Vernice Fordham North
Vernice Mae Fordham North of Noyac, whose family goes back 11 generations on the South Fork, died on Feb. 5 at the age of 98.
Jessica Fitzpatrick
Jessica Fitzpatrick, an educational consultant who focused on family literacy, died at home in Calverton on Feb. 6. Formerly of East Hampton, she was 77.
David Allyn Webb, Builder
David Allyn Webb, a general contractor who worked on projects ranging from Norman Jaffe’s Gates of the Grove to the Ross School, died on Feb. 6 at Peconic Landing. He was 87.
Musk Cuts Could Affect Local Projects
The Montauk Inlet holdup is a good illustration of how Americans depend on the federal government to fund critically important work — the kind of necessities threatened by a two-headed presidency’s frenzied rush to cut spending.