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Week in Review: Rare Calico Lobster Surfaces; Arrested Boaters Speak Out

Also: Ben Watts' Montauk party shut down.

Catch up on the news you might have missed this past week:

News

Hours apart turtles found in East Hampton Village and in Napeague State Park.

Suffolk County Department of Health Services reported that on July 2 or 3, a mosquito sample containing West Nile virus was found in Amagansett. No human samples have been reported in Suffolk County this year.

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Stuart's Seafood Market in Amagansett makes a 1-in-30 million catch.

Check out photos and video of how the Coast Guard untwisted fishing line from around a sea turtle's neck at sea on Wednesday.

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Business

However, market rep says company still considering more permanent space.

Crime & Courts

DA's new DWI Task Force showed a presence in East Hampton and Sag Harbor on Saturday night.

All too similar cases of hit-and-run accidents end the lives of visitors on the South Fork.

With at least 2,000 at Rick's Crabby Cowboy Cafe for "Shark Attack Sounds," an ambulance was unable to get down East Lake Drive to a patient.

David A. Fink and his longtime fiance Simon V. Kinsella said that they were well within their right to protest when they were picked up outside a Mitt Romney fundraiser.

Schools

Walter Wilcoxen says there has been little trust or consensus building on the Sag Harbor School District Board of Education for the last year and a half.

Sag Harbor School District needs to fill Walter Wilcoxen's vacancy.

Summer

Part one of four-part 'FamilyFest' kicked off Thursday night at the Montauk Playhouse Community Center.

Reader Photos

Sun dog or sun pillar appears over Amagansett, one hydrologist says.

At Ditch Plains in Montauk, kids are taking part in the junior lifeguard program.


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