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 ...   more »

Pierson High School in Sag Harbor comes in for a fair amount of criticism from the Sag Hampton community, some justified. Standardized test scores aren't always what they might be, per-student costs are very high, course offerings are sometimes too limited for the brightest students, and questionable administrative decisions are known to have been made from time to time. But, often Pierson does things right. I want to tell you about one of its successes for which I am personally grateful. ...   more »

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, ...   more »

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   more »