For Virginia Backlund

Thu, 02/17/2022 - 10:05

February 17, 2022

Visiting hours for Virginia Backlund of East Hampton will be tomorrow from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton, with a funeral service on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church on Main Street. Ms. Backlund died at home on Tuesday. She was 101. An obituary will appear in a future issue of The Star.

Villages

Celebrating the Great Outdoors in Montauk

This weekend Concerned Citizens of Montauk hosts the Great Montauk Cleanup, and there are trail walks at Culloden Point and Montauk Point State Park.

Apr 16, 2026

LongHouse Opens for the Season

The LongHouse Reserve will reopen for the season on Saturday with an afternoon of family-friendly activities and tours running from 12:30 to 5.

Apr 16, 2026

Aidan Perkins Had a Very Big Year

The birder from Miller Place identified 319 species across Suffolk in 2025, a record for the county.

Apr 16, 2026

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