Joan Lycke conducted an oral history in 1995 with Elizabeth Job, a Montauker who, along with her husband, became a caretaker for the Carl Fisher estate after the war. Job spoke of Fisher’s brilliant mind, overflowing with ideas to bring wealthy vacationers to Montauk. The carriage with white horses that strode down to the Montauk… Read more »
Welcome to a special Halloween edition of Hometown Heroes Storytime. Lisa, a Montauk Library staff member will be reading, Happy Halloween, Witch’s Cat! by Harriet Muncaster. Lisa is an important part of all the library departments! She works in Archives, helps in Children’s and is a friendly face at the service desk. Her upbeat personality… Read more »
Welcome to Montauk Library PlayFit With Miss Rachel and another fabulous fall workout! Today, Miss Rachel will read, A Silly Milly Fall by Sheri Wall, then follow along in a silly fall workout! For more titles and info about the author visit, https://www.amatterofrhyme.com or on Instagram @sheri.amattrofrhyme
Ira M. Lewis was a Coast Guard chief who was in charge of the Montauk Lighthouse from February 1957 to August 1959. Chief Boatswain’s Mate (BMC) Lewis, who grew up in a “waterman” family on the east coast of North Carolina, was an accomplished swimmer and boatman, who became a Surfman at the age of… Read more »
Welcome to Montauk Library Sharing Music with Lori. After a couple of rainy days, its a good time to get outside and enjoy a fall day singing and dancing!
Welcome to Montauk Library’s new French Bilingual Storytime. Today Mary Jane will be reading Bear About Town by Stella Blackwell. This is a great book to learn the days of the week and local geography. In addition, here is a song video to go along with today’s Bilingual Storytime to help remember words… Read more »
Welcome to Montauk Library Hometown Heroes Storytime. Today’s storytime features Steve, an important member of the construction team that keeps keep the Montauk Library renovation going and on schedule. Steve will be reading Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker. You may see Steve in the library, be sure to say “Hi!”. For more… Read more »
Welcome back to another special Halloween video series describing SFX make up tricks to take your Halloween costume to the next level! This tutorial is still using the material created in the first “Basics” video. This video shows how to make a make a cut that has been closed by an extra evil doctor,… Read more »
This week’s Throwback Thursday gets much explanation from the description that also appears in the image, information that was supplied by Gert Murphy, who donated the photograph and who also, unknowingly, donated the clothes to her sister, Peggy Murphy Connery. Kevin McCann, a photographer who grew up in Montauk, is currently doing research on the… Read more »
Welcome to Montauk Library PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Follow along as Miss Rachel reads, Autumn Snow by Flitzy Books. Then do a fun autumn outdoor workout! For more Flitzy Books visit: https://www.flitzybooks.com