East Hampton Town had hoped that Memorial Day weekend 2022 would be the first sliver of a summer season in which it was able to tamp down the din of... more
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Police received a report that it appeared that several men had urinated in the middle of the road on Hampton Street last Thursday night. An officer was sent to the scene and reported that there was, on the roadway, a glistening amount of liquid. Nearby, on the side of the road was a vehicle with several men in it. The owner of the vehicle explained that his car had broken down, and had lost all its transmission fluid. He added that they were waiting for a tow truck. No further action was taken. SAG HARBOR VILLAGE ...
by Staff Writer
Members of the North Haven Village Board agreed to remove a number of initiatives they wanted to receive funding for as they held their initial budget work session on Friday, March 22. Village Clerk and Treasurer Beth Kamper went through an initial $2,604,730 budget that, if it were adopted as is, would increase spending by nearly 10 percent over last year. Although the budget would require a tax rate of $0.5346 per $1,000 of assessed value, which is about 5.4 percent higher than last year’s $0.5071 rate, Mayor Chris Fiore said the budget would still fall within the state cap ...
by Stephen J. Kotz
PSEG Long Island crews have been out and about in Sag Harbor this week, replacing poles as part of a storm-hardening project. “This Power On infrastructure improvement project in Sag Harbor is part of PSEG Long Island’s ongoing, multi-year effort to continue to improve electric reliability for customers,” said Peggy Keane, PSEG’s vice president of construction and operations services. “We are working hard to reduce the number of outages that occur during severe weather by strengthening the electric lines that directly power homes and businesses.” The project includes the replacement of some utility poles with stronger, more durable poles that ...
by Stephen J. Kotz
Thomas Falcone announced last week that he would be leaving his post as chief executive officer of the Long Island Power Authority in May. It was “unexpected,” said State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who has been working hard in Albany to move LIPA away from its current model to a true public utility. Falcone’s departure is a curveball that “brings into question the future direction of LIPA,” Thiele has said. But a few days before his announcement clouded the larger picture, Falcone provided a much clearer view of the near- and long-term future of electricity on Long Island, and ...
by Editorial Board