Ferrara Is Not Guilty
A Federal jury in Hauppauge on Monday acquitted Eric J. Ferrara of Southampton of three charges that he tried to bribe a trio of Southampton Town officials to vote for his company's proposal to build a communications tower in Noyac.

Propose Farm Limits?
To a regular observer of East Hampton Town Board hearings, Friday's meeting seemed unusual - the main courtroom was fairly rumbling from the murmuring of a roomful of young men in plaid shirts and all-terrain footwear.

Buoy Exchange Heralds Winter
One of the perks of working on a Coast Guard buoy tender is a nearly continuous supply of mussels. They come aboard attached to buoy chains.

Hospital Hopes Rise
In a double-barreled announcement they hope will help restore a modicum of public confidence, Southampton Hospital officials said Monday that an independent survey last week of the hospital's medical care and physical plant earned high marks, and that an earlier estimate of its 1997 financial losses was nearly on target, according to a long-awaited audit board members received Friday certified by K.P.M.G. Peat Marwick, the board's auditors.

Five, Not Four Deer Is The New Limit
In an effort to slow the growth of deer populations on the East End, hunting laws will be liberalized during the upcoming gunning season in January. Hunters will be allowed a maximum of five, rather than four deer. And those who hunt on town lands will be chosen by daily lottery.