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Jogger Hit by Van Is Former Bridgehampton School Athletic Director

On Wednesday around 7 a.m., Mary Anne Jules, 61, a former athletic director at the Bridgehampton School, was hit by a work van while jogging in her Water Mill neighborhood, according to Southampton Town police.

Aug 27, 2020
A Courtroom Full of Drivers

East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana, who also presides over Sag Harbor Village Justice Court, will face a roomful of allegedly undocumented drivers there on Friday, Sept 4. Sag Harbor police said they charged seven of them last week.

Aug 27, 2020
Police Say Man Had Assault Weapons and Loaded Handgun

An East Hampton man was arrested on multiple weapons charges on Friday morning following a raid at his residence at 21 Wireless Road. Police said the extensive search produced 17 firearms, all found inside the house: six assault weapons, five shotguns, five rifles, and a loaded 25-caliber handgun.

Aug 27, 2020
Update: Arrest in Alleged Road Rage Attack

Charles Harrison Streep, a 31-year-old nephew of Meryl Streep, was arrested early Thursday at his house on Pondview Lane in East Hampton Village in what police called “a road rage assault."

Aug 27, 2020
Driver Not Paying Attention

Deborah Metrick of New York City, 46, was stopped in traffic on Stephen Hand's Path near Bull Path last Thursday afternoon when a 2011 Ford pickup rear-ended her brand-new BMW.

Aug 27, 2020
'Dangerous' Glare

Lina Lopez-Alvarez, 29, of Springs failed to dim the headlights of her black 2008 Ford at 4 a.m. Saturday, causing a "dangerous glare" for oncoming traffic.

Aug 27, 2020
Three Hurt in Head-On Crash

On Monday at 8 p.m., on Route 27 outside the Montauk Community Church, William Bock of Montauk, in a 2014 Jeep Wrangler, veered across the road and collided head-on with an oncoming 2017 Ford Suburban, injuring the Ford's driver and her passenger as well as himself.

Aug 27, 2020
Revisiting a Tragic Day at the Ocean

After Byron Kim was swept away in a rip current off a Napeague beach and a rescue mission became a recovery effort, friends recalled the struggle to save him and the challenges of calling for help.

Aug 26, 2020
East Hampton Man Arrested on Weapons Charges

Following a morning raid of a house in East Hampton on Friday, police arrested a man on multiple weapons charges. 

Aug 22, 2020
Mystery Haze Sends Fire Department to LTV Studios

Although there did not appear to be an immediate danger when a smoke alarm at Wainscott’s LTV building alerted the East Hampton Fire Department at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, “We didn’t really take any chances,” East Hampton Fire Department Chief Gerard Turza said.

Aug 21, 2020
On the Police Logs

Two Maseratis were reported speeding on Lily Pond Lane. The drivers were found, actually in Lamborghinis, parked at Georgica Beach. Both told police that "they were not speeding and were only having their photographs taken while on Lily Pond Lane," a report says.

Aug 20, 2020
Charged After Flaming Crash

Fredi R. Nashipucha, 22, of First Street in Springs, was semiconscious when East Hampton Town police found him early Sunday morning standing by his black 2019 Ford Mustang on Springs-Fireplace Road.

Aug 20, 2020