1970s – Montauk Library

That ’70s Vibe

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Where were you in 1976? Did you get to witness the nation’s jubilant Bicentennial celebrations – all the tall ships and parades and Revolutionary War reenactments? Were you terrified by the release of the movie Jaws – and among the crowds who gathered on the Montauk docks to gawk at the massive creatures? Were… Read more »

Throwback Thursday — 1970s Play & Stay

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After Ruth Woodrow died in 1983, Bessi Hochstein wrote a letter to the East Hampton Star describing her memories of boarding at Mrs. Woodrow’s cabins in Shepherd’s Neck. “The first time I was in Montauk was early spring, 1979, the year before I entered college,” she wrote, “I came, like hordes of others my… Read more »