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As Sammy Myers looks on, goalie-in-training Michael Sabin stops the puck during a Buckskill Junior Hockey Program training ses
sion at the Buckskill Winter Club on Saturday.
East End
Putting a Team on the Ice
O rganizers hope East End w ill have a high school hockey team
BY AM AND A WYATT
f T T H E EAST END MAY NOT be hockey-obsessed just
I yet, but the w inter sport hugely popular in oth-
JL er parts o f Long Island and in upstate New York
is gaining some momentum among local youth.
This week, kids across the South Fork have returned
to the Buckskill W inter Club in East Hampton, where
hockey season is once again in fu ll swing. On Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons, as w ell as weekend morn
ings, young athletes are honing their skills in Buck-
skills burgeoning ju nior hockey program.
But this is only the beginning. In the future, a high
school hockey team a first for the East End could
very w ell be in the works.
Our ultimate goal is to create an East End hockey
team that would play in the Suffolk County High
School Hockey League, said Doug DeGroot, the owner
o f Buckskill and a member o f Bridgehampton School
Board o f Education (BOE).
North Haven
Seek Deer
Solutions
P o p u la tio n and
health risks p r o m p t
g re a te r a ctio n
BY KATHRYN G. MENU
IN THE WAKE OF the grow in g deer
population and concerns over tick
borne illnesses, the North Haven V il
lage Board o f Trustees is actively seek
ing to create a Village Deer Manage
ment Committee. On December 17, FREEDOM'S BELLS
trustee Jeff Sander sent out a letter to
homeowner associations in an effort A crowd gathered on the steps of the First Presbyterian Church in Southampton,
to build a working group prior to the ringing bells in unison for exactly one minute last Saturday, January 5 - thefirst
com m ittees inaugural m eeting on moment in a series of celebrations honoring the 150'1' anniversary of the signing
January 29. of the Emancipation Proclamation. Organized by the Southampton Historical
In his letter, Sander notes that deer Museum, the event included a roundtable discussion at the museums Rogers
management has been at the fore Mansion organized by Sag Harbor resident Carol Spencerfeaturing author Joan
front o f conversations in front o f the
Baum, sociology professor Natalie P. Byfield and William Pickens, III, a Sag Harbor
village board as o f late.
resident whose family has close ties to the abolitionist movement.
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Sag Harbor
Ferry Wont Set
Sail Next Season
Peconic Jitney
revenues fa ll
sh ort o f expectations
BY KATHRYN G. MENU
DESPITE FINDING SOME SUCCESS
late last summer, Hampton Jitney
President Geoffrey Lynch announced
this week the Peconic Bay Water Jit
ney would not traverse the waters
between Sag Harbor and Greenport
villages this summer, citing the fi
nancial cost o f funding the water taxi
service.
Having said that, we dont want to
stop pursuing funding from outside
sources, whether public or private,
said Lynch at a Sag Harbor Village
Board o f Trustees m eeting on Tuesday
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night. He added the company would
look into possible federal funding to
help cover the capital costs needed to
make the service a success.
The Peconic Bay Water Jitney as it
was called by Lynch and his brother
Andrew, and Response Marine owner
Jim Ryan made its official maiden
voyage between Long W h a rf in Sag
Harbor and Mitchell Park in Green-
port oh June 28. The launch followed
We feel like w ithin the next couple o f years, that's a contentious debate about the impact
going to come to fruition. W ere actually going to do the ferry m ight have on the quality o f
that, he said. life for Sag Harbor residents and busi
At a recent BOE meeting, DeGroot addressed his fel nesses, w ith fears o f parking woes and
low board members on the possibility o f Bridgehamp an increase in traffic dom inating the
ton School taking the lead in creating the multi
school hockey team.
As Dr . Lois Favre, school superintendent, noted,
Sag Harbor
members o f the BOE had already requested that the
school provide students w ith more athletic opportu
nities.
W h ile the team would be affiliated w ith Bridge
O pposition M ounts
hampton School, it would not technically be an inter
scholastic sport. Rather, the team would act as an
outside club, possibly using Bridgehampton Schools
name i f legally permitted.
This doesnt mean only Bridgehampton kids
To H arbor H eights
[would play], he said. W ed really draw from the
Neighbors file over 40
continued on page 5
letters com p la in in g
about expansion
BY KATHRYN G. MENU
Over the course o f the last month,
over 40 letters have been filed with
the Sag Harbor Village Building De
partment about the Harbor Heights
Service Station expansion plan, which
w ill be before the Sag Harbor Zoning
Board o f Appeals (ZBA), next Tuesday
night.
And not a single one supports the
project.
For over two years now, John Leon
ards proposal to redevelop his prop
erty on Route 114 has been before the
Sag Harbor Village planning board.
However, w ith nine variances needed
from the Sag Harbor ZBA includ
ing one allow ing Leonard to build a
convenience store w ith almost twice
the square footage allowed under the
village code it is really that board
0B which holds this projects fate in its
hands.
Since it was proposed, the project
has drawn its share o f critics, includ
ing neighbors and the not-for-profit
Save Sag Harbor. Since just before the
December ZBA m eeting when the
application was origin ally to be heard
before it was tabled at the request o f
the applicant opposition has snow
balled.
Over 40 letters have been filed with
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a day, m ore tim e s a w e ek ,
m ore tim es a year, than
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o f th e H am ptons.
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discussion.
Ultimately, w ith the exception o f
form er village board member Tim
Culver, the Sag Harbor Village Board
o f Trustees signed o f f on the tempo
rary use o f Long W h a rf for the service
and passed a local law allow ing pas
senger ferry service for one summer
season.
For the Lynch brothers and Ryan,
this opportunity was viewed not only
as a business venture, but also as an
opportunity to study a new form o f
transportation on the East End wa
ter based transportation in a region
historically and recreationally cele
brated because o f its access to the bay.
The ferry service, which ran on a
single leased catamaran w ith 53 seats
below deck and an additional 20 seats
on the top deck, ran for approximate
ly 85 days, ending on September 30.
During that time, the ferry carried
16,650 passengers, starting w ith just
212 at the end o f June, grow in g to
5,404 passengers in July and peaking
at 7,402 passengers in August before
serving 3,632 passengers in Septem
ber, according to Lynch,
That averaged to about 195 passen
gers a day, not the 250 to 300 passen
gers daily the company had hoped for;
but pretty good," said Lynch. And it
certainly opens the door in terms o f
potential. But what the service needs
is someone who has the financial re
sources to handle the start up costs
continued on page 9
the building department in the last
month against the project and a peti
tion o f over 100 signatures (and still
grow ing) collected by the Azurest
Property Owners Association joins
an original opposing petition o f over
230 signatures already filed w ith the
building department last year.
According to Anita Rainford, presi
dent o f the Azurest Property Owners
Association, a number o f residents
including many throughout the A zur
est, Eastville, Ninevah, Chatfield Hills
and Sag Harbor Hills communities
fear the project w ill not only bring
a larger commercial entity close to
their communities thereby threaten
ing their quality o f life, but also that
it could harm the historic character
that makes Sag Harbor, and these
neighborhoods so special.
On Tuesday, Rainford noted the
village spent the better part o f two
years rew riting its village code, which
included restrictions on the size o f a
convenience store as w ell as required
setbacks, in an effort to preserve its
charm. At the gateway to Sag Harbor,
what Rainford called a large gas sta
tion development, certainly threatens
that, she said.
We didnt move to East Hampton,
she said. W e didnt want slick and
savvy. W e wanted nice, local, quaint.
This is a location that directly borders
the historic neighborhood o f East
ville, and it does seem a little bit like a
slap in the face to the residents there
who have kept their homes in line
continued on page 9
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North Haven deer Pan Harbor Heights

continued from page 1 East Hampton looking to put together
Sander notes there is not only a lot
o f inform ation on deer management
available on the state level, but also
from other communities that have
had to combat grow in g deer popula
tions. However, the entire comm unity
w ill need to be involved, said Sander,
for North Haven to come up w ith the
right kind o f comprehensive plan to
address the issue posed by the deer
population in the village.
Last Thursday, January 3, at the
North Haven Village Board meeting,
village attorney Anthony Tohill pre
sented the board with a number o f dif
ferent deer management plans other
municipalities have adopted, accord
ing to Georgia Welch, village clerk.
That information w ill also be pre
sented to the deer management com
m ittee to digest. The village is also
looking towards conducting an aerial
survey o f the deer herd in North Ha
ven some tim e in January or February
in order to have an accurate estimate
o f the herd's numbers.
According to Welch, in this deer
m ichael heller photo hunting season in North Haven, a to
The Peconic Jitney will not ply the waters between Sa g Harbor and Greenport next summer. tal o f 55 deer have been culled from
the herd.
New York State Assemblyman Fred
its own formal plan, Thiele said the
goal o f the seminar was to discuss leg
islative options open to the East End.
According to Thiele, the DEC has
made four legislative recommenda
tions it would like to see the state leg
islature adopt: first, is reducing the
bow hunting setback to 150 feet from
buildings rather than the established
500 feet, in an effort to increase the
areas bow hunters can actually hunt.
Thiele said the DEC report notes
New York has one o f the most restric
tive setbacks for bow hunting in the
Northeast.
Other recommendations include ex
panding bow hunting in January and to
allow for Saturday and Sunday hunting
during that part o f the hunting season.
Requiring only a DEC permit to
hunt, and not a second town permit,
is also recommended by the DEC.
There was certainly consensus
there is a problem w ith deer and it is
reaching crisis proportions and there
has to be a comprehensive plan, and
one part o f that is allow ing more
deer to be taken through recreational
hunting, said Thiele.
He added no legislation has been
drafted to implement the DEC regu
lations. He and LaValle agreed to put
continued from page 1 quired 30 foot landscape buffer as
outlined in our current village code,
w ith historic architecture. writes Butler. T h irty feet should be a
I f approved, Rainford said she also starting point to increase, not reduce,
fears the precedent a project like this the landscape buffer."
could set for future applications. Please protect the character o f Sag
Route 114, she added, is already a Harbor and the integrity o f zoning
very busy roadway, particularly in the codes, by applying all building size,
summer months and Rainford said setback, landscape, and other require
she has very real safety concerns asso ments as w ritten in code," writes Ste
ciated w ith it gettin g busier i f a new phen Roache, president o f the Ninevah
convenience store is opened along Beach Property Owners Association.
what is considered a critical entryway
to the village.
I dont know any other residential
com m unity that would want this Please protect the char
plopped in their backyard, she said.
Rainford is not alone. acter o f Sag Harbor and
Many o f the letters addressed to the
ZBA about the Harbor Heights project the integrity o f zoning
came from residents in Ninevah, Sag
Harbor Hills and surrounding com codes, by applying all
munities.
I feel that perm itting these vari building size, setback,
ances w ill be a huge mistake, said
Nancy French Achenbach, president
landscape, and other
o f the Sag Harbor Historical Society.
The building code was rewritten
requirements as written
w ith great thought and care to enable
Sag Harbor to maintain the integrity
in code.
deserved such a historic village. A l STEPHEN ROACHE
low ing these variances to pass w ill
make Harbor Heights a much bigger

No ferry next season
continued from page 1 immediate plans to go forward w ith
for the appropriate vessel and can
handle a loss over multiple seasons
before the service is reliable enough
for people to use on a regular basis.
We grossed about $160,000 in rev
enue, said Lynch. We spent a heck o f
a lot more than that.
Financially, the 2012 operating
costs were close to $500,000. Accord
ing to figures provided by Lynch, the
lease o f the vessel John Keith from the
New York W ater Taxi Service cost the
company $110,000, w ith insurance
coming in at $41,000. Staff wages
were $86,000, w ith vessel fuel costs
admittedly higher than Lynch
originally expected at $91,000. The
creation o f a shuttle service for pas
sengers cost the company $74,000 and
docking fees in Sag Harbor and Green-
port were a total o f $24,000.
The ferry employed a total o f 15 peo
ple during its service, including four
United States Coast Guard licensed
captains who operated the John Keith,
six deckhands, tw o shuttle bus driv
ers, tw o call center customer care rep
resentatives and one person in charge
o f administration and accounting.
Lynch said the firm also utilized lo
W. Thiele, Jr. and New York State Sena
tor Ken LaValle hosted a seminar on
deer management for town and village
together a draft bill for the East End
towns allow ing home rule to adopt
whatever provisions w ith in those
project and out o f scale for one o f
the entrances to Sag Harbor. The site
abuts the historic AME Zion Church.
These requirements protect the com
munity, and should not be m inim ized
for private or corporate gain.
Please do not let this service sta
officials earlier this month. Accord recommendations they want in their Michael Butler, a neighbor who has tion violate the zoning laws and make
the service for 2013. ing to Thiele, the need for this kind community. attended virtu ally every m eeting re the entrance to Sag Harbor a brightly
Lynch said this season was a learn o f meeting became apparent after an The other thing about making garding the Harbor Heights proposal, lit highway fillin g station," writes art
ing experience, sim ilar to what East End Mayors and Supervisors meet this local is the five towns w ill not be has long opposed the project. ist Donald Sultan. W e have a rare and
any new business venture would go ing this fall. W ith the approval o f a able to adopt these local laws without My position has been a consistent lovely village that is rather unique.
through. He said one vessel proved New York State Department o f Envi a public hearing, so it gives the com one, and that is that no variance be W hy keep finding ways to undermine
not to be enough in order to keep the ronmental Conservation (DEC) deer munity the ability to be heard," added granted for this project, specifically what makes your and my little spot on
frequency o f trips in line w ith de management plan and the Town o f Thiele. in regard to any reduction in the re earth great?"
mand and keep crowds at a m inimum
at docking sites.
In terms o f the long-term goal o f ex
panding the passenger ferry service
to other waterfront ports on the East T h e C o m p e t it io n is R o u g h ...
End, Lynch said another, larger vessel
would be required to comfortably tra
verse the water.
Based on credit card receipts. Lynch
said, it did appear the service was fa
vored locally locals making up a
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majority o f riders rather than just day
trippers and tourists.
So the appetite for this from a local
perspective is there and the potential for
tourists and other day trippers," he said. S t 4'
There was a much broader market out
there and 1am hopeful we can continue,
but we cannot do it on our own.
Sag Harbor Mayor Brian Gilbride,
tu to r d o c to r
who praised the service and pushed
for the temporary permit to allow it
to run in the summer o f 2012, said
i f the Peconic Bay Water Jitney does

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cal contractors for fuel, mechanics,
parts supplies, dock building, welding
and print and radio advertising.
Anecdotally, I would say the ser
vice was a huge hit, said Lynch. I
heard very little negative feedback
from customers or municipal agen
cies. I think we had one sailboater in
the harbor who didnt like the boat.
Financially, it was certainly a bust for
the Peconic Jitney and for m yself and
my brother who were funding this
thing. Given that, we dont have any
come back to the village w ith a 2013
proposal, it w ill have to start from
scratch. In addition to village approv
al to change the village code to allow
passenger ferry service, the water
24 course-hours over a 3 week period
jitney would also likely need to be re
viewed under the State Environmen Classes will be available year-round.
tal Quality Review Act (SEQRA), said
Gilbride. It would also need the v il
lage board's approval to run the ser
vice o ff Long W h a rf newly acquired
by the Village o f Sag Harbor through
a deal w ith Suffolk County.

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