For Gerald Schneider

Thu, 02/20/2025 - 07:38

February 20, 2025

A service for Gerald Schneider of Springs will be held on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. Mr. Schneider, who was 70, died of a heart attack on Feb. 8 in New York City. An obituary will appear in a future issue.

Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 2616, East Hampton 11937, the A.S.P.C.A. at aspca.org, or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at stjude.org or 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.

Villages

In Haiti, a Note of Grace in Dark Times

The Wings Over Haiti School in Ranquitte stands two stories high, with eight classrooms and 130 students who follow a STEM-based curriculum. That so much has been accomplished there while violence and evil stalk the land underscores the resilience of this unlikely human chain that yokes Haiti and the East End.

Jul 9, 2026

Schaefer Named Village Employee of the Year

Kevin Schaefer, crew leader in the Department of Public Works, was named the village’s first Employee of the Year at an organizational meeting on July 1.

Jul 9, 2026

Item of the Week: Before a Beachplums Reading, 1969

This photograph shows four members of East Hampton High School’s student-run literary magazine, Beachplums, as they prepared to appear at Guild Hall.

Jul 9, 2026

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