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

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A severely decomposed humpback whale was discovered washed up at Ditch Plain in Montauk Friday morning. Removing it will be a challenge for East Hampton Town, which is working in concert with a number of agencies to develop a plan.

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A Junkyard in Low-Earth Orbit

In a month when Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire by taking SpaceX, his satellite and space flight company, public, it’s worth asking, do you know what might happen if you were hit by a fleck of dried paint moving at 17,000 miles per hour?

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A Salute to Sherrill Dayton

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