June 26, 1954 - July 10, 2023
A yoga teacher who was passionate about nature and gardening, Tsuyumi Kobayashi of Montauk died at home on July 10. She was 69.
She was born in Gunma, Japan, on June 26, 1954. For many years, Ms. Kobayashi’s popular yoga classes were held at the Montauk Library, Montauk Playhouse, and Gurney’s Inn. Her spouse, Kobi H. Kobayashi, survives.
Memorial donations have been suggested to the library, 871 Montauk Highway, Montauk 11954, or to the playhouse, P.O. Box 1612.
“Spirit of ’76: East Hampton in the American Revolution,” the East Hampton Historical Society’s new podcast coinciding with the United States semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, is researched, written, and narrated by an East Hampton High School senior.
The death of a surfer after emerging from the waves near Montauk Point in 2024 got many in the surfing community here thinking about how to better prepare for emergencies in the water and onshore. Thus a series of surf safety sessions hosted by Surfrider Eastern Long Island, the next of which happens this week.
The median home price across the Hamptons real estate market now tops $2 million, for the first time in history. And in East Hampton Village, the median jumps to $5.625 million, the highest for all markets on the South Fork.
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