Water Mill is a hamlet and census-designated place located in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. It is within the Town of Southampton. The county seat is Riverhead. The neighborhood has a total area of 12.5 square miles of which, 11.0 square miles of it is land and 1.5 square miles of it is water. Water Mill is considering incorporating as a village following the unsuccessful attempt by Dunehampton to incorporate. In 1640, a group of investors from Lynn, Mass., bought 64 square miles of land on the South Fork of Long Island. The neighborhood was originally named for a local landmark. After four years, Edward Howell, a former mill owner from Lynn had 40 acres of land that was given by England near the new settlement of Southampton to construct a mill for settlers to grind their grain into meal. The mill has also been used for many purposes throughout its history. By the 1800s, the area was known as Water Mills and was later changed to Water Mill.
In recent time, the hamlet boasts its status as the only settlement on the South Fork of Long Island with both a functioning watermill and windmill. Although the windmill is put to use only on special occasions, the water mill operates daily during the summer months. The Water Mill Museum is the famous attraction in town that offers opportunities to buy bricks with personalized inscriptions. The Corwith Windmill is another attraction that has a unique example of the utilitarian wood age architecture and was restored in 1987. Water Mill is a middle-class neighborhood. Some of the summer homeowners also proved to be valuable benefactors who played an important role in preserving the community's historical artifacts such as the old water mill. Home price value in Water Mill typically ranges from $850,000 up to $4 million respectively.
North Shore Eye Care serves the residents of Water Mill with a variety of concerns including cataract surgery. Cataracts which represent a clouding of the natural lens of the eye are usually due to increasing age. They must be removed in order to restore vision. While this was once considered a restorative procedure enabling patients to see again, it is now evolving into a refractive procedure as more and more patients want to see better while at the same time achieving some degree of spectacle independence. This is happening as a new generation, the baby boomers, has joined the cataract population. The first baby boomers turned 65 this past January and the number of cataract procedures which numbered over 3 million last year in this country alone is expected to double over the next 10 years. This generation will expect not only increased safety, but will also expect improved visual results.
Luckily we have better lenses than ever before to replace the cataractous lens. To predict what power lens to insert at the time of surgery newer diagnostic tools have been developed as well as better formulas. Lenses that enable patients to see both near and far without the need of glasses have greatly improved over the last few years and come in two principal designs: multifocal and accommadative. Each of these types has their own unique advantages and disadvantages, but with their new aspheric designs both tend to give excellent vision. The cataract experts at North Shore Eye Care have extensive experience with cataract surgery extending beyond a 35 year period with extensive knowledge of laser refractive procedures such as Lasik. In addition to all being board certified ophthalmologists the surgeons at North Shore Eye Care have been consistently named in Castle Connelly's Top Doctors in the New York Metropolitan area. To learn more about this exciting procedure we invite you to attend our free monthly seminars
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