Nicholas Planamento's Letter to the Editor of the East End Beacon - October 14, 2025
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Editor’s Note: Mr. Planamento is a Republican candidate for Southold Town Board
Editor’s Note: Mr. Planamento is a Republican candidate for Southold Town Board
Serious Issues Face Southold’s Marine Ecosystems
East End Beacon - June 18, 2025
East End Beacon - June 18, 2025
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Editor’s Note: Mr. Andruski is the President of the Southold Baymen’s Association
and a Conservative also running on the Republican party line for Southold Town Trustee this November.
Editor’s Note: Mr. Andruski is the President of the Southold Baymen’s Association
and a Conservative also running on the Republican party line for Southold Town Trustee this November.
Southold Military Vet Says His Fourth Farewell
North Fork Sun - June 3, 2025
North Fork Sun - June 3, 2025
Last Friday night, a large crowd gathered at the Griswold-Terry-Glover American Legion Post 803 to honor Lt. Col. Charles Sanders on the eve of his fourth overseas deployment in 15 years.
This time, the town tax assessor and longtime serviceman is bound for the Middle East, where he’ll serve for nine months to a year.
“I came here just to thank Charles,” said Town Supervisor Al Krupski from the podium. “We shouldn’t take the freedoms we have in this country for granted, because people like you are willing to go and disrupt your lives and serve us.”
Krupski said in an interview before the event that as commander of the American Legion post for six and a half years, Sanders “made such a big impact. His enthusiasm and dedication to the post is really wonderful to see. It takes a rare individual who can do that — and then go serve overseas.”
Among those on hand Friday night to say goodbye to the 57-year-old military vet were Peter Kranes and his wife Claire Manning Kranes, who bought a house from Sanders decades ago and became close friends.
“I will think about him every night now he’s deployed,” Kranes said. “But I know he’s doing what he wants to and serving our country. There are a lot of patriots in this world, none that I know as well as Charles and none that I know that are as genuine as he is and as humble.”
This time, the town tax assessor and longtime serviceman is bound for the Middle East, where he’ll serve for nine months to a year.
“I came here just to thank Charles,” said Town Supervisor Al Krupski from the podium. “We shouldn’t take the freedoms we have in this country for granted, because people like you are willing to go and disrupt your lives and serve us.”
Krupski said in an interview before the event that as commander of the American Legion post for six and a half years, Sanders “made such a big impact. His enthusiasm and dedication to the post is really wonderful to see. It takes a rare individual who can do that — and then go serve overseas.”
Among those on hand Friday night to say goodbye to the 57-year-old military vet were Peter Kranes and his wife Claire Manning Kranes, who bought a house from Sanders decades ago and became close friends.
“I will think about him every night now he’s deployed,” Kranes said. “But I know he’s doing what he wants to and serving our country. There are a lot of patriots in this world, none that I know as well as Charles and none that I know that are as genuine as he is and as humble.”
The Southold Republican is running for re-election as town tax accessor this fall.
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A Sendoff For A Southold Military & Community Leader
East End Beacon - June 4, 2025
East End Beacon - June 4, 2025
Pictured Above (l-r) Alina Sanders, Charles Sanders and Current American Legion Post Commander David DeFriest at the May 30 going-away party at the Post.
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When past Southold American Legion Commander and Army Guardsman Charles Sanders commits to something, he commits all the way. After guiding the Legion through several renovation projects and building its membership base from 2016 to 2023, he stepped down to focus on another mission — embarking on the training necessary to become a Lieutenant Colonel, a rank he achieved earlier this spring.
On June 1, having achieved his promotion, Lt. Col. Sanders moved onto the next mission — an 11-month deployment to Kuwait with the 42nd Infantry Division, his fourth deployment in his Army career. Southold’s American Legion Griswold-Terry-Glover Post 803 held a send-off party for Lt. Col. Sanders, who is also a real estate agent and Southold Town Tax Assessor, on Friday evening, May 30. Click here to read the complete article. |