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M&T Bank has promised a smooth transition for customers who bank with People’s United Bank but now find themselves in the midst of the nuts and bolts of M&T’s long-anticipated final takeover of People’s, happening this weekend.

Many people know by now that Southampton Town has “opted in” to open cannabis dispensaries and consumption lounges one of these days, but less known is that the town is now hosting the East End’s only psychedelic healing center.

New South Fork real estate transfers.

From Montauk to Southampton Village, recent real estate transactions.

"We joke and say it's the world's second oldest profession," said Ike Birdsall, owner of Birdsall's Hotshoe, a farrier based in Sag Harbor. Farriers, who tend to horse hooves, are an essential but unheralded segment of the $122 billion horse industry, and the job hasn't changed substantially since 400 B.C. when the earliest horseshoes were made.

Real estate transfers from May through mid-July

The real estate report, South Fork edition.

Curious about what’s happening in South Fork real estate? Here’s the weekly rundown.

Sam Gershowitz, an UpIsland recycling magnate who owns the Star Island Yacht Club in Montauk, is the new owner of Liars' Saloon and the Offshore Sports Marina on West Lake Drive in Montauk.

The latest South Fork real estate transactions.

More than $23 million for two Amagansett parcels alone, and much more this week in Hamptons real estate.

Molly Scheider is doing well these days, with a new job at an East Hampton veterinary practice, plans to enter Suffolk Community College in the fall, and a creative writing project in the works, but it wasn't always that way for the Pierson High School graduate, who manages major depressive disorder, anxiety, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Her success is due in part to help from Career and Employment Options, Inc., a Hauppauge company that provides job counseling and training, internship placement, and other support services for people with disabilities.