Sag Harbor News

A large house on Sunset Beach Road typical of the new North Haven is on the market for $5 million.

Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. will speak and answer questions at the Library tomorrow, Friday, March 7, beginning at 7 p.m. New York State Assemblyman, Fred Thiele will be the guest speaker at the Shelter Island Public Library's Friday Night Dialogue tomorrow, Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. in the Library's Community Room.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of the Corner Closet in Sag Harbor Village three and a half months ago.

Attorneys for Charles Butler, the longtime treasurer and former secretary of the Bridgehampton Fire District, filed a federal lawsuit this week seeking up to $40 million in damages for what they say was a concerted effort by the district's fire commissioners to punish him and damage his reputation over his objection to the sale of fire district ... (more)

A renovation transforming the former Sag Harbor United Methodist Church into a private residence, including a balcony and reflecting pool, was approved last Thursday night by the Sag Harbor Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board.

Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the November armed robbery of the Corner Closet in Sag Harbor, according to Sag Harbor Village Police Detective Jeffrey Proctor, although he would not provide details in what has become a federal case.

The Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees received a draft budget for 2014-15 at its first budget work session on February 19, with department heads requesting an overall 7-percent spending increase over last year.

Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. promised Shelter Island students Friday morning he would work to roll back a program that has cost the school district about $300,000 over three years.

After a month-long debate, Pierson High School Principal Jeff Nichols confirmed Friday that Sag Harbor students will be able to take whatever transportation they choose to the prom this spring.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, about one-fifth of high school girls report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.

When the East End Drug Task Force last week busted a ring of heroin dealers in Riverhead officials say was trafficking in a particularly potent brand of the drug, it cast a light on the growing problem of opiate addiction across Suffolk County, including the East End.

February 28, 2014 - Bay Street Theatre has announced the 2014 Mainstage Season and has announced a local audition date for CONVICTION, TRAVESTIES and MY LIFE IS A MUSICAL and for Literature Live's production of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD this fall.

School districts in Bridgehampton and Sag Harbor this week approved tax exemptions that grant school tax relief to veterans in their districts who served during a time of war.

After a month-long debate, Pierson High School Principal Jeff Nichols confirmed Friday that Sag Harbor students will be able to take whatever transportation they choose to the prom this spring.

Warmer weather and improved road conditions last week had more drivers getting out and about, and the number of drunken-driving arrests went up a little as well.

"Word Up!" a celebration of poetry by the Montauk School's eighth grade, will be presented at Guild Hall tonight at 7. The students worked with professional poets to create, revise, and learn to present their own work.

The Sag Harbor Village Board of Trustees received a draft budget for 2014-15 at its first budget work session on February 19, with department heads requesting an overall 7-percent spending increase over last year.

Police received a call Sunday afternoon from the caretaker of an Abraham's Path house reporting a dead deer on the property, "tied to a tree."

After three years reviewing an application to expand the Harbor Heights gas station on Route 114, the Sag Harbor Village Zoning Board of Appeals last week denied the majority of the variances that John Leonard had asked for to expand the gas station and establish a convenience store.

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, about one-fifth of high school girls report being physically and/or sexually abused by a dating partner.