Sag Harbor Village Board Whittles Away at Proposed Budget
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Stephen J. Kotz on Mar 11, 2025
The Sag Harbor Village Board on Thursday, March 6, whittled away at its proposed budget for the coming year, reducing the spending plan from $16.13 million to $15.88 million. While... more
I believe that the shutdown of the federal government is needed to correct the severe impact of the “Big, Beautiful Bill” and Donald Trump’s proposed budget will have on the health of all Americans. Our congressman, Nick LaLota, identified some of the short-term shutdown impact, including air traffic controllers, federal workers and troops risk missing paychecks, potential interruptions at VA medical centers, and the fact that local nutrition programs for seniors and oversight of nursing homes “could” be weakened [“Striking Hypocrisy,” Letters, October 2]. Brookhaven National Lab scientists and engineers could see their work disrupted. However, Congressman LaLota does not ...
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The town clerk’s position is not one where you can just show up and hope for the best. This position must be taken seriously, and current Southampton Town Clerk Sundy Schermeyer and her staff do just that. Extensive knowledge is crucial. On-the-job training is exactly what Southampton Town does not need. It is important to vote, and I’m confident that registered voters, of all political stripes, in the Town of Southampton will vote wisely. With all the chaos and confusion existing on the national level, we cannot bring that same climate to the office of the town clerk. Early voting ...
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Our representative, Nick LaLota, must have been sniffing glue before he decided to pen his recent letter [“Striking Hypocrisy,” Letters, October 2]. With his usual laziness, he strikes out against Democrats for their procedural right to draw a government shutdown, calling the maneuver reckless. But I need not remind Mr. LaLota that our current brand of obstructive politics was born by Tea Party Republicans who forced a similar shutdown against Barack Obama for much dumber reasons: passage of the widely supported and beneficial Affordable Care Act. The same Republican Party that blocked the nomination of Merrick Garland in 2016. The ...
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I am an independent voter who doesn’t subscribe to a red or blue voting line. Rather, the candidate alone earns my vote. Just recently, we saw the GOP bury George Santos for embellishing his resume (embellishing is an understatement). Next, we saw the local Dems anoint John Leonard for Southampton Town Council, essentially ignoring some specious pieces of his background. But now for something completely different: an attempt by the Democrats to unseat a multi-term clerk who has earned their endorsements for multiple elections in the past. Sundy Schermeyer is the clerk — check out her website, Shermeyer4townclerk.com. Years of ...
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This summer, my garden faced tough challenges, between intense heat and sprinkler troubles. By October, the plants have given up, and so have I. This is the perfect time to take stock and plan for next year. Will I remember that the white bearded iris need to be divided and moved? Probably not. Among my many journals, I keep a garden notebook. I make a point of dating all my entries. That’s how I knew that the osmanthus, commonly known as false holly, planted across the front yard was not a fast grower as I was told. After five years ...
by Denise Gray Meehan
A celebration of the life of Jules Feiffer, the brilliant cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter who passed away at 95 in January, and lived and worked for decades on the East End, was just held at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. The event, “In Memory and Celebration” of Feiffer, included reflections by people who knew and loved him, with two musical performances and a multimedia presentation of photos and videos of Feiffer that included humorous comments by him. “For me, Jules will never be gone,” said his widow, Joan Holden, an author herself, writing under the name J.Z. Holden. Indeed, ...
by Karl Grossman
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Gabriel A. Rivadeneira Samaniego, 38, of East Hampton was arrested by Sag Harbor Village Police and charged with leaving the scene of an accident in which there was physical injury without stopping, a misdemeanor, as well as a moving violation charge of improper lane use Sunday morning. Police said that Rivadeneira Samaniego was driving a work vehicle, a 2013 Mercedes van, Saturday night, south on Hampton Street/Route 114 when the side mirror of his van struck a pedestrian who was in the roadway. According to the report, the victim sustained multiple wounds on the upper left ...
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Stephen J. Kotz on Mar 11, 2025