A wake and fire department service for Joseph L. Fitzgerald of Springs will be held tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Saturday at 11 a.m., with burial to follow at Most Holy Trinity Cemetery.
Mr. Fitzgerald, a World War II veteran and charter member and ex-chief of the Springs Fire Department, died on Friday. He was 94. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
A group of filmmakers, runners, walkers, and spectators will meet at Gubbins Perfect Fit in East Hampton Friday at 8 a.m. for a community 5K run and walk to Main Beach and back that is connected to the Hamptons International Film Festival screening of the documentary “Remaining Native.”
Unseasonably warm weather and the promise of hard clam delicacies including chowder, pies, and clams on the half shell drew what was likely the largest crowd in the history of the East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest to the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum.
The Animal Rescue Fund's Stroll to the Sea fund-raiser, the annual two-mile dog walk from Mulford Farm to Main Beach and back, will take place Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
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