Letters to the Editor for October 20, 2022
From memories of Joe O’Connell and Kent Feuerring to divisions over Lee Zeldin, it’s the week in reader comment.
The Way It Was for October 20, 2022
The day in 1922 when Alfred E. Smith came in for some praise, a 1972 effort to organize South Fork farm workers, and more ripped from the pages of The Star.
Can’t Take a Half Off, Football Players Told
The first half of Saturday morning’s high school football game here belonged to Harborfields, which led 28-0 at the halftime break. But the second half was pretty much East Hampton’s, which led Joe McKee, Bonac’s head coach, to say after the 34-14 loss that while he was proud of his players he wondered why they hadn’t played with the same verve in the first half as they had in the second.
Boys Soccer Wins League IV Title, XC Takes B Race in the Bronx
Last week, East Hampton High’s boys soccer team won the program’s first league championship since 2014, and the boys cross-country team won the varsity B race at an invitational meet at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.