“That’s definitely the cheapest way out of the situation,” said Max Corrigan to Danielle Wright, one of three women clustered around his work table, each of them with a different smartphone crisis. Behind them, all the way to the door, stood a waiting line of customers.

    Ms. Wright wanted an iPhone 4S, and Mr. Corrigan had surfed through her account with AT&T, searching for a way to make her existing contract work with the new phone. He placed a special order for it, meaning it would take several days to reach the East Hampton AT&T shop at the Newtown Lane entrance to the Schenk parking lot, and Ms. Wright stepped away from the table, smiling.

    In front of Mr. Corrigan on the long, tall, narrow steel table that serves as his work space, were two running laptops and a Playbook extension for his own smartphone of choice, the Blackberry Bolt. At any moment he may be diagnosing and working on several cellphones at once, their backs off. To his left, one day last week, was an open can of Monster Espresso. Jimi Hendrix was playing softly through Playbook.

    “Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? Well, I have,” Hendrix sang, as Mr. Corrigan kept in motion.

    “Rock ’n’ roll helps, that’s true,” he said, opening another phone. His tastes in music are eclectic. “Anything but the 1980s,” he said.

    “You’ve got 14 days left on your warranty,” he told another customer, who’d come in with a non-functioning Blackberry Torch. “It’s not moisture, and it’s not cracked. You should be covered.” He gave the man the 800 number at AT&T he would need to call to set up a return.

    Mr. Corrigan’s advice for dealing with customer service at AT&T is simple: “Get somebody decent on the phone. If they sound like they can’t help you, hang up and call back.”

    The store’s phone rang, and he answered it, his eyes darting back and forth between two laptop screens. “Yeah, this is Max. I’m an AT&T guy.”

    He does his best to help callers, but his main focus is the steady stream of customers who come through the door of the shop, up to 300 a day, he said, during the season.

    “I think I have help coming, but I’m pretty slammed,” he tells the caller, explaining why he can’t help at the moment. “You can keep trying.”

   c said Mr. Corrigan’s younger brother, Dhruva Corrigan, who arrived to give Max a few minutes off.

    The Corrigans were born and raised in Sag Harbor. “My son makes it 14 generations,” the elder brother said. He is 26 and married with a 16-month-old son.

    He first worked for Todd Powell, the owner of the Bridgehampton AT&T store, on the recommendation of a family friend. “We opened the East Hampton shop in 2010, been running it ever since,” Mr. Corrigan said, as he popped open another phone.

    “I swam with it in my pocket for half an hour,” Charles Helmuth of East Hampton said sheepishly.

    Mr. Helmuth said of Mr. Corrigan, “He has the patience of Job.”

    The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” was now playing, but in Mr. Corrigan’s world, everything was coming down smooth and easy, in a multitasking sort of way.

New Owners for UPS Store

    The UPS Store at 81 Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village is under new ownership. Chet Borgida, a retired financial executive, has taken over the store with his wife, Susan, a senior executive for a healthcare management firm.

    This is the couple’s first entrepreneurial venture. They plan to expand their services to include online printing and other business services. Greg Simmons will stay on as manager and Diane Peralta as assistant manager.

    Mr. Borgida has been an East Hampton homeowner since 1983.

Jewelry Appraisals

    Christie’s, the international auction house, is sending its New York jewelry specialist Jennifer Rosenthal here this weekend to appraise fine jewelry and to accept some pieces for upcoming auctions.

    Ms. Rosenthal will be at the East Hampton office of Brown Harris Stevens, 27 Main Street, from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. Brown Harris Stevens and Christie’s are affiliates.

Courage to Be Benevolent

    Through tomorrow, Courage.b, a women’s clothing boutique, will donate 15 percent of all online and in-store sales at its Southampton location to Same Sky, a fair-trade jewelry company. Courage.b has stores on Main Street in East Hampton and Job’s Lane in Southampton.

    On Saturday, a cocktail party and trunk show at the East Hampton store will feature Same Sky’s collection of necklaces and bracelets hand-crocheted by women in Africa. Those who plan to attend have been asked to e-mail [email protected].

Island Hopping

    Kailani, a boutique on Montauk Highway in Montauk, is teaming up with machinemachine and Halele’a Gallery of Kauai, Hawaii, for a shopping event at Kailani on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. “Island Hopping: From Kauai to Montauk” will feature jewelry from Halele’a Gallery and other designers, new dress styles all hand-sewn on the island of Kauai, and machinemachine’s vintage-inspired trucker hats.

New Face at MKL

    Robert Lubin has joined MKL Construction in East Hampton, a family business spanning three generations, as head of business development. Mr. Lubin, who has lived in East Hampton for 10 years, previously worked in financial sales and trading. He also worked as a licensed real estate agent before deciding to further pursue real estate and construction.

Protecting Baby Bums

    After failing to find effective and chemical-free sunscreen for her two young children, Kristen Peterson of East Hampton, the founder of babyhampton, decided to create her own, and this summer launched the beach*bum S.P.F. 30 sunscreen and sunstick line for babies.

    Her goal, she said in a release, was to ensure that her children got “the best broad-spectrum protection without all the chemicals.” Instead of titanium dioxide, beach*bum uses zinc oxide, which provides protections against both U.V.A. and U.V.B. rays, and certified organic ingredients like grape seed extract, green tea and rose hip antioxidants, shea butter, and extra virgin olive and jojoba oils, which help to moisturize the skin. 

    Beach*bum is available at locally at Kahn’s Sports and Second Nature in East Hampton, Mandala Yoga in Amagansett, and Main Beach Surf and Sport in Wainscott, as well as several other stores.

Uptick at Suffolk Bancorp

    Suffolk Bancorp, the parent company of the Suffolk County National Bank, has reported net income of $4.2 million for the 2012 quarter ended on July 30, or 43 cents per share, an increase from $3.3 million, or 34 cents a share, a year ago.

    The improvement in second-quarter earnings was largely attributed to a $5.6 million reduction in loan losses and an $891,000 decrease in overall operating expenses. The bank also reduced its net interest income for the quarter to $14.88 million, compared to $17.89 million in the second quarter last year. These results, along with eliminating certain nonperforming assets, borrowing expenses, and consulting fees, substantially improved the company’s balance sheet when compared to last year.

    Howard C. Bluver, the bank’s president and CEO, commended its new executive management team for cleaning up the company’s balance sheet.

Clic General Store

    The Clic Gallery and Bookstore has opened a spinoff store, Clic General Store, featuring accessories, clothing, toys, and home goods. The pieces, from independent artisans and designers, are chosen to reflect what Clic believes is a growing demand for one-of-a-kind wares. Clic General Store is at 38 Newton Lane in East Hampton and is open Monday through Thursday from 10 to 6 p.m., and Friday through Sunday from 10 to 7 p.m.

    Abigail Cane, the owner of White Goose Estate Sales, is pleased and amazed at the fortuitous twists her life has taken over the past decade. “If you had told me I would have been doing this 10 years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it,” she said.

    Today her company handles the final sale of goods at houses on the South Fork that are being emptied for one reason or another. The difference between Ms. Cane’s work and the ubiquitous yard sales hereabouts is often the value of the house being emptied. If it is luxurious, the furnishings, for the most part, are equally luxurious.

However, in 2001, when Ms.  Cane moved here after Sept. 11, 2001, this line of work was not on her radar. “I was in luxury retail for a long time,” Ms. Cane, who is in her late 30s, said. “Tiffany, Brooks Brothers — I was always into high-end customer service. I think my work in staging in those stores has been extremely useful in my career.” “Staging” has become a valuable real esate practice, with brokers suggesting that it puts forward a property’s best face.

In 2006, Ms. Cane had another kind of career in mind, and went to Boston College to get a master’s degree in social work. Soon after graduation, she received an unexpected call from a detective in a small town in North Carolina.

“My father had died,” she said. She hadn’t seen him since the age of 8, “but I was his only surviving relative. I went down there to get his two dogs out of the pound, and to clean up his home.”

Her father, it turns out, had been a hoarder. “The house looked nice — it looked normal — from the street. But inside. . . ,” she trailed off. “It’s amazing that some people can live that way.”

She took it upon herself to thoroughly clean the place. Doing so was a cathartic experience. “I got to know him by picking through everything he ever touched. I got to know his life through the process. It was the greatest gift he could have given to me, because he gave me this life,” she said, referring to the new direction she took professionally.

    Along the way, she removed over 500 bags of garbage from her father’s house. “But he had treasures, too,” she said. “Cards I had sent to him; stuff about my grandparents.” Because of the “massive debt” he had accrued, Ms. Cane arranged with an auctioneer to sell everything else that wasn’t personal, including the house as well as its contents. And she had a new career.

    “I love to make a new life for things,” she said. “I think one of the best ways to recycle something is to find a new life for it.”

    Back on the East End, Ms. Cane found herself mentored by a real estate agent who had faith in her ability to stage estate sales. Her very first was at an $11 million house on Mecox Bay, compliments of Gary DePersia. Other upscale addresses have come to her in the last few years. Recent sales included a big house (you could call it either a mansion or a cottage) on Huntting Lane in East Hampton, one on Mulford Avenue in Northwest, a captain’s house on North Main Street in Sag Harbor, and a large house on East Hollow Road in the Georgica area of East Hampton.

    Ms. Cane’s background in social work comes in handy, she acknowledged, since most of the people who hire her are in crisis mode of one kind or another. “The house has usually just gone into contract and the seller has no idea what to do with all of their stuff. I tell them, ‘You can leave everything, even the food in the fridge, and the house will be broom-swept clean by closing.’ ”

    “Moving is such a stressful time for people,” she said. “Maybe they’ve lived their lives in that house with their spouse who has passed away. Maybe it’s the home where they raised their children.” She paused. “People are usually very tearful saying goodbye to their things. It’s very emotional ”

Because of this, Ms. Cane includes a policy in the contract her clients sign. “Once I start the sale, the seller has to leave it to me, to trust me with it. They can’t be around prior to the sale, during the sale, or afterward. People picking through your stuff is very personal.”

    She described the formula she uses. First, get rid of the garbage. “I get rid of anything not sellable, that I wouldn’t want to look at, that’s not pleasing to the eye,” she said. “I learned that in retail.”

Next she stages the house and everything gets a price, even the cars that some people leave behind. “I just sold a 1986 Morgan,” she said. “All of these sales require a huge amount of research.” However, she acknowledged, the prices on Friday afternoon at the start of the sale will definitely go down by Saturday afternoon at its end. “I’m known for being very flexible toward the end,” she said with a smile. “My mother calls every sale a cliffhanger. You never know what’s going to be left at the end.”

    Ms. Cane donates things that are left over to charity, “to get the seller a tax deduction,” and finally hands her client a check (after removing her commission).

    And what about her degree in social work? “This is social work,” she said. “I help my clients with the idea of letting go.”

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And the Beat Goes On . . .

    Estate sales on the South Fork are certainly not new. Ted Dragon, Alfonso Ossorio’s partner, threw perhaps the most famous one ever in 1992 at the Creeks, the 57-acre estate on Georgica Pond that the two had shared for over four decades. Longtime East Hamptoners remember a myriad of high quality Red Tag Sales over the years, although the woman who ran them now wants to remain anonymous.

    Now estate sales have become big business. Move It Out, based in Sag Harbor, runs sales of large properties from Montauk to Southampton. Others who help handle the stress of letting go of cherished possessions are Ferran and Zimmerman of Southampton, Robert Barker of Mattituck, David Markel of Mel Presents in Southold, Anne Hyndman of East Hampton, and Sisters In Charge of Centereach.

    And many East Enders know Liza Werner of Sage Street Antiques in Sag Harbor, who ran estate sales for about 25 years. “I wouldn’t take just any sale,” she said. “I had to like the people and the house.” Calling these events highly labor-intensive and challenging, she said that often, when she showed up at a house on the day of a sale, family members had already descended and “taken a lot of the good stuff.”

Scent of Equality

    Bond No. 9 has teamed with the State of New York in naming a new fragrance, I Love New York for Marriage Equality. The eau de parfum celebrates the signing of the state’s 2011 Marriage Equality Act legalizing same-sex marriage.

    The woody, gender-free scent has hints of mandarin, nutmeg, cinnamon, rose, jasmine, and ginger lily. The bottles have the iconic I Love New York logo with a rainbow on the heart. The fragrance will be sold in Bond No. 9’s Manhattan stores beginning on July 24.

Pet House Calls

    Hamptons House Calls is a veterinary service offering pet care in your own home. Dr. Sarah Alward can provide routine and ongoing care, as well as follow-up blood tests and one-time visits. She will work with a pet’s primary vet to provide personalized care.

Festive at Fischer

    Christopher Fischer Cashmere will host a pre-event cocktail party for Festive in Flip-Flops 2 at its shop on Main Street in East Hampton on Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guests can take advantage of 15 percent off full-price Christopher Fischer collections. Ten percent of all proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society. R.S.V.P.s have been requested by e-mail at [email protected].

New Brokers at Saunders

    The Bridgehampton office of the real estate firm Saunders and Associates has brought its broker roster to 88 with the hiring of SunHe Sherwood-Dudley and Pamela Stuart. Both were previously with Town and Country Real Estate.

    Ms. Sherwood-Dudley has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. A resident of Water Mill for 13 years, she joins the firm as an associate real estate broker. Ms. Stuart, who lives in Bridgehampton, joins Saunders as a licensed real estate saleswoman. She worked in the fashion industry for 14 years prior to becoming a real estate agent.

Pop-Up and Dance

    From July 30 through Aug. 2, East Hampton Studio will become Dance USA, said to be America’s first pop-up dance studio.

    Broadway show and television choreographers from shows including “Dancing with the Stars,” “American Idol,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “America’s Best Dance Crew,” and “America’s Got Talent” will work with dancers of all levels in full days of classes, workshops, rehearsals, and live nightly events.

    Registration for the week’s program is $400 at East Hampton Studio, on Industrial Road in Wainscott. Space is limited.

AMAGANSETT

M. Mann to R. and J. Wagman, 38 Shad Row, 1.83 acres (vacant), May 15, $1,800,000.

W. Hibsher and R. Orient to S. Mudick, 424 Main Street, .9 acre, May 7, $2,500,000.

O. Perla and S. Campbell to 54 Surf L.L.C., 54 Surf Drive, .77 acre, May 16, $2,925,000.

EAST HAMPTON

J. Wittenborn to A. and K. Feleppa, 2 Dayton Avenue, May 10, $350,000.

D. Olk and M. Hayes to P. Lataillade and Hugard, 262 Abraham’s Path, .39 acre, Feb. 11, $950,000.

J. Rosen to J. and J. DiFucci, 7 Inkberry Street, .54 acre, May 10, $1,800,000.

B. Birch to R. Forecast, 3 Stokes Court, .77 acre, May 14, $705,000.

MONTAUK

Deutsche Bank Nat to V. and N. D’Amore, 33 Gilbert Road, .6 acre, April 11, $706,500.

H. Nathan to R. Caudwell, 88 Surfside Avenue, .97 acre, May 15, $7,000,000.

A. Goldberg to C. and M. Peters, 54 Davis Drive, 1.02 acres, May 17, $1,320,000.

L. Peppard Trust to D. and D. Perdue, 16 Harding Road, .23 acre, May 14, $881,500.

NORTHWEST

National Residential to T. Manning, 1 Scoy Lane, 1.76 acres, May 14, $1,740,000.

G. and P. Stanis to Rabbit Lane L.L.C., 143 Old Northwest Road, 4.73 acre,s May 2, $4,650,000.

S. and R. Dukoff to M. Pineau, 1 Treescape Drive, Unit 9C, 2.82 acres, April 27, $575,000.

D. and M. Rozzi to D. Cataletto, 75 Swamp Road, 2.1 acres, May 9, $604,000.

S. and J. Pfund to C. Dawson, 5 Post Street, .65 acre, May 3, $615,000.

J. Marcus to S. Kim, 4 Bob White Court, 1.78 acres, May 8, $1,075,000.

SAG HARBOR

S. Harvey to C. Fell, 187 Jermain Avenue, .2 acre, May 15, $675,000.

J. and M. Lesica to L. and C. Leek, 26 Dogwood Street, .18 acre, May 15, $397,500.

M. Moody to R. and L. Okunewicz, 8 Cove Avenue, .34 acre, May 11, $650,000.

S. Morrow and L. Tweedy to 96 Day Lily Lane L.L.C., 96 Day Lily Lane, 2.71 acres (vacant), May 15, $1,100,000.

P. Benfield Trust to J. and K. Dupay, 9 Widgeon Lane, .56 acre, May 10, $665,000.

Cook, R. to M. and E. Bustos, 15 Fairlea Court, 1.84 acres, May 4, $1,570,000.

Siemer Scheider Trust to S. Pully and D. Howard, 9 Somers Place, .67 acre, May 21, $3,155,000.

M. and V. Reichman to C. Susi, 309 Madison Street, .23 acre, May 15, $735,000.

SPRINGS

E. Roberts to B. and I. Theimann, 42 Dorset Road, .39 acre, May 15, $515,000.

Hudson City Savings to P. and A. Tzanetos, 27 Manor Lane, .73 acre, May 17, $550,000.

T. Reichl to R. Kostro, 13 Clinton Street, .5 acre, May 11, $460,000.

WAINSCOTT

J. Fiore to R. Smith III, 190 Daniel’s Hole Road, May 15, $150,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

   At the Whalebone Creative, Jesse James Joeckel’s silk-screen shop on Tuthill Road in Montauk, the mood is decidedly laid-back. He works on his hand-sketched and stenciled designs “when it makes sense,” he said, taking a break to swim or fish in Fort Pond Bay behind the shop but sometimes staying open until 10:30 at night.

    The mellow atmosphere has made his shop a gathering place for friends, who can often be found fishing or swimming out back or sharing stories on the shop’s front porch. Inside, Mr. Joeckel does “what he loves,” dreaming up and creating images to print on T-shirts, hats, bags, and accessories in an array of designs that have built him a solid following in the two years the shop has been open.

    “There’s not one shirt that doesn’t sell,” the 25-year-old entrepreneur said on Sunday. Before opening last year, he freelanced for local boutiques, but realized that to make a profit, he needed to work for himself. And so far, it’s working out, allowing him to make enough to eat and pay his rent, he said, and to continue enjoying life in Montauk in the summer and other places in the winter. This November, he will travel to “surf for a month or two,” and will then incorporate his travel experiences into his designs, garments that are colored with “stories exchanged, waves found, and ideas inspired,” according to his Facebook page.

    Mr. Joeckel inherited some of his artistic gifts from his grandfather, who carved duck decoys and inspired him to turn his passion into his profession. His grandfather died before Mr. Joeckel opened the shop, but the business is named after his dog, Whalebone.

    The Duryea Lobster Deck brings prospective customers down to the serene waterfront area where he has set up shop. From behind the wooden showcase he built by hand, he pointed to the open shelves below, which held several varieties of T-shirts for men, women, and children. A young customer already wearing one Whalebone T-shirt stepped up with his father and a big grin to buy another one.

    Mr. Joeckel’s creations can be spotted all over Montauk. Lisa Rooney, a friend who was wearing a Whalebone trucker cap at John’s Drive-In on Sunday afternoon, said that Mr. Joeckel has made a name for himself in a short time, mostly by word of mouth.

    On July 8, Mr. Joeckel will partner with Washout, a new bar down the road, for a co-promotional event at which the rapper Mickey Avalon will perform. The designer may also take his work to California, where he attended college, for a West Coast winter operation.

    But for now, he can be found most of the time between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. at the shop on Tuthill Road.

AMAGANSETT

G. Leonhardt to J. Dawdy, 78 Shore Drive East, .08 acre, May 25, $715,000.

D. and K. Ashby to C. and L. Nossel, 56 Seabreeze Lane, .59 acre, May 22, $3,800,000.

EAST HAMPTON

J. Sublett to J. and L. Barasch, 2 Pebble Path, 1 acre, May 22, $1,110,000.

Bronstein, J. to Bernardini, N., 15 Powder Hill Lane, 1.32 acres (vacant), May 23, $700,000.

R. Segreti to M. Bergman and A. Sciacca, 3 Colony Court, 1.5 acres, April 5, $950,000.

R. Malinowski and Deraska to C. Casabal, 3 Lynda Lane, .69 acre, March 22, $866,000.

Reinboth Revoc Trust to M. Salthouse, 51 Old Orchard Lane, 1.39 acres, May 17, $1,655,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

Slifka Family Enterprise to Bonacker Property, 23 Apa­quogue Road, 1.03 acres (vacant), May 18, $5,000,000.

MONTAUK

V. Darenberg Trust to D. and K. Shea, 44 Fairlawn Drive, .3 acre (vacant), May 21, $400,000.

Rosa-Monda and Rose Trust to E. Butterfield, 14 South Ferncroft Place, .36 acre, May 11, $450,000.

Friedman and F. Bertilsson to G. Emmanuelidis, 5 South Dorset Drive, .35 acre, May 15, $825,000.

J. and M. Lifrieri to S. and C. Lefler, 9 Stevens Road, .34 acre, May 18, $950,000.

NOYAC

Wesoly Noyack Trust to Capital Growth Investment, 3605 Noyac Road, .47 acre, May 24, $1,299,000.

S. Mezynieski to 4056 Noyac Road L.L.C., 4056 Noyack Road, .77 acre, May 16, $693,500.

SAG HARBOR

L. Wilson by executor to Lysander Sag Harbor, 8 Concord Street, .06 acre (vacant), May 23, $410,000.

L. Wilson by executor to Lysander Sag Harbor, 23 Suffolk Street, .26 acre, May 23, $2,000,000.

SPRINGS

L. and L. Fleischman to Three Specks L.L.C., 2 Prospect Street, .42 acre (vacant), May 23, $140,000.

Gemeron L.L.C. to K. Mann, 24 Delavan Street, .5 acre, May 28, $475,000.

Data provided by Suffolk Research Service of Southampton

    Another crop of new businesses has opened in Montauk.

    Last Thursday, amid much fanfare, the Montauk Beach House, formerly known as the Ronjo, opened with a cocktail party around the expansive pool area. Local residents, shop owners, and the East Hampton Town supervisor and police chief were among the guests and were treated to champagne and other libations.

    Frances Ecker, Chief Eddie Ecker Jr.’s mother, and Emily Cullen, two longtime Montauk residents, were invited to stay overnight in the recently renovated rooms. Suzee Foster, who handles the public relations for the Beach House, said the two women were chosen because of their “deep knowledge of local history. They have experienced the property in its original heyday,” and last week, they were invited to experience the dawning of its new “heyday for the iconic location representing the best of classic and modern Montauk.”

    When the ribbon cutting started, Supervisor Bill Wilkinson spoke. Mr. Wilkinson had been in hot water with local Democrats who accused him of working to move the project forward regardless of town code. The new owners of the hotel, Chris Jones and Larry Siedlick, bought a portion of a public alley that runs through the hotel property from the town, and the sale became controversial in part because Mr. Wilkinson said he had pulled the price for the alley out of thin air, a comment he later said was a joke. Last Thursday, he said he had no regrets about how he handled the matter. “I wouldn’t change a thing,” he said, adding, “Well, I probably wouldn’t have said [I pulled the price] out of the air.” The crowd laughed.

    When women give birth, the supervisor said, people say they soon forget the pain. “This baby has been delivered today,” he said, pointing out that the Beach House will attract customers who will spend money in the hamlet’s gas stations, delis, local bars, shops, and restaurants.

    Mr. Jones also owns another Montauk boutique hotel, Solé East. The creative director for his new venture with Mr. Siedlick is Walt Linveld, who collaborated on the design and decor with Mr. Jones. The two owners spoke at the opening event, with Mr. Jones thanking staff who helped move the project forward.

    The boutique motel has 33 rooms decorated in soft colors to reflect the sea. Pale cream-colored curtains wave in the breeze on the decks. There are couches and chaises longues around the pool and on the upper decks. Near the pool is a kidney-shape Jacuzzi. Minnie Rose, a shop in the pool area, sells women’s clothing and jewelry. Rooms run from $329 to $645 a night. A club membership, which allows use of the pool and other amenities, costs $1,100 for the season.

Antique Lumber

    Also new in Montauk is the Antique Lumber Company, on Montauk Highway near the I.G.A., owned by Jason Biondo of Hammerhead Construction and Don Disbrow, who owned the Antique Lumber Company in Water Mill, which he has since closed.

    The two men joined forces after working on several jobs together. Mr. Disbrow had moved south to Georgia to open a business there, but when he realized business on the South Fork was booming, he said to Mr. Biondo, “ ‘I have an idea, why don’t we work together?’ ” Mr. Biondo said.

    The antique wood is sourced from areas from Maine to Georgia, Mr. Biondo said this week, sitting in the shop, whose floors and walls are covered in various varieties of wood. The patchwork floor includes squares of hemlock, poplar, maple, oak, Brazilian cherry, and more. The company works with the Mennonite community that collects wood from old barns across the country. “What we don’t have in stock, we can get,” Mr. Biondo said.

    “We wanted people to know we don’t just do floors. We do cabinetry, custom-built furniture, walls, mantels, and cupboards,” said Mr. Biondo. The shop will be open year round, and his wife, Lauren Biondo, will oversee day-to-day operations. “I expect we’ll be even busier after Labor Day,” he said.

Yoga on South Etna

    On South Etna Avenue, a new yoga studio has moved into the spot once occupied by Sangha Yoga. Lila Yoga, owned by Dominique Garstin, has taken over the double space and painted it in cheery colors of turquoise and white, with Buddhas painted on the studio walls. In the shop there is clothing and jewelry. A schedule of classes and times is available at yogalilamontauk.com.

    And finally for bagel lovers Goldberg’s Bagels opened its doors on Tuesday, also on South Etna Avenue. Paul Wayne, who with his cousin Mark Goldberg owns the business, said that the Montauk location will offer everything that the East Hampton store sells, including egg sandwiches, a full line of deli products, nova salmon, lox, and whitefish spreads, and bakery treats. The shop will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tennis Anyone?

    Hannah McFarland of Southampton and Yesim Philip of Bridgehampton, two longtime East Enders, have designed and launched L’Etoile Sport, a new luxury tennis line. The line “promises to bring the elegance back to the tennis court,” according to the company’s press release.

    A trunk show will be held at Ms. Philip’s house on Ocean Road in Bridgehampton from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and next Thursday. Those wishing to attend have been asked to e-mail [email protected].

Brill Legal in Bridgehampton

    Brill Legal Group has opened an office in Bridgehampton, led by Rita Bonicelli, an attorney. Ms. Bonicelli lives in Montauk.

    She served as an assistant district attorney from 2005 to 2009 with the Rackets Bureau of the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office. There, Ms. Bonicelli gained criminal trial experience and led long-term investigations into allegations of sex trafficking, the illegal sale of firearms, and corruption within city government.

    After leaving the district attorney’s office, Ms. Bonicelli became a prosecutor with the New York Police Department, where she handled matters involving police officers, detectives, and high-ranking members of the department.

    The Bridgehampton office will serve both the North and South Forks and will offer criminal defense services as well as services including real estate sales and purchases, town and village code violations, building violations, landlord and tenant disputes, small-business consulting, and litigation on behalf of businesses and individuals.

    The firm also has offices in Manhattan and Hempstead.