Anyone who has written a book report for a traditional English class in High School or Junior High is more than familiar with the titles Travels with Charley, Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row and more works by Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winning author John Steinbeck.

So, guess what? Quaint, bucolic Water Mill is actually named for a water-powered grist mill! Recently, the Water Mill museum installed an exhibition highlighting the history of ice boating in and around Water Mill. Ice boating, which began in Holland in the early 1600s, was a practical means to transport goods during the winter when local waterways were frozen solid...