Sag Harbor Wins $6 Million State Grant To Extend Sewer Lines
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The Sag Harbor sewer treatment plant. STEPHEN J. KOTZ
The Sag Harbor sewer treatment plant. STEPHEN J. KOTZ
Stephen J. Kotz on Feb 21, 2024
Sag Harbor Village has won a nearly $6 million New York State grant to help upgrade its aging sewage treatment plant. “It’s pretty exciting to get $6 million from New... more
People who don’t know, ask: What is that awful noise? And then it stops. A different tree now gradually comes alive; the leaves nearly vibrate as the buzzing builds. The sound of an individual cicada is, of course, not an awful noise — it’s just loud, and the pitch is not designed to attract the human ear. The loud things we generally live with are human sounds: parties, lawnmowers, farm equipment. Yesterday, while harvesting tomatoes in the middle of a 50-acre field, I could hear, in the distance, the distinctive crunch of a house being demolished. But, other times, what ...
by Marilee Foster
At the first Sag Harbor Board of Education meeting since the start of the new school year, board members shared some of the work they’ve been doing to try and organize and make better use of the various committees that exist to focus on a wide range of needs and initiatives. School Board President Sandi Kruel and Vice President Jordana Sobey, along with Veronika Rodriguez-Moya, the district’s director of pupil personnel services and ENL (English as a New Language) coordinator recommended putting the district’s diversity and inclusion committee in with the shared decision making committee. It was a recommendation that ...
by Cailin Riley
A little over 50 years ago, the Suffolk County Farmland Preservation Program was launched, based on a first-in-the nation concept of sale of “development rights.” Then-Suffolk County Executive John V.N. Klein was pivotal, in 1974, to the inception of that program. This month, the Suffolk County Legislature unanimously passed the Conservation of Working Waterfronts bill, with the current county executive, Ed Romaine, playing a critical role, too. It also involves future development. For centuries, farming and fishing have been at the economic foundation of Suffolk County. Great strides have been made in preserving farming in Suffolk — and keeping Suffolk ...
by Karl Grossman
Because of a bevy of other headlines, somewhat overlooked earlier this month was the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The signing ceremony aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, was a formality, because the war essentially ended two weeks earlier, when Emperor Hirohito told his people that Japan was giving up. That allowed the Allies to begin liberating the POW camps containing thousands of inmates. A particularly brutal one was Omori, on the outskirts of Tokyo. The following is an excerpt from toward the end of “Running Deep,” which will be published next month. On ...
by Tom Clavin
Thank you for “Water Hogs” [“The Water Hogs of the Hamptons, 2025,” Residence, 27east.com, August 28], a deeply necessary, smart service to us all, tracking the reality — what the press can do. I teach a course in the spring, “Language as Action: Reading & Writing Water,” and I will use “Water Hogs.” Kathy Engel Sagaponack
15 Sep 2025 by Staff Writer
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Stephen J. Kotz on Feb 21, 2024