Editorials

A proposal to double the number of affordable residences that could be built per acre in certain zones could go a long way toward easing the housing crisis in East Hampton.

With the airport private, the town in theory could just say no to certain kinds of aircraft and commercial flights or limit the number and timing of takeoffs and landings.

No rink can compare to the joy of gliding on wide-open surfaces with the wind at our backs.

Those 18-wheeler trucks carrying boulders in an eastward direction can be seen as a symbol of things to come.

Times have indeed changed regarding East Hampton Airport, but so far, not all elected town officials appear to have taken notice.

“What’s going on with Town Pond?”

Today marks the one-year anniversary of one of the darkest days in United States history.

At first look, an effort by the East Hampton Town Board to gain greater regulatory power over sand mines and composting operations might seem worthwhile, but is it really?

Deep-pocketed investors are excited to get a piece of the anticipated post-pandemic boom. How much further disruption this will bring to the East End way of life is up to local officials — and a well-informed public.

With the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on a rapid rise, the danger of being unvaccinated comes again into sharp focus. And yet, for many, even the recent threshold of 800,000 deaths in the United States is not persuasive.

As the cliché goes, endless ink has been spilled over a wide range of subjects here on the South Fork, and while measuring it all would be pointless, we can be certain that reasonably priced housing would make the top two or three. So it was with some excitement this week that a new idea came in over the transom in the form of a letter to the editor.

In all the discussions of affordable housing, the voices that often seem underrepresented are those of real estate industry professionals.