Two men were arrested last weekend by East Hampton Town police on misdemeanor drunken-driving charges.

For years it has been a given in East Hampton and across the East End that calls to the police and resulting arrests were on an upward trend. During the first quarter of 2018, however, local police jurisdictions as well as police across the county saw the trend reversed.

Police received three reports of seals in distress on village beaches last week. The first call came on the morning of April 9 from someone walking a dog on Main Beach.