Weekly Wrap-Up: Five Headlines You Might Have Missed

1. Lighted Menorah and Christmas Tree Grace The Village Green

The Westhampton Beach Village held their annual tree and menorah lighting on the village green on Sunday. .

2. Santa Makes Early Stop in Hampton Bays

Santa visited with area children at the Hampton Bays annual tree lighting, held on Sunday at the . .

3. Hampton Bays Man Hit With Felony Eavesdropping Charges

say they have charged a 28-year-old Hampton Bays man with eavesdropping. According to Sgt. Lisa Costa, Ralph Rivera was slapped with the class E felony on Sunday after police received reports from a Hampton Bays woman that her estranged boyfriend had allegedly accessed her text messages without consent.

4. Study Expected to Show Increased Alcohol Use Among Local Teens

The Southampton Town Youth Bureau commenced its triennial drug study among some 2,000 area eighth, 10th and 12th graders; the bureau expects that the results will show that alcohol use among teens is on the rise.

5. Coakley Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Stacking Scheme

Carrie Coakley, of Westhampton Beach, pleaded guilty Monday to grand larceny and fraud for her role in an $82 million mortgage stacking scheme that her husband, Donald MacPherson, and former Suffolk County Legis. George Guldi have also pleaded guilty to.