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Amagansett Village Improvement Society Turns 100

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Members of the Amagansett Village Improvement Society, from left, Kim Slater, Shari Thompson, Victor Gelb, Cam Gelb, Joan Tulp, Susan Jaxheimer and Marguerite Gualtieri, are celebrating the group's centennial this fall.

Members of the Amagansett Village Improvement Society, from left, Kim Slater, Shari Thompson, Victor Gelb, Cam Gelb, Joan Tulp, Susan Jaxheimer and Marguerite Gualtieri, are celebrating the group's centennial this fall.

authorMichael Wright on Sep 15, 2021
For 100 years, the Amagansett Village Improvement Society has been quietly sprucing up the hamlet in ways that can often go unnoticed to the casual passersby or harried local. Geraniums... more

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