Sadly, with the passing last week of Bruce Tait, our community has lost a singular figure in the long-term battle to preserve, protect and nourish Sag Harbor’s critically important waterfront. For almost five decades, he was a key player in every effort to improve and nurture the maritime environment and the maritime economy.
From the establishment of the Sag Harbor Village Harbor Committee, to the creation of Breakwater Yachting and Community Sailing Center, and to the writing of our Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan, Bruce was a fierce advocate who understood that a healthy and dynamic waterfront is absolutely essential to our quality of life. He was never afraid to speak out, and his voice will be missed.
Our hearts go out to Bruce’s family, and we wish him a fair wind and a following sea as he crosses the bar.
Jim Larocca
Sag Harbor
Larocca is a former Sag Harbor Village mayor and trustee — Ed.
Passing Through Town in a Rare Rolls-RoyceWhen Mary Narvell stepped out of the pale yellow and black Rolls-Royce Wraith that her husband, John, had parked on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor last Thursday, a bystander called out, “What a beauty!” Narvell, who said she had heard...
UPDATE: Body of One of Two Missing Kayakers RecoveredUPDATE: SUNDAY, 9 P.M. The body of 27-year-old Shane Garcia, of Southampton, was recovered in Shinnecock Bay on Sunday afternoon, Southampton Town Police said. The search for Aaron Montemarano, 25, of Riverhead, continued until police suspended their efforts due to...
Writer Alexis Pauline Gumbs Headlines Bridgehampton Black Film Festival ClosingAlexis Pauline Gumbs, a world-renowned, award-winning writer, scholar and cultural leader, will close the annual Black Film Festival hosted by the Bridgehampton Childcare & Recreational Center (The Center) on Sunday, November 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For the third...
Jiayi He’s Harmonica & String Ensemble To Perform at Montauk LibraryThe Montauk Library will present “Harmonic Rhapsodies” featuring Jiayi He’s Harmonica & String Ensemble on Sunday, November 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Suzanne Koch Gosman Community Room, located on the library’s lower level. The program will feature...
A Collaborative Effort To Retrace the Steps of the Amistad Story Involves Local WomenThe story of the Amistad entered broad public consciousness in the late 1990s, thanks in large part to the release of Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning movie. The 1997 film depicted the uprising aboard the ship by the Mende tribesmen who...
All Went Right on a Dark’n Stormy NightIt was a dark and stormy night, but, undaunted, the East Hampton/Pierson/Bridgehampton football team blew away its host, Rocky Point, 35-0 on Thursday, October 30, an impressive shutout that assured the 5-3 Bonackers of a berth in the Suffolk County...
Following Footsteps: Peter Matthiessen and the Art of BiographyThe East Hampton Library will present the final event in its 2025 Tom Twomey Series on Saturday, November 8, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., a talk entitled “Biography as Pilgrimage: On the Trail of Peter Matthiessen,” by author Lance Richardson....
Beyond the Jack-o'-Lantern: Sen Chef Showcases Culinary Mastery With Fruit and Vegetable CarvingsWhen Fidel Sanchez was a child, sitting by his father’s side in his native Ecuador as he taught him how to carve wood into intricate shapes and figures, he could not have imagined where it would lead him. Sanchez now...
