Columnists
Viewpoint
We have all heard, spoken and experienced a lot with regard to traffic in Southampton Village this summer. None of ... more
Mon Sep 1
By Nancy Hamma My grandfather built a three-room bungalow in Mastic Beach in the 1930s. He never knew all the ... more
Mon Aug 18
Biddle Duke
It was one of those music moments. You know the kind: The atmosphere shifts. A few notes, and suddenly you ... more
Mon Aug 25
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency — our former congressman, Lee Zeldin — was positively giddy last week when ... more
Tue Aug 5
Fred W. Thiele Jr.
2025 is what political pundits call an “off-year” election: There is no election for president or governor. It is the ... more
Mon Sep 8
Everywhere you look on the national political scene, you hear concerns regarding the health of American democracy. A decline in ... more
Sun Aug 3
Denise Gray Meehan
Karl Grossman
Marilee Foster
A heron departing the wetlands flies up and across the morning sun. With each wingbeat it grows closer to silhouette: ... more
Tue Sep 9
Late summer is reductive work. You harvest, take away the best, and plants, likewise, contract. The oldest growth — green ... more
Tue Sep 2
Tom Clavin
Jenny Noble
“Live simply so that others might simply live” — Mahatma Gandhi The first time I hiked in a rain forest ... more
Tue Jul 8
“Remarkably Stupid” — Craig McLean, former NOAA director of research, describing the closure of key weather facilities. In a perfect ... more
Wed May 21
Carlos Sandoval
After 35 years, I am saying adios to Los Hamptons. It’s not the Hamptons’ fault. I love the place, the ... more
Mon Aug 18
On June 13, 1942, Nazi saboteurs landed on Atlantic Beach in Amagansett as part of a larger plot to strategically ... more
Tue May 6
Andrew Messinger
We’re now into what I call the second season. It’s the time of the year when we get back to ... more
Wed Sep 10
It’s been a tough summer for gardeners, and for the second year in a row our gardens are suffering from ... more
Tue Sep 2
Lisa Daffy
A few days after my last column was published, shedding light on the mysterious lives of miner bees, a friend ... more
Tue Aug 12
It was late April when they started to appear. In several areas around the Southampton dog park, what I thought ... more
Tue Jul 8
Tracy Grathwohl
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