Local Community Leaders Worry That Voter Info Given To Federal Commission Will Deter Registration
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Voting booth in Bridgehampton. JEN NEWMAN
Voting booth in Bridgehampton. JEN NEWMAN
on Aug 8, 2017
The New York State Board of Elections has handed over statewide voter information to a federal commission looking into voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election, and some East End... more
Lady bugs are doing very unladylike things. This jewel-like copulation takes place in a small tree. Out on a smooth, green limb, red, glistening bodies, casual soulmates, unhurried by time; the observer loses interest before they do. Spring is mainly the lovemaking act. And while you would not know this, listening to our selected leaders, take a walk and find a yellow butterfly to follow — up with your eye, into canopy and clouds. Find something in nature to follow instead. Snapping turtles are doing it, too. Mud-animated, these animals are unmolested in Sagg Pond — I mean, no one ...
by Marilee Foster
Isaac Melendez Rivera of Arizona died on April 6 in Arizona. He was 83. A visitation will be held on Friday, May 2, from 7-9 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A viewing will take place on Saturday, May 3, from 11 a.m. to noon, with a funeral service beginning at noon, at the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton.
by Staff Writer
John Furness was 14 years old and a passenger on the Pelican almost 74 years ago. In a way, only now is he coming home. For readers not familiar with the Pelican tragedy, or my book “Dark Noon,” this year achieving its 20th anniversary, a little background: Sometimes you see a story and think it’s a good story. Less often, you see a story and think it’s a good story and you get to do something about it. In its edition of September 1, 2001, Newsday published a piece to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Pelican tragedy. It was ...
by Tom Clavin
The traffic disaster is caused mainly by huge trucks, not passenger cars, and not by local residents. Here is the solution. Eastbound: Add a new third high-occupancy vehicle lane on Sunrise Highway from Westhampton Beach to the start of County Road 39. Ban all trucks over 10,000 pounds from the HOV and middle lanes along that new three-lane section, and ban all trucks over 10,000 pounds from the left lane on existing County Road 39 all the way to the diner in Southampton in both directions. Left lane on County Road 39 for vehicles under 10,000 pounds only. Westbound: Ban ...
28 Apr 2025 by Staff Writer
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on Aug 8, 2017