Sag Harbor News

To an outsider, it might seem to be a circuitous route that brought the Reverend Rose Livingston to the Sag Harbor United Methodist Church, where this month she took over for Pastor Tom McLeod who moved to the North Fork at the end of June.

In the first brainstorming session of Sag Harbor Board of Education members and administrators led by the district's new superintendent, Katy Graves, the group had a preliminary discussion on July 16 of goals for the upcoming school year.

It's back. A plan to redevelop the Harbor Heights gas station property, which drew withering criticism from seemingly all quarters over more than three years of public review, has returned to the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board.

Southampton Town Police arrested Michael Gohring, an acupuncturist in Sag Harbor, on Saturday, July 12, on charges that he sexually abused a female patient he was treating.

With the much-anticipated move back to its renovated and expanded home at 201 Main Street on the horizon, the board of Sag Harbor's John Jermain Memorial Library is presenting a budget draft that aims to cover the expenses of the building without exactly knowing what they will be.

Southampton Town Councilwomen Bridget Fleming and Christine Scalera attracted a small crowd of non-members to the CAC's monthly meeting on Friday, July 18, in the Pierson High School Library.

The Village of Sag Harbor experienced a 67-percent increase in house sales during the second quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report issued by Judi Desiderio, the chief executive officer of Town & Country Real Estate.

The actor and writer Charles Busch is set to descend on Sag Harbor on Saturday, July 26, with a one-off concert at the Bay Street Theater.

Kadir Nelson's "A Light in Harlem" exhibit at the Robert J. Demato Fine Arts Gallery in Sag Harbor will open with a reception on Saturday, July 26. from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The exhibit, which will run until August 22, showcases African-American culture, primarily during the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century, a time of great growth, ... (more)

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y., July 22, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ The Retreat's 6th Annual Hamptons Juried Art Show announced a deadline of Tuesday, September 16, 2104 for submission of works by artists worldwide to compete for a gallery showing while simultaneously raising funds to end the cycle of domestic violence.

Owned by a New York City art dealer, this stone and glass home is minutes away from Sag Harbor Village, but is tucked away on a private gated 3-acre property.

Parker has lived his entire life seeking solitude, trying to hide his affliction from the rest of the world.

Sag Harbor restaurant La Superica will host the first "Mash It Up" event of 2014, which takes place on Friday, July 25. The night features a duo of DJs working with and against each other to produce the optimum musical result.

A Wounded Warrior cycles over the Marine Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter Bridge in Sag Harbor during Soldier Ride the Hamptons on Saturday.

Plans to bag the Town of East Hampton's leaf pick-up program were pilloried and championed at a public hearing last Thursday night, with residents arguing over the environmental benefits or financial savings found in scrapping the service, and others wondering if the less fortunate and elderly will be able to bear the burden of being responsible ... (more)

Supervisor Larry Cantwell said the town board would discuss a proposal to restrict chain stores at a work session in August.

On Sunday afternoon, dogs and their owners at the Haven's Beach dog park in Sag Harbor were displaced when members of Sag Harbor's Volunteer Fire Department asked them to clear the field so a helicopter could land.

On Saturday, at 5 o'clock on a lovely summer afternoon, a standing room only crowd of people gathered at Canio's Books in Sag Harbor, forsaking the pleasures of the beach and pool, to listen to Zachary Lazar read from his new book "I Pity the Poor Immigrant."

Southampton Town Police arrested a Sag Harbor acupuncturist Saturday, July 12, on charges that he sexually abused a female patient he was treating.

The Sag Harbor Village Board will be asked to consider a moratorium on most developments requiring setback relief from wetlands, pending a revision of its wetlands law.