Letters

The Marsden Street property should be left in a natural state of undeveloped land, acquired by the Community Preservation Fund. Access for walking, sitting, with minimal impact to the property and neighbors.

Pierson officials should focus on managing the fields they own on Jermain and the ones they use at Mashashimuet Park. Pierson staff are good educators, but they are not property managers.

These fields should be a showcase of expert grass turf management maintained by experienced staff from the local golf community, which we have at the park maintenance staff. Our local athletes would be proud to excel, and the west enders silenced by real grass. We do have the Meadow Club, one of only two grass tennis clubs in the country.

Improvements to these fields should be an ongoing process. Pierson has not managed to do this. As the CPF seems to be overflowing with money, Pierson now would like to acquire more land that it can’t manage.

To the CPF people: Preserve land as intended. Allocate funds to make a better use of lands, playing fields that need refining and retuning for today’s sports enthusiasts, young and old. And take a close notice that in the near future the school population may be shrinking, making it difficult to support organized sports.

With a bird’s-eye view of Pierson’s day to day, residing at 199 Jermain, I value all the resources that the village offers: the park, the bay and the people. Let’s do this in a proper fashion.

I am an admirer of the educators who trek in early every day. And I hope one day we are lucky enough to get another John Steinbeck to come out of the halls of Pierson.

Jerome Toy

Sag Harbor