Guestwords: Where Man Was Born
Throughout this past year, for reasons that are not entirely clear to me, I have returned again and again to the lyrical prose of Peter Matthiessen’s “The Tree Where Man Was Born.”
Recorded Deeds 07.08.21
AMAGANSETT
Edwards Trust to Betty Englis, 425 Cranberry Hole Road (vacant), April 30, $2,550,000.
BRIDGEHAMPTON
Eugene G. Smith to J. and D. LI Home Builders L.L.C., 867 Millstone Road (vacant), Feb. 9, $225,000.
Stefan Wiskemann to Caroline and Jeremy Leventhal, 20 Audobon Avenue, April 26, $5,750,000.
Delvin Hemby Trust to 2211 Scuttle Hole L.L.C., 2211 Scuttle Hole Road, April 27, $875,000.
Karen F. Goldman to Martyn and Barrie Moskovich, 5 Mill Path, April 29, $3,100,000.
Montauk Fire Department Uses Aerial Truck to Rescue Gull
While firefighters are often summoned to help animals in distress, it's a rare day when an aerial truck comes to the rescue. But that's what happened on June 25, when Montauk firefighters were called to help rescue a seagull caught in a power line near the Dock restaurant.
On the Water: The Oyster and Scallop Whisperer
Kim Tetrault, the longtime chief oyster guru at the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Center in Southold, tends oysters hatched in late March and scallops still too tiny to be seen without a microscope.