The contest for election to the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees in June officially become a race after Kevin Duchemin turned in a petition this week to seek office. Duchemin was the only resident to turn in a petition to run against incumbent trustees Bruce Stafford and Robby Stein, according to Sag Harbor Village [...]

Photo by Susan Wawryk
There were few surprises during Election Night at the Bridgehampton School with the community coming out in favor of a proposed $10.7 million budget for 2012-2013 by a two-to-one margin and incumbent school board members finding the same level of support.
The Bridgehampton School Board’s proposed $10,696,364 – a 1.13 percent increase in [...]

Geoffrey Lynch’s plan to test the viability of a Hampton Jitney run passenger ferry service between Sag Harbor and Greenport continued to find support last week. The Village of Greenport authorized Mayor David Nyce to draft a letter of consent to allow the service to dock and operate out of Greenport on a trial basis [...]

On Sunday, India Attias and the sixth grade girls competing in the under 14 rowing competition at the Long Island Junior Rowing Championships won their race. The girls proudly wore their medals during a Tuesday night Sag Harbor Village Board meeting where they were fighting a different kind of battle — to keep Sag Harbor [...]

It is now legal in Sag Harbor Village to apply for a permit to run a passenger ferry service.
That is for now, anyway.
At Tuesday night’s Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees meeting that board voted 4-to-1 to amend village code to allow passenger ferry service in the village between now and October 31. Under the [...]

The Sag Harbor Village Planning Board has not yet decided whether a proposal to expand the Harbor Heights Service Station on Route 114 has the potential to cause a significant environmental impact. So on Tuesday night, the board asked developers to provide more information. Specifically, they’d like to see more detail in terms of traffic, [...]

Almost a year after the Village of Sag Harbor formally legalized the keeping of chickens, the artist, educator and mother who championed the cause and helped draft the law came before the Sag Harbor Planning Board on Tuesday with the first official application for a chicken coop.
Grand Street resident Mare Dianora appeared before the planning [...]

An antique store for an antique house?
That was the question the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board considered on Tuesday night. While the discussion was preliminary and brief, members warmed to the idea that the historic Gingerbread House on Main Street could be preserved while hosting La Maisonette on the first floor and a second floor [...]

The Larry Rivers sculpture “Legs” was given walking papers at the Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Tuesday. The board denied an application by Janet Lehr and Ruth Vered to legalize the 16-foot sculpture, which was erected three years ago next to their Madison Street home.
According to Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board [...]

By Andrew Rudansky

The numbers are now in after the Sag Harbor Village Trustees unanimously adopted the general fund budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
Several work sessions were held by the trustees in February and March to put together the budget. It was ultimately passed this Tuesday, April 10.
According to village documents, Sag Harbor will operate [...]