Harry Lester Sr. of Cross Highway in Amagansett, an eighth-generation commercial fisherman, died in his sleep at home on Jan. 17. He was 95.

Paid Notice: Tony Lupo passed away peacefully on New Year’s Day surrounded by his family after complications from cardiac surgery. 

Born and raised in Amagansett, Deltra Rae Smith Schellinger, who taught first grade and kindergarten in Westhampton Beach for 34 years, died on Jan. 22. She was 86.

When big storms hit, Steve Lynch oversees an operation that straddles both the public and private worlds and needs to be manned nonstop, sometimes for days. The town bolsters its 32 trucks with outside contractors and personnel to form an army of 50 plows.