Sag Harbor News

The art of Reynold Ruffins is unmistakable. An illustrator by trade, a painter by passion, Ruffins was the artist behind the often quirky and always iconic imagery used in literature and posters advertising events for the now defunct organization CONPOSH .

Sag Harbor Village Police released a sketch this week of a man they say is a third suspect wanted for questioning in connection to a November 19 armed robbery of The Corner Closet on Main Street in Sag Harbor.

While her classmates were asking for iPads and Xboxes, there was only one thing on the young girl's list: a Christmas tree.

Mary Mott, right, was honored by the East Hampton Ambulance Association. With her were the outgoing chief, Mary Ellen McGuire, left, and the incoming chief, Diane O'Donnell.

Sag Harbor Village Trustees are looking at over 30 amendments to the village zoning code, including whether or not to create a mechanism to allow restaurants to expand seating and reducing the required office size in the office district.

A Conversation with Erica Lynn Huberty who reads from her latest work, "Watchwork, A Tale in Time" at Canio's Books this Friday with proceeds from book sales benefiting Peconic Habitat for Humanity.

Left: Canio's owner Maryann Calendrille at last week's Cash Mob supporting the long time bookstore and gathering place on Sag Harbor's Main Street.

This year's scallop season opened November 4, and if you ask a local bayman or recreational scalloper how the season is going so far, chances are you'll here a little bit of good news and an awful lot of bad news.

With the first phase of a three-part plan to renovate and restore the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum nearly complete, necessary additional repairs - and fundraising efforts - are on the rise.

In response to state-mandated changes in school security regulations and increased safety awareness nationwide, the Sag Harbor School District is continuing implementation of new safety standards and measures at the Sag Harbor Elementary School and Pierson Middle/High School.

Sag Harbor Village Police released a sketch this week of a man they say is a third suspect wanted for questioning in connection to a November 19 armed robbery of The Corner Closet on Main Street in Sag Harbor.

A look back at the week's most read headlines: 1. Mass Casualties Avoided in Shinnecock Hills Fire, Town Officials Say The house at 18 Greenfield Road was cited by code enforcement for health and safety hazards, including 20 illegal tenants, some of whom lived in the basement.

Twenty-four panes to be exact - thin, spider web-like cracks weaving their way through the undulating historic glass in John Krug's Church Street home - the Captain David Hand House, one of the oldest residences still standing on the South Fork.

Questions have been swirling on the North Fork about an observatory unearthed in New Suffolk in recent years - and whether or not Albert Einstein could have spent time inside.

Anyone living in East Hampton for any length of time probably drives right past the big blue gas ball on Railroad Avenue and Fresno Place in East Hampton Village without batting an eye.

Film buffs, from the obsessive to the casual, are in for a treat this weekend when 22 documentary films will be screened in Sag Harbor.

In efforts to reduce cuts to teacher positions, school programs and supplies brought on by tight budgets, the Sag Harbor Board of Education is considering hosting a forum for East End school districts to discuss the possibility of sharing a superintendent and other services in the future.

Sag Harbor Village Police released a sketch this week of a man they say is a third suspect wanted for questioning in connection to a November 19 armed robbery of The Corner Closet on Main Street in Sag Harbor.

The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce will host its annual tree light up on Long Wharf this Saturday, December 7 at 5 p.m. with a holiday sing-a-long led by chamber president Kelly Connaughton.

In response to state-mandated changes in school security regulations and increased safety awareness nationwide, the Sag Harbor School District is continuing implementation of new safety standards and measures at the Sag Harbor Elementary School and Pierson Middle/High School.