News Nearby: Montauk Art Students Spruce Up Recycling Center

Here’s a look at some of the top stories that made headlines in and around your community this week.

East Hampton

Student Art Work Brightens Up Montauk Recycling Center

Montauk School students showed off their original art to parents and teachers on Tuesday morning. Their work wasn't displayed on the walls of the auditorium, but on the concrete walls in front of the containers at Montauk Recycling Center.

Southampton

Tenants Homeless After North Sea Blaze

Roslyn Anderson spent Sunday sifting through clothes at the apartment she is now vacating in the hopes she can wash away the strong smell of smoke. One of the tenants now homeless after a fire broke out on the second floor of the G & C Knoebel Electric building on Mary's Lane in North Sea Saturday night, Anderson said the tasks ahead of her seem daunting.

Westhampton-Hampton Bays

Southampton Looks to Buy Neptunes for $3.2 Million; Residents Support Plan

The Town of Southampton is moving forward on a plan to use Community Preservation funds to possibly purchase Neptunes Beach Club on Dune Road, which has had trouble with drugs over the years with cops responding on a regular basis.  

Riverhead

Police Department Mourns Loss of One Of Their Own

The Riverhead Police Department was somber Tuesday; a cloak of grief hung heavily over a brotherhood who had lost a longtime member of the law enforcement family.

North Fork

Resident Demanding Answers Over Recent Village Resignation

At least one Greenport resident is demanding answers about the recent resignation of Jack Naylor, the village's utilities director.