East Quogue News

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.

Robert W. Patterson, 37, of Riverhead was arrested by Westhampton Beach Village Police at 3:32 p.m. last Thursday, June 18, near the corner of Old Riverhead Road and the Rogers Avenue Extension in Westhampton Beach, and charged with DWI.

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

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.

Kasey Zeidner of East Quogue, Brian Schwartz of Southampton and Kayla Myers of Riverhead, left to right, are among the seventh graders at Ross School in East Hampton who curated an art show, "Spectrum," featuring the works of six East End artists.

It does not get much better than this: writing my column in my garden, the sunshine warm on my shoulders, the sweet sounds of the birds in the trees, and my collie puppy curled up at my feet! I so enjoyed seeing all the magnificent photographs on display at the Quogue Library's June art exhibit and, at the reception that was held last Saturday at ...

The sixth annual Run to Remember 5K in Southampton was well attended on Sunday and it appears the traditional event will last well into the future.

Jason Priebe, 29, of Port Jefferson Station was arrested by Southampton Town Police on Lake Avenue at 12:21 a.m. Monday on a bench warrant for failing to appear in Southampton Town Justice Court to answer previous drug-related charges.

Two East Quogue homes belonging to Marc S. Dreier, a prominent New York attorney convicted last month of fraud, will be auctioned this Wednesday, June 17.

A 49-year-old East Quogue woman was arrested last month after she assaulted a Southampton Town Police officer.

Well, she's here and, once again, my home is filled with the laughter and happiness that only a puppy's love can bring.

GOLDEN EARTHWORM'S Matthew Kuszynski is vegetarian; his partner, Esther Wells, dotes on vegetables but still eats meat.

Eastbound traffic on both Sunrise and Montauk highways moved at a snail's pace Thursday morning, June 4, due to a downed telephone pole caused by a one-car accident on County Road 39 in Southampton, according to Southampton Town Police.

The beach party's over - or, at least, there's a vocal contingent who want it to be.

Summertime is almost upon us and, once again, there are lots of wonderful events scheduled to take place in our little hamlet.

Noe A. Retana-Rosales, 29, of Speonk was arrested by New York State Troopers at Riverside on May 18 and charged with DWI.

The photos pinned to the wall of the Southampton Town Board meeting room on Tuesday evening showed pleasing and inviting scenes of the Southampton Village streetscape.

Southampton Town Police made 23 arrests last weekend at various nightclubs throughout the township, 19 of them at Neptune Beach Club in East Quogue.

Yours truly is now a "green gorilla," replete with hat and diploma! Jeff Frank has assembled an exciting and knowledgeable group of instructors at The Nature Lyceum in Westhampton Beach, and the course in organics is amazing, fast-paced and covered topics ranging from organic gardening and farming, to organic foods and healing.

Johan Miranda, 23, of Bridgehampton was arrested by Town Police on Wednesday, May 13, at 12:15 a.m. on Lumber Lane and charged with criminal mischief in the third degree, a felony.