Hampton Bays News

Shark! Well, sort of. Bathers on Southampton ocean beaches were surprised Sunday to see the fin of a shark swimming along the shore, town police said.

Matt Murphy snapped these photos of a basking shark among surfers at Ponquogue beach at 4:30 pm on Sunday June 28.

Low prices, low interest rates and the federal stimulus package have come together to help those who wish to purchase a home.

A 70-year-old East Hampton man had a heart attack Monday afternoon while riding westbound on a Long Island Rail Road train and was later pronounced dead at Southampton Hospital, according to Southampton Town Police.

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.

For the second year in a row, the month of May was "Safe Driving Month." Throughout the month, the student body promoted safe driving through a series of posters, a video contest, and visits by guest speakers representing the Mothers Against Drunk Driving coalition.

Matilda Lutrario. Age 92 of Erie, PA and formerly of Brooklyn, NY, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at her residence.

A New Jersey woman was arrested this week and charged with stealing the identity of the 87-year-old Hampton Bays woman she was caring for and charging more than $3,000 worth of expenses to a credit card account that she had illegally opened under the elderly victim's name.

An application to demolish a greenhouse located on County Road 39 in Southampton and construct a new 3,000-square-foot building in its place was deemed complete by the Southampton Town Planning Board last week.

Quogue Village Police charged the following individuals with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, a misdemeanor, last week: Rosemarie Brown, 45, of Riverhead; and Kristen Chin, 24, of Merrick.

Sag Harbor Seal Release Sag Harbor Elementary School first grader Riley Corcoran's desire to save a seal led to the raising of $1,000 and the adoption of "Shadow" a grey seal pup who was found suffering from exhaustion and respiratory issues near Dune Road in Hampton Bays in April.

A building ban targeting the commercial corridor along Montauk Highway in Hampton Bays - currently set to expire at the end of this month - likely will be extended to the end of this year.

A 27-year-old man was arrested Saturday evening after he hit a bicyclist with his car in Hampton Bays and fled the scene.

Hampton Bays Middle School students learned an important lesson last week: that going green can really save some green.

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 ...

Esvin Secaida, 20, of Cutchogue was arrested by Southampton Town Police on Springville Road in Hampton Bays at 3:12 p.m. on June 3 and charged with DWI.

Hampton Bays School District's efforts at making their new middle school more energy efficient has paid off with recognition from a nationally recognized environmental building agency and a financial boost from the Long Island Power Authority .

For most of the nine decades that the Finalborgo family has owned Catena's butcher shop, first in Hampton Bays and now in Southampton Village, the business was a very seasonal one that shrunk significantly in the months between Labor Day and Memorial Day.

Friends and neighbors were out in full force for the Hampton Bays Beautification Association Garden Party last weekend.

Manuel Munoz, 22, of East Hampton was arrested by Sag Harbor Police for alleged criminal trespass in the third degree, a misdemeanor.