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Suffolk County Inmates Assist In Amagansett Through Vocational Training Program

Last week Suffolk County inmates donning orange jumpsuits worked to clean and restore the Amagansett Farmer’s Market as armed correction officers looked on.These work crews are part of the county’s... more

Friends Of Erin Hope Luck Of The Irish Shines On Montauk St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The organizers of the Montauk St. Patrick’s Day parade are pressing ahead with their planning ... 3 Feb 2021 by Michael Wright

East Hampton Sends Out Police Reform Survey

East Hampton Town has posted its community survey on police reform and is asking town residents to fill out the survey with their impressions of policing by the East Hampton Town Police Department. A link to the survey can be found on the town’s website, ehamptonny.gov, or directly on Survey Monkey, at www.surveymonkey.com/r/DXHJCCM. The survey contains 33 questions regarding interactions and impressions with East Hampton Town Police officers. Among the topics, the survey asks about impressions of racial sensitivity on the parts of officers, experiences of perceived racial profiling or discrimination on the part of officers and how well the ... 29 Jan 2021 by Michael Wright

Hit-And-Run Driver Says Bottle On Floor Had Distracted Him Before Accident

Hundreds of mourners filed into the Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in East Hampton ... 15 Jan 2021 by Michael Wright

East Quogue Man Arrested for High-End Jewelry Thefts

East Hampton Town Police Detectives announced Wednesday that they had arrested an East Quogue man in connection with multiple high-end jewelry thefts made while police said the man was working in private homes as a HVAC technician. Christopher G. Fitzgerald, 39, of East Quogue, stole over $100,000 in jewelry, police said, from five different homeowners in East Hampton between April and December. In a press release issued on Wednesday, police said many of the stolen items were sold “at a fraction of their value” at pawn shops. Mr. Fitzgerald was arrested by detectives Wednesday morning in Wainscott and charged with ... 14 Jan 2021 by Kathryn Menu

State Suspends Best Pizza And Dive Bar Liquor License

Best Pizza & Dive Bar in Amagansett is among 36 bars and restaurants statewide that recently had their liquor licenses suspended for “egregious violations of coronavirus-related regulations.” According to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office, plainclothes East Hampton Town Police officers visited the bar and pizzeria at 2095 Montauk Highway in Amagansett on November 15 and found approximately 20 patrons seated at and standing around the bar, mingling, ignoring social distancing, and not wearing facial coverings. The officers were served alcoholic beverages without food, in violation of COVID-related executive orders, the governor’s office stated, and they observed that no ... 9 Dec 2020 by Staff Writer

East Hampton, Sag Harbor Parking Programs Would Allow For More Time, Better Spots, For A Fee

East Hampton and Sag Harbor villages plan to implement new smartphone app-based parking systems next ... 24 Nov 2020 by Michael Wright

East End Radio Group’s Former General Manager Pleads Guilty To Credit Card Fraud

A 58-year-old Sag Harbor woman pleaded guilty Monday, November 16, to defrauding her former employer ... 16 Nov 2020 by Brendan J. OReilly

East Hampton Emergency Radio System Will Fire Up This Month

East Hampton Town police, fire and ambulance personnel will finally be able to begin using the town’s new multimillion-dollar emergency communications system this month, although the system is still awaiting the installation of equipment on new towers planned in Montauk, Springs and Northwest. Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said this week that the new digital radio equipment has been installed at the East Hampton Village 911 dispatch headquarters, at town headquarters in Wainscott and on three of the seven towers that the town ultimately expects to mount antennas on to help close gaps in communications. The equipment, which the town had ... 11 Nov 2020 by Michael Wright

Minor Earthquake Reportedly Felt On East End Sunday

It being 2020, there should be no surprise that a minor earthquake could apparently be felt on eastern Long Island Sunday morning. According to the Unites States Geological Survey, the quake, with a magnitude of 3.6, occurred at 9:10 a.m. Sunday. The epicenter was in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, which is between Providence, Rhode Island, and Cape Cod. The USGS said the quake could be felt on eastern Long Island, but reports were few and far between. Lieutenant Susan Ralph, the public information officer for the Southampton Town Police Department, said that police did not get any calls about the temblor ... 10 Nov 2020 by Staff Writer

Coast Guard Suspends Search For Fisherman Lost Off Montauk

A Rhode Island fisherman disappeared late on Saturday night after he went overboard from a commercial fishing vessel south of Montauk. The U.S. Coast Guard and other commercial fishing vessels searched throughout the night and Sunday but found no traces of Carl Whitney, 32, after he was reported to have gone overboard by the crew of the F/V Hope & Sydney. The Coast Guard received a radio distress call at 11:20 p.m. from the Hope & Sydney, reporting that a crew member had gone overboard. The crew said that Mr. Whitney was not wearing a life preserver. He was described ... 8 Nov 2020 by Staff Writer