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Little Free Food Pantries Fill Big Need

The Little Free Food Pantries maintained by the Neo-Political Cowgirls in Montauk, Amagansett, East Hampton, and Sag Harbor have been used steadily “from the get-go,” said Kate Mueth, founder of the not-for-profit dance theater company, “but we can’t keep them filled.”

They Found Love Later in Life

Love has no age limit. Neither does Match.com, which is how Robert Marshall, 93, and Anne Marshall, 88, found each other.

Doctor Gibson Weds Commissioner Wright

James V. Wright of Montauk and Ralph Gibson of East Hampton were married on June 15 in a small ceremony at East Hampton Village Hall. Theirs was the first same-sex marriage conducted by Mayor Jerry Larsen.

On the Police Logs 06.23.22

A “Let’s Go Brandon” yard sign was stolen from a Deep Woods Lane, Amagansett, property on Saturday night. The homeowner told police he’d had the sign on his lawn for six months.

The Highway Superintendent Watched It

Five accidents were recorded on local roads in recent weeks, one of which, on June 13, was witnessed by East Hampton Town Superintendent of Highways Stephen Lynch.

A Charge of Resisting Arrest

Near midnight on June 6, a Montauk man was charged by East Hampton Town police with disorderly conduct, obstructing traffic, and resisting arrest.

Had Three Prior Convictions

An East Hampton man with three prior driving-while-intoxicated convictions within the past 15 years was charged with felony D.W.I. on the afternoon of June 10.

Nitrogen Remediation Planned in Hog Creek

New wastewater management measures would make great strides toward reducing nitrogen in Hog Creek in Springs, Molly Graffam and Ron Paulsen of Cornell Cooperative Extension told the East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday.

Town Appeals Airport Order

East Hampton Town has filed an appeal of the May 16 temporary restraining order granted to plaintiffs who sued to prevent the planned May 17 closure of East Hampton Airport and its reopening 33 hours later as a private airport with new restrictions.

Tuesday Music at Main Beach

East Hampton Village’s Tuesday night Main Beach concerts, an instant hit in their inaugural season last year, will be back for the summer this week, with reggae by Winston Irie kicking off the series.

Item of the Week: Thomas Collins, Code Breaker

In honor of the June 23rd birthday of Alan Turing, the “father of modern computer science,” this week we feature a portrait of Thomas L. Collins (1921-2011), East Hampton’s own code-breaking computer specialist.

Simon Perchik, Poet

Simon Perchik of Springs, “one of the best-kept secrets in contemporary American poetry,” died of Covid-19 on June 14. He was 98.

Jessie Hall, 78

Jessie Hall of East Hampton, who had been a second-grade teacher at Douglas Grafflin Elementary School in Chappaqua, N.Y., for 30 years, died of complications of Parkinson’s disease last Thursday.

John Vincenzo

John Vincenzo, a bank executive and former president of the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton, died of cancer on April 12 at home in East Hampton. He was 61.

Paula Liss, 68

Paula Ivy Liss of East Hampton, the head librarian and a popular faculty member at Southampton High School for 26 years, died of cancer on June 10 in Douglaston, Queens.

For Brendan Clavin

Visiting hours for Brendan Clavin, a former Sag Harbor resident who died on June 10 at home in Hampton Bays, will be tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in Sag Harbor. A memorial service will start at 8 that night.

The Gift of Perception

A Pulitzer winner describes how he reached other writerly spirits, those of note and those just learning to express themselves.

On the Water: Another Canceled Trip

Once again, the weather gods, despite sunny skies, spoiled our plans, as a gusty 30-knot breeze from the northwest would make fishing difficult and downright uncomfortable.

Great Weekend for Athletes of All Ages

Last weekend marked the end of the East Hampton Town Little League’s best-of-three “World Series” and the running of two road races, the Beacon of Hope 5K at the Montauk Lighthouse and the 43rd Shelter Island 10K.

Top Coaches, N.B.A. Players at Weekend Basketball Camp

The Ross School in East Hampton will be the site of a basketball skills camp for youth ages 8 to 18 and featuring current and former National Basketball Association players and high-level coaches on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.