Word has reached The Star that Harry Striebel, a fashion designer who lived in East Hampton for many years, died on Oct. 19 in Delray Beach, Fla., after a five-year illness. He was 84 and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
"A number of issues that the district thought compromised the safety of our students" need to be addressed ahead of any contract renewal, the Sag Harbor School District superintendent told residents who are disappointed in the lack of compromise on a new contract between the district and Mashashimuet Park.
Barbara H. Rothstein, a preschool and English teacher, died of heart failure on Friday at home in Cambridge, Mass. The former East Hampton and Montauk resident was 92.
If, like most Americans, you have been waiting with bated breath for signs that the Covid-19 pandemic is winding down and that a return to normalcy has finally arrived, then you probably heaved a great sigh of relief at some point over the past two weeks as the Centers for Disease Control announced that vaccinated individuals could dispense with wearing masks in most settings. On May 19, New York followed suit and adopted the same guidelines, except where certain municipalities, businesses, schools, and settings such as hospitals or doctors' offices still require them.
