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Best Lobster Roll Found At This Long Island Eatery, Voters Declare Best Lobster Roll Found At This Long Island Eatery, Voters Declare
Best Lobster Roll Found At This Long Island Eatery, Voters Declare A retro-style Long Island shack has been honored with the title of the best lobster roll. “This is where summer begins.” The Lobster Roll Restaurant, affectionately known simply as “Lunch”, was declared by the community as serving up the best lobster roll for the fifth year in a row, according to the 2023 Bethpage Best of Long Island awards. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nicole Schwartz (@li_loveatfirstbite) The shack, located at 1980 Montauk Highway in Amagansett, was first purchased in 1965 by a father-son duo. It was dub…

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by Sophie Grieser
News
Humpback Whale Carcass Found On Long Island Humpback Whale Carcass Found On Long Island
Humpback Whale Carcass Found On Long Island Authorities are working to determine the cause of death of a humpback whale that was found on Long Island. At about 4 p.m. Thursday, June 1, the carcass of the whale floated into Shinnecock Bay in Southampton. Southampton Town Police officers and staff from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Atlantic Marine Conservation Society then arrived on the scene. The animal was eventually towed out of the bay, back into the ocean and the carcass was secured to the beachfront, west of the inlet, Southampton Town Police said. Heavy machinery is being brough…

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by Joe Lombardi
Lifestyle
'Turned Our Lives Upside Down': Long Island Father Left In Coma After Being Struck By Van 'Turned Our Lives Upside Down': Long Island Father Left In Coma After Being Struck By Van
'Turned Our Lives Upside Down': Long Island Father Left In Coma After Being Struck By Van Support is swelling for the family of a Long Island husband and father of four who was left in a coma after being hit by a car on his daily bicycle ride. Jeffrey Yusko, of the hamlet of Wainscott, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital on Friday, May 5, after being struck by a van not far from his home, his son Tyler Yusko wrote on a GoFundMe campaign. “We received a knock on our front door from the police that turned our lives upside down,” Yusko said. His father, a “top salesman” at P.C. Richard & Son appliance store in Southampton, suffered devastating injuries in the cr…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Asked Child For Sexual Contact: Police Long Island Man Asked Child For Sexual Contact: Police
Long Island Man Asked Child For Sexual Contact: Police A Long Island man has been arrested after police found that he had engaged in a sex offense against a young child. Southampton Police reported that on Wednesday, May 17, officers arrested 51-year-old Wuilyan Pirir Camey of Riverhead for a sex offense. Two weeks prior to the arrest, the Southampton Police Department received a report of the possible offense, which occurred against an 11-year-old child from Flanders. An investigation revealed that Pirir Camey had been texting the child and requesting sexual contact, authorities claimed. Pirir Camey is charged with the following: First…

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Man Threatens Person With Boxcutter On Long Island, Police Say Man Threatens Person With Boxcutter On Long Island, Police Say
Man Threatens Person With Boxcutter On Long Island, Police Say A Long Island man was charged with menacing after allegedly threatening a person with a boxcutter in the presence of a child. The incident took place in Suffolk County in Southampton on Sunday, April 24. According to the Sgt Jason Davin of the Southampton Police, Darwin Lopez Funes, age 25, of Flanders, was charged with menacing and endangering the welfare of a child after threatening another person with a boxcutter with a child in the area. Lopez Funes was arrested and transported to Southampton Police headquarters for processing and held for morning arraignment.

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by Kathy Reakes
News
$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme $3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme
$3,800,000 Money Laundering Case: Attorney From Westchester Admits Role In Scheme An attorney from Westchester has admitted to laundering money in order to make payments to maintain six US properties owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, federal officials said.  Pelham resident and attorney Robert Wise pleaded guilty on Tuesday, April 25 to participating in a scheme to make around $3.8 million in payments to maintain six properties in the US that were owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a sanctioned Russian oligarch, according to the US Attorney's Office for Southern District of New York.  According to federal officials, Vekselberg was designated …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Suspicious Incident: Suffolk County Man Finds Intruder With Dog, Gun On Back Porch Suspicious Incident: Suffolk County Man Finds Intruder With Dog, Gun On Back Porch
Suspicious Incident: Suffolk County Man Finds Intruder With Dog, Gun On Back Porch Police are investigating after a Long Island man reported finding an intruder with a dog and a gun on his back porch in the early morning hours. The incident took place in Suffolk County around 6:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 20, in the Bay View Oaks area in the hamlet of Noyack.  Officers from the Southampton Town Police responded to a residence in Noyack, to investigate an incident possibly involving the possession of a firearm, said Lt. Susan Ralph, of the Southampton Police. The resident told officers that he encountered a man standing on his back porch with a large dog. Wh…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Residents Chase Early-Morning Burglar From Long Island Home, Police Say Residents Chase Early-Morning Burglar From Long Island Home, Police Say
Residents Chase Early-Morning Burglar From Long Island Home, Police Say A 56-year-old burglar was chased away by residents after breaking into a Long Island home and stealing belongings, authorities said. The incident happened shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, in Southampton, at a home located on Big Fresh Pond Lane, according to Southampton Town Police. Detectives said Anthony Wilson, of Southampton, entered the home through a ground floor window before stealing an expensive pocket watch and cash. He was eventually spotted by friends of the homeowner who were staying at the home, police said. They called 911 and reportedly chased Wilson from the scene.…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
You Better Work: George Santos Offered $100K To Perform Drag Show At NY Restaurant, Report Says You Better Work: George Santos Offered $100K To Perform Drag Show At NY Restaurant, Report Says
You Better Work: George Santos Offered $100K To Perform Drag Show At NY Restaurant, Report Says After weeks of online speculation over his rumored past as a drag queen, embattled New York Congressman George Santos has been given the chance to sashay down the runway for a good cause, Daily Mail reports.  Zach Erdem, owner of Long Island hot spot 75 Main in Southampton, is offering the Republican lawmaker $100,000 if he agrees to perform in the exclusive restaurant’s weekly drag show, Erdem told the outlet. The job includes free food and drinks, and Erdem said he would even donate a portion of ticket sales to charities benefiting children and animals. George Santos denies he was e…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Movie Producer’s $6M NY Mansion Destroyed In Fire, Report Says Movie Producer’s $6M NY Mansion Destroyed In Fire, Report Says
Movie Producer’s $6M NY Mansion Destroyed In Fire, Report Says A multimillion-dollar New York mansion is a “100 percent loss” following an early-morning fire that drew multiple agencies. Crews were dispatched to the Long Island home, located in Southampton on Edge of Woods Road, at around 12:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, according to Southampton Fire spokesperson Chris Brenner. By the time firefighters arrived, the nine-bedroom, 9,500 square-foot home was fully engulfed in flames, Brenner said. It took crews about 30 minutes to get the blaze under control. The home as seen in a property listing from June 2022.Douglas Elliman Real Estate via Zillow Cre…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
2 Drivers Charged With DWI In Separate Southampton Incidents On Same Night 2 Drivers Charged With DWI In Separate Southampton Incidents On Same Night
2 Drivers Charged With DWI In Separate Southampton Incidents On Same Night Police in a Long Island town reported the arrests of two men for driving while intoxicated after separate incidents on the same night. Both incidents happened in Southampton on the night of Friday, Dec. 2, the Southampton Town Police Department reported. Police reported that officers initiated a traffic stop at about 10:50 p.m. on Old Farm Road in Sagaponack. The driver, identified as 32-year-old Christian Christoffersen, of Southampton, was found to be operating the vehicle while intoxicated and was charged with DWI and multiple traffic infractions, police said. About an hour l…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Man Attempting To Cross Busy Southampton Roadway Struck By Van Man Attempting To Cross Busy Southampton Roadway Struck By Van
Man Attempting To Cross Busy Southampton Roadway Struck By Van A man who tried walking across a busy Long Island road was taken to the hospital after being struck by a vehicle.  On Friday, Nov. 18 at round 3:25 p.m., police in Suffolk County responded to County Road 39 at North Sea Road in Southampton after receiving a report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle, according to Southampton Police.  Upon arriving at the scene, police found 75-year-old Alan Snider of Southampton, who had attempted to cross County Road 39 northbound from North Sea Road against oncoming traffic when he was hit by a Dodge work van driven by a 33-year…

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by Ben Crnic