By Annette Hinkle Thirty five years ago last week, ABC aired a groundbreaking mini-series that kept millions of Americans glued to their television sets over eight consecutive nights. The series, of course, was “Roots: Saga of an American Family,” David Wolper’s film based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel. The series was groundbreaking not only because [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This week, New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has included a $37.2 million expenditure as a part of an amendment to its five-year capital plan to allow for the purchase of smaller diesel trains for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The move could pave the [...]

Chickens in the basement, woo hoo! As some of you might remember, I asked for chickens for Christmas, and the universe, not my husband, brought them to me. Dereyk had agreed that, yes, I could have chickens, provided I addressed the rat problem and the next day a lady showed up at work asking if [...]

Pierson Boys Basketball The Pierson Whalers boys’ varsity basketball team will be going into Friday’s cross-turnpike rivalry game against the visiting Bridgehampton Bees (4-3) with momentum after beating the Southold Porters (3-4) in a 61-39 rout. The Southold game, held on Friday, January 20 had the Whalers back to their sharpshooting ways, with nine different [...]

Cosmos Basketball: Move closer to postseason contention By Andrew Rudasky The Ross Cosmos are cruising through their schedule with a string of dominating home games this week, beating down their boys varsity basketball League VIII rivals by wide double-digit margins. On Friday, January 20 the Cosmos whooped visiting Smithtown Christian 64-36. They followed up on [...]

Lady Whalers Basketball: Lady Settlers dominate in 39-20 loss By Andrew Rudansky The Pierson/Bridgehampton Lady Whalers girls’ varsity basketball team was in a great position to pull off an upset over the first place Southold Lady Porters on Thursday, January 19. They were riding a three-game winning streak, averaging 41.3 points per game in that [...]

We came to Sag Harbor 15 years ago after a very long haul in Greenwich Village. We’d spent several summers on Shelter Island, hopping over to Sag just to browse the town, hunt antiques or catch a slice of pie at the Paradise when it was a luncheonette. Sag gradually grew on us and, one [...]

By Andrew Rudansky There is a new music scene burgeoning in the hamlet of Amagansett, thanks in part to the increasing popularity of On The Air at Crossroads, a monthly concert series held at the Crossroads Music Store. The Stephen Talkhouse has long been a musical destination for Long Island bands; but like no one [...]