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Key Shinnecock Burial Ground At Sugar Loaf Hill Will At Long Last Be Returned To Tribe

With gaps in vaccination coverage driving a new increase in COVID-19 cases statewide — and the highest positivity rates in Suffolk County since early spring — advocates for minority communities say that they are still seeing significant numbers of unvaccinated individuals, especially in the large Latino immigrant population.

The newly reconstituted Sag Harbor Village Board on Tuesday agreed it would extend a moratorium on most waterfront construction for six months and opened a hearing on a proposed waterfront overlay zoning district, even though that initiative will likely see major revisions in the coming months under the direction of new Mayor James Larocca.

Reynold Ruffins, an honored commercial and fine artist whose experiences ranged from helping to form one of the most celebrated design studios in New York City to volunteering to design artwork for posters and greeting cards for a community organization in his beloved Sag Harbor, died on Sunday, July 11. He was 90 years old.

Workers are putting the finishing touches on the Harbor Shop, the new convenience store that will replace the 7-Eleven in Sag Harbor later this month.

The event, which was organized by Hamptons Community Outreach, an organization dedicated to elevating the quality of life of local underserved children and families, brought together children of all ages who were eager to pack bags for a good cause.

Troopers said she was driving westbound in the right-hand lane, when she clipped the rear of a pickup truck traveling in front of her after moving to the left-hand lane in an attempt to pass. Ms. Martinez Arias then moved back over into the right-hand lane and struck a third vehicle, driven by Mr. Bramoff, which left the road and overturned on the shoulder. There was a driver and three passengers in the second vehicle, none of whom were injured. Ms. Martinez Arias’ sedan came to a rest on the median a few hundred yards down the road.

Just prior to his swearing-in ceremony this week, Jim Larocca sat down for a conversation about his recent election as mayor of Sag Harbor Village, lingering antipathy from a brutal campaign season, the biggest challenges he will face, and areas where he plans to take a divergent path from the one blazed by the former mayor, Kathleen Mulcahy.

As hospitals have returned to a sense of normalcy, so have routine breast cancer screenings, largely put on pause by many women during the height of the pandemic — in some cases, leading to more serious cancer diagnoses as a result, explained Stacy Quarty, president of Lucia’s Angels, who noted that she’s seen a dramatic uptick of patients in recent months.

Montauk Saxophonist Pat DeRosa Makes Guinness Book Of World Records As Oldest Professional Player

While the debate over the future of East Hampton Airport is certain to only be in the first flush of a months- or possibly years-long tug-of-war, the battle lines between the two sides pulling at the Town Board’s decision making power were laid down on Tuesday, July 6, in stark, if predictable, contrast.

New Sag Harbor Mayor James Larocca was sworn at an event that mixed elements of a celebratory gathering of about 100 supporters with official business at John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Tuesday.

Sag Harbor emergency service workers blocked off Main Street in the village from Carruthers Alley north to Bay Street shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday morning as they attempted to free a woman whose hand was stuck under the seat of her late model BMW SUV.

The Sag Harbor Partnership has announced that it has hired John Shaka, a longtime village resident, community activist, and volunteer as its new executive director. He will replace Molly Bishop, the partnership’s initial executive director, who recently resigned to take a similar position with Heart of the Hamptons in Southampton.

Sag Harbor Mayor-elect James Larocca on Wednesday said he would nominate Edward Haye, a retired attorney, to complete the year remaining on his term as Village Board trustee.