Just days from President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, municipalities are bracing for an about-face on federal immigration policy, while waiting for guidance from Washington, D.C., on just what steps the new administration will take. Trump’s 2024 campaign cited “broken” national borders that have allowed millions of undocumented migrants — a group he has portrayed, inaccurately, as rife with criminals and the mentally ill — to pour across them. Trump has announced a policy of “mass ...
Editorials
It’s tempting to say that, when it comes to the affordable housing crisis on the South Fork, the hard part is over — the heavy...
Letters
Set Record StraightThe recent statements made by the Southampton Town Board at its December 19 meeting regarding the nation’s gas station travel plaza — that the Council of Trustees was not willing to share any plans, etc. — is completely false. The Trustees hosted a meeting on September 9, at the nation’s office, where we met with Southampton Town Supervisor Maria Moore, Councilman Michael Iasilli and Town Attorney James Burke. We were very forthcoming with our plans and answered several questions about...
Protect CrabsAs reported in The Press, the New York State Legislature recently considered a proposal to increase the protection of Atlantic horseshoe crabs [“Governor ‘Drops the Axe’ on Horseshoe Crabs, Vetos Bill That Would Have Ended Commercial Harvest,” 27east.com, December 18]. Assemblyman Fred Thiele voted against the legislation, citing their value as bait in commercial fisheries. Horseshoe crabs are also caught and drained of up to one-third of their blue blood and then released back to the sea alive. There are...
In less than a minute, Shannon Sweet provided the Hurricanes basketball team with the sweetest ....
Read More Southampton SportsWhat started out as a promising season for the East Hampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton girls indoor track season ...
Read More East Hampton SportsThe Pierson/Bridgehampton girls basketball team has seen its fair share of ups and down the ...
Read More Sag Harbor SportsExperiencing the fruits of an artist’s labor in its final form — be it a painting or performance…
