The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office is once again hosting the Say Something Essay Contest for high school students to highlight the importance of speaking up when a peer is distressed or at risk for self-harm.
If all goes according to plan, by March 15 the vast majority of South Fork students between Montauk and Bridgehampton will be back in school in person, five days a week. The move by several local districts represents a shift back toward what school used to look like, but with the benefit of pandemic hindsight.
A public hearing on a petition to incorporate Wainscott as a village closed last Thursday, and now a deadline looms for East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc to make a decision on its legal sufficiency. Mr. Van Scoyoc is bound by state law to do so within 10 days after the hearing is closed.
Not many people can say they have been to Antarctica, but can you imagine sailing there on a wooden ship with cloth sails, navigating by compass and stars?
