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Jack Youngs Honored By Sag Harbor Historical Society

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Jack Youngs, a former president of the Sag Harbor Historical Society, was presented with the Dorothy Ingersoll Zaykowski Award after his retirement from the organization's board of directors. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Jack Youngs, a former president of the Sag Harbor Historical Society, was presented with the Dorothy Ingersoll Zaykowski Award after his retirement from the organization's board of directors. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Jack Youngs examines a replica piece of scrimshaw at his home on Harbor Watch Court. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

Jack Youngs examines a replica piece of scrimshaw at his home on Harbor Watch Court. STEPHEN J. KOTZ

authorStephen J. Kotz on Jun 8, 2022
Jack Youngs is a retired physical education teacher and coach, but his subject of choice could have very easily been history. “The history of Sag Harbor was engraved in me,”... more

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