Anne J. Edwards Kelsey
Anne Jennett Edwards Kelsey loved photography, reading, and arts and crafts, but her favorite thing to do was spend time with family, her children wrote.
Leroy E. DeBoard, Athlete and Educator
Leroy Everett DeBoard, one of East Hampton’s great athletes, an educator, and a two-term East Hampton Town councilman beginning in the mid-1980s, died on Sept. 21 at the age of 89.
John Joseph McFarland
John Joseph McFarland, who was affectionately called Johnny Boy, was “the life of any party or gathering,” his family wrote. He loved being around people, loved music — especially Whitney Houston — and was a great dancer, they said.
Robert Kalfin, Director
Robert Kalfin, a director, producer, and co-founder of the Chelsea Theater Center in New York City, died on Sept. 20 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care in Quiogue. The cause was complications from leukemia. Mr. Kalfin, who lived on Harbor View Lane in Springs, was 89.
Wainscott Residents Fed Up With Gun Club
Residents of Wainscott continued to press for changes at the Maidstone Gun Club this week, including shutting it down, citing numerous instances of bullets hitting houses and the potential for a tragedy.
Covid Test Site Now Down to Once a Week
Starting this week, East Hampton Town’s Covid-19 testing site at 110 Stephen Hand’s Path in Wainscott, operated by CareONE Concierge, will only be open on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Item of the Week: Bertha Rides a Bovine
This amusing image shows Bertha Edwards Finch of Springs sitting atop a horned bovine with one foot on a stepstool. The photograph is a part of the Springs Historical Society Collection.
Sea Floor Work Begins for Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore construction of the South Fork Wind farm commenced this week. Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind, a developer of the project, issued a mariners briefing on seabed preparation for the 12-turbine installation on Sept. 23. Included is the start of the clearing of boulders where the wind farm’s turbine foundations will be situated and along cable routes, which must happen before the laying of the wind farm’s export cable and other connecting cables.
Fashion Confidential
A biography of the enigmatic queen of fashion that dishes plenty of industry dirt.
A Fall Edition of the Poetry Marathon
The Poetry Marathon returns to the Mulford Farm next Thursday, with Megan Chaskey among the readers.