Water Training in Action

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 06:33

December 20, 2018

What started out as a routine winter victim-in-distress Jet Ski training session in Block Island Sound for East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue on Sunday morning ended as an actual rescue of a kite surfer who was being swept away in the white-capped waters, Helene Forst, the squad’s public relations director, reported.

The water was 48 degrees, with a gale warning and periods of heavy rain throughout the day. Swells were three feet west of the Montauk Harbor inlet, Ms. Forst wrote, and wind was out of the northeast at 30 knots. The volunteers were able to rescue the kite surfer and retrieve his kite sail.

On the Police Logs 01.01.26

He’d seen people on Town Pond and was concerned, a village resident told police on Dec. 16. An officer responded to see several men skating and playing ice hockey. No action was necessary.

Dec 31, 2025

A Crash on Christmas Eve

Several people were injured in a collision in Springs between an S.U.V. and a Jeep last week, and George Watson of the Dock bar and grill was injured while riding his bicycle in Montauk.

Dec 31, 2025

E.M.T. Room Dedicated to Randy Hoffman

A plaque installed outside Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Emergency Medical Technician room last week officially dedicates the space to the late Randy Hoffman of East Hampton, a critical-care E.M.T. who worked with fire and ambulance departments across the South Fork and was credited with saving at least two lives during his long tenure as a first responder.

Dec 25, 2025

They Know When You've Been Bad or Good

East Hampton Village is now home to 14 Flock license plate reader surveillance cameras, which amounts to one for every 108 full-time residents, if you go by the 2020 census data. They're heralded by local police for aiding in enforcement and investigations, but they use a technology that has proven controversial nationally with those concerned about civil liberties.

Dec 25, 2025

Your support for The East Hampton Star helps us deliver the news, arts, and community information you need. Whether you are an online subscriber, get the paper in the mail, delivered to your door in Manhattan, or are just passing through, every reader counts. We value you for being part of The Star family.

Your subscription to The Star does more than get you great arts, news, sports, and outdoors stories. It makes everything we do possible.