Amagansett Notes

Tuesday is the day when the Amagansett satellite of the East Hampton Food Pantry opens at 3 p.m. for pickups. Originally located at Scoville Hall, its temporary home now is St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, at least until the hall is repaired after a fall fire that destroyed a good part of it.
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A blood drive will be held on Monday from noon to 7:15 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, which is at the corner of Montauk Highway and Abraham’s Path. Anyone needing information can call 324-3842.
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Alexandra Strada, a daughter of Michelle Murphy and Robert Strada, has been named associate photography editor of Time Out New York.
Ms. Strada is a 2006 graduate of the Ross School and a 2010 graduate of Bates College.
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New books to borrow from the Amagansett Library this week are “Love in a Nutshell” by Janet Evanovich, “Innocent” by Taylor Stevens, “Animal Tool Behavior: The Use and Manufacture of Tools by Animals” by Robert W. Shumaker, “Private: #1 Suspect” by James Patterson, and “Van Gogh: The Life” by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith.
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Michael Fitzgerald of this hamlet was named to the dean’s list for his fall 2011 term at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., The Star has just learned. A mathematics major, Mr. Fitzgerald is a junior.