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Focus On Youth Aims To Slow Opioid Abuse

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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

Robert A. Melter Of Southampton Dies April 11

Robert A. Melter of Southampton died on April 11 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation ... 19 Apr 2021 by My27east

Police Confirm They’ll Press Charges Against Pilot Who Buzzed Sag Harbor

A local pilot who repeatedly flew his airplane at an extremely low altitude and high ... 16 Apr 2021 by Peter Boody

27Speaks: Are You Being Served? The East End Restaurant Scene Moving Into The Summer

27east.com · 27Speaks: Are You Being Served? The East End Restaurant Scene Moving Into The ... by Staff Writer

Sag Harbor 7-Eleven Will Close April 30

The Sag Harbor 7-Eleven will close at the end of April. One of the store’s ... by Stephen J. Kotz

Eyes On Iron Point Park, A ‘Wasted Treasure’ In Flanders

The route through the working-class neighborhood passes modest houses, some small enough to fit comfortably ... 15 Apr 2021 by Kitty Merrill

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month Shines Light On Supportive Community

In an average week, Janet Barr jabs, hooks and crosses her way through three Rock ... 14 Apr 2021 by Michelle Trauring

Suffolk Police Unions Indeed Wield Exceptional Political Clout

It was quite a blast at the power of the Suffolk police unions in The New York Times last month — two full pages with the headline “The County Where Cops Call The Shots.” The county is Suffolk, and the article was written by Farah Stockman, a member of The Times editorial board. It began by quoting a person who cannot be described as “anti-police” — Suffolk Legislator Rob Trotta, “a cranky Republican county legislator on Long Island who worked as a [Suffolk] cop for 25 years,” an “unlikely voice for police reform.” He’s “full of praise for the rank ... by Karl Grossman

The Spring Of Bystanders And Racial Reckonings

It’s spring, and hate is in the air. Or, more accurately and refreshingly, a reckoning with it. I’ve been the object of hate. I’ve also witnessed it. I was reminded of that fact by the cosmic conjoining of the recent spate of hate crimes against Asian Americans and the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis police officer whose knee pinned George Floyd, a Black man, allegedly leading to Mr. Floyd’s death. Three years ago, as I was walking along lower Sixth Avenue on one of those crisp late spring afternoons when the blue of the sky has the ... by Carlos Sandoval

A Disastrous Winter That Never Came For Restaurants

A year ago, if you had told most restaurant owners that social distancing restrictions on ... by Michael Wright

Charles A. ‘Charlie’ Styler Of North Sea Dies April 13

Charles Albert “Charlie” Styler of North Sea died following a long battle with cancer on April 13. He was 81. He was born to Albert Jensen Styler and Claire Keen Styler. Mr. Styler served four years in the United States Navy as a radio operator, and was aboard the first United States Navy ship, the USS Maury, to enter the Black Sea since the Yalta Conference. He was a member of the Southampton School District Board of Education, an active member of the Combined Veterans Organization and a long time member of the North Sea Community Association, Inc. Some occupations ... by My27east