Female Police Sergeant Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Southampton Town
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on Apr 30, 2014
One of two Southampton Town Police sergeants who registered gender discrimination complaints against their superiors and town lawmakers last year has filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages and restitution for... more
It’s George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” all over again. Donald Trump has his own “Ministry of Truth.” According to Trump, January 6, 2021, was a “day of love.” Well, we were all glued to the TV watching the violence and carnage at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., four years ago. Capitol Police officers were severely beaten by the rioters, and a few subsequently died. Members of Congress were hiding from the rioters who were hunting them. The mob was threatening to hang Mike Pence from a gallows that they erected. The Capitol building was desecrated in every way imaginable … including ...
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We want to thank the powers that be for installing the bus shelters in Southampton Village. They have been long overdue and are now greatly appreciated. Michael and Karen LeClerc Southampton
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We have read with great interest your coverage of our response to the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery’s unauthorized commercial activities on our land at the Conscience Point Historic Site and Nature Walk. The title of your December 4 editorial was “Stop Digging.” Instead, we ask everyone to dig a little deeper into the facts and circumstances. First and foremost, the Southampton History Museum is a nonprofit educational organization chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and incorporated under the New York State Education Department. We simply cannot host regular commercial activities unrelated to our educational mission on our ...
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I’m all for a just resolution of the dispute regarding the proper development of the Westwoods property that recognizes the legitimate interests of the Shinnecock Nation, the neighbors adjacent to the Westwoods property and the Hampton Bays community. However, the letter recently sent out of the blue by the U.S. Department of the Interior simply regarding recording the property in a government database goes further [“U.S. Department of Interior Says Westwoods Is ‘Aboriginal’ Shinnecock Land, but Southampton Town Will Press Lawsuit,” 27east.com, January 2]. In coming down heavily on the side of the Shinnecock in its stated rationale in the ...
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Police raided an East Quogue home early on Thursday morning and arrested a resident there on drug and weapons possession charges. Southampton Town Police said that they arrested Miles Zamora, 26, shortly after 6 a.m. on Thursday following a months-long investigation by the East End Drug Task Force. The raid uncovered a significant quantity of drugs and an illegal weapon, though police have not quantified the amount or type of drugs discovered. Zamora was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree with the intent to sell and one count each of criminal ...
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on Apr 30, 2014