Ruth Appelhof, the director at Guild Hall from 1999 to 2016 and an art history scholar, died last Thursday at home in Springs after living with leukemia for two years, according to her husband, Gary Adamek. She was 80.
Supplies for Success, a national organization founded 18 years ago and now based in Sagaponack, has handed out thousands of art kits filled with coloring books, crayons, construction paper, washable glue, and other items to help keep children learning and busy during the Covid-19 pandemic.
There were welcome hints of normalcy during the East Hampton Town Board’s meeting on Tuesday despite its five members’ remote participation via videoconference.
Word spread like wildfire in a matter of hours: Go down to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and make some noise for the health care workers combating Covid-19.
