After Returning To The South Fork, Former Sag Harbor Doctor Reflects On Family Medical Practice
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Dr. Robert Semlear. DANA SHAW
Dr. Robert Semlear. DANA SHAW
Michael Wright on Oct 23, 2018
For the second time in his life, Dr. Robert Semlear has decided to settle on the South Fork and be a family doctor. When he did it the first time,... more
It’s actually a bug-eat-bug world. Dogs might fight, but they rarely dine on each other. The final instar of the ladybug eats up to 200 aphids and merely burps. It’s also a bird-eat-bug world, and a bird-eat-bird world, and a bird-eat-seed world. Farming is one of the best places to watch these predatory but sustaining relationships. A certain and unavoidable amount of death must occur to generate life. This is why we welcome the barn swallows. We are grateful that they feed their young with pests our crops sometimes attract. We see the birds proximity to us as the result ...
3 Jun 2025 by Marilee Foster
The Long Island Power Authority has been in turmoil in recent months. LIPA was created by the New York State Legislature three decades ago following a grassroots effort led by Murray Barbash and Irving Like to establish a public power entity on Long Island to replace the private Long Island Lighting Company. They headed a group called Citizens To Replace LILCO. A model was a public power entity in California, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, or SMUD. SMUD was set up, and continues today, as a democratically based public utility. It has a seven-member board of directors elected from the ...
by Karl Grossman
The Village of Sag Harbor has expanded its paid parking lots. Last year, paid parking was only on Long Wharf, and it was every driver for himself to find the free (though time-limited) spots on Main Street and in the other public lots. Now, more of those formerly free spaces have to be rented. This is an advantage for those drivers who can figure out how to download and navigate the paid-parking app. What we have, then, is a newfangled parking meter. This inspires some nostalgia for the original, coin-operated parking meter, which made its debut 90 years ago next ...
by Tom Clavin
As a landscape architect, I have been fortunate to have worked on some of the most beautiful historic properties on the East End. Though projects widely vary, each begins with the same stated goal: to strive to complement the essence of the given site and house architecture with a landscape design preference that finds value in the simple and calm. Making choices that appear bold and inevitable, shunning the frivolous or decorative. That’s my brand, you might say. The village I saw here for the first time 42 summers ago presented to me its own brand. I was amazed how ...
2 Jun 2025 by Perry Guillot
Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni will hold mobile office hours in Greenport, Westhampton Beach, and Montauk during the months of July, August, and September. Constituents may come prepared to discuss concerns or issues, or simply for the opportunity to meet the assemblyman. The locations and dates are, in Westhampton, Tuesdays, July 8, August 12, and September 9, all from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Westhampton Free Library, 7 Library Avenue, Westhampton Beach. In Montauk on Tuesdays, July 15, August 19, and September 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Highway. In Greenport on Tuesdays, ...
by Staff Writer
The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island and the North Fork will hold two virtual candidate debates on Southampton Town SEA-TV’s YouTube channel for Southampton Village voters on Monday, June 9. Appearing at 6 p.m. will be the three Southampton Village trustee candidates: incumbent Robin Brown, incumbent Roy Stevenson and challenger Rob Coburn, vying for two seats. Debating directly afterward at 7 p.m. will be the two candidates for Southampton Village mayor: incumbent Mayor Bill Manger and opponent Ed Simioni, who is currently a village trustee. Each debate will consist of timed opening statements by the candidates, ...
by Staff Writer
A free puppet show series, with the Goat on a Boat Puppet Theatre, will be held on Saturdays in June at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, starting June 7. The free series will have weekly activities provided by Shine Studios, John Jermain Library, South Fork Natural History Museum’s Young Environmentalist Society, and the Children’s Museum of the East End. The activities will start at 10 a.m. At 11 a.m. the Goat on a Boat puppet show will begin. More information is available at goatonaboat.org.
by Staff Writer
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Michael Wright on Oct 23, 2018