Gristmill: Minden Man
Someone who grew up in Bridgehampton (this columnist, for one) might think all there was to Leonard Riggio was Minden, his vast and venerable Ocean Road estate. But his passing calls up more.
Someone who grew up in Bridgehampton (this columnist, for one) might think all there was to Leonard Riggio was Minden, his vast and venerable Ocean Road estate. But his passing calls up more.
Remembering the first time I came to the East End 30 years ago also rekindles thoughts of the skyline of India, and my home country’s independence.
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I had a nice chuckle watching an episode of “Gilligan’s Island” in which Gilligan, in his inevitable white bucket hat, hauled in a lobster trap from the overly warm, tropical lagoon (a stage studio out in Los Angeles).
East Hampton High’s boys soccer team defeated Eastport-South Manor 5-1 in its season-opener here on Sept. 4, as Don McGovern, Bonac’s coach, subbed in earnest.
After a season-opener loss to Shoreham-Wading River last week, the Bonac field hockey team reworked its lineup and beat Greenport-Southold 6-0.
A team of four long-distance swimmers recently accomplished a relay-style open-water swim from Montauk Point to Block Island. Drew Harvey, Michal Petrzela, Jeremy Grosvenor, and Spencer Schneider combined for 15.8 miles by taking a wide, S-shaped route.
Friends of Allan Weisbecker will gather Thursday afternoon at 3 at Montauk's Ditch Plain Beach for a paddle-out in his memory, with an exhibition of his photographs to follow at 6 at the 484 Gallery on West Lake Drive.
The newest Little Free Food Pantry in town is at LTV Studios at 75 Industrial Road.
The White Room Gallery is showing Stuart Yankell's vibrant paintings of people in motion and Taylor Smith's Pop paintings on discarded floppy discs.
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