Two Eagle Scouts Take Flight
James Farrell of East Hampton and Troy Remkus of Sag Harbor are the latest local teens to achieve the highest honor the Boy Scouts community has to offer — that of the Eagle Scout.
Citarella Aids Kids’ Groups
The East End Fund for Children, a coalition of seven local nonprofits dedicated to meeting the needs of the community’s most vulnerable, will once again partner with Citarella, the gourmet food market, in a fund-raising campaign between June 23 and Labor Day weekend.
Celebrating Tap and Honoring Its Origins
The fact that Our Fabulous Variety Show’s latest tap-dance production happens to coincide almost exactly with Juneteenth is not intentional, but it does, perhaps, make it a good time to talk about the origins of tap dancing.
Kids Culture 06.16.22
Drag queen story hour, summer reading at libraries, movie screenings, and more fun stuff coming up for kids and teens.
Pit Bull Attack Rattles Neighbors
Residents of Hampton Waters, off Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton, have been rattled by a pit bull attack that injured one of their neighbors on the afternoon of May 31, and the community is still wondering just whose dog it was that bit Stuart Strauss hard above one eye, inflicting bloody scratches and bruises.
On the Police Logs 06.16.22
A man described to police as “a drunk 20-something,” wearing black shorts and T-shirt, was staggering through traffic on Flamingo Road around dinnertime on June 8, prompting a call to police. He was gone by the time they arrived, and a search yielded no results.
Missed a Deer, Hit a Sign
A Springs man was charged with aggravated drunken driving, a misdemeanor, on the morning of June 6, after a 911 call reporting a man passed out in a car on Cedar Ridge Road in that hamlet.
Five Officers Are Promoted
Lt. Chelsea Tierney was among five officers of the East Hampton Town Police Department who were recently promoted. Lieutenant Tierney, along with Lt. Daniel Toia, Detective Sgt. Ryan Hogan, Sgt. Ryan Fink, and Detective Luke McNamara, took the oath of office in the main meeting room at Town Hall on Tuesday.
William A. Dreher Sr.
William Arthur Dreher Sr. of East Hampton Village, a life trustee of Guild Hall, died on June 5 of metastatic prostate cancer. He was 91.
Brendan Clavin, 33
A writer, musician, athlete, filmmaker, skateboarder, and scientist, Brendan Clavin of Hampton Bays died unexpectedly at home on Friday at the age of 33. His cause of death has not yet been determined.