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Red Cross Shelters Over 180 In East Hampton

Publication: The East Hampton Press
By Virginia Garrison   Oct 31, 2012 11:10 AM
Nov 2, 2012 12:42 PM
As of Tuesday afternoon, a Red Cross emergency shelter at East Hampton High School had as many as 187 people staying there, East Hampton School District Superintendent Richard Burns said.

James Spencer Baird, the Red Cross shelter manager, said the shelter would stay open through Tuesday night, at least. “If some of them go their houses and there’s no power, they can come back,” he said.

Cots were set up in the gymnasium, and a breakfast including toast, fresh fruit and coffee was being served in the school cafeteria Tuesday morning, as some people were in the process of being checked out by Michelle Rothar, a social worker for East Hampton Town.

“About 25 families have gone home,” Ms. Rothar said as she checked out a mother and her son, and another man... more

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