Stonework is not only in Peter Marmorato, Jr.’s blood, it’s in his name. “Marmorato,” quite aptly, means marbled in Italian. “Stone is literally in my blood,” says Marmorato, owner of Cornerstone Restorations LLC, a Kings Park-based stone restoration and maintenance company. A fourth generation stone carver in the monument business, Marmorato notes that his…
Decorating the exterior of a home for the holiday season is a beloved tradition in countless households. In the movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold had “250 strands of imported Italian twinkle lights,” each with 100 bulbs per strand. His grand total of 25,000 lights caused a temporary blackout. While driving around to take… Read More
When he was a powerful New York State Assemblyman in the 1970s, Perry B. Duryea Jr. was called a man in a hurry. So much so, that he used to pilot his own plan to Albany, from Montauk Airport, just about every week. Duryea, who served as Speaker of the Assembly and was the…
The Montauk Shores Condominium, a property at Ditch Plains, was originally a tent camp founded in 1898. At that time, it was home away from home for Colonel Teddy Roosevelt’s 1,020 Rough Riders, a cavalry unit that charged up San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish American War and was now in Montauk…