The Jewish Center of the Hamptons received an anonymous bomb threat via email on Dec. 24 stating that a group called “Funning” had placed explosives inside the synagogue and also inside every synagogue in New York State. The threat was reported to police two days later. It was ultimately deemed non-credible, but police remained on site for some time that day.
Robert (Christian) Anton Johnson, an actor and musical theater performer who later was a D.J. and program director for WLNG Radio, died in his sleep on Dec. 13 at the Westhampton Care Center. He was 85.
Anna Elizabeth Gorton Palmer, a nurse who worked for two decades at the East Hampton office of the Suffolk County Health Department, died on Dec. 7 in Beverly Hills, Fla. She was 94.
A 39-year-old Flanders man died Wednesday night after a car crash on Montauk Highway near the Bridgehampton Commons.
