Guestwords: Lights Out
Lessons in humanity from the Blackout of 2003.
Lessons in humanity from the Blackout of 2003.
The Bonac Boys 4-by-800-meter relay team tried one more time to break East Hampton’s 23-year-old school record last weekend at the Long Island Elite Meet. Their time of 8:42.53, while not record-breaking, still earned them a third-place finish at St. Anthony’s High School.
Alyssa Bahel, a 2015 East Hampton High School graduate and track star, ran the 2026 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 3:09:34, the 275th woman to finish in a field of nearly 39,000 runners.
Two of Bonac’s top female track and field athletes competed at the Long Island Elite Meet at St. Anthony’s High School.
“Those unexpected rest days turned out to be a blessing in disguise” ahead of the state meet this weekend, Coach Craig Brierley said.
At the 2026 state championships in Albany last weekend, Bronco Campsey, a junior from Pierson High School, clawed back from a loss in the second round to place fifth in the state in the 126-pound weight class.
Buried beneath the budgets and bond updates at the East Hampton School Board meeting Tuesday was the announcement nobody wanted to hear: The district's athletic director, Kathy Masterson, is retiring at the end of this school year.
A former vice president and co-treasurer of the Sag Harbor P.T.A. was arrested Tuesday on charges that she stole more than $10,000 from P.T.A. bank accounts.
Margaret Garrett, a dancer turned artist, will illuminate Martha Graham’s “The 19 Poses,” and Xin Ying of the dance company will perform two solo works from its repertoire.
Brendan Johnston, a new trustee of the Southampton Arts Center, is doing double duty as the venue’s new artist in residence, painting and interacting with the public in the galleries.
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