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An organizer of an alleged summer share house at 37 Kettle Hole Road in Montauk is facing East Hampton Town charges that he improperly added multiple sleeping quarters, engaged in prohibited partial occupancy, and failed to get proper approvals. Montauk Share-House Citations Follow a Chance Admission

An organizer of an alleged summer share house has been charged by East Hampton Town officials with several violations. Enforcers first visited the property in May but did not issue the summonses until after a drunken-driving defendant's moment of honesty in justice court proceeding.

Jul 29, 2015
From a bucket on a ladder truck, firefighters doused the flames shooting from a house on Wyandanch Lane in Southampton. Update: Southampton Blaze Extinguished After Seven Hours

Fire Departments from East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Bridgehampton were among the dozen called to assist Southampton firefighters in battling a massive fire on Wyandanch Lane Saturday afternoon.

Jul 25, 2015
Deborah Ann Light in 1996 in a photograph by Robert Giard Deborah Ann Light, Philanthropist

Deborah Ann Light, a philanthropist, founding member of the Peconic Land Trust, and a pioneering Wiccan priestess, died on Tuesday in Gainesville, Fla., after a long illness. She was 80.

Jul 22, 2015
An officer with the Department of Environmental Conservation was seen investigating the death of three deer in a Wainscott farm field on Friday morning. D.E.C. Looking Into Deaths of Three Deer in Wainscott Farm Field

Three dead deer, apparently a doe and two fawns, were found in a cluster in an open field on the corner of Wainscott's Main Street and Town Line Road.

Jul 17, 2015
Juan P. Porras and Jose Jaime Restrepo-Perez of Springs were led to their arraignments in East Hampton Town Justice Court Thursday morning. East Hampton Cops Arrest Two in Alleged Cocaine Distribution Ring

Men in traffic stop, already targets of an ongoing investigation, were said to have more than six ounces of cocaine in their possession.

Jul 16, 2015
A bicyclist received non-life-threatening injuries when he tried to pass a truck as it was turning onto Main Street from Mill Hill Lane in East Hampton Village on Thursday afternoon, according to police. Bicyclist Ticketed After East Hampton Village Accident

A bicyclist received non-life-threatening injuries when he tried to pass a truck as it was turning onto Main Street from Mill Hill Lane in East Hampton Village on Thursday afternoon, according to police.

Jul 16, 2015
'Impaired' Driver Narrowly Missed Mother and Baby

A Sag Harbor driver who police said just missed hitting three pedestrians on Ocean Avenue in East Hampton Village, including a mother and her 6-month-old baby, was arrested Wednesday and charged with reckless driving and driving with ability impaired by drugs.

Jul 14, 2015
Cops: Bicyclist Hit on Napeague Stretch Sunday Dies

David Disick, who was hit by a car while riding his bicycle on the Napeague stretch Sunday afternoon, died in Stony Brook University Hospital on Wednesday, East Hampton Town police said.

Jul 10, 2015
Couple Sues East Hampton Village Police Over Arrest at 2012 Romney Visit

A Wainscott couple claim they were tortured and humiliated in 2012 after being arrested for protesting during a fund-raiser for Mitt Romney at Ron Perelman's estate on Georgica Pond.

Jul 10, 2015
Country Road 39 was closed while wires were cleaned up after an accident. County Road 39 Reopened After Seven Hours

An accident in front of Buzz Chew on County Road 39 in Southampton has closed the road in both directions.

Jul 9, 2015
The Montauk Fire Department's ambulance responded to a moped accident on Monday. It Was No Holiday for Cops and Rescuers

East Hampton Town police responded to what may well be a record number of incidents this past three-day weekend.

Jul 9, 2015
A bicyclist was seriously injured on Napeague Sunday afternoon. Busy Weekend in Emergency Rooms

There were several very serious accidents on the road over the Fourth of July weekend.

Jul 9, 2015
The Montauk bar scene, such as at the Surf Lodge, where a photographer said he saw several patrons urinating into Fort Pond, is out of control, residents said following the Fourth of July holiday weekend. After Hectic Fourth of July, Besieged Montauk Residents Ponder Solutions

Montauk residents say the party town scene is out of control.

Jul 8, 2015
The driver of a truck that crashed into a utility pole on Tuesday afternoon was not hurt. Montauk Highway Closed in Wainscott

A box truck careened into a pole in front of SRK Pools on Montauk Highway in Wainscott Tuesday afternoon.

Jul 7, 2015
The East Hampton Fire Department extinguished a fire under the hood of the minivan involved in a two-car accident on Cedar Street in East Hampton on Monday morning. Two Sent to Hospital After East Hampton Crash

A fire erupted under the hood of a minivan that hit the driver's side door of a pickup truck on Cedar Street in East Hampton on Monday morning.

Jul 6, 2015
Two Hospitalized After Being Struck by Taxi in Montauk

Visitors from Mattituck were injured early Sunday on Montauk Highway. One victim was flown to Stony Brook University Hospital in critial condition.

Jul 6, 2015
At East Hampton Airport on Monday morning, Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell, front, and Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, at right, joined Jemille Charlton, the airport manager, and Peter Boody, an airport staffer, to see how things stacked up as the first full weekend of an overnight curfew came to an end. After Curfew No East Hampton Airport Logjam

In the air, it was business as usual despite the big holiday weekend, said the East Hampton Airport manager, though there were plenty of "agitated voicemails" from the folks on the ground.

Jul 6, 2015
Emergency medical technicians with the Montauk Fire Department loaded a woman into an ambulance after she was thrown from her moped in Montauk on Monday afternoon. Woman Thrown from Moped in Montauk

A Patchogue woman was taken to Southampton Hospital on Monday afternoon after being thrown from a Schwinn moped she was riding on South Emerson Avenue in Montauk.

Jul 6, 2015
Traffic was backed up headed east after an accident in front of the Lobster Roll restaurant that left a bicyclist with serious injuries on Sunday. Update: Bicyclist in Critical Condition After Being Hit on Napeague Stretch

Montauk Highway between Montauk and Amagansett was briefly closed, but has since been reopened.

Jul 5, 2015
Not Just Fireworks for Amagansett Firefighters on the Fourth of July

Just as Amagansett firefighters were preparing to leave the firehouse to standby at the Devon Yacht Club fireworks they were called to a gas grill fire on the Fourth of July.

Jul 4, 2015
Christie Fanti, who, along with Heather Miller makes up the human half of the East Hampton Department of Animal Control, was seen with her canine partner, Tiki, an Australian Shepard. It’s Canines to the Rescue

Everyone knows about K9s, dogs that help the military and police save lives and chase suspects, among other heroic missions, but who knew the East Hampton Town Animal Control Department had two dogs as auxiliary staff members?

Jul 2, 2015
Rodents' Nest to Blame for Sagaponack Fire

The Bridgehampton Fire Department responded to a small fire coming from a ceiling in a Sagg Main Street house on Sunday morning.

Jun 29, 2015
Teens Injured After Motorcycle Hits Deer

One of the young men injured in an early-morning crash was set to graduate from East Hampton High School on Friday.

Jun 26, 2015
Thomas R. Flanagan, a 19-year-old from Oakdale, was brought into East Hampton Town Justice Court on Monday, the morning after he allegedly led police on a pursuit that ended with a crash in Bridgehampton. Two Crashes Equal Two Arrests

Over the weekend, there were two drunken-driving arrests involving accidents here, police said, including one in which a driver got into not one, but two crashes in two different townships. 

An Oakdale man led East Hampton Village police on a chase Sunday night that ended when he allegedly crashed the 2001 Nissan Pathfinder he was driving through a fence and into a construction site at a busy Bridgehampton intersection.

Jun 25, 2015
Bronte O’Neal, center, was arraigned in Riverside Wednesday on felony charges in the alleged assault of an 83-year-old Northwest Woods woman and stealing her car on May 30. Felony Added in East Hampton Attack

A Bridgehampton man accused of assaulting an elderly Northwest Woods woman was indicted by a grand jury last Thursday on multiple felony charges, and was re-arraigned in Riverside Wednesday

Jun 25, 2015
The Montauk Star docked at the Montauk Coast Guard station after it was escorted in with a man aboard who was in distress. Fishing Trip Ends With Flight to Stony Brook Hospital

A man fell while possibly experiencing a medical problem aboard the Montauk Star charter boat Wednesday morning, according to the Coast Guard.

Jun 25, 2015
Thomas R. Flanagan, a 19-year-old from Oakdale, was brought into East Hampton Town Justice Court on Monday, the morning after he allegedly led police on a pursuit that ended with a crash in Bridgehampton. Police Chase Ends in Bridgehampton Crash

An Oakdale man led East Hampton Village police on a chase Sunday night that ended when he allegedly crashed the 2001 Nissan Pathfinder he was driving through a fence and into a construction site at busy Bridgehampton intersection.

Jun 22, 2015
Two Airlifted to Stony Brook After Separate Falls

A woman who fell off a bicycle, and a man who fell from a 15-foot ladder, were flown within a half-hour of each other to Stony Brook University Hospital, the nearest trauma center.

Jun 22, 2015
James Salter James Salter Dead at 90

The author died during a physical therapy session in Sag Harbor.

Jun 20, 2015
An accident occurred on Route 114 and Swamp Road in East Hampton on Friday at about 8:55 p.m. Update: Driver Faces D.W.I. Charge in Friday Night Crash

Elmar Hernandez Cruz, 20, of East Hampton, was charged with driving while intoxicated after a head-on crash on Route 114 in East Hampton on Friday night.

Jun 19, 2015