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MAY 2015 Volume 28 Number 7 Keeping You up to Date on SALES, HAPPENINGS Our Town & PEOPLE • • • • • • in Our Town - St PRSRT STD **********************************ECRWSS US Postage PAID St. James NY POSTAL CUSTOMER Permit No. 10 MAY 2015 Volume 28 Number 7 Keeping you up to date on SALES, HAPPENINGS Our Town & PEOPLE • • • • • • In Our Town - St. James S T J A M E S PUBLISHED MONTHLY here comes the warm weather... so put the top down and Enjoy the ride! –2– www.castaniblu.com OUR TOWN • MAY 2015 –3– IN THIS ISSUE MERCHANT SPOTLIGHT Our Town Tailored Living S • T • J • A • M • E • S Custom Closet & Garage Specialists ..4 AROUND TOWN Memorial Day Parade on May 25........6 K of C Annual Golf Outing ....................6 STAFF St. James Lutheran Garage Sale ........8 Ruth Garthe . Editor Boy Scout Troop 7 Special Dinner ......10 Robin Clark . Associate Editor Girl Scouts Celebrate Earth Day ........14 St. James Episcopal Church Strawberry Festival & Yard Sale ....16 Elizabeth Isabelle . Feature Writer Scouts Attend Sea Base High Adventure Program ......................16 William Garthe . Advertising St. James Has Heart: Meet Susan Pieper of Pet Expressions ........18 Free Flower Show at Old Field Club ..............................................20 Sales Toni Frissell Photo Exhibit at Head of the Harbor Village Hall ......22 IN THE NEWS Smithtown Historical Society’s Spring Farm Festival ......................23 OUR TOWN Smithtown’s 350th Anniversary Calendar of Events ....................24 – ST. JAMES – Mildred Smith Historical Essay Scholarship Contest ....................28 Smithtown Food Pantry Donations Needed ................................30 is a monthly publication produced Win a Mercedes-Benz or $25,000 ..................................................30 exclusively for the people of HISTORICALLY SPEAKING St. James, Nissequogue and Lives, Loves and Laments of the People of St. James ............32-38 Head of the Harbor, L.I., N.Y. Boy Scout Troop 7: Over a Century in St. James ....................40-42 Call 862-9849 for ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT STAC Summer Art Classes ..........................................................46-48 Advertising & Copy Deadline Latino Music at the Long Island Museum ......................................50 Smithtown Performing Arts Center Calendar................................52 OUR TOWN is mailed directly to Swing Dance Long Island Schedule ..............................................54 every residence & business in the Classic Movies at Smithtown Performing Arts Center ..................56 11780 zip code area Mills Pond House Gallery Calendar ................................................56 (6459 total copies mailed) Smithtown Historical Society Happenings ....................................58 St. James Post Office Permit #10 Long Island Museum Schedule ................................................60-62 St. James, NY 11780 Programs Offered at the Library................................................64-68 HOME & GARDEN Published by Design Ideas......................................................................................70 Graphics du jour, Ltd. Naturally Speaking ..........................................................................72 359 Lake Ave., St. James, NY 11780 LEGAL EASE: How to Buy a Home....................................................76 631-862-9849 / Fax: 631-862-9839 email: [email protected] MONEY MATTERS: Ease Estate-planning Process ..........................78 website: www.ourtownstjames.com POSTAL CORNER................................................................................80 2015 ST. JAMES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS ............ 82 Not responsible for typographical errors. We reserve the right at our sole discretion to edit or PERSPECTIVES ON REAL ESTATE: Cost Vs. Return ....................84-88 refuse to print editorial or advertising material HEALTH NOTES deemed detrimental to Our Town’s public image or unsuitable for its readers. Advertising is offered only Ask Ron Villano ................................................................................90 to those who live in, or have a business in, St. James, Treating Hearing Loss: What Does That Say About You? ............92 Nissequogue or Head of the Harbor, or any business Whiplash ............................................................................................94 offering services not available in said area. CELEBRATIONS ..................................................................................96 Copyright © 2015 POET’S CORNER ................................................................................96 Graphics du jour, Ltd. OBITUARIES ................................................................................98-102 All Rights Reserved CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ............................................................ 104 DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS .............................................. 106-107 PLEASE NOTE: Advertising & Editorial Deadline for the JUNE edition of OUR TOWN • ST. JAMES is THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2015 - 12 NOON. Distribution takes place on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. OUR TOWN • MAY 2015 –4– MERCHANT SPOTLIGHT Tailored Living Custom Closet and Garage Specialists 631-498-5595 [email protected] www.TailoredLiving.com by Elizabeth Isabelle Have you noticed that your closets, pantries, basement or garage lack one thing – organiza- tion? Welcome to Tailored Liv- ing, your organizational specialists. 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