Largest Clam Contest Postponed

The East Hampton Town Trustees’ 25th annual Largest Clam Contest, which was scheduled to take place on Sunday at the American Legion Post 419 in Amagansett, has been postponed.

Diane McNally, the trustees’ clerk, said yesterday that, with Hurricane Joaquin intensifying in the Atlantic Ocean, the potential for shellfishing areas to be closed by today meant that participants would not be able to harvest clams to enter the contest.

Competing clams were to be dug through Saturday and brought to one of four seafood shops in the town. Winners in adult and junior categories were to receive a package of prizes donated by sponsoring shops and restaurants. A clam chowder contest was also planned.

The event was also to include presentations by John (Barley) Dunne, director of the East Hampton Town Shellfish Hatchery, and Kimberly Barbour, outreach manager of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Marine Program, and the East End Classic Boat Society was to display the Pooduck skiff it constructed this year and sell raffle tickets for the craft.

While the trustees intend to hold the event at a later date, the contest had not been rescheduled as of yesterday.