Ruth Margaret Johnston
Ruth Margaret Johnston, who took her “love of family gatherings, baking, traveling, and playing games” wherever she lived, whether Springs or Florida, died on Jan. 7 at the age of 92.
Julio Florencio Teo Gómez
Julio Florencio Teo Gómez, a carpenter who came to the United States from Guatemala in 2010 to find work, died at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on Dec. 30, after being struck by a car on County Road 39 in Southampton that afternoon. He was 48.
Sarlo Is an Athlete for Every Season
Yani Cuesta, East Hampton High’s girls winter track coach, called Melina Sarlo “one of those all-around athletes that you rarely see anymore.”
Calle Steps Up Amid Tumult and Shouting
East Hampton High’s wrestling team earned a first-ever win over Huntington. Plus, Bridgehampton’s Killer Bees avenged themselves on Smithtown Christian.
’Canes Swam at Maryland and Stony Brook
The Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter Hurricanes drew raves from their coaches, Tom Cohill, Angelika Cruz, and Sean Knight, following two big university swim meets over the weekend.
The Way It Was for January 18, 2024
A century ago, the State College of Agriculture at Ithaca called attention to a statewide Home Paper Week, in praise of the country weekly. Times have changed, reader.
Letters to the Editor for January 18, 2024
Our readers will have their say. And say. And more say.
Recorded Deeds 01.18.24
New property transfers from across the South Fork.
Buying Time by the Millions
All the work and expense that the United States Army Corps of Engineers will pour into the project to save the downtown Montauk oceanfront is nothing more than buying time.
Better a Bioswale
East Hampton Village has its own version of the classic Weeble Wobble toy — the Hedges Inn, which took another body blow from a speeding car in the small hours of Monday morning. Something needs to be done.