This week the Hamptons International Film Festival announced A24’s “Waves” as its Closing Night Film. Directed by Trey Edward Shults, the film presents the lives of a suburban African-American family... more
Raymer Choymilian, 31, of Flanders was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DWI on May 17. Southampton Town Police had received a call about a pickup truck stopped at the intersection of Cross River Drive and Flanders Road, Flanders, with the driver asleep at the wheel in the left turning lane with the truck running. When police knocked on the window of the truck, the vehicle started rolling into the intersection. The responding officer jumped into the vehicle to put it into park. Demonstrating traits associated with intoxication, the driver performed poorly on roadside sobriety assessments, police said. Joffre Paltatuela, 27, ...
25 May 2023 by Staff Writer
SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A Dale Street resident thwarted a scammer who called to say he’d kidnapped his daughter and would release her for $1,200 sent via Venmo. The target immediately called his daughter and the Southampton Village Police. Police went to the daughter’s home and found her sleeping, not kidnapped. The man’s phone did show a call supposedly coming from her phone, while her phone didn’t show the outgoing call. Checking with the service provider’s law enforcement support line, police learned they couldn’t provide any information if a third-party app was used to “spoof” the daughter’s number. The incident occurred ...
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Gold Star: Several of them, in fact, after an agreement in Albany finally will put in place long-overdue protection for historic burial sites. It’s hard to imagine that unmarked graves — whether they hold the remains of early settlers, war casualties or Native Americans — had no such protection until the moment Governor Kathy Hochul earned her star by adding her signature to the legislation. State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. gets a star, too, for doggedly pursuing a measure he has said is about “justice and healing,” particularly among Indigenous people. And big stars for the Shinnecock Graves Protection ...
24 May 2023 by Editorial Board
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Annette Hinkle on Sep 15, 2019