By Marissa Maier
 
After an unsuccessful bid for Southampton Town Council in the November general election followed by months on a grueling campaign trail, Bridget Fleming received some good news on Tuesday evening. At around 10 p.m., Fleming learned she had won the special election to fill the vacant seat on the Southampton Town Board, left [...]

John M. Ring
John M. Ring, a veteran of World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, died at his home in Noyac on Tuesday, February 2. He was 87 years old. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 16, 1922, he was the son of Alphonse G. and Marie (Mallon) Ring.
A graduate of St. Augustin’s and Fordham [...]

In the past week, both Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor school districts signed off on a program that may yield the districts thousands of dollars in grant money, but will require them to comply with a set of criteria. This competitive government grant is referred to as the “Race to the Top” (RTTT), and is [...]

More than a few kids around town are aware professional pitchers and catchers report in just over six weeks. Making sure those players’ far away dreams aren’t so far away, the 2010 Sag Harbor-Bridgehampton Little League board has begun to set up its 2010 spring season.
Registration is already available online at sagharborlittleleague.org and mail-in registration [...]

Sagaponack resident Gary Ireland and coastal geologist Aram Terchunian visited the Sagaponack Village Board on Monday to revisit an old issue of beach erosion. According to Ireland, over 45 years ago the Army Corps of Engineers attempted to protect the eastern beaches on Long Island by widening and lengthening the sand dunes, hoping to create [...]

North Haven Village is giving residents one last chance to pick up their boats and small water crafts from the village’s beach near the end of Sunset Beach Road. Previously, the final day was slated for Saturday, October 31, but the deadline will most likely be extended to December 1. According to the board, the [...]

by Harvey Jacobs
When the leaves begin to fall, as summer rushes backward into the past, before the sudden burst of winter energy sends us off in new directions, there comes a time for
random musings. Under gray skies, buffeted by suddenly chilling winds, the mind
drifts like a rudderless sailboat, heading toward unexpected shores.
     Seemingly unconnected fragments [...]

The quiet period that had been exercised between insurer Empire BlueCross BlueShield and the three hospitals of the East End Health Alliance expired in the past two weeks as negotiations between the two parties have reached an impasse.
The Alliance took the opportunity recently to post on its website a message that argues, repeatedly, “Empire puts [...]

The Sag Harbor School Board of Education released a letter to Sag Harbor residents on Thursday, October 15, saying the board plans to “schedule negotiation sessions in the near future.” School board president Walter Wilcoxen reiterated the board’s intent to return to the negotiating table at a Board of Education meeting on Monday evening. On [...]

Debbie Skinner, the Director of the Youth Advocacy and Resource Development Program, better known as YARD, took time out of her preparations for YARD’s annual silent auction to talk with the Express about how the organization is coping with recent cuts in government funding.
How has the Y.A.R.D Program been affected during this recession?
We are mostly [...]