A series of recent humpback whale strandings on the East End are evidence of another year of high mortality rates for the species along the Atlantic Coast and particularly in New York, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries.
Several people called 911 on Sunday after watching girls who could not swim struggling in the water near the North Haven side of Sag Harbor Cove. Adults who went in after them were soon in trouble too. Good Samaritans at a nearby marina who heard the commotion leapt into action to save them.
A mom told town police that she had been distracted by her 5-year-old daughter in the backseat when she drove off Northwest Road and into a tree on the afternoon of July 20.
A woman was leaving the Gulf gas station on Hampton Street in Sag Harbor on the evening of July 22 when she saw a young child, visibly upset, running across the road yelling "Mommy" and continuing on the side of the road.
