beginning to look endangered. At the time, of course, nobody was going out much, and gathering places like theaters were largely closed. But that crisis started to feel like a death knell: In 2020, global box office revenue went down by 70 percent. That came on the heels of an evolving climate for moviegoing. Streaming services offering 4K resolution on home television ...
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As the 50th annual Hampton Classic takes place this week, please do keep in mind just what an enormous undertaking it is, how much devotion it takes to put on such a high-quality international event, and how deep its local roots really do go. Detailed in a special publication last week that The Express News Group was proud to produce, the Classic began in 1976 with a more modest name: The Southampton Horse Show, though that first event actually was held in East Hampton. It was a revival of a tradition that dated back to the early 20th century, when ...
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Social media has its shortcomings, and development isn’t generally celebrated in this region. But there are times when a new project gets more than its fair share of abuse, and it’s worth polishing the lens a bit. Many people jeered on Facebook and Instagram after hearing that the Southampton Town Planning Board is poised to approve a new gas station and convenience store on the Riverside traffic circle, on a site that has been vacant for years. In a rare show of open support, Planning Board Chairman Dennis Finnerty pledged to the owners that town officials would “try to get ...
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Stephen J. Kotz on Oct 29, 2024