Clifford Foster, a Sagaponack farmer, a President of the Sag Harbor Savings Bank and last private owner of Long Beach, had a clear vision for his 13-acre property which connected Noyac to North Haven. Seven years after his death in 1943, Foster’s sons Charles and Everett deeded the stretch of shoreline to Southampton Town. As [...]

Southampton Town Superintendent of Highways Alex Gregor believes the rain storm of March 29, 2010 will go down in the history books as the most catastrophic weather event of the year. The title is no small feat in a 12-month period that experienced blizzards and heatwaves. “That rain did more damage than all of the [...]

In addition to discussion about the school’s cafeteria program, the Sag Harbor School Board vetted a range of topics ranging from the new guidance counselor position and college preparations to the school’s monument policy. – Assistant Elementary School Principal Donna Denon gave an update on the summer school program. The program develops students’ reading and [...]

Lunch Program Back In, With Changes to Come By Marissa Maier Sag Harbor School superintendent Dr. John Gratto confirmed on Wednesday that when the school opens its doors on September 13, there will be a cafeteria program in operation. For the past few months, the board has wrestled with the idea of temporarily suspending the [...]

Pierson senior Brook Hartnett, Sag Harbor School Board member Dan’s son, worked for a month this summer as a page for the United States House of Representatives. Nominated by East End congressman Tim Bishop, Hartnett delves into his experiences in Washington from watching Massachusetts representative Barney Frank debate without notes to his classes in leadership [...]

To the untrained eye, it was an average Saturday evening in Sag Harbor on August 21. The northern end of Main Street was teeming with children balancing overloaded ice cream cones, adults chatting, and the familiar blare of horns navigating the confusing intersection by the flag pole. In the midst of this ordinary scene was [...]

Sag Harbor’s John Jermain Memorial Library scored a victory on Tuesday night in front of the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board and was granted permission for a waiver to undergo site plan approval for a temporary library space on West Water Street, effectively giving the library permission to relocate to another site this fall without [...]

A proposed 37-lot subdivision on 48.6 acres in Bridgehampton will be back in front of the Southampton Town Planning Board this Thursday, with a public hearing slated for 7 p.m. on the preliminary subdivision application and a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed project. The project – located west of the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, [...]

Richard Blumenthal, the Republican and Conservative Party candidate vying for incumbent New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr.’s seat this November charged last week that the Sag Harbor native risks a conflict of interest in serving both as the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees’ village attorney and as a state assemblyman. Thiele, a [...]

On Tuesday night, members of the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board said they favored Elizabeth Dow’s proposal to convert the former Sag Harbor United Methodist Church on Madison Street into a center for textile design, retail and education, but asked for permission to tour Dow’s Amagansett studio before sending a formal letter of support to [...]