Parents at the November 8 Board of Education meeting at Eastport South Manor. ERIN MCKINLEY
Parents at the November 8 Board of Education meeting at Eastport South Manor. ERIN MCKINLEY
Erin McKinley on Jun 25, 2014
The Southampton School District will bolster its summer school program for lower grades this year, investing more time and money in a plan to help students whom the district feels... more
Due to inclement weather, the final paving work for the Snake Hollow railroad crossing originally scheduled for Friday, May 16, has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 20, when Snake Hollow Road in Bridgehampton will be closed to all except local traffic. Work will take place during the daytime hours, from 7 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m., according to the Long Island Rail Road, which states that this paving marks the final step in the grade crossing renewal project at Snake Hollow Road intended to enhance safety and service quality. MTA Police will be onsite to support the closure. The LIRR ...
16 May 2025 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A Village Police officer spotted a commercial pickup truck traveling on North Sea Road with flames leaping up out of the rear of the vehicle on May 7. The officer stopped the truck, whose driver had not noticed the flames, and extinguished the fire before it caused serious damage to the vehicle. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A caller told Southampton Village Police that they had seen a suspicious person “hiding in the bushes” outside a Windmill Lane bank on May 7. An officer responded to the scene and reported back that there was an employee washing the building’s ...
14 May 2025 by Staff Writer
When the Community Preservation Fund gets its well-earned accolades for the good it has done for the East End in the past quarter century, the focus often is on the preservation of land, keeping it from being developed and thus protecting the region from becoming too intensely suburban. Without question, that effort to maintain the region’s rural appeal is a significant, historic accomplishment. But sometimes we forget the importance of the CPF in keeping agriculture alive as a major contributor to the region’s agroeconomy, which has quality-of-life benefits of its own for both farmers and those who live among their ...
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Erin McKinley on Jun 25, 2014