Water Training in Action

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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 04.09.26

What was reported as a suspicious van parked on Buck’s Path on the evening of March 31 turned out to be its driver taking a phone call.

Apr 9, 2026

Fire in an Amagansett Woodworking Shop

Flames extending 30 feet in the air were reported last week during a raging fire on Bunker Hill Road in Amagansett.

Apr 9, 2026

On the Police Logs 04.02.26

Someone claiming to be in the fraud division at her bank called a local woman telling her she needed to wire money to a Bronx address, which she did. It happened again the next day with a different bank, but Wells Fargo’s actual fraud department caught it.

Apr 2, 2026

Indicted in Rape of a Child

A Springs man charged recently with felony sexual abuse of a child has been indicted by a grand jury and is being held in police custody in high bail.

Apr 2, 2026

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