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JoAnn C. Morse, June 26, 1938 - July 4, 2019 JoAnn C. Morse, 81

JoAnn C. Morse of Montauk, a high school special education teacher, died of complications of heart failure last Thursday at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. She was 81. 

Albert Catozzi

Albert J. Catozzi of East Hampton died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Monday. He was 71. 

For Hortense Carpentier

Due to the lack of an available venue there will not be a memorial gathering for Hortense Carpentier, who died on June 17. Those who wish to pay their respects have been invited to join the family at a graveside service on Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. at Green River Cemetery.

Mother Suffocated Toddlers, D.A.'s Office Says

Tenia Campbell, the Medford mother accused of killing her twin daughters, intentionally suffocated them and drove to Montauk with their bodies in the car, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said yesterday at her arraignment on upgraded charges that include first-degree murder.

Important to Support Murder Responders

While the court cases develop, let’s not forget about the emergency personnel who responded to both scenes. The effects of tragedies like these ripple beyond the victims and their families.

The Citizenship Question

Vote suppression and voting roll purges have been a hallmark of the Trump era. The census fight needs to be understood in that context.  

Connections: Crowd Control

It’s a cliché around here to say, “I’ve never seen so many people in town!” but everyone agrees there really never were so many people in East Hampton than on the July Fourth weekend just past, and the days leading up to it.

The Mast-Head: July Fourth Gauntlet

Sometime after 10 p.m. on the Fourth of July, the brake lights from stopped cars on Montauk Highway curved west from where we stood on the sidewalk outside Pizza Village. Like thousands of other spectators, we had come to Montauk for the fireworks, and now everyone it seemed wanted to go home.

Point of View: A Classic Rite

I had just written about a “rite of summer,” namely the first day of the 2019 junior lifeguarding season, and was inspired, therefore, to take part in another, namely the opening for the season of our outdoor shower.

The Naked Truth

Despite two failed marriages, I still loved men. The way they smell. The way they see life. The way it feels to kiss them. I knew I couldn’t find myself on a diet of self-help, yoga, and girlfriends, as much as I love those things. The naked truth was that I needed men to get over the men who’d let me down. In fact, I needed a lot of them. 

Keeping Account: 07.11.19

Rebag, a store that buys and sells used luxury handbags, will open a pop-up shop at the Surf Lodge in Montauk from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. A raffle will be held for a Louis Vuitton bag.

Recorded Deeds: 07.11.19

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.

Letters to the Editor: 07.11.19

Marvelous Job
Springs
July 5, 2019

Dear David

A Tense Win at Pantigo Fields

East Hampton’s 11-and-12-year-old all-stars were to have played Longwood Wednesday night in the District 36 final, having edged Moriches Bay 2-1 here at the Pantigo fields in a very tense semifinal Monday evening.

Nippers Are Getting Their Feet Wet

Vanessa Edwardes and Haley Ryan run the East Hampton Town Recreation Department’s increasingly popular Nippers program for kids too young to be junior lifeguards. 

Playoffs Loom in Wednesday Evening 7-on-7 League

The lineup for the playoff semifinals of the Wednesday evening 7-on-7 men’s soccer league that are to be contested at East Hampton’s Herrick Park Wednesday was to have been arrived at in games played on July 10.

Hardcourts Be Damned, Says Ackley

The last time, in February, that Frank Ackley played in a United States Tennis Association national tournament, he couldn’t walk the day after losing a round-of-16 match in three sets to the 70s division’s top-ranked player, Ken Dahl of Montreal.

A Magician Conjures a Firecracker 8K Win

Oz Pearlman, 36, of New York City, who besides a number of marathon wins is known as a magician and mentalist, won, perhaps predictably, Sunday’s Firecracker 8K (4.96-mile) race in Southampton in 27 minutes and 36.68 seconds, topping a field of 245 entrants.

The Lineup: 07.11.19

Men's and women's slow-pitch softball dominates the calendar, but on Saturday there's a youth triathlon at Long Beach and a horsey fund-raiser with Georgina Bloomberg in Water Mill.