New details were revealed Wednesday about the fatal accident in Springs on June 15, as Luis Barrionuevo-Fuertes, the 18-year-old who was driving the car involved in the crash, appeared for arraignment in Riverhead on a long list of new criminal charges before Acting Supreme Court Justice Steven A. Pilewski. If convicted of the top count of aggravated vehicular homicide, he could face up to 25 years in state prison.

While it might not be ideal for spur-of-the-moment registration, I-Tri’s Hamptons Youth Triathlon on Saturday morning should give spectators plenty to cheer for.

The discovery of a piping plover nest on the beach near the launch site forced an 11th-hour cancellation of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce's Fourth of July fireworks show. “This would be the first documented breeding record of a piping plover in Montauk,” said Brent Bomkamp, a co-compiler of the Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count in Montauk.