Rick Murphy, Independent Editor

Thu, 07/23/2020 - 06:55

July 23, 2020

Rick Murphy, a former executive editor of The Independent newspaper, died unexpectedly late Tuesday at Southampton Hospital after being hospitalized on Friday and having a heart attack. Mr. Murphy’s career as a journalist included a stint as a cartoonist for The Sag Harbor Herald and as a reporter at The East Hampton Star. An obituary for Mr. Murphy will appear in a future edition.

Villages

Herb’s Market Will Close Its Doors

Harold (Herb) Herbert opened Herb’s Market in 1963. It was a grocery store, deli, and butcher shop, and became an unofficial social center of Montauk — a place where both locals and visitors could gather, catch up with one another, share stories, and always feel welcome.

Sep 3, 2026

Careful Tick Checks the Only Solution

What’s the answer to the tick problem on the East End? Mountain lions? Genetically engineered mice? Deer-feeding stations? Deer-killing stations? Insecticides? All solutions were discussed at a talk sponsored by the Perfect Earth Project titled “Ticknology.”

Sep 3, 2026

Item of the Week: Annie Cooper Boyd’s Old Whalers Church

Her painting of Sag Harbor’s Old Whalers Church is dated Sept. 21, 1938, the day the Hurricane of 1938 hit, shearing off the 185-foot steeple.

Sep 3, 2026

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