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Curtain Raised on Sag Harbor’s Steinbeck Waterfront Park

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Sag Harbor Mayor Jim Larocca welcomes the crowd to the opening of John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday.   DANA SHAW

Sag Harbor Mayor Jim Larocca welcomes the crowd to the opening of John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday. DANA SHAW

Sag Harbor Mayor Jim Larocca welcomes the crowd to the opening of John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday.   DANA SHAW

Sag Harbor Mayor Jim Larocca welcomes the crowd to the opening of John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday. DANA SHAW

The crowd at the opening of John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday.  DANA SHAW

The crowd at the opening of John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday. DANA SHAW

Students from the Sag Harbor Elementary After School Chorus sing the National Anthem.  DANA SHAW

Students from the Sag Harbor Elementary After School Chorus sing the National Anthem. DANA SHAW

Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni.    DANA SHAW

Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni. DANA SHAW

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman.  DANA SHAW

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. DANA SHAW

Landscape Architect Edmund Hollander, who designed John Steinbeck Waterfront Park, gives the keynote address at the opening of the park on Thursday, May 25.  DANA SHAW

Landscape Architect Edmund Hollander, who designed John Steinbeck Waterfront Park, gives the keynote address at the opening of the park on Thursday, May 25. DANA SHAW

Members of Scout Troop 455 raise the flags for the first time in John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday.   DANA SHAW

Members of Scout Troop 455 raise the flags for the first time in John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday. DANA SHAW

Members of Scout Troop 455 raise the flags for the first time in John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday.   DANA SHAW

Members of Scout Troop 455 raise the flags for the first time in John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday. DANA SHAW

Members of Scout Troop 455 raise the flags for the first time in John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday.   DANA SHAW

Members of Scout Troop 455 raise the flags for the first time in John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday. DANA SHAW

authorStephen J. Kotz on May 26, 2023
Hundreds of people converged on John Steinbeck Waterfront Park on Thursday morning, May 25, to mark its official opening in a ceremony presided over by Mayor Jim Larocca. The mayor,... more

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