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Christmas Feast at Bridgehampton School

Posted on 25 December 2008

On Tuesday the entire Bridgehampton School District met in the gymnasium to share a Christmas Feast together. As the younger children continued to learn in their classrooms, some of the older students were in the gym setting up tables with place settings, balloons and hot food.
Three years ago, the student council of the Bridgehampton [...]

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Businesses See “Green” Opportunities

Posted on 24 December 2008

Realizing there is both financial and social value to going green, many Sag Harbor business owners are looking at their options, from recycling to integrating solar power.
The Sag Harbor Business Association hosted an evening of four speakers on Monday, December 15, at the American Hotel to get their peers thinking about ways they can be [...]

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Revisiting Bridgehampton’s Hamlet Study

Posted on 24 December 2008

By Marianna Levine
About a year ago Bridgehampton Citizens Advisory Committee member Jeffery Vogel realized the Southampton Planning and Zoning Boards were using an out-dated hamlet study as a guideline for further development in the hamlet. 
“Even though the study was done in 2003 and 2004 it only really talked about the Commons and the commercial [...]

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Bridgehampton Neighbors Worry About “Solar Farm”

Posted on 18 December 2008

By Marianna Levine
 The proposed solar powered farm on 501 Ocean Road, owned by Ziel Feldman, Chair of Polar Investments in New York City, was still at the forefront of discussions at the December meeting of the Bridgehampton Citizens Advisory Committee. However there was more urgency to the dialogue this time since CAC Chairman Fred Camman [...]

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An Appeal for Bikes on Main Street

Posted on 12 December 2008

 
Sag Harbor residents might see cyclists riding down Main Street in the coming year, at least Sag Harbor resident and bike enthusiast Sinead Fitzgibbon hopes so. Fitzgibbon worked in association with Sag Harbor Village Police Chief Tom Fabiano to request from the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees a repeal of a village law that [...]

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Sag CAC Eyes Work at Sag Harbor Industries

Posted on 12 December 2008

An application filed for Sag Harbor Industries (SGI) was one issue discussed at this month’s Sag Harbor Citizen Advisory Committee’s (CAC) meeting, held on Friday, December 5, at the Pierson High School Library. 
CAC chair, John Linder, came to the meeting with a copy of a letter from Southampton Town Principal Planner, Claire Vail, to [...]

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Noyac Pushes for Traffic Calming

Posted on 12 December 2008

The Noyac Civic Councl rambled through a broad agenda Tuesday, recapping and bringing themselves up-to-date on issues ranging from the hamlet’s community center to the garbage at Circle Beach.
With scheduled guest speaker Southampton Town Councilman Chris Nuzzi unavailable, civic council president Chuck Neuman offered his membership a list of about 20 topics.
First out of the [...]

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Stella Maris Presents a Christmas Fair With Local Businesses

Posted on 12 December 2008

This Saturday, December 13, Stella Maris Regional School in Sag Harbor will hold their annual Christmas Fair in the school auditorium. Although a Christmas Fair has been held at Stella Maris for nearly 25 years now, Principal Janie FitzGerald Peters said this year it is going to be a bit different. This time around, parent [...]

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Wharf to Embrace the “Mary E” Schooner?

Posted on 12 December 2008

Matthew Culen returned to the Sag Harbor Harbor Committee, on Monday, December 8, looking for a new home port for his 75-foot Schooner, “Mary E.” Culen hopes to permanently dock his boat on Long Wharf and to run a sailing charter business on it. This highly visible location is imperative to the success of the [...]

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East End Digest: December 11

Posted on 12 December 2008

ARF: Cats and Dogs Calendar 
 
         The 2009 Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF) Pet Calendar is now on sale at area bookstores, galleries and specialty shops. There are more than 100 animals featured in the calendar including mutts, pedigrees, former shelter animals as well as ARF cats and dogs available for adoption. The cover features [...]

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