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Lawrence Cooke set up his Indian artifacts displays at the Montauk Historical Society’s craft fair last week to drum up interest and collect donations. Janis Hewitt

Charlie O’Connell, a one-time star of the reality show “The Bachelor,” Jack Perna, principal of the Montauk School, and John Cossentino, a teacher at the school, attended the Montauk Playhouse’s benefit party Saturday night. Janis Hewitt

Carrie Karabelas-Yudelson and Joan Sullivan are the new party planners for the annual Montauk Playhouse Community Center’s gala event, which will be held Saturday under a tent on the Playhouse grounds. Janis Hewitt

A wide section of the beach at Gin Beach was closed for most of the summer because piping plovers were nesting in the area. Janis Hewitt