Board Wrestles With 13.5 Percent Tax Hike; Proposes More Cuts

Posted on 11 March 2010

By Marissa Maier
On Monday, March 8, a hush fell over the audience at the Sag Harbor Board of Education meeting as director of business operations Janet Verneuille revealed a grim fiscal outlook for the 2010-2011 school budget.
Before proposing close to $1 million in cuts, Verneuille presented a total budget of $32,593,356 with a proposed tax [...]

A Poor Town Hopes Sag Harbor Becomes a Helpful “Sister”

Posted on 08 March 2010

by Marianna Levine
James Dwoskin, a commercial real estate developer and Sag Harbor resident, has just come back from another eight-day trip to Nicaragua. This voyage, like the ones before, weren’t motivated by sea and sun, but rather by a desire to make a difference in the Western Hemisphere’s second poorest country. Of the nation’s 5.6 [...]

Bridgehampton School Courts Other Districts

Posted on 08 March 2010

By Marianna Levine

After February’s lively Bridgehampton school board meeting concerning district staffing, last Wednesday’s board workshop was much quieter, open and unusually short with no executive session following it as well. The workshop focused on the possibility of tuitioning in students from other school districts. As noted during the last meeting, discussion of the school’s [...]

Candidates Face Off: Fleming and Hughes talk town issues in final debate

Posted on 07 March 2010

By Marissa Maier
Before the special election on March 9, Southampton Town Board candidates William Hughes and Bridget Fleming duked it out in a final debate last Wednesday, February 24, at the Southampton Cultural Center. The pair are vying for a vacant council seat on the town board, left empty by Anna Throne-Holst, who was [...]

Burke Building Has Code Issues

Posted on 05 March 2010

Having already been cited by the Village of Sag Harbor, in a court case yet to be determined, on Monday night attorney Edward Burke, Jr. and his wife Patricia approached the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board to change the use of a historic building they recently converted into office spaces, in an effort to legalize [...]

John Jermain Expansion One Step Closer

Posted on 05 March 2010

The John Jermain Memorial Library this week cleared its first obstacle in the Sag Harbor Planning Board’s review of its 7000-square-foot expansion and restoration plan, moving a step closer to public review and examination by the historic preservation and architectural review board and the village zoning board of appeals.
On Monday, March 1, the planning board [...]

Board and TASH Talks Erode

Posted on 05 March 2010

by Marissa Maier
On Saturday, February 28, the Sag Harbor School Board, the leadership of the Teacher’s Association of Sag Harbor and their respective representatives holed themselves up in Pierson for close to 12 hours. From 10:30 in the morning to the late hours of the evening, the group attempted to settle a new teacher’s work [...]

Nuzzi, Schneiderman Consider Run for Congress

Posted on 05 March 2010

By Marissa Maier
Southampton Town Councilman Chris Nuzzi disclosed this weekend that he is the latest to mull over a run for U.S. Congress against incumbent Democrat Tim Bishop of Southampton.
“It would be an overstatement to say that I am jumping into the race,” noted Nuzzi on Monday. “[But] for a variety of reasons I am [...]

Neighbors Tank Marina Fuel Plan

Posted on 05 March 2010

By Marissa Maier
In November 2009, Hidden Cove Marina sought an expedited review of their application to install a 4,000 gallon fuel tank at their Pine Neck Avenue property in Noyac. Since then, over a dozen neighbors have sent letters to the Southampton Town Planning Board complaining about the project and demanding a public hearing to [...]

Cops Ask for Help in Identifying Plum Island Body

Posted on 05 March 2010

The Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad Cold Case detective are asking for the public’s help in identifying of a body that wash up on the shores of Plum Island on January 14. The deceased is described as an “black male, 5 feet 10 inches, between 160 to 190 pounds, [and] between 50 to 70 years [...]

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A Conversation with the Luxury Liner’s William Schoolman

Posted on 11 March 2010

The president of the Hampton Luxury Liner and Classic Coach on how he went from being an angry citizen to bringing a suit against the state over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s “Payroll” Tax.
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Seeking Salamanders with SoFo

Posted on 10 March 2010

by Annette Hinkle
This is salamander season on the East End and in recent weeks, Jim Ash, executive director of the South Fork Natural History Society, has been checking ice conditions on ponds and monitoring rain events, all in preparation for SoFo’s salamander outings. The next scheduled walk is Saturday night when, conditions permitting, Ash will [...]

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Calendar 03/11 to 03/21/10

Posted on 10 March 2010

Barry Weiser’s photography goes on view in “Views of New York” at Kramoris Gallery March 20.

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“Blue-spotted Salamander Search” led by Andy Sabin and the South Fork Natural History Society Museum. 7:30 p.m. in Montauk. $7/$5. 537-9735 to reserve and for meeting place.
Culloden Point a three hike with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. [...]

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Bridgehampton Bank Rings NASDAQ’s Closing Bell; and other news briefs

Posted on 11 March 2010

Bridgehampton National Bank Ring NASDAQ’s Closing Bell
As part of the Bridgehampton National Bank’s 100th Birthday celebration, Kevin O’Connor, president and CEO of the bank along with members of the board of directors and staff rang the NASDAQ closing bell on Friday, March 5, at the NASDAQ Studios in Times Square. Bridge Bancorp [...]

Government

John Jermain Expansion One Step Closer

Posted on 05 March 2010

The John Jermain Memorial Library this week cleared its first obstacle in the Sag Harbor Planning Board’s review of its 7000-square-foot expansion and restoration plan, moving a step closer to public review and examination by the historic preservation and architectural review board and the village zoning board of appeals.
On Monday, March 1, the planning board [...]

Police News

Noyac Woman Arrested for Falsely Reporting a Stabbing

Posted on 10 March 2010

According to Southampton Town Police, Gerrilyn Drexel, 41, of Noyac, called police on Saturday, March 6, from a Bridgehampton home, belonging to her boyfriend, claiming she had been stabbed and needed an ambulance. The Sag Harbor Ambulance was dispatched. Once police arrived at the scene they allegedly searched the house with Drexel’s boyfriend and found [...]

Schools

Sagaponack Votes to Send Students to Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor

Posted on 11 March 2010

By Marissa Maier
In the past few weeks the Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton School Districts have been courting the Sagaponack School Board. The districts hoped to persuade Sagaponack parents to send their children to their respective schools once the Sagaponack program ends in fourth grade. Sagaponack School District has traditionally sent their students to East Hampton.
At [...]

Sports

Threes Do in Bees

Posted on 25 February 2010

By Benito Vila

In every game there are moments that make the game for one team and break it for the other. Saturday’s county Class C and D championship contests were no different.
In the noon game, Greenport used a 14-2 second quarter run to get ahead of Bridgehampton and go on to earn their fifth consecutive [...]

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