A rendering of the planned new Stony Brook Southampton Hospital satellite emergency room facility in East Hampton.
A rendering of the planned new Stony Brook Southampton Hospital satellite emergency room facility in East Hampton.
Michelle Trauring on Nov 10, 2022
Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital had big, multi-million-dollar plans that would have changed the landscape of East End health care for good. According... more
Patricia C. Farrell of Sag Harbor died on November 17 on Quioque. She was 92. A visitation will take place on Friday, November 21, from 3-7 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, November 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Sag Harbor. Memorial donations to East End Hospice (eeh.org) and Sag Harbor Food Pantry (sagharborfoodpantry.org). A complete obituary will appear in a future edition of The Press.
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To solve a problem, the critical step is defining it. What are the root causes of our immigration crisis? 1) Lack of economic opportunity, especially in Central and South America and Mexico, but all over the world, in reality. 2) Political unrest fueled by authoritarian regimes, or by religious fanaticism, or any combination thereof. 3) Destruction caused by repeated and worsening climate issues: floods, typhoons, hurricanes, fires, drought. 4) Global connection via internet to all corners of the world. The have-nots can see what others do have. 5) The illegal drug trade, closely related to item 1 but also just ...
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I’m not typically keen on dueling Letters to the Editor, but in my best Inigo Montoya voice, my response to Highway Superintendent Charles McArdle is: “I did not say what you think I said” [“Oversight Failure,” Letters, November 13]. Let me try again by melding our two points of view: If governments at all levels continue to ignore necessary infrastructure maintenance while our planet continues to warm, expect the kinds of things that happened at Sunrise Highway to happen with more frequency. The combination of more intense storms with shoddy maintenance programs will cause more damage and impact on our ...
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