I usually use this space to write about issues facing our East End communities. But, every once in a while I digress from the serious side of life to honor one of those ephemeral moments that make living in Sag Hampton so rewarding. Today I joined about two hundred students, teachers, administrators and parents on [...]
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The Five Top Problems Facing Sag Hampton
Over Development / Inappropriate Development Simply put, over development is the poison that will kill the golden goose. As we all know, people love this area because of its natural beauty, open vistas, fresh air, and rural feel. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that suburban sprawl, McMansion ghettos, charmless villages filled with [...]
Save Sag Harbor (Cinema)
Yikes! This is serious. The Sag Harbor Cinema is for sale. There’s nothing more iconic in Sag Harbor than the Sag Harbor Cinema, the art-house theater that’s been a part of the local scene for decades. Just look at all the fuss that arose when my fellow Sag Harborites thought they were losing the theater’s sign! Now, it seems, we may be in danger of losing the entire theater and …
Sag Harbor: Alive, Well and Still Kickin’
Observed in and around Sag Harbor recently:
- More Priuses per block than anywhere else I’ve been;
- Tibetan Monks running programs at the Unitarian Universalist Church and North Haven Village Hall;
- Heavy trunout for meetings of the various Village Boards;
- A rejuvenated public library with more visitors, circulation, programs and joi de vive than ever;
- An Alternative Energy Fair at the Whaling Museum, which also seems pretty spry…
Sag Harbor: Still Making History
What’s the one constant in Sag Harbor’s 300 year history? Change. Starting as the port for the farmers in Sagaponack, Sag Harbor went on to become a bustling center of trade, home to one of the country’s largest whaling fleets, and an industrial center producing everything from watchcases to parts for the lunar landing module. As you walk the village, …
Saving Sag Harbor
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 …
A Tale of Two Sundays
Two Sundays ago my wife and I were in Richmond, a city of approximately 200,000 people, and the capital of the State of Virginia. We were visiting friends, and as it was our first time in the city, they offered to take us on a quick tour of some of the main attractions. We soon discovered three things about Richmond: …
Where are the Japanese/Korean Car Dealers?
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, …
The Five Things I Like Best About Sag Harbor, and the Five I Like Least
I Like
- The Community. Sag Harbor is still largely a community of people who live here year-round and care about the town, its institutions and each other. There are lots of groups and organizations to get involved with — school, fire department, historical society, library, theater, museums, chamber of commerce, churches, synagogue and more. And, whether you choose to get involved …
The Ghost in the House
Our house sits on a half-acre lot, in a neighborhood of half-acre lots located just south of the Village line. It’s a modest neighborhood by Sag Hampton standards. It’s not in the historic district, in fact the neighborhood is so not historic that it didn’t even exist before 1987, give or take a year. Before then it was just woods. …
