Merger Is OverdueTuckahoe School serves students up to eighth grade, and the Tuckahoe School District’s ninth-through-12th-graders currently are tuitioned out to Southampton High School, at great expense to Tuckahoe taxpayers. This arrangement benefits Southampton School District as well by providing a steady...
Promises KeptNews of a link between a cold case 1993 murder in North Sea to the infamous Gilgo Beach serial killer earlier this month left the local community shocked that the heinous killing spree that has made international headlines extended to...
No Bad GuysIf it’s not too late — though it probably is — it might offer some perspective to remember exactly what the Southampton Town Board decision on June 11, involving Liberty Gardens, really was: The board merely declined to change the...
A Tale of Two HistoriesThe fate of an abandoned mansion in Shinnecock Hills is mired in two versions of history — from two different cultures, and conflicting versions of preservation. The home, in the Atterbury Hills section of the hamlet — if one refers...
We Mark Our Ballout:Sag Harbor Village, North HavenIt’s an old adage that when voters — or newspaper editorial boards — are evaluating incumbents and challengers for elected positions, the real decision amounts to a simple question: Should the incumbents be fired? Certainly, there are times when an...
Break the LockstepThe verdict in the Hunter Biden gun possession case came less than two weeks after former President Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 charges in his New York hush money trial, where the jury determined he broke the law,...
We Mark Our Ballots for Southampton Village TrusteeCandidates in the upcoming Southampton Village election would be forgiven for having a touch of post-traumatic stress disorder: In recent years, the village races have been no-holds-barred melees, with money from outside groups funding broadside attacks, and a battle royal...
Sea ChangesA few months ago, The Express News Group tackled a project to discuss the past, present and future of the college campus in Shinnecock Hills, now Stony Brook Southampton. One big conclusion: The college there has had its struggles ever...
