In a detached garage off a private road in Orient, woodworker Ricky Saetta is hard at work on a number of projects simultaneously, both creative and commercial.
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This weekend we tagged along on the Oysterponds Historical Society’s Holiday House tour to check out two historic places in Orient. (more…)
Since 2011, Miriam Foster and her husband Grayson Murphy have owned the Orient Country Store, much to the delight of hungry regulars and those looking for a quick bite following a ferry ride from New London.
In those seven years, Foster, who previously worked as a baker and chocolate maker, has made a name for herself locally with her baking. (more…)
Mimi Edelman’s crops are tethered to the Ark of Taste. (Credit: David Benthal)
Cooking is the end of a process that begins in a field’s rich soil. Almost everything that goes on the table, after all, reflects a farmer’s work and care … and learning curve. Mimi Edelman, who has been farming for 18 years, would be the first to tell you that.
Edelman, the longtime operator of I & Me Farms in the lower Hudson Valley, relocated to Orient this past year for reasons that included the loss of her land lease and the desire to be near Long Island Sound. “I grew up in Connecticut, on the Sound,” she said. “I really missed it.” When she explored the possibility of leasing farmland from Priscilla Terry Bull, she discovered the Terry family and hers both originally emigrated from Elgin, Scotland. That clinched the deal. (more…)
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Make yourself right at home inside this Orient estate.
“It has everything you’d want in a second home,” said listing agent William Walters of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty. (more…)
North Fork Flower Farm is a hidden gem in Orient. (Credit: David Benthal photos)
Uncommon flowers attract bees and butterflies to a likewise non-traditional farm in Orient.
North Fork Flower Farm, located north of Route 25, is hidden from street view, just beyond a long dirt driveway on a two-acre lot now in full bloom for summer. (more…)
There are few more tranquil places than the Long Island Sound in Orient. (more…)