House Fire Reported in Water Mill

Posted on 26 January 2012

After witnessing a “red glow” to the north of her residence, a Water Mill woman reported a house fire in Water Mill on Thursday night. Police and fire departments from throughout the region responded to the scene, according to a press release issued by the Southampton Town Police.
At  approximately 6:47 pm, a resident from Head of [...]

“Legs” Headed Back to Zoning Board

Posted on 26 January 2012

Homeowners Janet Lehr and Ruth Vered are expected to come before the Sag Harbor Zoning Board of Appeals this February or March. When they do, whether or not the famed Larry Rivers “Legs” striding across their residence on Madison Street should even be subject to zoning will be a question raised by Lehr and Vered’s [...]

Bridgehampton CAC Supports Ban on Plastic Bags

Posted on 26 January 2012

Just over a month after the Southampton Town Board tabled a resolution to institute a ban on plastic bags, a majority of members of the Bridgehampton Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) voted this week to send a letter to the board showing their support the legislation and urging lawmakers to revive plans to move forward with [...]

With New County Executive, Long Wharf Debate Continues

Posted on 26 January 2012

It has been over year and a half since former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy first requested that the Village of Sag Harbor take ownership of Long Wharf. But since that time, little has actually happened toward that goal aside from lengthy debates over the roles the village and county should play in maintaining the [...]

2011 CPF Revenues Down for Most Towns

Posted on 26 January 2012

This week, New York State Assembly Fred W. Thiele, Jr. announced that the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund (CPF) totals for 2011 were on par with revenues collected by the five towns in 2010.
According to Thiele, the CPF produced $58.85 million in 2011, a 0.1 percent increase over the 2010 total of $58.78 million. While [...]

East Hampton Republican Committee Chair Resigns

Posted on 26 January 2012

Trace Duryea has led the East Hampton Town Republican Committee through two elections that secured a Republican majority on the town board as well as in the town trustees. But this week Duryea announced she would step down from the helm of the committee and hand the reins over to Kurt Kappel.
A Springs resident, who [...]

Flying Point Foundation Adopts New Technology

Posted on 25 January 2012

By Claire Walla

Since it’s inception in 2010, The Flying Point Foundation has made a concerted effort to cater to children with autism on the East End. The group has given them access to traditional summer camp experiences — like surfing, swimming, yoga and other non-competitive sports — that are sometimes difficult for high-needs kids to [...]

Pierson, Bay Street Plan Meeting for 31st (Plus Cafeteria Update)

Posted on 25 January 2012

By Claire Walla

For some, the case is closed.
For others, it’s hard to know where to begin.
But for administrators in the Sag Harbor School District, the discussion surrounding the future of the Bay Street Theatre carries on.
Recently, the theater announced it will not stay at its current location on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor when its [...]

Board Looks at Logistics of Bringing in Drug-Sniffing

Posted on 25 January 2012

By Claire Walla

Inspector Stuart Cameron held all the attention in the room. Standing straight and tall in a navy blue uniform adorned with a bright badge, which stood out against the rows of young adult novels that are usually the focal point in the Pierson Middle/High School library, Cameron faced the Sag Harbor Board of [...]

Hope Barbie Plays a New Role

Posted on 20 January 2012

By Emily J Weitz
Last week, 40,000 people liked “Bald and Beautiful Barbie” on Facebook. This week, it was up to 120,000. The social network giant has become a mechanism for grassroots change of all sorts, and this time it’s a movement to help children fighting cancer maintain a sense of pride.
Barbie’s flowing golden tresses may [...]

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A Conversation With

Brian Halweil

Posted on 26 January 2012

The editor of Edible East End and publisher of Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn talks about how he became interested in agriculture, how mindsets are changing in how we produce and consume the food we eat and why the East End has long held onto agricultural and aquaculture traditions now made popular as sustainable food [...]

Arts

A Music Scene Grows On the Air

Posted on 27 January 2012

By Andrew Rudansky

There is a new music scene burgeoning in the hamlet of Amagansett, thanks in part to the increasing popularity of On The Air at Crossroads, a monthly concert series held at the Crossroads Music Store.
The Stephen Talkhouse has long been a musical destination for Long Island bands; but like no one instance indicates [...]

Calendar

Calendar 1/26 to 2/5/12

Posted on 24 January 2012

Helena Norberg-Hodge’s documentary “The Economics of Happiness” will be screened at Bay Burger in Sag Harbor on Saturday, January 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Outdoors
SAT JAN 28
Northwest Delights with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. at the schoolhouse plaque on Northwest Road, 3/10 of a mile from Alewive Brook Road, East Hampton. Bring water [...]

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Community

East Hampton Republican Committee Chair Resigns

Posted on 26 January 2012

Trace Duryea has led the East Hampton Town Republican Committee through two elections that secured a Republican majority on the town board as well as in the town trustees. But this week Duryea announced she would step down from the helm of the committee and hand the reins over to Kurt Kappel.
A Springs resident, who [...]

Government

New Assembly District Possible for the East End

Posted on 26 January 2012

Assemblyman Fred Thiele has learned that under the proposed redistricting plan released today by the NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, his Assembly District would become the new 1st Assembly District.
Thiele’s current district is the 2nd District and has 142,833 residents.
Pursuant to the 2010 U.S. Census, each Assembly District should have?129,089. Thiele’s [...]

Harvest

A Camp For Wine: The Making of an Oenophile

Posted on 19 August 2011

The Lenz Winery tasting room—snuggly nestled into a flat backdrop of 70 acres of endless rows of perfectly symmetrical vines—is a wide-open space with a long wooden table, silver spitting vessels and a patient sommelier, ready to serve.  Like many tasting rooms, the space itself is non-descript; but the adjectives it invokes more than make [...]

Local Business

A Festival of Brews

Posted on 27 January 2012

By Andrew Rudansky

For the brewers of Southampton Publick House, a beer is not just another beverage, but rather a sudsy art form to be perfected over years of extensive trial and error. At the Publick House they take their beer as seriously as a vintner takes his wine, spending hours at the drawing board in [...]

Police News

House Fire Reported in Water Mill

Posted on 26 January 2012

After witnessing a “red glow” to the north of her residence, a Water Mill woman reported a house fire in Water Mill on Thursday night. Police and fire departments from throughout the region responded to the scene, according to a press release issued by the Southampton Town Police.
At  approximately 6:47 pm, a resident from Head of [...]

Schools

Pierson, Bay Street Plan Meeting for 31st (Plus Cafeteria Update)

Posted on 25 January 2012

By Claire Walla

For some, the case is closed.
For others, it’s hard to know where to begin.
But for administrators in the Sag Harbor School District, the discussion surrounding the future of the Bay Street Theatre carries on.
Recently, the theater announced it will not stay at its current location on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor when its [...]

Sports

Sports Wrap 1/26/12

Posted on 27 January 2012

Pierson Boys Basketball
The Pierson Whalers boys’ varsity basketball team will be going into Friday’s cross-turnpike rivalry game against the visiting Bridgehampton Bees (4-3) with momentum after beating the Southold Porters (3-4) in a 61-39 rout. The Southold game, held on Friday, January 20 had the Whalers back to their sharpshooting ways, with nine different players [...]

XO

Leaping Out of a Plane—For Fun

Posted on 19 August 2011

It isn’t often that someone tells you you might die.  And actually mean it.
I’m sitting inside a tiny trailer right next to the lone stretch of concrete that encompasses Spadaros Airport and I’m watching the image of a middle-aged man, totally unremarkable except for the two-foot-long auburn beard that’s invaded the bottom half of his [...]

Xtras

Snowbound and Shopping

Posted on 27 January 2012

Chickens in the basement, woo hoo!
As some of you might remember, I asked for chickens for Christmas, and the universe, not my husband, brought them to me. Dereyk had agreed that, yes, I could have chickens, provided I addressed the rat problem and the next day a lady showed up at work asking if there [...]

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