A graveside service for Wallace Smith, general manager of WPPB, WLIU, and WPBX radio in Southampton for 25 years and a familiar voice on the FM airwaves, will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Shelter Island Cemetery, which is at 32 North Ferry Road, behind the Presbyterian Church. WPPB became WLIW in 2020. Mr. Smith died on Oct. 27.
On Tuesday, in response to President Trump's profanity-laden social media threats to destroy Iran, a small group of East Hampton Town residents gathered at the Hook Mill for a hastily organized “no more war” vigil.
The Hamptons Whodunit crime and mystery festival in East Hampton Village runs April 16 to 19, with authors, true-crime experts, panel discussions, escape rooms, and graveyard tours.
Tom Friedman, who’s 90, says he’s lived a long life, but since finding a kidney donor after being diagnosed with kidney disease four years ago, he may have even more life to live.
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