The next guest in the Springs Historical Society’s Meet the Author series is Dava Sobel, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the author of “Galileo’s Daughter.”

Paid Notice: Winifred Rosen, beloved children’s author and artist, passed away on December 5, 2024, at the age of 81. Raised and educated in New York City, Winnie graduated with honors from NYU. She taught high school English and Literature for several years before discovering her true calling as a writer of children’s and young adult books. 

The Federal Office of Management and Budget’s temporary pause Tuesday on grants, loans, and federal financial assistance programs that are targeted by President Trump’s executive orders was rescinded only 24 hours later, but not before sending local organizations into a panic.

“I know there are some folks out there that are concerned about the price, and I’m concerned about the cost too,” Kathee Burke-Gonzalez said, but compared the project, slated to cost around $30 million, to the $23 million expansion of the Springs School, completed in 2021, or the $56 million renovation and expansion of East Hampton High School, completed in 2010. “We support our kids. We need to be able to support our seniors.”