Crowds Turn Out for Budget Cuts Talk

Posted on 18 March 2010

by Marissa Maier
Anticipating a rare turnout, the Sag Harbor school board switched the venue from the library to the auditorium in the days leading up to Monday’s board meeting. Hundreds of parents, teachers and community members poured in to discuss roughly $1.877 million in proposed budget cuts for the 2010-2011 school year. One week ago, [...]

Bridge Athlete Arrested for Crack Cocaine Ring

Posted on 18 March 2010

Former Bridgehampton High School basketball star Charles Maurice Manning, a.k.a “Mo,” was among five men arrested this week for allegedly operating a crack cocaine network throughout the East End. According to Southampton Town Police, town narcotics investigators and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents launched an investigation of the operation in January 2009.
Manning, 29, of Huntington [...]

Puppets, Banjos & Balls, Oh My!

Posted on 18 March 2010

Julie Resnick and her daughters Mae and Chloe, and Joyce Shulman with daughter Maddie enjoy the Dreamlike Puppet Theatre’s “Three Bears and Three Pigs” at Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre last Saturday.
As a parent, Joyce Shulman experienced first-hand the necessity for parents of young children to find community.
“I think we were built to live [...]

Sag Harbor Embarks on First Affordable Housing Project

Posted on 18 March 2010

Sag Harbor Village recently inked a deal with Suffolk County to develop affordable housing at a Hempstead Street property, likely using both the Long Island Housing Partnership and the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust to administer and develop the housing, according to village Mayor Brian Gilbride.
Earlier this month, the village was contacted by Suffolk County’s [...]

Before Cuts, Sag Harbor Village Budget Up Six Percent

Posted on 18 March 2010

Plugging the wish lists of the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees and those of all the department heads into the next year’s draft budget would result in a six percent spending increase over last year’s approved budget, according to village treasurer Eileen Touhy.
But following a worksession on Friday, Sag Harbor Mayor Brian Gilbride said [...]

New Town Supervisors Promise Openness

Posted on 15 March 2010

By Georgia Suter
Promising more open governments and  more aggressive planning for the future, the newly elected supervisors for Southampton and East Hampton towns addressed a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons on Monday evening. Centrally located for both towns at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse on the Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Turnpike, the [...]

Five Face Federal Charges for Crack Distribution

Posted on 15 March 2010

A narcotics investigation that started in January, 2009 in which Southampton Town Police Narcotics Investigators teamed up with Federal DEA Agents culminated today with the arrest of five local men charged with selling crack cocaine on the East End.
Arrested were: Charles Maurice Manning, aka “Mo”, age 29, of  Huntington Crossway, Bridgehampton, and of Lincoln Avenue, [...]

Nine Arrested, Including Two Sag Harbor Men, for Dealing Cocaine on East End

Posted on 14 March 2010

Nine East End residents, including two men from the Sag Harbor area, were arrested on Thursday, March 11, for their involvement in dealing cocaine throughout the South Fork. According to East Hampton Town Chief of Police ToddSarris, the roundup concluded a yearlong investigation conducted by town police in conjunction with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s [...]

Boys Will Be Girls: Show Gives “Main Drag” New Meaning

Posted on 13 March 2010

By Marianna Levine
Last Saturday night, the term “Main drag” took on a whole new meaning in Sag Harbor. By 10 o’clock, it was standing room only at Blue Sky restaurant on Main Street where a wide range of people had turned out to see Danny Ximo’s “Raffa Show,” a cabaret in drag. Young, old, gay, [...]

Bridgehampton Students Inspired and Innovative

Posted on 13 March 2010

By Marianna Levine

A proposal by one student to erect cost-saving solar panels on the school and a discussion of the benefits of foreign travel by another dominated the Bridgehampton School Board meeting on Monday night.
In addition, interim business administrator George Chesterton gave a brief update on the current proposed budget. The expected report on the [...]

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A Conversation with Bridget Fleming

Posted on 18 March 2010

Bridget Fleming, a Sag Harbor-based lawyer and Noyac resident, won the vacant council seat on the town board last Tuesday, March 9, in a special election. Fleming will be the second non-Republican voice on the board serving with Republican council members Chris Nuzzi, Jim Malone and Nancy Graboski. Before she is sworn in next Tuesday, [...]

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Eating in With Steve Haweeli

Posted on 18 March 2010

By Kathryn G. Menu
Some might imagine dinner at home with Steve Haweeli, the founder of Hamptons Restaurant Week, to be a three-course affair, mirroring the detail and occasional decadence found in his client’s kitchens. But the WordHampton Public Relations President stays true to his New England roots, preferring simple, fresh and often classic cuisine he [...]

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Calendar 3/18 to 3/28/10

Posted on 18 March 2010

Cuca Romley will close her Winter Tree Gallery (125 Main Street, Sag Harbor) by mid-April. This is the last chance to see Romley’s work (above) before she leaves the area for her native Spain.
 
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“Bluebird Walk” led by Joe Giunta and the South Fork Natural History Society. 9 a.m. Slide show at the [...]

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Puppets, Banjos & Balls, Oh My!

Posted on 18 March 2010

Julie Resnick and her daughters Mae and Chloe, and Joyce Shulman with daughter Maddie enjoy the Dreamlike Puppet Theatre’s “Three Bears and Three Pigs” at Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre last Saturday.
As a parent, Joyce Shulman experienced first-hand the necessity for parents of young children to find community.
“I think we were built to live [...]

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Sag Harbor Embarks on First Affordable Housing Project

Posted on 18 March 2010

Sag Harbor Village recently inked a deal with Suffolk County to develop affordable housing at a Hempstead Street property, likely using both the Long Island Housing Partnership and the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust to administer and develop the housing, according to village Mayor Brian Gilbride.
Earlier this month, the village was contacted by Suffolk County’s [...]

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Five Face Federal Charges for Crack Distribution

Posted on 15 March 2010

A narcotics investigation that started in January, 2009 in which Southampton Town Police Narcotics Investigators teamed up with Federal DEA Agents culminated today with the arrest of five local men charged with selling crack cocaine on the East End.
Arrested were: Charles Maurice Manning, aka “Mo”, age 29, of  Huntington Crossway, Bridgehampton, and of Lincoln Avenue, [...]

Schools

Crowds Turn Out for Budget Cuts Talk

Posted on 18 March 2010

by Marissa Maier
Anticipating a rare turnout, the Sag Harbor school board switched the venue from the library to the auditorium in the days leading up to Monday’s board meeting. Hundreds of parents, teachers and community members poured in to discuss roughly $1.877 million in proposed budget cuts for the 2010-2011 school year. One week ago, [...]

Sports

26 Teams Out for 3-on-3 Tourney

Posted on 13 March 2010

Pierson High School physical education instructor Dan White hosted a three-on-three basketball tournament at the school last weekend as a fundraiser for a Sag Harbor 16-and-under AAU travel team.
Competition opened Saturday, the fifth and sixth grade and the seventh and eighth grade brackets crowning their champions. On Sunday, the fun and games continued in the [...]

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