It’s sitting on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk, just waiting to change life on the South Fork for the better. Legislation approved in June in Albany would create the Community Housing... more
As I look around Flanders, I ask: How prepared are we to fight a disaster like the fires in California? Are we prepared with equipment and personnel? What can homeowners do to help minimize the problem besides new ways to damn and curse those responsible once we learn who is the team leader? George L. Stamatiades Flanders
27 Jan 2025 by Staff Writer
There has been an eruption in America. It is a phenomenon I have not felt in my seven decades of life. There is a feeling that was missing certainly since Ronald Reagan’s second election landslide that spoke to a confidence that our values and beliefs had been restored. A visceral feeling of love for this nation that we so desperately have wanted to celebrate again. Yes, this sounds like the ravings of a love-struck teenager, and you wouldn’t be wrong to chuckle a bit and think this guy has lost it. And you would be right. The wave of joy ...
by Staff Writer
In his most recent letter to these pages, reader Ed Surgan [“Death Rattles,” Letters, January 23] bemoans the fact that President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Peter Hegseth, was questioned about his alleged alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct during his confirmation hearings. If true, these issues would exclude him from almost any job in America. Mr. Surgan seems to think it is unfair that senators would want to investigate these matters at all. What Mr. Surgan does not address is Mr. Hegseth’s total lack of experience that would qualify him to lead an organization with a budget of ...
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We are all so sad to hear of Sylvester & Co. closing [“The Changing Face of the Sag Harbor Retail Scene,” 27east.com, January 7]. A great shop and a great lady — good coffee, too. Before Sylvester’s, it was Bohack’s food chain. I have a photo from the 1969 Old Whalers’ Parade, with me and Linda Giordano advertising his gallery, which opened in 1961 in Latham House. I have just closed the gallery after 64 years at the age of 86. The building was sold for $5,500,000. Wow! Rocco Liccardi Bridgehampton
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What’s incredible is that The Sag Harbor Express chose to gaslight the community that school districts should brace for ICE raids [“School Officials Are Dealing With Anxieties and Uncertainty When It Comes to New Immigration Policies,” 27east.com, January 22]. Nothing can be further from the truth, but creating fear is apparently better than the reality. President Donald Trump wants to arrest and remove criminals wanted for rape, homicide and robbery and send them back to their countries of origin. The reality is, nothing at all will change in our school districts, and we will not have students nor their parents ...
by Staff Writer
The future of journalism is in good hands, if the members of the Springs School Journalism Club are any indication. The Express News Group was happy to welcome a handful of members of the club to our Southampton office on Friday to show them what we do and encourage them in their collective journey into the field. They needed little encouragement. The middle school kids were enthusiastic, engaged, and ready to soak up whatever bits of wisdom the Express staff shared with them. And we put them to work — the club members came to the office with a series ...
22 Jan 2025 by Editorial Board
Smart government includes the development of new sources of revenue to avoid lofty tax increases and cover growing bottom lines, while still trying to improve services and infrastructure across the board. And in Sag Harbor, the Village Board of Trustees has been trying to do just that — increase funding, including, most recently, implementing a paid parking program that may be unpopular, but has the potential to raise a significant amount of revenue on an annual basis for years to come. Another proposal, introduced during a Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce meeting earlier this month, would increase fees for organizers ...
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U.S. Representative Nick LaLota finds himself with a long runway as of this week. After he was first elected to represent the 1st Congressional District in 2022, the Republican served during a Democratic administration and a split Congress. After his reelection in November and Donald Trump’s second inauguration on Monday, he is now a Republican serving during a Republican administration, with the added benefit of a newly minted Republican Senate as well as continued GOP control of the House of Representatives. He is better positioned than he ever has been to deliver big for Suffolk County. He has had some ...
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69,036. That’s the population of Southampton. Of these tens of thousands of people, the best the Democratic Party could do is John Leonard? I’ve been a lifelong Democrat, rarely voting across party lines, but this committee under Gordon Herr has got to start giving us better choices. I thought that when he forced me to vote for Julie Lofstad, that would be the last Republican I had to vote for. John Leonard, to put it mildly, is insufferable. One need only watch the way he conducts his sham civic association, bump into him at a business mixer, see his conduct ...
20 Jan 2025 by Staff Writer
The final death rattles of the Joe Biden presidency have been heard as the inauguration of the 47th president will have occurred by the issuance of this edition of The Press. We have heard Joe Biden darkly warn us of an age of oligarchy that he believes is upon us. He also took credit for many accomplishments that, if true, should have buoyed his final dismal approval ratings, which stood at 36 percent. Finally, the nation and the world can look forward to an America that leads again. Happily, for some there has been a cease fire negotiated in Gaza ...
17 Jan 2025 by Staff Writer
