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She Wrote About Hidden Patterns. Then She Died at Camp Hero.

Everything we know about Lauren Balik's death at 35 on a Montauk hiking trail. Plus: An East Hampton garden institution's plight; the U.S. Open invades Shinnecock Hills.

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The Hamptons Chronicle
Jun 16, 2026
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Monday morning’s THC “office hours” meetup at Sag Harbor’s The American Hotel was a movie. Maybe a lesser-known, plotless Noah Baumbach indie—but one you want to watch over and over again. Regulars blinked into the dappled sunshine on the porch; a European family argued over eggs; I bogarted the newspapers in the back room. Bartender Vinny Rom, who’s wo…

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