Salvatore Vacca
Salvatore Vacca of Sagaponack and New York City, who was a successful importer of Italian food products, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on March 22. He was 93.
Pat DeRosa, Musician
Pat DeRosa of Montauk, who over a long career performed with legendary musicians including John Coltrane, Lionel Hampton, Dick Hyman, Glenn Miller, Toots Thielemans, Boyd Raeburn, Tex Beneke, and Percy Faith, died on March 30 at the age of 101.
Claudia G. Walter
Claudia Grace Walter, who had lived in Montauk for many years and relocated to Estero, Fla., in 2014, died of cancer on March 6. She was 86.
Shelba Midgett
Shelba Kay Midgett, a chambermaid and house cleaner, died at home in East Hampton on March 18. She was 78 and had lived on Bayview Avenue for 46 years.
Sandbag Removal Only a First Step
East Hampton Town officials say they are getting tough on so-called temporary measures to save properties from erosion. We’ll believe it when we see it.
Virtuous Cycle of Bikeway Investment
It is increasingly accepted that alternative ways of getting around, ones that do not require fossil fuels, can help reduce planet-warming gases, but there is another direct benefit: money.
The Mast Head: Patient Zero
Tick season is upon us again, and so are conversations about the East End’s public enemy number one.
The Shipwreck Rose: Romans 3:23
The other day, when looking into family history for a column, I read a New Yorker magazine profile of a charming rustic character by the name of Everett Joshua Edwards: my great-grandfather.
Gristmill: Dim Bulbs
Keeping tabs on the on-again-off-again check engine light.
Point of View: Don’t Let It Vanish
Carl Johnson hopes Bridgehampton can remain a year-round community.