Southampton Town Justice Barbara Wilson Ordered To Pay $250k To Neighbor
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Barbara Wilson
Barbara Wilson
on Oct 30, 2019
Barbara Wilson, a Southampton Town and Southampton Village justice, was ordered on Friday to pay her neighbor $250,000 after a State Supreme Court jury found her guilty of defamation of... more
Sag Harbor Village has secured a $1,795,219 grant from the Southampton Town Community Preservation Fund’s Water Quality Improvement Plan that will help it cover a shortfall in its funding to extend sewer lines. “Even though the project is already underway, the town has been willing to help,” said Trustee Aidan Corish, who has overseen the grant writing and planning for the sewer expansion project. “They appreciate the fact that the village is committed to the project.” The village has been planning the expansion for several years, with the goal of using excess capacity at the plant, which mainly serves commercial ...
25 Nov 2025 by Stephen J. Kotz
Thanksgiving is synonymous with harvest. Reaping what you have sown, you walk across the threshold of the field, your machete idle but ready to swing, to neatly lob off a head of broccoli. The level of satisfaction is hard to replicate in layman’s terms, somewhere between basketball’s slam dunk and capturing the flag. Harvest is what gave us some primordial ease, that the dark, cold months will not be hungry ones. The ancient discovery that successful agriculture could offer its practitioners self-reliance — to a degree — is what set us on the path to discovering other things, like gratefulness. ...
24 Nov 2025 by Marilee Foster
Along with a nearly $1.8 million grant for sewer line extension work, Sag Harbor Village has received a $78,816 grant from Southampton Town’s Community Preservation Fund Water Quality Improvement Plan to cover the cost of removing the waste collected by pump-out boats from boats visiting the village harbor. “The role and efficiency of the pump-out boat is a key piece of our program to promote clean water and adhere to the no-discharge regulations,” said Village Trustee Jeanne Kane, who oversees the village docks as part of her responsibilities on the Village Board. The village currently contracts with Quackenbush Cesspools Inc. ...
by Stephen J. Kotz
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on Oct 30, 2019