A week after Sag Harbor’s L/Cpl Jordan Haerter was honored posthumously with the Navy Cross for his act of heroism saving the lives of dozens of fellow Marines from a suicide bomber last year, he was singled out in President Barack Obama’s speech this Friday morning, February 27, at Camp LeJeune, where Haerter had done [...]

Problems of Racism  Dear Editor, We were tremendously moved to watch with our colleagues and students at Southampton Elementary School—African-American, Asian, Shinnecock Indian, Latino, Caucasian—the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as President. Witnessing this, following the observance of the courageous, kind life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in behalf of justice to all people, [...]

by Karl Grossman It’s February and we’re still deep in winter—but in just a month spring will arrive and with it the birds of spring will return…and also the noisy helicopters ferrying people to and from the Hamptons that have so disrupted life on eastern Long Island in recent years. But Suffolk County Legislator Edward [...]

The Bulls Head Inn — a unique hotel and restaurant equipped with spa-like amenities and conference center abilities — is being proposed at the old Judge Abraham Rose House, on the corner of the Sag Harbor/Bridgehampton Turnpike and we believe it is a good use of the property. We learned this week that the developers of the [...]

It is important for the Southampton Town Board to realize that, when trying to understand their capital accounts and the discrepancy therein, it is just like having a checkbook. With all those numbers and all those accounts, there is need for oversight. And with the weekly work sessions designed to dig through the fiscal problems [...]

Carrie Elizabeth Swift Carrie Elizabeth Swift, age 52, died February 12 after a brave four-year battle with cancer. Born in Washington, D.C., she was the beloved daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (O’Dwyer) Swift. She is survived by her mother and siblings, Anna, Theresa, Joseph, William, Thomas, Jonathan and Sara. She is also survived by [...]

By Benito Vila Last Sunday was a day made for soccer as Southampton Youth Services hosted a high-school tournament indoors at its facility on Majors Path. Participating this year for the fifth annual Supervisor’s Cup were teams from Pierson, East Hampton, Southampton, Westhampton, Center Moriches and Longwood, East Hampton making off with the prize with [...]

By Benito Vila As March Madness approaches for college basketball, there is still plenty of local high school basketball to follow until those seedings are assigned. Unfortunately neither Pierson nor Bridgehampton are still playing in the Suffolk County tournament, last week seeing the Whalers fall to Port Jefferson in the Class C semi-final and the [...]

By Robbie Vorhaus When I trained in karate, I once told my shihan – teacher — that I was going to earn my black belt. “Don’t tell me,” he said sternly, “show me.” I soon learned the true meaning of the New Testament verse, “the spirit is willing, but the body is weak,” because try [...]

By Marianna Levine With movies ranging in subject from butterflies and turtles to building in an eco-friendly way, Stony Brook Southampton’s First Annual Green Film Series was started as a way to further celebrate and communicate the campus’s focus on sustainability. It features a free film about environmental sustainability each Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. [...]