A Three Mile Harbor Drive resident reported an online dating scam on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Somehow, said the 80-year-old man, a person on the dating platform had gotten his phone number and demanded $2,000 from him, threatening to tell his family he was using the site if he did not comply. Police told the man to block the number.
A 2-year-old was taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital following a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on State Route 27 near Upland Road in Montauk.
At a West Lake Drive house in Montauk on Oct. 28, East Hampton Town police arrested a local man on a charge of violating an order of protection, a class-E felony.
Residents of Sag Harbor knew Anthony Brandt as the chairman of its Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review, one of the regulatory boards charged with maintaining the authenticity and character of houses and other buildings in the village. A formidable advocate for preservation, he served in the role for seven years beginning in 1986, five years after he first moved to the village, and again from 2016 to 2019.
