Donald Fishman, 75
Donald Fishman, a pulmonologist and chief resident at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, died at Calvary Hospital Hospice in the Bronx on Sunday. Dr. Fishman, who had lived in Montauk for many years, had cancer.
Challenge to Toilsome Brewery Is Tossed
On Friday, Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Carmen Victoria St. George said Michael and Christine Aaron’s attempt to stop a brewery from being built on Toilsome Lane in East Hampton Village was “not ripe,” agreeing with the village’s zoning board of appeals that an official determination on whether the brewery is compatible with the village’s code has yet to be made.
Pool, Hot Tub, Cabanas Proposed for Huntting Inn
The Huntting Inn, originally built in 1699 but purchased in 2020 by Landry’s of Houston, owner of the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, is once again before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals and Design Review Board, asking for approval of a pool and hot tub behind the inn. Their original application was withdrawn in June 2021, after strong neighborhood opposition.
Item of the Week: Goody Garlick: The Play
“Witchcraft in East Hampton: A Short Play” by Virginia H. Page (1926-2021), a page of which is seen here, focuses on East Hampton’s 1657 witchcraft trial, known as the Goody Garlick trial.
Kids Culture for October 20, 2022
“Angelina’s Halloween”
The children’s book author Katharine Holabird, creator of the Angelina Ballerina series, will be the star of a spooky story hour at The Church in Sag Harbor on Friday, Oct. 28, when she reads “Angelina’s Halloween,” with a trained ballerina from the Hamptons Ballet Theatre School helping to bring the story to life.
On the Police Logs 10.20.22
On Sunday morning, officers punched a new hole in the belt of a man whose pants had fallen down on Newtown Lane. The man, 56, is well known in the village. The last hole in his belt was buckled, police said, but was not keeping his pants up. “Negative intent of exposure,” they concluded.
Shoreline Policy Changes Must Come Soon
Zoning codes have not kept up with the increased threat presented by accelerating sea level rise and more powerful storms.
The Truth About Bail Reform
The claim that bail reform in New York State has led to an increase in violence is not supported by facts.
The Mast-Head: World Without Insects
Estimates are that close to half of all insect species are falling and that a third are in danger of extinction.
The Shipwreck Rose: Now, Voyager
My grandparents had a passion for steamships that, as these family inclinations do, has somehow trickled down to me.