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Keep Trying Last week, the Southampton Town Board abandoned plans to float a trial beach driving program in East Quogue, following opposition from some community members at a public hearing in April. The pilot program was intended to allow a time-hon

Room To Grow Sag Harbor School District is in fine financial shape. On Tuesday, district residents will vote on a $48.06 million budget for the 2023-24 school year — a spending plan that has one of the lowest tax levy increases in the district in ove

Please Press Pause As the nation and the state turn more toward sustainable energy solutions, there’s bound to be some growing pains. Such is the case with a rash of applications for battery energy storage systems (BESS) across the East End. The faci

A Familiar Refrain This editorial may sound familiar. It seems like every spring, these pages contain a dire warning about the harmful effects that synthetic fertilizers and toxic pesticides sprayed on lawns in an effort to achieve the greenest lawn

On Deaf Ears In recent weeks, The Southampton Press, in articles, editorials and on the 27Speaks podcast, has hammered away on the importance of transparency in government and how the Southampton Village Board of Trustees needs to be less opaque. Th

Alfred Caiola has been in Hampton Bays since the early 1980s, enjoying life. A developer, there came a moment when he decided there was an opportunity to give back, using money from the sale of land in the city both to bolster his adop

By Kitty Merrill The map of a proposed $14 million sewer district for downtown Hampton Bays shows a wastewater treatment plant on land linked to developer Alfred Caiola, as well as new streets referenced in his vision for the revitalization of downto