Recent Stories: Villages

Carissa Katz

May 16, 2013

“As we look through the weather records from April 1 to April 30, we go through the temperature range of sometimes the 20s to the 60s by the month’s end,” Richard G. Hendrickson wrote in his April weather report from Bridgehampton. “This great variation is due in part to our location — 100 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean, yet but a few miles from the mainland on the north.”

Refuse and Parking Improvements Coming

Janis Hewitt

May 16, 2013

Changes are afoot in downtown Montauk in time for the summer season. One is a trash recycling pilot program; the other the institution of a two-hour parking limit in much of the area.

Storage Building Okay at Main Beach

Christopher Walsh

May 16, 2013

The storage building used by lifeguards at East Hampton Village’s Main Beach, damaged by Hurricane Sandy last October, will soon be demolished and reconstructed.

Library Board Member’s Election Is Voided

Janis Hewitt

May 9, 2013

After winning election to the Montauk Library’s board on April 27, Perry Haberman learned that he was ineligible for the position. The board took action at a meeting on Monday to declare the election null and void, leaving Mr. Haberman, who was elected with 62 votes, off the board.

Effort to Free Up Parking

Joanne Pilgrim

May 2, 2013

New parking regulations in downtown Montauk are planned for this season in an effort to free up parking spaces near businesses close to the beaches, which are often tied up all day by beachgoers.
The East Hampton Town Board will vote tonight to set a hearing for May 16 on a proposal developed by a parking committee of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce. It would limit parking to two hours in much of the area south of Main Street surrounding Edison Beach, including along South Etna Avenue and South Edison Street.

Oh, the Other L.V.I.S.

May 1, 2013

A funny coincidence brought Marcus Mumford and Kirsty McGaul and the tandem bike they had ridden from Boston to the Ladies Village Improvement Society’s headquarters in East Hampton on April 23.

A Century and Counting

T.E. McMorrow

April 24, 2013

Esther Laufer, who turned 100 on Tuesday, remembers trolley cars and horse-drawn wagons, silent movies, spinning tops in the gutter on the street, and egg creams at the local soda fountain.
Mrs. Laufer, who lives in Northwest Woods, is the daughter of Russian immigrants who came to the United States to escape the pogroms of the czar. She was born Esther Murofchick in Brooklyn and grew up in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. “Everybody knew each other,” she remembered last week.

Sights Set on Harbor Heights

Carrie Ann Salvi

April 24, 2013

Words of wisdom from Margaret Mead warned to “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Save Sag Harbor, founded in 2007, has taken those words to heart, making it its mission “to safeguard the scale and fabric of a historic village,” effecting positive change while preventing what it sees as negative, and backing the village’s commercial code, which the group helped push for.

Village Board’s Budget Leaves Cops Short

Carrie Ann Salvi

April 24, 2013

With little public discussion of the matter among Sag Harbor Village Board members or residents, two police officer positions were written out of the village budget.

With little public discussion of the matter among Sag Harbor Village Board members or residents, two police officer positions were written out of the village budget in a meeting last Thursday morning.

Roadwork Snarls Montauk Highway

Star staff

April 18, 2013

Drivers on Montauk Highway from Bridgehampton to East Hampton Village began to experience delays Wednesday as roadwork got underway. The New York State Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that a 2.3-mile section of the heavily used road between Stephen Hand's Path and the Route 114-Main Street intersection in East Hampton Village would be resurfaced.

BUBBA: The ‘People’s Horse’ Is Dead

Joanne Pilgrim

April 17, 2013

Mary Lou Kaler, an East Hampton horsewoman who 21 years ago adopted a young horse named Bubba — a Clydesdale that grew familiar to town residents, clomping peacefully in numerous parades and offering cart rides around town — reported his death on March 30, six weeks after a Star turn in a photo on the front page of this newspaper.

EARTH DAY: Cleanups Hither and Yon

Star staff

April 17, 2013

Montauk will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday with a cleanup from 10 a.m. to noon starting at the Montauk Movie, where bags and gloves will be dispensed. Hosted by the Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the Group for the East End, the festivities will continue at 11:30 a.m. through 1:30 p.m. at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center with a program on everything you ever wanted to know about birds. There will be crafts for kids and materials for making bling-laden birdie gift bags.

Library Vote

Janis Hewitt

April 17, 2013

The Montauk Library has issued its budget proposal in the amount of $732,121 for 2013-14. The proposed tax rate is estimated at $22.88 per $1,000 of assessed value. The increase in the tax rate is less that a dollar over last year’s. The budget vote will take place at the library on April 27 from 2 to 8 p.m.
Perry Haberman, the president of the library board, is running unopposed for another five-year term.

Town Boating Safety Course

Star staff

April 17, 2013

The Town of East Hampton is offering a boating safety course on May 18 at Town Hall, but early registration is necessary. Those interested can register by calling 324-4141. After registering, required reading will be provided so that participants will be able to come to the class prepared.

Bulova Gets a Break

Carrie Ann Salvi

April 11, 2013

The Sag Harbor Village Board waived a $206,575 fee Tuesday night for the renewal of the Bulova Watchcase condominium development’s building permit. The village attorney, Fred Thiele, reasoned that the developer, Sag Development Partners, had paid the fee once at a figure deemed “more than sufficient” and that collection of a second fee would constitute an illegal levy.

Kampf-Anderson

April 11, 2013

William and Mary Kampf and Herbert Keith III and Pamela Anderson, all of East Hampton, have announced the engagement of their daughters, Kelly Kampf and Melanie Anderson.
Ms. Anderson graduated from East Hampton High School and received her bachelor’s degree in security management from Coastal Carolina University in South Carolina. She is employed as a deputy sheriff with the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia.

March Fit Lion-Lamb Mold

Carissa Katz

April 11, 2013

March, as it turned out, really did go out like a lamb, with a high of 54 degrees recorded on the 28th by Richard G. Hendrickson, the United States Cooperative weather observer in Bridgehampton.
Last month’s temperatures began in the 30s in the first week, then rose into the 40s and low 50s the next week, but a cool spell prevailed until the final week of the month, when it was 50 or higher on three days. The low for the month was 18 degrees on the 6th, Mr. Hendrickson wrote in his monthly weather report.

St. Michael’s Units Waiting List

April 11, 2013

Applications are being accepted through the end of this month to get on the waiting list for the affordable apartments at St. Michael’s in Amagansett, which are earmarked for senior citizens.
Those eligible must be age 62 or older, with an annual income below $37,500. Those with additional assets are eligible.
At present there are no available units in the complex, which opened several months ago.

The Chief, the Mayor, and the Police Force

Carrie Ann Salvi

April 11, 2013

Sag Harbor Village’s police chief, Tom Fabiano, pleaded yet again with Mayor Brian Gilbride on Tuesday evening to reconsider eliminating one officer from the force. The proposed village budget does away with the job. Should that in fact happen, said the chief, it would affect not only his department but “people that live, visit, go to school here, boat or drive here, have an event here, have a medical issue, fire, or criminal matter.”

Emergency Services Assessed

Star staff

April 4, 2013

The Montauk Playhouse Community Center will have a generator by summer. The Village of East Hampton is to donate a used one that will be delivered within the month, Bruce Bates, the director of East Hampton Town’s emergency preparedness program, told the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee on Monday.

Is Gurney’s Inn for Sale?

Janis Hewitt

April 4, 2013

In recent weeks the buzz around Montauk is that Gurney’s Inn has been sold. Ingrid Lemme, the inn’s marketing director and spokeswoman, denied this in a press release issued on March 25.

Cheryl D. Scarlato

Carrie Ann Salvi

March 28, 2013

Navy Seaman Recruit Cheryl D. Scarlato, a daughter of Diana A. Scarlato of this village, recently completed eight weeks of Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Ms. Scarlato is a 1999 graduate of Pierson High School and a 2004 graduate of the University of Delaware.
Her training included physical fitness, classroom study, and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.

Dreaming of a Beer Garden

Carrie Ann Salvi

March 28, 2013

The area in question is now a driveway that can be accessed from Division Street between Murf’s Backstreet Tavern and the village police headquarters.

What started out on the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board’s agenda as a request by Gerard Wawryk, the owner of Page at 63 Main restaurant, to add seating behind his restaurant for those waiting for a table or takeout, transitioned into a request for a “beer garden,” as Neil Slevin, the board’s chairman, called it.

East Hampton Chabad Draws Objections

Christopher Walsh

March 28, 2013

An effort to resolve building permit issues and bring aspects of the Chabad House on Woods Lane into compliance with village code, brought representatives of the orthodox synagogue, and some unhappy neighbors, to the zoning board of appeals.

An ongoing effort to resolve outstanding building permit issues and bring aspects of the Chabad House on Woods Lane into compliance with village code, brought representatives of the orthodox synagogue, and some unhappy neighbors, to the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday.

Easter Eggs Are Everywhere

Carissa Katz

March 28, 2013

For kids this weekend, the Easter basket runneth over, with holiday fun and egg hunts aplenty tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday.
The Easter Bunny will make a stop at Agawam Park in Southampton tomorrow at 10 a.m. for the Police Benevolent Association’s hunt. In case of rain, kids will assemble at the park on Saturday at the same time.