Vacant Coast Guard Homes Expected To Be Auctioned Off This Summer; Neighbors Concerned About Future Of Neighborhood
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Dozens of Coast Guard owned homes in the Hampton West Estates neighborhood
in Westhampton Beach
are expected to be auctioned off early this summer. ELSIE BOSKAMP
Dozens of Coast Guard owned homes in the Hampton West Estates neighborhood
in Westhampton Beach
are expected to be auctioned off early this summer. ELSIE BOSKAMP
Elsie Boskamp on May 28, 2018
Dozens of homes owned by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Hampton West Estates neighborhood, located just west of Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, are expected to be auctioned off... more
Prominent headlines in the local press in the last few weeks have touted efforts to address two especially vexing issues on the South Fork: traffic and affordable housing. These issues are intertwined in several ways, including this one: With one exception, it is too late to do anything about them. The time is almost over for any truly game-changing programs or initiatives. The more foreseeable future will be pretty much like the frustrating present of clogged intersections and longtime residents selling high here and trying to buy low in Georgia. Looking at traffic first, a few years ago there was ... 3 Aug 2021 by Tom Clavin
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“Suffolk County was the first in the state to bring litigation,” noted Rob Calarco, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, about the lawsuit the county brought in 2016 against multiple defendants in connection with the plague of opioids that has caused many deaths in Suffolk County and elsewhere. Nassau County and the attorney general joined in the lawsuit. Thereafter, other governments in New York State got involved in it. And Suffolk County’s legal initiative “precipitated other municipalities across the country to bring their own lawsuits in their own jurisdictions or in federal court,” said Mr. Calarco. What national media ... by Karl Grossman
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Elsie Boskamp on May 28, 2018