Timothy R. Reilly of Anniston, Ala., who grew up here and graduated from East Hampton High School in 1965, died last Thursday at the Clay County Nursing Home in Alabama.

With summer approaching, efforts to beautify East Hampton Town will soon ramp up.

Christine Ganitsch of the town’s litter action committee told the town trustees on Monday that the second annual No-Fling Spring “is a way to put focus on the litter problem we have here in East Hampton and to get everyone involved in mitigating the problem.”

The Shelter Island Democratic Committee has endorsed John Avlon’s campaign to represent New York’s First Congressional District. The endorsement is Mr. Avlon’s third from a town Democratic committee, following those from East Hampton and Southampton.

The East Hampton Town Board will hold a public hearing on draft legislation regarding the All-Electric Building Act that was recommended by the town’s energy and sustainability advisory committee last year, but it indicated that it would not support all of the committee’s recommendations in the proposed legislation.

At his house in East Hampton Village, a 61-year-old man dropped a lighted cigarette on the floor, sparking a minor fire-and-smoke situation. The fire chief described the extent of the damage as “smoldering clothing.”

A pond cleanup, spring-themed crafts, and more for kids and families.

It was 1899, and Telegraph Operator McCord called it quits. Plus other tidbits from The Star of Yore.