A trend that has been sweeping the nation has been harnessed by Sag Harbor native David Schiavoni, who hopes school districts and municipalities across the East End and beyond begin using a sweeter method of clearing their streets of snow and ice: beets.
Now all he needs is a little snow.

“Everything is in place,” said Schiavoni [...]

The chef and owner of Foody’s in Water Mill and Slow Food East End educational coordinator talks about his new partnership with the Bridgehampton School, the importance of edible gardens, how the new U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new standards for school lunches are a step in the right direction, but why we have a long [...]

What would you cut from a school that aims to increase its budget based only on non-discretionary spending like that tied to the cost of health care or retirement?
That is exactly what the Bridgehampton School hopes to learn on Wednesday, February 8 when it hosts a forum on its 2012-2013 budget.
The school board is hosting [...]

With the exception of Riverhead, the East End of Long Island may end up united as one New York State legislative district led by Fred W. Thiele, Jr., a Sag Harbor native.
Last week, the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment announced a redistricting proposal that will add one Assembly district [...]

Wainscott resident Diana Weir, a longtime public servant on the East End of Long Island, has been tapped to lead Randy Altschuler’s 2012 Congressional contest campaign, according to a press release issued by Altschuler’s office on Monday morning.
Altschuler, a Republican, narrowly lost his first bid for a Congressional seat against incumbent Democratic Congressman Tim Bishop [...]

This week, New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has included a $37.2 million expenditure as a part of an amendment to its five-year capital plan to allow for the purchase of smaller diesel trains for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The move could pave the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]