Local Business

The founder of Knead and Seed has collaborated with local candlemaker Brittany Torres of Hamptons Handpoured to create a series of customized zodiac candles that celebrate each sign — from grapefruit, ginger Leo and juniper, cedarwood Pisces to cardamom, basil Scorpio and honey, rose Taurus.

These Long Island breweries have capitalized on the moment, a moment wherein the locavore ethos is keenly popular. Still, branding is also an important part the culture of 2018.

The closure of East Hampton Bowl in 2013 weighed heavily on Scott Rubenstein, who grew up on the South Fork, raised his kids here and built East Hampton Indoor Tennis in Wainscott in 1995. So he did something about it.

Modern spinning is a culmination of varying fitness activities: indoor cycling meets group fitness meets dance club. Focused on endurance and strength, the energetic workout took off more than a decade ago, leading to studios like SoulCycle and Flywheel focusing on this particular form of exercise and companies like Peloton manufacturing bikes for home use, equipped to tune into group classes remotely.

On Monday morning, the smell of tamarind was in the air, wafting from the Pig Out Roaster parked in front of First and South in Greenport.

Barn & Vine, a collection of 37 luxury homes in Bridgehampton, will enter a partnership with yacht charter company Tait Yachts, providing residents with access to yachts to rent, VIP parties and priority booking at a discounted rate.

Estia’s Little Kitchen has long been a favorite breakfast and lunch stop just outside of Sag Harbor Village, but also has a dedicated following for its dinner service, which just got a lot more flavorful with the introduction of the Mono-Pot.

Lynn Blumenfeld and Jill Fleming are celebrating 15 years with their eponymous integrated marketing firm in Montauk. Having escaped the confines of Madison Avenue to bring their Manhattan business mindset to the beach, the partners and founders of Blumenfeld + Fleming discuss the evolution of their boutique agency and themselves.

The owner of Blooming Shells in Sag Harbor has carved out a niche for herself with a business catering to interior designers, craft artists and stylists since the early 1980s.

Spanish luxury porcelain firm Lladró recently announced the appointment of brand marketing and sales expert Sandra Jordan as the company’s new CEO of the Americas — and one of her first initiatives was securing its first-ever summer pop-up shop in Southampton.

The Sag Harbor Express hosted its second annual Spotlight on Boating Party and Trade Show at the Breakwater Yacht Club on Friday, June 8.

Slow Food East End announced last week that Green Thumb Organic Farm and Sang Lee Farms as the first farm stand recipients of the chapter’s prestigious Snail of Approval Award

Reconnecting with nature and the simplicity of childhood is what motivates Victoria Kuss of Barefoot Kids to operate programs year-round through classes, summer camp, a babysitting club, and a playdate program.

On Thursday, June 14, the battle will begin. Only one of 32 soccer teams can be the best. Only one can win the FIFA World Cup.

For Deborah Lukasik and Chris O’Shaughnessy, soap making is not a lost art. It is very much in the present.