ACAC picks over a proposal for a park with playground equipment next to the hamlet’s municipal parking lot.

This photo from The Star’s archive shows Alfred James LaBatti (1922-1971) performing as “the Wreck” at Guild Hall in 1944.

The unceremonious bulldozing of roughly four semi-wooded acres on Marsden Street was a shocking sight to Sag Harbor residents earlier this month, though plans to develop the property have loomed — and sparked controversy in the village — for decades.