Threatening Bitcoin Emails
Two local women received threatening emails from an unknown sender on the afternoon of Sept. 4, with photos of their homes attached, demanding that $2,000 be sent to a Bitcoin code.
On the Police Logs 09.19.24
After a man exposed himself in front of two women whom he’d been hanging out with near the Montauk 7-Eleven store on the morning of Sept. 7, they called the police. He ran off.
Village Z.B.A. Has No Room to Consider Inn's Request
After two and a half years in front of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals, the Huntting Inn’s quest for a pool and other improvements may fail. The reason? The Z.B.A. may not have the authority to grant the approval, even if it saw fit to do so.
Item of the Week: Whaling Log of the Daniel Webster
This whaling log, kept by Edward Mulford Baker (1810-1856), documents two voyages aboard the ship Daniel Webster. The first took place between 1833 and 1837, departing from Sag Harbor for the Pacific Ocean. Baker was first mate under Capt. Philetus Pierson (1801-1879) and documented the journey only between Aug. 27 and Sept. 19, 1833.