By Annette Hinkle As an artist, Donald Sultan has found his vision through the merging of the contemporary and the classic. His iconic botanical imagery may be still-life at heart, but whether the subject is poppies, oranges or lemons, its’ offered with a distinctive twist — a contemporary abstract edge and uniformity of style which [...]

Governor Andrew Cuomo is looking to create more casinos in the state of New York — seven to be exact. The Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton is looking to create a casino for the purposes of promoting economic stability and self-sufficiency. Seems like a match made in heaven, no? No. Though the New York State [...]

Improve, Don’t Quit Dear Editor: Pierson Athletic Director, Montgomery Granger, summed up what’s wrong with the way some people view sports competition in schools in one sentence: “To put them (student athletes) in a more competitive class would be unhealthy for the kids.” (“Football is Nixed” – The Sag Harbor Express, June 21st). How absolutely [...]

20 years to the month after it premiered as the very first production at Bay Street Theatre, “Men’s Lives” is back in Sag Harbor. This week, playwright Joe Pintauro and Bay Street producer Murphy Davis sat down to reminisce about the play’s beginnings and talk about what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the years since.

By Mike Pintauro A couple of insane hitting performances took place in the fastpitch softball league on Tuesday night, June 26, under the lights at Mashashimuet Park, when Team Decker (3-4) beat Team Bridge (1-8) by a score of 22-20, just before Team Mott prevailed over Team Immaculate in the second game, with a score [...]

By Mike Pintauro The Sag Harbor Whalers are closing up the month of June with some well-placed wins, which improve their record to six wins, 11 losses. With three wins coming out of the last five games, the Whalers are currently out of last place, half a game up from the now last place Westhampton [...]

Driving past the Long Lane home of East End Community Organic Farm (EECO Farm) it is not uncommon to see families tending crops, children playing amongst the rows of fresh vegetables and herbs. Further in, professional farmers can be seen harvesting crops for their farm stands and the growing number of farmers’ markets on the [...]

Last Wednesday the Breakwater Yacht Club Summer Cup Series continued its season, with a clutch victory by Purple Haze, piloted by Lee Oldak and Dan Kalish. They took the Division I race with a corrected time of 1:53.43. Donald Filipelli’s “Caminos” took second with a time of 1:53:58, followed by Bruce Tait’s Buckaroo, which crossed [...]

By Mike Pintauro It’s not often that East End residents have an opportunity to witness history in action. But an event of both historical and spiritual significance took place last weekend among Southampton’s Native American community when dozens of members of the Shinnecock Nation boarded canoes at their Southampton reservation and embarked on a three-day [...]