On Sept. 24, 1815, Abraham M. Smith of East Hampton wrote Henry Packer Dering (1762-1822), Sag Harbor’s customs collector, with news of a shipwreck the day before at Montauk, a brig from Russia carrying hemp and iron.

Ethelyn (Lyn) Atha Chase, who had a residence in East Hampton from 1955 to 2023, died in Manhattan on Sept. 3 at the age of 99. Ms. Chase devoted much of her life to poetry and literature, including a term as president of the Academy of American Poets and as a trustee of the New York Society Library.

Eastern Suffolk BOCES is set to receive about $4.6 million from New York State to create a pipeline of candidates qualified to go on to special education teaching careers in East End schools. 

Janet Rose Dordelman, who lived in Springs and ran her own beauty salon for many years, then retired to Barefoot Bay in Sebastian, Fla., died at home there on Aug. 8 after a two-year illness. She was 89.