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November 2, 2012 Page 33
NEWS BRIEFS Compiled by kelly laffey
LONG ISLAND WINE COUNTRY RECEIVES TOP HONORS
EAST END: Long Island Wine Country has landed at number five on TripAdvisor’s Top 10 Wine Destinations in the United States. Trailing Sonoma County and Napa Valley in California, Oregon’s Willamette Valley and the Finger Lakes in New York, Long Island bested other competition from California, Oregon and Colorado, with The Old Field Vineyard, Sannino Bella Vita Vineyard and Sparkling Pointe in particular being highlighted. “We know what you’re thinking. Wine? On Long Island? And it’s good? Yes, yes and yes,” TripAdvisor writes. “Most vineyards are small and bottle their vintages in very limited runs, so you’re not likely to see them in your local wine store or on many restaurant wine lists. Hence, Long Island is a perfect destination for wine lovers who’ve already tasted their way through Napa and Sonoma. Local Syrah and Merlot are reliably good, but try some sparkling Pinot Blanc and excellent rosé, too.”
HAMPTONS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN EAST END: Next season, Hamptons Collegiate Baseball will become its own league, as all seven teams will compete as part of the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League. As reported on East Hampton Patch, the eventual hope is that Major League Baseball and the National Alliance of Collegiate Summer Baseball will sanction the HCBL to provide muchneeded funding and branding. Association with either of the two organizations will greatly help in recruiting talent. The brainchild of Rusty Leaver, Hamptons Collegiate Baseball was founded in 2008 using the popular and successful Cape Cod Baseball League as a model. The inaugural year saw one team, the Hampton Whalers, play in the Kiaser Division of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. HCB welcomed four new teams the next year, with the Southampton Breakers, Sag Harbor Whalers, North Fork Ospreys, Riverhead Tomcats and Westhampton Aviators competing. This year, two more teams—the Shelter Island Bucks and Center Moriches Battlecats—joined.
BRIDGE BANCORP, INC. REPORTS THIRD QUARTERS 2012 EAST END: Bridge Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of The Bridgehampton National Bank, has announced net income and earnings per share for the third quarter of 2012. “This quarter’s performance continues a trend of delivering both growth and strong financial returns. We continue building on the achievements of the past several years by expanding our banking franchise, while maintaining a strong focus on our traditional markets. Our team of seasoned relationship bankers is successfully delivering community banking services to customers throughout our markets… (Our) growth generated higher net interest income and record net income,” commented Kevin M. O’Connor, President and CEO, Bridge Bancorp, Inc.
ROGER THANHAUSER, 71 EAST HAMPTON: Robert Sidney Thanhauser, Jr., called Roger, died in his East Hampton home on Oct. 14. He was 71. As The East Hampton Star reported, Thanhauser was a fixture in the East End summer scene for more than 40 years, and he moved full time to East Hampton in 2005 with his wife Nula. The two met in Quiogue in 1977. A member of the Marine Corps Reserves, Thanhauser received a masters in business administration from Columbia, and he worked on Wall Street in the 1960s and 1970s. He returned to his native Philadelphia in the late ’70s, where he took over Fidelipac. The company became the first in the U.S. to introduce the digital cartridge machine and the digital four-track mixer. Thanhauser is survived by his wife, three daughters and one brother. If donations in his memory are requested, Thanhauser asked that they be made to East End Hospice.
LIPA Picks Two New Sites For Natural Gas Plants LONG ISLAND: The Long Island Power Authority has picked two sites to build new natural gas-fired power plans by 2018. The sites, in Yaphank and Port Jefferson, were a part of an island-wide search to find additional resources to meet the area’s growing energy needs.