Virginia Backlund, a retired public health nurse (formerly Virginia King), celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday.
She moved to East Hampton in the 1940s. Former students may remember her as Mrs. King, who worked in many East End schools, from Mattituck on the North Fork to Montauk on the South Fork.
The East Hampton Business Service, which its longtime owner described this week as the “help desk” and “back office” for residents and visitors for nearly 50 years, has changed hands.
This volume from the Montauk Historical Society collection contains entries from the Montauk Lighthouse’s guests during a period when many visitors stayed at the keeper’s home.
Sensational mentions of a flesh-eating bacterium aside, the State of the Bays symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus offered dire news regarding degraded waterways and climate change.
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