SOUTHAMPTON: Hospital's Losses to Be Revealed, State determining which health care facilities could be shut down
Southampton Hospital's board of directors has seen the institution's financial results for 2004, but the hospital will not show them to the public until Monday.

Shinnecock Claim May Be Too Late
Just days after filing suit in federal court against Southampton Town, the county, the state, the governor, the Long Island Rail Road, three golf courses, and two real estate developments, the Shinnecock Indian Nation has run into potential legal barriers to their claim to 3,600 acres in Shinnecock Hills and Tuckahoe.

Home Exchange Is Too Popular, Dumpniks eager to scavenge mob the place; drop-off area is shut down
Too much of a good thing - namely, treasures found amid the trash at the "home exchange" recycling area at the East Hampton Town dump - is drawing hordes who stay all day, crowding the area and creating a safety hazard, according to town officials.

Smokers' Bar Is Just About The Last of Its Kind, Cognac drinkers already in bed when it gets going
When Arlene Furer opened the Cigar Bar in Sag Harbor 10 years ago she thought that her patrons would be "high-end cigar smokers and cognac drinkers." As it turned out, "that crowd is already in bed" by the time her business starts to pick up. The bar, she said recently, has taken on "an identity of its own."

SAGAPONACK: Village Petition Is Okayed, Litigation anticipated from rival group
Southampton Town Supervisor Patrick A. Heaney last Thursday deemed a petition by Sagaponack residents to form their own village to be "legally sufficient." His determination allows them to proceed with a vote of all Sagaponack School District residents on whether or not to incorporate.