Week in Review: Fatality on the Water, Assault at Diner

The organic farm, called Sweet Woodland Farm, opened this summer, selling selling fresh eggs from their 12 chickens, heirloom vegetable plants from their organic garden, and handmade wood items, such as bowls that are crafted by Mike Stephens, a cabinet-maker by trade.

Cops Seek Info on Arrests, Including Hampton Bays Diner Beating

Southampton Town police announced that they are seeking information on three separate incidents which occurred last month, which included two reported assaults – one at Hampton Bays Diner – and one alleged hit-and-run.

The first incident involved a Hampton Bays man, who police said hit someone several times in the face at the night club behind Hampton Bays Diner around 4:30 a.m. on June 16. The man reportedly required immediate medical attention, and the Hampton Bays man was arrested on a misdemeanor third-degree assault charge.

Stop & Shop to Discontinue Bring-Your-Own-Bag Incentives

Stop & Shop's rebate program that gives customers 5 cents back each time they reuse a shopping bag will end on Sunday, the supermarket chain announced in a letter to customers this week.

According to the letter, signed by Stop & Shop New York Metro Division President Don Sussman, the rebate program has kept millions of paper and plastic bags from the waste stream. "While we have been greatly encouraged by this, the program has reached a plateau in its effectiveness to encourage shoppers to reuse their bags," Sussman wrote.

Man Rescued From Flanders Bay Dies

A man that was pulled out of Flanders Bay during a heroic rescue Monday has died, police said.

According to Southampton Town police, a call came in at 2:29 p.m. Monday from an individual aboard a vessel in Flanders Bay, north of Birch Creek, about a man who had been found unconscious and not breathing in the water.

Related: Remsenburg resident recounts dramatic rescue attempt.

Friends Hope to Make Noise With New Burger Joint

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Nephew of Late Fisherman Denied as Permit Heir

The nephew of an 85-year-old fishing captain who died last month in the waters of the Shinnecock Inlet will not be entitled as an heir to his fishing permits, due to state environmental law that requires heirs beyond immediate family to live in the same house as the person passing them down.

According to Newsday, Hampton Bays fisherman Norman Stiansen had his licenses for striped bass, fluke, crabs, lobster and conch rejected by the Department of Environmental Conservation following the death of his uncle, Stian Stiansen, on May 12. Stian was well-known in the local fishing community, and his nephew told Newsday that the DEC's unwillingness to work with him was disappointing.