Editorials

What should affordable housing look like? It’s time to think bigger.

Amagansett Main Street could get new lampposts and lighting as part of a long-discussed nighttime illumination redesign. Or not.

Caring for neighbors should extend to curtailing the use of ear-punishing gas-powered lawn equipment.

Voters in the First Congressional District need to get off their keisters on Nov. 3 and vote for Christopher Gallant. 

We need a stronger regulatory hand from the State of New York.

Days are growing noticeably shorter, and this month feels like a rush to get things done.

These are days of turmoil and ugliness on the university campuses of America.

A Hamptons International Film Festival screening of “NAZA,” a documentary about Israel Defense Forces’ actions in Gaza, is expected to be met by protests. 

A bill introduced in the New York Assembly earlier this year, the Technology, Education, Arts Through Media Act (the TEAM NY Act), would modernize the way public-access channels are funded.

Bad feelings coming out of recent citizens advisory committee meetings should call into question what exactly the committees’ roles are.

Into the unsavory world of oppo research.

Uber drivers are doing a service for people here, but many have come from hours away and have nowhere to rest or relieve themselves.

The frequency with which we see humpback whales here may be diluting our grasp of just how intensely endangered are some other types, like the right whale. 

Suffolk County alone had at least 16 e-bike or e-scooter crashes with serious injuries in 2025 and two deaths. 

In threatening to wield the big stick of federal money, Nick LaLota gets government backward.

The Hampton Lifeguard Association has joined the push to gather public support for House Resolution 1188, which calls on Congress to recognize open-water lifeguards as official “emergency response providers.”

Never has there been such gridlock. Never have other drivers demonstrated such audacity.

East Hampton Village has a Flock problem.

The people in favor of a new parking lot behind the Springs Library should take a step back to reconsider.

Years in the making, “Bar” brings a legendary music venue to life in book form.

The sheer number of visitors to our beaches in early August adds to our growing view that beach regulations must be expanded. 

Ohio Representative Max Miller is at the red-hot epicenter of an ugly drama with pivotal political implications.

A fight is unfolding over just how far self-governing states and towns can go in resisting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in our home communities.

Barlume Beach and Este are high-visibility examples of a big problem.

It’s a cliché to mourn the passing of a prominent citizen by saying that she was the last of her kind, and, in Joan Tulp’s case, we sincerely hope that isn’t true: We need more like her.  

Local police here are sending young people out onto roads that are, in fact, more dangerous than ever before.

Under the steady helm of the Montauk Historical Society, the annual benefit, this year featuring Brandi Carlile, has maintained a positive spirit as a true community gathering.

Roads throughout East Hampton Town and Village have become an obstacle course.

Users of A.I. graphic designs risk a subliminal backlash.

It has been a summer of weather warnings. Now comes the smoke.