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Community News for July 22, 2021

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John, Mark, Anne, Mary, Joan, Peter and Paul Butler — seven siblings who spent summers in Amagansett — reunited for a family reunion at the Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett earlier this month.

John, Mark, Anne, Mary, Joan, Peter and Paul Butler — seven siblings who spent summers in Amagansett — reunited for a family reunion at the Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett earlier this month.

Board Member David Lys, Deputy Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, CCOM President Laura Tooman (and her daughter), Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and CCOM Chairman David Freudenthal at an unveiling of new educational wetlands signs at Fort Pond earlier this month.

Board Member David Lys, Deputy Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, CCOM President Laura Tooman (and her daughter), Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and CCOM Chairman David Freudenthal at an unveiling of new educational wetlands signs at Fort Pond earlier this month.

: VFW Post 5350 in Westhampton Beach hosted a New York Fire Department ceremony honoring 99-year-old World War II veteran Chester Moscicki, of Center Moriches, on July 13. Mr. Moscicki, shown left arriving at the ceremony with retired NYFD Chief Thomas Martin, served as a tail gunner on a B-26, flying more than 35 missions over Japan. He was credited with shooting down a Japanese Zero and survived a crash landing on the island of Tinian. After the war he joined the NYFD where he served for more than 30 years, retiring with the rank of captain.

: VFW Post 5350 in Westhampton Beach hosted a New York Fire Department ceremony honoring 99-year-old World War II veteran Chester Moscicki, of Center Moriches, on July 13. Mr. Moscicki, shown left arriving at the ceremony with retired NYFD Chief Thomas Martin, served as a tail gunner on a B-26, flying more than 35 missions over Japan. He was credited with shooting down a Japanese Zero and survived a crash landing on the island of Tinian. After the war he joined the NYFD where he served for more than 30 years, retiring with the rank of captain. Courtesy Westhampton Beach Fire Department

Vincent Amoroso, Jr. and Vincent Amoroso, father and son from Installation Specialties Group the company that is working on the lighthouse restoration at the Montauk Historical Society's cocktail party on July 14 to launch a public capital campaign for the Montauk Point Lighthouse restoration. Work on restoring the tower began in 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by next year. RICHARD LEWIN

Vincent Amoroso, Jr. and Vincent Amoroso, father and son from Installation Specialties Group the company that is working on the lighthouse restoration at the Montauk Historical Society's cocktail party on July 14 to launch a public capital campaign for the Montauk Point Lighthouse restoration. Work on restoring the tower began in 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by next year. RICHARD LEWIN

Robert McBride and Kevin O'Connor at the Montauk Historical Society's cocktail party on July 14 to launch a public capital campaign for the Montauk Point Lighthouse restoration. Work on restoring the tower began in 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by next year. RICHARD LEWIN

Robert McBride and Kevin O'Connor at the Montauk Historical Society's cocktail party on July 14 to launch a public capital campaign for the Montauk Point Lighthouse restoration. Work on restoring the tower began in 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by next year. RICHARD LEWIN

East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys; Executive Director of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Kathryn Curran; Robert Hefner and Noel Gish at the Montauk Historical Society's cocktail party on July 14 to launch a public capital campaign for the Montauk Point Lighthouse restoration. Work on restoring the tower began in 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by next year. RICHARD LEWIN

East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys; Executive Director of the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Kathryn Curran; Robert Hefner and Noel Gish at the Montauk Historical Society's cocktail party on July 14 to launch a public capital campaign for the Montauk Point Lighthouse restoration. Work on restoring the tower began in 2019, and is scheduled to be completed by next year. RICHARD LEWIN

Anne Harris with interior designer Charlotte Moss at the East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

Anne Harris with interior designer Charlotte Moss at the East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

East Hampton Historical Society Interim Director Cristoff Shay with East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and Marilyn Van Scoyoc at the East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

East Hampton Historical Society Interim Director Cristoff Shay with East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and Marilyn Van Scoyoc at the East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

The East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

The East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

Tina Teel, Lynda Packard and Jennifer Borg at the East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

Tina Teel, Lynda Packard and Jennifer Borg at the East Hampton Historical Society's preview benefit cocktail party for the 2021 East Hampton Antiques & Design Show on Friday evening on the grounds of Mulford Farm. RICHARD LEWIN

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