Moriches News Archives

Three Westhampton Beach High School students - senior Rachel Paoletta, junior Sam Wiles and sophomore Augusta Greenbaum - will be contributing articles this year for the school news section of The Southampton Press Western Edition, and The Press of Manorville and The Moriches.

The lawyer representing Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot said last week that Westhampton Beach Village Police made a mistake in charging his client with DWI early on Labor Day, adding that the evidence he has reviewed - including video of the arrest itself - supports his argument.

Kenneth Kobus, 21, of Center Moriches was arrested by New York State Police on Sunrise Highway at 10:15 a.m. on September 16 and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

Guy Bobersky, from the DEC, Richard Baldwin, Ron Paulsen and Rob Decandia, assured residents that they are doing all they can to find the source of the plume.

Autumn officially arrived Tuesday and it was preceded last weekend by some beautiful September weather.

Happy Rosh Hashanah to all friends and neighbors of the Jewish faith. Happy New Year! Boys State has been a program of the American Legion since 1935.

WEST NYACK - Four people, including a 15-year-old boy, are facing felony burglary and possession of stolen property charges after a home on Rockford Drive was broken into, police said today.

The Westhampton Beach School Board announced Monday night that it will not participate in a study with its sending districts, essentially killing the possibility of creating a centralized high school district in Westhampton Beach.

Jennett Meriden Russell said she envisions hundreds of people lined up along the sand on Fire Island, all flying diverse and beautiful kites in honor of those who have lost their battles with cancer.

East Moriches Suffolk police have a whole new definition for "off road vehicle," after an apparently intoxicated driver crashed his car into the upper-story of a home in East Moriches.

Southampton Town Planning Director David Wilcox discusses the plans for building more warehouses on Speonk-Riverhead Road in Speonk.

Police say a 20-year-old party host has been arrested on charges of serving alcohol to an underage guest who later crashed his airborne Jeep into the second floor of a New York home.

A Long Island home is in ruins after a driver took a speed bump so fast his Jeep jumped high in the air and smashed through a wall on the second floor.

SUV driven by Adam Clark sits inside East Moriches, L.I., home after hurling through the air and crashing into and completely inside second floor of home.

EAST MORICHES, N.Y. ― An allegedly drunk driver brought down part of a house in Suffolk County when he crashed through the home's second floor.

Police say a drunken driver sped through a stop sign and hit an earthen mound before going airborne and smashing his Jeep into the second floor of a New York home.

A Long Island home lay in ruins Saturday after a speeding Jeep hit an earthen mound at high speed, jumped high in the air and smashed through a wall on the second floor.

James Reid, 29, of Hampton Bays was stopped by Westhampton Beach Village Police on Montauk Highway at 1:53 p.m. on Saturday, August 29 and charged with first-degree aggravated operation of a motor vehicle, a felony.