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Category Archives: Development
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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Can You Hear Us Now?
Last Tuesday, a little jet-lagged, yet clear of purpose, I attended a public meeting called by the Planning Board of the Village of Sag Harbor to hear public comments on the proposed condominium project at the old Bulova watchcase factory. I went to speak, or more accurately, to lobby for the inclusion of some affordable units among the 81 condominiums proposed for this site. I figured that I would be one of two or three speakers to bring up this issue, and that I already knew who else would speak on this topic. Never assume… …
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What Sag Harbor Can Learn From Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards
Ordinarily, you wouldn’t expect to find a lot of similarities between Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. But while reading an Op-Ed piece in Saturday’s New York Times by Jennifer Egan (author of the novel The Keep
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That Didn’t Take Long
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,” …
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Posted in Development, Government, Local Businesses, Near By
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Unbelievable
File this under “Development/Crazy.” My jaw is on the floor. Could this be for real? The blog Ozone quotes from the Long Island Traveler-Watchman (part of the Independent chain of newspapers) that a 500 ft. tall ski resort is planned for Riverhead, and that Riverhead’s supervisor Phil Cardinale is already salivating over the prospect. The Traveler-Watchman quotes Cardinale as saying, …
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