The controversial Canoe Place Inn proposal has stalled at the Southampton Town Planning Board as it waits for completed site plans for the Hampton Bays project to be filed with... more
Michael Lee Bowen of the Shinnecock Nation died on May 5 in Killeen, Texas. He was 67. A full obituary will appear in a future edition.
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Leigh Frankel, 69, of Southampton was arrested by Southampton Village Police on April 23 at 11:53 p.m. on Pond Lane and charged with misdemeanor DWI. According to police, an officer responded to a disabled motorist, and Frankel was arrested following an interview and multiple field sobriety tests. Jose Laynez Leon, 42, was arrested on May 5 by Westhampton Beach Village Police at 7:30 p.m. and charged with aggravated DWI, a misdemeanor. Police said Laynez Leon was traveling east on Montauk Highway when an officer observed him failing to maintain his lane. During a traffic stop, the officer said he smelled ...
8 May 2024 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — Village Police responded to the 7-Eleven at the intersection of County Road 39 and North Sea Road on April 29 at 11:22 a.m. in reference to an alleged larceny. A description of a suspect and vehicle was provided, and police said that the suspect was located. According to police, the suspect denied the allegation. A larceny affidavit and trespass affidavit were completed. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — The owner of a Mariner Drive plumbing and heating company told Village Police on April 29 that two days earlier he had received a letter from Dime Community Bank stating that the ...
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When it comes to changing the world, some things are easier to do than others. The region has done some sweeping things with an eye toward the environment. After a few false starts, Southampton Town and East Hampton Town helped lead the way with a ban on plastic grocery bags, which eventually spread to Suffolk County, and, in 2020, to all of New York State. For a while, the idea that people might stop relying on free plastic bags and — horrors! — bring their own reusable bags to the grocery store seemed unreasonably ambitious. Today, it’s an afterthought for ...
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The eight stations on the Montauk Branch between Speonk and Montauk generally, on a weekday, will see 10 trains stop throughout a 24-hour period. The problem: Only half are between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., presumably when most people might actually use the train to ride from local stop to local stop. The South Fork Commuter Connection went a long way toward improving the usefulness of the LIRR for a daily commute, making sure there were reasonable morning and afternoon options for east-west commuters, and adding in shuttle buses to get workers from the buses to their ...
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