Quogue News

The social calendar in our village is getting more crowded than a VW Beetle filled with clowns at the circus.

Quogue Village and Southampton Town police officers said they had to jump aboard a moving truck last week to stop an East Quogue man after he stole his former employer's vehicle and refused to stop, leading authorities on a low-speed chase through Quogue Village.

Quogue Village Police charged the following individuals with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, last week: Joseph Taylor, 50, of Sag Harbor; Pablo Ramos, 24, of Mastic Beach; and Sunny Kaliandasani, 24, of Hicksville.

What a glorious Fourth of July weekend we had! And what a charming little hamlet we all live in! Many thanks go to all of our shop keepers and members of the East Quogue Chamber of Commerce and East Quogue Beautification Committee for the colorful plantings and lush hanging baskets that so beautifully adorn our quaint Main Street.

A bloom of the dreaded brown tide algae has exploded in Quantuck Bay over the last month, the third consecutive year that the destructive algae has thrived in the enclosed bay.

The Quogue Village Board on Friday nixed two proposals, both filed by T-Mobile, for a new cell phone tower to replace the existing one behind the Quogue firehouse on Jessup Avenue.

The off-duty Quogue Village Police officer killed in a car accident on Sunday was responsible for storing the 2002 Ferrari he was driving at the time of the crash, Southampton Town Police said this week.

Here's a little bit of trivia for you: At five minutes and six seconds after 4 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8, the time will be 04:05:06 and the date will be 07/08/09. This will never happen again.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that the retail service hours at six South Fork post offices are changing as of July 1. Starting next month, the retail counters at the Amagansett, Montauk, Quogue, Sag Harbor, Wainscott and Westhampton post offices will open at 9 a.m.. The offices' hours are being adjusted in response to customer usage, ...

Images of a life cut short played across display boards at a funeral home in Centereach: A young father cradling a months-old daughter as she peeked from a hooded garment, a husband holding his smiling new bride, a Suffolk police officer in his uniform blues, a Marine in sniper's camouflage that left him virtually invisible in a field.

To a young son reeling from the unexpected death of his father, his mother says she offers a simple consolation to the boy's broken heart: Dad's in heaven.

Even if they have never attended one of these charming soirees, many - if not most - Quogue residents are aware of the Film Feasts at the Quogue Library.

Richard Kappel, an eight-year member of the Quogue Village Police Force, was honored as a fallen hero Monday as the flag at village hall flew at half-mast and the village went into mourning.

The constant rain put a damper on the kindergarten class's annual field trip to the East Quogue firehouse.

An off-duty Quogue Village Police officer and his 33-year-old passenger were killed Sunday afternoon after their Ferrari left a road in Speonk, crashed into a tree and caught fire, according to Southampton Town Police.

Westhampton Beach school officials are urging district taxpayers to register their complaints with the New York State Board of Regents regarding recent changes to the tuition rate formula, modifications that could potentially costs the district hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Two luxury properties in the Hamptons seized by prosecutors following the December arrest of attorney Marc S. Dreier were auctioned on Wednesday for more than $10 million, according to Salvatore LaMonica of LaMonica Herbst & Maniscalco, the Chapter 7 trustee charged with liquidating Dreier's estate.

The birth rate in East Quogue has declined over the past five years, according to a new enrollment study presented to the School Board Tuesday night, raising questions about how soon the elementary school needs to be expanded.

Ahoy, there! Summer is here at last, and that means it's time for the junior sailing program and boot camp for all ages to get started at the Shinnecock Yacht Club.

Donna Sessa's home in Quogue did not have electricity, internet access or a high-tech surveillance system when it was built in 1734, but today the house has every modern amenity that a homeowner could possibly desire.