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Southampton Students Protest Failed Merger Vote

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Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Paintings of the Corwith Red Barns by architect Gayle Pickering. MICHELLE TRAURING

Paintings of the Corwith Red Barns by architect Gayle Pickering. MICHELLE TRAURING

East End homeowners tend to gravitate toward gray and white, but their options are limitless. MICHELLE TRAURING

East End homeowners tend to gravitate toward gray and white, but their options are limitless. MICHELLE TRAURING

Susan Zaccharia in her East Quogue garden. MICHELLE TRAURING

Susan Zaccharia in her East Quogue garden. MICHELLE TRAURING

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton High School protested the Tuckahoe merger vote on Friday by holding a sit-in in the school lobby. DANA SHAW

Protest organizers Emily Pepitone, Stefania Gonzalez and Sebastian Cuyjet with their classmates on Friday. DANA SHAW

Protest organizers Emily Pepitone, Stefania Gonzalez and Sebastian Cuyjet with their classmates on Friday. DANA SHAW

Protest organizers Emily Pepitone, Stefania Gonzalez and Sebastian Cuyjet with their classmates on Friday. DANA SHAW

Protest organizers Emily Pepitone, Stefania Gonzalez and Sebastian Cuyjet with their classmates on Friday. DANA SHAW

May 16: Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman plays a guitar signed by approximately 100 East End musicians and music lovers, and driven up to him earlier in the month by Donald Bracken. Ross Lilley delivered the Takamine acoustic guitar to Mr. Bauman while he was recovering from his wounds at Boston Medical Center. “He truly loved the guitar and it made him smile, big time,” Mr. Lilley reported. The gift idea was thought up by musician Bryan Downey and purchased at Crossroads Music in Amagansett.

May 16: Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman plays a guitar signed by approximately 100 East End musicians and music lovers, and driven up to him earlier in the month by Donald Bracken. Ross Lilley delivered the Takamine acoustic guitar to Mr. Bauman while he was recovering from his wounds at Boston Medical Center. “He truly loved the guitar and it made him smile, big time,” Mr. Lilley reported. The gift idea was thought up by musician Bryan Downey and purchased at Crossroads Music in Amagansett.

A rendering of the Salt & Loft interior. COURTESY KAROLINA NESKO

A rendering of the Salt & Loft interior. COURTESY KAROLINA NESKO

authorErin McKinley on Nov 1, 2013
UPDATE: Friday, 2:20 p.m. Southampton students continued their protest on Friday afternoon, vowing to stay seated in the lobby until the end of the school day. On Friday morning, Southampton... more

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