Government

New Van Will Help Sag Harbor Cinema Take The Show On The Road

Kelly Dodds, the director of the nonprofit festival, which has hosted a weekend of largely free music across Sag Harbor for the past decade, told the Sag Harbor Village Board March 9 that she was optimistic the festival could return this year, if even on a reduced scale

Shinnecock Officials, Local Lawmakers Examine Nation's Economic Development Efforts

U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin this week continued his now regular criticisms of Governor Andrew Cuomo, though he has yet to indicate what his own political plans are.

New York State will open a mass vaccination site at the Stony Brook Southampton college campus on Friday, March 19, with appointments for up to 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine available each day.

A group of aviators, who have been leading a public campaign to spotlight the fear that town officials may seek to shut down East Hampton Airport as soon as later this year, say that they are working in conjunction with all the aircraft operators who use the airport regularly to develop a “Pilot’s Pledge” that the group hopes will be able to rein in the most bothersome flights in and out of the airport.

The East End’s state legislators have thrown their support behind the consideration of impeachment proceedings against Governor Andrew Cuomo in the wake of sexual harassment allegations and the alleged attempts to “cover up” the true number of deaths from COVID-19 in state nursing homes.

What Sag Harbor Village officials said was a simple matter of updating the rules and regulations governing behavior at village parks and beaches, brought a storm of protest to a March 9 public hearing before the Village Board.

After months of pleas by local officials, thousands of local senior citizens got their first COVID-19 vaccine shots at distribution PODs on the South Fork last week, with the anticipation of much easier access to the growing supply of doses on the horizon.

Tracy Mitchell, the theater’s executive director, told the board Bay Street wants to erect a 95-foot-by-90-foot tent in the 7-Eleven parking lot so it can hold its Summer 2021 Main Stage season there from May 29 to September 5.

Sag Harbor Will Seek Funding For Sewer Engineering Study

Proponents of creating a new village in Wainscott this week decried the determination by East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc on Friday that the petition submitted calling for a village referendum was legally inadequate to force a vote.

Floating The Notion: Councilman and Committee Continue To Support Helium Balloon Ban

The enthusiastic talk of a partnership between Sag Harbor Village and Bay Street Theater that accompanied the announcement last fall that Bay Street had purchased the Water Street Shops building as a site for a new theater has taken on a competitive edge, as both sides seek to gain control of the National Grid gas ball property at Bridge and Water streets.

This summer, Sag Harbor will get its first taste of paid parking, albeit on a much reduced level than originally proposed. At a February 24 work session, the Village Board agreed it would move forward with a pilot program to require paid parking at 94 spaces on Long Wharf from Memorial Day to Columbus Day.