For Harold Foster

Thu, 03/03/2022 - 09:31

March 3, 2022

Visiting hours for Harold Foster of Montauk will be held on Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. Mr. Foster died at home on Tuesday at the age of 76. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Villages

A New Home for Local History at Mulford Farm

The East Hampton Historical Society broke ground on a climate-controlled collections-storage center at the Mulford Farm last Thursday. It will unite the historical society’s 20,000 archival items — now stored at five separate sites — under one roof.

Nov 14, 2024

L.V.I.S. Pecan Tree Is the Tallest in the State

A pecan tree that might have been planted well before the American Revolution and is located right in the circle of the Ladies Village Improvement Society, has been recognized by the State Department of Environmental Conservation as a state champion, the tallest of its kind in New York.

Nov 14, 2024

Item of the Week: Prohibition Hooch

In 1970 a trawler’s crew members were surprised to find a full bottle of Indian Hill bourbon whiskey in a trawl eight miles off the coast of Montauk, one of them declaring the “Prohibition stuff” to be “strong as hell.”

Nov 14, 2024

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