I believe we are witnessing the birth of a new religion: Jermainism. A key belief of this budding religion is building worship. Over the past three years, I've heard various members of this Sag Harbor-based cult wax rhapsodic about the glories of the building that currently houses the public library here in Sag Harbor. (Full disclosure: I'm an employee of ...   more »

Thanks to everyone who sent kind words about the debut of my blog via e-mail. I deeply appreciate your taking the time to respond. That said, let me also say that leaving a comment here in the blog would be even more appreciated. After all blogs are all about discussion. You don't have to be profound, or verbose (like me). ...   more »

Southampton recently completed reassessing the value of all the privately owned property in the town. Of course, you probably already know that the good and bad news is the same: everyone's property is now worth a hell of a lot more than it was worth two years ago...as long as we're reassessing things, I think it would be a good idea to reassess the long-term economic viability of the area if current trends in housing continue.   more »

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Sag Hampton is an idiosyncratic, sometimes irreverent, sometimes irrelevant view of the goings on in Sag Harbor, NY and the surrounding area. Sag Harbor is one of the communities that comprise the part of eastern Long Island commonly referred to as the Hamptons. Within recent memory (mine), Sag Harbor was known as the "un-Hampton"; populated mainly by working stiffs, writers, ...   more »

I'm a pretty typical Long Islander, though not a native of the East End. I've actually only lived on the mainland of the  United States for six of my 56 years. Born in the Bronx (mainland), I moved to Levittown (island) at the age of five. At 20, I moved to Manhattan (island) for five years, and spent one ...   more »