Eleanor Glennon
Eleanor Marie Glennon, a cosmetologist who owned her own hair salon for 46 years in Bohemia, where she was born and raised, died after a stroke at home in Amagansett on June 22. She was 92.
Lois Fortune-Maginley
A memorial service for Lois Fortune-Maginley, a producer for many years with the Children’s Television Workshop, will be held on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center. She died on Jan. 2 at the age of 77.
John Burr Northrop Jr.
John Burr Northrop Jr., an armed services veteran and bond salesman who played an unlikely role in the Watergate scandal, died on May 1 in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 96 and had been a summer resident of East Hampton for many years.
Audrey Flack, Artistic Trailblazer
Audrey Flack, Abstract Expressionist, Photorealist, and sculptor, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on June 28. She was 93 and divided her time between East Hampton and New York City.
The Way It Was for July 11, 2024
This paper's been around so long it was writing about the forward-thinking plan to put numbers on the buildings lining Main Street before the turn of the 20th century. And a lot more ripped from past pages.
Letters to the Editor for July 11, 2024
Kudos, kvetches, and plain old commentary. It's The Star's bulging mailbag.
Pool Check! Is Yours Safe?
According to federal statistics, child drownings continue to be the leading cause of death among children from 1 to 4 years old.
When Skies Are Gray
In a resort community like ours, there are beach days . . . and then there are days when there is, as the kids complain, "nothing to do."
The Mast-Head: Footing for Clams
Footing is simply shuffling along in the water, toes in the sand or mud, feeling for the characteristic immobility and sharp edges of a clam alive in its shell.
The Shipwreck Rose: Heppy Bird Day
Is this July 9 birthday coincidence not astonishing? Daughter, father, grandfather, and best friend?