As Independence Day weekend approaches, locals and visitors from all over the world are getting ready to pack together onto narrow strips of coveted coastline to partake in the time-honored tradition of the East End’s annual fireworks shows, each of which features the work of Fireworks by Grucci, the sixth-generation family-owned company based in Bellport.
Carrying four blaring smoke detectors, a North Haven man walked into Sag Harbor Village police headquarters on Saturday night and claimed that they had been going off in his house for three days and could not be deactivated. Police were unable to disable the alarms and contacted the fire marshal, who responded to the station and properly disposed of the devices.
Terry Lydell Hochstedler of Bridgehampton, a pastor and financial administrator for a number of churches on the East End, died on June 17. He was 58.
Gerald T. Keating of Springs, a Navy veteran whose global perspective was enriched by the 17 countries across Europe and Asia he visited during his military career, died on June 9 at the age of 94.
