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Yearly Archives: 2007
So, Where Do We Put the Affordable Housing, Take Two
Transportation issues are on everyone’s mind again even though the worst of the summer season is over. (So, you’re thinking, “what’s that got to do with affordable housing? — wait, I’ll get there.) The much hyped South Fork Commuter Connection (SFCC), comprised of extra Long Island Railroad trains between Speonk and Montauk, and feeder buses to take commuters from the …
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Posted in Affodable Housing, Development, Transportation
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Sag Harbor: Still Making History
What’s the one constant in Sag Harbor’s 300 year history? Change. Starting as the port for the farmers in Sagaponack, Sag Harbor went on to become a bustling center of trade, home to one of the country’s largest whaling fleets, and an industrial center producing everything from watchcases to parts for the lunar landing module. As you walk the village, …
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Posted in Development, Historic Preservation, Local Events, Our Town
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Saving Sag Harbor
There’s a new and very active group in our community calling itself Save Sag Harbor. Its primary mission is to preserve Main Street’s traditional look and business mix — mostly small locally-owned stores and restaurants — by preventing national chains and big box stores like CVS from moving in and driving up commercial rents to the point where they are …
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Where am I?
This post is only about Sag Harbor and the Hamptons in the most tenuous of ways. It’s certainly obvious that our region is under a lot of stress right now. Most folks I talk to either say we’re rapidly approaching, or have just passed a tipping point, and that the very natures of our communities are, or will soon be, irreversibly changed…and not for the better. Community groups are working overtime, to try to stave off this undesirable future. Politicians, and would-be politicians are promising to change things if only we help them get elected. New committees are forming every day, and I applaud (and often join) them. Save Sag Harbor! Stop CVS! Stop LIPA! Stop the condos! Support affordable housing! Support open space! Fix the traffic, goddammit!
Anyway, that’s not what I’m writing about. I’m writing about me, and how all that has affected me.
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Posted in Dear Reader
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A Tale of Two Sundays
Two Sundays ago my wife and I were in Richmond, a city of approximately 200,000 people, and the capital of the State of Virginia. We were visiting friends, and as it was our first time in the city, they offered to take us on a quick tour of some of the main attractions. We soon discovered three things about Richmond: …
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Posted in Our Town, The Season, Travel
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