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Focus On Youth Aims To Slow Opioid Abuse

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Jonathan Brandeis

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directing high school students from Southampton and Sag Harbor before shooting a PSA on the Suffolk County Social Host Law. JON WINKLER

With the nation in the throes of an opioid epidemic, more focus is being placed on preventing youth from starting down the path to addiction. A handful of groups on... more

Elsie Pardee Collins Of Westhampton Beach Dies April 7

Elsie Pardee Collins, formerly of Westhampton Beach, died on April 7 at Woodland Pond Senior ... 22 Apr 2021 by My27east

Alvin Novak Of Water Mill Dies April 16

Alvin Novak of Water Mill died on April 16 at home. He was 92. In ... by My27east

Sag Harbor Developer Says He would Offer Space For 7-Eleven If He Could Only Get A Building Permit

Could Sag Harbor’s 7-Eleven find a new home on the Schiavoni property, a commercially zoned ... by Stephen J. Kotz

New Device Deployed To Combat Algal Blooms In Lake Agawam In Southampton Village

It’s an experiment that’s never been attempted before, combining the sun, sound and the old ... 21 Apr 2021 by Kitty Merrill

Student Refuses To Stand For Pledge In Westhampton Beach To Protest Perceived Systemic Racism In District

A TikTok post by a Westhampton Beach High School sophomore, showing her sitting during the ... by Desirée Keegan

Wind Farms Will Not Sprout Off South Fork, But Fishermen Are Not Assuaged

The federal government for the first time last week formalized areas of the Atlantic Ocean ... by Michael Wright

What’s The Buzz? A Celebration Of Legal Pot In Sag Harbor

Shall we dispense with the clichés first? No, the air was not heavy with the ... by Stephen J. Kotz

Bombs In Your Backyard? Army Corps Will Check Near WWII Training Site

Are there bombs in my backyard? Will they be digging up my azaleas? Those are ... by Kitty Merrill

Hampton Bays School Budget Spending To Increase, But Tax Levy Remains Flat

It’s something Hampton Bays School Business Manager Larry Luce never thought he’d see: For the first time in 15 years, he’s presenting a school budget without a tax levy increase. “We’ll tax when we need to for what we need to,” Mr. Luce said during a presentation to the Board of Education Tuesday, April 20. “This year is unique. There’s no need to tax more, and, thus, we will not.” The 2021-22 proposed budget, which was also unanimously approved April 20, will see spending going up, however, 3.8 percent, or $2.1 million, to $57,318,187. The tax levy increase will remain ... by Desirée Keegan