The East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society's annual silent auction begins Wednesday at noon, offering prizes such as Paul McCartney concert tickets, "Saturday Night Live" tickets, travel packages, spa services, high-end restaurant gift cards, artwork, and fine wines.
There's a "buy it now" option, and bidding closes at 3 p.m. on June 11.
More information is at lvis.org, and a direct link to the auction is bit.ly/3w1e4Qb.
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.
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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