At their last meeting, the Sag Harbor Board of Education was treated to a demonstration by Pierson High School Jeff Nichols, who showed the students’ achievement levels compared to others on a global scale. At this week’s board of education meeting, superintendent Dr. John Gratto talked about those achievements and proposed that the school look [...]

The “Sag Harbor” sign located on the Sag Harbor Cinema is what the Sag Harbor Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board would like to see preserved as a historic landmark, not the whole building or its façade as was discussed at a village board of trustees meeting last week.
On Monday, November 24, the ARB adopted [...]

The Sag Harbor Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board is not opposed to the village replacing the fence at the Old Burying Ground with another, antique replacement, if that proves more cost effective than restoring the ancient fence.
On Monday, November 24, village clerk Sandra Schroeder approached the board to discuss options for the fence, which [...]

A son, a brother, a grandson, a nephew, a cousin, a friend, an actor, and a football player – there are a number of ways family, friends and the community remember Alex Koehne, but one constant memory of the 15-year-old Sag Harbor resident was his propensity for helping others.
Following Alex’s tragically quick death in March [...]

A Westhampton man was arrested by Southampton Town Police on a number of counts after police say he not only drove under the influence of alcohol, but also switched license plates with a Noyac resident without her permission.
On Friday, November 21, Rene Paul Torres, 32, was pulled over at Noyac Road and Locust Lane [...]

Both Southampton and East Hampton town finalized their tentative budgets last week, with the maximum increase allowed by law for Southampton and a considerable increase for East Hampton residents.
Adding a further burden, residents on the East Hampton side of the Sag Harbor School District will see an increase in their school tax rate this year, [...]

As a licensed clinical social worker, Laraine Gordon knows it’s not always easy for teenagers to share their innermost feelings — particularly when they are connected to the death of a loved one.
She also understands first hand what it’s like to deal with death at a young age. When she was 12 years old, [...]

Southampton Hospital forged an alliance on Friday that will bring to the small South Fork hospital many of the services of one of the most respected medical facilities between here and New York City. The agreement with Stony Brook University Hospital completes a series of recommendations from the state-mandated Beger  Report which, among other things, [...]

It appears the economic downturn that the nation and the world has been battling has claimed its first casualty on the East End.
On Monday, November 24, the organizing group of Georgica Bank announced it has withdrawn its application for a national charter.
“On behalf of the management team, Leonard Ackerman our chairman, and the entire organizer [...]

One week ago, the community learned that in January, Sag Harbor Elementary School would lose one of its most valuable assets — an administrator, a teacher, a guidance counselor, a mother and a grandmother — principal Joan Frisicano.
This week there were tears in the office of the elementary school – but they were tears of [...]