For Frazer Dougherty

Thu, 01/11/2024 - 07:58

January 11, 2024

A celebration of Frazer Dougherty’s life will take place at LTV Studios, the public-access television station of which he was a founder, on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. The celebration is open to all in the community. Mr. Dougherty, who in his earlier days had been a B-25 pilot who flew 63 missions with the 345th Bomber Group in New Guinea during World War II, died on Aug. 29 at home in Aventura, Fla., at the age of 101.

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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