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page 11 Tribe To Protest AT U.S. Open Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation will demonstrate outside Shinnecock Hills Golf Club every morning near tee-off time.
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page B-23 Staying Power: Nick & Toni’s To succeed in a seasonal place takes effort — and talent. Nick & Toni’s has proven that it has the muscle to withstand the ebb and flow of time.
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page 58 Whalers Look Ahead To States The Pierson/ Bridgehampton Whalers knocked off Southold 9-4 on May 24 to ascend to the Long Island Class C championship game and a shot at a state her work and play in this oftenhave quickly risen to the top as the unexplored corner of life out east. leading independent real estate title. agency on Shelter Island.
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alleviated at least some of the town’s legal culpability.
The town may have admitted some responsibility as early as 2017 in correspondence with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. “Due to the potential for PFCs to cause environmental contamination, [DEC] conducted a survey of facilities across the state that may have used products containing PFOS and PFOA,” Kelly-McGovern said via email. The compounds, known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, are currently unregulated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. However, the agency has identified two of these substances, PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) and PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), as contaminants of emerging concern.
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More Testing Ordered: Was The Airport The Source? By Rick Murphy
As the Suffolk County Water Authority announced this week it was expanding its search for contaminated wells around East Hampton Airport, it also acknowledged for the first time that East Hampton Town had told state officials PFCs or PFOA, the chemicals in question, had indeed been used and stored at the airport.
“Since the East Hampton Airport indicated that it had used or stored products that may have contained PFOS and PFOA, the state requested that the Suffolk County Department of Health Services sample drinking water supplies near the airport,” said Grace KellyMcGovern, a SCWA spokeswoman, on May 26.
Residents in these areas have been urged not to drink well water until 4
The decision to increase the testing area indicates officials likely believe the contamination is more widespread than originally thought and comes at a highly contentious time for Wainscott.
A class action lawsuit seeking damages for area residents whose health may become compromised from drinking and bathing with the water has been filed. East Hampton Town recently allocated emergency funding to install filters at homes with private wells. And the town intends to form a water district and pipe in county water for an estimated $24 million, a cost that will be shared by Wainscott residents and town taxpayers. East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc did not immediately respond to an email request for comment over the holiday weekend.
So far a total of 439 properties potentially served with private wells have been identified. A total of 302 wells on 293 properties have been tested, and 135 have tested positive; 122 residents have not responded to
repeated requests to allow SCWA to come on their properties. Nine wells have been found to contain perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, above the federal health advisory level of .07 parts per billion.
Bottled water is being made available free of charge to residents in the survey area who use a private well and may be obtained by calling the Town of East Hampton Purchasing Department at 631324-4183 Monday through Friday or emailing jcarroza@ehamponny. gov. Residents in the expanded testing area who live in the Town of Southampton can obtain bottled drinking water by contacting the Town of Southampton at jwilson@ southamptontownny.gov or by telephone at 631-283-6055. Bathing and showering are not expected to be a health concern even if PFCs are present in the water supply. At least one East Hampton official said privately as recently as a month ago that the contamination might be coming from a privately owned parcel or parcels not owned by the town. If true that would have
Last February 3M — once short for Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing — agreed to pay $850 million just as a suit against it was about to go to trial. It revolved around 3M’s disposal of perfluorochemicals, used for years in products like Scotchgard.
The state says the money will be used to clean up and safeguard drinking water in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul. The state accused 3M of contaminating groundwater as it disposed of PFCs over decades.
The Osborn Law Firm on behalf of Wainscott resident Kim Ellen Shipma is suing not only East Hampton Town but 3M and several manufacturers of firefighting foam. The suit alleges “PFOS and PFOA are toxic” and that they pose “increased risk in humans to testicular cancer, kidney cancer, thyroid disease” and other conditions. Exposure has been proven to be especially dangerous to fetuses. rmurphy@indyeastend.com
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The fear is the chemicals may have spread even farther than originally thought, perhaps as far as Sagaponack in Southampton Town and southeast to Beach Lane and Georgica Pond in southern Wainscott. Merchant’s Path, west of the airport, will be tested as well.
testing is completed.
There is ample evidence from class actions suits that companies like 3M, which have used the chemicals in their products dating back 70 years, made a concerted effort to minimize the dangers and successfully lobbied government agencies not to be concerned about it.
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jerry’s ink // Jerry della feMina reached a human, an American Express official in India who insisted that he must cancel my American Express card because someone using my card number tried to buy a $1500 refrigerator at a Virgin Megastore in Beirut, Lebanon. You can’t make this stuff up.
Is There Anyone Alive Out There? My troubles with fake phone voices and unreachable giant companies like Uber continue to frustrate me.
True story: A number of years ago when, after a half hour of being switched from fake voice to fake voice by American Express, I finally
The trouble is, first they wear you down jumping from fake voice to fake voice, and then, when they have you where they want you, they finally give you a real human voice, but it’s coming from a country a million-miles away. The voice from another part of the world is trying to be helpful, but often they are as confused about your situation as you are. Over the years little has changed, except today, when the fake voices have finished with you, often they don’t have the courtesy of letting you talk to a human. Instead, they tell you to go to their confusing website, where you stumble around and finally give up. I once had an encounter with a humorless fake voice at Delta
Airlines, who answered my call for flight information by saying, “Delta, KLM, Air France. Are you a Sky Miles member?”
My stupid answer was, “Is that anything like The Mile High Club?” Naturally, the voice immediately switched me to the dreaded Delta Flight Line service voice. Have you tried to talk to a human at Uber lately?
The other day, I used my Uber app to order a car. My driver, I was told, was named Muhammad.
No surprise there. My experience with Uber is that all their drivers are named Muhammad, and they’re all nice, sweet people who haven’t been in the United States longer than a month and who couldn’t find their ass without a GPS.
My driver was, according to my phone, seven minutes away. Then, after a long while, he was four minutes away. Then, after God knows how long, he was 10 minutes away. On my phone, it appeared that my Muhammad was driving away from me as fast as he could. Then the alert came that Uber was sorry, but my Muhammad had to cancel and leave me, but they would find me another driver. That’s when I raised my hand and
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“WRONG!” I screamed, scaring the hell out of Abdul. Uber was charging me for a car I hadn’t ordered after the car I HAD ordered failed to show up. Then, I tried to reach someone at Uber to tell them I wasn’t going to pay for their mistake. That’s when I realized there is no way to talk on the phone to any human at Uber because there are no humans at Uber. And that’s when I realized that we have been invaded by aliens and I don’t know what got into me. I’m so ashamed.
One minute I was a normal, upstanding citizen politely trying to reach Uber on my cell phone. The next I was screaming out incredible profanities into my phone. And then I was a defeated, broken man. Uber is in charge . . . pass it on. Have you tried to call anyone for information about anything lately? There are no humans answering phones these days. They all have these voice systems that are activated by any sound you make. I called Delta Airlines (1-800-2211212) and all I wanted to know was, “Does the Delta Shuttle fly to Washington D.C. on the hour or on the half hour?” A simple question that a human could have answered in a second.
What I got was a recording of an incredibly deep, fake male voice asking me if I wanted to use their website for discounts and to warn me that this call may be monitored for quality assurance. Let me get this straight: This is a fake voice worrying about the quality of the message I was going to get from other fake voices?
Mr. Testicle Throat (my name for him) gave me a menu choice of four numbers which I could push. None of the choices were about whether the plane to Washington was leaving on the hour or the half hour. I pressed number two because he mentioned schedules.
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hailed a taxi driven by a guy named Abdul. So, I tried to tell Uber that I was canceling my order when they informed me that my latest Muhammad was already on the way to me, so I had to pay a penalty to cover his disappointment.
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Next came this recording of a woman’s voice, who I will call Deaf Dora, and she came on the line with a breezy “Hi!” as though I were her next-door neighbor in her totally fake world. She was too cheerful and sounded like she had swallowed a handful of uppers. Deaf Dora asked me if I had a flight number and what was my departure or arrival city.
Now you must understand this voice recording equipment is so sensitive it can pick up the slightest sound and then translate it into the name of a city. At that point I coughed and the fake automated woman’s voice immediately said, “PITTSBURGH!!!! Is that your arrival or your departure city?” “Oh damn,” I said.
Schneiderman Sets Sights On County Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman on Tuesday announced he would run for Suffolk County comptroller in November seeking to take the seat now held by Republican John M. Kennedy Jr. There has been speculation for months that Schneiderman, who recently won his second term as supervisor and changed his party
affiliation from the Independence Party to the Democratic Party, would consider a run for countywide office.
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“Let me see if I have this right. You are departing Pittsburgh and your arrival city is Gulfport-Biloxi.”
This simple call was now taking over 15 minutes and I was heading for Gulfport-Biloxi — a place I didn’t even know existed before I made the call. It was like a conversation with my late father who, when he was 92, was deaf in both ears and when I kissed him on the forehead and said, “I love you, Papa,” he would answer, “She went to the store. Why do you ask?”
Of course, the smart thing to do with Deaf Dora was to hang up and quit, but I couldn’t let go. The voice was now in complete control of the conversation and I must admit, I was intrigued. Just what could I say to this automated voice and what would she hear?
“SPOKANE!!!” she said happily. “Is that your arrival city? Do I have that right?” she wondered. “You are departing Pittsburgh . . . What is the arrival city?”
This is my dirty little confession. I said, “You sound cute. I’m a fake voice, too. What if the two of us find a place where we can talk privately?”
“Let me repeat that,” she said. “You are departing Pittsburgh and you are arriving in Pittsburgh? Is Pittsburgh your arrival city?”
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“NOT PITTSBURGH. NOT PITTSBURGH. YOU DEAF PUTZ!!!” I screamed.
That’s when, I swear, the automated voice said, “PLEASE HOLD WHILE I CONNECT YOU TO A DELTA REPRESENTATIVE.”
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Sand In My Shoes // Denis Hamill was killed with six other soldiers — three from Long Island — in a helicopter crash in Iraq.
Take A Knee To Apologize For Iraq War Take a knee.
On Memorial Day Weekend, as President Trump and Congressman Pete King made idiots of themselves over protesting NFL players, they should have been taking a knee to apologize for the endless war in Iraq.
I took a quiet moment to reflect on the family of Staff Sgt. Dashan Briggs, 30, an HH-60G special missions aviation flight engineer of the 106th Rescue Wing who was home based since 2010 at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach. Briggs was a full-time husband, father, and military member. He previously deployed to Afghanistan as a munitions system specialist with the 106th Maintenance Group, and to Texas and the Caribbean for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma as a member of the 101st.
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This war in Iraq continues today under President Trump, who couldn’t fight a cold without a bodyguard. When he was of military draft age in the late1960s, Trump supported the war in Vietnam.
But, see, Donald Trump was different than other kids from Queens who got drafted and were sent to Vietnam. Donald Trump was a rich kid from ritzy Jamaica Estates, so his wealthy daddy found a doctor to diagnose his little boy with heel spurs.
Trump became a draft dodger and those heel spurs kept him off the battlefield. But funny how they never seem to interfere with the over 100 days of golf Trump put in since taking office, even though in a campaign speech in August 2016 he promised, “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf.” Those heel spurs also never stop Trump from telling us how tough and patriotic he is. So, leading up to Memorial Day, Trump and Long Island Congressman Pete King were busy telling us how disrespectful NFL players who take a knee were to our troops. Tough-guy Trump said of the protesting players, “Maybe they should leave the country.”
But when it came to showing us how tough he was when kids his age were leaving the country to fight the war in Vietnam, Donald Trump took a rich kid deferment. Trump took a knee.
Then, in a 1993 radio interview with Howard Stern, Trump talked about how brave he was bedding women during the AIDS
Tell that to the families of the 55,000 kids Trump’s age that came home from Vietnam in flag draped coffins. In 1997, Howard Stern again asked him how he dealt with having lots of sex with lots of women without contracting STDs and AIDS. Trump answered, “It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world; it is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave solider.” This is now our Commander in Chief.
The same CIC Trump who finds no problem with bashing the Muslim Gold Star parents of US Army Capt. Humayan Khan, who died in Iraq saving fellow soldiers. The same Trump who told the wife of US Army Sgt. LaDavid Johnson, who died in an ambush in a secret operation in Niger, that her husband “knew what he was getting into.” Right.
He wasn’t getting into a pair of golf shoes, Donald.
Sgt. Johnson died with his combat boots on. Which no Trump has ever worn, especially his loudmouth sons who love to pose for photos over slaughtered jungle animals killed with high tech rifles, but who couldn’t fistfight their way out of a convent. When Trump was busy bashing NFL players for disrespecting our troops by taking a knee, I was reminded that, in 2016, Donnie the Draft Dodger said of John McCain, who was tortured for five years in the Hanoi Hilton as a POW, “He’s not a hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured, okay?” This from a guy who never served anyone but himself.
Then we have Congressman Pete King who, in 2016, commented on Trump to Newsday: “He is not fit to be president —morally or intellectually.”
Today, like the rest of the Republican Congress, King takes a knee daily to kiss the ring of Don Trump and has even adopted Trump’s same reckless tweeting that he once criticized: “Disgraceful that @nyjets owner will pay fines for players who kneel for National Anthem. Encouraging a movement premised on lies vs. police. Would he support all player protests? Would he pay fines of players giving Nazi salutes or spew racism? It’s time to say goodbye to Jets!” Nazis?
Um, Pete, it was your new best friend forever Trump who said of the Nazi march in Charlottesville: “There were very good people on both sides.” Ya know, alternative Nazis.
Pete King is a good guy who was once the loudest voice in Congress calling for civil rights for the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, crossing the aisle to help President Bill Clinton to broker the peace in Ulster. So, one wonders if King would have objected to Irish Catholic soccer players taking a knee in a Belfast stadium when they played “God Save the Queen” to protest the brutality of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British military in their minority community.
Remember, too, that Pete King took the king’s shilling when Bush and Dick Cheney lied us into the war in Iraq with bogus claims of weapons of mass destruction. Fifteen years after the invasion of Iraq, Bush, Cheney, Trump, and King, who never saw a day of combat among them, should all take a knee to apologize to the American people for this never-ending war in Iraq that this year claimed Sgt. Briggs, Capt. O’Keefe, Master Sgt. Raguso, and Capt. Zanetis of Long Island. For shame.
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That crash, in western Iraq near a town called Al Qa’im, killed Sgt. Briggs and Capt. Andreas O’Keeffe, 37, of Center Moriches, Master Sgt. Christopher Raguso, 39, of Commack, and Capt. Christopher Zanetis, 37, of Long Island City in a war that was started by President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, who never served a day of military combat.
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The area envisioned for the Steinbeck park is nestled between the 7-Eleven and the Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter Veterans Memorial Bridge and includes a portion of waterfront behind the old Remkus fishing station.
For several years, the village has been discussing the idea of transforming the property into a new park, with an amphitheater, waterfront path, and other amenities. The landscape architect Edmund Hollander, who is a part-time village resident, has submitted sketch plans for the project on a pro bono basis. The new park will link the Ferry Road property to Windmill Park and Long Wharf, which the village plans to renovate and make more pedestrian-friendly.
Sag Harbor Steinbeck Park Planned By Stephen J. Kotz
Sag Harbor Village’s longstanding goal of redeveloping a blighted property as the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park took a giant leap forward this week when the village announced that Southampton Town had agreed to buy the parcel using money from its Community Preservation Fund.
The town will pay developer Jay Bialsky of Sagaponack $10.5 million
for the 1.25-acre parcel formerly known as 1,3,5 Ferry Road. He will retain a 0.70-acre portion at the site of the former 1-800-LAWYER building on West Water Street, which he plans to develop with three townhouses, a sharp reduction in the 13 units previously proposed. “We are absolutely thrilled beyond words,” said Mayor Sandra Schroeder in a release. “This acquisition will transform the last
remaining open space on the harbor into a world-class park that will be a serene, peaceful setting for our residents and visitors alike to enjoy one of the most beautiful harbors in the world in the heart of the village.” Bialsky recently purchased the property from Greystone Development, which had proposed a 13-unit condo development. Greystone had reached a verbal agreement to sell the 1.25-acre portion of the site to the town, but it never signed a contract, instead
“We are very, very pleased that Mr. Bialsky has accepted our offer for the Ferry Road property,” said Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. “This will play a vital role in the continuing revitalization efforts that the village and its residents are making to protect and preserve Sag Harbor’s unique cultural heritage and special historic character.” “My wife and I are delighted beyond measure that the Ferry Road property will be designated as a public waterfront park for all to enjoy, and we look forward to being part of this vibrant and very special community,” said Bialsky. Bialsky’s building plans were developed in collaboration with architects Dave and Dawn Harvey of Sag Harbor and John Sofio of Los Angeles.
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Tribe To Protest at U.S. open By Peggy Spellman Hoey
Members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation — using the upcoming U.S. Open to highlight their continued land claim fight — will protest the championship every morning near tee-off time.
The group, which is calling itself the Shinnecock Hill Protectors, has been working with Southampton Town Police to secure the corner of Montauk Highway and Tuckahoe Road as a designated freedom of speech area where they will protest from 6 to 7 AM — encompassing the first tee-off time at 6:30 AM — from June 11 to June 16.
Kelly Banks, an attorney working with the group, said the protest will focus on the tribe’s aboriginal territory, which includes Shinnecock Hills and the golf course area, where the tribe says there are grave sites. The tribe filed land claims in 2005, but its effort was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Shinnecock Hills Golf Club use of a logo featuring Native Americans in tribal headdress regalia also has long been a source of contention.
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“So, we are using this as a platform to bring awareness to people about the important history and basically the struggle that we continue to pursue in order to have proper readdress of our claims,” Banks said. The group, which is led by former tribal Trustee Nichol DennisBanks, will be joined in “solidarity” by representatives from other nations such as the Lenape, Crow,
and Cherokee, as well as the Latino community, according to Banks. She could not say how many people are expected to attend the weeklong set of demonstrations. The demonstrations will include an opening prayer, the performance of a drum song, a moment of silence, tobacco offering, and guest speakers. Banks said she is hoping for a peaceful protest.
were too many requirements for the tribe to meet in such a short amount of time, making it impossible for them to pursue the endeavor, Gumbs said.
The council did have a productive call with USGA officials and they are “looking to see where that leads,” he said. USGA Spokesman Craig Annis
said officials have “enjoyed what we think are productive conversations with the council,” and they are hoping to see the tribe’s involvement in the championship, including in the opening ceremony, youth day, and the ceremony at the 18th hole.
He said the tribe was offered “premium placement” at merchandise kiosks that would feature a synopsis of the tribe’s contributions to the course and highlight a signature item, such as beadwork like a necklace or bracelet, but it turned it down. He said one possibility discussed is the operation of a golf simulator, which, according to tribe members, could prove “very lucrative,” but it has not been finalized. As to whether there will be a resolution to the discussions and planned protest, Annis said, “We want to celebrate the U.S. Open with them by our side. That is what we have been working toward and we are hopeful that we will get there.”
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“It is going to be a beautiful thing,” Banks said. “We are also going to be speaking on the injustices that are done to minorities as a whole, not just the Native American people. Everyone is going to be speaking on their different topics and it’s just us standing in solidarity and bringing awareness to what goes on here on the East End. Hopefully, we will see some change. The outcome is that we want change. We want action because we have been talking about this for a long time.”
In a separate dispute, the tribal council is in negotiations with the United States Golfing Association over economic benefits from the championship. Tribal Trustee Lance Gumbs said the council was upset the tribe was not included in plans for the championship and was left out of the economic benefits associated with bringing the event to the East End. At past U.S. Opens held at Shinnecock, the tribe has contracted with the USGA to provide parking and hospitality tents for patrons. This year, the USGA offered a spot inside the merchandise pavilion, but there
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A planned memorial service along a spit of beach at the end of Long Neck Boulevard in Flanders has roused a debate over beach access rights.
“It’s a nice idea, and truthfully, residents of Southampton are guaranteed beach access,” he said. Southampton Town Board of Trustees’ Chairman Ed Warner said the beach is not private. He noted the town owns to the high tide mark at the beach and the state owns below the mean high tide mark. Additionally, there are two pieces of property that were preserved by the town that are adjacent to the beach, he pointed out.
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vigil plan sparks beach rights Tiff By Peggy Spellman Hoey
A candlelight vigil planned on the Flanders waterfront has sparked a debate about beach rights among
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Members of the Flanders, Riverside, and Northampton Community Association have plans
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to mark the loss of community members over the last year with a memorial service at a small beach located at the end of Long Neck Boulevard. But when the Bay View Pines Civic Association learned of the plans, which required approval by the Southampton Town Trustees, who oversee the town’s waterways, they balked. At a recent FRNCA meeting, Lorraine Paceleo told the group it was not very neighborly to seek approval for the event without first coming to the civic association because members have deeded beach rights. She said there are more than 40 residents from the neighborhood who have said they do not want the event held at the beach, and she expressed concerns about traffic congestion at the end of the dead-end block.
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“Our beach is not up for grabs. We are prepared to protect it to the fullest extent of the law,” she said.
“I hope it’s a situation that can be resolved in the best interests of all concerned,” she said.
Despite the trustees’ claims, a sign is installed before the entrance to the beach stating that it designated for residents of the Bay View Pines neighborhood. Saturday afternoon beach goers were seemingly unaware of the growing debate. One resident who owns a home nearby said she has been frequenting the beach for years and believed it to be private.
“I always thought it was private,” said the woman who declined to be identified, noting there is a sign before entering the beach stating that it is for residents only. “To me, that meant everyone in Bay View Pines. Occasionally, I’ve seen people who looked like they didn’t belong. I didn’t care because they didn’t cause problems, but I thought really, legally, they didn’t belong here.” Alan Cohen, who was walking his dog at the beach, said he has lived in the area for 30 years and said the beach should be as the sign states. “If public means that anyone on Long Island can come here, then you can see what a horror show that would be. What? Are people supposed to have people parked up and down the road for half a mile? They wouldn’t let you do that in Southampton, that’s for sure,” he said.
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Members don’t mind the idea of a memorial, but request it be moved to a more appropriate location, she said.
Trustee Ann Welker, who is the board’s liaison to the Flanders area, said she plans to meet with the civic leaders to discuss the dispute.
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Fleming Wants To Tweak Social Host Law By Peggy Spellman Hoey
Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming is poised to propose an amendment to the county’s social host law setting clearer standards for adults who find themselves on the wrong side of the law after a minor is caught drinking or drugging in their home. The amendment, which is being tweaked by Fleming, a former assistant district attorney, and the legislature’s legal counsel, will tackle the difficult task of carefully
defining mens rea, the legal term for a person’s intent and knowledge of whether their action or lack of action could lead to the commission of a crime, within the law. An example of how the term could come into effect would be if an adult was hosting a party for minors under the age of 21 and they walk through an area in the basement and he or she doesn’t stop to see what is in the cups, Fleming explained. Fleming said she wants the
amendment to address holding criminals accountable for their actions, however, she does not want it to unfairly target individuals who legitimately are unaware a minor is drinking inside their home. “I want to make sure that we are being as aggressive as appropriate to prevent young people from having easy access to drugs and alcohol,” said Fleming, whose district includes the South Fork. The county’s current Social Host law, which has been in
The amendment comes on the heels of two East End cases where two defendants were exonerated of charges filed against them under the social host law. In the first case, a former school board member had charges dropped against her in July last year after investigators from the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office could not find substantial evidence she violated the law when minors were caught by Sag Harbor police drinking at her house. In the second case, an Amagansett dad was acquitted of charges that were lodged against him after he called 911 for a drunk partygoer at his son’s prom party last year. In a decision issued last month, East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky stated there was no direct evidence the parent had knowledge alcohol was imbibed in his home.
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“They had the opportunity to see how our courthouse is a community court,” Irace said. They recognized some of the defendants in front of the court that morning on traffic matters. They also were moved by Justice Rana’s talk, from the bench with Mushkolaj, before she sentenced him. “I have no place else to go with you,” she said, encouraging him to get help.
Independent/T. E. McMorrow Seven East Hampton High School students visited the town’s Justice Court last week as part of shadow day. In the front row are, from left to right, Emma Wiltshire, Brianna Larcomb, Kate Ward, and Jasmine Carroll. In back, Edison Verdugo, Tyler Simpson, and Jonathon Rodriguez. Wiltshire and Ward are eyeing careers in journalism, while the other five are considering becoming attorneys.
EHHS Students Shadow Professionals By T. E. McMorrow
Juniors at East Hampton High School spent half the day on May 23 shadowing various professionals in East Hampton, as part of a program run by teacher Catherine Tyrie. It was an opportunity for the students to observe adults practicing the careers they were thinking of pursuing.
According to Tyrie, “The most popular careers were teacher, lawyer, and business owner. Journalist, veterinarian, dentist, and police officer were also very popular.”
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Five of those students shadowed East Hampton town attorney Michael Sendlenski. They started off that morning in a conference room in the town attorney’s office with a lot of questions. After that, Sendlenski and his crew headed to East Hampton Town Justice Court, where Justice Lisa Rana was conducting a combined traffic and criminal calendar.
Over the course of the next hour, the group, seated in the front row normally reserved for attorneys, observed one defendant being arraigned on drunken driving charges. A second man was brought into the courtroom wearing a Suffolk County jail olive green
jump suit, handcuffed, and in leg shackles to enter a guilty plea to two misdemeanor charges: driving with ability impaired by drugs and drug possession. Justice Rana sentenced that man, Driton Mushkolaj, to 10 months in jail.
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A third defendant, Roberto Caro, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, aggravated unlicensed driving. Caro has prior convictions for the same crime, as well as at least one alcohol-related driving conviction, and was sentenced by Justice Rana to 30 days. Sendlenski answered the students’ questions on the legal process throughout. “They asked very insightful questions,” he said.
The students who shadowed police officers got to ride in squad cars. “They had fun,” Tyrie said. “Students also watched operations that veterinarians performed. Some students went on photo shoots. Some went to the theater.” Several, Tyrie said, were offered internships.
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Town ‘Out Of Control,’ Attorney Charges By Rick Murphy
East Hampton Town’s crackdown on bars and nightclubs, particularly in Montauk, that began in 2015 is “out of control” and the product of “hysteria” on the part of the previous administration, attorney Lawrence Kelly charged this week. Kelly was in a crowing mood. He had successfully defended a Montauk establishment against a proceeding filed by the State Liquor Authority, which was acting on a complaint filed by East Hampton Town police.
The attorney has made a living over the past few years representing local establishments targeted by police, the fire marshal’s office, and code enforcement. The town has also had its share of victories, resulting in club owners paying fines to settle cases.
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The attorney said he was surprised to learn that after he took the town to court to challenge the overcrowding charges, at one establishment, police issued a referral to the SLA on what he said were “trumped up” charges. The SLA has the authority to put an establishment out of business, so there was considerable consternation on the part of his client, Kelly said. The subject of that SLA hearing was Ruschmeyer’s, aka Work Eat and Play LLC, an establishment repeatedly targeted by code enforcement.
On July 1, 2017, a police officer responded to Ruschmeyer’s for a matter unrelated to code enforcement. According to testimony at the administrative hearing, a man and a woman in the parking lot at the club became belligerent, and the male punched an employee. Police were called, but no charges were filed. There was no
security surveillance in the lot.
Although Ruschmeyer’s called the police in as a precaution for that matter, the unrelated code enforcement actions continued unabated against the club and several other night clubs in Montauk, Kelly said.
He went public with his charges that the town was bent on destroying Montauk bars and nightclubs as part of a political agenda.
The town also responded through the newspapers.
On August 9, 2017 the New York Post reported, “Another Montauk hot spot, Ruschmeyer’s, is also in trouble, according to [Michael] Sendlenski, the town attorney. Ruschmeyer’s was cited last weekend for having close to 200 people in a room meant for 68, he said.”
In an article entitled, “Ruschmeyer’s Next Target in Crackdown” in The East Hampton Star, it was reported, “The town board on
Tuesday authorized Sendlenski to seek a restraining order against Ruschmeyer’s. Over the weekend, close to 200 people were found partying in a cleared-out dining room with a legal occupancy limit of 48, Mr. Sendlenski said Tuesday.” “Sendlenski said he plans this week to seek injunctive relief against Ruschmeyer’s which was cited both last weekend and in June, including for having nearly 200 people in a room where only 50 are permitted,” read an article in Newsday. “There’s dangerous overcrowding there, and they’re not using property in conformity with the allowable use of the property Sendlenski said.”
Kelly said the town board orchestrated an atmosphere of hysteria. “After the Newsday article, 400 people showed up to complain. The young Newsday reporter took it upon herself to stir things up.” After Kelly filed to defend the code violation charges, he said he was shocked to find the town police
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Kelly is currently defending three nightclubs in Montauk that had minor disturbances on site. The clubs were also cited by code enforcement officers for
overcrowding and related offenses.
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Montauk 2018: Party Central Or Snooze City? By Rick Murphy
It doesn’t get any more decadent than Montauk, the summer of 2015, when the party scene was so out of control that residents finally snapped.
Four hundred angry people gathered at the Montauk Firehouse after witnessing a July Fourth weekend one resident described as “like Sodom and Gomorrah.” It was the summer of Uber Not. The Town of East Hampton banned the app-driven taxi service; this made things worse for the thousands of revelers looking for a way out of Montauk at 4 AM.
Over-occupancy was rampant. The Homeaway.com vacation rental site reportedly had 500 Montauk houses listed for short-term rentals.
People roamed the streets with drinks in hand, and public urinating was commonplace. “We’ve gotten to that stage where things are so out of control that the public is now in danger,” said Richard Kahn, the co-chair of the Concerned Citizens of Montauk. “You’ve got people lying in the road, people staggering in the roads,” James Grimes remarked.
Of course, not everyone was miserable — tavern and club owners were raking it in, though it is doubtful it will ever be known how lucrative a hot weekend night could be. It is known that fivefigure grosses were commonplace.
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A lot of people blamed former Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, a Montauk resident, who brought with him to town hall a laissezfaire policy toward local business. His successor, Larry Cantwell, was responsible for instituting the Uber ban. After the hot meeting at the firehouse, Cantwell and the town board vowed to toughen up enforcement. Perhaps too much, one attorney, who represents a number of establishments, thinks.
“The town is trampling on their constitutional rights,” said Lawrence Kelly, the attorney. Kelly said the town imposes unrealistic occupancy limits on establishments and punishes those
that complain by reporting them to the State Liquor Authority (see accompanying article.) In one case, the town tried to impose a 99-person limit on the Sloppy Tuna. Kelly said his calculations, consistent with state guidelines, indicated the establishment had space to accommodate 600 people. Kelly challenged the town’s number.
“We got the Department of State’s Regional Representative, Richard Smith, to come from Hauppauge
and stop the more restrictive local standards. Smith sat in the Tuna and told the town to stop the nonsense. We beat their brains in,” Kelly said.
The State of New York has the authority under its Uniform Building Code, Uniform Fire Code, and Property Maintenance Code, to set maximum occupancy standards under its Uniform Code, although towns are allowed to adopt more restrictive local standards, within reason. “The town got used to using
their MRLS [more restrictive local standards] in violation of state law,” Kelly charged.
“It is very difficult to enforce when you have preexisting and nonconforming,” noted Jeffrey Bragman, an attorney who now sits on the East Hampton Town Board.
The Cantwell administration, along with increasing code enforcement personnel, added more town police to Montauk patrols and relied more on state police, park police, and the
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Despite overcast skies and chilly temperatures, the rain held off, and East Hampton held its annual Memorial Day parade down Main Street on Monday morning.
Police Street. The runners run different distances and take turns carrying the torch. “It’s heavy,” Officer Grace Peterson said about the torch outside the East Hampton police substation, where she met up with several other runners in the event last week. She said she ran one year seven-and-a-half months pregnant, going five miles.
Peter Schmitt, who is running in the Torch Run on May 31, and his son Matthew Schmitt, who successfully competed in this year’s East End Special Olympics.
Besides Peterson and Schmitt, other runners in the department include Joe Montiel, Sgt. Barry Johnson, Ryan Balnis, Robert Stone, Chief Michael Sarlo, Luis Morales, and Frank Sokolowski.
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Cops Run To Support Special Olympics By T. E. McMorrow
Nine members of the East Hampton Town police department will be running in the Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of the Special Olympics Thursday morning, May 31, starting at about 9 AM.
Sergeant Peter Schmitt was a competitive runner when he attended Molloy High School in Queens. He loves running. A veteran of 22 years on the force, he has participated in about 15 of the Torch Runs over the years. But this year’s run is special to him: his son, Matthew Schmitt competed for the first time in the Special Olympics this year.
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Matt has a seizure disorder, the elder Schmitt said. A device similar to a pacemaker has been surgically implanted in his brain, to control the tremors. “It has improved his quality of life, greatly,” Schmitt said. Doctors are constantly monitoring Matt, fine tuning the process, bringing him closer and closer to a sense of normality. This year’s East End Special Olympics, for Matt, were just that: special. Held in Hampton Bays, Matt competed in the 50yard dash, coming in second, and the softball throw, finishing first.
“It gives him a sense of pride and accomplishment,” the sergeant said last week. The Policeman’s Benevolent
Association donates $25 for each runner competing. The run this year starts at the IGA in Montauk and ends at the East Hampton Village police headquarters on Cedar
After the East Hampton department finishes, the torch is transported west, to neighboring departments, who will have their own runs. The torch is carried in various runs by departments across
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Police arrested 16 people over Memorial Day weekend, which was up from 14 in 2016, and 13 in 2015.
Sini said it’s impossible to articulate how many lives have been saved due to the task force’s work. “When we speak to victims’ families and loved ones, we can’t put into words the tragic loss. One moment, [families] are enjoying a day with their loved one, the next, they are no longer here because someone made a stupid decision of drinking or using drugs and getting behind the wheel,” he said. SCDA Tim Sini was joined by East End police officials in announcing increased efforts targeting drunk and drugged drivers.
Cops Step Up DWI Efforts By Peggy Spellman Hoey
Enjoy yourself, but don’t drink and drive over Memorial Day weekend. That was the advice from Suffolk
County District Attorney Tim Sini, who was joined by the brass from the East End’s 10 police departments at the United States Coast Guard’s Shinnecock Station
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in Hampton Bays Friday, May 25, to announce a crackdown on drunk and drugged drivers. The words proved prophetic for at least 17 people between the towns of Southampton and Riverhead (See main story on page 21). Law enforcement was out in full force conducting checkpoints and saturation patrols on land as part of the DA’s East End DWI Task Force, and in the water in the case of the Coast Guard, which was conducting its own check for boaters under the influence.
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There have been 600 arrests by the task force since its formation in 2012. In 2017, the task force
Southampton Town Police Captain Lawrence Schurek said there has been an uptick recently in drunken driving incidents over holiday weekends, but overall the saturation enforcement has been working and fatalities have been down. “So, we know the plan is working,” he said. Trooper Jose Febo, zone command captain for the New York State Police Riverside Barracks, said the emergent threat to public safety is drug-impaired driving. “With the advent and further proliferation of marijuana being diverted from the states that it’s legal, additionally prescription drug use and routine abuse of prescription drugs, as soon as you co-mingle those with alcohol, you achieve a synergistic level of impairment well beyond what one might experience by the legitimate use of those drugs and prescribed use of those drugs, or alcohol,” he said.
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Gun Found In DWI Sweep By Peggy Spellman Hoey
Cops checking for drunk and high drivers got a little more than they bargained for when they stumbled — in two separate instances — upon a woman with a loaded gun and a man with 29 driving suspensions at a checkpoint in Riverside over the weekend.
them locate a person wanted for passing bogus bills at 7-Eleven in Westhampton last year.
Kaylynn Dyer entered the 7-Eleven at 410 Mill Road and attempted to purchase a gift card with counterfeit money, then left the store’s parking lot in a Silver BMW at about 6 AM on May 15, according to police. No further information was released.
Anyone with information about Dyer’s whereabouts is asked to contact Southampton Town Police’s
Detective Division at 631-7022230, the department’s tips hotline at 631-728-3454, or via email at crimetips@southamptontownny. gov.
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5000 for information leading to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
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Southampton cops said a 23-yearold North Augusta, South Carolina woman, one of seven people arrested Saturday at a checkpoint on Flanders Road at Enterprise Zone Drive, was caught with a loaded gun and self-defense spray. Ashley Nicole Wheeler of North Augusta was charged with second-and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of a noxious material, cops said. No further information about the arrest was released. A man from North Augusta, SC was also arrested at the checkpoint, but for unlawful possession of marijuana, cops said, though it is not clear if the arrest was related to that of Wheeler’s. As of deadline she was being held at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead on $30,000 bail, according to the Suffolk County Sheriff ’s Office.
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In another scenario that played out at the checkpoint, Devon Clemons, 26, of Riverhead was arrested on misdemeanor charges of seconddegree aggravated unlicensed operation for driving with 29 suspensions of his license, police said. Arrested at the checkpoint for driving while intoxicated were: Napolean Delossantos-Franco, 33, of Bridgehampton; Cynthia
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Before Rana set the $250,000 bail amount, she reviewed Hausch’s criminal record with DeSesa. In November 2008, Hausch, then 17, went out with six other teens, looking for Latinos to harass and beat. The incident was extensively documented by The New York Times. Hausch testified during the 2010 trial of the man who did the actual killing, Jeffrey Conroy, that he and his friends were “beaner bopping.” He explained to the jury, “It’s when you go out and you look for a Hispanic to beat up.” Independent/T. E. McMorrow Nicholas Hausch, previously convicted of gang assault following a 2008 incident in which an Ecuadorian immigrant was murdered, was arrested in Montauk Sunday, charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell.
Medford Man Who Targeted Latinos Charged in Coke bust By T. E. McMorrow
A Medford man, who served over four years in state prison for his role in the murder of a Latino man who was stabbed to death in a hate crime in 2008, is back behind bars, unable to post the $250,000 bail set for him Sunday in East Hampton Town Justice Court.
Nicholas Hausch, 26, was arrested by East Hampton Town police in downtown Montauk earlier that morning. Initially, Hausch was charged with misdemeanor drunken driving. The arresting officer said that he pulled over
Hausch, who was behind the wheel of a 2011 Volkswagen, for rolling through a stop sign on South Edison Street.
After his arrest, police searched Hausch and the car, and reported finding six plastic bags of cocaine, with a total weight of more than a half-gram. He was charged with two felonies: possession of narcotics, and, of greater legal consequence, possession with intent to sell. He was represented at his arraignment by Brian DeSesa, an attorney who was present as part of a state-funded program
to ensure legal representation during weekend arraignments. In years past, Hausch would have been standing alone before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana. He would likely not have known, as DeSesa did, to temporarily waive his right to be released if not indicted this week. That will allow whatever attorney Hausch retains, whether private or from the Legal Aid Society, time to negotiate with the district
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Chace Quinn, 19, has been charged with first-degree vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident, both felonies, in connection with the death of a 63-year-old Pennsylvania delivery driver, Joseph McAlla, who was killed early April 5 when he stepped out of his vehicle on County Road 39 while making a delivery.
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danger of the partiers who flood the streets between the two bars from about midnight to closing time, between 3 and 4 AM. He said that police have a strong presence in downtown Montauk, and place cones in the middle of the road, yet many drivers do not slow down enough, given the level of foot traffic.
Jose L. RomeroFlores of Woodhaven, Queens, being led away from East Hampton Town Justice Court after his arraignment on drunken driving charges. He allegedly left the scene after striking a woman in Montauk.
Romero-Flores was brought into East Hampton Town Justice Court Saturday morning, where he was represented by Brian DeSesa, an attorney retained by the state to ensure legal representation during the arraignment process.
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A Woodhaven man driving a delivery van for a gourmet food and catering company early Saturday morning struck and severely injured a Manhattan woman in downtown Montauk, then fled the scene, according to East Hampton Town police. Jose L. Romero-Flores, 33, was charged with misdemeanor drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident after he was stopped some distance away.
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The injured woman, Sofia Pitt, 26, was originally to be taken by a Montauk Fire Department ambulance to the Hither Hills overlook, from where she would be flown to Stony Brook University Hospital, the closest hospital with a Level One trauma center. However, en route, the decision was made that Pitt’s condition was not stable enough to transfer her to a helicopter, and the ambulance continued west to Southampton, according to Montauk Fire Chief Vincent Franzone. He did not know if she was originally admitted to Southampton Hospital, but as of Saturday afternoon, Pitt was a patient at Stony Brook University
Hospital where she underwent surgery Monday morning. Several calls to the media office at the hospital over the holiday weekend seeking an update as to her condition went unanswered. East Hampton Town police said they thought she might have suffered a fractured pelvis.
After being stopped, RomeroFlores allegedly told police, “We hit something on the far right side, but I don’t know what I hit.”
Chief Franzone said Saturday that numerous emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medical technicians from the Montauk department were on the scene almost immediately. “She had some of the best care possible,” the chief said. He said that she was in extreme pain. The police said that RomeroFlores was driving a 2016 Ford van registered to the Todaro Brothers, a 2nd Avenue company that specializes in gourmet food and catering. Romero-Flores was headed west on Main Street, when he struck Pitt, then kept on driving, police said. According to witnesses, the woman was hit with enough force
that she somersaulted through the air. Witnesses were not hard to find. Even as police blocked Montauk Highway to investigate the accident, and Montauk EMTs and AEMTs tended to the woman’s injuries, many of the revelers on both sides of the road seemed oblivious to what had happened.
Chief Franzone said that the woman was apparently crossing the street from the Memory Motel to the Point Bar and Grill when she was struck. The chief has been trying to sound the alarm for some time about the
Justice Lisa Rana asked RomeroFlores what he did for a living, and was told he is a driver for the Todaro Brothers catering business. “That is going to be a problem for you. Your driving privilege in the State of New York is suspended.” That was based, she said, on the breath test he took at headquarters after his arrest showing a percentage of alcohol in his blood of 0.14 of one percent, well in excess of the 0.08 reading that defines intoxication. DeSesa said that Romero-Flores had cooperated with the police after his arrest, and had taken the breath test, which would make him eligible for a hardship license to get to and from work, as well as, possibly, a temporary license. Bail was set at $1,500, which was posted via credit card at police headquarters. Romero-Flores is due back in court July 5.
Mike Spano of Todaro Brothers said Saturday that Romero-Flores had permission to drive the van Friday night, but would not comment further.
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An East Hampton woman is facing a felony assault charge after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend in the upper right arm Thursday morning. The man, whose name has not yet been released by the police, was then driven by the woman to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, where his wound was closed with seven stitches, according to comments made by assistant district attorney Jamie Greenwood at the May 25 arraignment of Susana Carolina
Flores-Guzman, 33.
The two live on Three Mile Harbor Road with their two toddler children. Sheila Mullavey from the Legal Aid Society represented Flores-Guzman at her arraignment before East Hampton Town Justice Lisa R. Rana. It was held in the Sag Harbor Village Justice Court. Justice Rana also serves in that capacity in Sag Harbor Village and had a busy court calendar there that morning. The alleged knife wound was the
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There were nine arrests on drunken driving charges made by East Hampton Town police through Monday morning this past week. Several are detailed elsewhere in this issue.
An excessively high breath test reading has resulted in an East Hampton man now facing an aggravated misdemeanor drunken driving charge, according to police. Matthew Silich, 22, was driving a 2010 Volkswagen on Main Street in East Hampton Village early Monday morning when a town officer reported him swerving multiple times across the double yellow lines, leading to a traffic stop.
Justice Tekulsky ordered Silich released without bail, saying he had strong community ties, though he did express concern about the high reading. A 2018 Tesla allegedly moving at 87 miles per hour on West Lake Drive in Montauk led to a traffic stop, which was followed by the arrest of Antonello Paganuzzi, 48, early Sunday morning on a drunken driving charge.
The arresting officer said Paganuzzi, who splits his time between Davie, Florida, and Montauk, along with
other locations, smelled strongly of alcohol, and failed roadside sobriety tests. There was a passenger in the Tesla at the time. “I just wanted to show him the pickup of the car,” Paganuzzi is quoted as telling the officer. “I thought I was going like 75.” The speed limit on West Lake Drive is 45 mph. The northbound Tesla was pulled over near Star Island Drive, the police said.
Paggnuzzi was taken to headquarters, where East Hampton Town police said he refused a
breath test.
Besides a speeding ticket and a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge, Paganuzzi is also facing a felony charge of unlicensed driving.
However, Brian DeSesa, the other attorney in the weekend program, was on hand Sunday, and represented Pagnuzzi. DeSesa said that he believed the felony charge may be dropped. Paganuzzi’s license had been suspended, DeSesa said, for failure to pay a fee. That may
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The officer said Silich smelled of alcohol, was unsteady on his feet, and failed sobriety tests. He reportedly told police he was coming from the Stephen Talkhouse and had consumed “two Montauks.”
Under arrest on a charge of driving while intoxicated, he was taken to headquarters, where a breath test to determine the percentage of alcohol in his blood produced a reading of 0.26 percent reading, the police said. That reading is more than three times the legal limit and well above the 0.18 mark that automatically raises the charge to the aggravated level.
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His family was in court later Monday morning for his arraignment. Carl Irace, one of two attorneys retained by the state to represent defendants being arraigned on weekends and holidays, stood next to Silich. Irace told East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky that Silich had recently graduated from college. Irace questioned the high reading, saying it didn’t seem to match the other facts of the case, such as Silich’s statement to police, and his physical appearance.
That question, Justice Tekulsky responded, will have to be brought up in the future by whichever attorney Silich retains. Under the state-run weekend lawyer program, the attorneys are not allowed to represent the defendants past the arraignment.
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A Montauk man was arrested Friday evening on a misdemeanor charge of drunk driving. It is the third time Anthony Sosinski, 50, has been arrested since 2013 by East Hampton Town police on misdemeanor charges related to driving or boating while intoxicated.
He was driving a 1998 Toyota on Flamingo Avenue and he crossed over the double yellow line to pass two cars, according to police. A patrol car’s lights activated, but, the police said, Sosinski kept going, now driving on the shoulder at a slow speed. This continued for several miles, police said, as Sosinski made several turns in the Culloden Shores area, before coming to a stop. The police said he explained not stopping sooner, because he thought it was an ambulance behind him. At headquarters, a breath test to determine the percentage of alcohol in his blood came back
with a .16 of one percent reading, twice the .08 number that defines intoxication.
Sosinski, the captain of the Anna Mary, a lobster boat which docks in Montauk, is best known for his successful effort to help rescue his lifelong friend, John Aldridge, who was lost at sea off Montauk Point overnight on July 24, 2013. Aldridge had fallen off the boat during the night, while Sosinski was sleeping below. A massive rescue operation was undertaken by the Coast Guard, working with the fishing community. He was eventually rescued by a Coast Guard crew from Connecticut.
The story of the rescue garnered national attention, and became a New York Times Sunday Magazine article, written by Paul Tough. The rights to the life story of Sosinski and Aldridge, along with The Times Magazine article were then purchased by Harvey Weinstein’s The Weinstein Company. A film was scheduled to be written by Jeff
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Pope. The names Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were floated as names to play the two. The two co-authored a book by the same name, released by Weinstein’s publishing house in the spring of last year. The book received good reviews. Sosinski’s first arrest was after the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Montauk. He was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. That case was eventually plea bargained down to a simple violation, driving with ability impaired.
In 2015, Sosinski took the Anna Mary out, allegedly after leaving a bar. An anonymous caller contacted either East Hampton Town police or the Coast Guard, reporting the Anna Mary was being operated in a reckless manner. The Coast Guard dispatched a 47-foot motor lifeboat with a boarding team. They caught up with the Anna Mary about a mile west of Montauk Point and boarded it. The Coast Guard alleged that Sosinski was “belligerent” and “non-compliant.” He was restrained for officer safety, the Coast Guard said, and brought back to shore, where he was placed under arrest by town police on a misdemeanor charge of boating while intoxicated, as well as a charge of reckless operation of a vessel. He pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge.
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“Yes, your honor,” Sosinski said.
She set bail at $2500 and gave a warning: “You can ill-afford to get arrested for anything else . . .You better be squeaky clean.” Bail was posted at police headquarters.
Benjamin Brafman, his attorney, said Weinstein will be cleared of all charges. He called the charges “constitutionally flawed and factually unsubstantiated,” according to The Times. Weinstein is free on $1 million bail.
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the state, ending up in western New York. Departments across the country will also be having their own Torch Runs.
According to the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics website, the first torch run was in Wichita, Kansas, in support of Special Olympics Kansas. The chief of the Wichita department, Richard LaMunyon, in 1983, presented the program to the International Association of Chiefs of Police. It quickly took off, and now, the website says, the Law Enforcement Torch Run is the largest group for raising public awareness and funding for the Special Olympics. “The special Olympics are such an inspirational event, and a wonderful opportunity for special needs children,” Chief Sarlo said. He has participated in over a dozen Torch Runs over the years. “The continued support of the Special Olympics is an important part of what our local law enforcement does, and we are proud to play a small part in helping make the event possible,” he said.
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Following his latest arrest, he was brought to East Hampton Town Justice Court to be arraigned Saturday morning. “So, we meet again,” East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana said to Sosinski when he was brought before her in handcuffs. She presided over his prior DWI case, though not over the BWI case. “I thought the last time I saw you was going to be the last time.”
Almost exactly 24 hours earlier, Weinstein, who maintained a residence in Amagansett for many years, was brought in handcuffs before a judge in Lower Manhattan. He was charged with three felonies: first degree rape, third degree rape, and committing a criminal sex act in the first degree. According to The New York Times, the latter charge stemmed from an alleged incident in 2004. The rape charges stem from an encounter with an unidentified woman in 2013 at the Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel, according to the New York Police Department.
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Scouts’ Promise: Respect By Peggy Spellman Hoey
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Sixteen-year-old Southampton Boy Scout Nicholas Maddock trudged through the grass from headstone to headstone at Section 36 of Calverton National Cemetery Saturday morning. Stopping at each one, he bent down and visually judged a four-inch space away from the white marble marker, then strategically placed an American flag on a grave, making sure not to obscure the name chiseled into the stone. It was part of a yearly ritual and something he considers his job as a Boy Scout — honoring veterans. “This is the least we can do, to come out here and pay our respects to veterans, to the country,” said Nicholas, one of about 15 scouts who travelled with Boy Scout Troop 58 from Southampton to the cemetery as part of the Suffolk County Council of the Boy Scouts
of America’s annual flag placement event marking Memorial Day.
Hundreds of scouts and volunteers from other organizations placed flags at the grave sites of more than 200,000 service men and women and their spouses who are buried at the cemetery.
Ben Halsey, 11, said the event made him feel good “because it feels like we’re honoring our veterans that served in our country and we are giving them recognition for what they did.” Due to the volume of volunteers, parents ferrying scouts lined up in a convoy of cars for hours before the event, to make sure the scouts were at their assigned posts on time. Once inside, a pack or troop was assigned a section, and then prior to the flag placement, they said the Pledge of Allegiance and observed a moment of silence.
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Feature what you were having for dinner based on what day of the week it was. Thursday was macaroni night. My mother made her own pasta, and we each had a job in the kitchen. My job was to grate the cheese. There was no TV in the kitchen that you could watch while doing things. I really didn’t like grating the cheese, and one day I came up with a science project.
Russell Calemmo at the Lamp Hospital.
“I took one of the big cans of tomatoes, turned it inside out, put some nails in it, and hooked up a motor and made my own automatic cheese grater. I showed it to my father and turned it on. It didn’t take long before my father said the cheese didn’t look right. He told my brother to go get a magnet. The cheese stuck to the magnet. Of course, that was the end of the automatic cheese grater. We talked and laughed about this one for years afterward,” he recalled.
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A Walk Down Memory Lane with Russell Calemmo By Valerie Bando-Meinken
Known to many as the Lamp Doctor, Russell Calemmo’s shingle hangs outside his home on Three Mile Harbor, inviting anyone with a lamp that needs fixing into his world of creative artistry.
A painter, sculptor, storyteller, writer, and an electrician, Calemmo, known locally as the Lamp Doctor, began his lamp-fixing business unintentionally. “One Saturday, I was doing some work in my garage and this car pulled into my driveway and a woman got out and asked if I could help her. I recognized her as the widow of a man that I had done quite a bit of electrical work for. She took a lamp out of her car and asked if I could fix it,” he recalled.
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According to Calemmo, “The next day, The East Hampton Star published a letter to the editor from the widow telling everyone about what I did for her. In her letter, she called me the ‘Lamp Doctor.’ The next weekend, two people came and asked me to fix their lamps. Each weekend more and more people came, bringing me their lamps to fix.” As Calemmo’s customer base grew, he realized that the only other person who did this type of work was someone he knew on the North Fork. Recognizing the need for his skill, he established connections with manufacturers and bought inventory to handle the volume of repairs he was taking on. Customers who arrived at Calemmo’s home were amazed by his paintings and sculptures. “One lady came and said that I was like a doctor and told me that I should
call the place something like the Lamp Hospital,” he said. The name stuck.
“The best thing in the whole world about this is the people and the stories they tell about their lamps. It boggles the mind. Some people are casual, and others are so passionate. Some people tell me stories and I laugh so hard I fall down, and others tell me stories and the tears shoot out of my eyeballs. That’s why I like to do this. Hearing their stories and making those people happy and content, that’s what gets me going,” he said. Originally from the Bronx, Calemmo remembers going to Orchard Beach and, as a child, thinking, “It was the greatest place in the world.” Before long, his family moved to an Italian neighborhood in Massapequa. He recalls that his father was a very strict Italian. They celebrated all the holidays with family and there was always lots of food.
“During the week, you always knew
Calemmo also has been a member of the Lions Club for more than 32 years, serving a term as president and now as zone leader. He strives to continually improve its disability program to ensure that anyone who is in need of a wheelchair, walker, crutches, or any other assistive device can obtain it at no cost from the Lions. He also oversees the club’s eyeglass recycling program, and has collected more than 14,000 eyeglasses, which benefit others who are unable to afford glasses themselves. Residing in East Hampton with his wife, Patti, Calemmo has a passion for helping others which is reflected in the many hours he devotes to volunteering for the food pantry and the Lions Club. “What’s important to me?” he asked. “It’s the way I view life, I live by a simple code: health, integrity, family, and faith. That’s what’s important to me.”
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“It belonged to her late husband, George and she said he had it for so long she didn’t want to get rid of it. I took the lamp, put in a new socket and a new bulb, and fixed it. She was surprised that I did it
so quickly and I wouldn’t take any money when she wanted to pay me. She was very grateful,” he added.
In addition to his artistry, Calemmo has received more than 50 awards and medals for the variety of wines he makes by hand under his private label. He is also the vice chairman of the East Hampton Food Pantry, volunteering his time for more than 15 years to ensure that the pantry can feed the more than 200 people who rely on it for food.
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made a referral to the SLA seven weeks after the July 1 incident. “Officers responded to a fight at Ruschmeyer’s . . . several patrons were fighting inside . . . then they started to fight with security personnel,” the report stated.
“It’s a sign of respect,” said Paul Delzatto, 11.
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“Every time they do this they make sure they put the word ‘fighting’ in their report to the SLA,” Kelly said. “They think it makes their case stronger.” At the SLA hearing on March 29, a different version of the story emerged. Testifying before Administrative Judge Nicholas DeCesare, Officer [ Justin] Solof, the East Hampton Town police officer who responded to Ruschmeyer’s on the night of July 1, 2017, testified that when he arrived he found “a disturbance in the parking lot area.” The hearing record reports, “according to Solof, the entire incident occurred outside the premises. Solof confirmed no disorder occurred inside.”
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After the brief ceremony concluded, the scouts were each handed a bundle of flags and they spread out over the grass in a wave of blue, tan, and brown, placing flags, methodically, in front of every gravestone. The section was covered in flags within 15 minutes, giving new meaning to the Boy Scout promise of doing their best. But before the organized placements begin, scouts with family members buried in the
cemetery are allowed to place flags in a private moment with their families.
“It’s really special,” said Kelly Glanz, whose father, Alan Dunkirk, a Vietnam veteran, was buried at the cemetery after he died in 2009. Glanz said she has participated in the event every year since her son, Dylan, 10, has been in school. Glanz and her family also visit at other times of the year like the holidays and her father’s birthday, however, she noted the event is the only time of the year that the cemetery is congested, with cars piled up along the grass, and people spilling out on to the roadway.
“It’s amazing,” she said.
Calverton National Cemetery is spread out over 1000 acres of land nestled between County Road 25 and North Country Road in the wooded hamlet of Wading River. Despite its sleepy location, it is one of the busiest cemeteries in the United States. Calverton is considered one of the crown jewels of the National Cemetery Administration for both its location and design. Notable Long Islanders buried at the cemetery include World War II flying ace Francis “Gabby” Gabreski, New York City Police
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DeCesare ruled, “There is no substantial evidence to sustain the charge” of fighting. “The incident was not foreseeable and constituted an instantaneous and spontaneous event.” Kelly bristled that the police had sent the report to the SLA only after he sought justice in the courts on the ordinance charges, and he said he was angered the police report said a fight had occurred inside the premises.
East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo said the attorney was mistaken.
“We have a duty to report to the SLA,” Sarlo countered, “It’s routine. It’s part of the job.”
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As for the delay between the event on July and the filing with the SLA seven weeks later, Sarlo said gaps are routine because an officer only has time to sit down every month or so to catch up on the paperwork. As for where the fight took place, Chief Sarlo said “inside” in police jargon means “on the property.” (See accompanying story in this section.)
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Feature Connie Auteri was one of a half dozen or so parishioners who had Father Tom Murray bless their paddle boards.
after the 10:30 AM Mass usually draws a lot of children who come with their boogie boards. “It’s a bigger turnout at the 10:30, but the weather was just terrible today,” she added. It’s a blessing in which all boards are welcome, even cutting boards, a trend that was started last year.
“Today, we had a woman who came with a cutting board,” said Auteri. Even Murray joked about his willingness to accommodate parishioners seeking the grace of protection, as he told them during Mass, he was also open to blessing emory boards for nail filing.
“I always say to the ladies, ‘If your husband is bored, I will bless him,’” he said.
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Blessed Be The Boards By Peggy Spellman Hoey
It was a blessing in which God provided the water — a lot of it.
Torrential rain didn’t dampen the spirits of at least a half dozen or so parishioners who turned out to have their boards — boogie, surf, paddle, skate, and those of the cutting kind — blessed by Father
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“We had a few more last year,” said Murray of the eight-year-old church tradition, noting the bad weather put a slight damper on this year’s festivities. “But that doesn’t stop us. As I say, ‘God provided the water.’”
For parishioners in the tiny surf and paddle board crazed community, the blessing, which involves Murray saying a prayer over the board and sprinkling holy water on it using an aspergillum, provides added protection from harm’s way when they are in the water. Murray said he adapted the wording from a boat blessing for the boards. “It says ‘bless this boat,’ but I say ‘bless this board, and all who will
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The annual “Blessing of the Boards” became an annual tradition in the community back in 2010 at the suggestion of church lector and paddle boarder Connie Auteri. A newbie at the sport, she had just come back from teaching herself how to paddle in the bay and realized that getting the heavy board in and out of her truck was actually more difficult than paddling itself. She then bumped into the parish priest at the time, Father Mike. “I said, ‘Father Mike, I just went for a paddle, why don’t you bless boards?’” Auteri recalled after the 10:30 AM blessing.
Father Mike ended up thinking the idea was a good one and a yearly tradition began, with the first blessing taking place on Father’s Day. The ceremony has since been moved to Memorial Day weekend to mark the start of the summer. There are usually two blessings following the two Masses, with the first one taking place at 8:30 AM.
“The 8:30 [AM] doesn’t show as many because it is the older crowd,” said Auteri, noting the blessing
“It’s beautiful. It’s to protect the people who are on the board and to [help them] use it for good, which is what I am going to do with the Paddlers For Humanity,” she said.
The paddle helps raise funds for mental health programs that promote early intervention, resiliency, and anti-bullying programs for children and young adults, but it is a long, hard slog in some treacherous waters. A blessing is exactly what Auteri needs to complete her difficult mission, she opined. “That’s what I am going to need with the paddle to Block Island,” she added.
Murray and other parish priests will take part in Montauk’s 63rd Annual Blessing of the Fleet on June 10 in Montauk Harbor. “It’s not going to be here. It’ll be down at the harbor — the boats can’t get here,” Auteri quipped. The blessing will take place at 5 PM, rain or shine.
“Last year, we had over 200 boats. It was a great day,” Murray added.
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Auteri said she had special attention from Murray this year and sought the blessing of her paddle board twice because she will be participating in Paddlers For Humanity’s 2018 Block Challenge, in which paddlers will paddle out from Montauk Lighthouse to Block Island on August 25. The blessing is special to Auteri.
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How Clean Is Clean Energy?
The recent contentious hearing over an offshore wind farm to be built in East Hampton Town, if nothing else, starkly illustrates how little the town has done to foster in the era of clean energy.
On May 20, 2014, the East Hampton Town Board, under Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell, unanimously adopted a resolution to meet 100 percent of community-wide electricity needs with renewable energy sources by 2020. Furthermore, the town promised to meet 100 percent of community-wide energy consumption in all sectors (electricity, heating, and transportation) with renewable energy sources by 2030. The town board members and Cantwell then proceeded to soak up nationwide praise from forward-looking communities on the forefront of the country’s conversion to clean energy . . . and then did absolutely nothing to meet the goal. The town has not advanced a single meaningful project to produce clean power. It’s little wonder the remaining incumbents on the board so eagerly endorsed the Deepwater Wind offshore wind project when it came to the fore in 2017, despite warnings from the opposing candidates and fishing industry representatives that the wind turbines weren’t all they were cracked up to be.
In the same time span, Riverhead Town and many other municipalities are actually doing what East Hampton said it was going to do. The company that operates a solar farm in Calverton, sPower, plans to begin construction on a second one in June, and in March, announced a third solar farm that will link the three projects. Wait: Didn’t they tell us the LIPA board preferred offshore wind projects, and didn’t the LIPA board turn down land-based proposals that would have produced power at a much lower rate when it gave Deepwater the green light?
One of the main reasons the East Hampton candidates supported Deepwater, in the words of Peter Van Scoyoc, a town board member who ran for and now holds the town supervisor seat, said, “We have to move away from our dependence on fossil fuel.”
Now we learn every megawatt of electricity produced by a wind turbine must be matched by an equal amount produced by fossil-fuel plants: that’s a far cry from the “clean” energy envisioned.
Ed Gifford
Every resident and every commercial property owner should be given incentives to install solar, and the town should be free to explore every clean energy source including, but not limited to, offshore wind farms.
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Dear Editor,
I would like to thank you for taking the time to speak with me about the concerns OLA [Organización Latino-Americana] has with the tactics ICE is using to corral and hunt non-violent Latinos who have been contributing members of our local communities for upwards of 20 years.
There is an important distinction I wanted to clarify: OLA has known for at least two years that local police do not ask about someone’s immigration status. The main point we want to make is that: Local Law enforcement should have all tools available to them to do the difficult job they have. To be able to arrive at a scene and calm the victim/ witness down with conversation so that he/she can describe the crime, is critical to all. With live interpretation, they will be able to offer the type of assurance they already use, but in any language: “I am not here to ask about your status, I just want to learn what happened so that I can help.” OLA is not asking for all law enforcement to speak Spanish, we are only asking that available tools, such as Language Line’s live interpretation be used on simple and inexpensive cell phones for all patrol cars. Local law enforcement already pays for Language Line, which connects the caller to a person speaking one of 50 languages, immediately. Currently, there is no protocol in place to make the use of this tool mandatory in a mobile setting, as needed.
As law enforcement expands its use of community policing in a needed effort to protect all in the community, the ability to communicate with anyone at anytime, will be the most important tool they have on their belts.
With respect,
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Concern over marine habitat Hi Rick,
On May 22, at the joint public [Deepwater meeting] at LTV, I read directly from the letter I had
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What was your favorite part of the Royal wedding? Joan Tulp I liked how they looked at each other. They looked so much in love. And I like how she showed her independence when she walked part of the way by herself. It really was a very beautiful wedding. Mary Talley The whole thing was such a spectacle. The parade was wonderful to watch. And I loved all the pomp and ceremony, and all the men wearing their uniforms. My father was in the Air Force, so I like men in uniforms. Danielle Arthur I was most excited about seeing the dress because there had been so much buzz about which designer she’d choose. And the dress was beautiful and very regal. But I liked the Stella McCartney dress she wore to the reception afterwards even more. Betsey Corkum I thought it was incredible. It was completely pitch perfect. They looked so happy and so in love. There wasn’t a single flaw. And they got such perfect beautiful weather. It was like a Cinderella story. It really was.
submitted for the record, as follows: Dear Honorable East Hampton Town Board and Trustee Members, As a Southampton Town Councilwoman, I represent the people of our Shinnecock Commercial Fishing Fleet, the many restaurant owners and their staff, and other establishments within the Town of Southampton that are dependent upon our local seafood which helps drive the success of those businesses.
Although based in Southampton, our fleet does fish in the waters where the proposed project is to be located.
Commercial fishing is an integral part of our economy. Think of all those delicious, locally-sourced seafood dinners you have eaten while dining out in the Hamptons. Think about the bait fish these commercial fishermen catch, which allows our recreational and charter boat fisheries to thrive. Think about the boon to our economy all this brings. Think about what happens if all that goes away.
I am concerned about the marine life and marine habitat that will be impacted.
Most of all, I am concerned about the livelihoods of dozens of fishing families who will be directly and negatively impacted if their traditional fishing grounds are suddenly unavailable or if the fish they catch suddenly disappears.
The commercial fishing industry is already burdened by government oversight, including trip limits, gear regulations, observer and equipment costs, area closures, and much more. For the record, I do support renewable energy, but NOT at the cost of an entire industry, not at the cost of an entire way of life. Not at the cost of the decimation of our commercial fishing families. I am asking that you ensure that Deepwater (or any other offshore wind entity looking to locate wind farms in historic fishing grounds) doesn’t forget about the residents of Southampton. I can assure you, that as a Southampton Town
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30 Years Of East End Photography By Nicole Teitler
“It feels great to be able to have the group last this long.” Gerard Giliberti
Gerard Giliberti how did you get involved With EEPG? I got involved with the group early on when they met at Tim Lee’s studio in Springs. East End photographers would show prints, slides, and talk about photography.
what has made the group have longevity? It feels great to be able to have the group last this long. It’s taken lots of determination to keep it going and it has so much to do with the members and their interest in all things photographic. What is it about the East End that inspires you? I’ve lived here for over three decades and it’s the people — the artists, musicians, the true bornhere locals, and all us late arrivals — that make this part of the island such a great place to live and pursue art. how does photography differ from other art
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All art forms take time to learn and understand, even in this new digital world. Photography has an immediacy that most other art forms don’t have, and that gives photography a special quality. What alternative photographic processes will be reflected in the show? There should be some silver gelatin prints, possibly some mixed media work involving digital imagery and painting. We won’t know totally until we hang it.
Marilyn Stevenson What is it about the East End that inspires you? I was first attracted to
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The East End Photography Group will celebrate spring with its 30th annual, nine-day exhibit. The show will showcase traditional, digital, and alternative photographic processes. EEPG is one of the longest showing community groups at Ashawagh Hall, and Gerard Giliberti has been its director for the past two decades. Curator of the show, Marilyn Stevenson, became involved after meeting Giliberti 20 years ago. Nicolas Jarr aids the group in setting up exhibitions.
It was at that time that the group decided to do a show at Ashawagh Hall.
Arts&Entertainment Amanda Griemsmann, Matthew Conlon, Rosemary Cline, and Andrew Botsford in HTC’s Don’t Dress for Dinner.
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Hilarious Hijinks At HTC
One of the best things you can say about an evening at the theater is that you couldn’t hear all the dialogue because the audience’s laughter drowned out the words.
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“I’m going to have to see this again,” said one happy theater-goer, still chuckling and wiping tears from his eyes, during intermission on opening night of Don’t Dress for Dinner at Quogue’s Hampton Theatre Company.
Playwright Marc Camoletti is better-known for his Coffee, Tea, or Me-style classic French farce Boeing-Boeing, set in the swinging ‘60s, and Don’t Dress for Dinner continues in the same vein, albeit some years later, and features two of the same characters — Bernard and Robert — who apparently haven’t learned much over the past two decades or so. Camoletti’s original Pyjama Pour
Six was masterfully rewritten by British actor and playwright Robin Hawdon, who interjected a bit of fast-paced “Fawlty Towers” British humor and awkwardness into the already turbo-charged script. Don’t Dress for Dinner is set on an evening in the French countryside, where Bernard is packing his wife off to see her mother, while arranging for his mistress, a Parisian model named Suzanne, or Suzy, and his best friend Robert, as a “beard,” to visit for the weekend. He has also hired a Cordon Bleu chef to cook for them named — wait for it — Suzette, also known as Suzy.
But when Bernard’s wife, Jacqueline, hears that Robert — her secret lover — is coming for the weekend, she changes her plans and decides to stay, leaving Bernard scrambling to pile lie upon uproarious lie, bringing Robert, Suzanne, and Suzette along for the ride.
Two Suzies? Two affairs? Which lie has been told to whom? You might lose track, but with the sidesplitting chops of HTC veterans Andrew Botsford as the scheming Bernard and Matthew Conlon as the befuddled Robert, you won’t really care. It’s all fun when these two go at each other, either with words, or, in several scenes, with fists and phone wires.
And it’s really okay, you see, to have mistresses and lovers and lie to your partner — because it’s set in France. Rosemary Cline gets to portray Jacqueline, the wronged wife who is also enmeshed in her own peccadillo, with grace, style, and humor. Rebecca Edana is Bernard’s chic, mink-lined Suzanne, who has to pretend she is the chef, and of course, can’t cook worth a lick. And newcomer Sam Yarabek gets a fun turn as a psychopathic visitor during the evening’s delightful denouement.
But it is Amanda Griemsmann as the chef, Suzette, convinced to take the part of Robert’s mistress, who is the real star of this strong ensemble production. Playing the cynical French domestic who doesn’t seem to be a bit surprised at anything these crazy rich people cook up, Griemsmann provides the perfect foil for the sharp-witted shenanigans of the upper set. George Loizides, an HTC regular, directs the hilarious hijinks with a deft hand.
If you are seeking subtle nuance and underplayed innuendo, this is not the production for you. But if you are looking for a bawdy, mile-a-minute French farce full of silliness and confusion, go see Don’t Dress for Dinner at Hampton Theatre Company, 125 Jessup Avenue, through June 10. For more information and tickets, visit www. hamptontheatre.org.
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Hampton Daze // Jessica Mackin-Cipro
My Perfect Day: Hampton Bays Happy Daze in Hampton Bays. That was the original title for this column, started in 2006. Right out of college, I moved to Hampton Bays with five girlfriends. The plan was to write about our experiences hopping from Beach Bar to Boardy Barn and everywhere in between. Editor Rick Murphy told me the name was too long and we shortened it to Hampton Daze.
Soon after that summer, I moved back to East Hampton, then Southampton, and then Manhattan, but Hampton Bays has always been a special place. And last month, my husband and I bought a house in Hampton Bays, and I couldn’t be more excited to be back. In Hampton Bays, gone are the days of the MTV Beach House. CPI is well on its way to become townhouses. And Tide Runners will always be missed. Many changes are happening in Hampton Bays. The recently
developed Good Ground Park will be host to concerts all summer. A Maritime park on the canal is in the works, with plans for an event space and food trucks.
One of the greatest things about Hampton Bays is all of the waterfront restaurant options. In addition to the picturesque setting, the area offers some of the best dining options in the Hamptons. My perfect day in Hampton Bays would start with breakfast at Hampton Maid. The breakfast is
a legendary local tradition. It has been serving it up since 1959. It also offers a Sunday brunch prix fixe for $24.50 per person.
I would later stop by the Hampton Bays Historical Society’s Lyzon Hat Museum on Main Street in Hampton Bays, which is now open for the summer season. I love historical fashion pieces. And speaking of historical pieces, I would stop by the Good Ground Antique Center to hunt for treasures. I could, and have, spent hours searching this shop for antique finds. Lunch would be at Scotto’s for some fine Italian food. Scotto’s has delicious prepared foods. They offer a full meat market, but also sell gourmet brick oven pizza, fresh breads, fresh mozzarella, and heroes.
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You can paddle on over to (or visit by boat) The Station. Visitors can dock for a drink and some live music. (If you’re heading there by car, look for the yellow submarine on the corner of Penny Lane.)
For dinner and drinks, it would be off to Cowfish and Rumba. Drinks and bites at the outside bar at Cowfish offer a great view of Shinnecock Bay. The sister restaurants offer a shuttle boat or the “rum bus” that brings visitors back and forth between the venues.
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Hampton Bays, like Montauk, is also a commercial fishing town. Therefore, fresh seafood is plentiful, with places like Cor-J and Out of the Blue Seafood. Also great options for a fresh catch.
In the afternoon, I’d stop by Adventure Paddleboards, grab a bunch of friends, and go on a group adventure. They will give you a quick lesson before you go on your way. They also offer a variety of paddle-fitness classes. Located next to Inn Spot on the Bay (another great spot), it’s the perfect launching point into Shinnecock Bay. There is so much natural beauty in Hampton Bays, it’s best enjoyed on the water.
Market Page // Zachary Weiss
A Day On The Bays Venturing to Hampton Bays means a fun-filled day catered toward outdoor adventure. While the
further reaches of the South Fork will be busy drowning themselves in rosé, you’ll be dead set on exploration, and for that, you’ll want the right equipment.
Here — from a top-of-theline stand up paddleboard to water-friendly speakers — we’ve assembled the perfect suite of products that you’ll want to bring along for a perfect day in Hampton Bays.
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goop Opens in Sag Harbor goop returns to the Hamptons for the second year in a row, bringing its livable shopping concept to Sag Harbor. The store opened Memorial Day weekend with an opening celebration on Thursday, May 24. The shop takes shape as a general store reimagined as goop’s summer residence, inspired by the idyllic, and slightly eccentric, estates and gardens of the English seaside. Ample outdoor space will play host to intimate dinners and parties throughout the summer.
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Once again, goop Sag Harbor will feature a selection of beloved breads by Eli Zabar, delivered daily. It will be the only place in the Hamptons to offer exclusive Eli summer
essentials, like his rooftop tomatoes and potted herbs, all grown on the Upper East Side. Guests can shop a Hamptonsspecific edit of shoes and handbags from Prada, a summer-inspired fashion closet curated by Saks Fifth Avenue, and goop’s own line of apparel, G. Label. The home assortment will include new marble pieces from Caravan, a wide array of seagrass baskets by designers including Maison Bengal, Dassie Artisan, Medina Mercantile, and Indego Africa, and vintage furniture. The clean beauty apothecary will be packed
with skincare, beauty, and body products from brands including Coola, Herbivore Botanicals, May Lindstrom, Rodin, French Girl, and Vintner’s Daughter. Its wellness selection will feature items including Moon Juice, Sun Potion, CAP Beauty, and Vitruvi. goop Sag Harbor will also feature in-store exclusives, such as a goop x Linus Bike light blue and white striped bicycle with brown leather seat and basket, and a goop x Cynthia Rowley limitededition collection of pastel printed swimwear and surf essentials.
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The space is stocked with goods across home, fashion, beauty, wellness, and specialty, focusing
on items to complete those quintessential summer moments at the beach, in the garden, and entertaining outside. Each goop pop-up features a bar cart; Sag Harbor’s is designed by Chris Earl and styled with Sir Madam, Nude Glass, RBT barware, and summer’s favorite cocktails by Ketel One Botanical, a new, first-of-its-kind vodka distilled with real botanicals, then infused with natural essences.
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East End Arts Pop Up By Nicole Teitler
East End Arts in Riverhead is partnering with the New York Shed Company, creating the first ever Art Village in downtown Riverhead, which will be up this summer through early October. The pop-up galleries will comprise three
designer sheds in which artists can display their work.
Located in the heart of downtown, East End Arts has grounds that extend from Main Street back to the Peconic Riverfront. In addition to selling works, artists will have the opportunity to create
new connections in the business community.
“East End Arts is always looking for the win-win. The Art Village supports artists with new sale opportunities and at the same time encourages downtown foot traffic and visitation to Main Street,� said
Pat Snyder, executive director, East End Arts.
East End Arts is a not-for-profit organization established in 1972 that serves the five East End towns. For more information, visit www. eastendarts.org.
Memorial Day Art Show May 23-June 3 Photograph by Russell Mercier
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Closing Reception: Saturday, June 2 4pm-6pm
Paintings, photographs, sculptures, mixed media. Over 100 works of art.
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Top interior decorators transformed the ARF Thrift & Treasure shop in Sagaponack into a designer show house over Memorial Day weekend, using furnishings from the shop and from their own collections.
LGTB Network Photos by Nanette Shaw
The LGTB Network hosted its annual summer kick-off event on Saturday at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club. All proceeds from the event go to the LGBT Network’s Hamptons Center in Sag Harbor.
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Judith Kasen-Windsor, surviving spouse of Edie Windsor, continued the tradition with this year’s Edie Windsor’s Annual Backyard BBQ on Saturday, May 26. It was a fun in the sun backyard event combining some of Edie’s favorite things, some of the most energetic activists in the Hamptons, food, drinks, and dancing poolside. The Independent was a media sponsor.
East Hampton artist Tracy Harris stands in front of one of her works with Lucian K. Truscott IV, and Amagansett artist Matt Vega smiles in front of his paintings. Harris and Vega were part of “Interiors and Exteriors,” a show at the Jamie Forbes Gallery in Center Moriches.
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Montauk Art Show Photos by Richard Lewin
It was a dream come true for fine art lovers on the Green in Montauk, as the 11th Annual Memorial Day Weekend Juried Fine Art Show offered creations for every taste. Montauk Artists Association president Rosa Hanna Scott and treasurer Anne Weissman assembled serious artists from a broad variety of media, including painting, photography, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, and fish printing.
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It must be interesting to be a fish living right next to a popular restaurant. Millions of oysters, clams, and other shellfish face this dilemma every day since they call the East Hampton Oyster Garden their home. The garden’s shellfish growing areas are located right on the dock and they each house hundreds of thousands of developing clams, oysters, and other species. On the opposite side is the garden’s esteemed restaurant, where the food’s freshness is second to none. The East Hampton Oyster Garden plans to continue its endeavors, and it has also assisted in the development of other shellfish farms across the south shore.
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On Saturday, Groundworks Landscaping, on Montauk Highway between East Hampton and Amagansett, invited everyone to share the launch of its new Landscape Design Showroom and Outdoor Display Gardens. The three co-owners, Kim Hren, Linda Silich, and Andy Silich, along with the Groundworks Landscaping Team, gave tours to new and returning customers.
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On Sunday, Chabad of the Hamptons on Woods Lane in East Hampton and the Family of Rabbi Leibel Baumgarten invited everyone to Chabad House for their free Children’s Carnival. Families enjoyed face painting, a bean bag toss, mini-basketball, creative arts, cotton candy, a bouncy castle, and inflatable baseball. B-13
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2. Bobby Vans The first location of this eponymous New York steakhouse group, providing the authentic experience, Bridgehampton style with seating outside to take in the Hamptons. www.bobbyvans.com
3. Nick & Toni’s Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2018, this restaurant is the East Hampton hub for classic, seasonally inspired dining in a Tuscan farmhouse style location. Reserve an outdoor table and engage all five senses from the sights and sounds, to the delicious taste of the cuisine. www.nickandtonis.com
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EVENTs You Might Have Missed 1. Southampton Inn’s Annual Memorial Day BBQ featuring cuisine from its new restaurant Claude’s on May 27. www.southamptoninn.com
2. Alan and Diane Lieberman, South Beach hoteliers’ summer kick-off party at their home in Water Mill on May 27. 3. Josh and Meggan Guberman celebrating the real estate developer’s birthday at their home in Southampton on May 27. THE EVENT NOT TO MISS 4. The ninth Annual Southampton House Tour on Saturday, June 2, from 1 to 4 PM, ranges from a spectacularly chic oceanfront home to a traditional dwelling in the heart of the village. The Southampton Historical Museum’s “Insider’s View” house tour will be followed by a reception catered by San Ambrose. Tickets available from www.southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org.
4. 1. Barbara Close Founder and CEO of wellness line Naturopathica in 1995 opened her first East Hampton spa. The product line, available nationwide, has grown and she has a second spa in Chelsea. www.naturopathica.com
2. Kathleen King Founder of Southampton’s Tate’s Bake Shop, which she opened in 1980 at the age of 21. Repeated winner of Best Bakery in the Hamptons — try the Gluten Free Ginger Zinger Cookie. www.tatesbakeshop.com 3. Keith Davis While known for his Golden Pear coffee shops, Keith’s Nervous Breakdown ultra-premium cocktail mixers launched two years ago with the Margarita. www.goldenpearcafe.com
4. Joey And Marc WÖlffer They are carrying on the family tradition, producing wines at their 55-acre estate vineyard. Remember to responsibly try their Summer in a Bottle 2017 white wine for that Hamptons vibe. www.wolffer.com
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4. Sotto Sopra Take a table in the garden at Amagansett’s celebrity spot while dining on the unique blend of Northern Italian and American steakhouse cuisine. www.restaurantsottosopra.com
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Reading Our Region // Joan Baum Angela, until one day an intern in Jason’s office lodges a complaint against him. Soon after, a colleague of Jason, a high-powered female executive involved in what looks like an international corruption scheme, with whom he’s been having an affair, as it turns out, accuses him of rape.
The Wife By Alafair Burke To the roster of wealthy, powerful celebs accused of sexual harassment add Jason Powell, a corporate economist, NYU professor and best-selling author and media star — except that Jason is fictional. Factor in, though, that his story, turning on emerging accusations of inappropriate behavior, rape, and finally, murder, is told mainly from the first-person point of view of his wife Angela, a young woman with a horrific sexual abuse story in her background. Her decision to stand by her man gives this timely psychological thriller by stand-alone and crimeseries novelist Alafair Burke, a former prosecutor who teaches criminal law, obvious authenticity. No surprise if this twisty suspense tale becomes a major motion picture.
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For East End readers, there’s something else: regional resonance. Angela grew up and went to school in Springs where she lived with her working-class mom and dad and to which she returns — with a son — after a three-year gonemissing absence, to begin a life as a Hamptons caterer for the rich and beautiful.
At a summer party she’s working one night, she meets good-looking, successful, down-to-earth Jason Powell who asks her, a north-ofthe-highway girl with no college degree, connections or chic, to marry him, promising —and delivering on the promise — to love and care for her then six-year-old son Spencer as his own. The new world of Manhattan money and privilege delights
Both charges, the intern’s and the executive’s, fodder for the media, bring notoriety to Angela’s life and threaten to expose the carefully secreted facts of her past that still cause nightmares. When she was 16, a willful but not bad girl, she allowed herself to be picked up by an attractive man in a fancy car one night as she was walking home from a beach party. He said she’d be safer with him than alone on a dark road. Once in his car, however, she was chloroformed and taken to Pennsylvania, a kidnap victim who remained his enslaved prisoner for three years.
The Hamptons police, feeling that she had simply run away from her lower middleclass life in which she hung out with a troubled friend, did little to try to find her, despite her desperate mother’s pleas. Burke knows how to craft an engaging narrative filled with complication, shifting point of view, and strong female characters. Not all details seem relevant to the main plot, especially where secondary characters are concerned, but they do call attention to the increasing presence of women in law enforcement — in police and justice departments — and, in effect, pose provocative questions about gender allegiance. Burke also subtly plays with the ambiguities of victimhood. Some people exploit their tragedies; others are sympathetically drawn to victims, wanting to be their saviors.
Did Jason find himself attracted to Angela, she wonders, because of her past? Did she find a devoted powerful friend in a major female newscaster who would do anything to help her because of the differences between them? Did a smart, doggedly determined local woman detective stay on Jason’s case because she wanted to do right
by Angela?
How do we form partisan alliances? Burke slyly suggests that motivation may relate, in part, not only to considerations of gender, but race and class as well. Do we allow empathy or cultural history to affect our sense of justice? Is the #MeToo movement, one might wonder, as much about squaring with the past as it is about responding to the present? And how far back should one go, seeking retribution? What should be expected of wives when their husbands are accused of sexual misconduct or crime? Think Hillary Clinton, Corinne Cosby, Huma Abedin (Anthony Weiner), or Melania Trump and then think of the differences among them. One of the strengths of Burke’s book is that it prompts such questions (book clubs are going to love The Wife) and shows how they
are more complex than they first appear. And it can be shockingly ironic, given the way the plot is resolved. No spoiler alerts here, except to say it ain’t over till the smart lady sings, and that’s not until the last pages.
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Arts&Entertainment Wait! Oh no! It can’t be! A murderous dinosaur! Yes, it is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom with Chris Pratt once again trying to cope with these ever-nastier critters. Jeff Goldblum, who tried to control things in the original (1993), is still at it, and still surprised every time he sees a big nasty one kill somebody. He’ll never learn. Yes, there is animated fare for children with the proverbial “for children of all ages” tagline. Incredibles 2, due out in mid-June, fits the bill nicely.
Ant Man And The Wasp. Are we making it up? No, there is actually a Marvel superhero named Antman, played with dutiful wit by funny man Paul Rudd. Evangeline Lilly plays The Wasp. Yes, it is quite funny, and one of the sleeper hits of the summer. Mission Impossible: Fallout is due at the end of July. You’ll never guess who’s in it. Go ahead, guess. How did you know?
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You know what to expect in theaters this summer: lots of familiar faces, lots of superheroes, and a new wave of technical advances to make all things that explode and collide even cooler — and louder. Is there a Star Wars? Of course. There is Solo: A Star Wars Movie, wherein the young Han Solo (or if you prefer, the future Harrison Ford), through a series of daring
escapades, meets his future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian. Ron Howard directs, and that’s a good thing. Alden Ehrenreich gets the coveted title role. Also starring Woody Harrelson and Donald Glover. Critics are giving it some love, but it doesn’t have that blockbuster feel. Ocean’s 8: Hmmm, now what is missing from this version that was in all the others? The answer is 11
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Hereditary, out June 8, was named one of the best summer movies by Esquire and one critic called it the scariest movie of the year, so that should be a fun date.
Want fun? Need a Melissa fix? Life Of The Party stars Melissa McCarthy, whose character regrets not earning a college degree. So, she enrolls alongside her daughter (Molly Gordon). Gillian Jacobs and Maya Rudolph also star, and McCarthy’s husband and co-writer, Ben Falcone, directed. Hey wait! Didn’t Rodney Dangerfield do this back in 1986? And wasn’t his even funnier? Let’s find out.
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Crazy Rich Asians, due out August 17, is based on the first book in Kevin Kwan’s bestselling trilogy, in which an economics professor (Constance Wu) learns that her boyfriend (Henry Golding) is the most eligible bachelor in Singapore. It’s the first major film in a quartercentury with an all-Asian cast and is certain to draw big crowds and get rave reviews. Ocean’s 8 star Awkwafina stars in this one as well and is the breakout star of the summer.
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Windmill on Agawam by Jean Mahoney in the Southampton Artist Association’s Memorial Art Show.
Okshteyn” will open at Janet Lehr Fine Arts in East Hampton this weekend. Okshteyn, a barometer of our time, points to aesthetic beauty, technical brilliance, and the narrative of art history as the building blocks of his life and art. In the mode of big, bold painters, the work of Okshteyn astounds. The show runs through June 13. Under The Covers Tripoli Gallery in Southampton presents “Under The Covers,” its third solo exhibition with Judith Hudson. Hudson’s new paintings will be on view through June 18. Halsey McKay Gallery The Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton presents two exhibits opening on Saturday. The first is “Converter,” featuring artwork by Jedediah Caesar, Graham Collins, Rosy Keyser, Elias Hansen, Sam Moyer, Augustus Nazzaro, and Jessica Vaughn. These artists incorporate specific quotidian objects from outside the studio as catalysts for extrapolation and innovation.
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Southampton Artists Association Memorial Art Show is on display at Levitas Center for the Arts at the Southampton Cultural Center. The exhibit features photography, paintings, drawing, and sculptures. A closing reception will be held on Saturday, June 2, from 4 to 6 PM. Visit www.southamptonartists.org.
East End Photographers Group 30th Anniversary Exhibition will be shown at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. A reception will be held on Saturday, June 2, from 5 to 9 PM. There will be music by Job Potter & Friends. The show will run through June 10. Visit www. eastendphotogroup.org.
A Night Out With . . .
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Nick & Toni’s and The Golden Eagle Studio in East Hampton continue their series of art workshops called “A Night Out With . . .” an artist of the evening. The art workshop is followed by dinner with the artist at Nick & Toni’s. On Wednesday, May 30, the night will feature artist Roisin Bateman.
The Arts Center at Duck Creek in East Hampton presents “Cile Downs: Accabonac Abstractions,” with a reception on Saturday, June 2, from 4 to 6 PM. Artist Cile Downs has been living and painting just a few miles from Duck Creek since 1954. The show runs through June 24.
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Hello! Keyes Art presents “Hello!” The inaugural show at Keyes Art in its new location in East Hampton
Hat Museum The Prosper King House & Lyzon Hat Museum in Hampton Bays is open for the season. The Lyzon Hat Shop Museum and Prosper King House shall be open each Saturday from now till mid-September, 11 AM to 2 PM. Romany Kramoris Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor presents its “Ready, Set, Go!” kick-off to the summer season. The show will feature artwork by Christopher Engel, Adriana Barone, Joyce Brian, and George Wazenegger. The show runs through June 14. Shimon Okshteyn “Magical Realism — Shimon
Promised Land Remembered The Barge Gallery at The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art in Amagansett presents “Promised Land Remembered.” Co-organized with Rachel Gruzen, this exhibition reflects on the Menhaden fishing industry and the significance of promised land, featuring a selection of works on paper by Mabel D’Amico dating from the 1940s to the 1960s, photographs, documents, and collected stories. The show runs through June 23. Whimsy The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton hosts “Whimsy,” an exhibit featuring the work of seven East End artists. The show will be on display through July 3.
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The evening starts at 5:30 PM and the cost is $75 per person, which includes the art workshop (with any supplies needed) and the specially priced dinner, including tax and tip.
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features works by gallery artists, including Bert Stern, Bill Claps, Nathan Slate Joseph, Darius Yektai, Ned Smyth, April Gornik, Larry Rivers, John Chamberlain, and Willem de Kooning. The show runs through June 2. Visit www. juliekeyesart.com.
Upstairs at the gallery will be Ryan Steadman’s “Necromancer.” In his first solo exhibition with Halsey McKay, Steadman will present a wall installation of abstractions based on books, including a new series of stack works. The shows run through June 24.
Arts&Entertainment House in Bridgehampton presents the final Songwriters Share Showcase on Friday, June 1, at 7:30 PM. It will feature Job Potter, Sarah Azarra, Cynthia Daniels and Sarah Greene, and Klyph Black. Admission is $20, to benefit Maureen’s Haven. Springs tavern The Springs Tavern will host karaoke night every Saturday beginning at 9 PM. No cover, just bring your best singing voice. There’s also open mic every Sunday from 2 to 6 PM. For further information, call 631-527-7800. Townline Tunes Townline BBQ in Sagaponack hosts live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. For more information, call 631-537-2271 or visit www. townlinebbq.com. The Anderson brothers Southampton Arts Center hosts Live from SAC: Peter & Will
East Hampton Library presents a screening of Elvis: That’s The Way It Is.
Anderson on Saturday, June 2, at 7 PM. Presented by The Jam Session. Tickets are $20. For more information, visit www. southamptonartscenter.org.
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Bookhampton BookHampton in East Hampton presents Daniel Simone, author of The Pierre Hotel Affair, on Friday, June 1, at 5 PM and Samuel Kleiner, author of The Flying Tigers, on Saturday, June 2, at 5 PM. They will be reading and answering questions. Zita Cobb Pierson High School in Sag Harbor welcomes businesswoman Zita Cobb on Saturday, June 2, 6 - 7:30 PM. She will be discussing her critical role in building another economic leg on Canada’s Fogo Island. This is a free event sponsored by The Sag Harbor Partnership and artist Eric Fischl.
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film eero saarinen Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill hosts the film American Masters — Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future, co-presented with Hamptons Take 2 Film Festival on Friday, June 1, at 6 PM. Tickets are $20 or $5 for members. For more information, visit www.parrishart. org. May 30, 2018
Elvis East Hampton Library presents a screening of Elvis: That’s The Way It
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Is on Friday, June 1, at 1 PM. Call 631-324-0222 ext 3 or visit www. easthamptonlibrary.org for details. Racing extinction Southampton Arts Center presents a screening of Racing Extinction on Friday, June 1, at 6 PM. A Q and A with photographer Shawn Heinrichs will also take place. Tickets are $10. Visit www. southamptonartscenter.org.
Music Romantic Doo Wop The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead presents the Flamingos and Capris — Romantic Doo Wop Friday, June 1, at 8 PM. For tickets, visit www.suffolktheater.com.
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East End Calendar // Jade Eckardt Children ages five to 10 are welcome to attend with a parent or caregiver and express their creativity with the library’s extensive Lego collection. FRIDAY 6•1•18
Each week we’ll highlight local community events and library offerings presented by area institutions and organizations. It’s on you to send ‘em in, kids. Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email jade@indyeastend.com.
East Hampton wednesday 5•30•18 • East Hampton Library hosts ESL classes every Wednesday at 5:30 PM. Register at the adult reference desk or call 631-324-0222 ext. 3.
• On the same day the library offers “Game Night Xbox One” for teens from 5 to 7 PM. All are welcome to play the library’s own Xbox One S and enjoy snacks. The games played are a surprise and will be revealed at the library.
• The library also hosts a children’s event called “Springtime Spa Workshop” for ages five and up from 4 to 5 PM. Kids will learn how to make sugar body scrubs with essential oils and other natural ingredients. Sign up is required. For more information, speak to a children’s librarian at 631-324-0222 ext. 2. THursday 5•31•18
• Kids are invited to read to enjoy “Miss Riley’s Melodies” at the East Hampton Library from 10:30 to 11:15 AM and again from 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM. The fun musical experience offers an opportunity for parents and children ages one to three to partake in movement, instrument play, and learning. Sign up is required. Call 631324-0222 ext. 2.
• Later that day, adults can join the library during “Coloring, Coffee, and Conversation” from 1 to 2:30 PM. Those who attend can enjoy 90 minutes of relaxation while they color, converse, and enjoy a warm beverage. Sign up by calling 631-324-0222 ext. 3.
• On Thursdays the Amagansett Free Library offers a “Lego Club” at 4 PM.
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• The East Hampton Library is offering an E-reader tutorial for adults from 1 to 3 PM. Learn how to navigate through today’s E-readers including iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Nexus 7, and they’ll also learn how to download eBooks for free from the library’s database. Visit EastHamptonLibrary.org to register and for more information or call 631-3240222 ext. 3. SATURDAY 6•2•18
• The Amagansett Free Library offers “Tales from the Trenches: Everything You Need to Know About the Current State of Publishing” at 3 PM. Join literary agent Sheldon Fogelman for an engaging hour of conversation about the past and current state of publishing. Uniquely equipped to serve as agent and attorney, Fogelman has worked with many distinguished children’s book authors and illustrators throughout his career. Call 631-267-3810 for more information. SUNDAY 6•3•18
• Teens can enjoy Sunday afternoon chess at the East Hampton Library from 2 to 4 PM. The group is open to chess players ages 10 to adult. Game instructions are not offered during the session. For more information, email lisa@easthamptonlibrary.org.
• The Amagansett Free Library offers “My First Story Time” on Tuesdays at 10:30 AM. Children up to two years old are welcome to join with a parent or caregiver. The session offers an introduction to reading together as a group and socializing with others. Toddlers will experience stories, puppets, songs, finger plays, and other entertainment.
• An adult citizenship preparation class is offered at the East Hampton Library from 5:30 to 6:45 PM. Offered every Tuesday evening, the class helps attendees become aware of what is necessary to become a US citizen. For more information or to register, call 631324-0222 ext. 3.
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• The Hampton Bays Library offers a blood drive from 1 to 7 PM. Anyone between the ages of 16 and 75, in good health, and weighing at least 110 pounds can donate blood. Those 16 must have a signed parent permission form available at time of check in. Would-be donors ages 76 and older need to present a physician’s note two weeks prior to the blood drive. Walk in donations are acceptable but registration is preferred. Contact the library at 631-728-6241 for more information. • The Hampton Bays Library offers “Yoga for Everyone” from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Participants will stretch and tone with certified yoga instructor Andrew for fun and light Hatha and Kripaluinspired classes and poses. Everyone is asked to dress comfortably and bring a towel or mat. There is a $7 fee for the class. A class will also be offered on Friday, June 1. Contact the library at 631-728-6241 or email dvalle@ hamptonslibrary.org to register.
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• Join Lisa Farbar for a great core workout at the Amagansett Free Library. Farbar works on getting strong, balanced, and flexible and prefers to keep classes small so it’s like having a personal trainer. The class is $20, from 10 to 11 AM in the community room, and attendees are asked to bring their own mat.
• The Hampton Bays Library is offering “Gentle Chair Stretching for Everyone” from 1:30 to 2:30 PM. Join Susan Semerade for guided stretches, exercises, and simple yoga poses, primarily seated in a chair. The class includes breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, and meditation. The class is $7 and attendees are asked to dress comfortably and bring a mat or towel.
• “Yoga for Adults” is offered at the East Hampton Library by Registered Nurse Andrea Siegel from 1 to 2 PM. Siegel has 20 years of nursing experience and is certified in chair yoga. She has struggled with back problems both genetically and through injury and has found yoga to be not only helpful in pain relief but also in strengthening muscles, improving flexibility, and maintaining balance. Class is limited to 20 people. To register, call 631-324-0222 ext. 3.
• For teens, the library offers “Dungeons & Dragons: Magic Edition” from 4 to 6 PM. The session is run by a genuine Dungeon Master and is limited to 10 teens. To register, email teen@ hamptonbayslibrary.org. SATURDAY 6•2•18
The Southampton Historical Society’s 9th Annual Southampton House Tour “Insider’s View” runs from 1 to 6
PM. Tour participants will experience extraordinary houses that illustrate Southampton’s unique architectural history from colonial days to present. A champagne reception catered by Sant Ambroeus will follow the tour at 4:30 PM at the Rogers Mansion. For more info, call 631-283-2494. Admission is free, and Rogers Mansion is located at 17 Meeting House Lane.
• The South Fork Natural History Museum invites adults and teens to enjoy “Birds of a Meadow: Adults & Teens Walk Honoring the Memory of Birder, Composer, and SoFo Board Member Eric Salzman,” at 8 AM. For many years, Salzman led this walk to explore the avian life of the meadow behind the South Fork Natural History Museum and the adjacent Greenbelt woodlands and wetlands.
See and hear some of our locally breeding birds on this two-hour walk. It will be followed by a short talk by the Eastern Long Island Audubon Society. Light refreshments will be served. Call 631-537-9735 to register and for more information.
• The SoFo Museum also invites nature lovers to join in “Flight of the Butterfly, Amazing Aerialists: Handson Workshop,” for families and their children ages 10 and older at 10:30 AM. Come learn about how unique butterflies really are, how they fly, and why they fly the way they do. Afterward, get your very own rubber band-powered fluttering butterfly. The material fee is $3. Advance reservations are required. Call 631-537-9735. sunday 6•3•18
• At 10:30 AM, the South Fork Natural History Museum offers “Come Draw with Us,” nature drawing for beginner and intermediate levels for adults and teens. Workshop leader Muriel Appelbaum is a working artist with an MFA in Studio Art from Pratt Institute in NYC. Bring a nine by 12-inch drawing pad with a hard back for support and two drawing implements. See her artwork at www. murielappelbaum.com. Advance reservations are required. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, call 631-537-9735. monday 6•4•18
• The Hampton Bays Library nurtures creative young minds with “Makerspace Mondays” from 4:15 to 5:15 PM. Geared for second through sixth grades, Makerspace allows children to have the freedom to design, engineer, create, and collaborate. Express your creativity with this awesome bi-weekly program. Class limit is 15 students. For more information, call 631 7286241 ext. 106 or email cfitzgerald@ hamptonbayslibrary.org.
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• Children in first through fifth grades can end the day at the East Hampton Library by reading to Tara, a certified therapy dog from Pet Partners. Kids can pick their favorite book to read to the dog who loves being read to during a 15-minute session each Thursday from 4 to 5 PM.
• Elvis: That’s the Way it Is will be shown at 1 PM at the East Hampton Library. The 1970 concert documentary, Elvis’ first non-fiction film, shows The King rehearsing a new ensemble, the Taking Care of Business Band. The film follows Elvis through rehearsals, relaxation, and performance while analyzing the fan culture around the shows. For more information, call 631-324-0222 ext. 3.
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Pig Roast For A Cause By Nicole Teitler
East End Hospice will hold its 24th Annual North Fork Pig Roast at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic on Saturday, June 2, from 4 to 7 PM. Food will be served from 4 to 6 PM, with drinks and fun continuing until 7. Kids will enjoy bounce houses, face painting, and arts and crafts.
East End Hospice was founded in 1991 and provides New York State certified hospice care to the East End of Long Island including the Hamptons, Brookhaven, Riverhead,
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Southold and Shelter Island. Traditionally, hospice care is for patients with life expectancies of six months or less. EEH comforts families and friends in a caring environment through quality care and compassion. In addition, they offer counselors and respite care for the community. Pindar Vineyards is located at 37645 Main Road in Peconic. The price is $30 for adults and kids 14 years and younger pay $10. The dinner includes roasted pig and fixings of smoked beans,
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PECONIC LAND TRUST Join us as we celebrate 35 years of land conservation on Long Island! While the Peconic Land Trust is busy conserving working farms and natural lands, we also offer fun, family friendly Connections programs throughout the East End, including at our . . . Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett, Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton, and Agricultural Center at Charnews Farm in Southold.
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Charity News event will honor Nancy McCaffrey. For more info, visit www.ewecc.org. Fresh air home benefit The 26th annual DecoratorsDesigners-Dealers Sale and Auction Benefit Gala, to benefit the Southampton Fresh Air Home’s 117th year of camp for physically challenged children, is a highly anticipated opening fundraising party of the summer season. The event will be held on Saturday, June 2, starting at 5 PM. Visit www.sfah. org. Children’s Museum FEte The Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton presents its June Fete Fundraiser on Saturday, June 2, from 6:30 to 11 PM. The event will honor the work of Barrie Glabman & Adam Schwartz and comic book legend Frank Miller. For more info, visit www.cmee.org.
Stony Hill Stables will be hosting pony rides.
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Sweet Charities By Jessica Mackin-Cipro Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic’s 30th Annual East End
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Benefit will be held on Saturday, June 2, from 5 to 8 PM at LTV Studios in Wainscott. Guests will view the New York debut of Niki Johnson’s stunning and provocative piece, Hills & Valleys. Proceeds from the benefit support PPHP’s programs and services in Suffolk County. Tickets are $250. Visit www.pphp.org/eastend2018. Spring Gala
Adopt a Shelter Pet Bring your new best friend home!! Pet of the Week: Gizmo Gizmo is a 2 year old cat that was surrendered to our shelter. He loves to talk and will often call you over to enjoy his company. It’s hard to resist his beautiful green eyes. He loves to give kisses and hang out on a cozy lap, but is also very playful. He could really brighten up your life! Meet Gizmo today!
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East End Hospice East End Hospice presents its 24th annual North Fork Pig Roast on Saturday, June 2, from 4 to 7 PM at Pindar Vineyards in Peconic. Enjoy roasted pig with all the fixings
Garden Of Eden A runway show called “The Garden Of Eden” will take place on Saturday, June 2, at 3 PM at the Greenport American Legion to benefit Community Action Southold Town. The runway show will feature the resort collection of Alex Vinash. There will be a local art exhibit and cash bar. Tickets start at $10. An after party will be held at American Beech in Stirling Square. For more info, visit www. castsouthold.org/runway. Barn Dance The Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center presents the third annual Barn Dance at Kilmore Farm in Wainscott on Saturday, June 2, at 6:30 PM. The
All Against Abuse The Retreat’s annual All Against Abuse gala will be held on Saturday, June 9, at 6:30 at The Muses in Southampton. The event will honor Joy Behar and Robin HommelTenenbaum. For tickets or more info visit www.retreatgala.org. Wildlife Trust Yard Sale The Jacobs Family will be having an enormous yard sale on Saturday, June 9, from 8 AM to 2 PM at 285 Old Wood Path in Southold. They will be donating 100 percent of the sales to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a nonprofit that, for over 40 years, has been dedicated to protecting Kenya’s beautiful wildlife and habitats. Deadline for submissions is Thursday at 9 AM. Email to jessica@ indyeastend.com.
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Please call 728-PETS(7387) or visit our website at www.southamptonanimalshelter.com.
Peconic Bay Medical Center presents its Spring Gala benefit at Royalton Farms in Mattituck on Saturday, June 2, at 6 PM. The event will honor the late Robert Entenmann and the Entenmann family. The menu will be created by Stone Creek Inn and entertainment by Eastside Mix.
including smoked beans, salads, corn bread, hot dogs, hamburgers, and more. Kids can enjoy a bounce house, face painting, and arts and crafts. The cost is $30 and $10 for kids 14 and under. For more info, visit www.eeh.org.
Stony Hill Stables will be hosting pony rides to support the Stony Hill Stables Foundation on Sunday mornings, June 3 and June 17, from 10 AM to noon. A $20 donation is suggested to support the Stony Hill Stables Foundation. Children of all ages are welcome. Visit www. stonyhillstables.com.
Dining Joe realmuto and mark smith.
stAyInG PowEr: nICk & tonI’s By Hannah Selinger
To succeed in a seasonal place takes effort — and talent. Nick & Toni’s, the “see and be seen” restaurant par excellence of the Hamptons, has proven that it has the muscle to withstand the ebb and flow of time. This summer, the restaurant will celebrate its 30th year.
While Nick & Toni’s itself has changed a little (a 2013 renovation, notably, freshened its face and brought it fully into the 21st Century . . . bye, bye to tablecloths!), the congeniality, hospitality, and good food remain constant. Constant, too, is the leadership under which the restaurant has thrived.
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Decades later, Mark Smith and Joe Realmuto (who is the Executive Chef for Nick & Toni’s as well as its sibling restaurants, Townline BBQ, Rowdy Hall, and La Fondita) are still at the helm. The restaurant group’s partnership also includes founder Toni Ross and Director of Operations Christy Cober. Nick & Toni’s is also steeped in local lure and, yes, a bit of its own personal tragedy. The restaurant was named for founding owners Jeff “Nick” Salaway and his wife Toni Ross. Early in the morning on Saturday, September 1, 2001, after leaving the restaurant late at night, Salaway crashed his car into a tree, not two miles from Nick & Toni’s.
His premature death, at 46, cast a pall over the Labor Day festivities on the East End. That accident left a giant hole in the celebrity magnet that was — and is — Nick & Toni’s. But the restaurant has risen, like a phoenix, through the ashes of Salaway’s death. In some ways, the restaurant remains a tribute to him, his nickname forever attached to its legacy.
Co-owner Mark Smith began working at Nick & Toni’s as an assistant manager 25 years ago. “I sort of had another life before restaurants,” he said. His career path had taken a marked turn, from hosiery to restaurants. “I was in the sock business. I found myself no longer in the sock business.” Smith’s family had been going to Montauk since the 1960s, and he decided, after exploring the New York restaurant world via Jerry’s in SoHo, to make a go of it out east. He wrote Salaway a letter, became then-general manager Bonnie Munshin’s assistant manager, and, ultimately, forged a partnership with Salaway.
executive chef, and, eventually, his own partnership with the company. He now directs the culinary arc at Nick & Toni’s, which has grown impressively with the times. Once known for its upbeat Italian fare, the restaurant, still artistically Italian, has embraced sustainability and “locavorism.” Nick & Toni’s was among the first to participate in the East End’s Dock to Dish program, essentially a fish CSA for restaurants. Once weekly, a fisherman’s bounty arrives, containing whatever happens to be sustainably caught and abundant at the time. Nick & Toni’s also features produce from local farms and purveyors. On Friday mornings, it even hosts a farmer’s market in the parking lot.
In summer, Nick & Toni’s remains, even after 30 years, one of the Hamptons’ most coveted reservations, owing both to delicious food and the near sure thing of a celebrity sighting. But it’s the sense of community — present even in the dreary offseason — that fans the flame of this restaurant fire. If you work at Nick & Toni’s, you’re likely to stay more than a summer (many staff members stay decades). If you leave, you’re always welcome back. If you’re a patron, you’re likely to know the familiar faces of the people who work there. They’ll know your face, too. Even if you’re only almost famous, at Nick & Toni’s, everybody knows your name — and the name of your favorite drink.
“I think he realized my business experience could be beneficial to the company, and that was the start of our relationship,” Smith said. A few years earlier, Joe Realmuto had started at the restaurant as a line cook, where he progressed through the ranks to chef d’cuisine,
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Guest-Worthy Chef: Bill Telepan By Zachary Weiss WHO: Chef Bill Telepan, Executive Chef of Oceana INSTAGRAM: @BillTelepan CHEF TELEPAN’S GUESTWORTHY RECIPE: Shrimp Poppers with Green Chili Aioli WHY? “Shrimp poppers are the perfect summer party dish since they’re easy to eat (just one bite!) and look
beautiful when arranged together on a serving dish with the green chili aioli. Seafood is always my goto when in the Hamptons, and this recipe checks all the boxes, since it requires fresh white fish, crab meat, and shrimp. The green chili aioli adds a real kick to the dish and also happens to be an incredible sandwich spread!” INGREDIENTS: For the shrimp
2 oz white flesh fish (cod, pike), cut
into chunks
1 1/2 Tbsp heavy cream 4 oz lump crabmeat
1 tsp Dijon mustard
dash Worcestershire sauce dash Tabasco sauce
salt and pepper to taste
12 large shrimp, peeled and butterflied 1 egg, for dredging 2 Tbsp water
1/2 c flour, for dredging 1 c fresh breadcrumbs For the green chili aioli 1 c mayonnaise
4 jalapeños — minced, use the seeds from one 1/2 tsp minced garlic
1 1/2 tsp minced red onion 1/4 c chopped parsley 3 Tbsp heavy cream Salt and pepper
DIRECTIONS:
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Place the fish, salt, and pepper in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to roughly chop. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. With the machine running, drizzle in the heavy cream to make a fish mousse. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Pick through the crabmeat to remove any bits of shell.
Fold crabmeat, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and Tabasco sauce into the fish mousse. Form crab mixture into 12 ovals.
Place crab ovals inside shrimp and close with hand, leaving unpeeled tail exposed. Lightly beat egg, thin with water, and season with salt and pepper. Dredge stuffed shrimp in flour, then in egg, then breadcrumbs.
Heat oil in a large pot or fryer to 350. Fry until golden brown, about five minutes, remove, and season with salt. Serve with green chili aioli.
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To make green chili aioli, combine
all noted ingredients and season well.
Dining How do you combine old world tradition with new world innovation? My French education, training, and experience in the wine world have given me the corner stone of my winemaking savoir faire. As a winemaker transposed in the new world, I am not subject to traditional boundaries like in Europe.
Sparkling Pointe Winemaker Gilles Martin. Independent/Sparkling Pointe
Meet Your Winemaker: Gilles Martin By Nicole Teitler
Sparkling Pointe winery in Southold exclusively produces Méthode Champenoise Sparkling Wines, spearheaded by Winemaker Gilles Martin. In addition to more than three decades of experience in the wine world, French native Martin holds a degree in biology and food sciences, along with a Masters of Oenology from the University of Montpellier. Martin utilizes this knowledge to create sparkling wines with creativity, passion, and precision.
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how did growing up near the famed wine region of Champagne mold you? I grew up at the gate of the Champagne, in a region called “la Brie.” And after the phylloxera (plant louse) infestation of the 19th Century, the small vineyards of the poor sloppy soils disappeared and the orchards replaced them. My grandparents planted apple, pear, cherry, and plum trees. It is among those fruits that I grew up learning the making of cider and the distillation of plum, pear, cherry, and apple brandy. This is where I discovered the different savors and flavors of all the
fruits grown around the small farm, and the fragrance of the flowers from the garden. In season come strawberries, red currants, raspberries, peaches, etc. It was my first school of tasting, sniffing, and smelling! What wine region has taught you the most? Each wine region where I had the privilege to work, taught me something new and different about grapes, wine, people, and culture.
But it is certainly with the Champenois cellar masters, who are making the most technological wine of all, that I learned the most about challenges and successes. How did you come to work at Sparkling Pointe? I was preaching to “the Long Island wine choir” about the uniqueness of sparkling wine, when vineyard manager Steve Mudd introduced me to Cynthia and Tom Rosicki, the owners of Sparkling Pointe. Their vision was in perfect harmony with my preaching. I started this new venture with them, with a lot of excitement, in 2003 and became full time in 2007.
Using the quality vinifera grape (European varieties) in the particular terroir of Long Island, and today’s new winemaking technique, I create wines, following my Gallic inspiration and my winemaking philosophy, as enjoyable but also as outstanding as the wines from my native terroir. What is something that, despite your schooling, you had to learn hands-on? Organoleptic evaluation and the knowledge of rating wine through tasting. Tasting wine to appreciate its ability to compose a blend is certainly something that you don’t learn on the school bench. It will take countless hours of tasting with professionals to understand the wines of an appellation or a terroir. It is there, in the company of the winemaker and vintners, in the cellar or in the tasting laboratory, that you can discover, appreciate, and understand the value of a specific wine variety, which come from the surrounding vineyards. What is a common misconception about your job as a winemaker? Winemaking, like farming, is thought to be ancestral and traditional practices. In fact, Oenology is the science of the wine (from the Greek Onos, the wine and logos, the science), and requires a serious education in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Like science, it is under constant evolution, influenced by research and new technological development. Describe your typical winemaking process, From harvest to glass.
Harvest starts around the first days of September, for about two weeks. The first fermentation of the base wine lasts four to six weeks and, by October, the wines are settled with fining and clarified by filtration. The blends start in the lab, with extensive tasting to create all the different tiers of products.
By January, the blends are made in the cellar, then heat and cold stabilized to be bottled in April and May. The second fermentation in the bottle takes on average four weeks and, depending on the program, the wines age from 16 months to eight years on the yeast. Then, the bottles are riddled to get rid of the sediments and disgorged to give the liquor its dosage. The bottles are then corked and receive a wire hood to hold the cork in place, keeping the effervescence of the wine. Labeled, the bottles are then boxed and stored in the warehouse. As an example, our Brut will take three years from harvest to your glass, while our tete de cuvee takes almost 10 years before being released. How do you celebrate the release of a new wine or the conclusion of a season? The owners love Brazil and Rio, so the tasting room is decorated with a theme of Brazilian artwork and painting. What is better to celebrate life than samba and sparkling wines! So, every year, Sparkling Pointe has its own Carnaval in July, with real Samba Queens and percussionists — certainly the best time to release our new vintage of “Cuvee Carnaval.” Do you have a life motto or phrase that you live by? Nothing is out of reach, when you put your will to it. Martin recommends the Sparkling Pointe Brut rosé Topaz Imperial with caviar, oysters, or shellfish. Or try the Cuvee Carnaval rosé during a BBQ, with pastries or cupcakes.
Sparkling Pointe is located at 39750 County Road 48 in Southold. Call 631-765-0200 or visit online at www. sparklingpointe.com.
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Recipe of the Week // Chef Joe Cipro
Roasted Cauliflower With Lobster & Corn Reduction, Shiitake Mushrooms Ingredients (serves 4) 1 2-lb lobster
2 c durum flour 2 eggs (beaten) 2 ears of corn
1 head of cauliflower 3 Tbsp butter 1/4 c of milk
1/4 c olive oil 1 carrot
1 Tbsp tomato paste 1 onion
1 cup chopped shiitake mushrooms 1 bay leaf
1 sprig of thyme
1/4 c all purpose flour 1/2 c white wine 3 celery stalks
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Method The first step in the lengthy process of preparing this dish will be to make your pasta. If you have a
KitchenAid stand mixer with a dough hook attachment, simply place the durum flour in the mixing bowl and form a cone shape with a small depression at the top, like a volcano, where you will place your beaten eggs, and then turn the KitchenAid on at low speed. Watch the mixture closely. When a solid ball of pasta dough is formed, remove it from the mixing bowl, wrap in plastic, and set it aside for a few minutes until you’re ready to work with it.
If you do not have a KitchenAid, the old fashion way will work just fine. Flour a cutting board and form the volcano shape, add the egg at the top and slowly incorporate the ingredients until a ball of pasta dough is formed. Stand the corn cob lengthwise and carefully slice the corn from the cob. Set the corn kernels aside for later and add the cob to a stockpot along with half the onion, carrot, thyme, bay leaf, and celery. Fill with one gallon of water and bring to a boil. Once the stock reaches a boil, place the lobster in for 10 minutes.
Remove and immediately submerge the lobster in an ice bath and reduce the stock to a simmer. When the lobster has cooled, cut open the tail and claws to remove the meat and set it aside in the fridge until later, and return the lobster shells to the stock along with the tomato paste.
While the stock simmers, cut up the cauliflower florets, toss them in olive oil, and season. Roast at 400
degrees for 15 minutes, rotating the tray half way through the cooking process. When they’re done, place them in the food processor or blender with two tablespoons of the butter and the milk, then blend until a smooth thickened puree is achieved. Set in fridge to cool. Now it’s time to assemble the ravioli. If you have a small, hand crank pasta machine at home, this is the time to pry it from the back of the cabinet. If not, a rolling pin and some elbow grease will work fine.
Form the ball of pasta dough so that it fits into the machine. Press the pasta through a few times starting at the thickest setting, working it down to the one setting that will produce a nice thin sheet of pasta. Then, using a cookie cutter, punch eight large circular pasta sheets. Brush four of them with water and place a spoonful of the cauliflower puree in the middle of each. Then, cover each with another sheet of pasta. Carefully press the edges together, removing any air pockets, and then seal the ravioli using a fork. Set aside on a floured plate until you’re ready to cook them. After about two hours of simmering, the stock is ready to be strained, and the sauce is ready to be finished.
Start a roux in a small pan with the all-purpose flour and the rest of the butter. Cook it over medium heat for about five minutes, stirring often so it does not burn. Then strain the stock and blend it with the roux on high until a sauce
consistency is reached.
After hours of painstaking work, we are ready to assemble our dish. Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil, then drop the ravioli in.
In a large sauté pan, heat one tablespoon of olive oil, then add the mushrooms and the corn kernels. Deglaze with white wine and let reduce for one minute. Add the lobster and corn sauce and the chunks of lobster meat. When the ravioli floats in the boiling water, they are ready to be finished at two minutes in the sauce on a medium low heat. Plate the four ravioli and garnish with a sprig of tarragon.
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Where To Wine Time to wine down. If you have an event to include in our guide, email peggy@indyeastend.com by Thursday 9 AM. Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard Craig Rose plays from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, followed by Southbound from 2 to 6 PM on Saturday, June 2. On Sunday, June 3, it’s Penny Lane from 2 to 6 PM. For more events, check out www. baitinghollowfarmvineyard.com.
Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery Mark your calendars for the vineyards’ annual Paella Cookout on Saturday, July 28. The event will run from 2 to 6 PM, and pricing is yet to be determined. Reservations are suggested as tickets sell quickly. Stay tuned and visit www. clovispointwines.com for more information. Diliberto Winery Visitors can enjoy a wine and pizza
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East End gave me the ability to photograph summer carnivals with their many lights. What is your favorite camera?
Bob Carney and Tommy Sullivan play this Saturday, June 2 and Sunday, June 3, respectively, from 1 to 5 PM. Don’t forget to check out the food truck! For more information, visit www.pindar.net.
My favorite camera is an old Hasselblad film camera. I truly enjoy shooting film and using the darkroom to produce my work.
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How did you get involved with EEPG?
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Photographers Continued From Page B-2. photographing the farms and their disappearance from the East End. After taking classes at Southampton College, I became fascinated with drawing with light, a technique I learned at a class given by Harvey Stein. The
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preserving people, places, and things has been a mission for me.
Ashawagh Hall is located at 78 Springs Fireplace Road. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 2, from 5 to 9 PM. The event is free and open to the public daily 1 to 5 PM. Visit www. ashawagh-hall.org.
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REAL REALTY: MELINA WEIN
pecialization is the key to success for Melina Wein. While many agents focus their efforts on the same handful of luxe locales, Wein and her team of agents at M. Wein Realty Inc. Compass Compass Superstar, Superstar, Jane Jane Doe Doe
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have quickly risen to the top as the leading independent real estate agency on Shelter Island. But it’s not just the beautiful homes that attracted her to this special place. It’s the fact that the island remains untapped and preserved for everyone to enjoy. We sat down with Melina Wein to hear all about
her work and play in this oftenunexplored corner of life out east.
WHAT IS YOUR SECRET TO CONQUERING THE SHELTER ISLAND SCENE?
I love everything about Shelter Island. I have lived here for 22 years, raised our children here,
participated on community boards, and to this day continue to be involved in local activities. There is no one more enthusiastic than me about this island and all it offers. More important, each agent at M. Wein Realty Inc. has lived on the island for more than 25 years. All agents have supported a variety of
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community organizations, including Sylvester Manor, Peconic Land Trust, Mashomack, Group for the East End, SI 10K Race, as well as served elected positions with the town, school, and library boards, as supervisor, PTSA president, and much more. Several of us in our previous jobs were marketing experts. We understand how to strategically market and sell property. Our placement in print and internet offers high visibility. Our island knowledge and relationships are essential to our high success record. We are the leading independent real estate agency on Shelter Island. I wrote a book, The Shelter Island Comprehensive Guide, which was for sale throughout the East End of Long Island. The book is more than 200 pages long and depicts everything you want to know about the island — important events, dates, contact information, etc. Photographic scenes of the island are interspersed throughout. The book connects the real estate and the lifestyle of the island.
WHEN GRAND HOMES COME TO MARKET, HOW DO YOU PITCH TO THE HOMEOWNERS?
I have had the privilege of representing and selling a majority
of high-end waterfront properties on Shelter Island. My company, and the agents who work with me, have highly visible profiles and great client referrals, which have given us the opportunity to acquire new business. Many times, we are clearly the first choice for the owner. Sometimes we are asked to present our capabilities versus bigger agencies. Many times, we come out winning the listing. Sellers benefit when working with us. As an independent agency, we specialize in selling Shelter Island real estate.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN REAL ESTATE?
I came to Shelter Island, thanks to my husband Marc, who owned a weekend house on Big Ram, part of Shelter Island. In 1996, we moved here permanently with our two young children, Everest and Shelter. I became involved in several community and school organizations. I love the island and its history. I had always worked and had wanted to start a business. Real estate was a perfect fit in my new community. I worked for a short time for a local agency and as soon as I could get my broker’s license, I hung out my shingle. I knew with the introduction of the internet that sales and marketing would change dramatically.
Technology would change the way that real estate was conducted on the island, and I wanted to be in the forefront. I felt with my previous experience in marketing and my interest in real estate and the island, I could establish a leading company.
WHAT ARE SOME Of THE ATTRACTIONS Of SHELTER ISLAND REAL ESTATE? Shelter Island was, and continues to be, a tranquil and bucolic community with one third of the island preserved, no traffic lights, no crowds or congestion. It offers great restaurants, two golf clubs, a yacht club, tennis center, fitness center, and Itzhak Perlman’s Music Center. The island boasts uniquely wonderful high-end properties on quality waterfronts, which you could never find on the South Fork at the same price. Successful families value quiet and privacy more than ever. Shelter Island offers this more than any other area on the East End.
HOW DO YOU LEVERAGE DIGITAL PLATfORMS TO SUCCEED?
We have two company websites: mweinrealty.com, purely real estate, and visitshelterisland.com, a guide to the island and all it offers. We are present on MLS, Trulia, Zillow, and numerous other real estate
websites, both nationally and internationally. We make sure that our company and listings rank high with the search engines.
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHO IS A PART Of THE MELINA WEIN REALTY INC. TEAM?
M. Wein Realty Inc. is a Shelter Island agency that prides itself on intimately knowing the island. Our agents are all mature, interesting, successful professionals.
DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN ANY MENTOR/AGENT RELATIONSHIPS? ANY ADVICE fOR ROOKIES WHO LOOK UP TO YOU?
We have been fortunate to have a wonderful group of agents. We bring on new people who are intelligent, have good values, and want to work hard. I have them shadow agents to learn the business and we keep an open dialogue so that they feel supported as they learn the business.
WHAT DO YOU DO fOR fUN WHEN YOU ARE NOT SELLING LUXURY REAL ESTATE? I am an outdoors person and enjoy sharing time with family and friends — sailing, boating, swimming, clamming, tennis, biking, and hiking.
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We proudly present one of Shelter Island’s most distinctive properties. With 500’ feet of bulkheaded waterfront, this spectacular Ram Island estate is set on 5.4 beautifully landscaped acres overlooking Gardiners Bay. The center-hall residence is classically designed and custom-built with steel-frame construction and uncompromising attention to detail. This premier property offers a choice location, privacy, one of the most breath-taking views on all Long Island, and the ambiance and space for gracious entertaining and luxurious country living.
$8,950,000 Contact Melina Wein at 631-749-0999.
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By Nicole Teitler
he Animal Rescue Fund Thrift & Treasure Shop in Sagaponack was transformed into a show house on Saturday, May 26, complete with elegant fixtures and luxurious home décor. It was decorated for its Designer Show House charity event, which was sponsored by the luxury home fragrance line, Gibson & Dehn. Gibson & Dehn founder and CEO Michael Dehn Breault also serves on the ARF board. He became involved after he and his husband, Gordon Hoppe, adopted their first rescue dog from the organization 15 years ago. Here, Breault dishes on his business.
HOW DOES YOUR fAMILY bACKGROUND INfLUENCE YOUR CURRENT bUSINESS? My uncle runs our family business, Dehn’s Flowers, in Saratoga Springs, NY. Gibson & Dehn is my grandparent’s namesake that pays homage to the family business, but they are separate. I was inspired to carry on our family’s 125-year experience in the floral business through distinctive home fragrance products. Flowers, candles, and scent, in my opinion, are the ultimate essentials to creating a home.
HOW DO YOU DEVELOP NEW fRAGRANCES?
Our core launch collection features six fragrances that truly represent the heart of the fragrance palette. We have Fruit with Rhubarb & Quince, Aromatic with White Tea & Cedar, Citrus with Champagne Sorbet, Floral with Peony & Hyacinth, Fresh with Coastline, and Gourmand with Vanilla Chiffon. We will regularly expand our fragrance offerings through studying market trends and working with our master perfumer partners to create exquisite scents.
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Reed diffusers are your “background music” for scenting your home, as they provide a continuous fragrance experience. Candles will provide a heightened fragrance experience and ambience when lit. As we use fine fragrances, our candles and diffusers are designed to work beautifully together to layer fragrance within your home. Our eight-ounce candles have a burn time of approximately 50 hours and our six-ounce reed diffusers last approximately six months.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE Of SCENT TO A MEMORY?
Your sense of smell is your keenest sense. When we smell a scent, it is processed into two areas of
the brain that are both strongly implicated in emotion and memory. You will notice the way someone’s home smells well before you notice how well it is decorated or how clean it might be. This is often why we tend to associate memories with certain scents we take in — whether that might be the personal fragrance worn by someone you know or used to know, or the scent of someone’s home where you spent time with them.
WHAT ARE SOME POPULAR fRAGRANCES NOW?
The more popular fragrances fall into categories that have always had a following such as Fruit, Citrus, and Fresh. A popular trend is Champagne themed fragrances, which is why we chose to launch
with Champagne Sorbet as our Citrus offering. For the holiday season, tree-themed fragrances have seemed to dominate.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS fOR THE fUTURE? As a design and manufacturing firm in the fragrance category, we are constantly looking at what’s next. First on our list, we are working on a three-wick candle version to extend our home fragrance collection. We have other home fragrance elements we are looking into for the future as well but haven’t ruled out leveraging our personal care product capabilities as a future extension of our brand. www.gibsonanddehn.com @NikkiOnTheDaily Nicole@indyeastend.com
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FOR THE CHILDREN Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, one of the nation’s leading realtors, is once again pitching in to play a significant role in raising funds for the Long Island Council of Save the Children. Abby Sheeline and Sierra Mittleman are cochairing its “Red and White Party” spring benefit, and Daniel Gale Sotheby’s is lending its support with a sponsorship and a cadre of volunteers. Sheeline is a board member of Save the Children LI Council. The Red and White Party will be held Friday, June 8, at The Meadow Brook Club in Jericho, NY, and will feature music by the popular Long Island band, “Henry Haid Made in America.” Partygoers are encouraged to wear red or white, or both colors. “The Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty family is incredibly committed to the Long Island Council of Save the Children,” said CEO Deirdre O’Connell, who is serving on the benefit committee along with a dozen of her colleagues. “The enthusiasm of our sales associates, managers and staff, and particularly the efforts of Abby and Sierra, ensures that we’ll have a successful event. People contribute what they can. Some offer handson volunteerism, others among us donate money and/or raffle prizes,” she added. Save the Children Long Island Council is a volunteer group committed to supporting the work of the national organization, whose mission is to give children in the United States and around the world a healthy start, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. For more information on Save the Children and the Spring Benefit and to purchase tickets, visit www. savethechildrenli.org or call 631424-0759. The Beach Bakery Grand Café on Main Street in Westhampton Beach is on the market. Fully renovated
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in 2013, the 7700-square-foot building is a turnkey business on nearly a third of an acre, with all the equipment as part of the package. Since 1988, the Beach Bakery Grand Café has been located in the heart of the village business district, with a vibrant live music scene, abundant outdoor seating, and a loyal customer base. Current owner Simon Jorna, who has owned and grown the business over the past three decades, plans to retire to his homes in Germany and Florida after the sale. He said he hopes “the new owners will continue to operate [the] business as a bakery, or at least a restaurant.” The full-service restaurant was renovated and expanded to the tune of more than $3 million, with top of the market equipment added, seating expanded, and front
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have been a clerical error, which would eliminate the charge. “He believes he did clear that,” DeSesa said.
Justice Lisa Rana told Pagnuzzi that his license was suspended for the next year for refusing the breath test, pending a hearing at the Department of Motor Vehicles. “You cannot drive,” she said.
As she considered the proper bail amount, she asked what Pagnuzzi did for a living, and what his connection to the Town of East Hampton was, and was told he is the director of operations for LDV Hospitality. The firm runs Scarpetta, a fine-dining restaurant at both Gurney’s Resort in Montauk and Gurney’s in Newport, as well as other locations. Bail of $1,500 was set and posted. An East Hampton Town police officer following a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro she said was being driven erratically ended up arresting Juan Castillo-Forero, 28, on a drunk driving charge after he turned into the parking area west of what is commonly known as the “Smiley Motel” in downtown Montauk and smacked into a wooden barrier, early on May 23. During his arraignment later that day, Castillo-Forero told the court that, while his license states that he lives in Northport, he recently moved to Montauk, where he is working as a manager at Gurney’s resort.
Besides the misdemeanor driving while intoxicated counts, CastilloForero was also charged with several traffic infractions. “I had two beers,” he reportedly told the arresting officer. A breath test at headquarters produced a reading of 0.14 of one percent. Intoxication is defined as any reading of 0.08 or higher. Castillo-Forero posted $250 bail.
Town police also arrested Miguel Uzhca Carchippula around midnight Friday. Police said they found him behind the wheel of a 2006 Nissan Murano, engine running, at the Speedway gas station in Wainscott. He failed roadside sobriety tests and was arrested. Uzhca Carchipulla, 30, an East Hampton resident and day laborer, refused to take the breath test at headquarters.
His family was in the court for his Saturday morning arraignment. His driving privilege was suspended for the next year. His family posted $250 bail for his release. William Edwards, 29, of Plainview, had the lowest reading of the week, 0.11. Police said they found him sitting in a 2010 Honda Accord stopped in the middle of the intersection of Montauk Highway and West Gate Road in Wainscott about 2 AM Monday. Cited for obstructing traffic, he was then charged with misdemeanor DWI. He was freed later Monday after posting $200 bail, with a future date on the East Hampton Town Justice Court’s criminal calendar.
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Residents of Bridgehampton gathered at the war monument at the corner of Montauk Highway and Ocean Road Monday morning for the hamlet’s annual Memorial Day observance. The Bridgehampton School Band performed, firemen raised the American flag, and an honor guard fired a salute.
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On May 27, 1998, the Independent celebrated Memorial Day alongside some of the community’s most honored heroes. Memorial Day is a national holiday honoring those who have served and made the
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Despite the rain and poor weather conditions, there was a large turnout and spectators lined the street waving flags and clapping for the veterans as they marched toward the Veterans Memorial at Hook Mill. The parade included a color guard, and local Boy Scouts marched behind their troop banner. James Mackin, the publisher of The Independent, provided the photographs seen here. Also in the news this week 20 years ago, The Independent covered a story that bore similarities to some of the same issues confronting East End communities today. A report issued by the U.S. Department of Energy that confirmed the contamination of the groundwater, soils and sediment, fish, and people over a more than a 45-year period as a result of discharges into the Peconic River from Brookhaven National Laboratory’s nuclear reactors. The organization Fish Unlimited sought support from public officials to require the lab be held responsible for a major cleanup effort to restore the Peconic River.
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A competitor in last year’s event at the brewery. Independent/Courtesy Greenport Brewing Co.
Southold Green Lights dog competition By Jade Eckardt
The underdog came out on top at May 22’s Southold Town Board meeting as the board granted a permit for the 2nd Annual North Fork Dock Diving Pet Festival and fundraiser. The board unanimously adopted a resolution that “ratifies the publishing of the notice of public hearing for the appeal by Greenport Harbor Brewing Company of the denial of its application for a Special Event Permit.” Councilwoman Jill Doherty recused herself from the
vote.
The event is set to run on June 2 and 3 at the Greenport Brewery in Peconic from 9 AM to 5 PM. It will be co-hosted by Harbor Pet at the brewing company’s Peconic location on Main Road. Dog owners sign up their pets for a competition to see how far and high the dogs can jump, and how fast they can swim in a pool. The event is free. “We are local. We are invested in the community and support the community around us. We don’t do these events because they are
money makers. We do it because it’s the right thing to do, to support the community and our neighbors,” said Brewery co-owner Rich Vandenburgh. He also briefed the board of various ways in which the brewing company has contributed to the community, such as hosting fundraisers and donating to local charities and causes.
Earlier this year, Greenport Harbor Brewing Company had its request for a special event permit denied by the Southold Zoning Board of Appeals.
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The board noted that Southold Town Police Chief Martin Flatley had cited parking issues as a main concern in allowing the event to move forward. It was reported that during the same event last year, a surplus of vehicles was parked along Route 25, or Main Road, and on town-owned parcels at Peconic Recreation or Community Centers. “For the record, we never told anyone to park on town property,” Vandenburgh said.
The appeal was granted under the condition no vehicles will park on Main Road, Peconic Lane, or on any town-owned property. In addition, it was stated that that there be no loud music after 5 PM. Vandenburgh, who applied for the permit and the appeal, said that, as a solution, this year’s event will offer shuttles from two off-site parking areas that will run to the brewery every 20 minutes. The offsite locations are at 36450 County Road 48 and 1410 Leslie Road. Parking is extremely limited at the brewery in Peconic and is available on a first come, first serve basis at $10 per spot. Councilman Jim Dinizio asked how many parking spaces were allowed on the brewery’s property, and Vandenburgh stated there were
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Peconic Auxiliary donates $3500 to veterans By Jade Eckardt
In observance of Memorial Day, the Peconic Auxiliary honored veterans by donating $3,500 to Boots on the Ground, a non-profit organization that provides veterans and their families with food and furniture, and also ships monthly care packages to the military units that don’t have access to supplies.
On Thursday, May 24, a crowd gathered at the outdoor ceremony on the grounds of Peconic Bay Medical Center. The Memorial Day fundraiser was spearheaded three years ago by hospital volunteers working together as the Peconic Auxiliary.
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Each year, a different charity is selected to receive the donation. PBMC Auxiliary supports this organization through the sale of military items sold throughout the spring. Kathy Doherty from Boots on the Ground was there to accept the donation. “I saw very early on that the scars of war come home,” said Doherty, who is from a family of veterans. “Recognizing that it’s Memorial Day weekend and that many sacrificed their lives so we could be here today — many don’t stop serving when they come home.” In attendance were various community members, Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-
Smith, Councilwoman Catherine Kent, Councilman Timothy Hubbard, and Mark Woolley from Congressman Lee Zeldin’s office. The Riverhead Middle School band played several songs during the ceremony, and the Riverhead NJROTC served as color guard as the national anthem was sung.
wheelchairs, and rehabilitation equipment.
In addition to raising approximately $250,000 annually, the auxiliary has committed to raise an additional $1 million over 10 years from 2011
to 2020 to support the Building Upon the Promise of Excellence Campaign (PBMC Health Foundation).
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Andy Mitchell, Peconic Bay Medical Center president and CEO, spoke about the sacrifices men and women of the armed forces have made. He also said that numerous veterans work at the medical center.
The Peconic Auxiliary is a nonprofit organization founded in 1951 to support and complement patient care and community service at the medical center. According to the auxiliary, its volunteers have donated over one million hours of service to the hospital since it was formed. Volunteers work in a variety of areas, including direct contact with patients, assisting families and visitors, and providing staff support.
The group organizes numerous fundraising initiatives including raffles, annual barbecues, a fashion show, and the Candlelight Ball, and also runs the hospital’s gift shop. The proceeds from the auxiliary’s efforts are donated to the hospital, and have helped fund new medical equipment including beds,
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Vandenburgh explained to the board that this year, signs would tell drivers not to park on Main Road or on town property and will also direct people to the off-site parking locations. He also said that because last year’s event was so successful, it made him realize there was a need to handle parking differently and that he chose a date prior to July 1 to avoid increased seasonal traffic. “The town has a responsibility,” said Dinizio. “You had a site plan and you agreed to certain things. We’re not looking at how gracious you are, how much money you give, or even if the organization is worthy. We’re looking at the entire town and how the flow of the town works.” Vandenburgh said he expects many attendees to arrive by bus, Uber, taxi, or on foot after leaving vehicles at other vineyards.
The issue was concluded when Supervisor Scott Russell said he supported issuing the permit to Vandenburgh, but that there was a need for “more self-awareness and concern on the town’s part on intensity of uses.”
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A memorial service honoring the men and women who served in the United States armed forces was held Saturday, May 26, at Calverton National Cemetery. The Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines were represented during the service, which was held in the assembly area. Participants in the ceremony included groups from the local Boy and Girl Scouts, Civil Air Patrol, as well as the Suffolk County Police Explorers. 50
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Got North Fork news to share? Email to Jade@indyeastend.com by Thursday at noon. CAST benefit A runway show called “The Garden of Eden” will take place on Saturday, June 2, at the Greenport American Legion to benefit Community Action Southold Town, a non-profit organization that helps low income residents meet their basic needs. The show will feature designer Alex Vinash’s new resort collection and will be followed by an after party from 4 to 6 PM at American Beech in Stirling Square. VIP tickets are $45, premier seats are $35, and both include a glass of rosé and tapas at the after party, plus a 10 percent discount at the after-party boutique. Garden tickets are $10. Visit www.castsoutholdtown.org/ runway or call 631-477-1717. The legion is located at 121 Third Street in Greenport. Arts & crafts The Old Town Arts & Crafts Guild in Cutchogue and the Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society are hosting an antiques, fine art, and crafts fair on Saturday, June 2 from 9 AM to 4 PM in Mattituck. The fair will feature live music, a bake sale, fine art, antiques, handmade crafts, pottery, photography, vintage treasures, and more. A raffle offering locally made art will also be held. Admission is $2 and includes
a raffle ticket. For more information, contact the guild at 631-734-6382, email oldtownguild@aol.com, or visit www.oldtownartsguild.org. The fair will take place at 18300 Main Rd. High School Volunteers Greenport’s American Legion seeks high school aged volunteers to help with roller skating sessions throughout the week. The current schedule is Tuesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 6:30 PM and Sundays at noon and can vary depending on private party bookings. Contact Mindy Ryan at mindy@greenportamericanlegion. org or 631-298-0125 for more information. artists wanted The East End Arts Council is in search of artists for a juried media show called “Rescue: Pets, Places, People, Predicaments.” The show will be on display from June 15 to July 25 in Riverhead. Debbie Ma and Glynis Berry will serve as the jurors. Submissions are $15 per piece for East End Arts members or $40 for three pieces in addition to a $5 donation for local animal rescue organizations. For nonmembers submission fees are $25 per piece or $60 for three, plus the donation. Artists may drop off work in person at East End Arts on Thursday and Friday, June 7 and 8, from 10 AM to 4 PM, and Saturday, June 9, from 10 AM to 3:30 PM. For art specifications, contact 631-7270900.
The Southold Historical Society is looking for artists to submit North Fork wine themed work for its annual fundraising exhibit Ten Squared. The exhibition is non-juried and asks artists to submit pieces that are exactly 10” x 10” during the week of June 25.
The artwork will be shown in the summer exhibit at the Southold Museum complex concurrently with the “Clink! A Toast to Long Island Wine” exhibit. Each piece of work will be sold for $100, which will be split equally between the artist and the society. Only wood or canvas mediums will be accepted and the work must be dry at drop off. For more information, contact Lee Cleary via email at art@ southoldhistoricalsociety.org or call 631-765-5500. strawberry festival Looking ahead, the 64th Annual Mattituck Lions Club Strawberry Festival returns Father’s Day Weekend. The weekend celebrates all things strawberry and even crowns a Strawberry Queen. The alcohol-free event offers carnival rides, games, food, vendor booths, and fireworks. On Thursday, June 14, a festival preview and strawberry hulling event begins at 5 PM. Courtesy
of North Fork Woodworks, entry to the fairgrounds is free. Carnival rides are open from 6:30 to 10:30 PM with “Pay-OnePrice” rides bracelets available for $25 per person. Single ride tickets are also available. A lite fireworks show will take place at 9:15 PM, weather permitting. The full festival begins at 5 PM on Friday, June 15, and runs till 11 PM. Admission to fairgrounds is $5 per person, with kids under age five admitted free. “PayOne-Price” bracelets are $30 per person, with single ride tickets available. The “Great Fireworks Show” takes place at 10 PM, weather permitting. The festival continues on Saturday, June 16, from 11 AM to 11 PM. Admission is $5 per person and kids under five admitted free. Saturday offers three different “Pay-One-Price” bracelet options: a $30 bracelet, good from 11 AM until 5 PM; $30 bracelet, good from 5 to 11 PM; and $50 bracelet, good all day from 11 AM to 11 PM. Single ride tickets and ticket packages are also available.
Both Saturday and Sunday will offer live entertainment, arts and craft vendors, business exhibits, and strawberry related foods, of course.
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Councilwoman, I will support your Montauk commercial fishing fleet should the need arise, because, as an elected official and the owner of a commercial fishing business, I understand it’s unparalleled importance to your local economy. Julie Lofstad, Councilwoman, Town of Southampton
Owner of F/V Ocean Fresh, FV Olivia Joan, Port of Shinnecock
As you can see, I didn’t refer to solar or NYC — perhaps someone else did.
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Weekend Driving Horror Dear Rick,
I send this to share with you and the taxpayers and residents of the five eastern townships — my thoughts re: the nightmare that has become of living on Eastern Long Island in the summer season.
I have been a taxpayer and a voter here for over 30 plus years. In that time, I have watched it grow to the every weekend driving horror we all have in our dead end communities on the East End!
Riverhead, Southold, Shelter Island, Southampton and East Hampton townships have no other means of travel, except on the limited east/ west roadways, to and from the west! Why is this so difficult for our elected officials to understand? Foot races, biker events, golf outings, art shows, and an endless list of outings that get permission to hold their events, are granted by these moron elected officials, with no thought appearing to be given to the serious nature of the traffic jams created. We who live on Shelter Island experience long lines of ferry traffic that are our only access to the hospitals located in Greenport and Southampton.
Enough is enough . . . taxpayers and voters . . . it is time to unite!
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I wonder how many people have not made it (or died) because they were stuck in traffic trying to get to those facilities to get help! Might I suggest all the taxpayers and voters who live here support any person, who runs for any elected position, who addresses these issues in the coming elections! Please consider my thoughts and words here . . . for your very life, may someday be lost, if you do not!
Richard G. Krause
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three orders of protection, one for the boyfriend, the other two for the children. Greenwood then took the alleged victim, along with a translator, into a conference room, where they remained for some time. When they emerged, Greenwood told the court she still wanted the three court orders issued. Justice Rana agreed. She told Flores-Guzman she had to stay away from the three protected parties, unless and until her order is modified by a judge in either Family or Superior Court. Justice Rana said that United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement had issued a request to detain Flores-Guzman for 48 hours past the time she was scheduled to be released. Greenwood asked bail be set at $7,500, saying Flores-Guzman has few ties to the community. Mullavey responded, “He has indicated he is not interested in this case,” referring to the alleged victim.
Pointing to the seriousness of the charges, and the lack of strong ties, Justice Rana set bail at $6,000; $5,000 for the felony charge and an additional $1,000 for a misdemeanor criminal weapons possession charge. Bail was posted at police headquarters, and she apparently was released by police, despite the detainer request.
A Northwest Woods man, Klever Fabian Barrera-Hoyos, 33, is facing a felony cocaine possession charge, as well as a misdemeanor drunken driving charge, after a traffic stop Sunday morning. According to
police, Barrera-Hoyos was headed north on Three Mile Harbor Road in a 2016 Nissan at 65 miles per hour, where the speed limit is 40. He also swerved into the oncoming lane of traffic, the police said. He appeared intoxicated to the officer, who had him perform sobriety tests, which police say BarreraHoyos failed. Charged with drunken driving, he was taken to headquarters, where a breath test came back with a 0.13 of one percent reading, over the 0.08 number that defines intoxication.
Much more serious, legally, for Barrera-Hoyos, is what happened next. According to the police, when they went through his property, they found, in his wallet, a plastic bag containing more than a half gram of cocaine, leading to the felony possession charge. Police found the drug, they said, after 9 AM, which was too late for Barrera-Hoyos to be arraigned that morning. He spent the next 24 hours in a holding cell at headquarters before being brought to East Hampton Town Justice Court to be arraigned Memorial Day morning. Bail was set at $1,000, which was posted by relatives of Barrera-Hoyos.
A Bridgehampton man was arrested by East Hampton Village police Friday morning. Jose Francisco Bonilla, 36, was charged with two misdemeanors, forcible touching as well as endangering the welfare of a child, along with a violation charge of harassment. According to the police, he was in Hampton Market when, at about 9 AM, he slapped a teenaged girl’s buttocks twice. She was under 17, police said. He also was arrested too late to be arraigned that day. After 24 hours in a holding cell at East Hampton Village headquarters, he was arraigned, then released on $2,500 bail.
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detective and actor Edward Walter Egan, who was the inspiration for Popeye Doyle in The French Connection, and Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Afghanistan. More recently, Air National Guard 106th Rescue
Wing Technical Sergeant Dashan Briggs, who died in a helicopter crash in Iraq with seven others back in March, was interred at the cemetery.
However, the cemetery is also the final resting place to soldiers and sailors who do not have name recognition and their graves are not often visited, if at all, throughout the year, let alone on Memorial Day. “[The flag placement] just puts things in perspective,” said Boy Scout Troop 58’s Southampton Coordinator Lynn Maddock, who has participated in the event with her husband and sons since 2012.
“They sacrificed a lot for us. We are only sacrificing — what — two hours to do all this and then go home?” added Mark Maddock.
United States Navy Corpsman Ernest Pinaud, Boy Scouts Committee Chair from Troop 91 in Ronkonkoma, who made the rounds to thank each scout for their service, told the group that when he joined the service, he did so with the intention of preserving the next generation. “You know why I joined the service? It was because of you,” Pinaud said. He explained a lot of work is involved in the flag placement. There is a great deal of planning involved, he said, and the flags only stay up for a week before they are collected again and stored away for another year.
“They do a tremendous job,” he said of the scouts. “You don’t realize a lot of work is done during the winter. We do it every year, so it is easier, and next Saturday, we will be here to take [the flags] up.” The flags are carefully curated in large wooden boxes — numbered for each plot section — that are stored at the cemetery until next Memorial Day.
For Caitlin Donohoe, committee chair of Troop 58, said the event reminds her that Memorial Day is really about honoring the men and women of the armed forces, not barbecuing and retail sales as it has come to be known in popular culture.
“Everybody is all barbecuing, and then you come here and it grounds you and makes you realize what it’s about,” she said.
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The hell with party lines, Dems vs. Rep. etc. Any candidate, regardless of political party, needs to be supported if he has enough intelligence to recognize that permission given for these events has to have as a top priority [taking
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Threatening skies and light drizzle didn’t sway a crowd of parade goers that turned out to honor Southampton Village’s service men and women on Monday, May 28.
They wore poppies and waved American flags while they watched local veterans, school groups, the Civil Air Patrol, and Boy and Cub Scouts march along Main Street. The day’s festivities were capped off with a memorial service at Agawam Park, where Mike Smith, pastor of the Shinnecock Presbyterian Church, led the service in prayer, and veterans laid wreaths in remembrance of those who lost their lives.
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“The party was a lot of fun for the students,” said teacher Kevin Hewkin. “It was a nice way to recap what they learned about 1920s culture and historical figures.” Hampton Bays School District greenport Union Free School District Greenport High School has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Silver Medal school. The news source ranked the high school 215 in New York State and 2604 nationally out of about 26,407 public secondary schools and 10,693 private secondary schools in the United States. This is the sixth time that Greenport High School has been recognized, following three bronze medals and two other silver medals.
During a May 22 awards ceremony at St. Anthony’s High School, Greenport High School student Joe McInnis received recognition for his outstanding ability for his presentation on Iridovirus-6 and Colony Collapse Disorder at the Long Island Science Congress Senior Division competition in April.
The 10th grader was awarded the Long Island Science Congress Senior Division highest honors along with awards from the Science Teachers Association of New York State Suffolk Division and the Robert Nelson Memorial Award, which was only given to one 10th grader. McInnis was among 1200 students from both Nassau and Suffolk Counties ranging from grades 10 to 12. Riverhead Central School District
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Showing off their retro style with flapper dresses, pinstripes, cloche hats, and brightly colored scarves, Riverhead Middle School eighthgraders recently culminated a social studies unit on turbulent decades with a 1920s-themed party. The classroom fete capped off a study on the development of mass culture during the Roaring ‘20s. Students researched famous
Hampton Bays High School senior Jordan Phillips and his teammate, Jack Murray of Eastport-South Manor High School, rose to the challenge and took home a thirdplace award in the television, video, and digital film category at the 2018 New York State Skills USA Leadership and Skills Conference, held in Syracuse on April 27.
The pair competed against 10 other teams to shoot and edit a short film based on a “cliffhanger” theme and were given less than 24 hours to complete the task. They produced the film using skills acquired under teacher Mark Deedy, an instructor with the Bixhorn Technical Center of the Eastern Long Island Academy of Applied Technology in Bellport. Phillips said he was thrilled by the win. When not behind the camera, Phillips is involved in his school’s musical productions. He plans to enlist in the U.S. Navy this fall.
In other school district news, Hampton Bays High School hosted the Special Olympics on May 6. Athletes and volunteers wore shirts with logos designed by the school’s seniors as part of an in-school logo contest. Trish Martinez won first place and $100 for her design, and Andrew Zeiser earned second place and $50 for his. Eleanor Whitmore early childhood center Children in Erin Albanese’s prekindergarten class at the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center took a walking trip to the East Hampton Library recently. In the children’s room, they explored the books and other learning activities, including the listening stations, and enjoyed a story read by the children’s librarian. The fifth parent outreach meeting
Independent/Riverhead Central School District Riverhead Middle School eighth-graders impersonated 1920s trendsetters and innovators during a recent lesson on turbulent decades.
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Students in Erin Albanese’s class had a field trip to East Hampton Library recently.
Westhampton Beach High School senior Caroline Keating earned a rowing scholarship to Bucknell University.
of the school year was held at the center this week, with presentations in Spanish and in English. Dr. Julio Gonzalez of the State University of New York at Old Westbury and Arlene Pizzo Notel, the center’s program director, discussed “Helping Children Through Life Transitions.”
Westhampton Beach High School senior Caroline Keating has earned a substantial rowing scholarship to Bucknell University, where she intends to study biology in the fall. She has been rowing independently since the eighth grade, and currently rows with coach Michelle Knox Zaloom of the Peconic Rowing Association. When not rowing, Keating participates in her school’s Key Club, Rotary Interact Club, and pep band. She is also a Girl Scout.
Pre-kindergarteners met some of the community helpers they learned about when officers from the East Hampton Village Police Department visited the center recently.
The Wellness Foundation of East Hampton is continuing its “Healthy Food for Life” program with the Pre-K groups at the center. It is a multi-week program on family nutrition. Westhampton Beach School District
Keating wasn’t the only one to celebrate her choice of school recently. As a symbol of their commitment to the pursuit of higher education, the Class of 2018 wore apparel to show off their choice of college on May 1. The class will be heading to a number of premier schools this fall to begin their postsecondary studies. 55
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Suffolk County Sheriff ’s office. The town eliminated parking in some areas that led to blocked traffic in past years and cracked down on where taxis were allowed to park. The town also adopted a rental registry requiring landlords to register properties in an effort to prevent overcrowding and frequent turnover of rental homes. Bragman said the current board is committed to enforcing Cantwell’s policies. “I can tell you this: Montauk is a lot happier than ever before. The people are happy with
Nevertheless, he noted the stringent enforcement sometimes ruffles the feathers of bar owners. He said the ordinance violations and the referrals to the State Liquor Authority are means to an end. “What [the town] is doing is using these as instruments to get a settlement,” Bragman said.
The establishments, in turn, drag the matter through the court system until the summer is over and then pay a fine, he noted. “That always been a problem. It’s the cost of doing business,” Bragman added. Laura Tooman, president of the
environmental group Concerned Citizens of Montauk, focuses more on “long-term quality-of-life issues.” But, she acknowledged, the septic systems of many commercial establishments were never designed for the type of use they get during the summer. “We try to work with the business owners,” she said.
Bragman said he would not get into specifics regarding the coming summer season, but said the current town board is “Gearing up on things.” “The Suffolk County health department should be encouraged to send inspectors to Montauk in the evening hours, when goings-on
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Kelly says the main problem is a disconnect between business and the wealthy homeowners who exert their influence over the government. “Town officials are missing the big picture,” he said. “If government cared about its business community, there wouldn’t be a problem. The reality is a restaurant, a bar, a tavern are the safest places people can be at night.” rmurphy@indyeastend.com
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selfish as we get older, but let’s just By Rick Murphy say we get set in our ways. Avoid
watching television, I try to lift each leg off the floor and onto the couch, and then down again later when I have to go to the bathroom. I do this several times. I also enjoy taking a nice stroll from the front door to my truck.
this! Reach out to your loved ones. I’m going to try to spend more time with my dog, ummmm Duke I think it is, or whatshisface, something like that.
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The Birthday Boy I don’t pay much attention to my birthday. Some people I know demand a major production, relishing the fact they are the center of attention. Me? I’m under the belief birthdays are nothing to celebrate. Let’s face it; every day is another day closer to death. Though I’ve convinced myself I don’t need the attention a birthday brings, most people who have the displeasure of knowing me long ago concluded I’m such a freaking baby I demand to be the center of attention every day, and thus they have nothing left to give when my Special Day finally does arrive.
I’m not going to try and stave off age. I would never dream of coloring my hair, for example, thinking if it does turn grayer I might finally be considered distinguished-looking and gain a small modicum of respect from my lawless staffers at the newspaper who usually ignore me. Nor would I ever have my face lifted. The way I figure it, the sags cover the acne, and that’s a good thing. I would never get a tummy
Speaking of my wardrobe, it had drawn criticism from a lot of circles. I do the hippie/jock/1967 Catholic high school look. Lots of T-shirts, Nike sneakers, corduroy suit jackets. I still have tie dyes, but I don’t wear them. The truth is, I look silly. I look like a grotesque lump of lime green and orange and I scare children. The bad thing about being goodlooking is people invariably say, “[He or she] has gotten so old!” That’s why movie stars struggle so to keep their looks — it’s more than vanity, it’s their job to look attractive. When you’re a slug like me, it’s pointless to get a nip or a tuck because no one is going to notice or care.
When you reach a certain age, you begin to have doubts. “Am I becoming irrelevant?” I asked one of my buddies. “You were never relevant,” he replied. Oh.
As we age, the old adage “all things in moderation” becomes useful. I’ve learned to take it easy on my body. For example, I’ve had to adjust my intake of alcohol. I’m not even allowed to drink at work anymore. What’s with that?
As we get older, we have to watch what we eat. During football games, for example, I usually have a bowl of chips, some nachos, pretzels, and crudités. This year, the crudités goes. I’ve cut down on red meat and fried chicken and try to eat more bacon and sausage. Exercise is essential. When
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Salt can be a killer. DO NOT put salt on pretzels, potato chips, Cheez Doodles, or beef jerky. These items are already salted. Similarly, try not to add sugar to hot fudge, Three Musketeers, Krispy Kremes, or Devil Dogs. And don’t add sugar to soda . . . unless it is diet soda, in which case, pour a lot into the can.
No matter how healthy our lifestyle, as we age, parts of our bodies begin to shut down (like in my case, the bladder). This is why God made drugs. When we were younger, we took recreational drugs, harmless stuff to help us enjoy music and the camaraderie of others. They included PCP, MDMA, acid, and cocaine. Nowadays, we’re too mature to enjoy those silly diversions.
I don’t want to say we tend to get
As we get older, we have time to enjoy more leisure pursuits, wholesome activities to while away the hours.
Toward that end, I’ve taken up an exciting new hobby, dreaming! I’m really good at it, but that’s because I practice a lot, especially at work.
Well that’s it from the Birthday Boy. Just remember what the great Jackie Gleason said on his 50th birthday: “The 50-yard line is still the best place to watch a football game.” He died a few years later.
Rick Murphy is a six-time winner of the New York Press Association Best Column award as well as the winner of first place awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Suburban Newspaper Association of America and a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.
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Whalers Look Ahead To States By Rick Murphy
The Pierson/Bridgehampton Whalers knocked off Southold 9-4 on May 24 to ascend to the Long Island Class C championship game and a shot at a state title. The Whalers easily navigated the double-elimination tournament without a loss, winning three straight and upending Southold twice. The Whalers are 19-2 on
the season, harkening back to the 2012-14 team that won three straight Long Island titles. The Whalers will get another chance on May 31 against an opponent yet to be determined. That game will be played at the St. Joseph’s College Athletic Complex in Patchogue at 4:30 PM. The winner there will advance to the New York State Southeast
Regional final on June 2. The NYS Final Four tournament will take place in Binghamton on June 8 and 9.
Playing before a healthy home crowd, the Whalers took the suspense out of this one early on, plating three runs in the first inning and opening an 8-1 lead after four. The Settlers rallied, but Tyler LaBorne, who has emerged as
Pierson’s stopper, had enough left in the tank to stave off the late rally. Southold was the defending Class C champions three years running, making the win doubly sweet for Pierson. Sam Warne, an offensive force for the locals all season, was in the middle of things as usual on this day, scoring the first run of the day and smashing a run scoring double
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an inning later. But credit a fellow senior, Tucker Schiavoni, who made the play of the game, a diving catch of Nick Eckhardt’s liner down the third base line in the sixth inning. Oliver Kirwin had two ribbies for the winners, and Tom Brooks had a key run-producing hit. Pierson thus ended Southold’s
three-year stranglehold on the Long Island title, during which the Settlers went 62-10. Southold had only three returning starters from last year’s squad but nevertheless won 12 of its final 15 games during the regular season.
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Gritty Mariners Finally Fall By Rick Murphy
To say the Southampton Mariners succumbed to adversity doesn’t begin to tell the tale of the East End’s hard luck high school baseball team. Yes, the team fell sort of its goal of winning the Suffolk County Class A title, but the determination and fortitude the team showed along the way are the kinds of qualities only winners have.
The Mariners rallied to finish 10-10 in league VIII and give themselves a shot at the playoffs, though the team was seeded 11th and last and had to qualify for the playoffs by winning an out-bracket game against Mt. Sinai, the sixth seeded team, on May 14. And the Mariners pulled it off. That win gave the locals the dubious honor of traveling to Sayville on May 17 to play the powerful Golden Flashes, and Southampton lost. Down but not out, the locals rallied at East Islip four days later to top the home team and stay alive in the doubleelimination tournament.
Which brings us, rather laboriously, back to Sayville and a repeat against the third seed on May 23. Any thoughts the home team harbored of a knock out were quickly dismissed when Southampton jumped out to a shocking 8-2 lead. What followed was an epic affair
the likes of which Suffolk County high school baseball has rarely seen. The two teams simply refused to lose, hammering each other with roundhouses only to rise from the canvas again and again.
Give the Golden Flashes their due. After Southampton took command, courtesy of a Jayden Pepitone grand slammer, the home team rallied not once, or twice, but three times, closing the gap to 8-6 in the fifth inning. Southampton’s Will Raffel responded with a two-run double but improbably the miracle Flashes pushed home four runs in the bottom of the seventh (the last regulation inning) to knot things at 10.
Sayville then loaded the bases as well. In came the sophomore Thomas Gabriele, striking out three batters, to get out of the jam. The Mariners loaded up the bases themselves the next inning only to be thwarted by the old hidden ball trick, which unleashed some angry conversation and threats of protesting the game.
Darkness set in, leaving the drained teams on the verge of physical exhaustion. The next day finally spelled the end for the locals. The Flashes put together a run on two hits in the bottom of the 12th to send the Mariners home for good. As of this writing, Sayville is still alive in the tournament.
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Chip Shots // Bob Bubka While covering the 1995 Tour Championship held at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I had the opportunity to meet Rich Roberts, then president of Oral Roberts University, a very avid golfer with a strong game and a low single digit handicap.
Preacher Man, Mr. Cub, And Tiger Woods
I feel very confident that this will be the only golf tale you have ever read that talks about Rich Roberts, son of Oral Roberts; Ernie Banks, also known as Mr. Cub; Tiger Woods; and Billy Mayfair. This story has two parts, with part one taking place in 1995.
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The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office’s East End Driving While Intoxicated Task Force orchestrated the crackdown over Saturday and Sunday. All together 17 people were arrested between Southampton and Riverhead towns. Two hundred and twenty four cars were screened and nine people were arrested during the Southampton prong of the operation, which included the sheriff ’s and village police departments. Police said no collision-related injuries were reported within the unincorporated areas of Southampton during enforcement detail.
On the day before the championship, I was in a meeting with Rich at Oral Roberts University. As my meeting ended, I asked Rich who he thought might win the Tour Championship. Without hesitation, he said that he had a vision during the night and that Billy Mayfair would be the winner. I must admit the preacher made a believer out of me after Mayfair walked away with the title. Now, hit the fast-forward button to part two. Three years later, while covering the LA Open, I had the honor of being introduced to Ernie Banks, who had played 18 years for the Cubs, hit more than 500 home runs, and was a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
to say, we enjoyed each other’s company. And, of course, I had to tell him the story about Rich Roberts and his pre-tournament vision of Billy Mayfair winning that 1995 Tour Championship.
Ernie Banks was a huge Tiger Woods fan and said he was really enjoying watching Tiger play. As luck would have it, after 72 holes of this LA Open, there was a two-way tie for the lead. Guess who? Yep, it was Tiger and Billy Mayfair. As both players were preparing for the playoff, Banks asked me who was going to win, fully expecting me to say “Tiger.” I said, “Ernie, I’m going to call Rich Roberts for the answer.”
I pretended to call Rich and moments later I said, “Ernie, Rich said that Billy Mayfair was going to win.” Tiger, over the course of his career, was involved in 12 playoffs. He won 11 of them, with his only loss being against Billy Mayfair in that LA Open.
I was fortunate enough to be with Ernie at several other golf events, the last time being the 2012 Ryder Cup in Chicago, a town that idolized Ernie Banks. After the Tiger’s loss to Billy Mayfair, Ernie always called me the Billy Mayfair Man. I can still hear that distinctive voice saying, “There he is, ‘the Billy Mayfair Man.’” US Open Update . . . Preparations are moving along nicely. Many of my media friends thoroughly enjoyed playing Shinnecock last week on Media Day. It’s always nice to hear so many of them say Shinnecock is the finest course they’ve ever played. Of course, I agree. Just a reminder . . .Thursday, June 7 through Sunday, June 11, the week prior to the start of the US Open Championship, the US Open Merchandise Pavilion will be open to the public — no ticket needed. I’ll be there broadcasting on WLNG . . . Hope to see you there.
Ernie loved to play golf but loved talking golf even more. Needless
In the Riverhead prong of the operation, police made eight arrests — including one for aggravated driving while intoxicated — working along with Suffolk County, Southold, and New York State Troopers at several checkpoints and on extra patrols throughout the evening. Arrested in the sweep was 59-year-old Aquebogue resident Michael Pressler, who was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and unlawful possession of marijuana, as well as vehicle and traffic violations; and Eli Kowalski, 30, of Brooklyn, who was charged with driving while intoxicated. He was additionally slapped with vehicle and traffic violations. Also charged with driving while intoxicated was Cecelia Dmitrash, 36, of Flanders, Gelvin Santiago, 30, of Riverhead, and Tamien Trent, 36, of Mastic. Santiago was additionally charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Three people were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana in the sweep.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary NewscoasT gUard news // Vincent Pica We, as taxpayers, benefit from its enhancements but it has to work for our armed forces — land, sea, and air. And as military requirements go up, so does, therefore, the capabilities of GPS.
In fact, the current GPS system is unable to deliver what our armed forces need — so, starting several years ago, GPS-III was started to be put aloft. This naturally required an entirely new ground control system. The Air Force took the rict Captain, Sector Long Island South, D1SR next step in that process when it United States Coast Guard Auxiliary awarded a contract at the time to Raytheon Company for the Next hip of this column is available. All fees raised will be GPS Control Segment, Generation now referred to as OCX. onated by The Independent to Division 18 of
Air ForcePica By Vincent Plan To Modernize The USCGGPS Auxilliary for use in boating safety.
OCX is among the most troubled program in the Air Force — late and over-budget. The program is five to six years behind, and, according to a March 2017 report from the Government Accountability Office, surged in cost from $3.6 billion in November 2012 to $5.5 billion in September 2016 — a 53.2 percent increase in fiscal year 2017 dollars. The December report by MITRE, obtained and described by Bloomberg News, put the cost at $6.1 billion.
mationAscall we allJim knowMackin by now, GPS@ is 631.324.2500 used in everything from driving to school, to farming and aviation, to public safety and disaster relief, not to mention its military purpose of providing precision navigation and timing to our combat forces. And we’ve often covered some facet of GPS — or GPS vulnerability. This column is about both. HooKED First and foremost, GPS is a military imperative. As such, as of February 2016, 72 Global Positioning System navigation satellites were launched. Not all remain operational. The minimum number of satellites for a full constellation is 24 operational 95 percent of the time. The current number exceeds this. The target number is 33, and decommissioned reserves are available to maintain the numbers.
Although Congress and senior Air Force officials have made very clear their displeasure with Raytheon’s progress, the fact is that this program is critically important because GPS 3 satellites’ stronger, more accurate, and more jam resistant signal can’t be effectively used until the ground stations are up and running. Starting over would put the country years behind. This modernization doesn’t leave the “old” GPS satellites
flying “blind.” OCX will maintain compatibility with the current satellite constellation and enable new modernized signal capabilities. Win, win, win. SPAMMERS, SPooFERS AND HACKERS The Achilles heel of GPS is the extremely weak signals that reach the receiver. It has been estimated that each satellite in a sat-nav constellation is putting out less power than a car headlight, illuminating more than a third of the Earth’s surface at a distance of more than 12,400 miles aloft. This is what makes it possible, if not easy, to jam GPS signals. In fact, our military does it to suppress enemy abilities in this area, as they try to do to us.
sat-nav effort Galileo, are equally susceptible.
What to do about it? We can leave the longer-term solution to the government but, for us, recall what I have often said — if your eyes say “danger ahead” but the GPS says “drive on,” trust your eyes! BTw, if you are interested in being part of uSCG Forces, email me at JoinuSCGaux@aol.com or go directly to the D1SR Human Resources Department. The folks there are in charge of new members matters, at DSO-HR and we will help you “get in this thing . . .”
Of a more serious nature, GPS receivers can be “spoofed” — not simply blinded by a strong, noisy signal, but fooled into thinking their location or the time is different because of fraudulent broadcast GPS signals. Someone with mal-intent can now buy a simulator, link it to Google Earth, put on a route, and it will simulate that route to the GPS. A GPS receiver overcome by it will behave as if you’re travelling along that route. Admittedly, this isn’t easy but terrorists are determined agents.
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Indy Fit // Nicole Teitler Describe what Torch’d is.
Get Torch’d Memorial Day Weekend meant the kickoff of summer body season. Fitness re-openings and pop-ups spanning across the South Fork can either leave you feeling motivated or guilty, depending on how excited you are for skimping down into your beach wear. If you want to unleash your inner “Souldier,” visit SoulAnnex at the BARN in Bridgehampton. SoulAnnex is a new spin on the traditional SoulCycle class, getting you off the bike and onto a mat. It is open Memorial Day through Labor Day weekends.
A recent “Torch’d” class introduced me to the new method in a room lit up by candles, creating a warming atmosphere, and pulsing to the beat of workout favorites: Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea, Rihanna etc. Yes, these are the women that fire me up and it seemed my instructor Isaac Calpito felt the same. As I was guided through the workout with mere two-pound weights in hand and only my body weight as resistance, small motions and quick repetitions equated to targeted muscles and a sweat unlike any other.
Torch’d is a full body workout using body resistance, dance cardio, and targeted repetition to burn, lengthen, and tone. I created it when I was a dancer on Broadway in the hit shows West Side Story and Mamma Mia! and use it to train my celebrity clients. What celebrities are regulars in your classes and have you trained? Kelly Ripa, Lucy Liu, Priyanka Chopra, Faye Dunaway, Ariana Grande. What type of workout do you prefer? Small, specific motions with light weights mirror my training as a dancer to create a functional, lean body. How long have you been with SoulCycle? I’ve been teaching at Soul for three and a half years. Where else do you teach? SoulAnnex, Bridgehampton Barn, East Hampton, and Water Mill SoulCycle What’re some musthaves on your workout playlist? I curate very detailed playlists for each class. Certain parts of my class call for more upbeat, celebratory songs and others require a more atmospheric sound. They range
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