Wrapping Up Summer: Top Headlines in Westhampton-Hampton Bays

As summer in the Hamptons winds down, we thought we'd wrap up the season in Patch-style: With a top ten summer headline list.

JUNE

Local shark enthusiasts and New York media outlets set their sights on Cupsogue Beach Wednesday, as several sharks could still be spotted off the shoreline.

Mark Williams, head of Westhampton’s First Amendment Alliance, was before the village board to discuss a controversial plan to establish a symbolic Jewish boundary called an eruv in Westhampton Beach. He said an Eruv needs a governmental proclamation under Jewish law before it can be built.

In a heated race, voters elected Planning Board member Patricia DiBenedetto and Hank Tucker to the Westhampton Beach Board of Trustees.

Only hours after graduating from , celebration turned to grim tragedy and friends are mourning East Quiogue resident Cameron Nicholls, 18, who they say lost his life in a tragic DWI car crash.

JULY

On Fourth of July weekend, Matt and Karen Worrell of East Quogue had an Independence Day celebration of a different magnitude — their youngest son arrived home safely from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq.

Despite the support of a community who tried desperately to save him, East Quogue resident died from complications related to a bone marrow transplant.

Alan Ceppos and Frederic Rambaud added their names to Southampton Town's ledgers, as the two became the first gay couple to legally wed in the town's 371-year history.

AUGUST

Police arrested a 54-year-old woman from Manhasset on Aug. 3 after she allegedly slapped her 19-year-old daughter – who police had arrested just moments before for hosting a booze-filled party at the family's Westhampton summer home.

All ages were on the Post Lane Bridge to watch the expected splash and flotilla of 2,000 ducks emerge under the bridge on their way to the finish line.

Hurricane Irene hit long Island, packing a punch, wiping out electic to much of the Island and causing damage, breaching Dune Road and knocking down trees.