Gulija Is Still Tending to Fires for Final Months at Plaza Cafe Before Moving On to New Venture on Jobs Lane
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Doug Gulija at the Plaza Cafe. DANA SHAW
Doug Gulija at the Plaza Cafe. DANA SHAW
Cailin Riley on Mar 21, 2025
After nearly three decades working as the owner-chef at the Plaza Cafe, the fine dining gem in the heart of Southampton Village, Doug Gulija is entering the homestretch there. But... more
WESTHAMPTON BEACH — On March 14, at 11:39 a.m., Quogue Village Police arrested Margaret Salomon, 65, of East Quogue at Parlato Drive and charged her with several misdemeanors and violations relating to two separate incidents. A day earlier, police said Salomon had speeded off when Quogue Police tried to pull her over in Quogue, and they could not locate her. The same thing happened the following day, said police, and later in the day, an officer spotted her sitting in her parked car at Parlato Drive. When they approached the vehicle, police said she barricaded the car door and locked ...
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Jorge Tinti Chamale, 25, of Westhampton was arrested by Westhampton Beach Police on March 14 at 9 p.m. at South Country Road and Peters Lane and charged with misdemeanor DWI. Police pulled Tinti Chamale over after watching him make a right-hand turn from north on Oak Street onto Montauk Highway headed east. During the maneuver, he failed to use a turn signal and failed to stay in his lane, police said. When the officer approached the vehicle, he saw Tinti Chamale frantically trying to open a bag of Takis chips, and he noticed a strong odor of alcohol, according to ...
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For those who aren’t paying attention — and, honestly, that’s not an acceptable way to live right now — we have not yet hit 60 days of the Donald Trump presidency, and the obsession with deportation is already not just toeing a constitutional line, it’s leapt fully across, into deeply troubling territory. There is the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student who was arrested by federal authorities and detained at a facility in Louisiana. He is a green card holder, which means he is a permanent resident of the United States, according to federal law. He is ...
19 Mar 2025 by Editorial Board
For decades, the water quality at Havens Beach, Sag Harbor Village’s lone bathing beach, has been questionable at best, with stormwater runoff from the 2-square-mile village, largely filtering through a drainage ditch leading directly into the bay. In such a beautiful village, it’s a decidedly less-than-idyllic spot. Stormwater runoff is often cited as one of the major sources of dangerous bacteria levels in our bays, and the impact of stormwater runoff at Havens Beach has been an issue that administrations in Sag Harbor Village have been discussing for well over 30 years, with no real resolution. Two weeks ago, Dr. ...
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A female white-tailed deer has an average summer weight of 100 pounds, and a buck averages 150 pounds but can weigh twice as much. Handling and transporting a deer in distress isn’t just difficult — it’s dangerous. Until recently, for their own safety and to alleviate the suffering of the animals, trained wildlife rescue volunteers were allowed to administer xylazine, a veterinary anesthetic. Xylazine subdues an injured deer so it can be moved for treatment or to be humanely euthanized. But xylazine, which has the street name “tranq,” is also popular with drug dealers, who mix it with opioids, such ...
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James D. Green of Hampton Bays, died on March 16th in New York City. He was 63. A visitation will be held on Thursday, March 20, from 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. at the Brockett Funeral Home in Southampton. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday March 21, at 11 a.m. at the Basilica Parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton. Interment will follow at Sacred Hearts Cemetery.
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Cailin Riley on Mar 21, 2025