Editorials

The East End: A Big Winner The East End was the biggest winner of all on Election Day. Voters in all five towns - East Hampton, Southampton, Southold, Shelter Island, and Riverhead - sent a powerful message to those who would pave over what remains of this "last great place": Not here, not now, not ever. Safety At $6 A Gun Smart and simple is the way to describe the Ocean Township (N. J.) Police Department's policy of giving out gun locks free of charge to residents, no questions asked. Loss Of Innocence In our world of instant communication, news of death and disaster reaches us almost as it is happening, resulting in a barrage of violent images from the four corners of the globe. Roses And Wheezes Roses on Election Day? Now that's something you don't see very often, not growing outdoors, anyway, on trellises, fences, and garden gates. But indeed there have been roses in November this year, and even a few unlikely tomatoes lingering on the vine, well after the calendar says the first frost should have arrived. Please address correspondence to editor@easthamptonstar.com