Northampton News

Well, I can no longer hold things off. The time has come. The holidays are here and I cannot make them slow down.

It was nice to see so many of you at the Big Duck Lighting last Wednesday night.

Hello to all of my friends in Flanders and beyond. I am happy to see so many homes being decorated for the holidays, but I am still having a hard time with the fact that Thanksgiving has come and gone and the rest of the big holidays are just around the corner.

Greetings, Flanders. Pretty soon I will be writing about how all of the stores are decorated for the holidays and how all of the television commercials are now featuring Christmas music.

It was a brief ceremony, lasting only about 15 minutes. But it meant a lot to the people there, and according to town board member Barbara Blass, it should mean a lot to everyone else.

Jermaine Holmes outside Southampton Town Justice Court on the day of his arraignment.

Hello there, Flanders. Did you all enjoy those fabulous few days of Indian summer? I know my family and I sure did, and we took the opportunity to get plenty of things done around the house.

It has been a very long week for all of the kids around town with Halloween waiting in the wings.

The Southampton Town Board on Tuesday reached an agreement on tax relief issue. see all images Southampton Town residents who live in communities hardest hit by the economic downturn will receive less tax relief for 2009 than they did this year.

I hope that everyone has finished their back-to-school shopping already because this coming holiday weekend will feature the usual Labor Day mayhem at the Riverhead Outlets.

Well, hello Flanders. Long time and no e-mail! Have you forgotten to send me those e-mails about your family birthdays, anniversaries and other milestones, or other fun events that you have either attended or organized this summer? My inbox is just waiting for some good news.

Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore is indie rock's Highlander. Want proof? He never ages, has survived decades in the New York underground, and, given the chance, would probably slice through David Geffen with a powerful sword.

For the most part, elected officials on both the state and local level agree they want to reduce property taxes.

For the most part, elected officials on both the state and local level agree they want to reduce property taxes.

Fulton County's sales tax revenue fell $177,095 for the second quarter, after the county had seen a $164,862 increase in sales tax in the first quarter.

Hello, Flanders. It is starting to feel like summer around town. I have noticed that a lot of kids are attending summer camps and related programs, and I'm glad that they are all having fun.

A group of divers congregated Friday on the shores of the Great Sacandaga Lake, getting final instructions before they took the plunge - into the lake and into darkness.

An 18-year-old woman was arrested Thursday afternoon after she assaulted a Southampton Town Police officer and sicced her dog on him, according to authorities.

When western New York opened up for settlers soon after the Revolutionary War, a few hardy farming families settled just south of Lake Ontario in territory then known as Northampton.

State police divers yesterday found the body of a Massachusetts woman who leapt to her death Saturday afternoon from the Tappan Zee Bridge.