Posted on 25 December 2008
The local bicycle advocate and physical therapist on her initiative to allow bikes on Main Street, finding safe routes through the village and the need for cars and bikes to exist peacefully.
When did you become a bike enthusiast?
I was a competitive swimmer in Ireland throughout my childhood and in college. When I went to [...]
Tags: bicycles. Main Street, Sag Harbor, Spokes Folks
Posted on 18 December 2008
The Sag Harbor author and Wall Street Journal reporter on winning the $100,000 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for her memoir “The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family’s Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World,” the loss of a multi-cultural city and meeting ghosts from her past.
What exactly is the Sami [...]
Tags: Anthony Bregman, Cairo, Jewish literature, Sag Harbor, Sami Rohr Prize
Posted on 12 December 2008
The journalist, animal rights advocate and former volunteer at the Southampton Town Animal Shelter, on winning her first amendment case against the town, civil rights for volunteers and taking the heat as a journalist.
On December 2, for the second time in two years, a court sided with you over the Town of Southampton in a [...]
Tags: animal shelter, First Amendment, Southampton Town, volunteers
Posted on 04 December 2008
A conversation with Connor Vorhaus, Christopher Beroes-Haigis and Timothy Megna, students at the Pierson Middle-High School in Sag Harbor who are members of the newly formed Suffolk County Principal Orchestra of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra, which will have the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan on June 7, 2009. (Listen and watch a [...]
Tags: Pierson Middle-High School, Suffolk County Principal Orchestra of the Metropolitan
Posted on 26 November 2008
The Director of the Sag Harbor Food Pantry, a not-for-profit dedicated to feeding those in the village in need of a helping hand, who talks about the rising number of families she sees on a weekly basis in the wake of the economic downturn and how the Sag Harbor community has stepped up its donations [...]
Tags: Hamptons, Sag Harbor, Sag Harbor Food Pantry
Posted on 20 November 2008
The Montauk local who brought collegiate baseball to Sag Harbor last summer, talks about the new teams in the newly formed Hamptons Division of the ACBL and how the community of Sag Harbor has taken the lead in fostering his dream of bringing high quality baseball to the area.
So you had a dream, to [...]
Tags: Hamptons, Sag Harbor, Whaler Baseball
Posted on 13 November 2008
A conversation with Sister Angela Hearne, RSHM, The 95-year-old veteran teacher on 75 years at school, growing up in Ireland and going to the church’s retreat house in Tarrytown to lend a hand because “a lot of old people need help”
Sister Angela, could you tell me a little about your background, before you joined the [...]
Tags: sister angela, stella maris
Posted on 06 November 2008
The Ross School senior talks about her experience in Africa, which inspired her to host a fundraiser for African Impact’s Happy Africa Foundation, whose goal is “to promote and advance community and conservation development on the continent of Africa.”
What was your inspiration for choosing this topic as your senior project?
Pretty much I was first inspired [...]
Tags: African Impact, Happy Africa Foundation, The Ross School
Posted on 30 October 2008
The website, logo, ad designer and master of pumpkin carving on the secrets to carving a great pumpkin, and why imperfect pumpkins are perfect.
We know that you have been a huge advocate for of the pumpkin carving contest of the lions club in Bridgehampton, When did you start getting really involved pumpkin carving?
I always liked [...]
Tags: halloween pumpkin carving, john musnicki
Posted on 23 October 2008
The Prudential Douglas Elliman real estate agent and President of the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce who talks about the downturn in the economy and the effect on the real estate market and Main Street businesses.
By Kathryn G. Menu
Given your unique perspective with the chamber and as a real estate agent, what do you see [...]
Tags: Prudential Douglas Elliman, Sag Harbor, Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce