State’s ‘Future of LIPA’ Commission To Hold Public Hearing in Southampton Friday
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Commission Co-Chairs Senator Kevin Thomas and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. at the December 16 hearing in Hauppauge.
Commission Co-Chairs Senator Kevin Thomas and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. at the December 16 hearing in Hauppauge.
on Jan 16, 2023
The State Legislature’s LIPA Commission will hold a public hearing on Friday, January 20, at 11 a.m. at Southampton Town Hall. The commission, formally known as the Legislative Commission on... more
Remember the hole in the ozone layer? Some smug anti-environmentalists have been known to cite the concern in the 1980s as an example of how science creates terrifying scenarios from time to time that get lots of media attention, only to forget about them when the next big thing comes along. Whatever happened to THAT, they laugh? Well, as it turns out, the scientists had it exactly right: In the mid-1980s, they found a dangerous thinning of the layer in the stratosphere that protects the Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun, mostly caused by the use of chemicals ...
26 Jan 2023 by Editorial Board
SAG HARBOR — On January 17, the driver of a Nissan reported to Sag Harbor Village Police that someone hit his vehicle while it was parked at Main and Bay streets and then left the scene of the accident. Police did not detail how much damage was done to the man’s car. SAG HARBOR — The owner of a business on Long Wharf called Village Police on January 17 around 5 p.m. to report a fight on the wharf. According to police, the man said he heard a large group of men getting into a fight and that when he ...
25 Jan 2023 by Staff Writer
Sag Harbor Superintendent Jeff Nichols said at a School Board meeting on Monday night, January 23, that the board has decided, for the time being, to take a 100 percent synthetic field option off the table, after listening to concerns from the community about artificial turf and its planned use for athletic fields on Marsden Street. The Southampton Town Board has offered to contribute $6 million of money from the Community Preservation Fund toward the purchase of the four adjoining lots on Marsden Street but likely will insist on a natural grass playing surface, although the district has asked the ...
24 Jan 2023 by Cailin Riley
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on Jan 16, 2023