Helen S. Rattray, the former longtime editor and publisher of The East Hampton Star, died early Wednesday morning at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport.
Ms. Rattray, who was 90, became associate editor of the paper in 1976 and took over as editor in chief in 1980. Her "Connections" column appeared in The Star for 43 years, until 2020.
A memorial gathering and celebration of her life will be held on Sunday, April 27, at 11 a.m. at Ashawagh Hall in Springs, with a potluck lunch to follow.
Fred Schneider, who lives here, on the legendary new wave band’s 50-year rise from the college town of Athens, Ga., to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
East Hampton Town waters will open to bay scallop harvesting at sunrise on Sunday, though this year’s crop is understood to be yet another in a string of disappointments, with few of the local delicacy’s population surviving.
Members of the Montauk Historical Society and town, county, and state officials were on hand as a blue-and-gold cast-aluminum New York State historical marker was unveiled at Second House Museum in Montauk.
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