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Yearly Archives: 2007
So Where Were We?
I’ve been on vacation, but now I’m back. So where were we?
Oh, yes…the Town of Southampton has approved a study, to be conducted by its planning department, of the gateway to Sag Harbor along the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike. This has been a little slow getting off the ground, but in the interim, local hero Priscilla Ciccariello has spearheaded an effort by a group she calls “the coalition” to prepare a comprehensive document detailing the reasons the study needs to be done, what specifically needs to be studied, the areas of concern for the surrounding community, the hoped-for outcomes of the study, and the reasoning behind those hopes. It’s an amazing document
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Posted in Development, Government
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Where are the Japanese/Korean Car Dealers?
This is an actual and honest question. If anyone knows the answer, please let the rest of us know by posting a comment.
The question is: Why are there no Toyota, Honda, Subaru, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi or Hyundai dealers anywhere in Sag Hampton? Don’t tell me they’re in Riverhead, that’s 50 minutes away when there’s no traffic. We have Ford, …
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Posted in Local Businesses, Our Town
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Summer’s Here, Grumble, Grumble
Besides the longer days, warmer weather, and flowering trees, I have noticed a few other harbingers of the summer season. The very first sign occurred at work about a month ago. I work in a public library. Generally speaking, our patrons (people who use the library’s services) are a wonderful group of people. We, the library staff, and the public …
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Posted in Behavior, The Season
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Our First Year: Taking Stock
It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been writing this blog for a year now. The first post was published on Saturday, May 20, 2006. Since then I’ve published 82 articles and received 101 reader comments. As near as I can tell, on average, about 15 people a day stop by. Some days, usually after an article has been republished in …
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Posted in About This Blog, Blog Stuff, Dear Reader
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Is This the Land of No?
Sometime it feels like we’re living in the Land of No. There are quite a few things in recent memory to which one or another Sag Hampton group has said (or tried to say) NO!
Many folks said no to the NYS Department of Transportation a few years ago when they proposed a roundabout at the wharf end of Main …
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Posted in Affodable Housing, Development, Government, Immigration, Libraries, Safety, Schools, Transportation, Values
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