State's Highest Court Delivers a Blow to Sand Land's Effort To Continue Mining
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The Sand Land mine in Noyac.
The Sand Land mine in Noyac.
Stephen J. Kotz on Feb 9, 2023
New York State’s highest court on Thursday, February 9, delivered a major blow to the Sand Land Corporation’s effort to continue sand mining operations at a 50-acre site off Millstone... more
The Retreat, an East Hampton-based nonprofit agency that provides services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and offers violence prevention community education, is calling attention to sex trafficking and sexual assault on the South Fork in light of the recent indictment of the Alexander brothers. Oren and Tal Alexander, who were luxury real estate brokers in Miami, New York and the Hamptons, and their brother Alon were arrested in December on federal charges of sex trafficking. Authorities described a pattern of sexual abuse spanning more than a decade in which they allegedly lured woman through “deception, fraud and ...
20 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
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19 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police arrested Anthony Colonia, 29, of Shirley this past week on a felony charge of grand larceny in the third degree. According to police, back in February, a Northwest Woods resident reported that she had paid Colonia, who was doing business as Pristine Painting Inc, via check, $5,800 as a down payment to paint the interior and exterior of her property. The check was handed to Colonia by the homeowner, police said, in Sag Harbor Village, making the alleged crime that department’s responsibility. However, the owner of the Northwest Woods house told detectives that while ...
12 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
Felicia S. Baez, 30, who has a Brooklyn address on her license but told the court during her arraignment Sunday morning that she is working in Sag Harbor, was charged with misdemeanor DWI a little before midnight on Saturday. Sag Harbor Village Police said she was driving a 2011 Toyota RAV4 erratically on Jermain Avenue, leading to a traffic stop. The officer suspected Baez, according to police, was intoxicated and had her perform sobriety tests, which she failed. After her arrest, Baez was taken to headquarters on Division Street, where a breath test produced a reading of .14, in excess ...
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A 67-year-old hiker who got separated from his group in the Pine Barrens near Manorville was located after a massive emergency response and hours of searching on Monday, December 9. The man, who is from Staten Island, was reported missing at about 2:30 p.m. by friends who had been with him at Manorville Hills County Park that morning. The group had set out on their hike about 9:30 a.m., but the man, who police have not identified by name, got separated from the rest of the group sometime after 11:30 a.m. When he couldn’t be located, the hikers called Southampton ...
9 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
SAG HARBOR VILLAGE — Village Police received a report on Thanksgiving morning that there was a possible break-in at a Hillside Drive West residence, where it appeared that the front door had been kicked in. An officer investigated and found that the house has been abandoned and is derelict. The door was slightly ajar, the officer reported, with some damage to the frame, but the interior, which the officer noted is unsafe to enter, was unoccupied. Police forwarded the report to the responsible agencies to ensure that the building is condemned and secured to prevent anyone from entering it. SAG ...
4 Dec 2024 by Staff Writer
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20 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
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13 Nov 2024 by Staff Writer
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Stephen J. Kotz on Feb 9, 2023