Category Archives: Dear Reader

Blog Problems

For the past few months we’ve been having some problems with our blog hosting company, which seems to be gradually going out of business. Today, with much help from our new blog host Blogharbor.com (nice coincidence, that!) we’re up and running again, so if you’ve been trying to visit Saghampton.com and were consistently getting error messages about “exceeded bandwidth,” rest …
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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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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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Sorry, Sorry, Sorry

I haven’t written anything in weeks. My apologies to my one or two regular readers (who clearly can no longer be called regular readers) and anyone else who stopped by looking for something that they obviously didn’t find. My only … Continue reading

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They Won!

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