North Haven Mayor Says He Is Vindicated in Email Controversy
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North Haven Village Mayoral incumbent Chris Fiore. DANA SHAW
North Haven Village Mayoral incumbent Chris Fiore. DANA SHAW
Stephen J. Kotz on Jun 12, 2024
North Haven Village Mayor Chris Fiore said this week that he felt vindicated after an investigation concluded that he had done nothing wrong when he sent a group email late... more
Fourteen members of a “porch pirate” ring that targeted many Suffolk County communities, including Sag Harbor and Montauk, have been indicted for enterprise corruption and related charges, District Attorney Ray Tierney announced on Monday. The criminal network used insider tracking data to steal electronic devices from residences and businesses, according to the district attorney’s office, which said the charges stem from a two-year investigation into thefts that occurred between October 2023 and February 2025. “For two years, this alleged porch pirate ring plagued our community and built a criminal enterprise on the backs of Suffolk families and businesses,” Tierney said ...
24 Nov 2025 by Brendan J. O’Reilly
Thanksgiving is synonymous with harvest. Reaping what you have sown, you walk across the threshold of the field, your machete idle but ready to swing, to neatly lob off a head of broccoli. The level of satisfaction is hard to replicate in layman’s terms, somewhere between basketball’s slam dunk and capturing the flag. Harvest is what gave us some primordial ease, that the dark, cold months will not be hungry ones. The ancient discovery that successful agriculture could offer its practitioners self-reliance — to a degree — is what set us on the path to discovering other things, like gratefulness. ...
by Marilee Foster
Re: “Sound Familiar?” [Letters, November 6]: Yes, it sounds familiar. I have been giving a lecture called “The Tyranny of Landscaping” for 30 years in over 200 venues across Long Island. The “tyranny” is as follows: First, it’s complete and utter ecosystem destruction. Next comes the turf grass, along with trees and shrubs from other parts of the world that need life support to live here. Next, it’s the pesticides, the water use, the emissions, and then that damned life-ruining noise of the !+@%”*#*^*! “Infernal Gadgets” [Letters, November 13] — leaf blowers! Why? What is wrong with us? Why are ...
by Staff Writer
Along with a nearly $1.8 million grant for sewer line extension work, Sag Harbor Village has received a $78,816 grant from Southampton Town’s Community Preservation Fund Water Quality Improvement Plan to cover the cost of removing the waste collected by pump-out boats from boats visiting the village harbor. “The role and efficiency of the pump-out boat is a key piece of our program to promote clean water and adhere to the no-discharge regulations,” said Village Trustee Jeanne Kane, who oversees the village docks as part of her responsibilities on the Village Board. The village currently contracts with Quackenbush Cesspools Inc. ...
by Stephen J. Kotz
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Stephen J. Kotz on Jun 12, 2024