Southampton News

Southampton Hospital received the biggest gift in its 100-year history this week: a $5 million donation from Jenny and John Paulson that will fund a new Emergency Department, according to an announcement made by the hospital on Friday.

After calling some 28 witnesses over five weeks of testimony in a Riverhead courtroom, the prosecution on Friday morning rested its case against Anthony Oddone, a golf caddy accused of killing off-duty corrections officer Andrew Reister in August 2008.

Recently, the Southampton Business Alliance Housing Initiative undertook a big project to create more affordable housing in Southampton Town.

Wilfredo Martir-Santos, 36, of Flanders was arrested by Southampton Village Police on Friday at 4:16 a.m. on Hill Street in Southampton Village and charged with aggravated DWI, a felony.

Two men were stabbed during a melee at 75 Main in Southampton Village early Sunday morning, though no arrests have been made yet, Southampton Village Police said Wednesday.

Within days of the Southampton Town Board's scheduled adoption of a 2010 budget, Supervisor-elect Anna Throne-Holst on Tuesday proposed a number of sweeping amendments to the plan put forth by outgoing Supervisor Linda Kabot, restoring some jobs slated to be cut, cutting others, and increasing overall spending and revenue estimates.

Southampton Village Police Department Chief Dispatcher Wayne Petry said the village's communication equipment could fail if it is not replaced soon.

Snowbirds, mark your calendars - the 49th annual Southampton Day at Dubois Park in Jupiter, Florida is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11 a.m. If you're in the area, stop by and catch up with some old friends.

The Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance Corp. has received the Village Board's blessing to move forward in its efforts to either expand its headquarters on Meeting House Lane or find a new location.

Superintendent Dr. J. Richard Boyes was recognized for his commitment to the Tobacco-Free Healthy Schools Project at the November 3 Board of Education meeting.

Joshua D. Fuller, 22, of Mastic Beach was arrested in Riverside on Friday and charged with DWI, unlawful possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Ten years! Hard to believe, but it's true. Just one quick decade ago , your right-handed and far-flung left-handed correspondent stepped over the threshold of the 200-year-old building at 290 Main Street to assume the role of proprietors of Canio's Books.

The annual Southampton Mariners Turkey Bowl Flag Football game will be held Thanksgiving morning at 10 a.m. on the high school turf field.

A 60-year-old homeless man was charged with arson after trying to set his brother's car on fire in Flanders on Friday at 4 p.m. Michael Schunk tried to set his brother's 2008 Dodge Charger on fire with lighter fluid and a lighter, according to a press release from Southampton Town Police.

The house at 501 Sagg Main Street was razed on Friday, November 13. It was damaged beyond repair during a fire in March.

A man and a woman from Bellport were arrested early Friday morning after police determined that they had stolen copper piping from an East Quogue house.

In a small room inside Stony Brook Southampton's Student Center on Friday afternoon, 20 students knelt down and began jamming the plastic chests of mannequins arranged on mats across the floor.

A trip to the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular and time to shop in Manhattan is planned for Tuesday, December 8. Seating, available to parishioners and community members, is limited.

Southampton Village Police charged the following with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, in the past week: Henry S. Kozen, Jr., 41, of Mattituck; Gene Kagan, 35, of Los Angeles, California; Lawrence Goodelman, 53, of Wantagh; Martin Espinosa-Alvares, 43, of Southampton; Darrell J. Simmons, Jr., 20, of ...

The Southampton Town Democratic and Republican parties this week began gearing up for a battle over what will be a vacant seat on the Town Board next year.