Benjamin Steiner, the son of Linda Steiner Schaller of Southampton and Jeffrey Steiner of Paris, New York and Southampton, and Nicola Breytenbach, the daughter of Rina Rautenbach of Vienna and... more
A divided Southampton Town Board narrowly approved a long-settled agreement to direct $2.7 million in funding from the town’s Community Housing Fund to a 79-unit workforce housing apartment complex planned for a former laundromat property in Quiogue. Councilman Bill Pell took the opportunity of the Town Board’s final vote to approve the housing fund contribution on Tuesday night, August 26, to try to force the project developers back to square one with their proposal, which he said he thinks was ill conceived in Quiogue. Supervisor Maria Moore also voted against approving the funding, saying that she thought it should simply ...
27 Aug 2025 by Michael Wright
It was just a couple of years ago, during the height of the COVID pandemic, when it seemed very likely that the days of movie theaters were numbered, or at least the idea of a small-town cinema was beginning to look endangered. At the time, of course, nobody was going out much, and gathering places like theaters were largely closed. But that crisis started to feel like a death knell: In 2020, global box office revenue went down by 70 percent. That came on the heels of an evolving climate for moviegoing. Streaming services offering 4K resolution on home television ...
by Editorial Board
As the 50th annual Hampton Classic takes place this week, please do keep in mind just what an enormous undertaking it is, how much devotion it takes to put on such a high-quality international event, and how deep its local roots really do go. Detailed in a special publication last week that The Express News Group was proud to produce, the Classic began in 1976 with a more modest name: The Southampton Horse Show, though that first event actually was held in East Hampton. It was a revival of a tradition that dated back to the early 20th century, when ...
by Editorial Board
Social media has its shortcomings, and development isn’t generally celebrated in this region. But there are times when a new project gets more than its fair share of abuse, and it’s worth polishing the lens a bit. Many people jeered on Facebook and Instagram after hearing that the Southampton Town Planning Board is poised to approve a new gas station and convenience store on the Riverside traffic circle, on a site that has been vacant for years. In a rare show of open support, Planning Board Chairman Dennis Finnerty pledged to the owners that town officials would “try to get ...
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on Jul 7, 2008