The Southampton Town Board chose not to close a public hearing and vote to commit community preservation fund money to a Sag Harbor School District project to build an athletic field and community park across from the school along Marsden Street. Instead, at its meeting Tuesday night, and much to school officials’ chagrin, the board voted to keep the public hearing open until its March 14 meeting.
“In my mind I thought one of the kids asked a coach if he could go down and hold his breath. Then I heard one of the teammates say, ‘Hey, you want me to tell him to come up?’ And the coach said, ‘Yes,’ ” recalled Jason Brunner, a RECenter lifeguard who was on duty on Feb. 1 and was recognized with a proclamation from the East Hampton Village Board for his role in helping to save the boy.
When a fire department call comes over the radio, oftentimes there are four members of the Stanis family dashing out the door, including Amanda Stanis, the East Hampton Fire Department's new official photographer.
Marcos Baladron, who has served as East Hampton Village administrator for just over two years, will receive the Hon. Paul F. Rickenbach Distinguished Service Award from the Suffolk County Village Officials Association next month. If he weren’t so modest, he might admit to feeling vindicated.
