Virtual Talk about NASA's New Space Telescope on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the Hamptons Observatory will host a free virtual talk where Dr. Zimmerman of NASA will discuss NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
On the Police Logs 08.05.21
The manager of an East Hampton restaurant asked a diner early Saturday evening "to put on shoes, because the restaurant had a shoe policy. He refused and proceeded to seat himself," according to the police report. He left before an officer arrived, but filed a separate report, saying that "he was with his 93-year-old mother in a wheelchair when the manager told him that he was not wearing the right footwear for the establishment and had to leave." He told police he "felt slighted and thought the manager was rude and unreasonable in that he has been a 40-year-customer."
Locked Out, Sink Running
It was "one of those things," said Pat McKibbin, the owner of Mary's Marvelous in East Hampton, speaking of a flood in the kitchen on the afternoon of July 27 that resembled "a miniature of Niagara Falls."
Intruder Had a Knife
A stranger found inside a Cove Hollow Road house on the afternoon of July 28 was later charged with criminal possession of a weapon, East Hampton Village police reported this week.
Drivers Face Drug Charges
Drugs were allegedly involved in at least two arrests last week.
A Busy Week for Lifeguards of All Ages
One hundred and fifty 6-through-8-year-old Nippers were put through their paces at Albert's and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett on July 28 and 29, with 9-through-14-year-old Junior Lifeguards taking part in various events at Indian Wells Beach over the weekend.
A Burial Site Is Returned to the Shinnecocks
Sugar Loaf, a burial ground sacred to the Shinnecock Indian Nation, has been returned to the tribe. Late last month, the Shinnecock Nation Graves Protection Warrior Society announced that the 4.5-acre piece of land in Shinnecock Hills had been purchased for $5.6 million with the help of the Peconic Land Trust.
Robert Paul Fioresi, 83
Robert Paul Fioresi, a salesman and the owner of a management consulting company, died of heart failure on July 23 while working on his boat in Montauk.
John W. Bolton, 77
John W. Bolton of Stuart, Fla., who volunteered for 19 years with the Montauk Fire Department and ambulance company and worked in the construction industry, died of a heart-related illness on July 18 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart.
Ellen’s Run Returns in a Hybrid Format
The popular breast cancer fund-raiser will have a 5K road race starting at the Southampton Intermediate School on Aug. 15 at 9 a.m., and a virtual race spanning Aug. 15 and 30.