Editorials

Nantucket voters earlier this month voted in favor of topless bathing. But what about New York State, or even East Hampton?

It is often said that gas prices are out of whack on the South Fork, and now all prices are.

Most, if not nearly all, of the Airbnb hosts in East Hampton Town are breaking the law.

Like Chicago in 2003, East Hampton Town owns its airport, free of promises to the F.A.A. But unlike in the Windy City, there is a growing contingent of residents who say East Hampton’s should be closed.

There should no longer be any mistaking the racist core of what has become of the Republican Party, both nationally and in our own state.

Whether meaningful reductions in flights by the most noxious aircraft will be achieved remains to be seen.

The organizers of the May 1 5K run in East Hampton Village deserve the highest praise.

The waters around Sag Harbor and Shelter Island have become incredibly busy in recent years. Adding regular ferry trips seems unwise.

About half of the East Hampton Town shoreline is eroding. Sea level rise will increase the affected area to all of the town’s waterfront over time. These are the key points in a draft policy document released last week intended to guide officials as they contemplate how to prepare.

A January survey conducted by CNN found that 69 percent of Americans were opposed to overturning the landmark case of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 opinion limiting the right to an abortion but preserving the fundamental freedom to choose to terminate a pregnancy.

A bill sponsored in the State Legislature by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. may represent the beginning of a big step forward on easing the region’s attainable housing crisis.

Important decisions are being made behind closed doors and without the full village board’s knowledge.

What exactly is the far right trying to “save” New York from?

An aptly described monster is rising over Ditch Plain.

Despite a late start in coming up with new rules for East Hampton Airport, the town appears to be making progress.

For a few weeks now, we have been thinking about what ails some of our beloved local institutions.

With few exceptions, eastern Long Island’s school boards do not accurately reflect the demographic makeup of their districts.

A researcher seeking the East Hampton Town Trustees’ blessing for a pollutants study in Accabonac Harbor said that there was little scientific basis for many of town, county, and state initiatives.

Details of a plot by allies of former President Donald J. Trump and Mr. Trump himself to overturn the results of the 2020 election are increasingly coming to light.

Why are easy-to-enforce local laws ignored every single day of the year?

In late March, researchers published a study that detected microplastics in the blood samples of more than three-quarters of their anonymous, healthy volunteers.

Live-streamed local government and school board meetings are here to stay.

The East Hampton Town Trustees are making the right move in joining a group of fishermen suing to preserve their access to a 4,000-foot-long portion of ocean beach.

Our hearts break for the Ukrainian people, as bombs and missiles continue to wreck their cities, and we fear that the worst days may still be ahead.

Heavy eastbound traffic in the morning has resumed in force this week, prompting thoughts of limiting growth.

Opponents of an underground electrical wind farm cable now being installed in Wainscott have filed a lawsuit.

Something about selling alcohol at East Hampton Main Beach seems off.

With Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine now nearing its third week of active hostilities, the time may have come for conservatives of good conscience in the United States to take back the narrative from the Donald Trump-Tucker Carlson right wing.

Once again, East Hampton Town officials have been trying to figure out how to deal with the ever-increasing number of large events held here during the summer season.

In a tribute to Ukraine, a sharp reminder of the importance of knowing the past and how that knowledge can give us a better understanding of the present.