Who Are We?

We are a team of people who love the East End of Long Island and want to share its bounty and beauty while preserving the community and the environment of the North Fork and The Hamptons.

Judy Baker McCleery is the owner and president of North Fork Weddings, Ltd., the company that operates the northforkweddings.com and southforkweddings.com website. She is a lifelong East Ender, like founder Marguerite Schondebare, and now lives in Southold with her husband Arthur and their beloved pets-black lab Hogan, shelter rescues puppy Wilson and kitty Casey. She is available by phone, skype or email - just scroll to the bottom of this page for contact information.

Judy's path to North Fork Weddings was a long and winding road, but gave her the foundation to keep North Fork Weddings strong as a resource for wedding and event planning on the North Fork and the Hamptons. She has been involved in local media and local government since 1984, first as a radio announcer and news reporter and later as a public information and media relations specialist. And don't be fooled by the North Fork address. After 15 years working for Southampton Town, Judy's personal and business network is full of contacts in the Hamptons.

In 2005, the hopelessly romantic Judy turned her passion for photography and weddings into a photography studio serving bridal couples on the East End. She listed her business through North Fork Weddings, and came to know Marguerite and the great work she was doing to promote locally-based businesses. Judy shares Marguerites philosophy about living and working on the East End and was delighted when the opportunity arose to take the reins of this maturing company.

The new chapter in the history of North Fork Weddings will include a more active presence in social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, blogging and e-newsletters to enhance the experience for its viewers and widen the exposure for its advertisers.

Marguerite Schondebare is the founder of North Fork Weddings. A life long resident of the East End, she resides in Southold with Jay, her husband of more than 39 years.

A secondary English teacher in her early years of marriage, Marguerite worked in advertising for local papers while her daughters were young and also wrote for an equine magazine. In 2000, she opened her home as a B&B and it was then she recognized that there was no real resource for events and weddings in North Fork Wine Country.

The great popularity and success of North Fork Weddings soon led to the creation of South Fork Weddings for The Hamptons. And in 2006, she added a third web property, East End Experience, the only comprehensive on line directory and "blue pages" for all businesses for The Hamptons, North Fork, and Riverhead.

In June 2010, Marguerite passed the torch to new owner Judy McCleery in order to focus on other pursuits. Very near and dear to her heart now is an effort to raise funds and support for medical surgical teams from eastern Long Island who volunteer their time, skills and money to bring surgical treatments to those in need around the world. It sounds like Doctors without Borders, but it's called Help Healing Happen. Marguerite would appreciate your support, and you can learn more here.

Contact Information

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 432
Peconic, New York, 11958

Phone: (631) 606-0198
Email: info@NorthForkWeddings.com