Posts By:Montauk Library

PlayFit with Miss Rachel: Positive Ninja Workout

byMontauk Library

Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Today, Miss Rachel will be reading, Positive Ninja by Mary Nihn. After the story, get ready for a positively fabulous ninja workout! For more info about the author, visit https://www.marynhin.com or @marynhin on IG/FB.

Throwback Thursday- Pet Month

byMontauk Library

May is National Pet Month.  An early Montauk resident, architect Andrew J. Thomas, was an animal lover known for the “personal zoo” he kept on his Spanish-style estate overlooking Fort Pond Bay.  On August 9, 1929, the East Hampton Star published this report about the exotic menagerie residing on the estate grounds after visiting with the… Read more »

PlayFit with Miss Rachel: Catterfly

byMontauk Library

  Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel.  Today, Miss Rachel will be reading, Catterfly by Alma Hammond.  After the story get ready to do some fun moves from the book!   For more info about the author, visit https://www.facebook.com/AlmaRLeakanHammond/

Throwback Thursday – Celebrating the Long Island Potato!

byMontauk Library

In 1937 the first annual Long Island Potato Festival took place in Riverhead, on the grounds of the Suffolk County Agricultural Society. It was advertised nationally as “the Long Island potato growers answer to the thousands of dollars being spent for publicity by other potato-producing states,” and was called the “first, constructive campaign to be conducted on… Read more »