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Seniors Mourn Loss of Nutrition Center Director

People who attend the Montauk Playhouse’s Senior Nutrition Program are in an uproar over the recent resignation of its executive director, Anna Ostroff, and angrily let the program’s board of directors know it during a combative meeting on Tuesday.

Wrongful-Firing Claim at Springs School

The Springs School District and its superintendent are the targets of a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by a former administrator who claims she was fired for refusing to carry out tasks she found unethical and harmful to students.

Massive Lawns Say Owners ‘Don’t Care’

“What we’re trying to do here is convert,” said Biddle Duke, the moderator at a ChangeHampton panel discussion called “How to Move the Eco-Needle on Our Lands.”

‘Good Trouble’ Lands Here

The rally coincided with the fifth anniversary of the death of John Lewis, a United States representative from Georgia and an icon of the civil rights movement, and was the latest in a series of protests against the Trump administration organized by People for Democracy East Hampton.

Ellen Hermanson Gala Is Saturday

The Ellen Hermanson Foundation will host its 30th Summer Gala on Saturday from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club.

Project Most Honors the Realmutos

Cindy and Joe Realmuto have “been an instrumental component of Project Most since its inception,” its executive director, Rebecca Taylor, said. They will be celebrated at a summer benefit on Sunday at Moby’s in East Hampton.

A Dog Day for the Lions Club

The seventh annual Hamptons Dog Show is on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett, with the East Hampton Lions Club hosting this fund-raiser for the Guide Dog Foundation of Long Island.

The Little Cottage’s 300th

The 300th anniversary of Miss Amelia’s Cottage, on Main Street in Amagansett, will be celebrated on its grounds on Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m. Food, drinks, and music will be offered, and the 1850 Lester Barn will be open.

‘Aye’ to Georgica Easement

The East Hampton Town Board voted last Thursday to spend $10 million in community preservation fund money to acquire a conservation easement over approximately 5.5 acres of vacant land along the shore of Georgica Cove, at 41 and 47 Cove Hollow Farm Road in East Hampton Village.

Item of the Week: A Dayton Account Book, 1817-27

Six account books dating to as early as 1794 were discovered in a barn here. They not only document transactions for merchandise such as calico, schoolbooks, and maize, they offer a glimpse into life in early East Hampton.

Paul Libin, Theater Producer

Paul Libin, one of the most influential and successful producers in Broadway history and a Springs homeowner for about 60 years, died on June 28 in a Manhattan hospital at the age of 94.

Patricia Peterson, Fashion Revolutionary

Patricia Peterson, a pioneering fashion editor for The New York Times who became a vice president at the department store Henri Bendel, died at home in Manhattan on June 15. She was 99 and lived part time in Amagansett.

Edward L. Schiff

Edward L. Schiff, an eminent authority on real estate law, died of heart failure on July 4 in New York City. A summer resident of Montauk for more than 40 years, he was 96.

On the Police Logs 07.24.25

A caller reported three youths lying “in the middle of Suffolk Street,” next to a black S.U.V., at around 3 in the morning on July 14 in Sag Harbor. The three told police they were waiting for a friend and were out on the street because their vehicle had no air-conditioning.

Crash on Napeague Stretch

Toyotas were on a tear this week, with four accidents on local roads resulting in injuries.

Felony Charges in Three Arrests

East Hampton Town police made three late-night arrests last week, all of them ending in felony charges, from assault to forgery to drug possession.

Letters to the Editor for July 24, 2025

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Historic William H. Hedges House Is for Sale

The historic 3,230-square-foot William H. Hedges House, built in 1889 by George Eldredge with alterations made in 1946, has come on the market in East Hampton for the first time in a quarter century.

EyeGallery in Old White’s

EyeGallery, described as “a living cabinet of curiosities,” has opened in the 4,000-square-foot space that had long been home to White’s Drug and Department Store.

Digital Misdirection

The frequency of fender-benders, and worse, in front of our Main Street office is an indication of the folly of blindly following digital maps.