Wainscott News

Independence Day was the perfect choice for the 90th birthday celebration for the decidedly independent Ruth Metz, fondly known as "the Bicycle Maiden of Wainscott." The all-afternoon barbecue party was hosted by her children and attended by scores of relatives and friends from nearby and far away.

Roslyn Estates was listed as the sixth wealthiest community in the United States based on a recent Business Week survey.

With the arrival of summer, and the July 4th holiday weekend, the eyes of many New Yorkers turn lovingly East towards the far ends of Long Island.

Michael Stephens, 29, of Brooklyn was arrested on an executive warrant on Sunday, June 21, at 4:52 p.m. at Schermerhorn Street and Smith Street in Brooklyn and charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree, both misdemeanors.

Julian Rojas, 46, of East Hampton was arrested on June 11 at 6:08 p.m. at Middle Highway and Oakview Highway in East Hampton and charged with criminal contempt in the first degree, a felony.

When it premiered at last year's New York Film Festival, where it was one of the most memorable entries, Alexander Olch's The Windmill Movie was preceded by Richard P. Rogers' stunning 1970 short, Quarry , and one can only hope the film's forthcoming HBO broadcast and DVD edition will follow suit.

The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that the retail service hours at six South Fork post offices are changing as of July 1. Starting next month, the retail counters at the Amagansett, Montauk, Quogue, Sag Harbor, Wainscott and Westhampton post offices will open at 9 a.m.. The offices' hours are being adjusted in response to customer usage, ...

One of the many questions that tormented the gifted documentarian Richard P. Rogers, who spent years working on a filmed autobiography left incomplete when he died in 2001, was whether the project had any meaning or value.

In a large, boxy building on Industrial Road in Wainscott, there is a room that contains 20,000 tapes, all documenting the East End.

The second- and third-graders have been completing their research papers on butterflies, and will present their findings next week.

Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers, subject of Alexander OlchA A's "The Windmill Movie" The examined life may be the only one worth living, but as "The Windmill Movie" profoundly illustrates, it's no guarantee of happiness.

If the increase in the number of guests at recent meetings of the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee is any indication, there must be renewed interest in the group's work.

It's a gloomy Monday, a perfect time for me to stew over the three mediocre meals I ate this weekend.

Gregory Agnew, 29, of Locust Valley was arrested on May 21 at 9:39 p.m. at Springs-Fireplace Road and Gardiner Avenue in Springs and charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs in the first degree, a misdemeanor.

Over the years I have been a judge in many juried regional art shows, and most of them, I am sad to say, are the visual equivalent of a sleeping pill.

Joe McCluskey pleaded not guilty to second-degree harassment of Rudy Giuliani in Southhampton town court.

Rudolph Giuliani, hero of 9/11, asked for and received an order of protection against a 69-year-old man .

East End artists Kevin Teare, Ellen Wiener, and Lucy Winton, whose work is included in the Parrish Art Museum's current exhibition "Mixed Greens: Artists Choose Artists on the East End," will discuss their art in the galleries on Saturday, May 30, starting at 2 p.m. Each artist will speak briefly about his or her work, and then answer questions ...

The budgets in all five East Hampton Town school districts passed by comfortable margins on Tuesday.

Aptly situated at the pond, Georgica Restaurant and Lounge opens this Saturday at the Montauk Highway site recently vacated by Saracen.