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Plum Island Lighthouse After more than a decade of uncertainty, the mandated sale of Plum Island may be off the table as part of a federal spending bill that could be approved this week. U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Wednesday that a provision in the 2021 federal spending bill will permanently block the sale until local entities decide what the 840-acre island’s fate should be. In a press release, Mr. Schumer said the spending bill inclu...

Elizabeth “Betty” D. Casey of Peconic Landing in Greenport died on Dec 8, 2020. She was 95 years old. Born in Marlborough, Mass., Betty was raised and attended schools on Long Island. She worked for 13 years in the public relations department of AT&T in downtown Manhattan, where she was associate editor of the company magazine. After marriage in 1952, she and her husband, Robert, settled in Garden City, where they lived and raised their family for 33 years. In the ’70s she owned and opera...

East Hampton contemplates airport closing in move that could impact other towns A helicopter at East Hampton Airport last year. (Credit: Kyril Bromley/The East Hampton Press) Residents plagued for many years by helicopter noise could find relief from a decision in the hands of the East Hampton Town Board.  The expiration of the contract East Hampton has with its airport management expires on Sept. 20, 2021. By that time, it will be up to the East Hampton T...

Today. >> not one republican house member voted to support either articles impeachment. we saw republicans very much together on this. this appears and is this the case to you that this is the party of trump, and as you see eventually, you know, trump wont be president. where does the republican party go from there when its become the party of trump? >> im not sure, because you see the, the sort of emasculation of the gop by donald trump. the only thing that matters, the only oriented principle ...