Surgeon’s Storied Career Focuses on Helping Those in Need
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Dr. Melany Hughes COURTESY STONY BROOK PHYSICIANS
Dr. Melany Hughes COURTESY STONY BROOK PHYSICIANS
Cailin Riley on Nov 10, 2022
Dr. Melany Hughes’s career as a physician and surgeon has been centered around one guiding principle — trying to provide care where care is not guaranteed. Staying true to that... more
The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons is expanding its community outreach through new partnerships with local food pantries to ensure families across the East End have access to pet food, collars, toys, and other essential supplies for their cats and dogs. The initiative is supported by the generosity of Wally Zeins and Andy Sabin, along with a developing partnership with PetSmart, all helping advance ARF’s mission to keep pets healthy and at home. For families facing financial uncertainty, even basic pet care can become a challenge. “We know how hard this time of year can be,” said Kim Nichols, ...
by Staff Writer
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Sag Harbor Village Police arrested Wendy Gonzales, 33, and charged her with misdemeanor assault early Monday morning following an altercation that occurred at Murf’s Tavern on Division Street the day before. Police said Gonzalez was in a heated dispute with another woman, whom she punched and shoved to the floor, striking the woman repeatedly about the face and body with a closed fist causing injuries, with the victim taken by ambulance to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for treatment. Police initially questioned and detained Gonzalez, however, did not proceed with the arrest as the victim was highly ...
27 Nov 2025 by Staff Writer
⭐️ : To Cami Hatch, for reminding everyone why learning to swim and lifeguard training are important. The East Hampton graduate, now a University of Tennessee student, has been studying in Italy and was visiting Malta recently when she heard a fellow beachgoer whistling. “That whistle unlocked a new mode in my brain. For lifeguards, when you hear a whistle it means, ‘Heads up — get ready to go,’ as Big John and Johnny Ryan have instilled in us over the years,” she said, shouting out her lifeguard instructors. She dove in and saved a foundering Englishman, who was in ...
by Editorial Board
The combination of the new Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution and the rosy image of the first Thanksgiving led me to recall a 1778 event that exemplifies the true relationship between the white settlers and the Indigenous population. And that relationship spread west as the settlers did. During the war, the Stockbridge Mohicans, along with the Oneida, Tuscarora and a handful of other Indigenous nations, allied with the American colonists in their struggle for independence from Britain. Many of these communities hoped that their military support would ensure recognition of their sovereignty and protection of their lands. Instead, ...
by Tom Clavin
Will Governor Kathy Hochul sign, or again veto, a bill to protect horseshoe crabs that again passed by large majorities in the State Legislature earlier this year? Hochul vetoed the same bill last year. She claimed then that the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act was “well intentioned,” but their management should best be left with the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. She said the DEC has “significant rules and regulations regarding commercial and recreational fishing in the state.” It currently has an annual quota of 150,000 horseshoe crabs that can be taken. Environmentalists have been actively calling on Hochul to sign ...
by Karl Grossman
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Cailin Riley on Nov 10, 2022