Leaders of the Amagansett Fire Department have to find a new place for the Suffolk County police helicopter to land in emergencies when patients need to be airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital.

The medevac has been landing in a field behind the firehouse, between Main Street and the Long Island Rail Road tracks, but the chief said he was recently informed that pilots had raised concerns about the safety of the landing zone.

Suffolk County Police Deputy Chief Kevin Fallon confirmed by email on Tuesday that the department reassessed the area and found it was “less th

A New York City man already facing a felony charge of drunken driving was arrested in Montauk Harbor Saturday evening after being stopped for speeding in a no-wake zone. Coast Guard officers charged John C. Hulme, 62, with boating while intoxicated and reckless operation of a vessel, both misdemeanors.

Mr. Hulme’s 19-foot-long Stingray, The Expedition, was reportedly clocked at 20 miles per hour through the mouth of the harbor, where the speed limit is 5 m.p.h.