Item of the Week: Juliana Gardiner to Her Daughter, 1839
It may have been from 185 years ago, but Juliana MacLachlan Gardiner’s letter from Saratoga Springs to her daughter expresses the same anxieties of a parent of a teen today.
Melanie Ross
Melanie Amanda Ross, a veteran of the real estate industry here, died on June 30 of complications of a brain aneurysm. She was 76.
Meredith Blake, 52
Meredith Blake, a part-time resident of Amagansett, died of ovarian cancer in hospice care on July 15. She was 52.
Jeanette Loper Beebe
Jeanette Loper Beebe, a lifelong volunteer and skilled knitter formerly of East Hampton, died on July 15 in South Carolina at the age of 98.
Carol Rogers
Carol Rogers, a dedicated employee at Montauk Point State Park, died at home in Montauk on July 16. She was 87.
The Way It Was for August 8, 2024
Fifty years ago a message in a bottle — actually a plea for help — washed up on Three Mile Hollow Beach. Just one of many curiosities of life as it was once lived here.
Letters to the Editor for August 8, 2024
Your congressional representative weighs in, as do many, many others in this vital public forum.
Rainy Days and Mondays
What’s a waterlogged parent or host to do to keep the troops entertained? Here are a few destinations to brighten a rainy day.
Alone Time
Fifty Augusts ago, you’d have seen a lot more sailboats and power boats, and more water skiers, if you went down to Gardiner’s Bay to do a head count.
JD Vance Is Bad for Women
After Health and Human Services put a rule in place to safeguard reproductive health information, Senator Vance was among those in Congress who wrote to the department’s secretary stating their opposition. And he didn’t stop there.