A celebration of the life of Eleanor Whitmore, the community volunteer and educational advocate for whom the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center was named, will take place Thursday at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in East Hampton.
Ms. Whitmore, a longtime resident of Amagansett, died last Thursday at the age of 98. Her family has suggested memorial donations to the Whitmore Center, online at ewecc.org.
A full obituary will appear in a future issue.
It’s not clear when, or if, President Trump’s European alcohol tariff will ever go live. Nonetheless, the threat is looming over South Fork wine and liquor retailers, who have been forced to react to the uncertainty.
Durell Godfrey, The East Hampton Star’s longtime staff photographer and a fixture at community events from Montauk to Southampton, has once again been named one of New York State’s top photographers. At the New York Press Association’s annual conference last week in Saratoga Springs, The Star’s newsletter also repeated in winning first place in the Best Newsletter category, capping a successful awards season for the paper.
For the first Am O'Gansett Parade in 2009, the organizers jokingly promised Clydesdales, Macy's balloons, and floats. With good humor and an enthusiastic response from the community, the very short parade has been an annual event ever since.
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