Pierson High School celebrated homecoming on Saturday with the first night field hockey game in school history, but it was Bridgehampton student India Hemby who was named “Da Playa” of the game following Pierson-Bridgehampton’s dominant 5-0 win over Port Jefferson.
Hemby was awarded the team’s self-made and somewhat tattered player-of-the-game hat after she scored two goals to lead the Lady Whalers. Standing in the glow of the portable lights, and with “Da Playa” hat firmly positioned on her head, Hemby joked, “I don’t even go to school here!
“It’s not my homecoming but playing under the lights in front of all these people was great motivation for us,” Hemby continued, having turned more serious. “It was really fun out here for us.”

Development wise, there is a lot going on right now in this village. Not only are the Bulova condominiums and the library project well underway, but Sag Harbor is also looking at applications that seek to expand Harbor Heights Service Station on one end of the village and redevelopment of Baron’s Cove Inn on the [...]

By Gavin Menu   There was something ceremonious in the way runners passed through the finish line during Tuesday’s combined boys and girls cross-country meet between Pierson-Bridgehampton and visiting Ross and Mercy-McGann high schools. Cross-country runners normally exit the starting line and disappear into woods for a three-mile run. But things are done differently at [...]

Pierson Golf Beats Rival East Hampton Coming off a difficult loss to Southampton last Thursday, the Pierson golf team bounced back in a huge way on Monday night, beating rival and perennial powerhouse East Hampton, 8-1, at the Noyac Golf Club. Gabe Denon posted a career week with wins over Scott Ricca of Southampton and [...]

By Gavin Menu   The Pierson-Bridgehampton field hockey team was riding a huge wave of momentum last week on the back of a seemingly impossible overtime goal by junior phenom Kasey Gilbride, which led to an upset 1-0 win over rival Southampton. The Lady Whalers jumped out to a perfect 6-0 record to start the [...]

by Al “Big Time”Daniels There has been a little chill in the air for the last few days. Some mornings the temps were below 50 degrees. There are still some real nice days in the 70s. Water temps have been down ten degrees with this cooling trend. Not only has it been great swimming, but [...]

A memorial will be held for Hal McKusick on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 7 p.m. at Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, New York City.

Edmund Raphael Davis of Bridgehampton died Monday, Sept. 24 at Southampton Hospital. Born in Brooklyn on April 8, 1926, he and and his wife, Phyllis Burke Davis, lived in New York before becoming fulltime residents of Bridgehampton. Services will be private.

Richard Ray Reynolds, a longtime resident and supporter of Key West, Fla., nonprofits, and a former resident of Sag Harbor, died unexpectedly in Fort Lauderdale’s Holy Cross Hospital on Sunday, September 16.  He was 82 years old. Known to his many friends as Dick, Mr. Reynolds grew up in Hebron, Wisconsin and attended nearby Milton [...]