A Team EffortIt goes without saying — but let’s not let it. The weekend’s sudden drama was a spectacular reminder of a couple of things: how delicate our balance with nature is, how devastating human activity can be without ill intention, how...
Speed KillsThe death of a river otter on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike last month — the victim of nearby traffic — should serve as a wakeup call to drivers on the East End. The loss of the otter, a species that...
Falling DownFirst, it was the Cranberry Hole Road Bridge in Amagansett, which was closed to all traffic in May 2023, then again a few weeks later, after the road over the Long Island Rail Road tracks was deemed unsafe. The bridge,...
Let's Get TogetherAmong the many ideas that have evolved in the past few decades is the notion of a “gathering.” For centuries, it meant getting together in person, face to face. In the latter half of the 20th century, telephones and even...
Art Is UniversalEsly Escobar found a passion for the visual arts quite by accident, he says. The LTV studios technician and Westhampton Beach resident describes one winter when he literally threw colorful paints on cardboard, and he fell in love. Before long,...
Right and WrongTown and village officials, and police departments, on the South Fork all deserve a round of applause and unqualified support, both for their recent principled stance on the Trump administration’s new aggressive policies toward the immigrant community, and for taking...
Long Island's Last Ducks?The destruction of nearly 100,000 ducks at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue late last month due to an outbreak of the avian flu there was alarming, and a tragedy for the family running the farm and their employees. It’s unclear...
Throw a LifelineThe first two weeks of the second Donald Trump administration have been a fire hose of developments “flooding the zone,” so it’s easy to miss small developments that could have enormous impact in some quarters. One of those is the...
Staff Writer on Aug 23, 2022