Community members are calling for the firing of a Westhampton Beach High School teacher after they discovered a post on her personal TikTok account referencing the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk. The video shows music teacher Laura Mara saying: “‘It sickens me that you’re celebrating his death. He was a father.’ We are not celebrating his death. We are responding to his death the way he responded to children getting pew-pewed in schools, and ...
Editorials
The days since the September 10 murder of Charlie Kirk, an influencer and activist on the right, at a Utah college campus have brought an...
Letters
Driving FavorsThere was no better way for Southampton Village to “celebrate” Labor Day, the holiday honoring the social and economic contributions of working people, than to force Southampton’s working class into gridlock on Hill Street and Windmill Lane. How? By re-imposing a so-called “pilot program” that our chief of police said was ineffective and dangerous three years ago [“New Pilot Program Will Ban Left Turns Off Lee and Captains Neck in Southampton Village,” 27east.com, August 27]. But this is expected: Mayor...
Keep Us SafeLifeguards should be at Ponquogue Beach on all four weekends after Labor Day. Ponquogue Beach is the biggest and busiest beach in the Hamptons. If people know lifeguards are on duty, they will flock there. It’s not safe to swim in the ocean unless lifeguards are present. The concession stand does not have to be open. We can bring baloney sandwiches and pink lemonade from home. Portable toilets are fine, and we can shower at home. James Dreeben Hampton Bays
Nick Osorio doesn’t step away from a challenge — he steps in front of it. ....
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Read More East Hampton SportsThe past few months have been a period of change and transition for Alexa Lignelli. ...
Read More Sag Harbor SportsAs the Sag Harbor American Music Festival gears up to, once again, take over the village’s streets…
