For those of us who have been following the saga surrounding the future of our Main Street and the viability of our unique mom-and-pop business community, this week’s forum with the National Historic Trust’s Main Street Program was a highly anticipated event. Unfortunately it hardly lived up to the expectations many of us in Sag [...]

Emotions in the Bridgehampton community are sure to be at a fever pitch come Monday night’s school board meeting, specifically because the debate to close the district’s high school has been resurrected by board member Joe Berhalter. This week Berhalter submitted his second petition to force a referendum on the concept. As we said in [...]

With hundreds — if not thousands — of clients along the South Fork, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield is currently negotiating its contract with Southampton Hospital. And while representatives from the hospital and the insurance company are both optimistic about a successful settlement, the company this week notified many of its clients they may have to find [...]

We hope everyone has noticed that the flag at the end of Main Street is flying at half-mast. We would like to take this occasion to expound on how a tightly knit community like ours can observe and honor such an occurrence. This is a chance to reflect on what’s important in life. As of [...]

When a company takes a step back from a development project it is never a good sign, which was why we were dismayed, and are frankly concerned, about this week’s news that Sag Development Partners will take the next 60 days to assess the restoration and rehabilitation of the former Bulova Watchcase Factory. For many [...]

Southampton Town Councilmen Chris Nuzzi and Dan Russo took their hits in Noyac on Tuesday night by members of the hamlet’s civic council concerned about traffic in front of Cromer’s Market and the future of the proposed community center. Pointing to a computer generated image of a proposed traffic calming solution in front of Cromer’s [...]

Noyac residents have been complaining about the increase of traffic through their hamlet for years — and rightfully so. The growth in use of Noyac Road as a bypass has been startling, with members of the trade parade passing through early in the morning, then heading back west in the early evening. Often rushing in both [...]

We suppose there are parts of East End heritage that some people would prefer to see disappear. They are inconvenient to a more modern or urban lifestyle; they conflict with values; they are rude. They disturb Saturday morning breakfasts. But we are sad to see so many traditions being edged out by a changing landscape, [...]

As a village, we in Sag Harbor are fortunate to be home to a number of civic and social organizations that rally, sometimes rabidly, around chosen causes, ideally serving our community as educational and communal resources for our very active residents. Sometimes they are successful in this common endeavor. Sometimes they are not. True success, [...]

The Sag Harbor Express took home top honors in its division last weekend in the New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. Held during the association’s annual spring convention in Albany, the contest attracted 170 community weekly newspapers from across the state submitting 3,455 entries. The Express ranked fourth overall in the state in total [...]