For Many Here, Food Is the Immediate Necessity
In a region dependent on the service economy, when demand drops to near zero, so too does the income many East End residents need to get by.
Local Government Foresight Was Lacking
The problem evident now is that the towns failed to calculate the cost of ever-increasing residential development. It has long been clear that in the critical areas of water supply, pollution, and emergency medical services the ultimate effects of growth have not been adequately anticipated.
Guestwords: Creativity in the Age of Corona by Andrea Grover
Suddenly, every parent is a homeschooler, and everyone is an artist. We’re playing music, performing, dancing, writing stories, and making art. Creative expression is at an all-time high. Who could spare the time for this two weeks ago?
Mast-Head: Wartime Gardening
Amid the coronavirus crisis, many thoughts around the East End have turned to gardening. There is both time now, what with movement more limited than usual, and a sense that supplementing one’s own food supply with homegrown fruit and vegetables is a reasonable precaution.