By Claire Walla “Let’s go for a ride,” Earl Gandel calls out as we stood next to his ’59 Austin Healey 3000. The little white convertible looks like a toy. I had never been inside such an automotive relic. Though I’ve certainly seen antique vehicles in passing and appreciate mid-century charm, I never really understood [...]

So the first thing all us bulb maniacs are going to have to do this year is find a source for real quinine water. It’s what tonic water used to be, but is much harder to find nowadays. The reason we need it is that we’ve just got a tip from a friend back from [...]

By Karl Grossman Bigger is better. That’s part of Long Island Association (LIA) President Law’s Kevin Law’s rationale for proposing last week a study into Nassau and Suffolk counties merging into a mega-county. It would indeed be better for the developer-members of the LIA, an islandwide chamber of commerce. Government officials and others with clout [...]

Lady Whaler Field Hockey Stopped by touch bunch of Wildcats By Andrew Rudansky The Pierson Lady Whalers field hockey team (3-2) lost a physical, Division III matchup against the Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats (6-1) this past Tuesday, September 27. Heralded as one of their toughest matchups of the season, the Lady Whalers have still not been [...]

Lady Whaler Volleyball By Andrew Rudansky Pierson’s Varsity Volleyball team came up just short in a painfully close matchup against the Center Moriches Red Devils on Monday, September 26. Despite appearing confident prior to the game, the Lady Whalers (2-3) seemed unready for the visiting Red Devils (2-2) at the outset, dropping the first game [...]

Girls 7-8 Grade Tennis (0-1) The girls lost their first match to the West Hampton Hurricanes, 2-5 at Mashashimuet Park this Tuesday. Doubles pair Lizzy Hochstedler and Lizzy Kot won their game (4-1)(3-4) Tiebreak (7-4). Doubles Brooke Britt and Madeline Briggs also won (4-2)(3-4) Tiebreak (7-5).Doubles Meg Atkinson-Barnes and Sarah Jannetti lost (4-1)(3-4) Tiebreak (6-8). [...]

by Emily J. Weitz This weekend, the streets of Sag Harbor will ignite with song. The Sag Harbor American Music Festival was created as a way to get music to everyone, in a town where there is talent to spare. On Friday evening, Monica Mancini will kick off the festivities with a tribute to her [...]

Kidd stopped at Gardiner’s Island and asked John Gardiner to bury a treasure chest in Cherry Tree field, still marked to this day. By Jim Marquardt Captain Kidd’s name is as familiar today as it was 300 years ago. Perhaps it is the mystery of what really happened to his treasure, at least some of [...]

Paul Granger, Sr., 75, of Sag Harbor died on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at home surrounded by loved ones. Born in Jamaica, Queens on July 29, 1936, Mr. Granger was raised and lived in Sag Harbor his entire life. A graduate of Pierson High School, Mr. Granger was a Navy veteran who served in the [...]

Bullying and Gender Conformity Dear Bryan, I was heartened to see Claire Walla’s article discussing one parent’s laudable efforts to confront bullying around gender non-conformity at the Sag Harbor schools. This is a complex and timely issue that the schools must address. The article might have given the false impression that this concerns only one [...]