Pat Lillis of East Hampton died at home on April 23. She was 70. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Soldier Ride, which was conceived in an Amagansett bar and has grown into a nationwide awareness and fund-raising effort, will once again return to its roots on Saturday, when veterans and others ride from Amagansett to Sag Harbor and back.
The Rev. Thomas James, minister of the East Hampton’s first church in the mid-17th century, “came to the New World in search of religious freedom but found that freedom was not enough.” So says an announcement for a lecture next Thursday provokingly titled “The Convict Pastor: Thomas James and the Puritan Roots of Christian Nationalism.”
“Grounded Conversation: What Remains,” set for Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4:30 at LongHouse Reserve, will focus on green burials, human composting, eco-cremations, and how to sustainably prepare for death.
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