Southampton Town detectives are still investigating an attempted burglary that occurred at Citarella in Bridgehampton shortly before midnight on Sunday.

East Hampton Town police have announced the arrest on June 19 of a 31-year-old Montauk man on a charge of first-degree rape, a class B felony. Court documents state that he was involved in an incident with a 6-year-old girl.

Staff Sgt. Harold Chapman was at the helm of a rapidly descending B-17 Flying Fortress. He was not a pilot. In fact, Chappie, as he was known, had just watched the pilot jump from the plane, his parachute failing to open. Hoping to avoid the pilot’s fate, Chappie was attempting to land the plane himself, according to his son, Rick Chapman of East Hampton. He was the last man aboard.

Searching for a fix to prevent speeding vehicles from flying into the Hedges Inn at the 90-degree turn where Woods Lane meets East Hampton’s Main Street, the village board contemplated a large metal net at its meeting on Friday.

What was originally estimated to be a $2.4-million wastewater treatment project at the Montauk Shores Condominiums has swelled to $5.4 million, leading the community’s management to borrow money to make up the difference.

Bridgehampton High School’s class of 2024 worked hard and played hard, helped one another overcome obstacles, and made lots of memories together along the way — all accomplishments that were celebrated during an emotional graduation ceremony on Saturday.

“There was a concerted effort to cut out all comment on this,” Aidan Corish, a Sag Harbor Village trustee, said of a barely averted vote to create a local development corporation at the June village board meeting. “It’s disturbing. We were one vote away from basically giving over financial borrowing authority to an unelected board in perpetuity.”

In the country of Georgia, citizens are standing up to the government in the wake of a new law they feel runs counter to democracy. At the center of the conflict in Georgia is an Amagansett woman, Tsisnami (Sissy) Sakvarlishvili, who has been a leader and organizer of protests for democracy and has even landed in court, facing sanctions for her work.

This summer, the Fourth falls on a Thursday and skyline spectaculars are being held practically all month long across the South Fork.