East HamptonA crew building a deck on a Spring Close Highway house ran out of the cedar planks they were using shortly after beginning work on the morning of March 17. The contractor had left about 45 planks stacked in the driveway the day before, but they vanished during the night. Oscar Cascante valued the missing lumber at $850.East Hampton VillageGale-force winds downed limbs and trees all over village roads on Sunday morning.
New York State troopers arrested a Southampton Town Highway Department employee on Friday following an investigation into stolen material and the use of a payloader after business hours.
Credit cards now accepted for bail at East Hampton Justice Court.
AmagansettThe exterior of a house on Hampton Lane in Beach Hampton was vandalized last Thursday night. Steve Singer told police that two eggs had been thrown at the house, striking the front door and an outside wall.East Hampton VillageWorkers installing an irrigation system on a Georgica Road property struck a gas line on March 22. Police were able to shut the line down before firefighters arrived.Northwest WoodsA Hands Creek Road woman went to police headquarters in Wainscott on March 22 carrying ashes from burned letters and magazines.