For the Bonac cheerleaders, keeping spirits bright is the name of the game no matter the season.

Cora Weiss of East Hampton and New York, an activist who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times, died of lymphoma in New York City on Dec. 8.

One year after vetoing similar legislation, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, which will phase out the harvesting of the ancient species for bait.

For the seventh time, a governor of New York State has vetoed a bill that would have provided for reinstatement and acknowledgement of the Montaukett Indian Nation, a recognition lost 115 years ago in a ruling that former Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. has called one of the most racist decisions ever issued by a New York court.