Eagan, Hayward Face Off for Wainscott School Board
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David Eagan
Melanie Hayward
David Eagan
Melanie Hayward
Stephen J. Kotz on Apr 26, 2023
There is a rare two-way race for one opening for a three-year term on the Wainscott School Board this year. Board President David Eagan, who has served for 19 years... more
Rich Schaffer, who will have been leader of the Democratic Party in Suffolk County for 25 years in September, is not shaken by Republican gains in recent times, nationally and in Suffolk. “We’ve been there before over the years I’ve been county chair,” Schaffer was saying. “We saw this when young [George W.] Bush was president. But a lot of times, the party in power makes mistakes, upsetting people. And I think with Trump, we are in a whole different universe. “There’s lots of chaos,” he continued in a recent interview. “His administration is hell-bent at going after Social Security ...
by Karl Grossman
A somber 50th anniversary is to be observed at the end of this month: the end of the war in Vietnam, on April 30, 1975. That means it will also be the 50th anniversary of the last two U.S. soldiers to die in what was never actually a declared war, one that in total killed over 58,000 American military men and women. For over four decades, there was controversy over who was the first American serviceman who died in Vietnam. Richard Fitzgibbon Jr.’s death in June 1956 was deemed to have taken place before the start of the Vietnam War. ...
by Tom Clavin
Members of the Greatest Generation lived through the Depression of the 1930s, learned to cope in hard times, and took responsibility with dedication and humility. During World War II, they answered the call. Sixteen million served, including a million African Americans and 44,000 Native Americans. Women went to work in factories turning out planes, tanks and munitions. May 8, 2025, will mark the 80th anniversary of V.E. Day, the official end of World War II in Europe and the final repudiation of the horrors initiated by Adolf Hitler. Out of World War II came the Marshall Plan, which helped Europe ...
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On November 8, 2022, Southampton Town voters approved a law to introduce a half-percent tax on all residential real estate transactions to fund the Peconic Bay Region Community Housing Fund, aimed at creating affordable housing in the town. The Southampton Town website states that the affordable housing initiative aims to provide housing for essential workers, including first responders, fire/EMS workers, hospital workers, public servants, teachers and veterans. The proponents of the Community Housing Fund used this argument to urge Southampton Town residents to vote yes for its approval. The recent wildfires that threatened the East End again highlight the critical ...
by Staff Writer
I don’t know how Republican voters are feeling this week about the national security breach on the Signal texting app, but I bet that our allies were horrified and our adversaries delighted. As everyone knows by now, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine was inadvertently placed on a text chain on Signal discussing U.S. military action in Yemen. These were detailed, highly sensitive military communications, and others on the text chain were heads of national security and top cabinet officials, including the Secretary of Defense and the vice president. To make matters worse, Signal is a nonsecure app that should ...
by Staff Writer
Osprey are back nesting and fishing the ocean. Piping plovers are arriving. Time to move the dredging equipment off the ocean beaches. Elaine McKay Sag Harbor
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Stephen J. Kotz on Apr 26, 2023