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Food pantries brace for growing demand this holiday season
This time last year, Gene Scanlon, food coordinator at the Bridgehampton Community Food Pantry, ordered a combined 24 turkeys and hams for needy families in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack.
Residents air concerns about proposed Eastport development
Dozens of Eastport and East Moriches residents waited anxiously for several hours to speak before the Brookhaven Town Planning Board on Monday night, hoping to compel board members to look at the cumulative effects of several proposed developments in their hamlets.
Community Watchdog: Patched potholes a safety concern
Elliott Cohen of Dix Hills is disabled and gets his exercise by walking around the cul de sac where his home is located.
Brookhaven Town officials urged to study impact of projects in Eastport and East Moriches
Armed with clipboards, pens and a large map of several proposed and planned developments in Eastport and East Moriches, members of the East Moriches Property Owners Association have been standing outside shops and delis for about two weeks soliciting signatures on a petition seeking to compel local lawmakers to study what impacts the projects would ...
What you don't know about Rescue Ink
Critics say the group shows up uninvited at places where abuse is suspected, and uses intimidation in dealing with people Rescue Ink members believe might be animal abusers.
Brookhaven Councilman Keith Romaine dies
Brookhaven Town Public Information Officer Kevin Molloy reported today that Councilman Keith Romaine died this morning after a brief illness.
Despite a proposed 11.2-percent tax increase in East Hampton Town's proposed $72.1 million budget for 2010, most who spoke up at a budget hearing before the Town Board on Thursday, November 5, were more upset that funding for a wide range of community organizations has been eliminated.
East Moriches man injured in single-car crash in Manorville
An 81-year-old East Moriches man was seriously injured after he lost control of his car and crashed into an overpass on County Road 51 in Manorville on Friday afternoon, November 6. Suffolk County Police Detective Sergeant Mike Darulli of the 7th Squad said the cause of the crash was still unknown and is under investigation.
School districts prepare for swine flu
The H1N1 virus, also known as the "swine flu," is a new threat to the safety of students.
Manhattan Lawyer Jumps in Chilly Water to Help Rescue Fisherman
A Manhattan lawyer jumped into the chilly waters off Moriches Inlet on Thursday to help rescue a fisherman who had fallen from his boat.
Car crashes into utility pole in Eastport
A minivan crashed into a utility pole nearly snapping it in half early Saturday morning on Montauk Highway near Seatuck Creek in Eastport, according to the Eastport Fire Department.
DA: Suspect admitted he loved woman he fatally stabbed
Guenter Wende, 42, of 15 Dana Ave., Mastic, is charged with the Oct. 16 stabbing death of Laura Pizzini, also of Mastic, who police believe is a former lover.
Contractor scarfs down 13 wieners to win hot dog eating contest
For the whole story, pick up the October 22 edition of The Southampton Press-Western Edition, on newsstands Wednesday evening.
Charges filed in DWI hit-and-run fatal
SHIRLEY The driver of an SUV that struck and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning will face charges.
Eastport community notes, October 22
I like to look ahead and see what days certain holidays fall on. This year Halloween falls on a Saturday, which is a good thing, especially if you are a teacher.
Cops: Drunk Driver Killed Shirley Man in Hit-and-Run
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Brookhaven may join fishing license fight
PEGGY SPELLMAN HOEY PHOTO Saltwater fishing license holder Johnny Cuebas of Sound Beach casts a line out in Mount Sinai Inlet.
Flight 800 Group Seeks Help for Memorial Upkeep
Family and friends of the 230 victims of the TWA Flight 800 catastrophe off Long Island's south shore have a fund to help maintain the memorial at Smith Point County Park in Shirley.
Way to Go!: Marisol Rivas of Moriches
Moriches Elementary School, recently beat out 300 students nationwide to finish second in the elementary category of Popular Science magazine's National School Inventors Challenge.
In the Field: Sea bass fishing closed; striped bass fishing hot.
So far so good with the Trustees challenge to the fishing license requirement. A judge granted a temporary injunction until October 13 in Southampton, Shelter Island and East Hampton that prevents the DEC from enforcing the licenses wherever the Trustees have jurisdiction.
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