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Working: Bruce Weed

Working: Bruce Weed

Bruce Weed, once a restaurateur, now has some of the area’s best restaurants as clients for his computer business.
Bruce Weed, once a restaurateur, now has some of the area’s best restaurants as clients for his computer business.
Debra Scott
“I put out fires and fix flat tires,”
By
Debra Scott

   Bruce Weed didn’t start off as a computer repairman. His first calling was as a chef. Some may recall his restaurant, aptly named Bruce’s, in the Saga­ponack spot now occupied by Townline BBQ. He ran the eatery from 1978 to 1994 with his mother, and eventually his wife, Linda, who started as a sous chef there.

    “I worked 25 hours a day, and loved it. . . . There’s no bigger high than growing your own produce and cooking it.”

    Following that, he worked as head chef at the Amagansett Farmers Market for several years. During that period, in 1998, his son announced that it was time to purchase a PC. “What’s that?” Mr. Weed recalled asking. “I boil water for a living.”

    Prevailed upon, he bought a Gateway computer and still recalls its arrival in two boxes decorated with the brand’s cow markings. “I plugged it in and pushed the button, and that was it.” He was hooked. “This is magic,” he remembered thinking.

    But still he continued to cook, or as he described it, “make rapidly moving molecules into food.” Computers became his hobby. He took a yearlong course at Southampton College in computer use, followed by another year in computer repair. At the beginning of the latter course, he and his fellow students were struck with fear when the teacher presented them with computers in various states of disrepair. His task was to diagnose and fix the problems, something that became routine by the end of the year.

    It still didn’t occur to him to base a career on his newfound passion. One day, while “sitting around” wondering what to do after learning that the market’s owner, Pat Struk, intended to sell, his wife made the suggestion that he go into computers. It occurred to him at that moment that “carrying around a floppy disc was a lot easier than carrying around a four-gallon stock pot.” And Bruce Weed Computers was born.

    Since his first client, a customer at the market whose monitor had gone black (and which he fixed by deleting an army of icons that had taken over the screen), he has worked with countless residential and commercial clients.

    Most of his commercial clients are local restaurants for which he posts menus and wine lists online and sets up and maintains networks. “They like me,” said the former chef, “because they don’t have to explain how a kitchen works.” His clients include many of the South Fork’s finer dining establishments: Nick and Toni’s, 1770 House, East Hampton Point, Citta Nuova, Fresno, Redbar Bras­serie, the Beacon, and the Bell and Anchor.

    He spends much of his time “planning ahead for upgrades or maintenance or installing new software” on systems. “Let’s do this next week so it’s not a panic situation,” he said. On the other hand, he usually doesn’t hear from his residential clients unless it’s an emergency. “I put out fires and fix flat tires,” he said. Problems range from damaged hardware to downed Internet service, and often “by Monday at 11 I’m fully booked.”

    Based in East Hampton, a typical workday finds him making house calls, and receiving pleas for help by cellphone as he drives across the South Fork. He will then rearrange his day geographically to be able to serve as many customers as possible. “I never want clients to suffer because I’m so busy I can’t get to them.”

    To that purpose, he keeps his client base “doable.” And he has help for some jobs. “I have a young guy who climbs up trees to install wireless transmitters.” Meanwhile, as a PC-only technician, there is one segment of the market he will never have to serve. As for Macs, he joked, “I never go to the dark side.”

Innersleeve Moves to Sag Harbor

Innersleeve Moves to Sag Harbor

In a new space on Long Wharf
By
Sergei Klebnikov

    While most South Fork retailers spent the weekend before Independence Day gearing up for the busiest few days of the year, Craig Wright was doing that and more, as he moved his Innersleeve Records and its inventory of 15,000 items from Amagansett Square to a new space on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.

    It was a lot of work, accomplished over three days with the help of several good friends, but his opening on July 5 turned out to be “great timing,” Mr. Wright said.

    He had initially hoped to open in Sag Harbor. “It’s really great that I ended up here,” he said. He shares the space with Simon Harrison, a real estate agent who has set up his own side project — a graffiti art gallery — in an upper level of the shop. Loyal customers have found him again, people walking on Long Wharf stop in, and an ice cream parlor next door brings in curious browsers.

    The village’s “great late night scene,” with all of its different restaurants is good for his business, he said.

    Over a week after the move, stacks of unopened boxes remained and the process of unpacking was yet to be completed. “Having trouble unpacking isn’t necessarily a bad thing,” Mr. Wright said. “It means that business has been pretty successful.”

    Mr. Wright has a part-time helper, but he basically manages and runs the store himself. In addition to buying and selling records, some of them very rare, Innersleeve carries used CDs for low prices and even sells cassette tapes to target people with older cars who want something to listen to. His motto, as it says on his business card, is “buy, sell, and trade.” In Amagansett, he sold record players, too, and he expects to have some in stock soon in Sag Harbor.

    Mr. Wright, who lives in Springs with his wife and twin sons, grew up on the South Fork, spent his teenage summers working at the Long Island Sound music store on East Hampton’s Main Street, and eventually opened his own small record shop in San Francisco before moving back to the South Fork in the late 1990s.

    Prior to opening Innersleeve in Amagansett last year, Mr. Wright’s business was almost exclusively online, buying and selling vinyl on eBay and Amazon, and in the process accumulating a considerable inventory. “Vinyls were in an upward trend and there was lots of hype about them,” he said.

    He gets a “broad spectrum of customers of all ages,” he said, as two teenagers contentedly left the shop with records in hand. His customers break down into three categories: new vinyl buyers, people getting back into vinyl, or hardcore collectors. “There are an equal amount of people getting out of vinyl as there are getting in,” Mr. Wright said, “and that is the key to business.”

 

Keeping Account 07.18.13

Keeping Account 07.18.13

Local business news
By
Star Staff

Bridge Bash

    The Southampton Chamber of Commerce has planned a networking night next Thursday at the Peconic Land Trust’s Bridge Gardens at 36 Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton. A $15 entry fee to the 5 to 7 p.m. event comes with appetizers, beer from the Southampton Publick House, wine courtesy of the Wolffer Estate Vineyard, and music by Jim Turner.

    All have been invited to share business cards and try for raffle prizes. Reservations have been requested for those who would like a printed nametag and to double their chances of winning a prize. The necessary links can be found at southamptonchamber.com.

The Biz Crowd at Page

    Members of the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce will gather at the newly renovated Page at 63 Main restaurant in that village on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Tastings from the menu and raffle prizes come with the $18 cost for members, $20 for nonmembers. There will be a cash bar. Reservations have been requested by e-mail at info@ sagharborchamber.com.

Recorded Deeds 07.18.13

Recorded Deeds 07.18.13

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

P. Bistrian Jr. to 477 Gansett L.L.C., 499 Montauk Highway, .45 acre, May 22, $350,000.

E. Velasquez, and Y to Zebra Bumida L.L.C., 28 Hedges Lane, 1.23 acres, May 20, $2,525,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Stuebe and O’Mara-Stuebe to A. Johnson, 833 Millstone Road, 2.36 acres, May 22, $2,025,000.

D. Farcas to G. Orloff, 216 Millstone Road, .63 acre, May 26, $1,500,000.

S. Schreiber to L. Mueller and E. Marchand, 29 Meadows East, .93 acre, May 7, $850,000.

S. Cohen to R. and L. Kirschenbaum, R and L, 382 Job’s Lane, .96 acre, May 14, $3,300,000.

A. Kelly to R. Haar, 29 Job’s Lane, 1.07 acres, May 15, $3,750,000.

EAST HAMPTON

G. Almeraz, (by adminisrator) to J. Becker, 10 Miller Terrace, .16 acre, June 3, $400,000.

J. Jenkins, to L. Metcalf, 43 Cedar Street, May 13, $750,000.

Newmark Custom Homes to M. and M. Zeidel, 8 High Point Road, .77 acre, May 2, $1,950,000.

L. Duckett and B. Jones to N. Bates and P. Zagarella, 4 Hollow Tree Lane, 1 acre, May 23, $735,000.

E. Kaplan to T. Jachowicz and E. Hagen, 11 Shorewood Drive, .93 acre, May 16, $675,000.

P. and C. Arbia Properties to P. Furlong, 17 Montauk Avenue, .41 acre, May 22, $600,000.

J. and D. Giattino to J. Hartnett, 31 Montauk Avenue, .55 acre, May 21, $552,000.

S. Schumer to R. Cuddeback and Pfister, 189 Middle Highway, 3 acres, May 30, $900,000.

R. and J. Iwanowski to J. Morison, 43 Quarty Court, 2.27 acres, Mar. 28, $747,500.

S. and N. Sobel to J. Gottesfeld and Hayat, 196 Treescape Drive, 20 acres, May 28, $490,000.

L. Myers Trust to S. Savage and R. Esmaili, 24 Cosdrew Lane, .46 acre, May 17, $495,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

T. McCabe IV to Sautter Capital II, 69 Gingerbread Lane, May 13, $950,000.

G. Kirschner to R. and C. Weisz, 69 Georgica Road, 1.15 acres, May 20, $4,400,000.

MONTAUK

H. and T. Hochhauser to Ulrich, 112 Duryea Avenue, .26 acre, May 16, $1,295,000.

M. and L. Hessler, to C. Li, 103 Kirk Avenue, .31 acre, May 29, $570,000.

Lori Enterprises Inc. to J. Bolaris, and Smitheman, 236 Edgemere Street, #136, May 23, $315,000.

H. Smith (by executor) to W. Golby, 136 Benson Drive, May 14, $3,250,000.

J. and A. Costello, to D. and D. Providenti, 10 Davis Drive, .98 acre, May 21, $1,462,500.

NOYAC

C. Mead to S. and C. Arora, 1878 Noyack Path, 2.1 acres, May 30, $1,575,000.

J. and M. Connor to M. and N. Yosowitz, 1105 Millstone Road, 1.84 acres, May 21, $1,285,000.

SAG HARBOR

M. Arena to Glover House L.L.C., 15 Vitali Cilli Avenue, 1.51 acres, May 20, $3,700,000.

J. Neidnig to S. Gambrel, 52 Glover Street, .17 acre, May 23, $635,000.

K. Burns to S. Susman, 2 Bluff Point Road, .39 acre, May 23, $3,000,000.

B. Widziunas to E. McEvoy and P. Hron, 18 Oakland Avenue, .36 acre, May 20, $980,000.

SAGAPONACK

L. and P. Sasso to B. Mattera, 466 Toppings Path, .63 acre, May 13, $535,000.

SPRINGS

M. Conheeney and L. DeWitt to L. Victoria, 150 Underwood Drive, .43 acre, May 22, $580,000.

A. Flesch to T. and L. Myers, 87 Woodbine Drive, .4 acre, May 30, $530,000.

S. Kossak to P. Wandel, 569 Fireplace Road and lot 39, .52 acre, May 24, $190,000.

H. Slote and A. Schubert to Mulderrig and Davis-Mulderrig, 170 Neck Path, .34 acre, May 23, $415,000.

WAINSCOTT

J. Rosenthal to L. Gleeman, 67 S Breeze Drive, 1.03 acres, May 24, $975,000.

97 Wainscott/NW to A. Yarnold and L. Hunt, 97 Wainscott Northwest Road, .36 acre, May 17, $1,075,000.

WATER MILL

R. Morris to K. Gerstenfeld, 292 Little Noyack Path, 2.09 acres, May 23, $1,600,000.

S. Abrahams to S. Gatfield, 506 Hayground Road, .92 acre, May 23, $1,950,000.

S. and S. Quraishi to 12 Hayground Road, 12 Hayground Road, 1.53 acres, May 20, $2,800,000.

E. Cohen and J. Shulman to M. Greene, 164 Deerfield Road, .66 acre, May 20, $780,000.

I. and D. Friedrich to J. Feingold, 9 Swan Creek Court, May 16, $1,160,000.

Cobb Isle Waterfront to M. Gross, 29 Cobb Isle, 1.02 acres, May 24, $10,850,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

Recorded Deeds 07.25.13

Recorded Deeds 07.25.13

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

BRIDGEHAMPTON

S. Silverstein to N. Patel and H. Talib, 17 Fair Hills Lane, .92 acre, May 24, $3,150,000.

R. Reid Jr. to I. and D. Friedrich, 619 Lumber Lane, .92 acre, May 24, $3,300,000.

R. Mahler to Hampton Court Partners, 11 Hampton Court, .53 acre, May 24, $335,000.

EAST HAMPTON

51 Cedar Street L.L.C. to Chateau Sardine #4 L, 51 Cedar Street, .5 acre, June 3, $525,000.

W. Fowkes Jr. (by referee) to Waterfall Victoria, 300 Pantigo Place, Unit 117, May 30, $625,294.

N. Mason to B. Schneider and J. Singer, 51 Skimhampton Road, .55 acre, May 29, $895,000.

T. Greenbaum to D. Smith and R. Wallace, 3 Eileen’s Path, 1 acre, May 1, $1,750,000.

D. and J. Fitzgerald to S. Goldberg, 33 Green Hollow Road, 1.25 acres, May 29, $1,625,000.

G. Hirsch (by executors) to M. Derrig, 21 Buell Lane, .94 acre, May 17, $1,475,000.

G. and A. Thompson to M. Asta, 14 Hedges Banks Drive, .97 acre, May 24, $910,000.

Buenos Dias L.L.C. to Sciametta and Arnaoudona, 9 Bearing East Road, 1 acre, June 6, $990,000.

A. and M. Gallucci to D. and H. Sakol, 53 Settlers Landing Lane, .46 acre, May 9, $699,999.

M. Acquino to B. and C. Dumaine, 39 Mile Hill Road, May 24, $985,000.

T. Strann to E. Krug and J. Haubrich, 17 Scallop Avenue, May 24, $660,000.

T. and L. Calabrese Trusts to E. and J. Khalil, 84 Northwest Road, 7.8 acres, May 29, $2,100,000.

C. Ries to J. and L. Gold, 31 Augies Path, 1.1 acres, May 30, $1,225,000.

D. and G. Mizzi to A. and K. Dougherty, 4 Bay View Avenue, 1.37 acres, Feb. 15, $1,341,600.

P. and T. Ponzo to D. Wright and C. Tetelboum, 33 Rivers Road, .66 acre, Apr. 23, $1,220,000.

J. Markell Trust to M. Franco and B. Silver, 3 Rivers Road, .69 acre, June 17, $765,000.

A. and M. Dumais to C. and K. Bauer, 19 Pass Road, 3.01 acres, Feb. 6, $835,000.

R. D’Angelo and S. Newman to J. Campbell and P. Nelson, 10 Whooping Hollow Road, .69 acre, May 31, $725,000.

N. Hall to G. Swartz, 30 Cedar Trail, May 8, $1,750,000.

J. and M. Nastri to P. and R. Gargano, 11 Cosdrew Lane, .62 acre, May 30, $975,000.

MONTAUK

S. and V. Bitondo to R. Bennett and D. Cutuli, 260 West Lake Drive and lots 32.02 and 33, 1.75 acres, May 29, $2,600,000.

H. Anderson (by executor) to Stephens, Wang, and Wei, 49 S. Fairview Avenue, .47 acre, June 10, $530,000.

M. and J. Sullivan to T. Dempsey and E. Beldy, 5 Deforest Road, 1 acre, May 25, $2,525,000.

W. and E. Biase Trust to B. and S. Neri, 11 South Elihu Place, .42 acre, May 29, $720,000.

NOYAC

K. Bridgeman Azar to D. and B. Montero, 33 Windermere Drive, Baypoint, .18 acre, May 30, $520,000.

H. Weinstein to A. Petrone Jr., 52 Sunset Drive, Baypoint, .2 acre, June 5, $625,000.

R. Messina to 2828 Deerfield Road, 2829 Deerfield Road, 2.2 acres, May 22, $1,900,000.

J. Ryan Trust to E. and L. Buhler, 31 Wickatuck Drive, .49 acre (vacant), May 28, $225,000.

S. Schotland Trust to K. McConville, 64 Bay View Drive West, .3 acre, Mar. 11, $468,000.

SAG HARBOR

M. Keilough to S. Murphy, 4 Cuffee Drive, .43 acre, June 3, $480,000.

Hurlbut House L.L.C. to Watson Atlantic L.L.C., 241 Main Street, .43 acre, June 5, $1,750,000.

H. ansd L. Wyatt to M. Henry and M. McDermott, 36 Joel’s Lane, .52 acre, Feb. 7, $655,000.

SAGAPONACK

S. MacArthur Trust to GANSO, L.L.C., 2 Town Line Road, .68 acre, May 29, $4,300,000.

SPRINGS

T. Coron to A. Young, 19 Bay Inlet Road, .46 acre, May 30, $1,150,000.

J. and J. Tarbet to C. Ingram, 26 Bull Pasture Lane, .69 acre, May 31, $770,000.

W. Mula and Johnsen-Mula to T. and K. Ikeguchi, 70 Talmage Farm Lane, .87 acre, Oct. 25, $998,000.

C. Tracey to Crossroads Atlantic, 153 Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, .62 acre, June 5, $675,000.

E. Slotnick (by executor) to A. Bornstein, 20 Hollyoak Avenue, .35 acre, May 28, $350,000.

K. Blume to R. and H. Lind, 34 Hartley Boulevard, .39 acre, June 7, $525,000.

WAINSCOTT

D. and A. Scotti to M. and K. Elkins, 32 Roxbury Lane, .76 acre, Nov. 9, $2,000,000.

113 Town Line L.L.C. to 113 TLC L.L.C., 113 Town Line Road, 1.9 acres, June 6, $14,230,000.

WATER MILL

M. Devlin to P. Laumont, 551 Little Noyack Path, 2.09 acres, May 29, $1,830,000.

R. and L. O’Kunewicz to G. Isaacson and J. McCool, 1587 Deerfield Road, 3.7 acres, May 24, $2,375,000.

15 Bay Avenue Realty to R. Rankin, 15 Bay Avenue, 1.33 acres, May 21, $3,325,000.

816 Mecox Road L.L.C. to C. Peluso, 816 Mecox Road, 1.39 acres, May 31, $3,600,000.

H. Auerbach Trust to J. Carney, 35 and 29 Dune Road, .98 acre, May 29, $8,750,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

Designer Trunk Show

Designer Trunk Show

By
Star Staff

   Kelly Wearstler, an interior and fashion designer, will have a trunk show on Saturday at 4 p.m. at MONC XIII on Madison Street in Sag Harbor, with cocktails and a book signing from 6 to 9 p.m.

   MONC XIII is a high-end furniture and home goods shop owned and operated by Natasha Esch, an interior designer and former president of Wilhelmina Models.

Recorded Deeds: 08.01.13

Recorded Deeds: 08.01.13

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

P. and M. Oliver to J. Kline, 249 Bluff Road, .41 acre, May 31, $2,075,000.

I. and S. Lundberg to M. Leydier, 83 Cliff Road, .44 acre, June 5, $1,870,000.

J. and S. Schatz to JMCAI L.L.C., 97 Central Avenue, .29 acre, June 6, $2,012,500.

J. and L. Scalia to Lyjenelle L.L.C., 72 Surf Drive, .23 acre, June 5, $4,050,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

101 Co. L.L.C. to R. Rubin and Trusts, 2 Checkered Path, 2.98 acres (vacant), June 10, $1,000,000.

785 and 810 Loper’s Path L.L.C.s to Town of Southampton, 785 and 810 Lopers Path, 9.79 acres (vacant), June 13, $1,500,000.

R. Sheridan to M. Frank, 135 Hildreth Lane, .41 acre, June 4, $915,000.

EAST HAMPTON

A. Porcelli to M. Keiser and J. Papa, 20 Squire’s Path, June 6, $1,265,000.

O. Vasquez and F. Zuleta to Random Properties, 17 Longboat Lane, 1 acre, June 3, $2,165,472.

M. Lerner (by executors) to B. De Bie, 9 South Pond Road, .46 acre, May 23, $999,000.

G. Ugeux and F. Godet to J. Kaufman and S. El-Sawy, 2 Joshua’s Hole Road, 1.66 acres, June 10, $1,625,000.

J. and J. New to Gurandiano and Meretsky, 29 Grape Arbor Lane, 1.59 acres, June 7, $2,200,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

J. Dayton Trust to M. Gundersen, 54 Dayton Lane, .29 acre, June 7, $995,000.

Middle Lane Holdings to 69 Middle Lane L.L.C., 69 Middle Lane, 3.01 acres (vacant), June 5, $7,500,000.

Hither Lane Holdings to 50 Hither Lane L.L.C., 50 Hither Lane, 5.3 acres, May 6, $13,500,000.

S. Sullivan and C. Vela to 32 Mill Hill Lane L.L.C., 32 Mill Hill Lane, .34 acre, June 11, $1,700,000.

FL 52 L.L.C. to 52 Hamptons Holdings, 52 Further Lane, 6.5 acres, May 8, $62,500,000.

MONTAUK

L. Heanao to R. Solano, 59 Flanders Road, .49 acre, June 3, $400,000.

D. and P. Lucas to D. Smith, 20 East Lake Drive, .92 acre, June 17, $605,000.

NORTH HAVEN

M. and K. Foulds to N. Williams, 34 Redcoats Lane, 2.2 acres, June 7, $2,150,000.

NOYAC

W. and D. Koons to J. Delano, 1168 Brick Kiln Road, 5 acres (vacant), June 5, $650,000.

SAGAPONACK

G. Hedges-Thayer to L. and J. Svanberg, 170 Wainscott Harbor Road, 2.4 acres, June 10, $2,050,000.

F. Geuer to GOLJAC L.L.C., 65 Erica’s Lane, 1.4 acres, May 23, $4,100,000.

SPRINGS

R. Koeppel (by executor) to D. Farber, 358 Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, 1.1 acres, June 13, $360,000.

M. Stone to Watersedge L.L.C., 39 Waters Edge, .94 acre, June 6, $4,900,000.

WATER MILL

Deerfield Hamptons to J. and P. Duffy, 3 Farrell Court, May 31, $4,100,000.

E. Rodriguez (by executor) to D. Sponzilli, 900 Head of Pond Road, 1.3 acres, June 5, $757,500.

R. and K. Zeh to J. Kunze, 134 Water Mill Towd Road, .83 acre, May 31, $850,000.

R.E.J. Corp to 425 County Road L.L.C., 734 Montauk Highway, .21 acre, May 29, $1,180,250.

45 Summerfield L.L.C. to M. Blatt, 45 Summerfield Lane, .92 acre, June 5, $3,000,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

Recorded Deeds 07.04.13

Recorded Deeds 07.04.13

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

25 Golf Club L.L.C. to R. Lewin and D. Finesilver, 25 Golf Club Drive, 1.75 acres, May 14, $3,650,000.

L. Metcalf to A. and C. Stewart, 64 Atlantic Avenue, .53 acre, May 13, $2,700,000.

M. Eshagian Trust II to J. Allerhand and R. Schatz, 65 Hedges Lane, .63 acre, May 13, $2,412,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

B. Stavropoulos (by executor) to FEM Building and Development, 280 Halsey Lane, .54 acre, Apr. 18, $2,150,000.

EAST HAMPTON

B. Cosgrove to J. and E. Daniel, 22 Abrahams Path, .1 acre, May 13, $271,600.

N. Garde to K. Han and K. Thaung, 18 Jackson Street, .33 acre, May 20, $141,000.

G. Rivera to E. Rifkin and C. Jones, 33 Spring Close Highway, .46 acre, Mar. 28, $1,200,000.

J. Whitmore to 111 Route 114 L.L.C., 111 Route 114 and lot 31.021, 2.1 acres, May 14, $2,575,000.

S. Brussell to P. Cleary and A. Fleming, 34 Maple Lane, .27 acre, May 6, $450,000.

G. Mockler to Mattiacci and Dib-Mattiacci, 46 Hedges Banks Drive, .96 acre, Apr. 30, $2,650,000.

J. Kauss to C. and S. Lifflander, 46 Three Mile Harbor Drive, 2.15 acres, May 7, $5,900,000.

Flex Development L.L.C. to M. Porcini, 5 Jasons Lane, .97 acre, May 13, $1,400,000.

T. and M. Zukas to S. and F. Silverblank, 106 Montauk Boulevard and lots 16 and 17, .27 acre (vacant), May 10, $225,000.

Hudson City Savings to S. Helfeld, 110 Daniel’s Hole Road, Apr. 24, $700,000.

MONTAUK

J. Woodle to R. Carilli, 100 Deforest Road. Unit 705, May 3, $350,000.

J. and J. Lorono to M. Deignan, 1 Davis Drive, .76 acre, May 7, $3,025,000.

NORTH HAVEN

J. Wolfram to E. Lachcik, 9 Wild Cherry Lane, .37 acre, May 3, $650,000.

NOYAC

R. Trainor and L. Vai to P. and J. Castaldi, 46 Wickatuck Drive, .19 acre, Apr. 26, $542,000.

WAINSCOTT

T. Wexler to Hereford L.L.C., 33 Wainscott-Northwest Road, 1.8 acres, May 10, $3,650,000.

WATER MILL

C. and S. von Boetticher to S. Betesh and M. Levine, 250 Seven Ponds Towd Road, 1.88 acres, Apr. 30, $885,000.

Mecox Bay Lane L.L.C. to 70 Bay Land L.L.C., 70 Bay Lane, 1.4 acres (vacant), May 10, $2,800,000.

I. Stone to 54 Bay Lane L.L.C., 54 Bay Lane, 1.43 acres, May 10, $7,195,000.

S. and G. Grimaldi to H. Shinohara and M. Otto, 13 Fairbanks Court, .72 acre, May 3, $885,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

A Last Bastion of Sag’s Industrial Era

A Last Bastion of Sag’s Industrial Era

Inside the nondescript Sag Harbor Industries, engineers, specialized workers, and laborers manufacture voice coils for headsets, motor windings, solenoids, custom-wound electrical coils, stators, wire harnesses, and electronic assemblies, not to mention the tools they need to do their work.
Inside the nondescript Sag Harbor Industries, engineers, specialized workers, and laborers manufacture voice coils for headsets, motor windings, solenoids, custom-wound electrical coils, stators, wire harnesses, and electronic assemblies, not to mention the tools they need to do their work.
Sergei Klebnikov
By Sergei Klebnikov

    Although hard to notice with the unsuspecting eye, behind the dense bushes and hedges along the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike lies one of Sag Harbor’s last industrial manufacturers. Founded in 1946 by Charles Edison, son of the famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison, Sag Harbor Industries remains a landmark of a time not so long ago, when the village of Sag Harbor was known for its manufacturing capabilities. Today, the company is one of the last, if not the only, industrial-level manufacturer remaining in Sag Harbor.

    At its Sag Harbor location and another in Farmville, N.C., workers create voice coils for headsets, motor windings, solenoids, custom-wound electrical coils, stators, wire harnesses, electronic assemblies, purchasing magnet wires and the like for big suppliers such as Elektrisolar in New Hampshire, the Rea Magnet Wire Company in Indiana, and Superior Essex in Georgia, and they also manufacture all the tools they use in the workplace.

    “We help make other people’s products,” said David Leeney, the operations manager. “We’re deep in the industrial cycle.”

    The products are shipped all over the country to companiesm large and small, particularly those in the aerospace and electronic fields, including military and government. One of Sag Harbor Industries’ biggest, and nearest, clients is the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton.

    The Sag Harbor location, which employs nearly 50 people, most of them full time, is bustling with energy. Engineers, specialized workers, and manual laborers all toil under the same roof under a system of flexible hours originated by Edison decades ago. Employees can choose their ideal working hours as long as they make at least 40 hours per week.

    Edison founded the company with the idea that “a smaller, localized manufacturer could be more productive than a larger one with a central location,” according to the company’s Web site. “He believed that a smaller operation could react quicker to adversity than a larger plant with several thousand employees.”

    It started out producing small electrical coils for appliances and automobile clocks, and later expanded its scope and its physical plant. The family of one of Edison’s original partners, Paul Scheerer, eventually bought out all the shares in Sag Harbor Industries. The Scheerer family still owns it and Mr. Scheerer’s daughter, Mary Scheerer, is the company’s president.

    Despite its persistence in an ever-changing economy, the company underwent some trying times when it was faced with an issue of groundwater contamination on its land in the 1990s. Sag Harbor Industries had purchased land on the eastern side of the Sag Harbor Turnpike from Nabisco Inc. After the contamination issue was discovered, Nabisco and Sag Harbor Industries signed a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency, agreeing, among other things, to install recovery wells to pump groundwater to a treatment system. Most of those wells have been shut down because contaminants were no longer detected, according to the company.

    The North Carolina branch was added in the late 1990s to “spread things out,” Mr. Leeney said. It serves more as a manufacturing facility, while most of the executive functions — sales, marketing, and operations — remain in Sag Harbor. There is “lots of interaction between the two facilities,” Mr. Leeney said, as Ms. Scheerer prepared to leave for a flight to North Carolina.

    In Sag Harbor, the operation shares the building with Joe and Liza’s Ice Cream, the Awning Company, and a separate division of Sag Harbor Industries, Dortronics Systems, which manufactures electric locking hardware for the security and door-control industries. When asked how this came about, it turns out that Mr. Scheerer had always wanted his own product, and this was how the idea of Dortronics Systems was started. The combined value of both companies in revenue is around $7 million, according to Mr. Leeney.

Recorded Deeds 07.11.13

Recorded Deeds 07.11.13

The prices below have been calculated from the county transfer tax. Unless otherwise noted, the parcels contain structures.
By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

J. Broderick to J. and J. Hummel, 53 Abram’s Landing Road, .62 acre, May 10, $970,125.

25 Sarah’s Path (by referee) to M. Silverton, 25 Sarah’s Path, .92 acre, Mar. 27, $1,500,000.

M. Goldberg to M. Eshaghian Trust, 26 Ocean Lane, .3 acre, May 13, $2,000,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

R. Goldner Weiss to Town of Southampton, 141 Old Sag Harbor Road, 7.9 acres (vacant), May 13, $2,000,000.

J. Troiano to 8 Meadow Court L.L.C., 8 Meadow Court, .94 acre (vacant), Mar. 28, $725,000.

M. Minkoff to S. Maharam, 549 Mitchell’s Lane, 1.67 acres, May 16, $3,600,000.

T. Sieger and J. Pierno to K. Mance and Rost-Mance, 570 Lumber Lane, 1.03 acres, May 1, $1,500,000.

M. and K. Lieb to 82 Beckys L.L.C., 82 Becky’s Path, .39 acre, Apr. 26, $926,250.

C. Lewin Trust to S. Stein, 15 Woodruff Lane, .56 acre, Apr. 30, $1,234,650.

C. Wisner to J. Gelardin, 15 Ranch Court, .93 acre, May 15, $2,000,000.

R. Burns to S. Canetti and J. Grosse, 81 Church Lane, .27 acre, Apr. 26, $905,000.

E. Jarrett to M. and D. Paley, 35 Jack and Jill Drive, .92 acre, Apr. 29, $4,125,000.

EAST HAMPTON

D. Feuer and S. Einhorn to St. Regis Court L.L.C., 3 St. Regis Court, 1.3 acres, Apr. 1, $5,650,000.

M. and D. Held to Settlement Court L.L.C., 1 Settlement Court, 1.9 acres (vacant), Apr. 10, $930,000.

Bank of America to S. Jones and C. Bronfman, 30 Alewive Brook Road, 1.4 acres, May 6, $693,000.

M. Sislowitz to R. Morrison, 19 Pioneer Lane, .64 acre, May 20, $680,000.

S. McMahon and Bronstein to R. Parsons, 5 Phoebe Scoy’s Road, 1.34 acres, May 17, $850,000.

Kidd Construction to S. Chadda, 3 Peach Farm Lane, 1.66 acres, May 7, $2,750,000.

Farrell Holding Company to M. and K. Glosserman, 8 Peach Farm Lane, 1.38 acres, May 8, $3,000,000.

A. and C. Maniscalco to J. Barer, 94 Old Northwest Road, .87 acre, Apr. 24, $765,000.

M. Russlend Trust to K. Quay and L. Bradbury, 201 Two Holes of Water Road, 6.5 acres (vacant), May 20, $1,047,500.

L. Boschetto to R. Urbach, 31 Cedar Trail, May 22, $1,850,000.

B. Friedman to R. Franulovich and Kupsch, 35 Diane Drive, .71 acre, May 16, $804,000.

R. Milazzo to L. and F. Tarre de­Oliveira, 68 Whooping Hollow Road, .46 acre, May 8, $949,100.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

78 Toilsome L.L.C. to T. Taylor, 78 Toilsome Lane, .5 acre, May 17, $1,270,000.

E. Callan and A. Montella to C. and T. Fiore, 82 Woods Lane, 2 acres, May 14, $3,750,000.

S. Levy and L. Rich to A. and L. Sklar, 209 Georgica Road, 1 acre, May 20, $4,300,000.

MONTAUK

A. Costa Trust to J. Deley and L. Holley, 415 East Lake Drive and lot 21, 2.63 acres, May 21, $1,250,000.

N. Messina to C. and J. Corin, 23 Flanders Road, .42 acre, May 10, $805,000.

A. Adams (by executor) to J. Edwards and V. Adams, 205 South Essex Street, .4 acre, May 9, $600,000.

J. Alaimo and A. Deal to J. Goodhart and J. Cardoso, 8 Flagg Avenue, .17 acre, May 13, $780,000.

M. Rohrer Trust to 26 Brisbane Road L.L.C., 32 Duval Place, .53 acre, May 8, $687,000.

A. Ostrander to D. Berry, 60 South Delrey Road, .33 acre, May 13, $650,000.

NORTH HAVEN

Adriatica Real Estate to Brentwood and Leland, 18 Bay View Court, 2.66 acres, May 22, $6,850,000.

R. Glenn to S. Hayim Trust, 44 Forest Road, 1 acre, May 15, $6,100,000.

NOYAC

A. and T. Brosnan to S. Howe, 11 Butcher Lane, .24 acre, May 17, $480,000.

SAG HARBOR

D. and J. Dienst to Main At Sag, L.L.C., 56 Glover Street, .67 acre, Apr. 25, $4,875,000.

E. Larson (by executor) to 51 Palmer Terrace L.L.C., 51 Palmer Terrace, .38 acre, May 20, $1,101,000.

SPRINGS

J. Landey to S. Sanders and M. Simon, 247 Kings Point Road, .78 acre, May 17, $2,200,000.

W. and T. Praetorius to P. Guryan and L. Daniel, 30 Captain’s Walk, .38 acre, May 3, $585,000.

WATER MILL

R., M., and W. Halsey to 100 Crescent L.L.C., 100 Crescent Avenue, 2.1 acres (vacant), Apr. 28, $4,250,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton