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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

By Michael Wright The Express Sessions panel series this month will wade into the complicated debate over the need for a sewer system, and associated sewage treatment plant, for downtown Montauk and its surroundings. A panel of players in the debate

The Obvious Answer Being near the water and among nature has long been a huge draw for living on the East End, whether full-time or seasonally. But, all too often, homeowners here push back wildlife and apply chemicals that pollute the bays and estua

Three Years Later Three years is an arbitrary marker, for sure, but it seems important to note just how long COVID-19 has been part of our everyday lives — for an alarming time, the dominant feature. It’s also important to remember that marking the t

A Sense of Urgency The fallout from the announced resignations of Springs School Principal Christine Cleary and Assistant Principal Joshua Odom — both will leave the district on June 30 — resulted in an emotional Springs Board of Education meeting la

Time To Listen Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman is, in civilian life, involved in the hospitality industry on the South Fork. This is merely a statement of fact, not a criticism or indictment. It’s merely to note that it could influence w

An Unnecessary Hurdle Buried in the information technology policy that the Southampton Village Board adopted this month is a “media contacts” section that prohibits village employees from speaking to the media on the village’s behalf without first co