Water Plan Is Taken Off the Table
Unanswered questions about development rights scare property ownerscause he owns property in the affected area, was absent.

FIRST IN NATION: To Launch Water Rescue Squad, Certified lifeguards to volunteer for after-hours emergencies in the water
This summer, when the lifeguards have packed up their equipment and left the stands for the day, a volunteer ocean rescue squad will be on call to help anyone whose after-hours swim turns hazardous. It is believed to be the first program of its kind in the nation.

Beach Party Goes Bad: A 14-year-old girl on ventilator after drinking
After a night of partying on the ocean beach in East Hampton on June 14, a 14-year-old girl was so debilitated from drinking alcohol that she was rushed to Southampton Hospital, where she was kept on a ventilator for nearly two days.

The Trick Is Getting Them Into the Parlor: A lobsterman reads his fortune in the pots he pulls from the Sound
Jake jumped onto the rail, ran forward, and alternately pointed with his short snout at the orange buoys the Anna Mary was approaching and then looked back to the man at the wheel in his foul-weather skins - looked back to make sure his master saw the buoys, pointed, looked back, pointed, looked back, his excitement growing as the boat's 671 Detroit engine was throttled down.

To Add Two Lots to Donation
Graceful for a recent record donation to the Peconic Land Trust, 239 acres in the Stony Hill area of Amagansett, the East Hampton Town Board moved last Thursday to itself buy two adjacent parcels totaling 7.6 acres for $800,000, but declined to acquire a third, to the dismay of neighbors.