On Abortion, Avlon Says LaLota’s Centrist Position Is Deceitful; LaLota Pledges Not To Support Ban
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Democratic candidate John Avlon and incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Nick LaLota
Democratic candidate John Avlon and incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Nick LaLota
Christopher Walsh on Oct 17, 2024
John Avlon, the Democratic candidate for the 1st Congressional District, charged that U.S. Representative Nick LaLota is disingenuous with respect to women’s reproductive freedom, pointing to changes made to LaLota’s... more
Last week’s Express Sessions event in Southampton Village, part of a five-part series called “Local Matters” — upcoming events will turn to Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Hampton Bays and Westhampton Beach — was largely dominated by a trio of interconnected issues: traffic, most significantly, but also affordable housing and the need for septic solutions. As it turns out, the three are so intertwined that you simply can’t discuss them individually, and no “solution” will slay this three-headed dragon alone. Still, there was a great deal to take away from this first conversation, and it impacts the entire South Fork, because ...
15 Oct 2025 by Editorial Board
The three-day weekend just past is generally known as Columbus Day weekend, but in recent years the holiday has an alternate identity, Indigenous Peoples’ Day. More than four decades after the idea was first suggested in 1977 at a United Nations conference, former President Joe Biden issued a proclamation in 2021, making it a federal holiday alongside Columbus Day. President Donald Trump countered that proclamation with one of his own last week, restoring Columbus Day as the lone federal holiday, bringing it “back from the ashes,” in his estimation. This matters only symbolically, except for the federal holiday designation — ...
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Daniel Conkright of Sag Harbor died on October 7. He was 39. Visiting hours will be at Yardley & Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor on Saturday, October 18, from 2-5 p.m. and Sunday, October 19, from 2-5 p.m. A graveside service will be held on Monday, October 20, at 11 a.m. at St. Andrews Cemetery in Sag Harbor.
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