Letter Campaign Urges Open Review Of Major Development Proposals In Sag Harbor
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Stephen J. Kotz on Aug 3, 2022
Four members of the Sag Harbor community are circulating a letter requesting that the Village Board take a transparent and comprehensive approach in the face of two, and possibly three,... more
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — A man operating an ice cream truck, from which he was selling food, in the parking lot at Mashashimuet Park was ticketed early Sunday afternoon after Village Police determined that he did not have a village-issued peddling permit. SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police responded to report of a large loose dog on Hempstead Street on Sunday morning. They located the dog, which had no tags or collar. They brought the dog to headquarters and contacted Southampton Animal Control, but then the dog’s owner showed up and was reunited with his pet. SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — ...
17 Apr 2024 by Staff Writer
About the closest thing to a capital plan in Sag Harbor, a village that just approved a $15.3 million annual budget, is that the village puts aside money each year to allow it to replace aging firetrucks on a rotating basis. Except for a recently adopted sewer master plan and launch of a major, multimillion-dollar expansion of the village’s sewer system, there has been little done to plan for long-term needs or the maintenance of an aging infrastructure. Village officials say a new Capital Planning Advisory Committee, which was created earlier this month, will change that. The committee is made ...
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On May 14, the Sag Harbor Village Board will begin an important and long-overdue conversation with its residents about a subject that affects everyone, resident and visitor alike: parking in the village. It’s an essential conversation that requires some structure before it begins in order to be fruitful, and not just a cacophony of complaints. A workshop preceding the official hearings will be held at 6 p.m. on May 1, live and on Zoom. Here are a few statements that should be considered for discussion. These are not meant to be statements of absolute truth — they are ideas that ...
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The bumper stickers used to be ubiquitous on the roads: “No Farms No Food.” The slogan is a registered trademark of the American Farmland Trust, which mails out those bumper stickers for free to anyone in the United States who requests one. It’s a simple, accurate message, but it’s one that is lost on many people who think food comes from the grocery store or Amazon Fresh and forget that these retailers are merely intermediaries. On the South Fork, one doesn’t need to drive far in any direction to come across farmland. It is one of the pleasures of living ...
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It’s the title of Tarō Gomi’s beloved children’s book, which has, for nearly 50 years, been delivering a simple but universal reminder: “Since we all eat, we all must poop. All of us! Everyone!” It doesn’t seem like fodder for this space — but, increasingly, more and more people behave as though (how shall we put this?) their own poop is perfumed in a unique way. We are all trapped together on an island that, though long, is densely populated in places, and increasingly so. As a result, we are slowly befouling this place we call home, polluting groundwater with ...
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1994. It’s hard to imagine, but despite being a matriarchal society, that was the first year Shinnecock Nation women were permitted to vote on tribal matters. And it wasn’t until 2013 that the nation had its first female on the Council of Trustees. So it was great to witness the momentous milestone on April 2, when Lisa Goree was elected the new chair of the Shinnecock Nation Council of Trustees. She joins Bianca Collins, who continues serving as trustee, and Linda Franklin, who, as sunksqua, has an important nonvoting advisory role. It’s encouraging to see the nation vote Goree into ...
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Stephen J. Kotz on Aug 3, 2022