Montauk News

The topsy-turvy surf scene continued this week. For the sixth week in a row, stiff east winds had the fish biting in the suds - nothing unusual about that, certainly.

Police arrested Curtis Blow, 45, of Mastic on November 10 at 8:20 p.m. at Three Mile Harbor and Tub Oarsman roads in East Hampton and charged him with DWI and aggravated DWI, both misdemeanors; and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, a felony.

Yes, the holiday season is imminent with Thanksgiving Day tomorrow to be followed by a host of activities.

We are a week away from Thanksgiving and closing in on the season of generosity.

"Well, I really hope I haven't sounded too self-absorbed," said George Biondo, Montauk's Man of the Year, to end an interview in which he said the word "community" at least 15 times and routinely tried to pass his title on to local firemen and ambulance drivers, School Board members, Chamber of Commerce members and food pantry workers and other ...

Bernie Madoff before he was imprisoned earlier this year. You can now get Bernie Madoff 's seized penthouse for a steal.

They're the spoils of a feast that's over forever: Bernard Madoff's stuff on a government auction block.

When Anthony Macagna, a funeral director from New Jersey, bought a house on Old West Lake Drive in Montauk in 2005, he soon became embroiled in series of disputes with his neighbors and the town, which culminated with the town increasing his taxes to four times what they had been when he moved into the house.

Republican Bill Wilkinson, who was elected East Hampton Town supervisor last week, captured 18 of East Hampton's 19 election districts and took home nearly 67 percent of the vote in trouncing Democrat Ben Zwirn.

As The East Hampton Press is distributed this morning, people will already be gathering around the Suzanne Koch Gosman flagpole garden at the Playhouse Community Center for a Veterans Day Memorial ceremony at 10 a.m. It provides a few moments to contemplate those who have served and those who have given their lives in the seemingly unending wars ...

Capt. John Capuano with a pair of nice blackfish taken outside Shinnecock Inlet aboard the Shinnecock Star.

Done up in a breezy spring colorway, Reebok's Miami Vice Ventilator is a fitting prequel to the warmer months.

Police arrested Kenneth Freeman, 64, of East Hampton on October 26 at 10:35 a.m. at Gerard Drive and Old Fireplace Road in Springs and charged him with DWI and aggravated DWI, both misdemeanors.

With the annual passing of the film festival finally delineating the end of the summer madness on the East End, the next season always seems to bring a strange atmospheric lull masking the fact that the art scene continues unabated.

Police stopped Linda Putnoy, 49, of Montauk on Sunday at 12:03 a.m. at Route 27 and Lincoln Road in Montauk and arrested her for DWI, a misdemeanor.

Sitting Democratic Town Justice Catherine Cahill, 55, has been on the bench in East Hampton for 16 years.

Rep. Peter King said Tuesday he had contacted Coast Guard officials and asked them to reconsider their decision to relieve Chief Petty Officer James Weber from command.

On a recent and particularly uninviting Saturday morning, a small group of seven people gathered at 10 a.m. at Napeague Harbor Road to participate in a 3-mile poetry hike in the magnificent walking dunes.

The buyer of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff's four-bedroom beach house in Montauk, N.Y. has been revealed, and it's real-estate mogul Steven Roth, who paid $9.41 million for Madoff's scruffy property.

A Coast Guard 47-foot rescue boat trains about 8 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2009, in the surf off Montauk Point.