Cause Of Humpback Whale's Death Not Clear, But Numerous Human Encounters Had Been Harmful
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Michael Wright on May 14, 2019
Biologists from the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society said that the dead humpback whale that washed ashore in Westhampton last week had apparently suffered multiple injuries from interactions with humans and... more
Over the next few weeks, crews from National Grid will be at work replacing the gas main on Hampton Road from Main Street to Old Town Road. National Grid has said the project will provide a modernized natural gas system that is safer and more resilient. The project is anticipated to run through April 2025. Any service interruptions will be scheduled, and will be short in duration, according to National Grid. The project is being coordinated with Southampton Village and its Department of Public Works. All businesses will remain open throughout the entire project, although parking could be impacted at ...
5 Nov 2024 by Cailin Riley
Out of the cover and onto the concrete farm yard come a covey of curious quail. They sidle forward; clown-like, they bump into each other. They select shadows and duck beneath equipment as they make their way toward the barn door and some spilled barley. Here is where the forklift carries sacks and totes, and grain gets sprinkled around and even crushed by the tires. Blue jays, sparrows and doves are regulars, not quail. Someone’s tame escapees for sure. The little game birds are shy but assertive, watching us as they close in on the source. Imagine the life they ...
by Marilee Foster
Barbara Ann Turpin of Southampton died on November 4 in Southampton. She was 89. A viewing will be held Wednesday, November 13, from 10-11a.m., with a funeral service at 11 a.m. at the Hamptons United Methodist Church in Southampton. Arrangements by the Brockett Funeral Home. A full obituary will appear in a future edition of The Press.
by Staff Writer
Bill Hillman said it all: Tinkering with the existing roadways will not alleviate the problem in any way, shape or form [“Traffic Solutions Will Require Remaking the South Fork, Experts Say, and May Be Unlikely To Ever Happen,” 27east.com, October 23]. And the roadways are the canary in the mine. All of the infrastructure in the Hamptons is overtaxed — too much is demanded of the water table, which is being infiltrated with saline water; electronic signals are weakening. We are killing the goose that laid the golden eggs on which builders have become more than rich. There is only ...
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Michael Wright on May 14, 2019