Researchers launch pilot study to learn more about seal population now inhabiting local waters Seals lounging on a rock off the Ram Island Causeway. (Credit: Eleanor P. Labrozzi)
When I first started fishing on Long Island in the early 1980s, observing a marine mammal in the wild was an extremely rare occurrence.
Due to years of unregulated hunting, many populations declined to the point where they faced extinction. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act was signed into law and many species have since made remarkable comebacks.
Members of one such group, the pinnipeds, are now commonly seen across Long Island from October to March. Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include three families: true seals, eared seals and walruses. Only true seals can be found in our region, with five species potentially being encountered. Harbor seals are the most common, followed by grey seals. On rare occasions, we can also see Arctic species such as harp, ho
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Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty.
Freddy S. Bueno-Lopez of East Hampton was driving on North Ferry Road on May 11 when he was stopped and ticketed for driving while visibility impaired by broken glass. On the same day, Steven R. Jauffrineau of Shelter Island received a summons for driving at a speed not reasonable or prudent on North Cartwright Road.
Six tickets were issued for speeding on May 12, 13, 16 and 17: Juan B. Padilla of Medford for driving 41 miles per hour in the 25-mph zone on New York Avenue; David Kldiashvili of Brooklyn, 37 mph in the same zone; David L. Kolodny of Shelter Island, 54 mph in a 35-mph zone on North Cartwright Road; Roberto C. Grammatica of Shelter Island, 37 mph in the 25-mph zone on New York Avenue; Spencer W. Boden of Waccabuc,
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Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty.
Arrests
Justin R. Parker, 36, of Pueblo, Colorado was arrested on May 7 at about 11 a.m. in Southampton on charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the 2nd degree – a felony offence. (See story this page.)
Summonses
Diego I. Pintado Yupa of East Hampton was driving on West Neck Road on May 6 when he was given a ticket for failure to stop at a stop sign. On the same day, Rebecca H. Smith of Shelter Island was also ticketed for failure to stop at a stop sign on Smith Street.
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Those named in arrest reports or receiving police summonses have not been convicted of a crime. In court, the charges against them may be reduced or withdrawn or the defendants may be found not guilty.
Accidents
Kenneth Nochimson of New York City said he was exiting the parking lot at the Recycling Center when he hit a boulder causing over $1,000 in damage to the passenger right-side of his vehicle. There were no reported injuries.
Other reports
Police conducted 14 traffic, distracted driving and radar enforcement stops in the Center, Ram Island and Cartwright on April 20-22 and April 24-26, resulting in 14 warnings and no tickets.
NARRAGANSETT A rustic family compound on a wooded waterfront of Point Judith Pond sold this week for $4.1 million, the highest price for a single property in Narragansett so far this year, according to Lila Delman Compass.
Dan and Nicole Harding, who work as a team at the Lila Delman Compass Narragansett office, sold more than $25 million worth of real estate in Washington County in 2020 and $12 million so far this year, the brokerage said. The couple represented the seller, the Kenyon family, in Monday’s transaction.
The 66 acres at 125 Kenyon Farms Rd., which stretches to the end of Cedar Point and is roughly the length of Ram Island in Point Judith Pond, has belonged to the Kenyon family for at least 100 years, Dan Harding said one of the five Kenyon siblings told him. One brother has occupied the property, one sibling lives in Norway and the others are scattered around the country, he said.