Springs Notebook: Mom Steps Up for Club Logo
Two sixth-grade members of the Springs School Journalism Club, Siena Dion and Coral Borsack, recently came up with the idea to create a new logo for the club.
Kids Culture for October 12, 2023
Epic Martial Arts will hold free self-defense classes for girls on Monday and Oct. 23 and Nov. 6 at its Sag Harbor studio. There's much more in store for kids and teens this week, too.
Item of the Week: Tony’s Sport Shop at Halloween, 1976
Children gather to decorate the windows of Tony’s Sport Shop on Newtown Lane leading up to Halloween in 1976 in this photograph from The Star’s archive. Tony Cangiolosi ran the store from 1966 to 1980.
On the Police Logs 10.12.23
A landscaping company working on Bluff Point Road in Sag Harbor was told to turn off their leaf blowers on Monday morning, Columbus Day, not because there were no leaves on the ground yet but because leaf blowing is forbidden on holidays.
Mayor’s Car Is Rear-Ended
East Hampton Village Mayor Jerry Larsen was driving a 2009 Audi S.U.V. on the morning of Oct. 3, when it was rear-ended by a 2012 Subaru Forester driven by an 82-year-old East Hampton woman.
Criminal Mischief Charged
A 28-year-old Riverhead man was arrested in East Hampton on Sept. 30 and charged with two felony counts of criminal mischief in the second degree.
Joseph DeCristofaro, 98
Joseph DeCristofaro, a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War who was the longest-serving active member of the East Hampton Fire Department, died on Oct. 2 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.
Esteban Cordero
Esteban Cordero, a former ad man born in Argentina who lived part time in East Hampton, died on Sept. 15 in New York City. He was 92.
Betty Rice
Betty Rice, a former microbiologist at Southampton Hospital, died on Oct. 1 at Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue. An East Hampton resident for 20 years, she was 97.
On the Water: A Harbor Farewell
The closing of Tight Lines Tackle in Sag Harbor is most unfortunate. Small mom-and-pop, one-man businesses like Ken Morse’s establishment continue to be squeezed out because of high rents. It’s a troublesome trend that has become too frequent here.