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Community News, January 30

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The Southampton Volunteer Ambulance inducted two new members to its board of directors --Adele Kristiansson and Sean Muthig -- on January 6. From left, the full board, Adele Kristiansson, Chair, Jimmy Mack, Co-Chair, Ed Dimonda, Sean Muthig and Theresa Hunter. COURTESY ADELE KRISTIANSSON
VFW POST 5350 recently organized its annual Voice of Democracy and Patriots Pen essay awards, acknowledging the achievements of 19 students from Westhampton Beach, Hampton Bays, East Quogue, Quogue, Raynor Country Day School, and Remsenburg Speonk School. COURTESY WILLIAM HUGHES
Michael Pratt, Michael and Tina Guglielmo at the screening of PRIDE on Sunday at the Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the screening of PRIDE on Sunday. The feature will kicked off a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will be shown on the last Sunday of each month, brought to you by Hamptons Pride. The Hampton Pride Parade will be held on June 7 with Grand Marshal John Cameron Mitchell. LISA TAMBURINI
Tom House and Ellen Dioguardi at the screening of PRIDE on Sunday at the Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the screening of PRIDE on Sunday. The feature will kicked off a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will be shown on the last Sunday of each month, brought to you by Hamptons Pride. The Hampton Pride Parade will be held on June 7 with Grand Marshal John Cameron Mitchell. LISA TAMBURINI
Tom House and Ellen Dioguardi at the screening of PRIDE on Sunday at the Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the screening of PRIDE on Sunday. The feature will kicked off a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will be shown on the last Sunday of each month, brought to you by Hamptons Pride. The Hampton Pride Parade will be held on June 7 with Grand Marshal John Cameron Mitchell. LISA TAMBURINI
Michael Pratt, Michael and Tina Guglielmo at the screening of PRIDE on Sunday at the Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the screening of PRIDE on Sunday. The feature will kicked off a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will be shown on the last Sunday of each month, brought to you by Hamptons Pride. The Hampton Pride Parade will be held on June 7 with Grand Marshal John Cameron Mitchell. LISA TAMBURINI
The Bridgehampton Association awarded grants totaling $62,750 to 16 nonprofit organizations in the area. Recipients included Bay Street Theater, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton Community House, Bridgehampton Museum, Catholic Home Care, Children’s Museum of the East End, Choral Society of the Hamptons, East End Hospice, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, Hampton Library, Hampton Health Society, Island Gift of Life, Maureen's Haven, Peconic Baykeeper, Sag Harbor Food Pantry, and South Fork Bakery. The Bridgehampton Association raises money through year-round operation of the Book Bay, a used bookstore on School Street in Bridgehampton, an annual holiday fair in December, and a charity golf tournament at the Bridgehampton Club in September each year. The grant recipients’ representatives and Bridgehampton Association volunteers gathered at an awards party at the Association’s Book Bay on January 21. COURTESY BRIGEHAMPTON ASSOCIATION

The Southampton Volunteer Ambulance inducted two new members to its board of directors --Adele Kristiansson and Sean Muthig -- on January 6. From left, the full board, Adele Kristiansson, Chair, Jimmy Mack, Co-Chair, Ed Dimonda, Sean Muthig and Theresa Hunter. COURTESY ADELE KRISTIANSSON

VFW POST 5350 recently organized its annual Voice of Democracy and Patriots Pen essay awards, acknowledging the achievements of 19 students from Westhampton Beach, Hampton Bays, East Quogue, Quogue, Raynor Country Day School, and Remsenburg Speonk School. COURTESY WILLIAM HUGHES

Michael Pratt, Michael and Tina Guglielmo at the screening of PRIDE on Sunday at the Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the screening of PRIDE on Sunday. The feature will kicked off a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will be shown on the last Sunday of each month, brought to you by Hamptons Pride. The Hampton Pride Parade will be held on June 7 with Grand Marshal John Cameron Mitchell. LISA TAMBURINI

Tom House and Ellen Dioguardi at the screening of PRIDE on Sunday at the Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the screening of PRIDE on Sunday. The feature will kicked off a series of screenings of LGBTQ+-themed films that will be shown on the last Sunday of each month, brought to you by Hamptons Pride. The Hampton Pride Parade will be held on June 7 with Grand Marshal John Cameron Mitchell. LISA TAMBURINI

The Bridgehampton Association awarded grants totaling $62,750 to 16 nonprofit organizations in the area. Recipients included Bay Street Theater, Bridge Gardens, Bridgehampton Community House, Bridgehampton Museum, Catholic Home Care, Children’s Museum of the East End, Choral Society of the Hamptons, East End Hospice, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, Hampton Library, Hampton Health Society, Island Gift of Life, Maureen's Haven, Peconic Baykeeper, Sag Harbor Food Pantry, and South Fork Bakery. The Bridgehampton Association raises money through year-round operation of the Book Bay, a used bookstore on School Street in Bridgehampton, an annual holiday fair in December, and a charity golf tournament at the Bridgehampton Club in September each year. The grant recipients’ representatives and Bridgehampton Association volunteers gathered at an awards party at the Association’s Book Bay on January 21. COURTESY BRIGEHAMPTON ASSOCIATION

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