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 ...   more »

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, ...   more »

A few weeks ago when I was praising the small mom & pop businesses that are such a vital part of Sag Harbor's personality, I accidentally left the Conca D'oro Restaurant and Pizzeria off the list. Ouch! Considering that I eat at least one meal there every week, that's quite an oversight on my part. My apologies to the owners ...   more »

No sooner had I posted the story about the proposed ski-resort in Riverhead, than the whole thing started to unravel.  Anthony of the Ozone blog drew my attention to this Newsday article, (thanks Anthony) in which the paper quotes Riverhead Town Supervisor Phil Cardinale as saying, "I would expect him to be chairman, because that's how he signs his letters," ...   more »

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. ...   more »

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...   more »

Generally, I consider myself a person with strong opinions, strongly held. Yet recently I found myself expressing my ambivalence about the possible effects of a GEIS on local businesses. I thought I had got all of that wishy-washiness out of my system, but as soon as I started to think about the new coffee shop that opened on the site of the former Harbor Deli here in Sag Hampton, ambivalence reared its ugly head once again...   more »

Apparently the Hampton Jitney has received $82,908.00 from the Department of Homeland Security. I feel safer already. Read what Blake Fleetwood has to say about this silliness in the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blake-fleetwood/hamptons-to-osama-bring-_b_23586.html