A long-hoped-for project to remove the utility lines crisscrossing what may be one of the best views on Route 27 is finally within reach. State and local officials last week announced plans to remove poles and bury the lines at the western end of downtown Montauk, giving eastbound drivers an unobstructed ocean vista as they approach the heart of the hamlet.
Sheila Mary Clancy will be remembered, her family said, as a caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt to her five children, six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, one sister, and 37 nieces and nephews.
“My mom touched a lot of people,” said Marjorie Elizabeth Gosman's son Bryan Gosman. Ms. Gosman died at home in Montauk on Sept. 30.
Duane C. Dauch, who had a long career in the insurance field, worked at the East Hampton Post Office for a few years, and was a founding board member of the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, died on Sept. 24.
