Local Activist Sounds a Warning About Legalized Cannabis
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Kym Laube at the Express Session on October 17 in Southampton. DANA SHAW
Kym Laube at the Express Session on October 17 in Southampton. DANA SHAW
Stephen J. Kotz on Oct 29, 2024
The opportunities and challenges of New York’s legal cannabis industry were the focus of the most recent Express Sessions, “Cannabis and Its Economic Role” — but Kym Laube, the executive... more
Just in time for the holidays, some spare cash can be found in pockets. For a farmer, this pocket might be from a winter coat laid down years ago. He’d left a few twenties in the breast pocket — it felt like the lotto when he found them later. Anyway, the temperature dropped last week, and another farmer remembered another coat, seen thrown in the corner. Pretty suddenly, as if November was trying to make up for lost time, it rained, thank God, and it got colder. After a three-month dry spell, almost 2 inches of rain came down, and ...
by Marilee Foster
I am writing to express my deep disappointment in the actions of the Southampton History Museum in evicting the Conscience Point Shellfish organization from their longtime operating home at Conscience Point. This is not a “community-first” approach to resolving what appears to be a misunderstanding. The initial response these days in nearly any matter, or for any perceived slight, is to “go nuclear” — lawyer up, send nasty letters, bully and evict. It’s a terrible approach. The actions of the Southampton History Museum are not in the best interests of this community, its students or even the museum in the ...
by Staff Writer
I am writing to bring to the community’s attention the absurd, arbitrary and capricious actions of some of the Southampton History Museum board who have, without merit, terminated the lease of Conscience Point Shellfish. CPS is a valuable gem in our small community. They occupy a tiny sliver of unused, unimproved land, where they quietly raise oysters that they farm in our waters, which help to clean nitrogen and pollutants that help to keep the water clean for our children. The oysters act naturally, without consuming resources; plus, when mature, they are sold or donated to the community. The nominal ...
by Staff Writer
I was dismayed reading the recent article about the closing of the shellfish hatchery operation at Conscience Point [“Eviction Notice Sparks a Split Between Venerable Museum and Shellfish Group,” 27east.com, November 20]. The allegations of wrongdoing are shallow and nitpicky, and don’t approach justification for shutting it down. Shellfish and their hatcheries are integral to the health and betterment of our local marine ecosystem. They should be encouraged, promoted and protected rather than shuttered. Worse, closing one of our town’s only boat ramps would be a huge blow to local commercial and pleasure boaters, particularly those in the North Sea ...
by Staff Writer
As a resident of the North Sea area (Big Fresh Pond) since the late 1980s, I have observed the development from the initial Boy Scouts’ efforts to the establishment of the oyster hatchery. And I have been a member for many years. To have such an environmentally important nonprofit operating at that location is not only continuing a century-old tradition of baymen harvesting oysters but, in our time and age, vitally important to not only harvest but regrow oyster reefs. The environmental benefits created by these water-filtering bivalves is second to none and vitally important. In addition to the benefits ...
by Staff Writer
“You’ll get used to it.” I was mumbling that to myself between curse words as I was wading into a 72-degree swimming pool in the basement of a hotel in Vienna. The hotel was once a bank, and its spa is in what was the bank’s vault. They had turned the vault’s door into a window overlooking the pool. People in the spa’s reception could look down at me and read my lips as I said, “Holy s-expletive, this pool is cold!” You might remember, a few columns ago, I coined the word “s-expletive,” because at this family newspaper we ...
by Tracy Grathwohl
In the northwest corner of Suffolk County is the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Its outrageous history is detailed in a forthcoming book “Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance.” The book, by Mark A. Torres, an attorney as well as an author, will be released by The History Press on January 21. Torres also wrote the 2021 book “Long Island Migrant Labor Camps: Dust for Blood,” an examination of the plight of migrant farmworkers here, also published by The History Press. It’s the best work I’ve ever read on this subject. Torres is general counsel of Teamsters ...
by Karl Grossman
Thank you for your recent publication of the Q&A with Lance Gumbs, which delivered critical information and transparency to your readers around the development plans for Westwoods [“Q&A: Lance Gumbs Says Agreement With State for Highway Access Would Benefit Everyone,” 27east.com, November 22]. As you know better than anyone, “A free and independent press is the core institution connecting publics to the information they need to advocate for themselves, make informed decisions, and hold governmental officials accountable.” I am writing to ask for your help to do just that. There is a significant lack of transparency and accountability, from the ...
2 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
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Stephen J. Kotz on Oct 29, 2024