By Marissa Maier
After noted fiction writer J.D. Salinger passed away on Thursday, January 27 at the age of 91, John Jermain Memorial Library’s Martha Potter had a limited selection of work to choose from for a commemorative display. Salinger published only four books over the course of his lifetime: “Catcher in the Rye” in [...]

One Tuesday night last summer, Sag Harbor Community Band president Dave Lee watched as a third generation of hopeful band members scampered through a crowd in front of the band’s home base at the Sag Harbor American Legion.
“Seeing that – it is good, a wonderful thing for the Harbor,” said Lee. “There are very few [...]

By Marianna Levine

Last spring when Bridgehampton Citizens Advisory Committee member, Jeffery Vogel spearheaded a resident-led re-visioning of Bridgehampton’s 2004 hamlet study, he realized the CAC’s website needed to be updated. He wanted the site to allow more community interaction and a direct say in the new hamlet study’s design. And out of that desire came [...]

One in three teenagers has reported experiencing a form of physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse from their boyfriend or girlfriend with almost a third of girls involved in a relationship reporting they have been pressured to have sex or engage in uncomfortable sexual behavior, according to the New York State Office for the Prevention [...]

Jeff Peters, landscaper of the St. Andrew’s Cemetery, was surveying the burial ground Saturday morning, January 30, when he noticed something was amiss. A 40-inch statue of the “Immaculate Heart of Mary” was lying on a cement walkway a few feet from its pedestal. Upon closer inspection Peters noticed a trail of marble flakes, indicating [...]

By Bryan Boyhan

After months of grim news — or no news — there is a tone of optimism in the voices of those in the middle of the negotiations between the three East End hospitals and the region’s largest insurer, Empire BlueCross BlueShield. Since this past summer the sides have been at impasse, struggling mostly over the [...]

The Southampton Town Planning Board gave the office supply chain Staples final approval on Thursday, January 28, to set-up a store in the Bridgehampton Commons. According to Tom Pira, the director of real estate for Kimco Realty, owner of the Commons, Staples is expected to open by July 2010 and will replace three stores [...]

By Marissa Maier
Before the earthquake in Haiti, Christina Carter was a regular mother balancing her responsibilities as a film producer while raising her seven-year-old son. This would all change after Carter’s close friend Jonathan Glynn, a Sag Harbor based artist and recreational pilot, decided to jump in his four-seater Cessna and fly to the [...]

The Sag Harbor Planning Board still does not have enough information on plans to expand and restore the John Jermain Memorial Library to bring the project to the public, it announced on Tuesday night, meaning it will be another month before the village can begin its formal review of the plan.
During a work session on [...]

Recently students at the Stella Maris Regional School in Sag Harbor began drafting letters to village officials reasoning why solar panels should be allowed at the Catholic school, located in the heart of the village’s historic district. After this week, Stella Maris Principal Janie said they will likely become thank you letters.
After three years of [...]