Stony Brook University’s Center for Communicating Science — the first of its kind in the United States — was renamed in honor of Alan Alda, the actor, director, and writer, a resident of Water Mill.

In the midst of negotiations, resignations and withdrawals, six school board candidates remain in the race for four spots on the Sag Harbor Board of Education (BOE). The election is May 21 and the candidates – incumbents Edward Drohan, Susan Kinsella and Chris Tice, and challengers David Diskin, Thomas Ré and Daniel Hartnett — are vying for two full, three-year terms, as well the unexpired two-year terms left open after Gregg Schiavoni’s resignation in March and Walter Wilcoxen’s resignation last summer.

It may not be the most heated race in history, but with just a few weeks until Bridgehampton School’s annual budget vote and school board election, the three uncontested candidates are still keeping their eyes on the prize.

Wednesday night, it was expected the Bridgehampton School Board of Education would accept the resignation of Jack Pryor who has served as principal in the district for the last eight years.

With a budget vote and board election less than a month away, a field of candidates has emerged in the Sag Harbor School District, while at the Bridgehampton School it appears there will be no race for school board this year.

Over six weeks since the resignation of former school board member Gregg Schiavoni sparked debate, Sag Harbor Board of Education (BOE) members appear to be moving forward.

The Sag Harbor Board of Education kicked off its new series of curriculum workshops on Monday night, giving community members the opportunity to hear teachers and administrators speak on the past, present and future of education in the district.
Modeled after the public budget workshops that have been held for the past couple of years, the “educational operations advisory committee” workshops seek to engage parents and others in the process of curriculum building.
While there are upcoming workshops on the math and the International Baccalaureate (IB) program scheduled for later this spring, Monday’s workshop was devoted to exploring foreign language instruction.

To celebrate Earth Week, the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) presented the Sag Harbor School District with an energy efficiency rebate of $101,355 for lighting upgrades last Friday. Sag Harbor is the latest Long Island school to go green and save money by participating in LIPA’s commercial efficiency and renewable programs.

It’s been nearly 20 years since the brutal murder of Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old from New Jersey, raised awareness about child sexual abuse and sparked national legislation to try and prevent such tragedies.
But in 2013, young people are still being targeted by sex offenders and no where is this more apparent than online.

Following months of workshops and planning, on Monday the Sag Harbor Board of Education (BOE) voted to adopt a $35,508,622 budget for the 2013-2014 school year.
Business administrator John O’Keefe described the budget as “fiscally prudent” and one that maintains the same quality of programs, small class sizes and other desirable features of the district. Unlike some neighboring districts, which have been forced to make drastic cuts to stay within the state-mandated two percent property tax levy cap or even ask voters to “pierce the tax cap,” Sag Harbor has kept its programs and staff intact.