By Annette Hinkle A few decades ago, it appeared all but certain that farming was on its way out on the East End. After decades of growing acre upon acre of potatoes and other crops for the wholesale market, farming families were finding that the younger generation was largely abandoning the way of life and [...]

By Annette Hinkle OK, here’s the set up – you’re traveling in Rome with a group of tourists from the Midwest. Everyone on stage takes turns describing the city sights, but there’s a catch —the first word of each successive sentence must start with the next letter of the alphabet. “A” is first – now [...]

By Claire Walla Of the 1,000 runners expected to show up on Saturday, April 9 for the first annual Katy’s Courage 5K in Sag Harbor, all will be running for a good cause. Actually two. Proceeds from the race will go to fund a four-year scholarship for a local high school graduate in the name [...]

By Claire Walla On your marks, get set… think! They may not have gym bags and they may not break a sweat, but Pierson High School Quiz Bowl Team members know what it means to beat the competition. The team defeated the last three teams it was up against, and although Pierson was seeded second [...]

By Annette Hinkle A couple weeks ago Jessica, Sarah and Hugh Huntting stopped by the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum with a gift — a portrait that had been in their family for generations. “It had been passed down from my grandparents and when my dad died in December, it went to my brother, [...]

By Annette Hinkle Sag Harbor’s Lanford Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and a co-founder of the Circle Repertory Company in New York City, died on Thursday, March 24 in Wayne, N.J. from complications of pneumonia. He was 73 years old. Wilson, who wrote 17 full length plays and countless one-acts, was born on April 13, [...]

By Claire Walla YARD The future of the Sag Harbor Youth Advocacy and Resource Development (YARD) program, which provides an after-school program for teens at Pierson Middle/High School during the school year and sponsors field trips and outings when school is closed, is still up in the air. After speaking with the school’s insurance provider, [...]

Fred L. Butts Jr. Marc Boleis Marc Boleis, a resident of Woodside Queens and Waterhole Road in East Hampton, died of heart failure at Westchester Medical Center on Friday, March 25, 2011 following a four month illness. He was 49 years old. Mr. Boleis was born in New York City on June 22, 1961 to [...]

By Kathryn G. Menu After slashing requests by the Sag Harbor Volunteer Fire Department by some $90,000, the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees have drafted a tentative budget of $7,838,023 for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Residents will have a chance to weigh in on the budget at a public hearing on April 8 at [...]

By Claire Walla The North Haven Village Board will consider adopting a new law next Tuesday, April 5 that would lay the groundwork for a cell phone tower to rise up in the heavily wooded village. The proposal for a cell tower was first brought before the village board at its meeting on January 4, [...]