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One thing about being sixty-something is that you have a wealth of life experiences to draw from for writing columns. I attended a pre-Halloween party in Tuckahoe, NY this last weekend. The pure love and affection between the couple hosting the party, their teenage kids and all their friends was inspiring. Then my wife and I, attended another...

I’m not someone that likes to do yoga. To be honest with you, I don’t really like to do anything. But I understand that I have to do something in order to keep my body healthy. I’ll run here and there, and I try to eat right, but if you said to me that you do Hot Yoga...

New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. and East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc today announced an intergovernmental partnership to fund the undergrounding of utility lines at the gateway to the hamlet of Montauk. The project would supplement an ongoing private effort to underground utility lines along Old Montauk Highway. The State of New York would...

There are things one never forgets. For me, one of those things was the time I brought my daughters to the famous Deep Hallow Ranch in Montauk for a late October horseback ride. Their birthdays are October 27th and October 29th. I had promised them during our summer visit to Montauk we would return for a birthday ride...

The Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center and its Executive Committee have unanimously approved the appointment of Genevieve Villaflor as its new Executive Director. Throughout her career, Genevieve Villaflor has been involved with film festivals, non-profit organizations, and specialty publicity firms, working in programming, PR, fundraising, special events, and artist support.  After college at the University of Virginia, she...

The hamlet of Amagansett, is mostly a quiet sleepy Hamptons jewel of beautiful homes, wonderful town beaches with a touch of horse country, farming, fishing, and clamming. The name Amagansett is reportedly a Montaukett Indian word meaning, “place of good water.” The location of the good water the Indians referred to was located near where what everyone today...

The East Hampton airport is a local hot-button issue. When I first moved to East Hampton in 2003 Nancy Keeshan was both a real estate agent and writer for the same Montauk weekly free paper I was writing for. She and her dad were a tremendous help to me on a few stories.   Ms. Keeshan is a...

Babette’s, on Newtown Lane in East Hampton, will be serving its last meal on Sunday, October 17th, and closing its doors after 27 years as "the place to be' in the Hamptons food scene. The restaurant has been a favorite of locals and celebrities alike, and led the way in organic and clean eating on the East End....

Naturopathica Holistic Health is excited to announce a new partnership with Vie Meditation, with the goal of bringing mind and body healing to clients across their three New York spa locations. Naturopathica and Vie both know one thing to be true: when you feel good mentally and physically, you’re at your best. Beginning October 1, these transformative services...

You cannot help but smile when you drive by "Hank’s Pumpkintown" on Route 27 in Southampton, especially in October. Even while driving you can’t help but marvel at all the pumpkins in the field along the road. Big ones, small ones and odd shaped ones. Then you watch families coming out carrying their prized picks. The smiles on...