By Kathryn G. Menu In an effort to reduce noise and increase safety, East Hampton Town is moving forward with plans to install a seasonal air traffic control tower at East Hampton Airport this summer. However, while the town is making headway in that arena, a debate over whether or not it should continue to [...]

By Kathryn G. Menu The Sag Harbor Village Planning Board is being asked to decide whether or not a proposed expansion of the Harbor Heights Service Station on Route 114 has the potential to cause a significant adverse environmental impact. However, the board is being asked to do so while still unsure if the village’s [...]

By Emily J. Weitz Touch trees. That’s the great lesson that Jackson Dodds, a certified arborist for 16 years, learned from his teacher, Alex Shigo. Now, Dodds scampers about the forests of his native East End, touching trees and letting himself be moved. We set out on a misty March afternoon to hike the Long [...]

by Emily J Weitz Shelby Lynne is a name that raises eyebrows. Born in Alabama and raised in a musical household, the 39-year-old Grammy Award Winner has been known in the country music scene for decades. But Lynne is not one to be pigeon-holed, and she worked hard for a long time to break out [...]

by Jim Marquardt There’s so much controversy flying around about education and teaching that we found it fascinating to read an old issue of the Long Island Forum which carried an article describing colonial era schools. According to the writer, Nathaniel A. Howell, Southampton instituted the first school on Long Island in 1642, two years [...]

Thanks to the efforts of a few egg-loving citizens, it became legal in late July to keep up to 6 chickens per half-acre in our village backyards. I have no desire to add chicken-keeping to my list of chores (walking a miniature poodle three times a day is all that I can handle), but I [...]

by Andrew Rudansky With its long name and store windows full of nautical themed oddities, Our Gig Two Whatever! has been a curious fixture on Main Street since the early 1970s. For decades, long-time owner Kevin O’Malley could be spotted sitting outside of his nautical gift shop in his trademark directors chair, in a way [...]

Shocked at Bare Earth Dear Bryan, I am a member of the Sag Harbor Tree Fund and would like you to include this letter regarding the cutting of boxwoods on Division Street last week It was a shock to see bare earth where the ancient, billowing boxwoods used to be in front of each of [...]

Peggy Rose Pharaoh-Butler of the Royal Family of the Montaukett Tribe passed away on Friday, March 15, 2012  with family at her side. Born June 20, 1934, Pharaoh-Butler was the daughter of the late Samuel D. and Mary E. Pharaoh. A proud Montaukett Indian and graduate of Pierson High School in 1951, she won a [...]

Whalers shut out Port Jefferson Royals 5-0 Thanks to a stellar performance by left-handed pitcher Colman Vilá on the mound, the Pierson/Bridgehampton Whalers varsity baseball team shut out the visiting Port Jefferson Royals in the season opener, 5-0. The League VIII game was held at Mashashimuet Park on Tuesday, March 28. The Royals were absolutely [...]