The two candidates are vying for the East End’s New York State Senate seat. The seat is currently held by Senator Anthony Palumbo, a Republican from New Suffolk, who is... more
The Southampton Town Business Alliance strongly objects to the proposed amortization law for sand mines in Southampton Town, asserting that the law’s attempt to shut down all local sand mines would have severe ecological and economic consequences. Ecological impact: The SBA warns that this law would exacerbate traffic congestion, particularly on already overburdened roads like County Road 39. The influx of thousands of tractor-trailers transporting sand from other regions would lead to higher carbon emissions and increased air pollution, further harming the environment. Economic impact: The closure of local sand mines would have significant economic repercussions, including the increased cost ...
13 Jan 2025 by Staff Writer
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A Madison Street resident called police on Friday night, complaining that there was loud shouting and the sound of objects shattering coming from a neighboring property. Police went to the scene and found that it was a building used for housing by a Sag Harbor resort. There was a holiday season celebration going on, police learned, during which a window had been smashed. After interviewing everyone inside the building, police took the course of no further action needed. SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Police received a call from a Richards Drive resident early afternoon Friday that there ...
12 Jan 2025 by Staff Writer
It’s George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” all over again. Donald Trump has his own “Ministry of Truth.” According to Trump, January 6, 2021, was a “day of love.” Well, we were all glued to the TV watching the violence and carnage at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., four years ago. Capitol Police officers were severely beaten by the rioters, and a few subsequently died. Members of Congress were hiding from the rioters who were hunting them. The mob was threatening to hang Mike Pence from a gallows that they erected. The Capitol building was desecrated in every way imaginable … including ...
10 Jan 2025 by Staff Writer
It seems a lifetime ago, but there were moments of real promise in the relationship between the Shinnecock Nation and state and local governments. In 2020, after workers at a building site in Shinnecock Hills disturbed the remains of an Indigenous person, the town swiftly took action. A year later, the Town Board delivered a new law aimed at protecting graves and other culturally significant sites in town, with a focus on locations of importance to the nation. Two years later, New York State followed with a long-overdue law protecting unmarked graves. “I’m so happy it got done and this ...
8 Jan 2025 by Editorial Board
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