On the Police Logs 08.01.19
The family of an 11-year-old boy from Eagan, Minn., accidentally him left behind at Main Beach on the evening of July 23. The boy’s father phoned police just after 8 p.m. when he realized he had left the boy at the beach.
Montauk Supe Gets a Raise
When Jack Perna began working in the Montauk School District, the price of gas was around 39 cents per gallon and a slice of pizza cost about 35 cents. The year was 1973.
Mr. Perna was a fourth-grade teacher at the time, and has since risen to the role of district superintendent and principal. He received a pay raise and one-year contract extension, through June of 2020, from the Montauk School Board during its annual organization meeting on July 9. The 2019-20 school year marks his 24th at the helm of the district.
Kids Culture 08.01.19
Camp Shakespeare
The Hamptons Shakespeare Festival’s Camp Shakespeare, a theater arts program for ages 8 to 15, will celebrate its 20th season when it gets under way on Monday in Amagansett.
Barbara Curran, 85
Barbara Curran, a retired teacher of English at Lehman College in the Bronx who helped the school found a campus in Hiroshima, died of pneumonia on July 14 at her home in Jensen Beach, Fla. The longtime summer resident of Wainscott was 85.