“A fisheries fraud conspiracy” spanning about three years, at least 200 fishing trips, and 200,000 pounds of illegally taken fluke and black sea bass has now resulted in a 30-month prison sentence for a Montauk boat captain, Christopher Winkler.
A lifeguard at Kirk Park Beach in Montauk spotted a man walking with his son on the dunes Friday afternoon and asked him to leave the protected area. The man “called him a few names,” he told police, who were unable to find the pair.
The highly regarded Perlman Music Program will give a rare East Hampton concert on Tuesday in celebration of its 30th anniversary, bringing students from around the world and the maestro Itzhak Perlman as conductor to the high school for “a rousing program of orchestral and choral masterworks.” Three East Hampton High School students will be on the stage when it happens.
In a press release Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the beginning of construction on the Sunrise Wind project, the largest offshore wind project in New York State, to be located 30 miles east of Montauk.
