Editorials

A sobering new study of the East Hampton shoreline has shown significant degradation.

We are extremely pleased that the momentum for a new Dominy museum has returned.

With the airport private, the town in theory could just say no to certain kinds of aircraft and commercial flights or limit the number and timing of takeoffs and landings.

No rink can compare to the joy of gliding on wide-open surfaces with the wind at our backs.

A proposal to double the number of affordable residences that could be built per acre in certain zones could go a long way toward easing the housing crisis in East Hampton.

Times have indeed changed regarding East Hampton Airport, but so far, not all elected town officials appear to have taken notice.

Those 18-wheeler trucks carrying boulders in an eastward direction can be seen as a symbol of things to come.

“What’s going on with Town Pond?”

Today marks the one-year anniversary of one of the darkest days in United States history.

Deep-pocketed investors are excited to get a piece of the anticipated post-pandemic boom. How much further disruption this will bring to the East End way of life is up to local officials — and a well-informed public.

At first look, an effort by the East Hampton Town Board to gain greater regulatory power over sand mines and composting operations might seem worthwhile, but is it really?

As the cliché goes, endless ink has been spilled over a wide range of subjects here on the South Fork, and while measuring it all would be pointless, we can be certain that reasonably priced housing would make the top two or three. So it was with some excitement this week that a new idea came in over the transom in the form of a letter to the editor.

With the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on a rapid rise, the danger of being unvaccinated comes again into sharp focus. And yet, for many, even the recent threshold of 800,000 deaths in the United States is not persuasive.

This is a good time to take stock of how the area is doing in keeping the sky dark at night.

Restaurants like John Papas Cafe carry something of a place’s soul.

In all the discussions of affordable housing, the voices that often seem underrepresented are those of real estate industry professionals.

What happens now that East Hampton Airport is under local control remains unclear despite years of talk. This is a sharp disappointment.

It was predictable that just as the first Tesla electric car-charging station appeared in East Hampton Village people would grumble.

In one of the more heavily debated purchases of its kind in recent years, East Hampton Town will soon close on the purchase of less than two wooded acres off Green Hollow and Buckskill Roads.

Trouble this year within the web of suppliers that bring goods from manufacturers to retailers has made holiday buying fraught.

A change to the ways East Hampton Town ordinances are prosecuted would be a significant improvement over the antiquated procedure in use now, which requires a mountain of paperwork and takes officers out of the field. Under the present rules, only parking and other very minor tickets can be handled by mail or online; everything else has to be handled in town court. This leads to a sizable backlog, particularly as violations pile up in the summer and can take well into the fall to be dealt with.

Fresh or frozen, brined or spatchcocked, roasting a turkey with all the trimmings can be a fairly expensive and labor-intensive holiday undertaking. For those who may find them too expensive, there’s help available in various forms. Food pantries, school groups, religious institutions, community-minded businesses, and even the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office have been distributing turkeys to those in need.

The New York State Assembly’s damning report following an eight-month investigation of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s behavior while in office should serve as a cautionary tale for government at all levels.

A proposed revision to the East Hampton Town ethics law discussed this week goes too far.

Lee Zeldin was a House of Representatives back-bencher until Donald Trump announced his bid for president.

Moving beyond the endless talk of how hard it is to find a place to live here on an ordinary income, the East Hampton schools aim to do something about it.

Back-of-the-ballot measures asking for a “yes” or “no” after a block of intentionally confounding text were never a good way for government to function.

The Democratic establishment victory in the election that ended Tuesday was the expected outcome, but while the winners savor the moment, they must also realize that it is well past time to get moving in a number of areas.

Landscaping rigs are getting bigger and more numerous by the day.

The Bridgehampton citizens group has dissolved and come back as an independent community watchdog. This is probably how it should have been all along.