Canoe Place Inn Developers Secure Site Plan Approval; No Timeline For Renovations
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on Apr 11, 2017
A timeline to complete renovations to the historic Canoe Place Inn in Hampton Bays remains elusive more than a month after the Southampton Town Planning Board gave final approval to... more
Dorothy L. Klug of East Quogue died peacefully at her home on February 1. She was 81. She spent her childhood in Riverhead with her parents Doris and Frank, along with her brother Frank Jr. She was a graduate of Riverhead High School. While in high school, she met Alan Klug and they started dating. They were married on June 29, 1962. They had two daughters, Kristen and Donna. She went to beauty school, where she earned her beautician license. She then opened her own hair salon in Hampton Bays. She and her daughter Kristen signed up together to become ...
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Aubrey Jessup of Westhampton Beach died on January 19. He was 71. Born in 1953, he was a multi-generational resident of Westhampton Beach. He worked as an ocean lifeguard for Southampton beaches in 1971. He graduated from Suffolk County Community College with an AAS degree in marine science, and while in college was ranked fifth in the state in martial arts. He retired from painting and contracting in 2014 due to lung problems. A memorial visitation will be held on Friday, February 7, from 4-7 p.m. at Werner-Rothwell Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach.
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SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A woman called Village Police on January 30 to report that someone had called her demanding money and threatening to harm her mother if she did not pay. The woman called her mother, who lives in New Jersey, who told her that she was fine and had not been threatened by anyone. Police advised her that the call was a scam and that she should not send any money. SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE — A Village Police officer pulled over a vehicle on East Gate Road and Hill Street on January 30 because the vehicle’s license plates matched that ...
5 Feb 2025 by Staff Writer
Mark G. Kerson, 37, of New York City was arrested by Southampton Town Police at about 9:15 p.m. on January 28 and charged with DWI after he was pulled over on David Whites Lane for speeding and an officer determined he had been drinking more than the legal limit for operating a motor vehicle.
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The destruction of nearly 100,000 ducks at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue late last month due to an outbreak of the avian flu there was alarming, and a tragedy for the family running the farm and their employees. It’s unclear whether the last remaining duck farm on Long Island will be able to rebound. The outbreak at the farm was the latest in a series of scary global outbreaks in recent months, affecting the poultry industry and resulting in a sharp increase in cost to consumers. Locally, it follows an outbreak of the deadly virus at Spring Farm, a game ...
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The first two weeks of the second Donald Trump administration have been a fire hose of developments “flooding the zone,” so it’s easy to miss small developments that could have enormous impact in some quarters. One of those is the Federal Communications Commission and its new focus on NPR and PBS. The New York Times reported that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has launched an investigation into “whether the news organizations’ member stations violated government rules by recognizing financial sponsors on the air.” Its conclusions could lead Congress to take away financial support. NPR and PBS acknowledge corporate sponsors on air, ...
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A man was found dead last week in Westhampton Beach inside a van that did not belong to him, though authorities say the death is noncriminal in nature. On Monday, January 27, at 5:02 p.m., the owner of the van called Westhampton Beach Village Police to report a suspicious person he’d found sleeping in the front passenger seat of his van, which was parked off Main Street. The van owner reported he had noticed the passenger door was slightly ajar, and when he went to check on the van, he found the stranger inside. He told police he had tried ...
by Cailin Riley
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on Apr 11, 2017