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Rita Foster Donates Garden Space To Montauk Community

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Susan Vitale

Susan Vitale

a volunteer for the Montauk Community Garden

a volunteer for the Montauk Community Garden

authorShaye Weaver on Jun 17, 2014
Rita Foster’s 18-acre farm in Montauk, known as Rita’s Stable, not only plays host to horses, ponies, sheep and goats, but also to a garden that she needs help cultivating.Among... more

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