East End Contractors: Who’s Busy, Who’s Not
As business owners of all kinds prepare to tighten their belts for an impending recession, which some say is already here, murmurs of the effects on the East End’s normally thriving construction industry have been heard at local watering holes for months. While the response is varied and many workers remain optimistic, national cutbacks will likely hit the little guy first and, according to some contractors, the effects are already being felt.
Sales Are Flat in Buyer’s Market
Priciest properties in demand, refinancing up, and bankruptcies on the rise
While the median house price in East Hampton Town broke the $1 million mark last year, the number of house sales remained flat, according to figures from Suffolk Research Service, a company that collects data on area sales.
Bigger Signs of the Times
When Jack Kehoe first opened Sign Language 29 years ago, computers had no role in the sign-making business; signs were carved and lettered by hand.
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AMY JO BROWNE,
VALENTINE PETAL PUSHER
“Peach is my favorite color rose. I hate red,” said Amy Jo Browne the other day at Wittendale’s, which is owned by Donald Horowitz and Robert Dale. She is in charge, with help from Evelyn Collado, of putting together the bouquets people buy to give their “others” for Valentine’s Day.
Recorded Deeds