As expected, Governor David Paterson’s proposed 2009-10 state budget calls for severe cutbacks in state aid to school districts. The school aid package is a very complicated set of formulas,... more
Patricia D. Damiecki of Bridgehampton died on May 26 on Quiogue. She was 80. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 28, from 4-7 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, May 29, at 11 a.m. at the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary in Bridgehampton. Interment to follow at Edgewood Cemetery. A full obituary will appear in a future edition.
by Staff Writer
The catbird, a jazz artist, works his exotic repertoire. Above, a robin, stuck on repeat, warns of a predator walking below. The cool quiet redescends on Sagaponack. Those who remain are admittedly stunned, and also relieved. The deep breath that is the close of the day, evening, exhales with a sigh. A friend of mine wants to paint a portrait of a potato beetle, and about a month ago she asked me if I had any. Too early, I said — the potatoes aren’t even out of the ground. It has been a cool, wet spring, but this does not ...
by Marilee Foster
Linda Hopson Linda Hopson of Charlotte, North Carolina, and formerly of Bridgehampton, died on May 25 in North Carolina. She was 71. A viewing will be held on Saturday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to noon, with a homegoing service at noon, at the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton. Arrangements by the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton.
by Staff Writer
Within the narrow scope which it inhabits, it’s hard to argue with your May 22 editorial, “Standing Firm,” which salutes Congressman Nick LaLota for his insistence on raising the federal income tax deduction cap on state and local taxes (SALT) in the budget package before the House of Representatives. Since then, that package has passed, and the cap will now go from $10,000 to $40,000, providing that the bill passes the Senate, and this will give a measure of relief to a number of East End taxpayers. But that’s not the whole story — not even close. The “One Big, ...
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