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When The War Hits Home
When the war hits home as it did this week in Sag Harbor, as the grieving family and friends of Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, a marine, gathered on Main Street to witness his solemn return to a hometown that holds tightly to its soil, we take a collective sigh and stand silent too.
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Hold Fast The Last Potato Fields Of Sagaponack
Sagaponack's push to secure its farming heritage with new local legislation securing the preference to farm on its last remaining open fields sounds a clarion call for an East End way of life.
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Shame On All Of Us
At the underbelly of this unfortunate escalation of less than savory situations is a growing divide among area residents who contrarily express real regret and empathy to distaste and downright cultural and social bias thinly veiled in community activism.
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The New Trickle Down
The crew of the “North Sea,” a member of the dwindling commercial fishing fleet operating out of Shinnecock which ran aground last week on the advancing shoals that are quickly choking safe passage, learned first-hand the new trickle down economics now affecting our federal and local governments.
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Why It’s Just Not Right To Raid The Cookie Jar
As scrutiny of East Hampton’s budget practices reach new levels and Supervisor William McGintee and the rest of the Town Board take steps to avoid accounting quicksand yet again, it has become increasingly clear that a matter of distinction be drawn regarding the public trust and raiding the cookie jar.
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Keeping An Eye On The Prize
The notion of accommodating work force housing, heralded by many if not all of the supporters of the Bulova project as well as the year round residential community, is a fine and responsible recommendation. Just where to find reasonable priced land and housing stock in an inflated, resort driven housing market is a matter altogether something else.
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