Shortly after 8:30 a.m. last Thursday, a Chevrolet pickup registered to the Deleg Brothers landscaping company, clipped the side-view mirror of a van parked by the side of Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs, in a construction zone.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reclassified two areas in East Hampton waters to restrict the harvesting of shellfish.
With two dredges and a culling board laid across the stern of my boat, it was time to see if the upcoming season would be boom, bust, or perhaps something in between. Sadly, it did not take long to see that the hope for a bountiful harvest of scallops would very much mimic the unfortunate events that have unfolded in the black cloud that is 2020.
A routine patrol on Ocean Avenue last week resulted in a wrist-slap for a Brooklyn man who was seen placing advertising material into mailboxes.
