Sag Harbor News

TIMESREVIEW FILE PHOTO You're invited when Leonard Skuggevik takes the job as Shelter Island School District superintendent Monday at 6 p.m. Leonard Skuggevik will officially become Shelter Island School District Superintendent Monday night when the Board of Education confirms his appointment at a 6 p.m. meeting in the conference room.

The Bay Street Theater Comedy Club is giving fans of laughter a chance to beat the Monday blues with a performance by stand-up comic Carlos Mencia on Monday, August 4. Originally from Honduras, Mr. Mencia grew up in California and began his career doing stand-up on Amateur Night at the Laugh Factory, a world-renowned comedy club in Los Angeles.

Less than two weeks after the Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees revoked the license of Page at 63 Main to have outdoor dining on Main Street, the restaurant has won a reprieve.

The roads are clogged, the beaches are packed and somehow August has arrived. You know what that means? There's even more to do this weekend! Have some highlights on us: The Neo-Political Cowgirls latest performance "VOYEUR" opened Thursday, July 31, and will run performances August 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. An inside/out theatre installation on-site at ... (more)

In this week's installment of Celebrity Settings, the stars fled the city for the Hamptons, as expected: Steven Spielberg had breakfast at Babette's, Julianne Moore ate with her family at the Hideaway, and Michael Strahan dined at the Chinese restaurant Red Stixs.

A new wave of condo development is bringing the price of a home in the Hamptons more down to earth, if ever so slightly.

A Central Islip man was arrested in downtown Montauk on Friday morning, charged by East Hampton Town police with exposing himself.

REPORTER FILE PHOTO Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. released the Community Preservation Fund numbers that show the Island lagging for the first six months of 2014.

The Sag Harbor Tree Fund turns 20 this summer and will observe its anniversary with a celebratory party, taking place in the Book House garden of Tom and Lucille Matthews on Sunday afternoon, August 3. For two decades, the fund has strived to preserve and perpetuate the village's greenery, both by means of protecting established trees, and planting ... (more)

The Old Whalers' Church will hold its annual Ice Cream Social on Saturday, August 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the front lawn of the church at 44 Union Street in Sag Harbor.

Following the resignation of board member Daniel Hartnett two weeks ago because he is moving out of the district, the Sag Harbor Board of Education decided on Monday, July 28, that it would interview candidates for the newly vacant seat on the board.

As August approaches at Mulford Farm, so do spirits, shipwrecks and storms. The Hamptons International Theater Festival will bring 12 outdoor performances of "The Tempest" to the East Hampton Village site.

The Sag Harbor School District on Monday, July 28, appointed a new school business administrator to fill the position left open by John O'Keefe's departure earlier this month.

The Sag Harbor Board of Education is seeking a person to fill a Board of Education seat that recently became vacant.

The Suffolk County Arson Squad is investigating a fire that quickly ripped through a house under construction in Water Mill on Tuesday evening.

Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater presents the world premiere of My Life Is a Musical , which plays the New York venue July 29-Aug. 31. My Life Is a Musical , according to press notes, concerns "Parker, who isn't like anyone else.

On Sunday, July 27, at around 5:50 p.m., Southampton Town Bay Constables were called to the scene of a boating accident that occurred in the waters off of North Haven.

SUFFOLK TIMES PHOTO Leonard Skuggevik will be named superintendent of the Shelter Island School District, replacing Dr. Michael Hynes, who is now the superintendent of the Patchogue-Medford School District.

Earlier this month, Mark Perlbinder, 71, was arrested in Bridgehampton after picking up a package that had been sent from the city on a Hamptons Jitney bus.

Susan Moyer, a landscape designer, and her architect husband, Douglas Moyer, don't always work together on projects, but when they do, it's beneficial for both them and the client.