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Two Are Convicted of D.W.I.

In East Hampton Town Justice Court, two drunken-driving cases, one of them dating back to December of 2019, were recently resolved.

On the Police Logs 02.16.23

A 50-year-old woman went to East Hampton Village police headquarters on Feb. 8 around 6 p.m. to report that she accidentally left her license plates on the Aston Martin that she had just traded in at a dealership. She was unable to recover the plates and was given Department of Motor Vehicles paperwork to fill out.

Item of the Week: George Washington Never Slept Here

The closest George Washington got to East Hampton was probably Roe Tavern, seen here, in Setauket during his 1790 tour of Long Island. Its proprietor was part of the Culper Spy Ring.

The Way It Was for February 16, 2023

From 1923, a report of the tragic death by suicide of a gray squirrel, and how his home in a Main Street elm was swiftly taken over by a doppelganger in black fur.

Athlete-Scholar Is All-Around Star

Meredith Spolarich, a senior at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor, can do it all when it comes to sports — and when it comes to her studies as well.

Seasons Segueing From Ice to Fields

Playing seven games in three days this past week, the Peconic Hockey Association’s 10-and-under Wildcats, coached by Jason Craig, improved to 20-3-1, and thus clinched a playoff spot in the Long Island Amateur Hockey League’s 10-U Tier III division.

Swimmers Were Eighth at County Meet

East Hampton High’s boys swimming team, which recently placed fourth in the league meet, placed eighth, among 24 schools, in the county meet held Saturday at Stony Brook University.

Letters to the Editor for February 16, 2023

The Arts Center at Duck Creek, the Long Island Collection, and Town Historian Hugh King come in for some high praise.

The Little College That Couldn’t

Southampton College may have been doomed from the start.

Beans, Beans, the Magical Fruit

A 74,000-person study last year published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that shifting food habits absolutely helps us live longer.

The Mast-Head: In Place of the Pines

All is not death and doom in the new forest clearings. Here and there, new plant communities are taking hold.

Gristmill: Stupor Bowl

The big game on Fox Sports — what could go wrong?

Point of View: Teenaged Exemplars

Quiescence tends to corrupt and absolute quiescence corrupts absolutely.

Guestwords: The Real Venture Smith

The remarkable story of a man of character who bought his way out of bondage and became a successful landowner.

Kay S. Waterbury, 94

Kay Simonson Waterbury, who made service to others her life, died at home in East Hampton on Feb. 2.

Sonia Gaviola, 64

Sonia Gaviola, who helped start a number of Montauk businesses, died of complications of cancer on Jan. 23 in West Virginia.

Barbara Jo Brundige

Barbara Jo Brundige, a teacher, school and summer camp owner and director, real estate broker, and volunteer, died of cancer on Feb. 9. The part-time Sag Harbor resident was 77.

Recorded Deeds 02.16.23

For followers of South Fork real estate action, here’s the latest.

Police Department Is Hiring Dispatchers

The East Hampton Town Police Department has announced it is accepting applications for the Civil Service position of public safety dispatcher. Applications are due by March 22.