Posts By:Montauk Library

Converstation Starters: Books Celebrating Race and Ethnicity

Libraries are here to support parents during this time of unrest and social issues around the globe. Livebrary has compiled a list of books focusing on race and social justice for children of all ages.  Have your library card ready and click on Livebrary below:     Looking for additional resources?  Time Magazine published an… Read more »

Throwback Thursday- Montauk Village in the 50s/60s

     This aerial view donated by the Windsor family to the Montauk Library Archives shows the center of Montauk Village from the late 1950s or early 1960s. A photographic foray into recent history, it reveals a number of easily recognizable buildings. In addition, gaps in the aerial landscape, i.e., those stores and businesses that… Read more »

Throwback Thursday- Phillis Ridgeway’s Blue Marlin

     When Phillis Ridgeway jumped into the fighting chair of her husband Jack Rounick’s sport fishing boat, she thought she was about to tangle with a swordfish. Its radiant blue sheen made it clear, however, that what she had sighted was a very rare blue marlin.      In his “FISHING” column for The… Read more »