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Riverhead News Review: Reproductive Rights Rally in Riverhead

Standing on the steps of the Suffolk County Supreme Court building Riverhead, amid a crowd that had swelled to several hundred Wednesday, Candace Alexandra Hall of Greenport spoke about the ...

Patch.com: Students Describe Fear At Anti-Gun Rally: ‘It’s Not If, It’s When’

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — Their voices breaking, three Southampton High School students spoke about what it has been like to grow up in a time when active shooter drills are the ...

SouthamptonPress: Red Wave?

Ann Thomas, a recent Republican and Conservative candidate for Southampton Town Council, wrote a Letter to the Editor this month [“Great Strides,” Letters, December 9] “to connect with the local ...

SouthamptonPress: Three Promises

I am applying for the job of Southampton Town councilwoman. You, the voters, will review my background and accomplishments and decide on November 2 whether I get the job. I’m ...

SouthamptonPress: We Can Do This

Today, in the most beautiful place on earth, Suffolk County District 1, we have a problem. The world, the country and the anger from both sides is prevalent at the ...

SouthamptonPress: Questionable Integrity

I have not lived in the East End for many years, but I am a full-time, voting Southampton resident who cares greatly about local elections. I don’t understand how Barbara ...

SouthamptonPress: Qualified For Job

As a longtime town resident, I have often wondered why we elect someone to head Southampton Town’s Highway Department instead of selecting the person with the best professional qualifications for ...

SouthamptonPress: Ready To Work

In the upcoming election on November 2, we are fortunate to have Tom Neely, a new candidate for Southampton Town highway superintendent. Tom will be the most experienced candidate we ...

SouthamptonPress: A Delicate Balance

People want to live here. Our successful stewardship of our environment has made the Town of Southampton highly desirable. It is our commitment to preserving green spaces and farmland, clean ...

SouthamptonPress: Ready To Serve

I am writing this letter to ask all registered voters in Southampton Town, regardless of political affiliation, for your support, and your vote, in my race for Southampton Town justice ...

SouthamptonPress: Cast Your Vote

As Election Day approaches on Tuesday, November 2, please consider casting your vote for the Southampton Town Democrats. The candidates include a teacher, a traffic expert, a sea captain, conservation ...

SouthamptonPress: A Vote For Tommy John

There are many wonderful candidates on the slate this year. I am writing to support Tommy John Schiavoni for reelection as a Southampton Town councilman whom I have had the ...

SouthamptonPress: Invasion From The Sky

I’ve been spending a lot of time on the water of late, boating, swimming, kayaking and paddleboarding. The air is crisp, the water still warm. The natural beauty is just ...

SouthamptonPress: Local Elections Matter

While you may know where President Joe Biden stands on vaccine mandates, or what Mitch McConnell’s stance is on raising the debt limit, do you know who’s running for Southampton ...

SouthamptonPress: Traffic Dragons

It’s all about the traffic. We talk about protecting our environment and promoting our economy, but to do that we must solve Southampton Town’s traffic crisis, on the ground and ...

SouthamptonPress: Working For You

The new and improved Westhampton Beach Village and Main Street should serve as the perfect example of the benefits of an infrastructure investment. It is night and day compared to ...

SouthamptonPress: The Future Of Travel

Tom Neely is the man for East End traffic control as Southampton Town highway superintendent. Yes, he can do the job, and we need his skills desperately. Tom has the ...

SouthamptonPress: It Is Time

On the East End of Long Island, we believe we are “woke” — we believe we are doing something. We believe we are good people. We recycle, we greet our ...

SouthamptonPress: Neighborly History

My home in Noyac represents a unique family history. It was a second home for my family for three generations. In the 1960s, my grandparents purchased the quaint beach house ...

SouthamptonPress: Talent And Experience

My life has been an eastward migration from bungalows in Breezy Point and the Rockaways, to West Islip, Fire Island and now Sag Harbor. I remember Reynolds Channel and the ...

SouthamptonPress: A Fresh Face

Labor Day has passed and the 2021 campaign season is now underway in earnest. In my humble opinion, things are going very well here in the Town of Southampton with ...

SouthamptonPress: A Pollinator Pathway

The fate of our pollinators — ladybugs, bees, birds, butterflies, bats and more — has been at the forefront of environmental issues for many years but is getting special attention ...

SouthamptonPress: Good Management

On November 2, Southampton Town voters will cast their ballots to determine town leadership for the next two to four years. Events over the past few years make plain that ...

SouthamptonPress: Major Cost for Minor Party Primaries

Three primary elections for town office in Southampton on Tuesday, June 22, are expected to cost taxpayers $118,000, even though it is likely that only a few hundred voters will ...

SouthamptonPress: Stop The Raid

The Working Families Party, being a liberal party, usually, but not always, cross-endorses the Democratic candidates for town and county offices. This minor party line does not pull a huge ...

SouthamptonPress: In Fight For Ballot Space, SH Democrats Launch Clean Water Party

Southampton Democrats are fighting back over what they say is an unethical, but legal, practice in which members of the Conservative or Republican parties have registered as members of the ...

Newsday: WFP says GOP, Conservatives trying to raid its ballot lines

By Michael Gormley michael.gormley@newsday.com  @GormleyAlbany Updated May 23, 2021 5:58 PM PDF version here ALBANY — The liberal Working Families Party says it’s being raided by former Republicans and Conservatives who ...

Newsday: Democrat Jonathan Kornreich wins by wide margin in special election for Brookhaven council

Democrat Jonathan Kornreich has won a Brookhaven Town Board seat in a special election to fill the vacant post. Kornreich, 51, of Stony Brook, trounced Republican Theresa Laucella in Tuesday’s ...

CBS NY: Southampton, Donors Set To Restore Home Of Philanthropist Pyrrhus Concer

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — His obituary described him as one of the most respected residents of the Hamptons. But the important legacy of former slave Pyrrhus Concer was lost in the last century ...

SouthamptonPress: Town Takes Possession Of Historic Ship’s Anchor

That was no ordinary piece of scrap metal arriving in Hampton Bays on the back of a flatbed truck on Thursday, February 11. It was the nearly 7,000-pound anchor from ...

Dan’s Paper: America’s Sheriff Errol Toulon Jr.

In January of 2018, Suffolk County became safer. This was the month that Errol D. Toulon Jr. assumed the position of sheriff—Suffolk County’s highest ranking law enforcement official. Elected that prior November, ...

TheEastHamptonStar: Legislators Show Sympathy for Oyster Farmers

The Suffolk County Legislature closed a public hearing on the county's Shellfish Aquaculture Lease Program on Feb. 2, with some legislators expressing weariness and irritation at residents pressing for tighter ...

Patch.com: Zeldin Speaks On Decision To Support Marjorie Taylor Greene

LONG ISLAND, NY — On Friday, Rep. Lee Zeldin addressed his decision to vote in support of Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene, who was stripped by the U.S. House of ...

Newsday: Schumer, Suozzi introduce bill to restore SALT deduction

With Democrats now in control of both houses of Congress and the White House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Thomas Suozzi have reintroduced legislation to restore the full ...

SouthamptonPress: The Windsor Heart Project: A Sculpted Stone Tribute To Edith Windsor AT Southampton Town Hall

The Windsor Heart, a tribute to gay rights activist Edith Windsor, will be unique among a growing collection of memorials honoring the woman who fought for marriage equality. Set on ...

Patch.com: Steve Bellone Calls For President Trump’s Impeachment Or Removal

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has joined United States Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in calling for the impeachment or removal of President Donald Trump from office ...

RiverheadLocal: Riverhead joins forces with other East End towns in sand mine battle

Riverhead Town has joined with other East End towns in an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief supporting the Southampton Town in defending an appeal brought by a Noyac sand ...

SuffolkDailyVoice: COVID Numbers Are ‘Shocking,’ Bellone Says

The “holiday surge” in COVID-19 infections has hit “shocking” levels that have Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone worried about what could happen in the wake of New Year’s celebrations. In ...

TheEastHamptonStar: Looking for Energy Answers

Long Island is typically second only to Hawaii in the cost of electricity, but only 5 percent of that electricity is derived from renewable sources, Suffolk Legislator Bridget Fleming, who ...

WSHU: Long Island Looks At Competitive Bidding For Energy As A Greener, More Accountable Option

Suffolk County lawmakers will look in the New Year into creating a digital platform to help town and village governments join and operate pacts to lower energy costs for consumers ...

Dan’s Paper: Is Change in The Air at East Hampton Airport?

East Hampton Town Airport is either an essential South Fork economic engine or an environmental nightmare destroying the region’s lure, depending upon who’s asked, as the dogfight over the airport’s ...

SouthamptonPress: Zeldin Still Not Acknowledging Biden Victory

U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin defended President Donald Trump’s attacks on the American electoral system this week while also joining with the president in refusing to recognize Joe Biden as the ...

SouthamptonPress: Sag Harbor Partnership Honors Ramunno & the Food Pantry

Evelyn “Evie” Ramunno and the volunteers of the Sag Harbor Community Food Pantry were named the recipients of the Sag Harbor Partnership Community Service Award early this week. Members of ...

SagHarborExpress: Election 2020 Saw Record-Setting Turnout In Suffolk

The Democratic Party has far outpaced Republicans in recruiting new registered voters in Suffolk County in the past year, Turnout for the 2020 election soared in Suffolk County and on ...

SagHarborExpress: Sartain Wins Southampton Justice Seat

Southampton Town Justice Karen Sartain will retain her seat on the bench after the counting of absentee ballots lifted her past her Republican challenger, Patrick Gunn, in vote totals. Mailed-in ...

TheEastHamptonStar: The East End Needs Goroff

Nancy Goroff should be the East End of Long Island’s next representative in Congress. Even for First District voters not politically aligned with her, having a member of the majority ...

TheEastHamptonStar: Cuomo and Bellone Endorse Goroff for Congress

Nancy Goroff, the Democratic candidate to represent New York’s First Congressional District, has picked up the endorsement of two prominent Democrats in the state, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and ...

NY Times: Nancy Goroff, Antonio Delgado and Tom Malinowski for Congress

Vote for public servants who will represent all Americans. Few places in America have been hit harder by the coronavirus and its economic fallout than New York and New Jersey ...

Newsday: Nancy Goroff to represent 1st Congressional District

Nancy Goroff is the best prepared and most knowledgeable newcomer at any level of Long Island politics in years. The Stony Brook University chemistry professor is a scientist. And she’s running ...

SagHarborExpress: Democrats Outpacing Republicans In Growing Voting Rolls Ahead of Election

The Democratic Party has far outpaced Republicans in recruiting new registered voters in Suffolk County in the past year, especially in the South Fork towns, on the backs of city ...

SouthamptonPress: McLoughlin, Arresta Victors in Southampton Village Board Race Marked By Unprecedented Voter Turnout

An arduous and at times tense election night count on Tuesday bled into Wednesday morning, and it took until around 1:30 a.m. for Joseph McLoughlin and his running mate, Gina ...

SouthamptonPress: Southampton Supervisor Warns Public Not To Let Down Their Guard About Coronavirus

“The coronavirus is still here,” Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said Thursday morning, September 10, during a brief Town Board work session. Two out of every 100 tests for coronavirus ...

TheIndependent: Southampton Town to Purchase Westhampton Property for Community Center

A new community center is in the Westhampton community’s future. On Tuesday, the Southampton Town Board unanimously approved the $4.1 million purchase of the property at 112 Old Riverhead Road ...

TheIndependent: Shinnecocks’ Cry for Protection of Unmarked Graves Finally Answered

The Southampton Town Board passed historic legislation Tuesday afternoon to protect unmarked Shinnecock graves and burial sites, the first law of its kind in New York State. “Protection for Unmarked ...

SouthamptonPress: Governor Andrew Cuomo Signs Fiscal Flexibility Bill Proposed By Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele

The COVID-19 public health crisis led to an economic crisis, according to New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. Early on, in anticipation of the fiscal predation of the ...

TheIndependent: East End Legislators Demand Shelter Island Polling Place

East End lawmakers have introduced a new law that will mandate early voting on Shelter Island, the only township on the Twin Forks not to have a dedicated early-voting polling ...

SpectrumNews: DCCC Adds Goroff to Red to Blue Program

The House Democrats' campaign committee on Wednesday added Long Island congressional candidate Nancy Goroff to its "Red to Blue" program. Goroff is challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in the ...

EastEndBeacon: Campaign 2020: Goroff Talks Strategy, Issues

Nancy Goroff, the former Stony Brook chemistry department chair who is running to unseat Congressman Lee Zeldin in the First Congressional District, is urging voters to not give in to ...

SagHarborExpress: Southampton Town Eyes Reassessment Relief Strategies

Two measures designed to lessen the burden on local homeowners could provide property tax relief for year-round residents in Southampton Town, if given the go ahead by state lawmakers. Members ...

TheEastHamptonStar: Nancy Goroff Makes Her Case Against Zeldin

On Friday, the Cook Political Report announced that it had changed its rating of 15 campaigns for the House of Representatives, 11 of them in Democrats' direction. Among these was ...

SouthamptonPress: Census Effort Hits The Streets With Shortened Window Closing

United States Census Bureau workers began going door-to-door on the South Fork last week as the nationwide population survey finally began the in-person phase of counting the populace, after months ...

SouthamptonPress: Thiele: CPF Has ‘Exceeded All Hopes And Dreams’

The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund has seen its revenues soar in the first half of 2020, especially in Southampton and East Hampton towns. Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who ...

TheEastHamptonStar: Bellone Blasts Trump for Calling Disaster Assistance a ‘Bailout’

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone angrily denounced President Trump on Wednesday, telling reporters that the president referred to federal disaster assistance as “some sort of bailout” during his fund-raising visit to the South Fork ...

SouthamptonPress: Letters – It Takes A Village To Care For A Garden

Until last June, a thin strip of land that runs between the southern edge of Lake Agawam and the parking lot across from St. Andrew’s Dune Church on Gin Lane ...

SHDEMS: Fred Thiele Protects Fair Elections While Republicans Don’t

A tale of two cities - while D.C. Republicans manipulate the 2020 Census limiting our representation, Democrat Fred Thiele helps ensure our East End's voting rights . Tell your friends, ...

The Independent: Census Bureau Slashes Field Work, Excludes Non-Citizens

The director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Steven Dillingham, ordered on Monday night that “illegal aliens” be removed from the final numbers used to apportion seats in the U.S. House ...

SouthamptonPress: Letters – Mostly Right, The “Fox-Is-In-The-Henhouse Test”

The Founding Fathers were a gifted group. Somehow, sifting through all their competing interests, different constituencies, clashing ideas, and firmly held beliefs, they could still see clearly enough to draft ...

SouthamptonPress: Q&A – Jay Schneiderman On The Concert, The Fallout And Dealing With An Angry Governor

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman spoke at length on Friday, via Zoom, about the fallout from the July 25 benefit concert in Water Mill featuring the Chainsmokers — and Mr ...

InStyle: Barack & Michelle Obama Joked About Quarantining Together on Her New Podcast

We all rejoiced when Michelle Obama announced her podcast earlier this month, and the news got even better when she revealed that her first guest would be her husband, Barack Obama. On Wednesday, the inaugural episode ...

FB: TAI Social Justice Committee packed fresh farm vegetables for the members of the Shinnecock Nation

Today members of the TAI Social Justice Committee packed fresh farm vegetables for the members of the Shinnecock Nation. Made possible by generous donations! The Social Justice Group is co-chaired ...

TheEastHamptonStar: Domestic Powers Need Reversal

It is painfully ironic that that the federal agency created to keep the United States safe after the Sept. 11 attacks now targets Americans. In 2002, Congress created the Department ...

SouthamptonPress: Thiele Confident State Legislation To Recognize Montauketts Will Pass

The Montauketts have waited over 100 years to regain recognition from the State of New York after being declared extinct in 1910. But State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. believes ...

Newsday: Bellone, other Dem officials push for more virus relief aid

WASHINGTON — Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone met on Capitol Hill Wednesday with members of the Long Island congressional delegation to make a plaintive point — without federal funding, the future ...

Sag Harbor Express: State Legislature Passes Measures Making It Easier to Cast Absentee Ballots, Register To Vote

The New York State Assembly and Senate have passed measures that could make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots as well as register to vote, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele ...

Sag Harbor Express: Bills To Regulate LIPA, Offer Lower Insurance Rates For Boaters Approved By Legislature

Legislation penned by local state legislators this week, one that provides greater regulation of the Long Island Power Authority and the other that would lower rates for boating liability insurance, ...

Sag Harbor Express: Goroff Wants To Move From Classroom To Congress

Nancy Goroff, a chemistry professor at Stony Brook University, would seem an unlikely candidate for Congress. A graduate of Harvard University who later received her doctorate at UCLA and did ...

CNN: Biden leads in three key states Trump won in 2016

(CNN) With 100 days remaining until Election Day, voters in three critical battleground states swing in former Vice President Joe Biden's way, according to new Arizona, Florida and Michigan CNN polls conducted by SSRS. In Florida (51% ...

SouthamptonPress: Updated Southampton Housing Plan Will Go Beyond Affordable Housing

Southampton Town’s updated housing plan will go beyond addressing the need for affordable housing and will determine all types of housing stock that will best serve the town’s future, according ...

The Independent: Supervisor Extends Permits for All Building, Electrical Permits Extended in Southampton Town

Approximately 4,000 building and electrical permits issued in the Town of Southampton since March will be extended another six months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Southampton Town Supervisor Jay ...

SouthamptonPress: Southampton Town To Consider New Site For Westhampton Community Center

Landing the old Manhattan Motorcars building on Old Riverhead Road in Westhampton for a new community center would be “a score,” noted Craig Catalanotto, the vice chairman of the Citizens ...

SouthamptonPress: Goroff Wins Democratic Congressional Primary; Ahearn Victorious In Senate Seat Bid

Nancy Goroff, the former chairwoman of the chemistry department at Stony Brook University, has won the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Lee Zeldin for his 1st Congressional District House ...