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Week in Review: Finally, Snow; Pierson Student Is Intel Semi-Finalist

Take a look back on the week's top headlines, and some news you may have missed.

This week in Southampton:

Police: Snow, Ice Causing Hazardous Conditions
A Thursday night snowfall , according to The Southampton Town Police Department.

Firefighters Rescue Driver Trapped in Car
A driver was with non-life threatening injuries after being involved in a two-car accident at Montauk Highway and Scuttle Hole Road in Water Mill Saturday morning, according to authorities.

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Pierson Valedictorian Is East End's Only 2012 Intel Semi-Finalist valedictorian, Samuel Miller, is the only student on the East End to this year.

Scruffles Back in Action in Latest Book
Floating down stream on a piece of wood, accidentally stowing away in a delivery truck, or covered in paint, Scruffles often finds that his explorations or his misguided attempts to be helpful .

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Community Preservation Fund

2 Acres Added to Long Pond Greenbelt Preserve
The Southampton Town Board adjacent to 200 acres of land previously preserved by the town and county.

Annual CPF Revenues Hold at $59 Million
The annual haul for the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund , according to the office of New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele.

Real Estate

Hamptons Home Prices Slip, Sales Volume Up
While median home prices on the South Fork took a dive in the fourth quarter, the number of homes sold from October through December more than made up for it with a total sales volume of $501.3 million, topping the fourth-quarter record set in 2010 by 4.6 percent, according to a .

Crime

Former Shelter Island Justice and Husband Get Probation in Theft Case
After pleading in an embezzlement case Katherine Pope, who served as Shelter Island justice from 1998 to 2002, and her husband, Wayne, both for scamming an elderly Water Mill woman, according to a Suffolk Times report.

Southampton Incident Reports: Parent Threatens Ref
A weekly round-up of from the Southampton Town Police Department.

Village Police Log: Man Forced Cop Car Off the RoadSouthampton Village Police Department for Jan. 10 through Jan. 16.

Town Police Log: Caught on Tape Skimming From Job
Southampton Town Police Department for the week of Jan. 9 to Jan. 15.

Restaurants

Muse Restaurant Moving to Sag Harbor
Chef-owner Matt Guiffrida's Muse Restaurant & Aquatic Lounge at the Water Mill Commons will soon uproot and move to Main Street in Sag Harbor, The Sag Harbor Express reports.

10th Hamptons Restaurant Week Coming in March
Hamptons Restaurant Week is in March, offering three-course prix fixe dinners at prices normally unseen at many East End restaurants.

Jobs

Hamptons Help Wanted: Southampton Town Government is Hiring
Temporary and full-time in Southampton, Westhampton, Hampton Bays, Bridgehampton and East Hampton.

Martin Luther King Day

On Martin Luther King Day, Ask 'Where Art Thou?'
Brenda Simmons, co-founder of the African-American Museum of the East End and assistant to the Southampton Village mayor, delivered at Rogers Memorial Library on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2008.

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