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At the regular meeting of its board of directors, Suffolk Bancorp declared a regular quarterly dividend of 22 cents per share of common stock payable on October 1 to all shareholders of record as of September 15.
September is National Guide Dog Month, and PETCO stores nationwide are celebrating by teaming up with Natural Balance Pet Foods to raise $1 million for guide dog organizations across the country.
Hampton Bays PETCO customers will be asked to make a contribution at the register by either rounding up their purchase amount or making a donation of $1, $5, $10 or $20. In addition, $1 of any $25 purchase or greater of bags of Natural Balance dog food featuring Nicolette Sheridan’s photo will also go to funding guide dog training and support.
It takes more than two years for a potential guide dog puppy to learn, practice and train for the day when it graduates as a certified guide dog. For the first 18 to 20 months, a puppy is raised with a trainer until it is given to a guide dog school for four to six months of formal training work with a harness. For the last month, the dog is matched with a blind person, and they train together at the facility.
“The facts around legal blindness are compelling: every seven minutes someone in America becomes blind or visually impaired. Additionally, recent statistics show that 13 percent of our military return from war with eye injuries,” Elisabeth Charles, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for PETCO, said in a press release. “Guide dogs are given to the visually impaired for free, yet it costs over $40,000 to train a guide dog team,” she added.
One hundred percent of the proceeds from PETCOs fund-raising activities will be donated to several participating guide dog facilities, including the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc., The Seeing Eye Inc. Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and Leader Dogs for the Blind, to name a few.
For more information or to offer an online donations, visit PETCO.com/naturalbalance through September 24.
Bridgehampton-based law firm The Adam Miller Group P.C. announced the opening of a new office in the Melville area. Located at 19 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, the new office will focus in all aspects of banking law, including finance and real estate transactions. Mary Mark will serve as director of banking operations, and Helen Kaufman as manager; both have more than 18 years of experience in the industry.
According to President Adam M. Miller, Esquire, there was a need for an additional closing location to address the increased business in the banking department.
Office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call (631) 492-1370, or e-mail mary@adammillergroup.com.
Local designer Erin Keogh McQuail will host a Fall Trunk Show of her new line on Saturday, September 11, at her boutique Keogh Collections, 22 Main Street, Sag Harbor, on the third floor. Coffee will be offered during morning hours, from 8 a.m. to noon; and sparkling water, white wine, cheese and fruit will be served in the afternoon, from 3 to 9 p.m.
Ms. McQuail will be on hand to talk about her new line of Peruvian pima cotton dresses, tops, and cardigans, all of which will be for sale in a variety of styles and colors.
For more information call (917) 459-6136 or e-mail erin@keoghcollections.com.
Eric Messin introduces The Art of The Horse, a new collection for the Equestrian Set.
The collection is comprised of hand carved, limited edition pieces embellished with 18 karat gold and sterling silver, in prices that range from $300 to $1,800.
Mr. Messin is an accomplished jewelry designer and bench jeweler who began his career at Van Cleef and Arpels. He creates custom, fine jewelry in his studio at the original Pelletreau silver shop built in 1686 on Main Street in Southampton.
For more information or to make an appointment to call (646) 226-3586 or visit SouthamptonHistoricalmuseum.org.
Southampton and Montauk native Helen Ficalora opened her fifth jewelry store in Bridgehampton a few weeks ago. She officially celebrated with a grand opening on August 21.
Guests were treated to canapés by Pierre’s while they tried on jewelry, took photos and shared stories about their Helen Ficalora jewelry.
A customer shared a story of how she purchased a Helen Ficalora necklace for her mother with all the grandchildren’s initials. Over the next few years the family added to the necklace and when her mother died, all of the charms were given to each family member, which served as a remembrance of their mother and grandmother.
Ficalora’s signature charm and pendant necklaces have been worn by celebrities Michael J. Fox, Kelly Bensimon, and Edie Falco.
For more information, call (360) 485-2691 or e-mail helen@montauk.com.
Maran Corporate Risk Associates of Southampton was awarded Merchants Insurance Group’s inaugural Agent of the Year Award at a luncheon in April.
Created to recognize one of Merchants’ partner agencies that strives for success through customer service, the Agent of the Year Award represents Merchants’ corporate values of integrity, loyalty, respect, teamwork and the aspiration to improve.
Maran Corporate Risk Associates, a property and casualty insurance agency, has been serving Long Island for more than 90 years. “Maran Corporate Risk Associates has been one of Merchants’ best since they were appointed in 1994,” said Charlie Makey, the senior vice president of insurance operations for Merchants.
Merchants Insurance Group offers personal and commercial insurance through a network of more than 650 independent insurance agents throughout the Northeast and North Central United States. Merchants is regionally based in Buffalo and its local office is in Hauppauge.
Visit MerchantsGroup.com for more information.
Karen A. Langone, DPM, a sports medicine podiatrist in private practice in Southampton, was elected president of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine at the annual meeting held earlier this year in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Langone received her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree from the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Foot & Ankle Orthopedics & Medicine and serves as the lead clinical director for New York State Fit Feet Special Olympics.
McGuire’s Hearing Aids and Audiological Services recently sponsored its second regional mission at Montefiore to provide donated hearing services and hearing devices to hearing-impaired residents. The event was also sponsored in part by the Foundation for Sight and Sound.
A family-owned and operated business since 1970 based in Riverhead, with four other Long Island retailers including one in Southampton, McGuire’s participates in a number of local and regional missions each year. “The moment when someone hears better is absolutely the most rewarding part of my job, and missions are especially gratifying because it’s possible that many of these patients could not otherwise afford these hearing devices,” Dave Carr, owner of Audiological Services, said in a press release.
For more information visit mcguireshearing.com
GreenLogic Energy was recently ranked #185 on Inc. Magazine’s 29th annual Inc. 500 list of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. GreenLogic, a leading provider of solar, wind, and geothermal energy solutions for homes, businesses, and municipalities ranked #7 for the Energy Sector and #15 for the New York City region.
Long Island Power Authority president and chief executive officer Kevin S. Law said in a press release “LIPA is proud and remains fully committed to working with Long Island’s solar and wind industry leaders like GreenLogic to help our customers reduce energy consumption and lower their electric bills.”
The use of renewable energy helps to strengthen local economies and reduce dependency on costly fossil fuels. LIPA offers financial incentives for the installation of renewable energy projects.
The Riverhead-based law firm Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo announced John Claude Bahrenburg as a new addition to its counsel.
Mr. Bahrenburg is licensed to practice law in the state courts of New York and Connecticut; the Federal District Court of Connecticut; and in the Eastern and Southern District Courts of New York.
He has served privately and as a court-appointed mediator and trial referee. Most recently he had his own general practice with an emphasis in alternative dispute resolution. He also has extensive experience as corporate counsel, primarily in not-for-profit and regulatory environments; as an education lawyer, both as school district and parent/child counsel; and as labor and employment counsel before administrative tribunals and before the federal and state courts of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. In addition, he has served a number of employers as chief negotiator in the facilitation of their collective bargaining agreements.
Mr. Bahrenburg received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Hartford in 1969 and a master in secondary education from Hofstra University in 1970. He earned a Juris Doctorate from Touro Law School in 1982, where he was recognized as the outstanding graduate and served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review.
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