U.S. Representative-Elect Nick LaLota Prepares To Take Office
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Congressman-elect Nick LaLota with his family on Election Night. COURTESY LALOTA FOR CONGRESS
Congressman-elect Nick LaLota with his family on Election Night. COURTESY LALOTA FOR CONGRESS
Stephen J. Kotz on Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Representative-elect Nick LaLota, who was in Washington, D.C., last week for an initial round of orientation sessions for new members that focused mostly on the logistics of doing their... more
A Sag Harbor man, Brent P. Becker, 59, was arraigned in the village’s Justice Court on Friday on two felony charges of weapons possession, following a court-ordered emergency police search of his residence on December 10. Police said Becker was in possession of an AR-15 as well as high-capacity magazines for the semi-automatic rifle, leading to two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. Police also said Becker was in possession of six shotguns, which were seized during the search, under the terms of the court order. Becker was originally charged with assault in the third ...
by T.E. McMorrow
The Retreat, an East Hampton-based nonprofit agency that provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and offers violence prevention community education, is calling attention to sex trafficking and sexual assault on the South Fork in light of the recent indictment of the Alexander brothers. Oren and Tal Alexander, who were luxury real estate brokers in Miami, New York and the Hamptons, and their brother Alon were arrested in December on federal charges of sex trafficking. Authorities described a pattern of sexual abuse spanning more than a decade in which they allegedly lured woman through “deception, fraud and ...
20 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
My response, Harry Mainzer, to your argument that Pete Hegseth is unqualified for nomination and confirmation as secretary of defense is: Let the process play out [“Kakistocracy,” Letters, December 19]. My disagreement with you is primarily with the faceless, anonymous sources that have been used to contaminate the fairness of this nomination. For Donald Trump supporters, it is all too reminiscent of the innuendo, lies and outright subterfuge of the initial Trump presidency by a Democratic Party and its complicit media, which abandoned its journalistic responsibilities to amplify doubt and falsehoods. It is clear that you don’t see it from ...
by Staff Writer
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Stephen J. Kotz on Nov 21, 2022