Hampton Bays News

Gilda Rojas, 20, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the incident Friday night, Southampton police said.

When seventh-graders in Kathleen Colihan's public speaking class at Hampton Bays Middle School started their unit on animal shelters last month, they had no idea their own Southampton Town Animal Shelter was in trouble.

On August 13, 1919, the legendary racehorse Man O' War suffered the only defeat of his illustrious career, shocking the crowd at Saratoga racetrack that had made him the huge favorite.

A Water Mill man was charged with DWI on Halloween night after Southampton Town Police said he lost control of his car and hit a tree in Southampton.

For the first time in its nearly 10-year history, the Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons in Hampton Bays is expected to end the year with a deficit, and the shortage could force the organization to make concessions in its treatment and rehabilitation of wild animals.

Friends and neighbors, clergy and town dignitaries are invited to attend Veterans Day services on Wednesday, November 11, at 10:30 a.m., at the Hand-Aldrich Post 924 of the American Legion on Ponquogue Avenue.

The Hampton Bays Parent Teacher Organization will meet on Thursday, November 5, at 7 p.m., at the middle school on Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays.

Ruben G. Soyos, 23, of Riverside was arrested by New York State Police on October 19 on County Road 104 in Riverside and charged with DWI.

A waiter who worked at the Southampton bar where bouncer Andrew Reister was choked last year testified Friday that he tried with all his might to pull off the man who he said had his right arm around Reister's neck.

Southampton Town Highway Superintendent Bill Masterson is stepping down after 20 years of service, paving the way for a new face to control the town's 450 miles of roads.

Councilwoman Anna Throne-Holst, center, a candidate for Southampton Town supervisor, outlined a 13-point plan for improving town government at a press conference in Hampton Bays on Monday.

Hampton Bays Elementary School prekindergarten through second grade students are welcome to join in a Halloween parade set for Friday, October 30, at 2:15 p.m. The parade will be held in the bus loop located in front of the school.

The Hampton Bays High School class of 1979 celebrated its 30-year reunion earlier this month.

A Westhampton woman is in the hospital and several state and town police vehicles are damaged following a car chase Oct.

Following a police pursuit from Hampton Bays to Westhampton Beach Saturday afternoon, the driver of the car being chased, a tanSouthampton Town Police investigate an accident in Westhampton Beach that followed a police pursuit from Hampton Bays to the North Mall on Old Country Road.By Rohma Abbas

A Southampton woman reported to Southampton Town Police that someone broke into her son's Bay Avenue home and stole a television worth $900, a PlayStation 3 gaming console, and a laptop computer.

As Southampton Town officials consider a $78.8 million proposed budget for next year that includes some of the largest cuts to staff and services seen in town government in recent years, the candidates for this year's Town Board race remained mostly mum on the subject this week.

Southampton Town Planning and Development Administrator Jefferson Murphree and Assistant Town Planning and Development Administrator Freda Eisenberg go over the Hampton Bays study.

For the past two months, the corner of Argonne Road East and Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays has served as a place where community members could place mementos, write poems and plant flowers in memory of 15-year-old Joseph Marino of Hampton Bays.

Last week, Hampton Bays Beautification Association volunteers placed 60 new fall banners on the antique lampposts on Main Street and Ponquogue Avenue.