Breaking news in this week’s Southampton Press indicates that the Bridgehampton School district’s longtime resistance to considering a merger with a larger district may be lessening. This is big indeed if you live in Bridgehampton; maybe less so if you live in one of the districts with which Bridgehampton might combine. Even Sag Harbor, which itself is a small district, …
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Dahlonega, GA
Please excuse the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks. Last weekend my family went to a wedding in Dahlonega (pronounced like harmonica, with the accent on the second syllable), Georgia. Prior to that we were caught up in preparations for the trip, and after getting back there was recovery time, catching up on things we didn’t get to do because of the trip, etc. Anyway, I didn’t write for a while, and let myself get out of the habit of writing. Time went by. So, today I decided I had to force myself to start writing again. This is the result…
Sidewalk Sentiment
I love fall. If there’s anything better than being outside on a sunny, crisp fall day, I can’t think what it would be. Happily, we had our first real fall days this past weekend, just in time for the sidewalk sale in Sag Harbor, a new tradition that I am already very fond of. Actually, memory may fail me here. …
Not Marketing, Exactly…
There’s a curious quote in this week’s issue of the Sag Harbor Express. Following up on a story from the previous week, Editor Bryan Boyhan looks a bit more deeply at the relatively large number of Sag Harbor School District students that choose to attend area private schools, particularly the Ross School in East Hampton. Looking for the reasons behind this exodus from public education
Bad Manners
Most times living in a small town is great. Sometimes it’s not. Generally, local people like to point to the summer visitors as the source of all the bad behavior we see in these parts. All too often that turns out to be true, but the some-are people do not have a monopoly on bad behavior. We manage just fine on our own.
CPF Extension on November Ballot
There will be a proposition on the November ballot about extending the
Community Preservation Fund (CPF) until 2030. The wording will be something like:
Shall Local Law Number
1 of 2006, entitled “A local law in relation to extending the expiration
date of the two percent (2%) real estate transfer tax imposed in connection
with the town Community Preservation Fund …
The View from Park Slope
Ever wonder how Sag Hampton appears to those who are only visiting during the summer? Here’s a link to a Brooklyn blogger’s description of her family’s summer in Sag Harbor and environs. It’s good to know that they appreciate and enjoy some of the same things we do. Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn: Just Back [...]
Sag Harbor’s New Look
Today, we look at some pictures of the changing face of Sag Harbor, and ask some hard questions…Is bigger better? Is newer nicer? One family or two?
The Blog Ate My Homework
Yikes! If you stopped by to read today’s post titled Distressing, you were probably distressed to find that except for a brief lead-in, there was no post to read. I honestly don’t know how that happened. Let’s just say the ghost in the computer was having a little fun at my expense. I had actually [...]
Distressing
Sometimes I like to think that an individual can have an impact. That’s why I volunteer for so many different groups and committees. Most of the things I volunteer for are local to our village, school district, town or region. Beyond that, say at the county level, I think it’s probably a lost cause. While our governments — all of them…
