Virginia Backlund, a retired public health nurse (formerly Virginia King), celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday.
She moved to East Hampton in the 1940s. Former students may remember her as Mrs. King, who worked in many East End schools, from Mattituck on the North Fork to Montauk on the South Fork.
Preliminary work is to begin Monday, but the M.T.A. doesn't expect to finish and open the bridge to traffic until the spring of 2028.
The East Hampton Village Board saw renderings of a new $1.7 million playground for Herrick Park last week, which the village administrator said will be the subject of public hearings at the board’s meetings in November and December.
Nicolette Atlas Cardamone and William Angier Duke were married at Fireplace Farm on Oct. 10. The groom’s sister, Ellie Duke of Springs, officiated.
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