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Opinion: Greenport’s Strengths Deserve to Be Matched With Investment, Not Generalizations

East End Beacon
by Mary Bess Phillips Greenport is a village with a rare combination of assets — the kind most communities spend decades trying to build. We are a historic, walkable, human-scale village with a working waterfront, a diverse year-round population, and a small-business ecosystem that punches far above its weight. These are not abstract qualities. They are the foundation of our economic resilience, our cultural identity, and our sense of place.
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Viewpoint: Why Declare America Does Not Have Kings?

East End Beacon
by Abigail Field This Saturday, March 28, millions of Americans — including many Southold residents — will peacefully assemble to proclaim America does NOT have Kings. We fought a revolution to free ourselves from a king, after all. I will be attending for many reasons, but one I’d like to focus on here: War.  Our Constitution is really clear:  Article I, Section 8, Clause 11:  [The Congress shall have Power
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Viewpoint: Community Matters, Above All Else

East End Beacon
by Anne H. Smith, Ed.D. Southold Town Councilwoman The opinions here reflect why I believe the work of town government in partnership with local organizations and nonprofits has value. These opinions are my own. How do we help our neighbors through the lens of humanity and friendship?  Southold is a place where we come together as neighbors during a crisis or when there is a cumulative impact on basic needs.
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Viewpoint: To Protect the North Fork’s Unique Character, Build Hundreds of Apartments 

East End Beacon
By Liam Rue  A top reason North Fork homeowners keep blocking affordable housing every year is that it doesn’t match the North Fork’s “unique character”. These people are right about one thing: we cannot solve our housing crisis without protecting the North Fork’s unique character. But most North Forkers against housing are consistently wrong about what the North Fork’s unique character actually is.  I’ll tell you what the North Fork’s
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Views from the Forks: A Better Path Forward on Immigration

East End Beacon
by Southold Town Councilman Greg Doroski As a Police Commissioner for the Town of Southold, I want to address the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that took place in Greenport Village on Saturday, July 26. What we’ve learned so far presents both encouraging and troubling elements that the public deserves to understand. On the positive side, it appears the primary individual apprehended by ICE had a final
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