For Frazer Dougherty

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 07:58

January 11, 2024

A celebration of Frazer Dougherty’s life will take place at LTV Studios, the public-access television station of which he was a founder, on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. The celebration is open to all in the community. Mr. Dougherty, who in his earlier days had been a B-25 pilot who flew 63 missions with the 345th Bomber Group in New Guinea during World War II, died on Aug. 29 at home in Aventura, Fla., at the age of 101.

Villages

Montauk Fairy Village Is No More

The man who created a fairy village in a Montauk nature preserve has removed the plastic figurines and tiny structures after a neighbor complained that the whimsical installation was junking up the preserve. “I didn’t know it would be such a polarizing thing,” he said.

May 9, 2024

Accolades for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital has earned national recognition for overall patient safety and L.G.B.T.Q.+ health care equity, the hospital recently announced.

May 9, 2024

Item of the Week: Sy Kaback and the Chowder Bowl Trophy

In this photo from The Star’s archive, Sy Kaback hands over a trophy to Tom Wiggins, who was second in the East Hampton Yacht Club’s big race of 1989.

May 9, 2024

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