Loretta Orion, a retired anthropology professor, author of two books, and former French teacher who developed the gardens at the Home, Sweet Home Museum in East Hampton Village, died on Monday at home in Amagansett. She was 77 and had been in declining health. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
The East Hampton Town Trustees' Largest Clam Contest will now be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, from noon to 3 p.m. Would-be contestants can begin harvesting on Oct. 3.
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons is calling on the Hamptons International Film Festival to cancel the screening of a documentary by Israeli filmmakers that the festival’s guide describes as detailing “the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”
The Montauk Historical Society has appointed David Bunn Martine as director of its Montaukett Indian Museum, which is on the grounds of Second House Museum.
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