Supreme Court Ruling Legalizes Gay Marriage; Bridgehampton Ceremony Was At Center Of Case
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Erin McKinley on Jun 26, 2015
Wedding bells will be ringing across the land after a historic decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday legalized same-sex marriage in every state. The 5-4 decision was based... more
Whalers Field Hockey To Vie for 11th Consecutive Title The Pierson/Bridgehampton field hockey team has qualified for the Suffolk County Class C Championship, which will be played at Rocky Point High School on Tuesday, November 4, at 6 p.m., or shortly following the preceding Class B Championship. The Whalers, who earned the berth into the championship after going 6-10 in a mixed-classification Division II, will play top-seeded Bayport-Blue Point, which finished the season tied with Class B Eastport-South Manor atop the division with identical 14-1 records. Pierson and Bayport played each other once this season, in Bayport, on September 25. The ...
28 Oct 2025 by Drew Budd
Alice Tillotson of Sagaponack died on October 23 in Westhampton Beach. She was 74. Funeral arrangements will be private. Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice or the Salvation Army.
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Public Libraries in Suffolk County announced this week that their 2025 youth summer reading initiative reached thousands of young participants. The program, Color Our World, which ran from late June through the end of August, saw 33,086 young readers register across 56 participating libraries. Participants read a total of 126,594 books and attended thousands of associated programs offered by participating libraries. Of the 8,159 summer programs hosted by participating libraries, 166,895 children and teens attended. The 56 participating public libraries offered summer programs for kids and teens, many keeping with the theme of Color Our World. They included family concert ...
by Staff Writer
In the parking area, a photographer pulls her gear from the back of her car. A second woman stands nearby. She must be the one who hired the photographer, because she’s holding a perfect little baby in her arms as she explains, “So now we’ve gotten past that.” The photographer nods, shouldering the heavy bag, and they advance toward the beach entrance. A young man has been impatiently pacing, waiting for them. His lanky frame, dressed neat as a pin, forced to be ready for picture day, turns and kicks at the sand. Not with curiosity, not with affection, but ...
by Marilee Foster
The opinions of the Southampton Town Board candidates on the issue of gas blowers are against the will of the majority who worked so hard against entrenched interests to restrict their use. The noise of gas blowers reach 85 decibels in my backyard. This level of noise is hazardous to health, not to mention that it prevents one from reading, thinking or functioning in one’s home. Other serious environmental concerns (e.g., harmful particulates in the air) also have been voiced in these pages. It is most disheartening that the monstrous practice of using gas blowers is poised to go unchecked ...
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Erin McKinley on Jun 26, 2015