Local
November 20, 2012 9:55 pmLocal? By Katharine Lusk Berger I like to think I’m a comedian, but I’m not. When I try out... Read Story
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Excerpt From Will I Have The Courage
November 20, 2012 9:52 pm“Will I Have the Courage? My Election Journal” (George W. Bush 2nd Term,U.S. November, 2004) August, 2004 ... Read Story
Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes
November 20, 2012 9:43 pmLittle Disturbances, Enormous Changes By Kathy Engel Grace Paley taught me that no showing of conscience regarding abuse of power... Read Story
What The Hamptons Mean To Me
November 20, 2012 9:34 pmWhat the Hamptons Mean to Me By Kent Chan In every great story, thought, or idea- we are... Read Story
A Tale Of Two Lights
November 20, 2012 9:32 pmA Tale of Two Lights By Krishtia Lindgren For Christmas this year, my husband gave me a good quality... Read Story
Heart Of Glass
November 20, 2012 9:30 pmHeart of Glass Laura Euler The summers of my childhood were spent at Nana’s house in Montauk. My great-grandmother... Read Story
The Beach
November 20, 2012 9:28 pmTHE BEACH By Laura Lawerence My first beach was inFalmouth. I still have a black-and-white photo of thatMassachusettssummer of... Read Story
Beach Lives
November 20, 2012 9:27 pmBEACH LIVES By Laura Lawerence Beach #1 was inFalmouth, Ma. I still have a black-and-white 1948 photo of that summer... Read Story
Blue Claws At Night
November 20, 2012 9:23 pm“Blue Claws at Night” Laura Jean Perno Night crabbing is a coveted family secret that... Read Story
Fire Island Journey
November 20, 2012 9:21 pmFire Island Journey By Laura Perno Fire Islandused to have dunes. BIG DUNES. Before we owned... Read Story
Long Island Quahogs And Me
November 20, 2012 9:19 pmLong Island Quahogs and Me By Laura Perno Long Island- two uniquely different shores, forked... Read Story
As Easy As Apple Pie
November 20, 2012 9:17 pmAs Easy As Apple Pie by Laura Praissman There is always a day in September that may still be as... Read Story
The East End Tag Along By
November 20, 2012 9:11 pmTHE EAST-END TAG-ALONG By Lauree Dash Post-traumatic stress? Isn’t that what people in combat get? Imagine my surprise... Read Story
The Day The Art Died
November 20, 2012 9:06 pmTHE DAY THE ART DIED By Leonardo © 2012 Each time I read that chapter... Read Story
The Night They Came
November 20, 2012 9:04 pmTHE NIGHT THEY CAME By Leonardo © 2012 Spring was waning and summer was only inches from waxing on that... Read Story
Dreaming Of The Front Row
November 20, 2012 9:02 pmDreaming of the Front Row By Lesley Green Leben I am clipped into my pedals, in a crowded stuffy tent... Read Story
The Kids Are Not Ok
November 20, 2012 9:00 pmThe Kids are Not “OK” By Lesley Green Leben “Who died in your family?” the boy chirped, still breathless... Read Story
Feeling Busy Three Words Location Location Location
November 20, 2012 8:58 pmFeeling Busy? Three Words: Location, Location, Location. By Leslie Rapparlie Not long ago, it was easy to create versions... Read Story
Just Another Hamptons Day
November 20, 2012 8:54 pmJust Another Hamptons Day By Les Paul There is nothing more relaxing than a beautiful spring day in theHamptonsaway... Read Story
The Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Dead Cat
November 20, 2012 8:52 pmThe Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Dead Cat By Lewis Gross Dear Dan, I have been a long- time fan of... Read Story
East End Daydreams
November 20, 2012 8:49 pmEast EndDaydreams by Lillian Kleinman-Litvack I started out as aFire Islandgirl. No car, no worries! I partied on the... Read Story
The Point Of The End
November 20, 2012 8:43 pmThe Point at The End By Linda Feldman Like any fish tale worth its salt, this one likely has... Read Story
Pathogens and Pulchritude
November 20, 2012 8:42 pmIsland of Pathogens and Pulchritude By Carol Huang The East End of Long Island is known for many things. There’s... Read Story
Home
November 20, 2012 8:41 pmHOME By Linda Kopf I picked up my son in the school yard and as I looked down... Read Story
Happiest Day
November 20, 2012 8:40 pmHappiest Day By Carla Zarse In 2003 I contracted Lyme disease while working on a horse farm in North... Read Story
Breadzilla
November 20, 2012 8:39 pmBreadzilla Versus A Knot of Snakes or: I Should Have Changed The Name of the Restaurant Out Of Common... Read Story
Music, Summer, Evening
November 20, 2012 8:36 pmMUSIC, SUMMER,EVENING Bob Morris It was high season in 2001 andHamptonstraffic accidentswere at an all-time high. Zoning fights and McMansion... Read Story
Memories Of Montauk
November 20, 2012 8:35 pmMemories of Montauk By: Linda G. McElroy Oh yes, Montauk! My all-time favorite summer getaway. It all began approximately 20... Read Story
Our Youth and America’s Future
November 20, 2012 8:34 pmOur Youth andAmerica’s Future By Bill Jones Thank you Chelsea King for wanting to change the world. ... Read Story
Back East
November 20, 2012 8:32 pm“BACK EAST” By Linda Nemeth In the summer of 1953 my parents decided to take a 3700-mile road trip... Read Story
Towards Futurehampton
November 20, 2012 8:31 pmFUTUREHAMPTON Anthony Haden-Guest TheHamptonsstood outside of the flow of time. I could feel that right away. It was the... Read Story
Montauk Lester
November 20, 2012 8:30 pmMontauk Lester By Liz Roddin “Dad, how many lobsters are we going to buy?” I asked as we stood mesmerized... Read Story
Deades
November 20, 2012 8:20 pmDecades By Lori Diorio Ahhh. The lure of the east end! What started as a spur of... Read Story
Fishing Gone
November 20, 2012 8:18 pmA FISHING WE WILL GO By Anthony Catazaro We can all agree uneqivakly , thatMontauk Pointis the fishing... Read Story
Our Trip To Gardiner’s Island
November 20, 2012 8:16 pmOUR TRIP TO GARDINERS ISLAND By Lorna Salzman We showed up at Robert David Lion Gardiner’s historic home in... Read Story
East Ends and Beginnings
November 20, 2012 8:15 pmEast Ends and Beginnings by Amy Buchner Powers My husband and I walked Lucy up to the beach today. I... Read Story
The Back Road
November 20, 2012 8:13 pmThe Back Road By Amy Palmer We really ought to take the back road more often. Not because there is... Read Story
North Ferry
November 20, 2012 8:00 pmNorth Ferry By Alexandra Thek Girls. One with a tank top– brown, revealing– her elbows perched on the side as... Read Story
Unreported Death in Springs
November 20, 2012 7:58 pmUnreported Death in Springs By Alexander Miller DEAR Diary, I didn’t know what THINK or how to ACT. Pete’s dead... Read Story
The Innocents Up-Island
November 20, 2012 7:54 pmThe Innocents Up-Island Alex de Havenon “Swimmers take your marks.” BEEP. The strobe goes off. So does my daughter. In... Read Story
Tales from Hollywood High
November 20, 2012 7:51 pmTales from Hollywood High: Chauffeured by Humphrey Bogart A. Rice In the days before Roger Rabbit got framed, an electric... Read Story
Pie’s Letter To Mom
November 20, 2012 7:25 pmPie’s Letter to Mom By Louise Wilkinson Dear Mom, I’ve been meaning to write but you know all too... Read Story
In The Valley Of Dry Bones
November 20, 2012 7:21 pmIN THEVALLEYOFDRYBONES LUCETTE LAGNADO Huddled in myUpper East Sideapartment those days immediately following 9/11, all I... Read Story
Eulogy For The Springs House
November 20, 2012 7:19 pmEULOGY TO THE SPRINGS HOUSEHOLD EXCHANGE By Lynne Heffner Ferrante She opens the rear door of her car, and draws... Read Story
Turtle Island By Mankh
November 20, 2012 7:16 pmWITH BOTH LONG & TURTLE ISLAND, MUCH WORK by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) “The East gate... Read Story
Is It Really A Lost Generation
November 20, 2012 7:10 pm“Is It Really a Lost Generation?” By Margarita Ukman One summer’s sunny Saturday morning my daughter became a Bat-Mitzvah in... Read Story
Let’s Just Take A Ride
November 20, 2012 7:07 pmLet’s Just Take A Ride! By Margot McEwen Living onLong Islandfor the last 18 years has made me most appreciative... Read Story
Yard Sales
November 20, 2012 7:05 pmYARD SALES By Maria Acevado Yard sales are hot on the heels of summer in theHamptons. Classifieds in... Read Story
Dream House To Nightmare And Vice Versa
November 20, 2012 7:03 pmDream house to Nightmare and Vice Versa By Marie Cristine Cardalena My realtor in Greenport on the 2J said... Read Story
Smells Like Home
November 20, 2012 6:58 pmSmells Like Home By Maria Marasco Hi, my name is Archie. I’m what they call a shelter mutt. I’m... Read Story
Like A Good Catholic Should
November 20, 2012 6:55 pm“Like A Good Catholic Should” by Maria Pagliarulo What do a lapsed Catholic, a practicing Muslim... Read Story
A Piece Of The East
November 20, 2012 6:47 pmA Piece of the East By Maria Ulrich Often the memory of that fateful phone call comes to... Read Story
A Need To Remember
November 20, 2012 6:44 pmA Need to Remember By Marie Cimaglia Years ago something happened in my life, a series of disappointing events... Read Story
Getting Here
November 20, 2012 6:42 pmGetting Here By Marilyn Weigold It’s hard to imagine the emergence of tourism as a major component of the... Read Story
Wedded Bliss
November 20, 2012 6:40 pmWedded Bliss? By Marilyn Weigold Mention the East End and what comes to mind is the Hamptons and, increasingly,... Read Story
The East End- From A Suburban Perspective
November 20, 2012 6:38 pm“The East End — from a Suburban Perspective” By Mark Donnelly If I were to draw a map... Read Story
South Fork Wild Side
November 20, 2012 6:34 pmSouth Fork in the Raw By Mark Potter We live on a narrow strip of sand which is thrust like... Read Story
A Sanctuary In Our Midst
November 20, 2012 6:32 pmMary Ann Mulvihill-Decker A Sanctuary in Our Midst Great blue herons, broad-winged hawks, ruby-crowned kinglets, red-bellied woodpeckers. Spicebush... Read Story
Day Of Bliss
November 20, 2012 6:29 pmA Day of Bliss By Marsha Portnoy People refer to Montauk as the end. .No! To me... Read Story
Main Street
November 20, 2012 6:27 pmMain Street By Marsha Shainwald If you think this title refers to anything “regular”, well, read on. My... Read Story
Shannon
November 20, 2012 6:25 pmSHANNON By Marsha Shainwald She was my love and, my warm snuggly, happy, sweet dog. That... Read Story
Keep The Light Burning, Dear
November 20, 2012 6:21 pmKeep The Light Burning, Dear By Martha DePhillips “Keep the light burning, dear,” shouts the lighthouse keeper as he... Read Story
Doublewide Escapades In The Hamptons
November 20, 2012 6:15 pmDoublewide Escapades in theHamptons By Martin Levinson I’m a big city guy. Been one all... Read Story
Briermere Farmstand Pies
November 20, 2012 6:09 pmBriermere Farmstand Pies ©Mary Engels, September 2009. Reprinted with permission from Demosnews.com It took hurricane forces for me to... Read Story
How The White Dodge Dart Became Orange
November 20, 2012 6:06 pmHow the White Dodge Dart became Orange ©Mary Engels, July 2012 About thirty years ago, plus a couple more,... Read Story
The Z-Zimmer
November 20, 2012 6:02 pmHampton Bays and the Z-Zimmer ©Mary Engels, July 2012 My grandparents loved to entertain and they’d invite their... Read Story
Ponquogue Paradise
November 20, 2012 6:00 pmPONQUOGUE PARADISE By Mary L. Kenny I will try to wiggle out this story, as if it’s a youngster’s tooth... Read Story
Music In The Air
November 20, 2012 5:48 pmThere is Music in the Air By Mary Latini There is something timeless and elegant about being in Montauk. I... Read Story
An Ocean’s View
November 20, 2012 5:38 pmAn Ocean’s View by Mary S. Sauerland As I surged onto the sand, I felt the smoothness of the... Read Story
The Privet On Parsonage
November 20, 2012 5:36 pmThe Wall of Privet on Parsonage By Matt Mitchell We’ve all seen the change. It has no political affiliation.... Read Story
The Joeys
November 20, 2012 5:33 pmBy Melissa Mundy It didn’t feel like the stages of grief that I had to memorize back in Psych... Read Story
Quarter Life Crisis
November 20, 2012 5:31 pmQuarter Life Crisis By Melissa Murphy When they named Long Island they weren’t joking… its pretty damn long. From... Read Story
A Match Made In Sag Harbor
November 20, 2012 5:28 pmA Match Made in Sag Harbor written by Meredith Fochetta It’s hard to believe how a patch of pavement... Read Story
Life On The Fast Montauk Train
November 20, 2012 5:22 pmLife in the Fast (Unless Delayed by Equipment Problems) Montauk Train. By Michael Casper Let’s face it. Traveling... Read Story
What Are You Going To Do All Year
November 20, 2012 5:19 pmWhat are you going to do all year? By Michael Casper In the wonderful Broadway musical “GreyGardens”, the character... Read Story
Carnival
November 20, 2012 5:15 pmCarnival By Michael Dickerson Violence reared its ugly head; helter-skelter and random as the destinations of careening orbs in... Read Story
The Nature Of Children And Mischief
November 20, 2012 5:13 pmThe Nature of Children and Mischief by Michael R. Dickerson We were childhood hoboes “walking the line”, gathering... Read Story
Train Came
November 20, 2012 5:08 pmIntrepid Adventurers by Michael R. Dickerson Our community was wealthy with young ones in the 60’s. Everywhere... Read Story
A Family Tradition
November 20, 2012 5:05 pmA Family Tradition Michal T. Winter We have been going to Montauk since 1983. Back then my parents... Read Story
A Day At Gilgo Beach
November 20, 2012 5:02 pmA Day atGilgoBeach By Michael Grant I’ll never forget the summer of 1955 because that’s the year my brother... Read Story
Stoney Hill Morning
November 20, 2012 4:59 pmStoney Hill morning By Michael Townsend Morning was serene onStoney Hill Road. As I stepped onto the deck, the... Read Story
Two Things At Once
November 20, 2012 4:52 pmTWO THINGS AT ONCE By Michelle Murphy Yesterday I lost my American Express card. My husband tells... Read Story
Cedar Lawn
November 20, 2012 4:48 pmCedar Lawn By Michelle Thompson Maybe I should clean the headstone, I thought. There’s lots of moss on it.... Read Story
Coming Home
November 20, 2012 4:46 pmComing Home By Missy Kurzweil It’s the summer of 2006. I’ve recently returned from a wonderfully mind-expanding... Read Story
Katy’s Tree
November 20, 2012 4:44 pmMontgomeryJ. Granger Katy’s Tree When we walk by a tree in winter time, we take for granted... Read Story
Ditch Inside Out
November 20, 2012 4:41 pmDitch Inside Out By Morgan Busch Presently, I am 17 years old and will be a senior atIslipHigh... Read Story
Montauk
November 20, 2012 4:40 pmBy Morgan Campbell It Had to be You Montauk, “It Had to be You…” Only your clear and... Read Story
My Seal
November 20, 2012 4:38 pmMy Seal By Morleen Novitt It was a cold afternoon in April. The last few days of my spring... Read Story
Boo Hoo To Yahoo!
November 20, 2012 4:36 pmBoo Hoo to Yahoo! By Nanci E. La Garenne A perfect summer day in theHamptonsis the time to... Read Story
Me And Georgia O’Keefe
November 20, 2012 4:32 pmMe and Georgia O’Keefe by Nanci E. LaGarenne I discovered theEast Endof this beautifulIsland, not in summer, but one... Read Story
Parking Pass
November 20, 2012 4:23 pmParkingPass By Nell Klugman I learned to parallel park onPond LaneinSouthampton. “Learned” might be an incorrect term; I drove to... Read Story
Cut From The Land
November 20, 2012 4:22 pmCut From The Land By Nicole Gates Anderson Standing beneath the hot July sun, only a few feet... Read Story
The Retreat To Simplicity
November 20, 2012 4:20 pmThe Retreat of Simplicity By Nicole Wallace Faith, Love, Humility, Honesty, and Courage: When I was a child, these... Read Story
Oh Say Can You See
November 20, 2012 4:11 pmOh Say Can You See? By: Pam Prince If Robert Frost mused, “Good fences make good neighbors,” then living... Read Story
The Overlooked, Infectious Memories Of Eastern Long Island
November 20, 2012 4:08 pmThe Overlooked, Infectious Memories of Eastern Long Island By Parker Ince The natural history of our area is largely written... Read Story
Benjamin “Benji” Pacis
November 20, 2012 4:02 pm[1] [2] [3] BENJAMIN “ BENJI” PACIS (04/28/95-05/20/08) My Beloved German Shepherd By Patria Baradi Pacis It seems... Read Story
Montauk’s Eden Guevara Baradi Celebrates Her 101st Birthday
November 20, 2012 3:58 pmMONTAUK’S EDEN BARADI CELEBRATES HER 101ST BIRTHDAY A day of Lobsters, Boats, and Cake By Patria Baradi Pacis My... Read Story
Round Swamp Farm
November 20, 2012 3:50 pmRound Swamp Farm: Not Your Average Roadside Stand By Patricia Shelvin Three years ago I traded in my upstate weekend... Read Story
Tide Clock
November 20, 2012 3:44 pmTide Clock By Patricia Whitlock Stephanides Someone once told me, or perhaps I read it in a fairy-tale, that... Read Story
Montauk, The Beginning
November 20, 2012 3:38 pmCHAPTER 4 – “MONTAUK, THE BEGINNING” By Paul Bikoff “Let the children remember the sun Let them dance let... Read Story
