In a year where nothing was for sure, Bridgehampton High School's 110th graduation on Saturday celebrated the big and small, from the class of 2021's achievements to the very fact that the graduates and their families could gather together under the same tent.
Montauk is a happening place to be. Upcoming programs and events include musical performances, rummage sales, a book talk and a lecture, and more.
Amanda M. Fairbanks, author of the new book "The Lost Boys of Montauk," will be at the Montauk Lighthouse next Thursday at 7 p.m. to sign copies of her book about the four Montauk fishermen lost at sea during a storm in 1984. She will read excerpts and answer questions from Tom Clavin, the author of "Dark Noon," about the wreck of the Pelican party boat off Montauk in 1951.
In 2001, John Claflin and Dan Roman both walked through the Suffolk County Police Academy doors as new graduates. Last week, Lieutenant Claflin and Sergeant Roman took their final walk out of East Hampton Town Police Department headquarters. In between, the pair distinguished themselves as officers who "really got the job and really got the town," Chief Michael Sarlo said.
A caller reported a dog alone in an unattended Hyundai on Park Place last Thursday morning. An officer said the dog seemed okay but waited for the return of the owner, who said that "the dog refused to get out of the vehicle and I was only gone for a moment."
