By Kathryn G. Menu The East Hampton Town Board’s approval of a two-day music festival at Ocean View Farm in Amagansett continued to draw the ire of some Amagansett residents last week, many of whom attended a town board meeting on Thursday with a lawyer in tow, in the hopes of getting the festival’s mass [...]

By Claire Walla Don’t know much about IB? That was the premise of last week’s International Baccalaureate (IB) information session, held Wednesday, January 19 in the Pierson Middle/High School auditorium. IB, which is already used widely in Europe, is gaining popularity in the United States where it is replacing or being offered alongside AP programs [...]

by Annette Hinkle Wilfrid Sheed, writer, raconteur, avid fan of baseball and the Great American Songbook, and the official “unofficial” Commissioner of Sag Harbor Softball has died. Sheed passed away at a nursing home in Great Barrington, Mass. on Wednesday, January 19. He was 80 and according to his family, the cause of death was [...]

By Kathryn G. Menu While Harbor Heights Gas Station owner John Leonard is hoping to bring a little convenience to Sag Harbor residents with a proposed “country market” included in the re-development of the decades-old gas station, getting approval for the project appears like it will be anything but easy. On Tuesday night, at a [...]

By Katherine Menu Southampton Town Planning Board On Thursday, at the Southampton Town Planning Board’s regular meeting, it is expected the board will deem plans to demolish Bridgehampton Beverage, at the corner of Montauk Highway and Lumber Lane in Bridgehampton, and replace it with a newly constructed Greek revival inspired building, not subject to further [...]

By Kathryn G. Menu After more than three years in front of the East Hampton Town Planning Board, when attorney Jon Tarbet finally gained board approval for his client, David Reiner, to re-develop the aging Sag Harbor Cottages on Route 114, it was a somewhat anti-climatic moment. “There were so many misdirections put in front [...]

By Annette Hinkle In his 2010 documentary, “Casino Jack and the United States of Money,” filmmaker Alex Gibney tells the tale of Washington scandal and corruption in what many would describe simply as “politics as usual.” The film documents the rise and fall of powerful lobbyist Jack Abramoff and details his cozy relationship with congressional [...]

By Claire Walla Buildings and Grounds / Athletics Budget According to budget figures presented last Monday, January 24 by Montgomery Granger, Sag Harbor School District Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds, taxpayers are looking at an increase of about five percent for the portion of the budget related to his department. Though this increase is not [...]

By Claire Walla Several thefts from cars in the Sag Harbor area were reported to Southampton Town Police on Thursday, January 20. A Noyac resident reported witnessing (via video surveillance footage) an unknown figure — allegedly a white male, age 18 to 25—throw an object through a car’s window, at which point the man allegedly [...]

Proud of the Department Dear Bryan, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Chief Wayne Mortensen and all of the outstanding members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department for the incredible honor that they have bestowed on Linda Gronland and my son, Jordan Haerter by making them honorary members of the department. [...]