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Suffolk News- Shinnecocks approve pact to build casino February 5, 2012Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation have cleared an important hurdle in their decade-old quest to build casinos on Long Island by overwhelmingly approving a pact with their financial partner, Gateway Casino Resorts. […]
- Meeting held on Wading River zoning plan February 5, 2012Planners hired by Riverhead to help chart the future of Wading River's business district favor curbing the number of shopping centers by rezoning 42 acres along Route 25A for multifamily housing and professional offices. […]
- Ex-Islip parks chief to lead Suffolk parks February 5, 2012In an ironic twist, Suffolk County plans to appoint as parks commissioner Greg Dawson, a registered Republican recently demoted as head of Islip town's parks department. […]
- Talk about ex-Suffolk GOP boss John Powell February 5, 2012Brookhaven Town Hall is buzzing with speculation about a comeback by ex-Suffolk GOP chairman John Powell, amid concerns that he is seeking to insert himself into patronage decisions in Suffolk's largest town. […]
- Shinnecocks approve pact to build casino February 5, 2012
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Brooklyn Returns to a Heady Time
A number of breweries in Brooklyn are re-establishing the association between the borough and beer.
Recipes for Health: Mushroom and Dried Porcini Soup
A simple soup with an intense flavor.
Plum TV’s Alison Chace Spotlights Hamptons International Film Festival (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
If you missed the films, celebrities, insider parties and back room conversations at this year’s Hamptons Film Festival, you can catch it all on Plum TV’s “Spotlight” with Alison Chace.
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Bitten: How to Cook … Something, Chapter 2
This week, Emily Weinstein, in her quest to learn how to cook, takes on the broiler.
In a Hamptons Inn Centuries Old, Perhaps More Guests Than Meet the Eye (New York Times)
The caretaker of the hotel Nello Summertimes in Southampton says he has seen and heard ghosts on the property.
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Endometriosis strikes twice on “Dancing With the Stars”
(Reporting and writing by Alex Dobuzinskis) Only days after ”Dancing With The Stars” standout Julianne Hough announced she would take time off from the competition because of a condition called endometriosis, a second dancer has said she too has the condition … Continue reading
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Calories Do Count
Complex diet regimens are starting to look like exotic mortgages and, just like a reliable savings account, good old calorie counting is coming back into fashion.
Capote home in Hamptons listed (Miami Herald)
In the Hamptons, the former home of Truman Capote recently went on the market for $14.6 million. The seller, noted abstract-expressionist painter Ross Bleckner, purchased the midcentury saltbox house for $800,000 in 1993 from the Nature Conservancy.
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City Room: ‘Pork Project’ in Harlem Moves Along, but Not Far
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, a popular Harlem restaurant that opened in 2004, will move about a block away, to a former warehouse building which, like the current location, is owned by Columbia University.
Does This Song Match My Sofa? (New York Times)
An increasing number of people are hiring personal music stylists to pick out tunes for their homes just as they might hire an interior decorator to select furnishings.
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Recipes for Health: Spinach Salad With Seared Shiitake Mushrooms
A salad enlivened by the intense flavor of shiitake mushrooms.
Troubled Water Wins At Hamptons Film Festival (About.com)
Norwegian director Eric Poppe’s Troubled Water won both the Golden Starfish for Best Narrative Feature and the audience award at the 16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. This year’s festival…
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