The Peconic Jitney, a passenger-only ferry service that operated a pilot program connecting Sag Harbor to Greenport back in 2012, is seeking to do so again, this time with a formal five-year contract with the Sag Harbor Village Board.
“It’s not just buildings we’re preserving here, it’s heritage, it’s who we are.” said Irwin Levy, a member of the town’s nature preserve committee who recently led a hike at the town-owned property in Springs that belonged the late Abstract Expressionists James Brooks and Charlotte Park. He urged the town to "seize this moment now” by preserving and restoring the structures on the property.
Remarks from the public during two East Hampton Town Board hearings relating to affordable housing provided stark illustrations of the far-reaching impacts of the ever-spiraling cost of real estate on the South Fork.
A man who says he’s still recovering from a years-long struggle with opioid addiction is suing an East Hampton doctor and a local pharmacy, alleging that they were negligent in his care by overprescribing and overfilling highly addictive drugs.
