The Way It Was for February 1, 2024
It was a scrap metal dealer’s bonanza in 1949, when, seven years after it began, the “demilitarization” of the four 16-inch guns at Camp Hero in Montauk wrapped up. And more tidbits from yesteryear.
News Is Good on the Track and in the Pool
Bonac boys basketball bounces back, swimming wins two, and girls indoor track wraps it up at the Last Chance meet.
Wrestlers Eye the League IV Tourney
The East Hampton High School wrestling team has been doing well on the mats, with wins over Bayport-Blue Point and Riverhead.
Cole Brauer Masters the ‘Everest of the Seas’
When East Hampton’s Cole Brauer finishes the round-the-world Global Solo Challenge sailing race, she will “make the history books by becoming the first American female ever to complete a solo, nonstop circumnavigation by the three great capes, joining an elite of fewer than 200 humans who have achieved this — ever,” Marco Nannini, organizer of the race, said in a report Friday.