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.
During August, September, and even into October, “tick bombs,” concentrated groupings of larval ticks, could be anywhere, and the larval lone star ticks are likely a main cause of the increasingly prevalent alpha-gal meat allergy.
According to many metrics, the American economy is doing extraordinarily well, yet most voters say they are worse off under President Trump. Artificial intelligence is driving a strong bull market, but it could also kill us all.
Made by Elias Pelletreau for David and Phoebe Mulford in 1751, a long-gone silver teapot takes a turn under glass at the Mulford Farm on James Lane.
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