Peter Boody
Peter Boody is a freelance writer for The Sag Harbor Express. Previously he was the editor of the Southampton Press for many years and also edited several other papers, including the Shelter Island Reporter and the East Hampton Press, of which he was founding editor. He was a regular correspondent for the New York Times Long Island section and wrote the novel “Thomas Jefferson, Rachel & Me.”
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27Speaks: Keeping Grounded, The Discussion About Closing East Hampton Airport
In this week’s edition of 27Speaks, the editors are joined by senior reporter Michael Wright for a discussion of the conversation around closing East Hampton Airport in an effort to curtail excessive noise from airplanes and helicopters.
Sag Harbor Schools Decline New Contract at Mashashimuet Park
Gregg Schiavoni, the president of the Mashashimuet Park Board of Directors, said on Friday afternoon that the Sag Harbor School District has declined to renew its contract with the park for use of the athletic facilities for its interscholastic sports teams.
The East End Through the Lens Of William Wallace Tooker
Among the appealing aspects of a photograph is what it can tell us about ourselves. Our style, our appearance, the experiences we share, and moments of intimacy and honesty that are suddenly history the instant a shutter clicks. And while the camera can mechanically record these pieces of our past, it is the intent and imagination of the photographer that decides what and how the images are to be remembered.