By Lawrence LaRose In a day and age when many people feel cell phone coverage is a constitutional right, I feel like a bit of an anomaly. Living in North Haven, I have adequate coverage at my house, though sometimes have a dropped call in other places of the village. Honestly, I don’t care. Many [...]

The Sag Harbor LVIS members on the challenges of fundraising, decorating the village streets and why there may be no flowers next year. So I hear the flowers are in danger, what’s the problem? MORISSEY We just don’t have the manpower and membership to support traditional fundraisers. It takes a lot of people. VAUGHN Active [...]

By Claire Walla The number of American Flags last weekend seemed numerous enough to carpet the bay. Red, white and blue rectangles, some small enough to fit in a flower box, one so large it was dangled above the Shelter Island Ferry by the fire department’s aerial ladder, plastered the landscape Thursday, May 19, as [...]

By EJ Yennie A three run seventh inning comeback won the final game of the season for the Pierson  baseball team at Stonybrook on Friday, May 20 after an anti-climatic forfit by Stonybrook (2-16-0) on what would have been Pierson Seniors day on Thursday May 19. The 4-2 win put Pierson at 11-7 in league [...]

By EJ Yennie The Pierson Bridgehampton Lady Whalers (12-5-0) and the Port Jefferson Royals (14-3-0) face off in a three game battle for the Suffolk County League VIII Championship on Friday, May 27 at 4 p.m. in Port Jefferson. The series looks to be great match up, with the Lady Whalers and the Royals sharing [...]

By Claire Walla After meeting with representatives of the Youth Advocacy Resource Development (YARD) program, Sag Harbor School District Superintendent Dr. John Gratto announced that the two parties had come to a decision. “We agreed that the YARD summer beach program would remain under the auspices of the school district for 2011,” he said. The [...]

By Claire Walla The possibility of a cell phone tower being constructed in the middle of North Haven has thrown many residents into a tizzy. Trustee Jeff Sander said the issue was pursued late last year to address the village’s spotty cell phone reception, which Sander explained “has been a common complaint for many years.” [...]

By Claire Walla Despite some consternation, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program continues to make headway at Pierson High School. On Monday, May 23 the Sag Harbor School District Board of Education voted unanimously to fund the next two payments (each $9,500) in the ongoing IB application process. Though these payments are non-refundable, Pierson Middle/High School [...]

Southampton Trails Preservation Society — Save the view from Whiskey Hill By Courtney M. Holbrook Preservation is a loaded word. Whether the term calls for the salvation of an old building or the sanctity of traditional values, it can unite people across the country. But for the Southampton Trails Preservation Society (STPS), preservation means saving [...]

The Suffolk County Medical Examiners Office has determined that a headless body discovered at an Amagansett beach on Sunday is that of a 20-to-30 year old unidentified male, according to East Hampton Town Police Chief Ed Ecker. On Tuesday, Chief Ecker said that results of the medical examiner’s preliminary autopsy showed “no obvious signs of [...]