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Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines: The Famous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Resort Communities on the Atlantic
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| Into The Pines Kitchen Cookbook |
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Into the Pines Kitchen contains 200 recipes from 100 contributors, including Pines notables Scott Bromley, Gilbert Parker, and Hal Rubinstein. As a nod to bygone days, the book also features a posthumous contribution from John Whyte, one of the Pines' founders. The book includes original photography of the island from Pines artists William Karam, Mark Lonsbury, and Barbara Sahlman.
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| OBITUARY |
| Amelia Migliaccio, Iconic Grove Figure, Passed Away - January 9, 2009 |
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Amelia Migiaccio, 2nd from left, at CG Pride 2006 "A Gay Bouquet"
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Fire Island lost an iconic figure on January 9 with the passing of Amelia Migliaccio of Cherry Grove and Brooklyn, New York after a long illness. Viewing will take place at Andrew Torregrossa & Sons, 345 Avenue U, in Brooklyn (718/449-1300) on Monday, January 12 and Tuesday, January 13 from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and the funeral will be at St. Columba, 2245 Kimball Street, off Avenue U, in Brooklyn (718/338-6265) on Wednesday, January 14 at 9:45 a.m.
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This Is Your Life, Amelia! -
(l-r) Dell Harbin, Amelia Migliaccio and bagpiper.
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A beloved friend to many of us, Amelia was a woman of numerous accomplishments. First arriving in the Grove in 1959, she was a "founding mother" of the annual Fourth of July Grove Invasion of the Pines, participating in the first of these, which took place in 1976. She started a restaurant, Amelia's, on the Grove dock in 1978, and Top of the Bay, with former partner Lyn Hutton, in 1980. She organized the first halftime parade, cheerleading, and singing of the national anthem at the Grovettes vs. the Suffolk County Copettes Cherry Bowl Volleyball Tournament after the first game in 1984. She began the Cherry Grove Pride Parade in 1999 and participated in its "Gay Bouquet" contingent.
Amelia had served on the Board of Directors of the Arts Project of Cherry Grove and performed in its shows, including, in the last decade, Panzi and Philomena's "Direct TV" and Sal Piro's "Some Like It Holy," "Class/Reunion," "Way Overboard," and "Panzi and Philomena Meet Frankenstein." Participants in the shows will never forget her camaraderie and encouragement and, perhaps especially, the homemade creampuffs she brought for her cast mates to enjoy.
She was very devoted to her pets, which often included "special needs" cats.
Denise "Dell" Harbin and the Violet Letter fittingly honored Amelia and her decades of community service on September 22, 2007 with a tribute billed as "This Is Your Life, Amelia!" at the Grove Community House. Addressing the assembled, Amelia said, "I have never in my life felt so flattered, so honored ... I just love you all for coming here and doing this."
Rest in peace, Amelia. We shall never forget you.
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