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Beginnings: Bridgehampton records its start in 1656 when Josiah Stanborough, an original settler of Southampton, built a house in Sagg, today known as Sagaponack. Soon after the first settlers moved in, a bridge was erected over Sagg Pond, joining Sagg and Mecox to its west. They named the lane that crossed the small causeway Bridge Street, which likely inspired the hamlet's future name: Bridge Hampton (later bridged itself to form one word). Most of the founding families were in some way connected to the whaling industry, the East End's most profitable pursuit in colonial times. Once Sag Harbor was settled about 1730, whaling fell off. But the soil in Bridgehampton was rich enough for farmi...
Beginnings: Bridgehampton records its start in 1656 when Josiah Stanborough, an original settler of Southampton, built a house in Sagg, today known as Sagaponack. Soon after the first settlers moved in, a bridge was erected over Sagg Pond, joining Sagg and Mecox to its west. They named the lane that crossed the small causeway Bridge Street, which likely inspired the hamlet's future name: Bridge Hampton (later bridged itself to form one word). Most of the founding families were in some way connected to the whaling industry, the East End's most profitable pursuit in colonial times. Once Sag Harbor was settled about 1730, whaling fell off. But the soil in Bridgehampton was rich enough for farming to take over.
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Summer sampler of LI wines
peter.gianotti@newsday.comWhether tasting a glass or buying a bottle, you'll find distinctive styles from the North Fork and the South Fork. Here are some recommended choices at 15 popular East End wineries: The red blends at Bedell Cellars in Cutchogue Pinot noir and chardonnay...Tags: Beverage Industry, North Fork, Peconic Bay
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When wining leads to dining
peter.gianotti@newsday.comIn spring and summer, Long Island's wine country harvests a new crop: tourists. On weekends, tasting rooms begin to fill up faster than the stemware. Weekdays, there's an increase in visitors, too. All this wining leads to dining. And, especially in...Tags: Mattituck, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Venice, Beverage Industry, North Fork
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Short-term summer home rentals on the East End
Special to NewsdayMemorial Day, the official start of summer, is upon us. Have you made your vacation plans yet? With gas prices at $4 a gallon now, perhaps this isn't the year to take a gas-guzzling cross-country adventure to the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. And with...Tags: Condos and Houses, National Government, The Hamptons, Vacation and Timeshares, Great South Bay
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How Billy Joel planned to surprise wife with Sagaponack house
laura.mann@newsday.comAs a young girl, Katie Lee Joel always dreamed of having a home on the ocean. This summer, husband Billy Joel made that dream come true, buying actor Roy Scheider's five bedroom waterfront home in Sagaponack for her for almost $17 million. "He bought...Tags: The Hamptons, Manhattan (New York City), Sag Harbor (Town of East Hampton, New York), Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, West Virginia
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Eat, drink, learn on Long Island
Special to NewsdayLong Island's East End has morphed into a wine region that is beginning, in some ways, to resemble California's Napa and Sonoma. To keep pace, a center has opened to bring producers of food and wine together with people who eat and drink. Louisa Thomas...Tags: Suffolk County (New York), Culture, Stony Brook University, North Fork, Seafood and Fishing Industry
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Author Kurt Vonnegut dies, 84
Special to NewsdayKurt Vonnegut, author of "Cat's Cradle," "Slaughterhouse-Five," and nearly 20 other works of fiction that helped define the sensibility of the 1960s, died yesterday in Manhattan. He had homes in New York and Sagaponack and was 84. Tall and rangy, with...Tags: General Electric Company, Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago, Joseph Heller, Death and Dying
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Author Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterKurt Vonnegut, an American cultural hero celebrated for his wry, loonily imaginative commentary on war, apocalypse, technology, materialism and other afflictions in "Slaughterhouse-Five" and other novels, has died. He was 84. One of the last of a...Tags: Mother's Day, Charlie Chaplin, Illnesses, Anthropology, Weather Reports
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VINTAGE
The Hamptons features three of the 32 Long Island wineries that offer tours and tastings. Each has received awards and high ratings for their Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet varieties. For more information, or a full-color brochure, call the Long...Tags: Montauk, The Hamptons, Long Island, Water Mill
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Suffolk school board winners
Below are the results, as they become of available, of Suffolk district trustees. Central high school districts are not listed because their trustees are appointed from elementary school districts. Amagansett: Davis, Hossenlopp Amityville: Jordon-...Tags: Westhampton, East Islip, North Babylon, West Babylon, Central Islip
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More than a third of school budgets rejected
STAFF WRITER; This story was reported by Karla Schuster, Mitchell Freedman, Victor Ramos, Indrani Sen and Jennifer SmithFaced with near-record hikes in school spending, Long Island voters rejected more than a third of district budgets --the sharpest rebuke since the state went to a single school voting day eight years ago. Budgets went down all across the Island, in...Tags: Norwich, Sexual Assault, Woodmere, Floral Park, Cutchogue
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A Battle Over the Air Waves
Staff WriterAs the 20th Century was dawning, two pioneers in the birth of electronics -- Guglielmo Marconi and Nikola Tesla -- were locked in an almost neck-and-neck race to develop radio as a ``wireless'' communication system, a revolutionary development destined to...Tags: Local Authority, Astoria, New Jersey, Rocky Point, History
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