A fund-raiser for Capt. Skip Rudolph of the Montauk charter boat Adios, who is battling medical issues, will happen on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at La Fin restaurant, at 474 West Lake Drive at Montauk Harbor.
The event will feature live music by Kathleen Fee, raffles, and a 50/50 drawing. Those who cannot attend can donate to a GoFundMe campaign through which friends are hoping to raise $20,000 to help support the Rudolph family. More than $11,000 had been raised as of Tuesday afternoon.
Sensational mentions of a flesh-eating bacterium aside, the State of the Bays symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus offered dire news regarding degraded waterways and climate change.
The Vibrio vulnificus “flesh eating” bacterium “is not unusual in warm saltwater or brackish environments and does not necessarily indicate pollution or a widespread public health emergency,” the Southampton Town Trustees said in an advisory issued following a social media post that went viral.
on April 23, following a viral social media post that referenced a preview of the State of the Bays symposium. Its presence during warmer months, the trustees said,
The L.I.R.R.’s Fishermen’s Special to Montauk and Hampton Bays was once a convenient and popular rail service for urban anglers. The photo here is from 1946.
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