Pulmonologist Finds Himself in Epicenter of COVID-19 Pandemic
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Dr. Howard Sklarek TANYA MALOTT
Dr. Howard Sklarek TANYA MALOTT
Cailin Riley on Nov 10, 2022
After more than 30 years working in the medical field, Dr. Howard Sklarek faced the biggest challenge of his career in early 2020. The unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic... more
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — An employee at a business on Bay Street came to police headquarters on Division Street on Saturday afternoon to report that he had been victimized by a phone scam. The man told police that he had received a call from his daughter who reported being contacted by the Atlanta Police Department. The caller identified himself to the man’s daughter as a lieutenant and told the woman that there was a warrant for her arrest for failing to appear in court after being cited for two violations she had been written up for in February of this ...
23 Apr 2025 by Staff Writer
A glimpse back in time to the 19th century would reveal, in most of the East End’s hamlets and villages, small general stores, often containing a local post office, where people living in the neighborhood could purchase groceries and necessary supplies — and, later on, gasoline for a growing number of automobiles. Over the years, many of those general stores disappeared, making way for larger business districts and developments, especially as the South Fork grew into a flourishing tourist destination. Big-box stores eventually arrived, challenging even those downtown shopping destinations. But it was those general stores, mixed with a thriving ...
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And, in the same vein, Sag Harbor Village’s holiday weekend “Keep It Local” shopping event was a success, and it’s a model that should be repeated more frequently in the village — and in every other village and hamlet shopping district on the South Fork. It was the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce that undertook the very simple campaign to encourage people not just to walk the streets of Sag Harbor but to cross the threshold and actually spend some money. Because the village has no issue with foot traffic these days, but its merchants are struggling. That’s the theme ...
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The Town of Southampton is still actively seeking employees to staff its many beaches, particularly the bays and oceans in the eastern portion of the town, and is offering new locations for lifeguard training courses to help make the process run more smoothly and, hopefully, attract new candidates. Positions for beach manager, assistant beach manager, and beach attendants are still open at Foster Memorial Long Beach in Sag Harbor, and at the town’s ocean beaches east of the Shinnecock Canal, including Sagg Main, Mecox, Scott Cameron and Flying Point. In past years, the lifeguard certification courses — a necessary prerequisite ...
by Cailin Riley
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Cailin Riley on Nov 10, 2022