RoseMarie Boyle Raffel
RoseMarie Boyle Raffel, a Wainscott neighborhood mom and former waitress at John Duck’s restaurant, died of lung cancer on April 8 in Port St. Lucie, Fla. She was 84.
For Maureen Gaviola
Maureen Gaviola, formerly of Montauk, died at home in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Saturday. She was 68. Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said on Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk.
May Is Bike Safety Month
May is National Bicycle Safety Month, and last Thursday the East Hampton Town Board passed a resolution declaring it Bike Safety Month in the town.
Item of the Week: A 1930s Sanborn Insurance Map
Sanborn Fire Insurance maps are some of the best sources for historical property ownership and residency information from the mid-19th and 20th centuries. This one shows Southampton Village.