Guestwords: This Year’s Uninvited Guest
Every year about this time, I would go through the same litany of worries. That gosh-darned turkey gave me no end of heartburn. But this year is something else entirely.
At Hampton Bays Encampment Shinnecocks Take a Stand on Sovereignty
The encampment site was chosen because of its proximity to two Shinnecock billboards, one unfinished, that have become symbols of contention between tribespeople and the town and state governments. The Shinnecocks say that the tribal land the billboards sit on is exempt from local, county, and state regulation, but the town and state have argued otherwise.
Letters to the Editor for November 26, 2020
Thanksgiving
Amagansett
November 23, 2020
Dear Editor,
A Combustible Blast From East Hampton's Past
About 10 years ago, when Averill Geus discovered a reel of nitrate film in her barn, her son warned her that it could combust and burn the whole place down at any minute. She donated it to LTV, which learned recently that it contained never-before-seen footage of a 1915 Independence Day celebration in East Hampton.