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Blumenfeld + Fleming wins nine Hermes Awards for Outstanding Campaigns MONTAUK: Montauk-based advertising and design firm blumenfeld + fleming (b+f) won big at the Hermes Creative Awards. The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition honoring outstanding professionals in advertising, marketing, PR, web design and other creative industries. b+f won four Platinum awards and five Gold awards, along with honorable mentions. b+f’s Platinum honors were received for their brochure for the Kathleen D. Allen Maternity Center in Southampton Hospital, an email blast for BMW of Southampton and advertising for McLoughlin Construction Company. Their Gold honors included an Audi of Southampton email blast, a Group for the East End email blast, an ad campaign for Landscape Details, a logo for Gurney’s and a radio spot for Suffolk County National Bank. Honorable mentions included a Poster for Swim Across America and several others. Founded over 10 years ago, Lynn Blumenfeld and Jill Fleming’s b+f has an extensive portfolio of clients.
LIGALY Opening GLBT Center in the Hamptons
SAG HARBOR: During an impassioned speech at Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth’s (LIGALY) 20th anniversary gala in Farmingdale on Friday, organization founder David Kilmnick announced that they would be opening a new center in Sag Harbor this July. Kilmnick noted that LIGALY was inspired to open an East End center for GLBT youth after gay East Hampton High School student David Hernandez committed suicide at age 16 in October. “What he faced in his church and local community was rampant homophobia,” the LIGALYfounder said during his speech, adding, “There was no one for him to turn to.” Kilmnick said the new center would first be situated in the Old Whalers Church in Sag Harbor, but that would springboard into a stateof-the-art facility, once enough money is raised. ”This is something we must do for everyone out on the East End,” he said. “This is something we must do for David Hernandez.” Kilmnick‘s speech was followed by guest speakers and honorees, including Congressman Steve Israel, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, two teens from LIGALY and Southampton resident—and champion against the Defense of Marriage Act—Edie Windsor.
Hampton Classic Horse Show Selects 2013 Poster Artist
Stian Stiansen, 85 HAMPTONS: Rough seas off the Hamptons claimed the life of 85-year-old fisherman Stian Stiansen of East Quogue on Mother’s Day afternoon when a commercial fishing boat capsized at the Shinnecock Inlet in Hampton Bays. A small-craft advisory was in effect but nothing that would have prevented the 45-foot Pauline IV from heading out. Numerous rescue crews, including those from the U.S. Coast Guard, Southampton Fire Department, Suffolk County Police Helicopter Rescue and SeaTow responded. The other man aboard the Pauline IV, Scott Finne, 42, was saved, but Stiansen could not be revived. Mr. Stiansen was pronounced dead at Southampton Hospital at 3:40 on Sunday afternoon.
Hamptons Collegiate Baseball Looking for Host Families
EAST END: The Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League is looking for volunteers to house the members of the seven area teams this summer. Host families are required to supply a player with a room, bed, laundry and meals. They are not required to provide transportation. Players arrive early June and stay until the first week in August. Founded in 2008, the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League welcomes some of the most outstanding college baseball players in the nation to compete each summer in seven teams. The League also reaches out to the local communities, improving baseball fields and holding free baseball clinics for children. New for 2013, Hamptons Baseball is in a league of its own, newly sanctioned by Major League Baseball, who provides the league with guidance and partial funding. For more information about how to volunteer to house a player, visit hamptonsbaseball.org. Get all your Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League updates throughout the summer at DansHamptons.com.
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BRIDGEHAMPTON: The Hampton Classic Horse Show has announced that Jocelyn Sandor Urban, a noted equestrian painter, is the event’s 2013 poster artist. The Classic’s iconic posters have illustrated scenes from its Bridgehampton show grounds on Long Island for decades, and Urban has been selected for the second time to continue this tradition. Her poster “Stable Row” was selected in 2004. When asked about the inspiration behind her drawing, Urban said “Every year at the Hampton Classic I have found myself at the schooling rings taking photos and making sketches, and I use these photos for drawings at a later date, documenting all the activity.” The 38th annual Hampton Classic returns to Bridgehampton, August 25–September 1, for another year of world-class show jumping competition as the culminating event of the Hamptons’ summer season.
HAMPTONS: The Hamptons, a popular resort community on the eastern end of Long Island, New York, is gearing up for the start of the summer season. Local officials project that the area population will swell with visitors, particularly from Manhattan, Park Slope and the “Gold Coast” of northwestern Long Island. Residents are encouraged to stock up on hot dogs, buns and charcoal immediately.