January 1, 2009 was supposed to be the date that all heated swimming pools in the Town of Southampton were required by law to use solar power as the major source of heat in an effort to reduce residents’ energy consumption.
Last Friday, that original legislation was changed, however. Now, all residents with heated swimming pools [...]

By Marissa Maier
 
With the hiring of an engineering firm to complete preliminary plans, Sag Harbor Village is one step closer to creating safer roadway travel to school for local children.
At a special work session held by the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees last week, the board signed off on hiring Dunn Engineering Associates [...]

By Marissa Maier
The Suffolk County Legislature is in the process of purchasing a 27.8 acre parcel of land in North Haven for preservation, but, according to county legislator Jay Schneiderman, will most likely need Southampton Town to lend some financial support to complete the buy.
“I met with [Southampton Town Supervisor] Linda Kabot and explained to [...]

A few years ago, the Town of Southampton voted on a resolution to approve the creation of a new oceanfront district that included residences in Sagaponack. During this week’s regular board meeting, the Village of Sagaponack board members said that option of a possible coastal erosion control district is back on the table.
“I have [...]

On Wednesday, Southampton Town Councilwoman Nancy Graboski was taking a tour of the town’s public television station’s new facilities. SEA-TV has set up new studios on the Stony Brook Southampton campus where they edit footage from local events and town meetings and create programming, which is broadcast over channel 22.
But since September, many subscribers to [...]

By Marissa Maier
 As the financial forecast for many municipalities looks bleak in the coming fiscal year, the Sag Harbor Village budget might be comparably brighter.
“I think we will have a good fund balance that will get us through this [fiscal] year,” said village treasurer Eileen Touhy as she delivered her half-year report on the village’s [...]

By Marissa Maier
The tension was palpable in the village meeting room as the Sag Harbor Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) ruled against the application of Ira and Perri Gurfein on Tuesday, December 16. The Gurfein’s were before the board seeking a variance to allow their business, the Style Bar, to use six off-site parking spaces [...]

Some roofs in the village of Sagaponack, will be seeing a transformation in the coming months, including the new village hall located at 3175 Montauk Highway.
Although the village has voter approval to spend $800,000 in renovations, Mayor Donald Louchheim announced on Monday during a work session that the village is hoping to keep their expenses [...]

 
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 [...]

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 [...]