By Bobby Vacca It takes the soul of a poet to capture in a few words the historical significance of how the son of a man who grew up herding goats in a dusty African village has shaken off that dust to become the 44th President of the United States. As rapper Jay-Z so aptly [...]

By Stephen Longmire This week marks the first time in 35 years that Sag Harbor’s village board has designated an individual structure—the Art Deco sign on the Sag Harbor Cinema—a local landmark. The reasons why make one wonder if those in charge of the village’s architectural history remember its political history. The sign is already [...]

By Benito Vila If it wasn’t enough that the sky seems to be falling financially around the world, I was cornered last week at a school event and at an athletic event and heard normally reasonable people reveling in a sort of panic that made me think everyone’s lost their minds. I listened politely to [...]

Lines were long this morning at schools, fire houses and community centers across the East End as voters were expected to turn out in record numbers to elect a new president and cast their ballots for a handful of local elections. According to Sag Harbor Mayor Greg Ferraris the polls in the village were crowded [...]

The following is in response to Joseph Hanna’s column in the September 25 edition of The Sag Harbor Express Dear Mr. Hanna: I would like to respond to your article entitled “From the People Who Brought You Sag Harbor.” The real steering is done by individuals who do things. Doing things involves risk. You’re absolutely [...]

By Bobby Vacca   My dad, Sal Vacca, will be 92 in November. He loves baseball. This past spring his chiropractor, Dr. Stephen Petruccelli, told him of a college baseball league that would be playing several doubleheaders in Mashashimuet Park in July and gave him a schedule. Dad made copies of the schedule and excitedly [...]

And A Futile Attempt to Work with the Town of Southampton On the Coordinated Rail and Bus Network Feasibility Study   By Hank de Cillia  I recently resigned as Executive Director of Five Town Rural Transit (5TRT) Inc., the public transit advocacy group I co-founded that created the East End Shuttle concept and originated the [...]

We’ve reached an important milestone this week. On July 14 we entered our 150th year. It is significant not just because of the age it implies, but also because the date marks a significant change to the way news will be presented to our readers. For well more than a decade we have had a [...]