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SAG HARBOR: On May 24 and 25, Jordan’s Initiative, which is based in Sag Harbor, and Hope For The Warriors will be hosting 35 members of the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines in Sag Harbor. The battalion suffered 48 casualties in Iraq, 46 Marines and two Navy Corpsmen, one of the highest casualty rates of the war for a single battalion. On Saturday, May 25, they will be running from Montauk to Ground Zero to pay tribute to their fallen comrades and to honor the sacrifice of local heroes Jordan Haerter and Joey Theinert. They will also be running in honor of the brave first responders lost on 9/11. Their route will take them from Montauk, through Sag Harbor, over the LCpl Jordan Haerter Veterans’ Memorial Bridge, down Main Street and on to Ground Zero. The run will begin in Montauk at 7 a.m. on Saturday and will end 26 hours later at Ground Zero. In order to honor the runners and to pay tribute to our military heroes on Memorial Day Jordan’s Initiative would like to have 48 military veterans hold flags along the bridge while the Marines go by. The 48 flags will represent the 48 souls that were lost by the members of 3/25. Veterans or active duty military members who would like to hold the flags are asked to contact Jordan’s Initiative at 631-725-2489 or email Christian Haeter at christian. haerter@gmail.com. You will need to be available on Saturday May 25th from 10–11 a.m. Afterward, the flags will be donated to the Village of Sag Harbor and they will fly proudly on our Main Street for years to come.
WSJ Says Sag Harbor Ain’t So Happy
East Hampton’s Sabin Foundation Funds International Environmental Students
David Gribin
Memorial Day Run Planned to Honor Veterans, Volunteers Needed
SAG HARBOR: Following months of voting and deliberation, Sag Harbor was NOT named “America’s Happiest Seaside Town” by “Coastal Living” magazine. The historic former whaling port was one of 10 finalists, named among lovely spots like Harwich Port, Massachusetts; Kennebunkport, Maine; La Jolla, California; Newport, Rhode Island; and of course, the winner, Beaufort, South Carolina. But The Wall Street Journal published an article last week claiming that many Sag Harbor residents were likely thrilled that their village didn’t win. In the story, WSJ reporter Lucette Lagnado quotes Save Sag Harbor president Mia Grosjean, who says it perfectly: “Is Sag Harbor a happy place? No, Sag Harbor is not about happy,” she told Lagnado, noting that Main Street business might enjoy the moniker, but maybe not average residents who would have to endure an even greater influx of tourists. As local publicist Robbie Vorhaus told WSJ, “Any other place would be thrilled… But in Sag Harbor, it created angst to be nominated as the happiest village in America.”
Southampton Village Board Greenlights Citarella Site Plan
SOUTHAMPTON: A little over a year after Dan’s Papers said goodbye to its Bridgehampton office, our sorely missed neighbor will be joining us in Southampton. On Monday, the Southampton Village Planning Board approved Citarella’s site plan to move into 20 and 22 Hampton Road. The space is currently occupied by the mini mall, but the current zoning allows for the market to enter. Pending an OK from the Suffolk County Department of Health, the mini mall, which was invented by Tommy and Timmy of The Sandlot, fame, will be converted into a single-use space for Citarella.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.: The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has selected nine graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows. The Andrew Sabin Family Foundation is a private charitable foundation based in East Hampton that provides grants to nonprofit organizations with the single goal of protecting and preserving the environment. The Andrew Sabin Family Foundation created the Sabin Fellowship program at Yale in 2011 to provide scholarship support for students from developing countries, and to provide additional post-graduate awards to students returning to their home countries to pursue environmental careers. Each Fellow receives up to $40,000 of funding for their education and service in environmental sectors. The 2013 Sabin Fellows are Elizabeth Babalola (Nigeria), Gladys Caballero (Colombia), Sonam Choden (Bhutan), Yufang Gao (China), Renzo Mendoza Castro (Peru), Lia Nicholson (Antigua and Barbuda), Juer Song (China), Jin Yin (China) and Alemayehu Belay Zeleke (Ethiopia). “I am excited to support these dynamic and energetic scholars from around the world through scholarships and by jumpstarting their environmental careers,” said Andrew Sabin. “My goal is to lower their debt burden while in school, and then offer a powerful incentive for each of them to return to their home countries and regions as quickly as possible to work on pressing environmental issues.” Each Fellow selected in 2013 is eligible to receive tuition assistance up to $20,000 and another $20,000 in post-graduation awards, which are contingent on the Fellow’s return to her/his native country within 18 months of graduation and service in the environmental sector for at least 12 months.