The Lady Whalers softball team after clinching the Long Island Class C championship.

The Pierson Varsity Softball team came out strong against two challenging opponents at Heroes Field in Nanuet, New York on Tuesday. Both games of the Class C State Championship tournament were played on the same field, only hours apart. The Lady Whalers would be victorious in both outings, paving their way to the Class C State Championship game.

The (11-6) Lady Whaler's first game against the East Rockaway Rocks was a fantastic display of batting and pitching, as the team...

Despite opposition from neighbors, the Sag Harbor Board of Education has unanimously decided to lease two of the parking lots at Pierson High School to Peconic Jitney, the new company seeking to operate a ferry service between Sag Harbor and Greenport this summer.

The company, which is largely financed by Hampton Jitney, will run a shuttle between Long Wharf and Pierson, allowing ferry passengers to park their cars in the school lots while they travel to the North Fork for the day.

The decision came during Monday's school board meeting...

When Wendy Tarlow her partner, Claudia Patino Tarlow, welcomed their son Logan into the world in the spring of 2009, life was never more perfect for the Sag Harbor couple. A few months later, however, life would become all the more precious.

After battling with medical issues for the better part of three years, in July of 2009 Wendy was diagnosed with Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

"Everything went from being perfect...