Tom Crowley of Hampton Bays, a 37-year member of the hamlet’s Rotary Club, was honored on Saturday with the dedication of a peace pole, a monument bearing the message “May peace prevail on Earth,” in eight languages, at Good Ground Park. Peace poles are intended to inspire unity among people of all cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds, according to Rotary, the 1.4-million-strong global network. Their placement, which includes one at Agawam Park in Southampton and three ...
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The 2025 New York State budget approved on Saturday includes elements of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, providing a payroll tax credit for local news...
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Spend Some MoneyWith regard to the Bel-Aire Cove Motel, I would like to mention a few things that are either not fair or make no sense. Bel-Aire was bought about seven years ago. The supervisor at that time said, “Now that we own it, the building will come down and the property will be cleaned up.” What about the asbestos? Can’t it leach into the groundwater? Shouldn’t the new supervisor and board honor the previous supervisor’s statement? Southampton Town spent millions of...
Incorrect Resolution?It might pay to review the resolution approving the 600-acre golf course resort in East Quogue (known as the Lewis Road PRD). The property was originally governed by a 5-acre zoning standard, which means the owner of the 600 acres, Discovery Land, had the right to build 118 houses. Those houses could have been clustered on smaller-than-5-acre lots. However, the 5-acre zoning standard would not have changed; i.e., the space that opened up as a result of clustering the housing...
It was far from easy, but, Gail Miranda did it. The 63-year-old Hampton Bays resident ....
Read More Southampton SportsGabrielle Payne is proof that you can come home again. Payne, a senior, played softball ...
Read More East Hampton SportsNick Gazzolo is a sailor through and through, has been his whole life, and as ...
Read More Sag Harbor SportsFor more than two decades, Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and Sag Harbor resident Judy Carmichael has…
