East Quogue School District Renews Contract With Custodial Staff
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Carol Moran on Sep 24, 2012
The East Quogue Board of Education ratified a three-year contract with its custodial staff at its meeting on September 19, under which the elementary school’s five janitors have agreed 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 ...
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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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Carol Moran on Sep 24, 2012