🌱 Patch AM: How Montauk’s bargain prefab beach houses built a lifelong community

Cheers Montauk! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Montauk's bargain prefab beach houses built a lifelong community
• See the wild drone video from a packed Montauk feeding frenzy

Also on today's calendar: Montauk Seafood Festival and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 80, low: 72.
• Thursday: Humid with a t-storm possible, with a high of 81 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• leisurama's prefabricated promise of fabulous, mid-century vacationing for all (designboom.com) — Montauk's Culloden Shores Leisurama houses get a loving look back, tracing how affordable, prefab beach homes helped create a tight-knit local community that still endures. Through the Montauk Historical Society and longtime residents, the story explores the homes' mid-century design, Macy's showroom origins, and how these compact vacation cottages evolved into cherished year-round residences.
   

• Woman spotted swimming feet from whale, shark and school of fish off Montauk (greaterlongisland.com) — A drone recently captured dramatic footage of a swimmer off Montauk surrounded by a humpback whale, a nearby shark, and a tightly packed school of fish feeding close by. The clip, filmed by Hamptons photographer Joanna Steidle, has since spread widely through regional and national outlets, highlighting just how active local waters can be during feeding time.
   

📸 Around Montauk

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Montauk

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• Montauk Seafood Festival →
  Montauk Green,
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 9
• Bilingual Story Time
  Montauk Library - Children's Programs 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk, NY 11954
  11:45 am
Thursday September 10
• Montauk Chamber of Commerce & Visit Montauk's Farmers Market →
  Montauk Town Green, 742 Montauk Highway, Montauk
  9:00 am
• Sharing Music with Ms. Lori
  Montauk Library - Children's Programs 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk, NY 11954
  11:45 am
Friday September 11
• Friday Classic Film Series: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  Montauk Library community room
  5:00 pm
• Friday Classic Film Series at the Montauk Library →
  Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Native American Zoomorphic Pinchpots.
  Montauk Library - Children's Programs Community Room
  1:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Bird Walk - Seal Haul Out Trail w/ SOFO
  Montauk Library Seal Haul Trail, 3499+CV, Montauk, NY 11954, USA
  9:30 am
• Friends Book Group: Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
  Montauk Library 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk, NY 11954
  1:00 pm
Monday September 14
• RSVP Information Table (main lobby? local history?)
  Montauk Library, 871 Montauk Hwy, Montauk
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Wellness 60+ Healing Circle with Margaret →
  East Hampton Town, NY Calendar, 128 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton
  9:45 am
• Town Board Work Session →
  East Hampton Town, NY Calendar
  11:00 am
• Watercolors of the Whaling Industry by Claus Hoie →
  Clinton Academy, 151 Main Street, East Hampton
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. posted a job opening for Todd Snyder - Stock in East Hampton. Apply here.
• Goodwin Recruiting posted a job opening for Hamptons Restaurant General Manager in East Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montauk here.

🗞 Nearby News

Amagansett

• Christie Brinkley, 72, Coordinates With Her Daughters Alexa, 40, and Sailor, 28 for Rare Appearance (instyle.com)
• Recorded Deeds 09.14.23 (easthamptonstar.com)
• Meg Ryan's Elegant and Pricey Hamptons Retreat Finds a Buyer (cottagesgardens.com)

East Hampton

• 9 Wood Lot Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937 Property for sale (corcoran.com)
• Hamptons Subway Considers Tunnel to Big Duck (danspapers.com)
• ESM football season preview (longislandadvance.net)

Ok Montauk! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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