According to Southampton Town Police, an unidentified man allegedly accosted a female jogger in a parking lot in Long Beach Park on Thursday, February 2 around 2:28 p.m.
The woman claims that the man, thought to be middle-aged and Hispanic, parked his small, green sedan in the Long Beach lot then exited the vehicle and asked [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

By Annette Hinkle
For the last 14 years, the YARD program has provided Sag Harbor’s teens a place to go after school where they can do homework, play games or just socialize with their peers. YARD (which stands for Youth Advocacy Resource Development) also offers a “Safe Summer Beach Program” with students ages 12 to 18 [...]

By Claire Walla

When Pierson Middle/High School teacher Susan Duff gets ready to go to school, she doesn’t just prepare her lunch and gather her books. She calls for her dog, Katrina.
Duff has brought Katrina, a fluffy, golden retriever/Labrador mix, to class with her since the beginning of the school year when the puppy was just [...]

By Claire Walla

According to Lawrence Ré, an attorney for AT&T, the company has searched high and low in Bridgehampton for an existing site at which to place a new cell tower.
“We’ve been looking since 2008,” he said. “We thought the best spot would be the fire house, and repeated attempts were made to see if [...]

By Claire Walla

Finally, the two boards came to the same table.
On Tuesday, January 31, school officials and Bay Street Theatre board members held a meeting on the Pierson Middle/High School campus to discuss the potential for a collaboration between the two. The idea of the Bay Street Theatre collaborating with the Sag Harbor School District [...]

By Claire Walla
When The Sag Harbor United Methodist Church made plans to construct a new church on the Sag Harbor Turnpike, the congregation always intended to include space on its ground floor that could be used by another organization, like a pre-school.
Now, after a full year of Sunday services in its brand-new spot, the church [...]

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 [...]