PlayFit with Miss Rachel: Soccer Workout

  Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel.  Today, Miss Rachel will be reading a Berenstain Bears classic, We Love Soccer by Mike Berenstain.  After the story, get ready to do a soccer workout using some moves from the book!    

Throwback Thursday- Eel Harvest

That’s fisherman Harry Clemenz spearing eels off of Star Island.  The year is 1979 and the month is February.  During the 1970s, the winters were still cold enough to freeze the lakes and ponds around Montauk. In warmer months, fishermen dredged for eel, or set eel traps and pots to catch their quarry.  Fishermen understood… Read more »

PlayFit with Miss Rachel: Truck Workout

Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Today, Miss Rachel will be reading, Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell. After the story, get ready for a truck workout by doing some moves from the book.   For more information about the author, visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Patricia-Hubbell-424493900958597/    

Throwback Thursday- 1950s Businesses

The Montauk Library’s archival collection includes stellar examples of aerial photography.  This overview from the Al Holden Collection is undated, but if we research the motels and businesses that appear in the picture it seems certain it was photographed in the 1950s. In fact, this aerial view beautifully documents the early years of Montauk’s booming… Read more »

PlayFit with Miss Rachel: The World’s Greatest Creature

  Welcome to PlayFit with Miss Rachel. Today, Miss Rachel will be reading Eddie the World’s Greatest Creature by Kayleigh Mackie. Follow Eddie swooping and looping, stumbling and tumbling, and splashing and dashing as he attempts to become the world’s greatest creature. Then, do a workout using some of Eddie’s moves in the story! For… Read more »

Throwback Thursday- Lathrop Brown Windmill House Postcard

Hand-coloring was often employed on vintage postcards, done by the manufacturer during production.  Like most early postcards, this particular view was originally transferred from a B & W photograph.  However, since postcard buyers would almost always purchase the brighter image, as early as 1902 collotype-printed postcards in B & W would gain a painterly flourish. … Read more »