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A Walk Down Memory Lane With Hugh King

— The Long Islander takes pride in his town.

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Arts & Entertainment

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9 Thiele, O’Connor Vie For Assembly Candidates offer views at LWV debate.

14 Vote On Bel-Aire Cove Motel Postponed Residents oppose Hamptons Bays purchase.

24 Three Crashes, Three Arrests In EH Area residents were drunk while driving, police say.

25 EH Man Facing Possible Prison Time Theft of industrial equipment leads to charges.

B1 Jonathan Santlofer’s Memoir The Widower’s Notebook helped grieving readers.

B4 Roger Waters Narrates The Soldier’s Tale BCMF musicians featured on centenary album.

11 Battle Over Road Intensifies District attorney may be asked to enter case.

20 Funding Okayed For Sag Harbor Cinema SH to pay $4 million for facade easement.

24 Three Southampton DWIs Late shift nabs allege drunk drivers.

25 Jail Time Indictments Follow Arrests Possible deportation, and costly bails.

B3 Light Of The Ocean Artist transforms Arts Center into interactive marine world.

B5 Art Show Celebrates Cultural Similarities Russian | American plein air exhibit unites nations.

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B19 The Palm: A Carnivore’s Dream Beef, bacon, and chops round out menu.

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Flaherty B20 Autumn Squash Bisque Guest-worthy recipe by Chef Olan Cox.

B22 Roasted Acorn Squash With Seven Grain And Smoky Bacon Stuffing Recipe by Chef Joe Cipro.

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Deeds Featured listings above $5 million.

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rental market, and everything in between.

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38 Third Quarter Drop Is the bubble bursting?

The East End is a very special place, and I am privileged enough to be born and raised here. I am surrounded by some of the best golfing, surfing, and fishing

39 Cruz’s OT Goal Lifts Greenport Torres’s six saves put Porters in regional semifinals.

41 Second Straight Undefeated Season Westhampton football team marks milestone.

40 MSG Girls Win County Title Golden’s three goals lead to OT.

42 Tomaro, Peruso Twice As Nice WHB girls tennis team wins Long Island title.

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Lost Its Way

Open Season

Dear East Hampton Neighbor, My name is Manny Vilar. I am the Republican candidate for East Hampton Town Board in this November’s election.

Thirty-four years ago, I was already a volunteer firefighter in the Springs Fire Department when I embarked on a career in law enforcement. The opportunity to help others in need spoke to my inner being.

I became a member of the NYS Park Police. Now not only was I helping others, but also overnight I became an Environmental Protector, the cop giving a voice to a voiceless environment. I knew instantly I had found my once- in-a-lifetime dream job.

As chance would have it, in 1995, I was injured during an exchange of gunfire between rival drugdealing gang members on 137th St. and Riverside Drive in Harlem. That almost ended my police career.

After 17 months of extensive physical therapy, I was finally able to return to work.

During those dark days, I became a union organizer. With police colleagues, we created the Police Benevolent Association of New York State, NY state’s fifth-biggest police union. I was its founding president.

For the same reasons I became a police officer and then a labor organizer all those years ago, I have throughout my life championed issues that I believe are righteous, without regard to political party.

I believe we have a moral and ethical obligation to ensure that government is not just the tool of the powerful but should speak for all of our residents, particularly those who live and work in East Hampton and cannot easily participate in the political process due to the burdens of work and family.

In East Hampton today, I believe the town board has lost its way. On many issues, Town Hall seems aloof to the voices and concerns of the local community and unable comprehensively to get things done.

Our commercial fishing industry needs our help, not to be left to face the risks of Deepwater Wind alone.

Our water quality is declining, with toxic algae growth in various ponds and chemical contamination in drinking water. We have no more time to lose.

We need solutions to the quality of life problems of coastal erosion, airport noise, beach access, the possible impact of Deepwater Wind on Wainscott, litter, and contamination of bays and harbors.

We need laws that protect our environment and quality of life but also afford economic opportunity to our year-round community. They cannot live on the beauty of our surroundings.

I ask for your help, your participation, and your valuable insight as a voice for change to create a balanced government that includes and listens to diverse voices, including those of the political minority.

Thank you, Manny Vilar

Dear Editor, As someone who has bow hunted for deer for many years, I was amused by Supervisor Schneiderman’s comment (“Poxabogue Course Isn’t Fair Game”) that “It’s not a wooded area. The deer are out in the open.

It doesn’t seem like fair game.”

Jay has obviously never hunted — deer have exceptional hearing and can hear the sound of an arrow in the air. They would also see the hunter “out in the open” and as soon as the hunter made a move with the bow, they would be off.

Poxabogue may not be the best place to hunt for reasons stated by Kristin Doulos but fairness to deer out in the open is not one of them!

Howard Roth

Vote, Drink Dear Editor, It started with this message from my friend Pat Hope.

Pat and I are very passionate about how important it is to exercise your right to vote.

Holly and I are matching her 200 as is Jeffrey Bragman, Manny Vilar, and David Lys.

Together we invite the first 150 people to join us for a drink at The Clubhouse and we will dedicate one of our big screens to those who want to watch the returns. Each voter needs to wear their “I voted” sticker.

If anyone else would like to join us, please contact me at ehit2000@aol.com. See you at The Clubhouse on Election Night!

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Wonderful Staff Rick, I’ve been a renter for about 10 months at Windmill I, the senior complex. From what I understand, Windmill II and St. Michaels are for Section 8 housing voucher holders, who may or may not be seniors.

I can only say how wonderful I have been treated by the staff of Windmill I and am in regular contact with many others here that feel the same. Having a mobility problem at a difficult time, I was offered a unit at the complex. I had some trepidation, wondering if all the dicey press in the past might hold some truth. I have to say that I can’t find fault with the staff. I never have to worry about taking care of the grounds, the lawn is always mowed, the leaves are taken care of, the snow and ice is cleared quickly, and all the facilities — laundromat, community rooms and kitchens —are maintained and available at all times, unless there is a group of renters holding a function. If I have a problem with anything in my apartment, I can call for a repair and it is done promptly and well.

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The Independent editorial staff questioned U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin, left, and his challenger, Perry Gershon, at the newspaper’s office on Thursday, October 25. Independent/Justin Meinken

Zeldin, Gershon Fight To The Finish There is no love lost between the candidates for U.S. Congress

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

Things are getting testy on the campaign trail between the two candidates, but on Thursday, October 25, at The Independent, a cold truce ruled the day.

The incumbent, Lee Zeldin (R) and his challenger, Perry Gershon (D) have engaged in several snippy debates of late as they fight for Zeldin’s First Congressional seat, but managed to keep it civil during a Q & A with The Independent’s editorial staff.

The two candidates talked in measured terms and were polite, though not cordial to each other. Each accused

the other of making untrue statements at prior debates and especially in television ads, which are airing with increasing frequency as Election Day nears.

Gershon, for example, said he never invested in foreign oil companies. “The Zeldin campaign suggested I invested in offshore oil, tweeted it out, and put it in ads.”

“A great source is his Financial Disclosure Form,” Zeldin countered.

“It shows an offshore oil bond worth between $250,000 and $500,000.”

Gershon said the investment was

a Louisiana Offshore Oil terminal, when pressed.

Zeldin accused Gershon of being against President Donald Trump and trying to paint he and President Trump with the same brush. “You compared Trump to Hitler and said that’s why you decided to run against Lee Zeldin.”

Gershon said he’s running for issues that matter in this district: “Health care, the environment, gun safety, and a woman’s right to choose — it’s issue based.” Zeldin said he frequently votes against Trump. He noted that the Lugar Center Bipartisan Index ranked him 45th last year and 39th this year.

Trump’s shadow looms large, Gershon agreed, “I’m 56. I was 55 when I decided to run and I was motivated by Trump’s presidency. This country is going in the wrong direction.”

Gershon said Zeldin wanted to cut Medicare for seniors; the incumbent denied it. Cleary, the matter of health care is one of the most clearly defined between the two.

“Medicare for all is about getting everyone coverage,” Gershon said. The current system drives people to emergency rooms, which “is a big drain on our economy. It’s a horrible burden

on working families and employees.”

He acknowledged there would be a learning curve going into Congress as a newbie but said he would seek coalitions from other new members. Zeldin boasted that during his first term (he’s seeking his third) he co-sponsored many successful bills with Democrats.

Gershon said the country was better with the Affordable Care Act despite its flaws and criticized Congress for not passing an alternative but cutting the legs out of Obamacare by eliminating the individual mandate. “The mandate was a way to lower costs and create a pool.”

Zeldin said TrumpCare would have provided a 10 percent decrease in premiums. More to the point, the ACA doesn’t work in most places because there are not enough providers, so there is no competition for their services. Gershon wants a single payer system, and said he did not want to nationalize health care. He said taxes would be raised to pay for it. Neither was optimistic about an immediate fix. Gershon acknowledged selling a Medicare-based system would take patience. He stressed it was a necessity that had to be pursued. Zeldin said the problem is there aren’t enough solvent health care providers to provide the competition needed to drive premium prices down. Shopping for out of state providers is an option worth pursuing, he stressed.

When Gershon claimed Zeldin wanted to deny health coverage to people with preexisting conditions, Zeldin pointed out the practice is against the law in New York State and “has been since the ‘90s.”

Gershon did not reply when Zeldin charged illegal immigrants would be given Medicare if Gershon had his way.

Both men do not support a call to abolish Immigration Custom Enforcement and do away with the agents. “I know some people do, but I strongly oppose getting rid of it. ICE is a necessity,” Gershson opined. Zeldin is a strong backer of ICE and has worked to round up MS-13 gang members in the district.

The candidates clashed on the Muller investigation. Zeldin denied he wanted it to conclude in the near future, as Gershon suggested. “I never said that. I said it should not be openended,” Zeldin said.

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LaValle, Fischer State Their Positions Incumbent touts record, challenger says NY’s economy needs fixing

By Stephen J. Kotz sjkotz@indyeastend.com

New York State Senator Ken LaValle, the incumbent Republican with 42 years of experience in the statehouse, is being challenged for the second time

by Democrat Greg Fischer, a business consultant, in the November 6 election.

The two candidates squared off in a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons in Hampton Bays on October 25, with Fischer issuing a warning of a grim future for the state unless drastic steps are taken to reform government, rein in wasteful spending, and modernize the economy.

“We have to go back to looking at senators and assemblypeople as statewide actors and not just pandering to their local constituencies to get elected,” he said, “but really becoming

strategists and planners and showing some skill at developing and being responsible for the entire state.”

LaValle, who will also appear on the Conservative, Independence, and Reform Party lines, cited his efforts to control taxes, protect the environment, and provide assistance for first-time homebuyers.

At times, LaValle expressed frustration with Fischer’s wide-ranging criticism. At one point, the challenger, noting that LaValle is chairman of the senate’s committee on higher education, accused LaValle of not doing enough to control local school taxes.

The senator countered that the committee Fischer was referring to deals with post-secondary education and had

Gerard Drive Washed Away Photo by Justin Meinken After a powerful storm hit the East End on October 27, several areas were completely flooded, and other roads like Gerard Drive off Springs Fireplace Road were severely damaged. According to Highway Superintendent Steve Lynch, the damaged sustained to Gerard Drive rivaled the damages inflicted by Hurricane Sandy. He also stated that the road-

way “was hit directly for 19 hours.”

Lynch and his crew worked throughout the weekend to stabilize the road and it is now passable.

FEMA has allotted roughly $835,000 in funding to redesign Gerard Drive to avoid future damages.

However, Lynch said that he expects the reconstruction to continue well into December.

New York Senator Ken LaValle and challenger Greg Fischer. Independent/Stephen J. Kotz

nothing to do with local school boards.

“My head is spinning,” LaValle said. “You are like a one-man band. I think you need to focus — I don’t want to sound like your parent but you need to focus on one piece and try to effectuate change.”

LaValle cited his effort to help bring about a merger of the Tuckahoe and Southampton school districts, an effort that was ultimately rejected by voters. “We can push districts to consolidate until the cows come home,” he said. “The ultimate choice belongs to the taxpayers of the district.”

Fischer argued that LaValle had not done enough to promote economic growth. “We really need a turnaround,” he said, noting that about one million people had left the state in the past eight years, most from upstate areas, where economic growth is stagnant.

That exodus is putting pressure on downstate areas such as Long Island to pick up the slack and subsidize the rest of the state, Fischer said.

Trouble is on the horizon, he added, pointing out that Nassau County is facing a budget crisis and Suffolk County is not far behind. He warned the state would be next and raised the specter of lawmakers raiding employee pensions to make up for shortfalls in revenue.

“Mr. Fischer makes irresponsible statements,” LaValle countered, arguing that Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has done an excellent job managing the state’s pension funds. “People can sleep well, being assured that all proper methodologies are in place,” he said.

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain,” Fischer countered.

The candidates were closer on some issues, including Deepwater Wind’s proposed South Fork Wind Farm, which was enthusiastically greeted when initially unveiled but has since attracted a growing legion of critics.

“The longer I look at it, the more I question it,” said LaValle, emphasizing that he was upset that Deepwater was recently sold to Ørsted, a major Danish

wind-power company. “Certainly, I’m not thrilled about the discussion about having a foreign entity running that.”

The senator added he was concerned about the impacts the proposed wind farm will have on fishermen and migrating birds. “I think they have a ways to go and have to answer a lot of questions,” LaValle concluded. “I support renewable energy, so we have to try to work out some of these issues.”

“The problem with this project is it is a complete nonstarter,” said Fischer, who said he opposed a foreign company controlling American energy reserves. He added that he also opposed the wind farm because it is a “big energy” project that will prevent real progress being made in gaining control of the Long Island Power Authority. Fischer said he preferred a decentralized electric generation system and urged people “to get off the grid as soon as possible.”

LaValle said he did not support expanding the state’s reproductive health laws, while Fischer argued the protections of Roe v. Wade should be codified to protect a woman’s right to have an abortion. LaValle said he opposed a single-payer healthcare system, saying there were better, more localized ways to improve, while Fischer was a strong proponent, saying the United States doesn’t have health care but “sick care.”

While LaValle said he had misgivings about allowing undocumented immigrants to receive driver’s licenses, Fischer said it would be one more way to reduce the reach of the underground economy by requiring people to apply for a license. Plus, he said, the change would promote safety on the roads.

The candidates saw eye to eye on several issues: public officials who are convicted of corruption should not be eligible for pensions; the legalization of marijuana is fine for medicinal purposes, but not for recreational use; and restrictions on absentee ballots should be eased.

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New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele and challenger Patrick O’Connor. Independent/Stephen J. Kotz

Thiele, O’Connor Vie For Assembly Seat Candidates offer views at League of Women Voters debate

By Stephen J. Kotz sjkotz@indyeastend.com

Patrick O’Connor, the Republican challenging Independence Party incumbent Fred Thiele for the First District New York State Assembly seat, has an uphill battle against one of the East End’s most popular politicians. That didn’t stop him from staking his challenge at a debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters on October 25 in Hampton Bays.

“It is my belief that my opponent has fallen out of touch with the voters,” O’Connor, a software engineer, said.

“They feel under-represented, neglected. Some feel they have been thrown under the bus.” In his opening statement, he cited the fishing industry, the high cost of living, and the opioid crisis

as some of the areas where Thiele had failed his constituents, although he was short on specifics.

“I don’t go to Albany to win debating points but to get things done,” said Thiele, who is seeking his 13th term.

“We’ve gotten results in the First Assembly District.” He cited the creation of the Community Preservation Fund, which has raised more than $1 billion for land preservation, efforts to improve commuter train service on the East End, and his ability to work on both sides of the aisle on many issues.

One of those issues is affordable housing, he said. “We aren’t going to be able to build our way out of the problem,”

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Thiele said, suggesting instead that the twopercent tax for the CPF be increased to 2.5 percent, with the extra revenue going toward affordable housing.

“We have to reassess the tax structure out here” as the first step before looking at ways to ease financing restrictions, said O’Connor. “I don’t think we want a repeat of the bubble we had a few years ago. We have to be careful.”

Both candidates expressed misgivings about Deepwater Wind’s proposed South Fork Wind Farm. “In the more generic sense, I support the need for alternative energy. I think we should be doing everything we can to promote solar, geothermal, and wind power,” said Thiele. “Climate change is real and we have to deal with it.”

He said he had supported Deepwater’s application when it was first presented to East Hampton Town, but the recent sale of Deepwater to Ørsted, a Danish company, made him less likely to lend his support. “I’d rather have an American company, a local company, rather than having to deal with a company from another country,” he added.

O’Connor said that Thiele’s early support for the wind farm was one of the reasons “a lot of fishermen feel they were thrown under the bus” by the incumbent. He questioned whether the wind farm would be cost-effective or environmentally sound.

“We are asking the fishermen to give up a lot on something that may not work perfectly,” he said. “I’m for smart, clean energy, but this doesn’t seem to be a smart idea. It was supposed to be an American company for American jobs and now that is out of the question too.”

Both candidates criticized the Long Island Power Authority, which is still working off the debt from the Shoreham nuclear plant. Thiele said he opposed a measure to reform LIPA in 2013 because it reduced oversight, with O’Connor saying, “an independent body to oversee that seems to be a prudent choice.”

Both candidates also said they are

pro-choice, with Thiele saying he supported the Reproductive Health Act. “Because of the recent appointment to the Supreme Court, I believe Roe v. Wade is in jeopardy,” Thiele said.

O’Connor said he was “a pro-choice Republican” and would support the legislation if elected.

Thiele said he would support issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, arguing that it would help make the roads safer if all drivers were required to be licensed. He said his position had evolved with the success of a similar program in Connecticut.

O’Connor said he was opposed, tying driving licenses to illegal voting. “The DMV and voter registration are linked together,” he said. “That would be a slippery slope in terms of voter fraud going forward.”

“That’s a red herring. That’s a fear tactic,” responded Thiele. “Nobody said anything about letting immigrants vote.

That’s just trying to scare people.”

The candidates said they supported medical marijuana but had concerns about legalizing the drug for recreational use. Both also said public officials convicted of corruption should lose their pensions, and both supported reform of the state’s voting laws to allow early voting and making it easier to cast absentee ballots. Similarly, both said the state needs to beef up its ethics code to create independent ethics commissions for all branches of government. “People have been convicted through the criminal justice system, but that can’t be the first line of defense,” said Thiele.

O’Connor said he believed term limits would help reform Albany. “If I was lucky to enough to get elected and reelected, I’d think eight years for any legislator would be enough,” he said. “If I wasn’t term limited, I would term limit myself to eight years or less. We need new blood in Albany.”

“When it comes to term limits, I trust the voters,” said Thiele.

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Water Views Festival’s Keynote Speakers Oysters, lawns, and man’s relationship to water on the table

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

The five keynote speakers at the Water Views Festival, hosted by The Independent, which will take on the crisis of water quality on the East End and around the world, have been announced. The event will be held at 10 AM on November 11, at the Ross School on Goodfriend Drive in East Hampton.

Here is a brief look at the keynote speakers and their backgrounds.

Michael Ogden is the founding director of Natural Systems International, based in Santa Fe. The company provides expertise on biotechnology and engineering in all things water, in the United States, and around the world.

That includes the treatment and reuse of wastewater, storm water management, the restoration of large bodies of water,

and protecting and increasing the supply of drinkable water around the world.

One of the innovations NSI is advancing is the creation of artificial or “constructed” wetlands to treat wastewater, using the same tools as are found in nature.

Edwina von Gal is an East Hampton-based, semi-retired landscape designer and founder and president of the Perfect Earth Project. To von Gal and the Perfect Earth Project, a beautiful lawn is a bio-sustainable, toxin-free lawn. Architectural Digest described the nonprofit organization in 2016 as one that “seeks to free the world from chemicals, one lawn at a time.” Her landscape design company has worked with notable artists and fellow designers across the East End. She told The

New York Times in 2007, “Nature conservation is an artistic, scientific, and intellectual process — and one that involves getting dirty, literally.”

Murray Fisher is founder and chairman of the Billion Oyster Project.

It is his goal to restore New York Harbor to the pristine, complex body of water Henry Hudson first came upon in 1609. In colonial times, the harbor was famous for its oysters and oyster reefs.

The city was once known as the oyster capital of the world, Fisher says.

Those oysters colonies found in New York Harbor cleansed the water as they removed algae, phytoplankton, and nitrogen from it. BOP has partnered with businesses, such as Whole Foods, and restaurants in the city, who donate empty shells to BOP to help form the reefs needed to seed oysters. BOP also partners with New York City public schools, whose students regularly monitor the growth of the oysters being seeded in the harbor. “An adult oyster filters, conservatively, in the summer time when they are feeding, a gallon of water an hour,” Fisher told the "PBS News Hour" last year. If BOP succeeds, Fisher said, the waters in New York Harbor will be completely filtered every three days.

Beth Rattner is the executive director of the nonprofit Biomimicry Institute. She has explained biomimicry in

interviews as “the process of mimicking life. How do we look to nature for design inspiration for the problems we humans have?” One example she gives is the invention of Velcro by Swiss engineer George de Mestral. De Mestral was walking with his dog in the woods in 1941 when he noticed burdock seeds were clinging to his dog’s ears, as well as his clothing. When he examined the seeds, he realized they were covered with tiny hooks, enabling the plant to propagate by going along for a brief ride on passing animals. “My goal is to keep all the remaining species alive and well, while creating a new jobs economy,” she has said.

Gaelin Rosenwaks is an ocean explorer and photographer. “The ocean is my soul,” she told The Independent earlier this year. She is the founder and head of Global Ocean Exploration. “Climate change and warming temperatures and increased acidity is a problem facing everything in the ocean. Nothing is not going to be touched,” she said. She founded GOE in 2008 to share her passion for ocean exploration and conservation. She also believes it important that scientists work closely with the professional fishing community. “They understand the ocean. Their livelihoods depends on it.”

To reserve a seat or for more information about the event, send an email to waterviews@indyeastend.com.

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Battle Over Road Intensifies In East Hampton District attorney asked to enter case

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

What at first seemed like an innocuous internal land transfer buried in an East Hampton Town Board agenda may be headed to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.

Last summer, a legal notice appeared in The East Hampton Star. It stated that Galaxy Group Investments LLC, the owner of a large parcel of land on Cross Highway in Amagansett, was willing to “grant the town Scenic, Conservation and Trail Easement in perpetuity” to a long, narrow stretch of land next to the Galaxy parcel that is “a portion of the Paumanok Path trail.”

Galaxy would grant the easement, and in return the town would pass title to Galaxy by condemning the land in question.

It was almost a done deal when David Buda, a retired New Jersey attorney, and current Springs resident, objected, arguing that Galaxy didn’t own the land in question. The 50-foot-wide piece runs through three acres and totals about 33,000 square feet. In other words, the corporation was attempting to grant an easement to land it didn’t own, Buda said.

Since then, tempers have flared

and some have accused the East Hampton Town Board’s Democratic majority of trying to push through a sweetheart deal for longtime party boss Chris Kelley.

The latest salvo is an opinion piece written by three attorneys— Buda, Jonathan Wallace, and David Gruber. They conclude it is a “legal impossibility” to proceed with the deal with Galaxy.

Kelley’s involvement, Buda and Gruber charge, is more than just political: his law firm, Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin, and Quartararo LLP represents Galaxy.

Michael Novogratz, a billionaire with local ties, “appears” to control Galaxy, according to Buda.

“It is an open secret that 58 Cross Highway East was purchased with the intent to relocate the former residence of architect Francis Fleetwood from its existing location at 85 Ocean View Lane, Amagansett. That property was purchased in July 2016 from the Estate of Mr. Fleetwood by another entity under common control: Novofam, L.L.C., which appears to be controlled by Novogratz. The Ocean View property borders the swath of land being turned

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over to Galaxy,” Buda wrote.

Novogratz, who could not be reached for comment, has made large donations to Democrats in the past.

Buda and other critics contend there is an advantage for Novogratz.

Obtaining 33,000 square feet of additional space will increase his building envelope and also make it easier to meet required setbacks.

In their missive the three attorneys wrote, “even if the grant of easement were somehow possible, the subject portion of the road cannot be abandoned.”

David Lys, the newest board member, who is running to keep the seat he was appointed to in January, said in an interview this week that he was no longer comfortable going forward with the deal until “true ownership can be determined.” He added, “A lot of information was mishandled and never got to us.” But Lys said he didn’t think the town board was influenced because Kelley’s law firm was handling the case.

Gruber, who lost the Democratic primary to Lys in June, believes Lys was more than willing to push the deal through until it became apparent there was going to be significant opposition and perhaps a court battle — if not a DA’s investigation — had the board proceeded.

Lys, said Gruber, “is falsely claiming to have been skeptical of the transaction for not receiving the necessary information.” He charged town board members “never asked the town attorney to do his job, leaving David Buda, Jonathan, and me to do it.”

“I saw it but didn’t read it,” said Stephen Latham of the document prepared by Buda, Gruber, and Wallace.

Latham is Kelley’s law partner and the attorney who has handled the Galaxy application. “It was a few weeks late as the record had been closed by the town board at the last hearing on September 20, so it’s a legal nullity. I suspect its real purpose was to give Gruber et. al.

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an excuse to berate and intimidate the town board about phony issues.”

According to Buda, in the subsequent filing prepared by the attorneys, the land in question first appeared as a subdivision map titled “Devon Section Two” on March 17, 1910 and was labeled a “new Public Road.” It was identified as a town road in 1914 in a highway department document.

Rick Whalen, a former town planning and zoning attorney and the vice president for trail planning of the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, told the planning board, “You can tell from old photographs,” that the trail in question was once a road.

Vigil Planned For Pittsburgh Victims

On Thursday, November 1, a vigil will be held for the 11 victims who were killed in a synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend.

The vigil will be held at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons on Woods Lane in East Hampton from 7 to 8 PM. “Let the world know that we stand together for hope and stand united against the darkness of prejudice and antiSemitism,” said a spokesperson for JCOH. “When tragedies like this happen, we shouldn’t forget the power of community to comfort, and the power of prayer to heal.” The Jewish Center of the Hamptons is coming together with Temple Adas Israel, the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons, as well as other local faith communities to hold a vigil for those slain at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

For those who cannot join on November 1, Kaddish will be recited at Shabbat services Friday at 6 PM and again on Saturday at 10 AM.

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Strong Support For Ambulance Budget EMTs, paramedics, drivers flood SH Town Hall in support of increase

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Southampton Volunteer Ambulance personnel, EMTs, hospital workers, crew chiefs, and even the organization’s founder showed up to support an increase in its budget during a town board meeting October 23.

The increase for Southampton ambulance includes a $200,000 spending increase for training and programs, medical services for full-time staff, and $2 million for a new building, the latter of which brought some criticism by residents.

“Almost half the time the Southampton Volunteer Ambulance does not have appropriate response times,” said Water Mill resident Judy Poznik.

She compared the number of “signal 3” calls in 2013 with those of 2018. A “signal 3” call is one in which the original

The Southampton Volunteer Ambulance, on North Sea Road, may see a facelift if the town approves a special districts budget increase. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Philip Cammann speaks to the Southampton Town Board in favor of a budget increase for the organization. Independent/Stephen J. Kotz

dispatch attempt is unsuccessful after two minutes, resulting in nearby crews being called in for backup.

“In 2013, there were 423 calls, with

139 requiring signal 3s, which is 33 percent of the time not having appropriate response times. In 2018, there were 415 calls, slightly less, with 183 calls requiring signal 3s, which is 45 percent of the time. Volunteer members have not dramatically increased in the past 20 years. And a new building will not remedy poor response times, because a building does not respond to emergencies,” said Poznik.

But those who came out in support said they believe a new building could actually help solve the problem, using the building as a way to draw more people in, and host various training lessons, like CPR, which could lead

to potential recruitment interest.

“Being a volunteer is very different now from how it was 15 years ago,” said Zaneta Libuda, a 15-year volunteer paramedic with SVA, who is also an ex-second-assistant chief and certified CPR instructor. “Requirements and performance standards are much higher and harder than they used to be.

People have to work two jobs. We could offer outreach, but for this, we need appropriate training facilities. Every time we can’t host a training session, we miss an opportunity to spread our volunteerism outreach.”

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Southampton Town is considering buying the Bel-Aire Cove Motel at 20 Shinnecock Road in Hampton Bays with a plan for the site to be redeveloped. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Town Postpones Vote On Bel-Aire Cove Motel Purchase Residents cry collusion during Southampton board meeting

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Southampton Town’s venture into the real estate business has residents up in arms.

A resolution to purchase and resell the Hampton Bays Bel-Aire Cove Motel was shelved during an October 23 town board meeting when residents poured in to question the town’s motive.

The purchase of 20 Shinnecock Road, which would cost $1,060,000, was first brought up in September when eyebrows were raised over the prospect the town undertaking the purchase through its community development program and auctioning it off for redevelopment.

Many at the Tuesday meeting asked in-

stead for the property to be acquired using the Community Preservation Fund.

“I don’t believe taxpayers should be paying the funds for this property,” Hampton Bays resident Anthony Cenzoprano said. “The owner should sell it on his own, and maybe then the town should step in and say it will help with all the permits to whoever buys it, but not to bail him out for doing the wrong kind of things, for accumulating summonses. I would also like to see a little more transparency with what’s going on here.”

Supervisor Jay Schneiderman originally said the town’s plan was to buy through a community development

A Walk In The Woods Your guide to upcoming fall nature walks

By Justin Meinken justin@indyeastend.com

A flurry of fall nature walks and fun events is on the horizon. First up is the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt with a Poxabogue County Park nature walk on Saturday, November 3, at 10 AM, sponsored by the South Fork Nat-

ural History Museum. The Long Pond Greenbelt is widely considered to be one of the most ecologically significant areas in all of New York State and the Poxabogue Preserve is right in the center of it all.

application, although town attorney Kara Bak said she believed the property could be acquired under a town law that allows land to be purchased for a public purpose. Regardless, Schneiderman said he’d like to convert the onestory, 22-unit motel, two-story manager’s house, and pool along Penny Pond into a town-approved plan, mentioning the potential for luxury condos.

“The idea would be to acquire it and work with the community on a redevelopment plan and then secure the permits from the planning board, building department, health department, whatever necessary, and then auction it off to the highest bidder,” Schneiderman said.

Most didn’t understand why the town hasn’t pressured the owners, who also run the Ocean View Terrace Motel in Hampton Bays, to clean up the property and pay their fines accumulated over the last nearly five years.

“I believe this is a sweetheart deal and it should have further scrutiny,” Cenzoprano said. “The owners own and operate the Ocean View Terrace Motel in Hampton Bays without any problems, so that goes to show that they can certainly run the business in the correct way. I’m totally against this.”

Hampton Bays residents Donna Thiele, Ray D’Angelo and Gayle Lombardo were among the many calling for preservation. Others even asked for affordable housing if the property were to be redeveloped.

“It’s a safety issue,” D’Angelo said.

“Look at this with some urgency.”

Maria Hults, speaking on behalf of the Hampton Bays Civic Association, thanked the town for addressing the future of the property, but the organization also called for CPF use, citing water mitigation purposes since the parcel is adjacent to Shinnecock Bay. “Studies have documented that the motel is directly polluting the bay with fecal matter,” she said. “If ever

The walk and museum admission tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children ages three to 12, free for children two and under. Advanced registration is required for all events and can made via www.longpondgreenbelt.org and www. sofo.org.

On November 3 at 10 AM, the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society is sponsoring a one-hour hike through two miles of Amagansett’s Stony Hill terrain. Led by Jim Zajac, the walk will begin on Red Dirt Road roughly a quarter of a mile east of Accabonac Road.

Then on Monday, November 5, at 7:30 PM, the monthly general membership meeting will begin. The meeting welcomes new, old, and prospective members to Ashawagh Hall on Springs-Fire-

Maria Hults, speaking on behalf of the Hampton Bays Civic Association, addresses the Southampton Town Board on the purchase of the Bel-Aire Cove Motel October 23. Independent/Stephen J. Kotz

Hampton Bays resident Anthony Cenzoprano said Southampton Town is offering a “sweetheart deal” to the owners of the Bel-Aire Cove Motel in Hampton Bays. Independent/Stephen J. Kotz

there was a property that fits the requirement for CPF purchase in the highest-level target area, this would be it. The motel itself received multiple code violations for unsafe and unsanitary living conditions, its use has morphed into permanent residential versus a temporary, motel usage. At the initial public hearing held on September 25, concerns were raised regarding the fate of the current motel residents, rewarding a property owner who is in violation of multiple codes. There’s a precedent set if the town assumes the role of a real estate agent.”

Hults also pointed to the Tiana Bay Motel that used to be nearby, which was made passive park wetland through the CPF.

“All I see right now is blight and it’s just getting worse,” Thiele said.

“Every day that nothing gets done is more and more disappointing. Do something. I don’t care what it is anymore. Just do something.” place Road. Doors open at 7 PM with refreshments. For more information, visit www.ehtps.org.

Finally, the Group for the East End is presenting its November Nature Programs on the North Fork with two exciting upcoming events. Walk through Orient Beach State Park in search of animal tracks on Saturday, November 3, from 11 AM to 12:30 PM. Search for footprints, nests, burrows, and scrapings of all sorts of animals.

Then on Sunday, November 4, from 1 to 3 PM, will be a trail cleanup in the Arshamomaque Preserve. Volunteers can meet at the Chapel Lane parking area to begin the cleanup. For additional information, visit www.groupfortheeastend.org

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By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com Seemingly frozen in time, cocooned in yellow caution tape and orange mesh fencing with a stop-work order issued by the East Hampton Town Building Department plastered on the front of the building, the owners of 87 South Euclid Avenue in Montauk are seemingly a revised site survey map away from being able to finish the project. The 1100-square-foot building has space for a store on the ground floor and a twobedroom apartment upstairs.

For the past few months, the applicant, an LLC named Home Team 668, represented by an attorney based in Paramus, NJ, Dariusz Winnicki, has been before the East Hampton Town planning board numerous times, applying for a modification of their original site plan, which the planning board

had approved in January 2017. Home Team 668 has been trying to make up for what appears to be several selfcreated errors. “It was a big ‘Whoops!’”

Winnicki said recently. Those errors included using white concrete for the sidewalk instead of a salmon-colored concrete called for by East Hampton Town Code, pouring concrete for the parking spaces in front of the building, instead of the code-required asphalt, building a retaining wall in the town’s right of way, and inadequately dealing with the need for federally mandated handicapped access to the building.

Each of these hurdles have been dealt with, one at a time, in a series of meetings between Winnicki, the town’s planning and highway departments, as well as during the many meetings with

Numerous errors stalled construction of this South Euclid Avenue building for many months, but a final resolution appears at hand. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

the planning board at Town Hall. First, Winnicki agreed to modify the front of the building. Instead of two doors that are accessed by steps, there will be one door, accessed by both steps and a ramp, meeting the federal mandate. Then the planning board agreed to allow the concrete covered parking spaces to remain.

The final hurdle was the wall, which is emblematic of mistakes made along the way. It was built on the eastern boundary of the property, which

borders on a building housing a longstanding business, Pete’s Potting Shed.

The builders of 87 South Euclid Avenue had not accounted for the fairly steep grade on South Euclid, which goes downhill from east to west. The kneehigh wall was built to create a handicap parking space in the front of the building. The highway department found that the wall could endanger its plows in a snowstorm.

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Rescued Horses Hoping For Home In Wainscott Town Line Road owners want to use agricultural land for horses

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By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

A couple living on an 8.2-acre property on Town Line Road in Wainscott want to take advantage of the agricultural easement that covers 6.8 acres of the property to house four rescued horses.

Two years after they first filed a site plan with the East Hampton Town Planning Board, and after having successfully fended off a lawsuit from a neighbor, their proposal is still before the planning board. “They are only trying to rescue horses,” Brian DeSesa, their attorney, said on the phone Monday.

The property at 55 Town Line Road is located on the east side of the street. A huge evergreen privet stands between the road and the property, which includes a single-family house, a swimming pool, and a tennis court, which are located on the northern 1.5 acres on the property. The southern 6.8 acres of potential farmland is contiguous to more of the same on a property accessed from Wainscott Hollow Road to the east.

The property was created as the result of the Orchard at Wainscott subdivision of 1984. DeSesa declined to identify the owners, who formed an LLC called 55 Town Line. According to the public record of the deed sale, the couple paid almost $19 million for the property in 2015.

The easement on the property allows the construction of “buildings and structures reasonably necessary for agricultural operations actually being conducted,” according to JoAnne Pahwul, assistant director of the East Hampton Town Planning Department.

What the owners of the property want to build are two paddocks, four 8-by-12-foot horse shelters, and an 8-by-12-foot feed shed. There also would be an area on the property where a truck being used in conjunction with the operation, and horse fencing. There would be a limit of four rescued horses on the property at any one time, DeSesa said. The couple are currently pay-

ing to board four rescued horses at an area stable, he said. Manure would be stored, then removed, on a regular basis from the property.

The owners of a neighboring property, Strong Real Estate LLC, sued in New York State Supreme Court in an attempt to stop the construction of the horse structures. That suit was dismissed in April 2017. Strong Real Estate LLC is now appealing that dismissal at the appellate level, DeSesa said.

In the meantime, the planning board took another look at the site plan application at its October 24 meeting.

Board members questioned the presence of the hedgerow on Town Line Road. Ed Krug asked if the hedges were, in fact, a violation, a thought Kathleen Cunningham echoed. She said that the hedge seems to fly in the face of the intent of the easement, which she believes is meant to provide open agricultural vistas. “It is definitely blocking open space.” she said on Monday that the property has never been cited for a violation, and believes the hedges fit in under the language of the easement.

Ian Calder-Piedmonte, an owner of Balsam Farms, cautioned fellow board members against interpreting “what is farming and what is not.” He said that contemporary farming on the East End is “not all potatoes and corn anymore.”

The board’s chairman, Job Potter, pointed out that there appeared to have been landscaping done in the area meant for agricultural use. He said that the landscaping should be removed as a condition for board’s approving the site plan.

Nancy Keeshan asked if the applicant could do more to move the proposed structures from neighboring properties, an idea other board members agreed with. DeSesa said Monday that he was conferring with the owners on redrawing the survey before the board, to accommodate the planning board’s thoughts.

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After graduating from Yale in 1984, Gershon founded one of New York’s first sports bars and followed with a 25year career as a lender to commercial real estate. He moved to East Hampton fulltime in 2017 but has maintained a residence on the East End for 20 years.

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said the district’s request for funding, while increased, was still half that of what other districts receive.

“Considering the size of our geographic area and the number of calls we make, it’s still a pretty good bargain,” he said. “The days where an ambulance company can be staffed with friendly volunteers who pick you up from your house and drive you to the hospital are long gone. We have to adapt and make adjustments, and the supervisor’s budget allows us to do that.”

Poznik said she met with Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman and that he said the town wants “a consistency” between buildings.

“What does this mean? Square footage? Number of ambulances?

Lot size? Refrigerators? Toilets? Sofas? Chairs?” she asked. “The current building is adequate. It houses ambulances; includes an extra bay; has space for equipment, supplies, meetings, and training; is air conditioned; has a kitchen; two half baths, at least one sofa, one lounge chair, and it also has a desk as well as numerous chairs. If a shiny building with amenities of a new home increases volunteers, rather than volunteers desire to serve the medical

emergency needs of the community, I call this a problem.”

Thirteen-year EMT and driver Donna Krembourg called the 30-yearold building outdated. Louchheim said providing more funding is the least the community can do for a group of volunteers who work days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Seven-year EMT Adele Kristiansson said she’s answered nearly 900 calls during her tenure, contributing about 1200 hours a year.

East Quogue resident Brian Babcock agreed. The former chief and board member of Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance Corps said he’s seen firsthand what a new building can do. He joined the ambulance corps back in 1997, and helped with the proposal brought to the town for a new building, which was approved.

“Hampton Bays ambulance [welcomed] 30-100 recruits after receiving its new building,” he said. “We’ve even established a juniors committee. They love to see our building; it’s great. We have a great kitchen, a meeting room, a couch, people love to come in and see it. It’s great. These people are heroes.

Give them whatever they want.”

The meeting on the topic was adjourned, citing the need for two public hearings on budget-related topics.

The conversation will pick back up November 13 at 1 PM.

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chairman Job Potter hosted a meeting between the applicants and the highway department. It was agreed that the wall would be reduced in height, and would be topped with a railing that would be visible to operators of plows during a snow storm. The next day, the planning board held another site plan review with the applicant, Kathleen Semergieff, who plans on opening an art gallery on the ground floor. Potter explained the deal between Semergieff and the highway department. The wall “will be cut down to be level with Pete’s Potting Shed,” Potter said, “And an aluminum railing will be embedded in the wall.”

Semergieff spoke to the board.

“It worked out well,” she said about the previous day’s meeting. “I am very eager to open the business.” Potter cautioned Semergieff that there still work to be done. “We all had a handshake agreement, but now it has to be put down on the plan,” he said.

“So, you need to resubmit your site plan with these changes shown” on the survey. Then, finally, the planning board can approve the modified site plan, and Semergieff can open her gallery.

Memorial for Anduze

Continued From Page 16.

Fred P. Anduze, who was known affectionately as Carlos, passed away surrounded by friends and family at his home on Woodbine Drive in Springs on October 8, 2018. He was 90 years old, and was known for his humor, wit, and love of life.

After meeting Willem de Kooning, Carlos became inseparable from the de Koonings and the Villeneuves, and was thought of as a cherished uncle by them.

A memorial service will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on Saturday, November 3, at 11 AM, and a celebration of his life will be held that night at the Stephen Talkhouse from 6 to 8 PM.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to East End Hospice are appreciated.

Memorial for De HavenonFowler Amagansett resident Sarah de HavenonFowler passed away last week following a long battle with brain cancer. Her family said she was known for her indomitable spirit and her selfless help of others.

A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, November 3, at 10 AM at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Amagansett.

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Funding Okayed For Sag Harbor Cinema Southampton Town will pay $4 million for facade easement

By Stephen J. Kotz sjkotz@indyeastend.com To cheers and applause, the Southampton Town board on October 23 unanimously approved the use of $4 million from the Community Preservation Fund to purchase easements over the facade of the Sag Harbor Cinema.

The movie theater, which was heavily damaged by fire two years ago, was purchased last year by a spinoff of the Sag Harbor Partnership. The new buyer plans to renovate it into the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center.

Although $8 million was raised to buy the burned-out shell of the building, the group has been working to raise millions more for a top-to-bottom renovation that would include dividing the main screening hall into two spaces and adding offices, classrooms, and a café.

Under the agreement with the town, the new cinema center would be required to limit ticket prices for town residents to 80 percent of the average movie ticket price in town.

April Gornik, the partnership’s vice president and the driving force behind the effort to preserve the theater, said the easement “would ensure that the Sag Harbor Cinema would remain a cinema for perpetuity.”

Nick Gazzolo, the partnership’s president, said while it was true supporters of the project want to restore the theater’s famous Sag Harbor neon sign and bring back an important component of the village’s cultural life, the project would also have an economic benefit.

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taurants and stores and enjoy the village that we love so much,” he told the board. An economic impact study estimated the cinema would inject $9.6 million a year into the village economy, he said.

“We hope to deliver this facility with no debt, already paid for with enough money to hire a first-class staff,” added Susan Mead, the partnership’s treasurer. She said the money from the sale of the easement, coupled with other expected grants, would allow the organization to operate for a year with limited cash flow so it could get on its feet.

Dr. Robbie Stein, a former village trustee and president of the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Council, said more than 2000 people had donated to the restoration effort, and he thanked the town board for considering a non-traditional use of CPF money.

“The arts in this community also open people’s minds,” he said. “In that way, it’s also open space.”

Allen Kopelson, the architect overseeing the renovation, touted the historic preservation aspect of the project.

He said the building would be restored exactly as it was because the original architectural drawings had been found and the Sag Harbor sign had been removed the night of the fire before the crumbling facade was knocked down. Other historic elements, from exit signs to the end panels on rows of seats, would be preserved or protected, he said.

But not everyone thought it was a good idea. Robert Anrig, the chairman of the community advisory board for the town CPF, said the proposal had been brought to his committee last December “and it was voted unanimously by the members of the advisory board to decline it in the strongest of terms.”

He said board members were concerned about using CPF money for a commercial enterprise and for claiming a historic facade easement for a build-

ing that will only be the replica of a historic building.

Jessica Insalaco agreed with Anrig’s assessment. “This building is already protected by numerous historic district laws,” she said, suggesting that CPF money could go to better uses. David Seely also opposed the expenditure of CPF money, suggesting more money could be directed to water quality projects.

Before casting its unanimous vote, board members offered their opinions.

“I think it is not only an appropriate use of CPF funds, but an excellent use of CPF funds,” said Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. “This is an iconic, historic building, often photographed, often painted. We refer to Sag Harbor so often as the iconic downtown. That’s what everyone wants their downtown to look like.”

He suggested the town should consider similar purchases. “We probably don’t spend enough on historic preservation,” he said.

Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, who lives in North Haven, said when the cinema burned “a hole was blown in the side of the Village of Sag Harbor.”

“This is the center of our community,” he continued, saying he had gone to the theater as a child and hoped his children, grandchildren, and future generations could enjoy it. “I believe this is an appropriate use of CPF.”

April Gornik, VP, Sag Harbor Partnership, urged the Southampton Town Board to approve the purchase of façade easements over the Sag Harbor Cinema building. Independent/Stephen J. Kotz

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Radio Tower Question?

Better Ask Eddie He’s the radio whiz kid running East Hampton town’s communications overhaul

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

“You better ask Eddie.” That is the refrain you will hear when you ask anyone in East Hampton Town government or in any of the local fire departments about the changes being made in the town’s emergency communications infrastructure.

“Eddie” is Eddie Schnell, communications technician for the East Hampton Town police who is shepherding a major overhaul of the system, which, all agree, is 20 years old and dangerously inadequate.

Just days after the East Hampton Town Board gave the green light for the proposal, for which it has already bonded $8.3 million, Schnell was seen on location at the entrance to the recycling center off of Montauk Highway in Montauk, where a 300-foot-tall, threesided lattice steel tower will soon rise.

He was supervising the drilling for 40-foot-deep core samples, which will be used to determine the engineering and design challenges ahead.

Schnell and the town have been scouting locations for other towers needed to complete the system, which will ensure that at no time will emergency responders lose contact with one other.

One location that will not be chosen is the old McKay ITT radio tower in Napeague. Although certainly tall enough, at about 280 feet, to do the job, that tower is so decrepit and in such poor condition that workers are afraid to even climb it, according to Schnell.

It is on state-owned land. Once, there was a second tower there. Schnell said they were constructed after the great hurricane of 1938, as part of an offshore communications system.

Instead, Schnell and the town are considering other sites. One such potential site is located east of East Lake Drive, atop a tall hill that borders with Deep Hollow Ranch. Called the Ground Air Transmitter Receiver site, it already has obsolete wooden monopole towers on it. One of them would be taken

down and replaced with a metal monopole tower the same size as the wooden one. There is a catch, however, Schnell said: The GATR site is county-owned land. The county has approved the swap, if the new pole could be painted to look like the remaining wooden ones. However, because of the proximity of Montauk Airport to the north on East Lake Drive, the FAA is asking that the pole be painted orange and white, with a double red light on top.

Schnell was aware of the challenges ahead when he replaced the retiring Nat Raynor about two years ago..

“That’s kind of why I took the job,” he said last week. Schnell knew Raynor through their joint membership in the Bonac Amateur Radio Club, which had used the GATR site previously for some of its activities.

Got an emergency communications tower question in East Hampton?

“You better ask Eddie.”

Rafaela DeMartis won first place for her Unikitty costume at the annual Halloween Family Fun Day at the Amagansett American Legion Post hosted by the Kiwanis Club on Sunday, October 28. Independent/ Gabrielle Brooks

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By Karen Fredericks

Did you go trick-or-treating as a child?

Carla Desaderio My grandmother always made our costumes. There was a theme every year. I was Laura Ingalls, from “Little House on the Prairie,” with the braids and the cape. And she made Raggedy Ann and Andy costumes for my sister and I. She even made the wigs out of yarn.

Our Endorsements For Congress Donald Trump isn’t running to represent New York’s First District in the House of Representatives, but in many ways this election is a referendum on the president and the very real need to impose a check on both his policies and his divisive rhetoric, which have only deepened the partisan divide weighing on the country.

Lee Zeldin, the incumbent Republican seeking his third term, has proved to be an effective representative. From time to time, he has broken ranks with his party to better represent his district. For example, he opposed last year’s tax overhaul, which, with its caps on state and local tax deductions, poses a real hardship for many New Yorkers.

He has joined environmentalists to oppose offshore drilling and the dangers it could pose to Long Island’s tourist economy.

In a normal election cycle, Zeldin’s attention to local issues would be enough to warrant our endorsement. But these are not normal times, and the incumbent’s unwillingness to take a stronger stand in censuring the president is disappointing.

Zeldin’s challenger, Democrat Perry Gershon, has to convince voters he’ll be able to deliver the goods to our district. But he has already convinced us he can help change the tone in Washington. His motivation is his belief the country cannot survive much more of Trump and his antics.

While we respect Zeldin’s personal position to be pro-life, we believe Gershon’s pro-choice stance more accurately reflects the position of voters in the district. We have strong concerns about some of Gershon’s positions. His Medicare-for-all position, for instance, seems to be dead on arrival because of both costs and Republican opposition.

Be that as it may, it’s time for Americans to unite — men and women of every race and belief — and that means taking the first steps to reining in this president and those who think his behavior is acceptable. The Independent endorses Perry Gershon.

Stephanie Levermore I grew up in the Caribbean and they don’t celebrate Halloween like they do here. But now I take my son and he really enjoys it. It makes me happy to see him so happy. We go all out for his costume and I find something like a pair of bunny ears to wear.

Allison Follenius I remember going to Church Lane, in Springs. It was the place where all the kids went trick-or-treating. You’d get so much candy. My sisters and I would take it home and sort it into different categories and then make trades. Anything chocolate and caramel, I hung onto.

Jessica Tovar I grew up in Montauk and every year on Halloween right after school all the kids would go be in the big parade. It had such a great community feel to it.

I think that’s a much better experience for kids than going by themselves from house to house.

For East Hampton Town Board

David Lys, the incumbent, and Manny Vilar, the challenger, are cut from the same cloth. Both have deep local roots and have raised families here. They agree on the major issues, and we’d be comfortable with either one on the town board.

Vilar, a Republican, was one of the first politicians to voice concern about the Deepwater Wind project and many of his warnings — like the negative effects of the project on our fishing industry — have proven prophetic.

Lys, a longtime member of the town zoning board of appeals (and its chairman), Continued On Page 50.

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Police Three Crashes, Three Arrests In East Hampton Area residents were drunk while driving, police said

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

Three accidents led to three arrests by East Hampton Town police of area residents this past week on misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charges.

According to police, a 2008 GMC pickup being driven by Lisa Ann Kleinsmith, 49, of Sag Harbor crashed into a tree on the night of October 25 on Montauk Boulevard near Route 114. After the accident, she reportedly left the scene on foot. She was found a short distance away minutes after the crash, police said, adding that she told them that she was going to walk home.

The other two accidents happened around midnight Saturday, in less than an hour of each other.

A 17-year-old who has a parent living in Amagansett was behind the wheel of a 2011 Mazda when he lost control on Cranberry Hole Road, crashing through the shrubbery and bushes near Napeaque State Park. According to the police, the Mazda suffered exten-

sive damage, but the youth, who was not identified because of his age, was unscathed, save for an abrasion on his forehead.

Minutes later, Samuel Doughty, 49, of East Hampton, lost control of the 2001 Toyota he was driving when he swerved to avoid a deer on Accabonac Road near Church Lane, police said. The Toyota crashed into a tree.

Doughty refused to take a breath test at headquarters, leading to a suspension of his driving privilege in the state for the next year, pending a hearing at the Department of Motor Vehicles. As with the other two defendants, Doughty, too, was relatively unscathed, though his vehicle suffered extensive front end damage.

All three were held overnight, then released the following morning after being arraigned without having to post bail, but with future dates on the East Hampton Town Justice Court’s criminal calendar.

Three DWIs In Southampton, Too Late shift nabs three alleged drunk drivers

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com Southampton Town Police, working the overnight weekend beat on the northwest side of town, charged three drivers with driving while intoxicated in separate incidents.

Crashing into a guardrail in the middle of the night proved the undoing of Rudi Ramirez. Southampton Town Police said Ramirez, 25, was on Old Country Road in Westhampton when he hit the rail shortly before 4:30 AM on Sunday, October 28. Responding officers said they determined Ramirez, who gave a Southampton address, had been drinking and slapped a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated on him.

The same charge befell Ismael Herrera, 30, who was headed east on Flanders Road about 4 AM when he drew the attention of cops on patrol.

A night earlier, a 23-year-old Riverhead man who police said was in possession of a small quantity of alprazolam (Xanax), was arrested in Hampton Bays Saturday. Timothy Edler was charged with seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor, after a run-in

with police near Ponquogue Bridge at about 2:18 AM.

Twenty minutes earlier that same night police pulled over Marco Cruz, 40, of Aquebogue near the traffic circle in Flanders. He was stopped near Peconic Avenue around 1:47 AM and faces several violations and a misdemeanor DWI charge after police said he did not fare well on roadside sobriety tests.

DWI In Southold

Southold Town Police working the morning shift on October 27 didn’t have to wait too long for the first suspected drunk driver. They said they charged Clinton Cameron, 33, of Mattituck after they received a report shortly after 9 AM. Cameron allegedly was involved in an altercation and left the scene, triggering a phone call and a response from police. They said he was spotted on Route 25 after they ascertained he was driving while intoxicated.

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two prior felony convictions.

Among the numerous items stolen from various victims, police said, was a Honda 4500 power generator valued at $5500, a DeWalt table saw, a Hitachi jack hammer, a Stihl T750 concrete saw worth $1500, a Billy Goat aerator valued at $1400, and a Honda 2000 power generator listed at $1200. He is said to have targeted at least one site twice.

Police said he hid some of the equipment he stole in a shed at his Oakview Highway trailer park residence, and some in the woods near the residence.

He also admitted to selling some of the equipment, the police said, in Shirley.

Detectives reportedly showed Metz a surveillance video during his questioning at headquarters in Wainscott that captured him carrying some of the stolen equipment as he was stashing it away. “Yeah, that’s me carrying all the stuff on Tan Bark Trail,” he allegedly responded.

Metz is not unknown to East Hampton Town police. His two prior felony convictions that stemmed from East Hampton arrests, according to county jail records, were in 1995, when

he was sentenced to 180 days on a robbery charge, and in 2004, when he was sent upstate to Ulster to serve oneand-a-half to three years on a narcotics possession charge. He has also been arrested numerous times on misdemeanor and violation charges in East Hampton.

Metz was represented Saturday

by Brian DeSesa, who was on hand as part of a state program that provides attorneys for weekend arraignments.

DeSesa said that Metz wanted to waive his right to be released from custody if not indicted by a grand jury within five days, at least until his next court date in East Hampton, which is on November 8, when he will meet with and be represented by Matthew D’Amato of the Legal Aid Society. Waiving that right will allow D’Amato, in the meantime, to negotiate with the district attorney’s office and possibly reach a deal. If he had not waived that right to be released, and the case were to be presented to a grand jury, it is possible that more felony charges could be added, which would make Metz’s current legal predicament that much worse.

higher than the .08 mark that defines intoxication. Twagirumukiza initially posted $7500 bail.

He, too, was indicted by a grand jury. On September 14, he was brought before Justice Braslow to be arraigned on the indictment charges. Justice Braslow upped the bail to $50,000.

Twagirumukiza was put back in handcuffs, and taken to county jail, unable to raise that amount. His next court appearance is on November 9.

Aaron Petty was charged by East Hampton Town police with two felony charges of possession of cocaine and possession with intent to sell after a traffic stop October 13. Initially, he was unable to make the $10,000 bail with a $20,000 bond alternative set in East Hampton.

In such cases, the district attorney’s

office has five days to present the alleged facts to a grand jury and obtain an indictment, or release the defendant.

Apparently, the DA’s office considered Petty’s case a serious one because it got the lab tests back in the allotted time, and presented the case to a grand jury. The lab test is important in drug cases, because the charges are based, in part, on the actual weight of the narcotic present, which is determined by testing the purity of the drug. The grand jury returned an indictment on three felony charges: two possession, and one possession with intent to sell.

In the meantime, however, a family member put up the collateral to post the $20,000 bond alternative to bail, and Petty was freed. Petty will be arraigned in county court November 7 in front of Justice Anthony Senft.

Theft of industrial equipment leads to six felony charges, cops say

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

An East Hampton man is being held in county jail in Riverside, not eligible for bail, after his arrest following questioning by town police detectives on October 26. He is charged with six felony counts of grand larceny, along with two misdemeanor counts of possession of stolen property, and one count of criminal mischief. Christopher Metz, 43, allegedly targeted industrial and landscaping businesses, breaking into trailers and trucks

and stealing almost $30,000 worth of equipment, according to the complaints.

The earliest complaint from an alleged victim appears to date back to 2015, with the most recent being from March of this year. The majority of the felony complaints were made in 2017.

Metz was not eligible to have bail set during his arraignment in East Hampton Town Justice Court before Justice Lisa Rana Saturday morning because he has

Jail Time, Indictments Follow Arrests Possible deportation, costly bails delivered from bench

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com Deportation proceedings, indictments, and jail time have all followed a range of arrests in East Hampton Town and Sag Harbor Village recently.

Facing deportation is Jefferson Pulla Duchitanga, 21, of Sag Harbor.

He was charged by that village’s police department with felony drunken driving, after an alleged vehicular hit-andrun incident October. 5. Police said Pulla Duchitanga struck a parked vehicle while driving his company’s work truck.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sent a detainer request to both Sag Harbor and Suffolk County. ICE said that Pulla Duchitanga had previously been caught illegally crossing the border over the Rio Grande in 2013 in Texas, when he was 16 years old.

Bail was set in Sag Harbor at $7500. He was turned over to the Suffolk County sheriff’s office when he failed to make bail.

On October 15, he was indicted by a grand jury in Riverside on four felony charges, including aggravated unlicensed and drunken driving. Four days later, State Supreme Court Justice Steven Braslow set a new bail amount of $20,000. Even if Pulla Duchitanga made that bail, he would not be released. The county sheriff’s office honors all ICE detainer requests, and even rents beds to ICE, which allows it to hold a prisoner up to 48 hours after his scheduled time of release, allowing ICE the opportunity to pick him up.

Another Sag Harbor man indicted on felony drunken driving charges is not facing deportation, but remains behind bars. Fabrice Twagirumukiza, 34, was arrested August 6 by East Hampton Town police and charged with six felonies, including aggravated DWI with two prior convictions for drunken driving. The aggravated charge is made when a defendant has a blood alcohol reading from a breath test significantly

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When the Springs Fire Department arrived at this home at 23 Thanet Way in the Lionhead section of Springs at about 2:45 AM on Sunday, October 28, they found it totally engulfed in flames. The department called for mutual aid from the East Hampton and Amagansett fire departments, and an excavator was brought in to knock down the remaining walls to allow firefighters to safely extinguish the blaze. The East Hampton Town Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the fire. Independent/Michael Heller

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Best-selling author and artist Jonathan Santlofer — the next guest in the 2018 fall Writers Speak Wednesdays at Stony Brook Southampton — knows all about painful life changes and transitions.

Santlofer is the author of the international bestselling novel, The Death Artist, as well as Color Blind, The Killing Art, The Murder Notebook, and Anatomy of Fear, which won the Nero Award for best crime novel of 2009. He also recently created and edited The New York Times Notable Book, It Occurs To Me that I Am America, a collection of original work by more than 50 of today’s best known authors and artists.

He is editor/contributor of The New York Times best-selling serial novel Inherit the Dead, editor and contributor of LA NOIRE: The Collected Stories and Akashic Books’ The Marijuana Chronicles, and co-editor, contributor, and illustrator of the short story anthology, The Dark End of the Street.

His stories also appear in numerous collections and magazines, but his most recent work, the critically acclaimed memoir The Widower’s Notebook, is much more personal: his personal voyage after the sudden and unexpected loss of his wife, Joy, following

a routine surgical procedure.

The Independent caught up with Santlofer for an interview.

In Japanese Buddhism there is a saying, “hendoku iyaku” — changing poison into medicine. You seem to be someone who can take a tragedy and turn it into something valuable. You were pursuing a successful career as an artist when a fire destroyed much of your work. It was then you decided to write your first crime novel. What were your first thoughts? And how did it lead you to write a book about crime in the art world?

That’s a terrific quote and I’d like to think it’s true of me, but I have never consciously thought about turning tragedy into something valuable. I think it’s simply that I have some sort of resilience in my personality or DNA. A friend of mine describes me as one of those inflatable clowns you can knock down but it keeps bouncing back. The fact is that I take things very hard, but

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I’m fortunate to have been an artist most of my life, and so I have a place to work out my demons.

When I lost 10 years of artwork in that gallery fire — most of it borrowed back from collectors and museums, along with a half dozen of my latest paintings — I was essentially left with nothing, and it was pretty devastating.

The fire occurred at what I would say was the high point of my art career; I was supporting myself with my art, getting reviewed regularly, and was known in the art world. After the fire, I went to the American Academy in Rome and couldn’t paint. I did drawings of famous artworks in churches and museums while trying to figure out why I had become an artist in the first place.

I started writing a novel because I needed to fill the time. The book I was writing in Rome was a very serious one. It wasn’t until I came home that it became a crime novel. That book, The Death Artist, about a serial killer in the New York art world, was (I thought) a satire, but People Magazine called it something like the “scariest book of the year.” That was a surprise to me because I thought it was funny.

write down what happened every day; it was a way to chart time and keep sane at a time when I felt out of control and out of my mind. I also made drawings (some of which are in the finished book). The notebooks were just for me, but I asked a few writers I respect to read what I was writing and they encouraged me to keep going.

Joyce Carol Oates, in particular, was my greatest cheerleader. We all know she is an extraordinary writer, but what many people do not know is how generous she is to other writers.

She said, “You have to keep going because men do not write these kinds of books!” I still resisted the idea of it as a book, even while I made choices of what to include and edited what I was writing.

Sometimes the thing you least want to do becomes the very thing that touches other people most. I worried until the day it was published. Then I started traveling around the country with the book, meeting people, hearing their stories, their need to tell them; men and women talking of grief and loss and, if not wanting answers, at least acknowledgment that although they may never get over their loss, they will get better.

Messages from strangers flood my website and inbox every day telling me I have written their words, thanking me for having the courage to write them. I tell them it was not courage; it was simply the way I processed my grief. Everywhere I go I see this need to reach out, to connect. It’s got me thinking: is grief the great leveler? Is this what it takes to bring people together? I don’t know. But I’ve been to blue states and red ones, and no one asks me my politics while telling me their story or reacting to mine, only wishing me well, as I do them.

I can say this: when it comes to grief and loss, something we will all experience at some point in our lives, we are all members of the same tribe. I

Continuing in that vein, your latest book takes an extremely painful situation and turns it into something of use to others. What was your process for writing The Widower’s Notebook?

It must have been a gutwrenching experience. And then how has the reaction been, on a personal level?

Tell us about the people you’ve touched.

I never intended to write The Widower’s Notebook, nor publish it. For the first two years after my wife’s sudden death, I kept notebooks. I’d literally

could quote from dozens of emails and letters.

What do you do to nourish your soul?

Writing and making art. There are, of course, other things that nourish my soul: my daughter, in particular, who is smart, funny, and super-talented, and I have several really great friends. I also love film. If I had it to do all over again, I might have gone into film in some way, but I’m not unhappy with my choices or what I’ve done.

Have you spent time on the East End of Long Island? Do you have a place out here?

For several summers my wife, Joy, and I rented a small house in Amagansett.

I also have several really good friends on the East End and I visit quite often. I recently spent a month in one friend’s guesthouse doing drawings for a graphic novel I hope to finish one day.

I think the East End of Long Island is one of the most beautiful places in the world and I’m always happy when I’m out there.

What are you working on now?

I am working on a historical novel about a true crime that occurred 100 years ago. The crime is based on fact, but I’ve created a fictional contemporary story to work with it. The novel goes back and forth in time between fact and fiction, which I like. I’m also working on a second memoir, but that’s a secret (until now).

Is there anything you would like to add?

The thing I’d like to add is that although The Widower’s Notebook falls into the

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“grief memoir” genre, so many people have told me there are hilariously funny parts of the book, and that makes me happy. I think tears and laughter are close cousins. I did not set out to write funny bits, but life, even at its worst, even at its most tragic, is often absurd and funny, and I included those things in my book along with the sad parts. I think it’s at least partially why so many people have related to the The Widower’s Notebook; that, and the fact that I simply told my story, and that I have “been there.”

Many people, men and women, have written to tell me they have experienced so much of what I experienced and wrote about and it made them feel less alone — and that is very gratifying to hear.

Santlofer will read from and talk about his work on Wednesday, November 7, at 7 PM in Duke Lecture Hall on the ground floor of Chancellors Hall.

Writers Speak Wednesdays programs are free and open to the public.

The evenings begin with a brief reception at 6:30 PM, and readings begin at 7 PM, followed by a Q&A and book signing. For more information, call 631632-5030 or visit www.stonybrook. edu/mfa. On Facebook, visit Writers Speak Wednesdays, or follow on Twitter, @WritersSpeakWed.

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Artwork by Francisco Alvarado-Juarez

Light Of The Ocean Artist transforms Arts Center into interactive marine world

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Southampton Arts Center presents its final exhibition of 2018 with “Light Of The Ocean,” featuring work by Honduras born artist Francisco AlvaradoJuarez. An interactive exhibit unlike any other, it transforms the gallery space into a majestic marine world, with a public opening reception on Friday, November 2, from 5 to 7 PM. It will remain on view through December 31.

“Light Of The Ocean” is the latest installation by Alvarado-Juarez. He has traveled to several galleries worldwide and, using organic materials native to each area, turned them into inspiring, breathing displays. Though he’s been working on environmental conserva-

tion since the 1980s, long before the concept was fashionable, the idea began in 1992 with the show “Reefs: Song of the Ocean” at the Islip Art Museum where he incorporated 800 paper bags that have been recycled and reused.

“The theme is recycling. Those paper bags are supposed to go from the supermarket to home and then thrown out. But now they’re still used after all these years. They’ve traveled quite a bit,” Alvarado-Juarez explained. He returns to Long Island with an accumulation of more than 5000 of those same bags, that are individually painted and cut by hand. Each show carries its own, unique allure but the paper bags re-

main a unifying element.

Through the use of sand, seashells, and other materials found right here on the East End, Southampton Arts Center will be reimagined. Video projections of water and marine life will be installed to give it a true under-the-sea impression, along with 30 large scale acrylic paintings. A true community project, volunteers will aid in design and creativity prior to opening. Local artists and experts from the Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program will be on-site with educational programs related to the exhibit.

A self-taught artist, AlvaradoJuarez originally began as a photographer. He spent time in New York City museums pondering the composition of images and why a particular photograph made it into a collection. When he moved to Washington, D.C. he recalls spending hours in the National Gallery of Art studying individual artists in-depth, digesting the various skill types.

Alvarado-Juarez recalled, “As a young and poor artist, it was easy to go into the museums and be there for

an hour or an entire day. I’d study the collections and go through the different centuries of art. I have a very rounded education in the arts, all of my own. As a creative person, the deeper you go into yourself the more universal they are.”

From museums in Spain to covering a 4000-square-foot space at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, each location pushed his limits as an artist and contributed to an evolving style over the years, he said. He stated that each installation had “its own flavor.”

“Every creature has its place. We, as humans, have inherited the planet.

It’s our responsibility to hand it over to the next generation in better shape than we received it. It’d be sad if children and grandchildren don’t know the animals we do today. The balance in nature is very important and we have to do our best to preserve it,” he said.

Southampton Arts Center is located at 25 Jobs Lane. Call 631-283-0967 or visit www.southamptonartscenter. org. To see more of the artist’s work, visit www.franciscoalvarado.com.

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— Friday, November 2, 5 to 7 PM Southampton Arts Center — Southampton Arts Center presents the opening of the exhibit “Light Of The Ocean” by Francisco Alvarado-Juárez.

The show is a dynamic, site-specific installation by Alvarado-Juárez, a New York-based American artist born in Honduras.

— Saturday, November 3, Noon Guild Hall, East Hampton

— Guild Hall in East Hampton presents the exhibit Syd Solomon’s “Concealed and Revealed” in the Moran Gallery.

The lecture on Syd Solomon by Gail Levin Ph.D. will be on Saturday, November 3, at noon in the Boots Lamb Education Center.

Roger Waters Narrates The Soldier’s Tale BCMF musicians featured on centenary album of Stravinsky masterpiece

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters have come together to record a version of Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale.

The album, which is available on CD, vinyl LP, and download platforms was released by Sony Masterworks on October 26. It’s narrated by rock legend

Waters and performed by seven musicians from BCMF.

The Soldier’s Tale, or L’Histoire du Soldat, is a 1918 work by Stravinsky with text by Swiss poet Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. It was written to be read, played, and danced. The vibrant new version’s release represents the cen-

— Saturday, November 3, at 6 PM Pierson High School, Sag Harbor — The Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center presents the World Premiere of Peter, Paul, and Mary at Newport 1963-65 at Pierson High School’s auditorium in Sag Harbor.

tenary of the composition, which is a generally-acknowledged masterpiece.

The collaboration between Waters and BCMF Founder and Artistic Director Marya Martin began more than 10 years ago. Martin, her husband and BCMF Board Chairman Ken Davidson, and Waters met on the East End and became friends in the early 2000s. In 2008, Martin chose to feature The Soldier’s Tale as part of BCMF’s programming, and she asked Waters to narrate it.

“In addition to being a musical innovator, Roger loves words,” she said.

“I knew that his would be a fantastic, and convincing, voice to tell the story.”

Waters was captivated by the story of the doomed soldier. His grandfather had perished in WWI, and his father had died in combat in WWII. “Roger has adapted the English text into a version that is quite poetic, and so vivid,” said Martin.

“I’m hugely proud of it, and feel hugely honored to have been given the

— Sunday, November 4, 1 to 3 PM Amagansett Library — The opening of “Promised Land Remembered,” organized by The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, will travel to The Amagansett Library and be on display from November 3 through 30. The show consists of early tempera on paper paintings by Mabel D’Amico

opportunity to be even part of the production,” said Waters in a video on the BCMF website. “I think it’s an amazingly beautiful piece of recording.”

The recording also includes Stephen Williamson on clarinet, Peter Kolkay on bassoon, David Krauss on trumpet, Demian Austin on trombone, Colin Jacobsen on violin, Donald Palma on bass, and Ian David Rosenbaum on percussion.

For more info visit www.bcmf.org.

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Art Show Celebrates Cultural Similarities Russian | American plein air exhibit unites art from both nations

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

The second Russian | American Painting Alliance Exhibition is currently on view at the Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor, through November 18. Under the guidance of Sag Harbor resident, Ben Fenske, the group came together in 2013 upon an invitational plein air trip to Russia.

Amid heated political times when Russia is dominating headlines today, the alliance paints a picture of unity between two nations that share strong similarities in their plein air styles. The 20th Century tradition has evolved uniquely in each country yet share a homogenous aesthetic. Russian painters Viktor Butko and Irina Rybakova join Fenske and other American artists Carl Bretzke, Kelly Carmody, Marc Dalessio, and Tim McGuire.

Artists Fenske, Butko, and Carmody spoke to The Independent recently about their art and the exhibit.

Ben, how did the group come together?

Ben Fenske: The group started in Plyos, Russia, in 2013. A group of foreigners (American, Italian, and Ukrainian) were invited to paint alongside Russian painters for two weeks as part of a state sponsored cultural exchange. But the group really gained momentum after four Russians from the original group came to paint alongside American painters in Stonington, ME, and Sag Harbor in 2016. That trip culminated in an exhibition at the Grenning Gallery.

Since then, there have been two more independently organized group trips.

When you were in Russia, what were some of the differences you noticed between cultures?

BF: I found the cultures to be very similar, especially amongst fellow painters.

The artists in our group have similar

tastes and use similar painting methods. I felt at home there.

What attracts you to Russian art?

BF: I have had a keen interest in Russian, specifically Soviet, art since I first saw it in the early 2000s. I specifically am attracted to their bold use of paint, emphasis on form and outdoor light, as well as their drawing skills.

What’s your background as an artist on the East End? BF: Since 2006, I have been frequently painting and exhibiting on the East End. I usually spend two to three months a year in the Sag Harbor area and I have had an annual solo exhibition at the Grenning Gallery since 2008.

Viktor, what is your family history in the art world?

Viktor Butko: It’s three generations, starting with my grandfather. My mother is also an oil painter, and my father is a graphic artist. After kindergarten, I went to my grandfather’s studio because my parents paint there and seeing paintings every time inspired me. He eventually purchased a house and I would work from there.

Viktor Butko. Independent/Courtesy Grenning Gallery

I was a very good painter. Three years later they invited me to the United States. It was a good start.

Kelly, you and Viktor were recently married. How did you and Viktor meet?

Kelly Carmody: Viktor and I met in Maine on the first Russian | American Alliance trip. Everyone was out painting together and there were shared meals and a lot of comradery so we naturally saw each other frequently on the trip. Also, all of the Russian paintings of Stonington were being stored at the house I was renting, so I would see them daily there as well.

What are some locations on the East End that you love to paint most?

KC: Painting in Montauk was great!

A Sag Harbor favorite of mine is the Old Burying Ground and the Whaler’s Church. And, basically, anywhere on Shelter Island, I loved the quiet I experienced there this past spring and fall.

What is it about plein air style that attracts you?

KC: The immediacy of plein air work is what’s most exciting for me. I like working the whole canvas together at once. It’s a strong contrast to my studio work so I’ve needed to develop new skills, which I am still working on. It’s good to be outside and learning.

Grenning Gallery is located at 17 Washington Street in Sag Harbor. Visit www. grenninggallery.com or call 631-7258469.

You’re currently the youngest artist at the Russian impressionist Thomas Kearns McCarthey Gallery in Park City, UT. How’d you get involved?

VB: Artist Raymond Jonson traveled with his friends around Russia. He founded The Museum of Russian Art in Minnesota and tried to fill it up. They went to my grandfather’s studio and saw my paintings. A friend of Thomas McCarthy saw my paintings and said

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Holiday House NYC Designer showhouse benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Across New York City and the East End, events have taken place in support. One of them is Holiday House NYC, a designer showhouse hosted annually for more than decade in a magnificent NYC location to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. On Tuesday, October 23, Holiday House NYC hosted its opening gala.

This year’s location is a luxurious, new eight-bedroom limestone townhouse at 118 East 76th Street. The event was founded by 21-year veteran breast cancer survivor Iris Dankner, and has become one of the New York’s leading

designed by Vanessa DeLeon.

Design Chairs of this year’s event include Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Vicente Wolf, as well as Honorary Chair Tracy Anderson. Dankner thanked the honorees, as well as Richard Steinberg and Douglas Elliman, for providing the designers “with such a marvelous canvas.”

“Together we are building awareness about and funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation,” said Dankner.

Holiday House NYC is open to the public through December 2. Tickets are $40. Visit www.holidayhousenyc.com.

interior design events.

More than 20 talented design firms — including some with East End locations like The Studio at One Kings Lane, Robin Kramer Garden Design, Perry Sayles Interior Design, and Unlimited Earthcare — transformed each room of the 32-footwide mansion with innovative designs loosely inspired by holiday themes, like a “Getaway in Paris,” the “Chrysanthemum Festival,” and the “Modern Royal.”

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Think Pink These gift purchases benefit Breast Cancer research

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In addition to paying a visit to The Holiday House NYC, there are a million more chances to shop and give back to Breast Cancer research in the process.

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Sand In My Shoes

By Denis Hamill

Aquaman Of The East End McAllister warns of climate change’s effect on septic systems denishamill@gmail.com

This local guy is really trying to drain the swamp.

After Concerned Citizens of Montauk president Laura Tooman recently presented the East Hampton Town Board with a scary report on the escalating levels of bacteria and blue-green algae blooms in the Fort Pond often too polluted to recreate in, I wanted to take a shower.

In another state.

Instead I called Kevin McAllister. I needed a local, down-to-earth science guy to explain this problem stripped of politics, special interests, or hyperbole.

McAllister, who lives in Amagansett, is a local boy who grew up in Terrell River hunting, fishing, swimming, and boating in the forests and waters of Suffolk County and the East End. After being inspired by Mr. Roger Halsey’s eighth-grade science class in

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McAllister has undergraduate degrees in natural resources conservation and marine biology and a masters of science in coastal zone management, and has received over 15 awards from government, media, civic, and environmental organizations for natural resources conservation.

Before founding the non-profit DefendH2O, McAllister worked to preserve the shorelines of Florida and served as chief Peconic Baykeeper for 16 years.

Protecting the waters on the East End is Kevin McAllister’s calling in life.

McAllister’s biggest concern these days is that hot Mama Nature is getting hotter.

“Global warming and climate change are directly responsible for what is contaminating the waters on the East End and all over Long Island,” says McAllister. “As the Earth heats up, polar caps melt, and sea level rise and climate changes bringing us more severe storms and heavier rains than I ever remember as a kid when I’d go knock on a friend’s door at 6 AM, his mother would answer in a robe, she’d go wake him up, and we take our rifles and fishing rods and boat over to Great Gun Beach to hunt and fish and swim and camp for a week in the summer.”

McAllister says that because sea levels have risen four inches in 40 years since his childhood days — and will rise another 16 to 30 in the next 40 — it has created an environmental emergency in places like the East End. “As the coastal water rises and the head waters now meet the ground waters where the septic systems are buried, especially near the shore, the human fecal waste and urine now meet and contaminate our ponds, creeks, harbors, and bays. This is causing a rise in nitrogen and bacteria called enterococcus. It is not exclusive to human waste, but when added to the amounts of fecal waste from waterfowl, dogs, and warm-blooded wildlife, it makes the waters contaminated for humans and animals,” he explained.

McAllister says the old septic tanks were designed when the water levels on the East End were much lower and so the bacteria from humans waste were often contained inland in underground leaching pools. “The increase in density and population on the East End over the past four decades all adds to sheer volume of human waste,” says McAllister. “More homes, more people, more waste. More nitrogen and bacteria meeting our rising coastal waters.”

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To remedy this, McAllister says, local ordinances need to be passed mandating property owners to redesign septic systems that denitrify the wastewater and separate it from direct contact with ground water. That will help reduce the pollution of the precious waters of the East End. This is costly.

“There will be pushback from some developers, the real estate community, and some homeowners,” McAllister says.

What’s the use of owning a piece of gorgeous waterfront land if you can’t swim, fish, ski or boat in the waters?

“This cannot be voluntary,” says McAllister. “We need to pass laws making it mandatory to redesign septic systems at the local level to protect local waters.”

And McAllister says that bacteria is only half the problem. “The heavy rains we have now suffer due to climate change also wash toxic chemicals from our lawns, streets, parking lots, filled with lethal mosquito pesticides like methoprene, and other toxins, into our storm drains and into a network of underground pipes that empty into our beautiful waters,” McAllister says.

“When you send your kids or grandkids out to swim they will be swimming in sewer water filled with bacteria and toxins. And it is only going to get worse if we don’t do something about it now. Reversing the pollution trend will take the full participation of the community and the full commitment of the government officials that they elect,” he said.

When it comes to action responding to climate change crises, it has been difficult for elected officials because they think in two- and four-year election cycles. But Mother Nature thinks in decades. “In the next four decades, the water will have risen from 16 to 30 inches,” McAllister says.

“I’ve seen the effects of climate change firsthand in the natural beauty spots all over my childhood stomping grounds. In Terrell River, for example, there are towering 60-foot oak trees that can only grow in dry soil.

Today the rising waters have turned the ground they grew in into a swamp.

Today they are hulking, leafless snags, long dead. These mighty oaks have literally drowned. That’s in 40 years. In another 40 years, they will stand in a foot of water,” he said.

“We need to address these issues and we need to do it now. We can start by saving our waters, most — not all — of it contaminated by people. Only people can stop it,” he warned.

Listen to Kevin McAllister, who is trying to drain the swamp.

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RICK’S SPACE

By Rick Murphy

Living On The Edge Thirty years of writing columns, with a sick sense of humor rmurphy@indyeastend.com

This is the 30th anniversary of my first column. I don’t want to come off as some old fogey stuck in the past, because I was only 10 when I started.

I’ve been a newspaper junkie all my life, as was my dad. I had a dual passion, sports and humor. The great New York newspaper columnists are the stuff of legends. Red Smith of The Times, perhaps the greatest, won a Pulitzer. He was at his best writing about horse racing. Hell, it’s probably his fault I got hooked on the ponies. He probably owes me 100 grand. I liked Jimmy Cannon and Dick Young. Even though Young was a bit of a scoundrel he had the ability to unnerve you, to get your goat, to tweak you where it hurt. But you always came back for more.

There really weren’t any humor columnists of note. I have a rather sick sense of humor. I like to walk out there on the edge and see how far I can go.

Occasionally, as regular readers know, I’ve fallen off.

Art Buchwald was probably the funniest of the bunch, a master of oneliners who didn’t mind lifting a joke or two from the comedians (and vice versa). Erma Bombeck was too smarmy for me, and Andy Rooney was too much

of a curmudgeon.

I drew comic inspiration from the naughty boys with the blue albums.

There was no one filthier or funnier than Red Foxx. The fact that he cleaned up his act enough to get a TV sitcom (“Sanford and Son”) was a miracle.

Tom Lehrer, the delightfully slick piano player with a deliciously sick sense of humor, was so deft at double entendre, he could play a filthy song in a nunnery and no one would notice.

My biggest inspiration, though, was Lord Buckley, a scat-singing smooth-talking hipster whose freeform dialogues were like jam band improvisations. No two were ever alike.

I learned right away that you can’t be someone else. Only Lord Buckley could be Lord Buckley.

It took one column to get in trouble. I was writing for The Sag Harbor Herald, and I noticed the jaw of a whale framed the front door of the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum.

At the time Paul Sidney, the voice of WLNG radio, was in all his glory and a constant presence in Sag Harbor. I nonchalantly interjected in my column that it was his jawbone framing the entrance to the museum. Letters came

pouring in. The phones rang off the hook. How dare I insult this man who did so much for so many? I figured my first column would be my last until Paul himself stopped by the Herald office.

“Kid,” he said reassuringly, “always make sure you spell my name right.”

Years later, when I was in hot water again, I sought direction from someone who has been there and done that, Howard Stern. “Rick, take my word for it. These things always blow over — sooner or later.” And it did — much later than sooner.

Years later, I was interviewing Stern about a house he was trying to buy. It was extremely expensive, and Stern was sitting on a ton of money — shares of Sirius radio — but no one knew it and he wasn’t allowed to discuss it. It seems the seller of the oceanfront mansion was concerned because Stern was getting divorced and stood to lose a ton of cash.

“Have you ever been really in love?” he asked me.

I told him that I was divorced.

“It hurts, doesn’t it? It really hurts.

I’m hurting now, Rick.”

“Take it from me, Howard. Someday you’ll meet someone. Someday you’ll fall in love again.”

“That’s not what hurts,” he responded, clearly moved. “It’s having to give her all my f**k**g money!”

I’ve been around the block. Low Tidings, Rick’s Place, Rick’s Space. I did a long stint in The East Hampton Star under the “Relay” heading, pretty much monopolizing it when I worked there. I’ve never written about the soup of the day. Jerry Della Femina and I wrote columns for 16 straight years and we never once wrote about the same topic.

Kavanaugh, Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Megyn Kelly, and so on. These things monopolize the news for a few weeks, and every columnist feels the

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That’s the biggest misconception in the business — that content buys quality.

It’s called pandering. That’s ok when a little kid craves mommy’s attention, but out here on the edge, there’s no room for pussies.

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.

I’ve been a newspaper junkie all my life, as was my dad. I had a dual passion, sports and humor. The great New York newspaper columnists are the stuff of legends.

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Matthew Conlon, Connor Antico, and Edward Brennan try out their pipes at Hampton Theatre Company. Independent/Tom Kochie

A Comedy Of Tenors Opens Season At HTC Ken Ludwig’s sequel to Lend Me A Tenor is fast and furious

By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

The Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue fulfills an important role — it provides high-quality community theater, mainly in the offseason for yearrounders, and it has a loyal following.

Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, the sequel to Ludwig’s smash 1989 hit Lend Me A Tenor, is just the kind of work that fits in with HTC’s choices; not exactly a deep cut, but not a famous and wellknown work either. HTC tends to focus on the B sides, if you will, and with an able cast and crew, it rarely disappoints.

Lend Me A Tenor punned its title after what a scrounger might say, and A Comedy of Tenors, a nod to Shakespeare, features all the fast and furi-

ous action of its prequel, but with the addition, as in A Comedy of Errors, of a doppelganger and cases of mistaken identity.

First and foremost, you don’t need to know the first play to enjoy the second.

The setting is a fancy Parisian hotel in the 1930s, hours before an enormous concert is about to begin, featuring the renowned and arrogant tenor Tito Merelli, wonderfully portrayed here by Edward Brennan. The play also continues the story of the grouchy mayor-turned-impresario Henry Saunders (Terrence Fiore) and his long-suffering assistant turned tenor, and also now

his son-in-law, Max (Matthew Conlon). Saunders’s daughter and Max’s wife, Maggie, is stateside, about to give birth, but the concert is a priority; even more so as Saunders and Max need to scramble to find a replacement when one of the three tenors who was going to perform bows out, and the new addition is Tito’s sworn enemy Carlo (who is also secretly dating Tito’s daughter, Mimi). Throw in Tito’s passionate, spirited wife, Maria (Catherine Maloney), and a bellhop with the voice of an angel (also portrayed by Brennan), and you have an inkling of the hijinks that follows.

When Tito quits in a fit of pique, thinking that it is his wife who is having an affair with Carlo, and Beppo the bellhop is tapped to perform, chaos naturally ensues, with Maria in a romantic mood, and Tito’s former lover, Racon, a spicy number played by Cesa Pledger, paying a visit as well.

If all of this sounds confusing, it isn’t. The plot twists are plentiful, the farce elaborate, but there is laughter at every turn, and the audience was in stitches for most of the evening.

As always, Diana Marbury directs with an able hand, and the sets, costumes, and lighting provided by Sean

Marbury, Teresa LeBrun, and Sebastian Paczynski are consistently top quality. Seamus Naughton designed the sound.

Connor Antico as Carlo and Amanda Griemsmann as Mimi are a lovely ingenue couple, Conlon is always a pleasure to see on stage, Fiore, Maloney, and Pledger are all in fine form.

But it’s Brennan’s show, as he races between the characters of Tito and Beppo. His high-energy performance deserves a special hand.

A Comedy of Tenors runs through November 11. Tickets are available at www.hamptontheatre.org.

There is laughter at every turn, and the audience was in stitches for most of the evening.

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KISS & TELL

By Heather Buchanan

A Real Witch’s Halloween Samhain celebrations keep negative energy out, let the elements in kissandtellhb@gmail.com

Witches get a bad rap. They don’t have beaky noses but are as likely as anyone else to have too much Botox. The broom thing is just a pagan fertility ritual and they can’t fly above traffic on the LIE. And they do not worship Satan. They don’t even believe in Satan but instead that everyone is responsible for their own actions, so you can’t say the Devil made me do it. Christianity took the old-world horned god who consorted with the goddess to ensure procreation for the family, herds, and crops and demonized the figure to become the new god’s foe.

Witches actually adhere to strict ethics. The guiding principle for any ritual work is, “If it harm none, do thou what you will.” Also, any spell is cast under the caveat, “For the best of all concerned.” You don’t want to wish for a million dollars, get hit by a bus, and be paralyzed with a million-dollar settlement.

Most of the women killed during the witch hunts in the Middle Ages were either midwives or healers. And widows were especially suspect. If one accused her of being a witch and she was convicted, the accuser inherited

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her property. Any woman on Further Lane could be a target.

The cat part, however, is real.

They do like black cats who might be their familiar or spirit animal.

The modern craft is known as Wicca and widely popular. Even all branches of the military recognize Wicca as an official religious group. The Wiccan new year is known as Samhain but has been coopted to be the sugar coma, naughty nurse extravaganza, candy corn martini holiday known as Halloween. Besides being a boon to the fishnet stocking business and dental practices, the more spiritual aspect is rarely recognized.

Samhain honors the cycle of the year heading into winter and is considered a time when the veil between the two worlds of life and the afterlife is thinnest. If you feel a bit spooky or sense a ghost, maybe it’s real.

For an actual witch’s celebration, you will see a group gather, and yes, men can be witches also (no such thing as a warlock). Salt water is sprinkled around the parameter of the circle to get rid of any negative energy and ensure protection. The altar is decorated with seasonal bounty, from apples to pomegranates, and orange, red, and green candles. Four elements are invited in: East is air, where we are reminded

of our powers of intellect; South is fire and the power of passion; West is water and the waves of emotion; and North is earth and grounding. It is the balance of all these elements which is essential for goals to be manifested. Both herbs and essential oils are thought to have certain properties and can be incorporated.

In this safe space, the practitioner can meditate on what they either want to manifest or banish. It can be a person alone or a group. It is even rumored that a group of witches got together in England to form Operation Cone of Power to use their energy to repel Hitler. Even though he was set to cross the channel, he didn’t.

Do spells work? Say you do a spell for a new job and get one. It could be it was the new job spell. It could be that getting grounded and focused and the power of positive thinking created through the ritual put the job seeker in a good place. It could be taking the time to draft a new resumé was the trick. Or maybe it was sheer coincidence. But in a world filled with negativity, there is a lot to be said for the benefit of tuning out the world, connecting to nature, inviting in positive forces, celebrating ritual and channeling manifesting energy.

So, if you see a witch this Halloween, say “You go, girl!”

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Mabel D’Amico's Untitled (Edwards' Store), c. 1940s, Collection of The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art. Independen/ Matthew Charron

Gallery Events

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Promised Land Remembered Opening: Sunday, November 4, 1 to 3 PM Amagansett Library “Promised Land Remembered,” organized by The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, will travel to The Amagansett Library and be on display from November 3 through 30. The show consists of early tempera on paper paintings

by Mabel D’Amico dating ca. 1939 to 1940s, accompanied by a brief historical narrative about Promised Land.

Promised Land is illustrated with selected period photographs including Mabel’s own found in the D’Amico Archive.

An opening reception will be held on Sunday, November 4, from 1 to 3 PM, and will feature a talk with Chris-

topher Kohan, president of The VDIA, along with guest speakers Rachel Gruzen, environmental planner, educator, and co-organizer of the exhibition, and David Clarke, grandnephew of Gilbert Smith, founder of the Smith Meal Co. fish factory. They will speak about Mabel and Victor D’Amico’s connection with Promised Land, the history and context of the menhaden industry, and recollections of the fish factory.

Light Of The Ocean Opening: Friday, November 2, 5 to 7 PM Southampton Arts Center Southampton Arts Center presents the exhibit “Light Of The Ocean” by Francisco Alvarado-Juárez. The show will open on Friday, November 2, with a reception for the public from 5 to 7 PM, and will run through the rest of

the year, closing on Monday, December 31. The show is a dynamic, site-specific installation by Alvarado-Juárez, a New York-based American artist born in Honduras.

With the help of community volunteers and experts from Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program, the two main galleries will be turned into a magical marine environment with pathways through sand, seashells, and other organic materials indigenous to the East End, plus video projections of water and marine life, approximately 30 of Francisco’s large-scale acrylic paintings, and thousands of repurposed painted paper bags. The smell of the sea and sounds of whales enveloping the viewer’s senses will make for a transformative gallery visit.

White and Black Opening: Saturday, November 3, 5:30 to 7:30 PM Malia Mills, East Hampton folioeast presents “White and Black.”

The show features art by Shari Abramson, Pamela Dove, Jane Martin, Beth O’Donnell, David Slivka, Aaron Warkov, Mark Webber, and Ruth Wetzel. The show will run through November 25.

BIG ART. small canvas Opening: Saturday, November 3, 6 to 8 PM RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton The RJD Gallery presents “BIG ART. small canvas.” The exhibition showcases small works with a big vision.

Love is Not All Opening: Saturday, November 3, 5 to 8 PM 230 Bishops Lane, Southampton Iron Gate East presents the group exhibit “Love is Not All.” The show features works by Jeff Muhs, Patti Grabel, Ryan Michael Kelly, Meghan Boody, and Richard Pasquarelli.

Talk on Syd Solomon Saturday, November 3, noon Guild Hall, East Hampton Guild Hall in East Hampton presents a lecture on Syd Solomon by Gail Levin Ph.D. on Saturday, November 3, at noon in the Boots Lamb Education Center.

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Peter, Paul, and Mary at Newport 1963-65

Entertainment

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

All singing, all dancing? Readings, stagings, and slams? We can’t print it if we don’t know about it. Send your entertainment events to nicole@indyeastend.com

by Thursday at noon.

Film This Changes Everything

Friday, November 2, at 7:30 PM www.suffolktheater.com

Jam Session

The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead presents Paul Mahos.

Thursday, November 1, at 7 PM www.unioncantina.net

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Union Cantina in Southampton presents The Jam Session Inc. every Thursday with a concert at 7 PM followed by a Jam Session.

Mary Saturday, November 3, at 6 PM www.sagharborcinema.org The Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center presents the World Premiere of Peter, Paul, and Mary at Newport 1963-65 at Pierson High School’s auditorium in Sag Harbor.

Friday, November 2, at 6 PM www.parrishart.org

Music

Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents film This Changes Everything, followed by a talk with Thaddeus Pawlowski. Tickets are $15, $5 for members and students.

Live At The Clubhouse

Peter, Paul, And

ents live music with The Potter/Tekulsky Band.

Wednesday, October 31, 6 to 9 PM www.ehitclubhouse.com The Clubhouse in East Hampton pres-

The Lone Bellow Friday, November 2, at 8 PM www.whbpac.org Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents The Lone Bellow, an acoustic, melodic ruckus.

Stephen Talkhouse

Saturday, November 3, at 9 PM 631-527-7800 The Springs Tavern hosts 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.

Theater A Comedy of Tenors Thursdays-Sundays through November 11 www.hamptontheatre.org

www.stephentalkhouse.com DJ Matty Nice will spin at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett on Friday, November 2, at 10 PM. On Saturday, November 3, Inner Roots will take the stage, at 10 PM.

Paul Mahos

Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue presents A Comedy of Tenors by Ken Ludwig, directed by Diana Marbury.

The Hot L Baltimore Saturday, November 3, at 7 PM www.southamptonartscenter.org

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Sweet Charities

Supporter level and above are invited for a champagne toast with artist David Salle, who will speak about his monumental paintings inspired by the Sistine Chapel and commissioned by Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome. These works, recently gifted to the Parrish, have never been seen in the U.S. Tickets start at $150 for members and $200 for nonmembers. Supporter tickets are $500.

Visit www.parrishart.org.

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Fall Ladies Night

Montessori School Fundraiser Southampton Montessori School’s fundraiser will be held on Friday, November 2, from 6 to 8:30 PM at Calissa in Water Mill. There will be cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, raffles, silent auction, and live music. All proceeds benefit the school.

Tickets are $75 and include passed hors d’oeuvres and unlimited wine and beer.

Visit www.eventbrite.com.

Sunset Party The Bridgehampton Museum presents its Season’s End Sunset Party on Saturday, November 3, from 4 to 6 PM. The event will be held at Galban Barn at 453 Hedges Lane in Sagaponack and

will celebrate the last sunset before Daylight Savings Time. Tickets are $50 and children 12 and under are admitted free. For more info, visit www.bhmuseum.org.

Fall Cocktail Party The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents its Fall Cocktail Party on Saturday, November 10, from 6 to 8 PM. The event is a celebration of art and artists. Mingle with artists in the galleries, enjoy signature cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to the backdrop of music, and take a closer look at an array of works from the permanent collection on view in “Every Picture Tells a Story.”

At 5 PM, ticket purchasers at the

A Fall Ladies Night benefiting the Children’s Museum of the East End will be held on Wednesday, November 14, from 6 to 8 PM at Nick & Toni’s in East Hampton, presented by The Shed. Enjoy wines, hors d’oeuvres, prizes, and a silent auction. Tickets start at $40 in advance and $45 at the door. Contact Lara Sweeney at lara@cmee.org or call 631-537-8250.

Girls Night Out Gurney’s Montauk presents its annual Girls Night Out benefit on November 16. The event benefits The Coalition for Women’s Cancers at Southampton Hospital. Enjoy wine and cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, raffles, spa pampering, dancing, psychic readings, and more. Tickets start at $45. Visit www. gurneysresorts.com. (See more on the following page.)

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Southampton Arts Center presents The Hot L Baltimore by Lanford Wilson, a staged reading. Mature content. Not recommended for children. Tickets are $10, $7 for friends of SAC.

Words Art Lecture Saturday, November 3, at noon www.guildhall.org Guild Hall in East Hampton presents a lecture with Gail Levin, regarding its Syd Solomon art exhibit. Admission is free.

Jonathan Santlofer Wednesday, November 7, at 6:30 PM www.stonybrook.edu Writers Speak Wednesdays at the Chancellors Hall at Stony Brook Southampton continues with Jonathan Santlofer and his memoir, The Widower’s Notebook.

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Gurney’s Hosts Girls Night Out Proceeds of Montauk fundraiser benefit women’s cancer coalition

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

The annual Girls Night Out fundraiser returns to Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa on Friday, November 16.

Attendees will don their various hues of pink to promote women supporting women. All proceeds will benefit The Coalition for Women’s Cancers at

Southampton Hospital, which helps women affected by breast and gynecological cancers.

“Special thanks to Gurney’s and their staff for making Girls Night Out possible. With their help, we are able to lend a helping hand to so many women

fighting breast and/or gynecological cancers in our local East End neighborhoods. We are truly blessed to live in a community where so many businesses, practitioners, volunteers, and community members generously support us,” said Susie Barry Roden, president of The Coalition for Women’s Cancers.

The volunteer-driven organization provides support for East Enders diagnosed with cancer and their families. CWC empowers women to seek out early detection and aids in an overall improved quality of life for patients.

Its programs include recovery services Lend a Helping Hand, Peer to Peer counseling matching survivors to new patients, nutritional programs, support groups through Ellen’s Well, and wellness groups such as yoga and acupuncture circles, in addition to other free services.

Guests will enjoy wine and cock-

tails as they take their chances on raffles. They will delight in passed hors d’oeuvres while relaxing to select spa treatments and psychic readings. Attendees can also dance the night away worry free with Hampton Jitney transportation included in each ticket. There are four stops between Hampton Bays to Gurney’s. For those looking to stay the night, there will be special room rates and the added bonus of 20 percent spa discounts the following day.

The event begins at 7 PM. Entry level tickets begin at $45. Support level, at $75, includes a choice of one treatment, and an Empowerment level ticket, at $150, includes a treatment, psychic reading, five raffle tickets, and a gift bag.

Learn more about The Coalition for Women’s Cancers at www.cwcshh. org. Visit www.gurneysresorts.com for tickets.

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Family Fun Day Photos by Richard Lewin The American Legion Post grounds in Amagansett were turned into fairgrounds on Sunday, October 28, as the Kiwanis Club of East Hampton held its 20th Annual Family Fun Day, kicking off the 2018 Halloween season. Pumpkin painting, face painting, the Polar Express Train, pony rides, a magician, bouncy castle, carnival food, and plenty more were part of the day’s fun.

BCRF Symposium and Awards Photos by Rob Rich/ www.societyallure.com The Breast Cancer Research Foundation hosted its New York Symposium and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, October 25, at The New York Hilton in Midtown. The event was co-hosted by Amy Robach and Andrew Shue.

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Sen Celebrates 25 Years Photos by Richard Lewin After a period of major renovations, “25” was the magic number on Thursday, October 25, as Sen Restaurant in Sag Harbor officially reopened, celebrating 25 years in business with a $25 special for an open bar and gourmet appetizers. The Matsuoka family, Sen’s proprietors, wanted to give back to the community for their continuing support. The centerpiece of the evening was the expert traditional carving of a 100 lb yellow fin tuna that had been specially flown in from Japan for the occasion.

Stephan Weiss Apple Awards Photos by Astrid Stawiarz/ Getty Images Commemorating her late husband Stephan Weiss’s legacy and his lasting influence on the vision behind the Urban Zen Foundation, fashion icon Donna Karan hosted the 2018 Stephan Weiss Apple Awards on Wednesday, October 24, at the Stephan Weiss Studio in New York City.

Weiss was a prolific artist and sculptor. The “Apple” refers to Weiss’s larger than life bronze apple sculpture which resides in the Millennium Garden at the Hudson River Park in New York. The event honored Iman, Jimmy Nelson, and Joel Towers.

Karan was joined by Bernadette Peters, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel, Helena Christensen, Deborra-Lee Furness, Keith Richards, Patti Hansen, Christy Turlington Burns, Andrew Saffir, and Daniel Benedict among others.

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OLD DOGS NEW TRIPS

By Vay David & John Laudando

The Greeks Of Sicily Temples, temples . . . and more temples We went to Sicily for Christmas and New Year’s a few years ago. And what did we see? We did see the sea, but even more, we saw Grecian and Roman ruins.

We flew into Palermo December 23, rented a car, and immediately drove 185 miles to Modica, in the south of Sicily, where we had rented a ducal palazzo, Casa Alfieri, for a week. It was a handsome place with balconies and soaring ceilings. And, because of those amazing, lofty ceilings, it may not have been the best choice for a winter vacation — brrr — but we would love to have been there in warmer weather!

Our host had told us to be sure to let him know when we arrived in Modica, so he could guide us to the apartment — or we would NEVER have found it. He led us about four blocks past where the apartment was located, down to a narrow alley — so narrow, there were scrape marks along its sides — where we had a teensy parking space for our (fortunately) very small European car.

We were right around the corner from Modica’s main street, Corso Umberto, where we wandered through historic squares and shops. On our way back to the apartment, we bought groceries from a small corner market with abundant vegetable choices in bins lined up around the front.

Our first full day in Sicily took us to Siricusa and its vast Greek amphitheater, in Neapolis Archaeological Park. The enormous theater is still used every year in late spring for classical plays performed by the Italian Institute for Classical Drama. Besides the theater, the park is also home to an extensive museum and the amazing cave called the Ear of Dionysus.

The teardrop shape of the Ear’s cavern (Orecchio di Dionisio in the original Italian) is famous for acoustic properties that amplify even the quietest of sounds, allowing them to be heard through an opening at the top, some 72 feet above ground. The park also has a smattering of Roman ruins. Quite an informative day trip! And, on our way back, we passed through a ghost town with some great vistas.

The next leg of our journey took us to the little town of Ballestrate, where a lucky double rainbow greeted us on the roof of the apartment that was our headquarters there. Right after we arrived, we headed to nearby Segesta, the site of a beautiful Greek temple. And why did we choose to visit a temple on a cloudy damp day in December? Because it was OPEN! A cautionary tale: In Sicily, don’t stay too far from the sights you most want to visit, because museums and other attractions may well be closed anywhere from 11 AM to 2 PM, or longer. Restaurants are mostly open, but temples are open from morning to night. And, on vacation, you don’t always want to rise early to be sure you arrive at a museum before 11 AM. So . . . the Doric Temple of Segesta, built before 430 BC. If anyone needed proof that the ancients had a good eye for where to build, Segesta would belie any doubts once and for all. The temple is nearly 200 feet long and 85 feet wide, built upon four steps, with a total of 36 Doric columns. Its setting, perched on a hill, overlooking rolling green countryside and views that stretch right down to the sea, is stunning. When we arrived at this perfectly classical composition, we found it set against a gray sky illuminated by a rainbow. Pretty inspiring. Turns out, despite its classical Greek construction, it was actually built by Elymians, but word has it they intermarried with Greeks, so who knows? And the site also includes a small amphitheater and other ruins.

From that point, farms, farms, farms (including prickly pear orchards), and temples were all we saw.

Plus, a short trip to Castellammare del Golfo, the Sicilian town where John’s maternal grandparents lived before they migrated to the United States. An historic little fishing port, Castellammare is in a very picturesque location, below steep mountain slopes, with a handsome curved harbor at the foot of a small headland that’s topped with a castle. It reminded us of East Hampton but the decidedly Sicilian version.

Our grandest foray to temples was Agrigento, which includes the magnificent Temple of Concordia and the so-

The Valley of the Temples, Agrigento. Independent/John Laudando

The Doric of Segesta. Independent/John Laudando

called Valley of the Temples that lies just beyond it. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it’s perhaps Sicily’s most famous historical attraction. This splendid archaeological park consists of seven additional temples, most named for deities, and various other remains, built between about 510 BC and 430

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Dining The Palm: A Carnivore’s Dream Beef, bacon, and chops round out mouthwatering menu

By Hannah Selinger

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1926. That was the auspicious year — a short three before the great market crash — that Pio Bozzi and John Ganzi opened the first of many Palm restaurants, breaking ground in New York City. The restaurants were known for hulking steaks, commodious décor, and a convivial vibe that welcomed artists, writers, and, naturally, hungry socialites.

For a look at the lineage inherent at The Palm, one need look no further than Bruce Bozzi, Jr., great-grandson of co-founder Pio Bozzi and current face of the restaurant and its widespread outlets. Bozzi is married to talent agent Bryan Lourd, who, from 1991 to 1994, was married to silver screen icon Carrie Fisher. (Lourd and Fisher welcomed daughter Billie Lourd into their fold in 1992, herself an acclaimed television actress.) This is all just to say: The lines of celebrity run long and deep in The Palm’s veins.

The East Hampton edition of

The Palm opened in 1980, the sixth restaurant of the same name to open.

Its home was, and is, to this day, the 300-year-old Huntting Inn, a manicured white clapboard mansion set on a slip of green on East Hampton’s esteemed Main Street. Upstairs, guests will find small but finely appointed rooms, perfect for retiring to after one has had, say, the kind of steak that provokes somnolence.

About those steaks, though. The Palm’s menu is a love letter to meat, to be clear. Although some may gravitate toward the Atlantic salmon fillet, or the pepper-crusted ahi tuna, this is, after all, a temple dedicated to satiating carnivorous appetites. Beef is all prime, corn-fed, and aged for 35 days, and is seasoned with nothing but olive oil, kosher salt, and parsley butter. Sauces cost a few dollars extra, but are worth the expenditure. Diners can choose between the brandy peppercorn, lobster truffle butter, chimichurri, Oscar, and

jumbo lump crabmeat hollandaise.

The list of available steak options reads like a meat lover’s bible: New York strip in 14- and 18- and 36-ounce iterations; a massive bone-in rib eye; a 9- and 12-ounce filet mignon; and a decadent Wagyu rib eye. Feeling beefaverse, but still counting on that iron?

Perhaps a bone-in Colorado veal chop or a rack of double-cut lamb rib chops will fit the bill.

But one of the offerings of East Hampton’s long-running steak house is actually its happy hour, a secret shared widely among locals. Sundays through Fridays, from 5 to 7 PM, the restaurant offers discounted food and drink specials in the bar area, which becomes, particularly in the off-season, a lively space, filled with East Hampton's after-work crowd. Oysters are reduced, during “prime time,” from $3 apiece to $2, which, for the Hamptons, feels like a pretty good deal.

The bar menu, too, is nothing to

scoff at. While a $60 steak may feel unmanageable by most accounts, an $18 smokehouse burger — topped with applewood-smoked bacon, aged cheddar, baby arugula, and roasted garlic aioli — is less so. The thick-cut bacon is the king among appetizers. For a mere $16 (think of that as a quarter of a steak), the carnivorous can gorge on a full plate of thick, salty-sweet, mapleglazed bacon, so mighty it requires a fork and knife.

Of course, you wouldn’t want to leave The Palm without a slice of the seven-layer chocolate cake, served with a chocolate ganache. In accordance with New York City law, any restaurant with multiple outlets must list the calorie count on items served at multiple restaurants, which is how I know that a single slice is 1120 calories. To put that in perspective, that’s about how many calories the average person burns on an 11-mile run. To which I say: Better lace up now. Winter is coming.

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Guest-Worthy Recipe: Chef Olan Cox Autumn squash bisque

By Zachary Weiss

Who: Chef Olan Cox

Chef Olan Cox's GuestWorthy Recipe:

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Autumn Squash Bisque paired with Bonterra Chardonnay 2017

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Why? “For me, the Autumn Squash Bisque is a dish that I very much associate with harvest season, as butternut squash ripens around the same time the Bonterra team begins harvesting grapes.

My favorite pairing for this rustic, silky soup is Bonterra Organic Vineyard’s Chardonnay. The creamy richness of the Chardonnay creates a lovely song on the palate, and not only stands up to, but complements the richness of the bisque. The slow and lovingly cooked depth of flavors of the bisque interplay beautifully with the creamy, buttery fruit finish of the wine.”

Ingredients: 2 - 2 ½ lbs winter squash (Butternut, Hokkaido, Delicata, Sugar Dumpling, or Acorn) 2 Tbsp olive oil, more if needed 1 large onion, roughly chopped Pinch of thyme Pinch of sage 2-4 garlic cloves 2-3 c vegetable, chicken, or bone broth Sea salt and pepper to taste *Optional: apple, celery, carrots, splash of heavy cream

Directions: Cut the whole unpeeled squash in half and drizzle the flesh with olive oil.

Place it flesh-side down on a parch-

ment paper-lined sheet pan. Bake the squash at 400°F for 45 minutes to an hour, until your knife slides in easily.

The squash should be soft enough for you to scoop it out with a spoon.

While your squash is in the oven, start sautéing onions in a heavy pot on medium-low. Cook the onions on low for at least as long as you are roasting the squash. Once the onions start breaking down and caramelizing, feel free to add an apple, celery, carrots, or any flavors that you feel work together. When the squash is out of the oven and cool enough to handle, scoop it into the pot with the other simmering ingredients.

Add the broth and a splash of heavy cream (if using). Let this simmer on low for five or ten minutes for the flavors to combine.

At this point, you can gently mash the ingredients with a masher or whisk to create a rustic soup. Or, you can use an immersion blending wand or blender and process the ingredients until velvety smooth. If the soup is thicker than you prefer, add a splash of broth or water until you’ve achieved the desired consistency.

For added flair, serve with raisins, pumpkin seeds, caramelized onions, mushrooms, dry goat cheese, curry powder, Cajun spice, salt, or even a drop of maple syrup.

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Warm up with these North Fork chili bowls

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kin ale. The Deeply Rooted, which had a very different yet delicious twist, is made of pork belly and ground pork from Deep Roots farm in Southold.

Both are topped with roasted pumpkin seeds for a seasonal flavor. Call 631298-7826.

Luncharitos’ chili was flavored with jalapeño and sour cream. The location provided an example of traditional, south of the border, chili. Visit them in Greenport or Riverhead. Or visit the website at www.luncharitos. com.

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The North Fork Environmental Council held its annual chili contest at Jamesport Farm Brewery on Friday, October 26. The main ingredient to the evening was, of course, several different variations of chili from local, North Fork restaurants. If you’re craving the Northern Mexican/Southern Texan dish, here are some highlights.

Jamesport Manor Inn’s chili can best be described as classic, reminiscent of the days eating sloppy joe in the school or camp cafeteria. Although it’s a bit oily, with a tangy, brisket flavor, it’s ideal for dipping cornbread. Call 631722-0500.

Bay Breeze Inn & Chophouse in South Jamesport rotates chili on and off the menu. With certified Angus beef, other ingredients include tomatoes, onions, red chili beans, green peppers, green chilies, tomato paste, bacon fat, chili powder, garlic, paprika, sea salt, and Frank’s red hot pepper sauce. Atop sits goat cheese, lime

crema (sour cream, lime zest, lime juice, chive, honey cumin), whiskey croutons (with Maker’s Mark), chive sticks, and pumpkin sugar crystals.

Essentially, it was a three-course meal in a single serving. Call 631779-3454.

Andy’s of Greenport served a chili style akin to being at a barbecue joint, with sausage in the mix. A spoonful will immediately make you feel as though you’ve landed in Austin on the East End. Call 631-333-2525.

Noah’s in Greenport served up its chopped meat chili with cold cheese, scallions and local, warmed up vegetables in a way that is indicative of its signature kitchen style. At first bite you wouldn’t even realize it was chili, rather a delicious dish that incorporates chopped meat, remixed. Call 631-4776720.

Mattitaco in Mattituck brought two styles of chili. Its Drunken Pumpkin includes beef, chorizo, and pump-

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Roasted Acorn Squash With Seven Grain And Smoky Bacon Stuffing

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Fish & Sips Fish & Sips, the Long Island Aquarium’s 11th annual wine tasting event will be held Friday, November 16, from 7 to 10:30 PM. Over 20 local wineries and craft breweries will be on hand for the tasting and purchasing event. This popular event celebrates the harvest with delectable wines, craft beverages, live music, and delicious hors d’oeuvres.

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Ingredients (serves 4)

Directions

2 acorn squash 1/2 white onion (minced) 2 cloves of garlic (minced) 1/4 c chicken stock 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 egg yolk 1/4 c milk 2 loaves of seven grain bread (cut into cubes) 8 strips of bacon (cooked crisp and chopped) 3 oz smoked gouda (shredded) 1 small handful of sage (chopped fine) 2 Tbsp picked thyme 2 apples (diced) Salt and pepper to taste

Start by heating the olive oil in a sauté pan over medium high heat. Sweat the onions and garlic until they’re soft and translucent. Add the crisped chopped bacon into the pan along with the picked thyme. Cook for another minute to heat all ingredients. Allow the mixture to cool at room temperature for 10 minutes.

In a large mixing bowl add the rest of the ingredients along with the cooked onions, garlic, and bacon. Mix together and allow it to sit for 10 minutes. Cut your acorn squash in half and remove all the seeds and stringy flesh.

Fill each half of squash with a sizeable portion of the stuffing, then bake at 375 degrees for 75 minutes.

Take a walk on the sweet side into a museum that’s a confectionery dream.

Welcome to Candytopia, with sugary goodness to devour at every turn amid crafted, interactive artwork made entirely of candy. Opened now through January 6, at 145 W 32nd Street in Manhattan, this magical place is only steps away from Penn Station, making it a convenient escape from reality for adults and children alike.

Candytopia is the brainchild of Hollywood Candy Queen Jackie Sorkin and master fabricator Zac Hartog, a magical land that would surely have Roald Dahl’s creative stamp of approv-

al, as well as all of your Instagram followers.

Step through the opening gates, seemingly inspired by the Wonka Chocolate Factory itself, and skip your way through several themed rooms of insatiable goodness with edible delights at every turn. Colorful graffiti walls, a candy art gallery, marshmallow pit, and so much more, it’s too good to give it all away! You’ll be screaming for Charlie to come to Candy Mountain in no time (for those who remember that famed YouTube video).

Visit www.candytopia.com or @thecandytopia.

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Short & Scary Contest

Jaz Dellaert, Grade 5, Westhampton Beach Elementary School

BNB Bank presents Short & Scary Stories

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Peyton Flannery, Grade 5, Westhampton Beach Elementary School

Grand Prize: Eternal Damnation

By Asia Cofield Grade 12 Southampton High School I looked behind me. The line of poor souls stretched for miles down the endless hallway. No one dared to speak a word. The clock above the metal door hadn’t moved in ages and the flickering light panels above our heads gave me a headache. The “eternal” in “eternal damnation” is longer than you could imagine. I waited for what felt like a lifetime, and I guess a few of those had passed by then.

“Next,” a guard hollered. He held a clipboard. The whole operation was more organized than I thought it would be, but miserable nonetheless.

The guard opened the metal door for a woman with red hair.

I had been in the Realm of Evil for a couple centuries, or at least I figured it’d been that long. Things in Hell are a little different than you may have

heard, so let me set the record straight.

The Devil? He’s real. He spends centuries perfecting your worst nightmare, constructing your own personal hell, and when he’s got you figured out he calls you into his office and sends you there. In the meantime, you wait.

And I had been waiting, stuck inside my head for years.

It didn’t seem so torturous at first, but I couldn’t help but start to think about what was in store for me. About what kind of punishment awaited on the other side of that metal door. I dove into the deepest parts of my mind, reached into the darkest places I could think of in preparation for what Satan himself had conjured up for me. What kind of monsters could be lurking?

What kind of pain and suffering? What kind of pure agony? What kind of an-

guish?

The anticipation alone was soul crushing. It wasn’t until I was next in line that I realized where I was going.

“Next.” I swear my heart stopped.

My hands shook. My toes curled. My stomach lurched and somehow I was moving towards the door. I gripped onto the frame as the guards grabbed me.

“No,” I begged, “no, please you can’t do this.” I pounded my fists on the guards, I kicked and screamed until my lungs burned, but it was no use. I locked eyes with the Devil, “please,” I choked out before he gave the guards their orders, but I already knew where I was headed.

“Send her back to Earth.”

Boo! Short & Scary Story Contest

By Boo-ridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com Happy Halloween!

This year we had a spooky abundance of frightful writers – over 600 entries from classes ranging from Montauk to Moriches, and in every age range, kindergarten through grade 12.

It was so hard to narrow it down to 10 winners. And the truth is, you’re all winners if you took the time to sit down, come up with a story, write it out, and send it in. Enjoy the stories we were able to print – your friends are in

here. It could be you next year!

Some of the stories have been lightly edited by literary ghosts in the office, to conform to our ghastly style.

Mad, scary props to the teachers who supported their students and mailed artwork and writing in to the Indy. You are amazing.

And thanks as always to BNB for sponsoring this section. Now settle in and prepare to be scared . . . and don't forget to come in and pick up your awards!

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First Prize: The Twins

By Finn Mirando Grade 4, Montauk School

Sean Rhatigan, Grade 3, Westhampton Beach Elementary School

Once there were twins, one boy, and one girl. They decided to go swimming at Dead Man’s Cove. The boy wore a blue top, red bottom bathing suit. The girl wore a blue top, American bottom style bathing suit.

When they got to the beach, they had so much fun. They had so much fun that they forgot what time it was. Soon it was almost pitch black. They were shocked that next to them was a pile of identical bathing suits to the ones that the twins were wearing. They were so scared that they ran home. When they tried to find their house, they could not find it because it was so dark. They got lost!!!!

When they finally found it, they opened the door but nothing was on

the other side except space. When they looked farther, they saw a replica of their house. So they opened the door to the second house and on the other side of the house was a huge mansion. The twins looked each other in the eyes. After, they decided to go in.

When they got in, they were suddenly pulled into a big ball room. In the room, were hundreds maybe even thousands of Gremlins!!!!!! Out of one unusually dark corner came a gremlin , he introduced himself as Chuck. He said that they should get to know the house before we enjoy you . . .

That night there were several blood curdling screams and yells. The twins were never seen again. All that was left were two pairs of bathing suits.

Runner Up: The Zipper On The Monster

By Miller Crowley Croke and Tonya Bess Hodges Grade 12, Southampton High School Children’s minds can conjure up some wicked things. So naive, they are, to think that the scariest thing in the world is a monster under their bed or in their closet, waiting to strike when they fall asleep or have to get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. They get scared by movie monsters, laughable beasts made with the imperfect hands of humans, comprised of paltry arts and crafts that are hardly scary at all to anybody with sense. In these movies, it is commonplace to see mistakes like the zipper on the suit of the monster, reminding us that nothing in those films could possibly be real.

Yet children with vivid imaginations who know no better still cower in fear at the thought of the supernatural.

Perhaps these monsters take the shape of a tall man with no eyes, or a vicious beast with fangs and claws, or an evil old lady with wrinkled skin and gangly fingers that beckon them to her embrace. Perhaps they are indescribable, far beyond the comprehension of any human thought. But, like the monsters in the movies, they are nothing more than figments of the twisted maw of human creation, memories of a fear that we all hold deep within.

Except these monsters are real.

We lurk in every shadow in every darkness. In every dark room and long hallway, in every closet and under every bed. We hide in the walls, behind the shower curtains, and in places that nobody dares to venture. We are everywhere, but we don’t like to be seen. It is so convenient for us that you pretend that we don’t exist, that you shove us out of your mind as you go about your day. For when eyes fall upon us, the world changes. We are the whispers in the wind, carrying the weight of a thousand burdens, travelling like silent serpents, entering the ears of those who are foolish enough to listen.

There are no zippers on our backs.

When you were a teenager, and still had the mind of a child that was more concerned with sheepish things than what really mattered, we were there.

We watched you grow, blossoming from a young, fruitful child into another hapless adult. We were there when you went to college and pretended like you knew everything, without a care in the world for anybody who disagreed with you. We were there when you met the person you thought you would love forever, and we laughed at you for even thinking such a thing. We were there when you finally got that job you al-

Noah Murphy, Grade 3, Westhampton Beach Elementary School

ways wanted, and when you realized that you hated everything about it, we laughed, too.

We watched from the storm drains as you struggled. We were there when you had your first fight. We were there when you broke your vows and cried about it like a wounded animal, the hypocrite that you are. We were there when you felt that pain for the first time, the pain of loss, the pain of knowing that no matter what you did, there was nothing that could fix it. We witnessed every moment of your happiness; every single “I love you,” and every hug and every kiss, every feelgood time that you had, every happy memory, and even every bad one, too.

We were there for all of that, until you stood on the beach that one summer

evening, staring out into the yawning infinity of the auburn sky, with nobody by your side, and whispered, “Can you believe it?”

Can you?

We will always be watching you.

We will be there when you try to move on and forget about everything. We will be there when you start over. We will be there when you are driving down the street at night, lurking in the back seat of your car. We will be there when you are all alone, with nothing but the wind to comfort you. We will be there beside you when you turn out the lights and close your eyes to sleep at night.

Then, when you die, and your final breath leaves your body like a soft puff of mist, we will be there, too. And we will be the only thing that comes with you.

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Jocelyn Garcia, Grade 6, East Hampton Middle School

Second Prize: The House On The Hill

By Hadley Hren Grade 7, East Hampton Middle School

On North Main Street, East Hampton, NY, up a steep hill there is an old grey house. An old man has lived there for 50 years and rarely is seen in public.

His name is Barry Hathaway and he is 74 years old. He had a wife and a daughter, but they passed away in a fire 40 years ago. He now lives alone in the old scary house.

Below the scary old house lives an 11 year old boy named Alex and his whole life he’d been scared of Barry’s house. But, when Alex turned 12 the day before Halloween he went to his room and made a plan. Not just any plan, a plan to get into Barry’s house and get information on the house and Barry himself. Alex lives with his mom and his 17 year old sister, Mia. Who have both told Alex not to go near the doors to that house. So, Alex made a plan to go through a side window because every night at 8 PM, Barry opens

a window downstairs and goes to his room to sleep. Why did he open an unattended window? He loved to let in the night's breeze to the living room so it would feel nice in the morning.

On Halloween day when Alex woke up, he knew today was the day he would break into Barry’s and find out why it was so scary. While Alex packed his bag for school, he included binoculars, a black shirt and black pants. Alex went to the kitchen for breakfast and Mia was at the table eating a bowl of cereal. Then Alex’s mom said, “Good morning honey! Would you like milk with your cereal today?” Alex nodded yes and sat down with Mia as his mom brought him his bowl of Fruity Pebbles.

Alex was dressed in his astronaut costume and Mia was Regina George from Mean Girls.

When Alex made it to school he asked his mom if he could walk home

after school and she nodded and pulled the car from the school. When Alex got to homeroom he sat in the far back corner and pulled out a pencil, marker, and a piece of paper Alex began planning out what he was going to do after school at Barry’s house and hid the paper whenever somebody got close enough to see his work.

Alex started down the sidewalk towards his house and began thinking about how to get into Barry’s house without his mom catching him. Alex came up with the perfect plan! He would ask his mom if she could drop him off in the village and if he could trick-or-treat with a few close friends, but then when it started to get dark, work his way home and he would commence the plan. Alex got very excited and ran the rest of the way home, which wasn’t much further.

When Alex got inside he said hello to his mom and sister (who had bussed home) and drank about 3/4 of a water bottle. Alex asked his mom about trickor-treating without an adult and walking home. After a few minutes of thinking, his mom said yes. There was one condition, every hour Alex had to text his mom with an update and within 30 minutes of after an hour, if there was no text she would call to make sure he was ok.

Alex and his mom got in the car and drove to the village. Alex got out and met up with his two best friends, James and Cameran. The three went all

around filling up their pillow cases with delicious candy! After completing the village, the boys walked a few blocks to Smith Street and trick-or-treated there.

Alex had been texting his mom every hour to avoid any trouble. When Alex and his friends noticed the sun starting to set, they parted ways and Alex called his mom to let her know he was starting to walk home. Then Alex stopped at a shop and changed into the dark clothing which he put in his bag.

When Alex reached the hill, he turned his phone’s ringer off and brightens down. Alex was so happy that it was dark out enough to begin. Alex hid his candy bag in a large hole in a big tree and crept up to the open window.

Alex made sure all the lights were off, and there was one dim light coming from somewhere upstairs. Alex put one leg inside and ducked in.

When Alex got inside, he saw dark green wallpaper and lots of green and gray furniture all over the living room.

Then Alex heard sounds coming from the stairs, loud sounds. It was Barry!

He’d come down to see what was happening down stairs! Alex ducked down in between this tall thin post and a bookshelf.

Barry flicked on a lamp, the tall thin post, and saw Alex and Alex looked behind him and stood up. Barry said, “What did you think you’d find in here boy!”

Alex said very softly, “To see what kinds of spooky ghosts and skeletons were in here.”

Barry shook his head and said, “Sit down boy. The reason I never leave my house is because I lost my family years ago, it’s been too hard to see you kids with your parents all jolly and smiling.”

Barry sighed.

“I’m so very sorry you feel this way and I feel awful for breaking in,” Alex said with a frown. “If I had known this I would have never come in here.”

“It’s all right boy, I’m kind of glad you came so I could tell my story. Everybody knows my name, not my story.”

Alex decided he would say hello to Barry everyday before school. Mia one day was convinced to with Alex and they set up a time to meet Mia and Alex’s mother for dinner and a game night on Friday. This became a weekly thing and Barry had a new family to spend his time with.

Barry began going out into public more often. He made new friends and even redecorated his home to make it not so spooky.

Barry even got a new job! He was now a bus driver for Alex and Mia’s bus because high schoolers and middle schools share busses. Barry had grown a new and better life than he had.

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Third Prize: The Mortins

By Kyla Culver Grade 10, Southampton High School

The Mortins were most definitely vampires. There was no question about it. Anyone who lived on Sunnyside Drive knew that. The way they spoke, with thick accents no one could seem to place, the somber exterior of their large, gothic style house, and most especially the way that bats could always be found perched somewhere on their roof, in their gutters, or on their porch.

But the most striking evidence that the unnatural beings that were the Mortins were vampires was the way they arrived in Glendale.

November 5th, 1938 Article from “The Glendale Gazette” Feat. Incident report from Glendale Police Department( October 30th, 1938) “If you’ve been past our town’s most beloved cul-de-sac recently, you may have noticed a striking change of scenery. Most people of our great town recognize the house of the late Edna Mortin as a long standing monument in our town. But what you might not know is that police investigators had condemned the building last Saturday. It was discovered that the house was built on faulty foundation, and was starting to sink! That’s right, folks. The house, stood on Sunnyside Drive, had been upright on the ground

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for over two hundred years was supposed to be taken down the day after, Sunday the 30th. ‘Was?’, you ask? ‘Is the house... still there?’ Why yes, dear readers! If you take a stroll down the block one warm evening, you’ll be surprised to see what has become of the old estate.

Whether it be the work of mysterious do-gooders or not, the grand house was in pristine condition when workers arrived at the house that morning. No one on the street knows what happened, and maybe no one ever will.”

See? Strange. But they were wrong about that last part, though. Nearly everyone this side of Eagle Rock knows what happened. The Mortins happened. That night, while everyone on Sunnyside Drive was fast asleep, they appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.

When the neighbors came to investigate the next day, they were surprised to find a family! Two parents, and three children: five-, 10-, and 15,000 years old, and their large black dog, Chu. The Mortins have lived in Glendale ever since then.

Everyone clapped.

“And that’s how my family came to live here,” I said, taking a small bow.

“I hope you all learned something, and Happy Halloween!”

The Craft Of Wizardry

By Jack McCormick Grade 2, East Moriches Elementary School

Nicamort had a bad feeling on the Halloween Spooky Walk. His best friend, Faldamort, and he were walking in the woods after sunset. The moon already showed the face of Kildamort, Nicamort’s scary brother. Kildamort had a half-bloody face and white hair that stuck up a thousand feet high, linking him to the stars.

Nicamort and Faldamort noticed the skeletons on the walk. Usually these are just kids dressed up to be scary, but these ones seemed different. They had bloody eyeballs, squished out fingers, and moved differently. Suddenly, there were lots of them — at least 5,000. They all turned their heads at the same time. They jumped out and picked up all the people and Nicamort by their shirts and started flying away with them. Nicomort knew it was his brother’s spell. Faldamort was in the bathroom so he was ok.

When he got out, he knew it would be up to him to save the day.

First he went up the highest mountain of the world to find a pet – he got

a flying dragon. The beast was all red.

On its back, he swooped down. In the dark night, he saw the skeletons flying with the people and Nicamort. He was trying to reach but he couldn’t. Then he figured an idea. And his idea was to jump off the dragon and then make the dragon catch him so he could reach.

His dragon breathed fire on the skeleton carrying his friend and using magic he saved him from falling. Now the two wizards, best bros, had the save the people.

But people can’t fly and they were high up.

They did spells to make a huge magic trampoline about 100 feet below the skeletons. That would catch the people. Then they used their wands to zap the evil skeletons. When the skeletons landed, they just turned into smoke. When the people fell into the trampolines, they were safe.

Kildamort only had powers on Halloween. When the sun rose, the magical friends knew everyone was safe for another year.

Then everyone ate candy.

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Obscura Delusia

By Sankavi Sampath Grade 11, Southampton High School

The car was rolling down the highway.

It stopped, all of a sudden. A girl was by the window, a beam of light under her face.

“Claire,” the man who found her, Benjamin Fillmore, declared. “Claire Fillmore. She will be my daughter.”

Lois Harvey gaped at him, but still he pressed on. The paperwork was completed, and he took the girl home.

She remained like a statue, still-faced and unmoving. No, to Lois, she wasn’t alive enough for Claire Fillmore. She was an Obscura, Obscura Delusia.

The school was terrified. They locked their doors to her slow, menacing gait, her unblinking, bug-eyed stare.

Benny raced to the school, and after a couple harsh words, secured her into a fifth-grade class. Lois glanced at the girl, feeling like a toddler in spite of her gray hair.

Lucy, Benny’s sister, grinned apologetically. “One of the many surprises about...my niece.”

Lois nodded over her coffee.

“Must be a shock, for Mr. Irresponsible to suddenly be a dad.”

Lucy opened her mouth, about to say what Lois wanted her to say, but instead she uneasily agreed. A wave of energy pummeled the cafe, throwing the women to the floor. Scrambling out the broken windows, their vision swayed upon seeing the school.

Like black streams, people were flinging themselves out the building, the reaching orange clawing for them.

Rushing there, they found Benny, desperately trying to rush past the tangle of arms trapping him. “Let me go!” he begged, “Let me go, she’s still in there!

Claire! Claire!” Piles of soot-covered bodies fell all around; in the smoke, Lois’s heart turned bleak.

The fire raged for three days. A week later, a cabinet made of black cherry, barely even a singe on its surface, flew open. A little face, eyeless by the shadows her flashlight created, peered out.

Their houses burnt down, the Fillmores and Lois left to a little town in Illinois. The neighborhood was sleepy, its people even sleepier. They took one glance at Obscura, then nodded at their tea. Needless to say, it was admittedly a bit easier to live here in Benny’s opinion.

Trouble found them, though. One day, Obscura left for school, never returning. Benny called the school, then the police. Desperately, he roamed the streets, starting at every light beam, every sallow face.

He withered away. It hurt Lois to gaze at him. All hope, for Claire and him, was on the brink of vanishing, when a knock sounded at the door.

“Claire?” The plate Lois was holding crashed at Benny’s word. Peeking over his shoulder, she saw Obscura between two officers and a frowning woman. Her expression remained blank from above the light, almost bored, if Lois was honest.

Benny didn’t seem to notice. He rushed to hug the girl, when the woman stopped him. “We found her wandering in the woods,” she explained, voice tight. “Her ear was ripped off.”

“What?” He blinked.

The woman’s eyes sharpened, and she pressed a box into Benny’s hand.

Shaking, staring at Obscura, he lifted the lid. Lois and Lucy crept over, stomachs already churning.

“There’s nothing!”

“What!” The woman grabbed the box from them, and her jaw dropped.

The officers’ grim expressions changed to one of annoyance. “Causing trouble again, Ms. Desmond?”

“But-but I-” “Our apologies, sir. We’ll leave now.” Dragging Ms. Desmond with them, the officers drove off.

Checking her ears, Benny crushed her in an embrace. She showed no reaction. “You’re safe, Claire,” he whispered with relief, “You’re safe.” Passing by her that night, Lois swore that Obscura’s ear glowed through the gloom.

The following day, Benny decided to throw Obscura a surprise party, his culinary genius of a sister helping him with the food. That left Lois to keep her away until it was time. Not wanting to stress her friend, who’d already been through so much, Lois agreed, but grumbled on the inside.

“What am I even supposed to do with her?” she asked herself as she blindly tore down the road on her motorcycle.

She glanced at the perfect stranger sitting in front of her, so statuesque, unmoved. Even under the blinding sun,

her flashlight was wide awake. Lois inhaled deeply, merging onto the highway.

Unnoticed, Obscura’s shoulders eased down. Her fingers loosened, her arms flew out. Something gentle crossed her face.

Her light switched off. In that moment, Lois noticed. She screamed, crashing.

Coming to, Lois heard a familiar

voice wheezing by her. “No, no...”

“Benny!” She found him lying rod-straight, staring at the sky. “Benny, what’s wrong?”

“No...” he croaked, tears streaming as he was piled into an ambulance, Lucy and Lois sobbing.

Elsewhere, Obscura Delusia floated in darkness. Her scar glowed furiously. Like that week after the fire, Obscura waited, flashlight flickering.

Humans Aren’t Blue

By Vera Rodriguez Age 13, Our Lady of the Hamptons I feel the darkened room. My thoughts echo its sounds.

There’s someone crawling on my ceiling.

Its two eyes taking in my figure.

I no longer feel safe in my bed; I no longer feel safe anywhere.

There’s no place without it, for it always haunts me.

The world seems to pause: no noise, vision, or smell.

What will happen? Only time will tell.

Then I can feel something crawl down, and I am unable to even frown.

Why can’t I move? Why can’t I breathe?

The four limbed being is now on

Boo! Outtakes There was a couple on the ship. The women died by faceplanting into the rocks of the Montauk Lighthouse. The man jumped into the water and survived.

- James Walsh, Grade 4 Montauk School The ghosts said “Throw some water balloons at us.” Then the kids went on a ride that goes up and down and turns them into ghosts.

- Hudson Hanbach, Kindergarten, Hampton Bays Elementary School It was a dark and foggy day.

- Brayden Fromm, Grade 4, Montauk School They ran up the all the stairs. Then they saw a zombie. It looked dreadful.

The boy screamed we need to jump!

He grabbed the girl. But little did they know there was a pondmonster in the pond below.

-Caitlyn Weimar, Grade 4, Montauk School Once upon a time there was a place

top of me.

A long arm touches my paralyzed face,

Its own countenance with an apathetic expression takes away my mind.

Knowing I have lost all aspects of joy, hope, and care,

I acknowledge this isn’t fair.

Suddenly, something zaps through me.

Pain spreading like a disease through my body as it increases until I’m numb.

For I am gone, and I am done.

But,

Do you know who took me?

I wonder too,

Since humans aren’t blue. called Montauk and the villains came to destroy it.

- Jack Mugica, Grade 4, Montauk School They paddled their boat to the middle of Fort Pond. Gavin caught something! The rod was heavy. They caught a sea monster!!!!!!!

The sea monster bit him and moments later Maggie screamed, “Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! You look like a sea monster!!”

- Kieran Hildreth, Grade 4, Montauk School Was he seeing a pickle? But surely that couldn’t be. There was no waNo, there it was, a hefty green pickle. “What is this doing here?” He mumbled. Hoping it could be a clue, slowly picked it up. It was heavy, much heavier than a pickle should be, even one of this size. He slowly turned it over, rotating it to see if he could find any sort of lead, the payoff could end up being huge, shining his flashlight all the while. Finally, it began to shout, “HEY MORTY!!!!!! I'M A PICKLE!!!”

- Shannon Braun-Gorman, Grade 12, Southampton High School

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woman said with a calming tone.

Sam’s jaw dropped. He couldn’t recognize who she was. But the woman was beautiful. Her face looked tough but sweet and soft. She had raven black hair that fell perfectly on her shoulders.

Up close, she looked even more beautiful.

“Hello?” She said again. Sam must’ve spaced out.

What If?

By Juliette Kearns Age 13, Our Lady of the Hamptons What if someone was always watching you?

Looking through the window in the pitch black of night.

Always right behind you, waiting to strike.

Max Aju, Grade 3, Westhampton Beach

The Young Woman In Red

By Andrea Peralta Grade 7, East Hampton Middle School

It was already raining. And the sky was turning a weird blue.

Sam could see flashes of light, highlighting the clouds that were erased by the darkness as he was staring at the sky from his parent’s porch. He looked back, to see his mother also staring up at the ocean of erased clouds. The rumbles from the sky sounded like bowling balls hitting bowling pins but amplified.

“Honey, just promise you are going to be okay. Call us when you are halfway there and when you’re there, okay?”

“Okay, mom. I promise.” Sam said, annoyance slipping out with each word.

He stepped off the porch steps and looked back to where the porch was from the front of his car. He saw his mom waving from the first porch step, wrapping the light brown cardigan around her hips. Sam gave a wave and a half smile.

He pulled the car keys out of his back right pocket. The door opened with a squeak. Sam sat in the front seat and put the same key in the ignition after closing the door. He put the car in reverse and started getting out the parking spot. Then, he saw it.

Sam saw a silhouette of a young woman. She was wearing a flowy dress with fringes as sleeves with a hat that

was almost flat. But it wasn’t his mother because she already went inside.

Sam’s breathing exhilarated and almost stopped. He stopped the car abruptly and turned on the headlights.

As soon as he did this, the silhouette of the young woman was gone. Slowly, his breathing came crawling back. Sam, being the stupid idiot he is, shook off the feeling of creepiness and fear, and drove out of the parking spot and into the main road.

Sam could hear the tires driving over the rain on the cement road and he could hear the rain spilling over the side of the tires. Sam felt empty in the car like he always does when he drives alone. While still keeping his eyes on the road, he turned on the radio when his favorite song came on. The occasion made him smile like an idiot. And as he was passing Rose Street, he heard his favorite part come on. Sam started singing the lyrics at the top of his lungs!

The sky rumbled and a lightning strike struck somewhere over the area. Sam’s muscles tensed and he could hear his heart beating. Even over the loud radio.

He turned the radio to a whisper.

“I guess God doesn’t like my singing,” Sam said under his breath.

Sam kept driving but the rain became even harder. He could hear the raindrops going SPLAT on top of his car. The lightning strikes were begin-

ning to occur more often. Sam’s skin was flooding with goosebumps. The lightning struck right in front of Sam’s car! He jumped and the car stopped.

That’s when he saw it. The silhouette of the young woman again. This time, he could see what color she was wearing. Blood red. The next lightning strike struck right behind her. And she didn’t even flinch! As soon as everything cleared up, she was gone...again. Sam saw all this with his mouth open. He got out of the car to check if anything happened, but he didn’t find anything.

He got back in the car and raced past the area this all happened, his heart bumping out of his chest.

Soon after, Sam couldn’t drive in the rain anymore. It was impossible.

Sam would rather stay at a stranger’s house that has too many Halloween decorations then crash his car and stay out in the rain. He started looking for any houses that looked like it wouldn’t be a pain to stay in. In no time he found the house. The sweetest little house that was to his left. It was a pastel yellow with a white roof and door. And around, there was the classic white picket fence. The house looked so warm and inviting. It was hard to resist.

He drove up to the parking space and parked his car. Then he reached for his yellow windbreaker. He put one arm in, and then the other and prepared to go into the storm. Sam opened the door quickly and ran to the front door of the house, his hands holding the windbreaker to his body. He knocked three times, hoping someone would answer the door. He heard footsteps coming toward the door. The doorknob turned and the door swung open. This woman looked awfully familiar.

“Hello. Do I know you?” The

What if your most terrifying nightmares came true?

Your darkest thoughts surround you.

Your greatest fears know exactly where to find you.

What if the most horrible thing you’d ever witnessed was insignificant now?

All the good you’d seen is replaced with its opposite.

Happiness is nothing but history, the world is in ruins.

What if no one believed anything you said?

You couldn’t communicate a warning for something evil.

You were laughed at and ignored.

What if you couldn’t trust the people around you?

Everyone only wants to use you and hurt you.

No one is honest. No one does things for the right reasons.

What if you were taken advantage of?

They didn’t care about you or how their actions affected you.

You were just a pawn assisting them in their ultimate goal.

What if these unfortunate situations happened to everyone?

People were no longer scared to stand up for themselves.

Everyone stopped to see the consequences of their actions.

What if no one was stalked, scared, influenced, ignored, lied to, or used, ever again?

I hope that peace and love would replace evil and anger.

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School News Compiled by Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

Westhampton Beach Hurricane pride was abundant as the Westhampton Beach School District celebrated homecoming during the week of October 15.

The spirit week festivities included thematic days leading up to the annual parade on October 19, where the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes marched down Main Street to display their city-themed floats. The Friday celebration continued as the Westhampton Beach Hurricanes took to the field for a night game against Miller Place High School. The crowd, dressed in green and white, cheered as the home team claimed a shutout victory with a final score of 41-0.

Westhampton Beach Elementary School third-graders will participate in the Great Pumpkin Parachute Plunge Challenge on Thursday, November 1.

This is a lesson on forces and motion. The students will learn how two forces, gravity and air resistance, affect the rate of descent. Placed into groups, they have to construct a threedimensional pumpkin out of paper.

Then, they are given a list of materials to choose from to design before making their parachute. Head custodian, Mr. Jones, will be dropping the pumpkins that are attached to the parachutes from the roof one at a time. The team’s parachute with the slowest rate of descent is the challenge winner.

As part of a yearlong initiative, the Westhampton Free Library honored Westhampton Beach High School juniors Julie-Anna Stollow and Samantha Biondi as its October community heroes during a regular board meeting on October 17. The pair was selected for the honor by the library’s teen department.

“Both Julie-Anna and Samantha truly care about making a positive difference,” said library director Danielle Waskiewicz. “We are delighted to honor them.”

The girls volunteer at the library on a regular basis, participating in various community-service activities offered by the library. Among their charitable efforts, they have made blankets for shelter animals and designed ducttape pencil pouches for elementary school students in need.

“It really is fun to help at the

library and do something for my community,” said Stollow.

Bridgehampton Novelist and East End resident Marijane Meaker visited the Bridgehampton School community to discuss Gentlehands, her 1978 young adult novel featuring mystery and romance and set in the Hamptons in the 1970s. Often referred to as a literary pioneer and also known as M.E. Kerr, the author of more than 60 books shared her craft, inspiration, and research ideas with Tom House’s ninth-grade students who read the book before her visit.

It’s pumpkin carving season in Bridgehampton! First-graders had assistance with carving their treasures from Gabrielsen’s Country Farm from eighth graders and staff members.

Fourth graders continue with their scientific experimentation as they study natural hazards. In a lesson on learning to reduce the impact of naturally occurring phenomena, they used a simulation game to develop the land of a coastal city and the barriers used to protect their community. In another hands-on lesson, they created a tsunami model and tested how the energy of these powerful waves affect land when they approach.

By using the scientific inquiry, second-graders experimented with liquids and gases. Their planning, predicting, testing and data collection on the states of matter helped them determine how much liquid dish soap to use to create a large bubble.

Southampton Southampton High School senior Riplee Mercer was recognized by the Rotary Club of Southampton as the Rotary Student of the Month for October.

Mercer earned the honor for her dedication to her studies and her school community. Along with being an AP Scholar, she is a member of the school’s National Honor Society and National Foreign Language Honor Society. A devoted athlete, she captains the cross-country and winter and spring track teams. She is also an avid swimmer and works on various environmental projects.

In the fall, she plans to attend college to pursue a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies.

Last week was “2018 Red Ribbon Week” at Montauk Public School, celebrating the theme “Life is a journey — Kindness begins with me.” Montauk School social studies teacher Billy Barbour joined five students in presenting the story of their recent trip to a remote area of Nicaragua for buildOn, to “work side-by-side with villagers in one of the poorest countries on the planet to build a school and bring hope through education.”

Amanda Merrow, co-founder of Amber Waves Farm, spoke of her passion for proper nutrition and food sources. Bill Hoffmann told of his life journey from forest ranger to pastor of Montauk Community Church and emergency medical technician for the Montauk Fire District. Chris Smith and his organization, Waves For Water, want to be sure that everyone on Earth has clean water to drink. He demonstrated a simple, small tool that can turn sludge into potable water. Independent/Richard Lewin

Riverhead The members of the Riverhead High School LGBA were honored to accept a proclamation from the Riverhead Town Board on October 17. The proclamation officially recognized October 11 as Coming Out Day in the Town of Riverhead. It is the first time that the town board has recognized National Coming Out Day, a designated LGBT awareness day.

Hampton Bays Hampton Bays High School Science Research students volunteered to seed 28,600 clams into local waters on October 17, as part of their efforts to improve the ecosystem.

The initiative, which connects learning to the local environment, was conducted in collaboration with the Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program. The program was established in 2012 to improve water quality by populating the bays with hard clams, which assist in filtering thousands of gallons of water.

This is the sixth time that Science Research teacher Dr. Stephanie Forsberg has involved her students in the restoration program. To date, students have seeded more than 180,000 clams into area waterways. “Our students had the unique experience of working collaboratively while giving back to our local community and ecosystem,” said Dr. Forsberg.

The Westhampton Free Library recognized Westhampton Beach preschooler Nora Niles on October 17 for reaching a reading milestone. With the help of her family, Nora read 1000 books as part of the library’s literacy program, One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten. She was honored with a certificate of recognition. She is pictured with Library Director Danielle Waskiewicz (left) and Children’s Librarian Marie Yervasi (right). Independent/Courtesy Westhampton Free Library

EEDA Family Advocacy Meeting East End Disability Associates’ next Family Advocacy meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, November 8.

Light refreshments will be served at 6 PM, followed by the meeting at 6:30 PM at The Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons, 111 Saint Andrews Road in Southampton. This meeting will be held at the same time as EEDA’s Autumn Fling, also taking place at the Greek Church.

The Family Advocacy meeting will feature a special presentation by and discussion with James Traylor, president of Upstate Special Needs Planning.

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The Independent

A Walk Down Memory Lane With Hugh King The Long Islander takes pride in his town

By Valerie Bando-Meinken valerie@indyeastend.com

Above: Baby Hugh King with father, Hugh and mother, Louise in 1942.

Top right: Father Hugh R. King with his Studebaker truck when he started his plumbing business in 1950.

Bottom left: Hugh King and Loretta Orion after they first met in 1979.

Photos Courtesy of Hugh King

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rowing up toward the end of the Depression, Hugh King remembers, “Next to the railroad tracks, there was a potato field. It was right across from my house and when the tractor was run, some of the potatoes would be left behind for gleaning.

People would go and pick them and bring them home to their families. It was a neighborhood then and the farmer didn’t mind. He knew it was helping, giving them food they might not have otherwise. It was the same thing with the train. When the firemen on the train would shovel the coal into the engine, some of it would fall off the train. People would go and collect it to help heat their homes.”

Born in Brooklyn in 1941 to Hugh and Louise King, the family moved to Amagansett when he was six years old. He attended Amagansett School and East Hampton High School going on to the State University of New York College at Oneonta to obtain his teaching degree. After spending two years teaching in the Riverhead Central School District, King took a teaching position at Springs School in 1965 and taught grades three through six.

“You need to understand,” said King, “if you lived below the bridge by the Hook Windmill, you were considered a ‘backwater,’ you weren’t one of the ‘up-streeters,’ one of the elite. And if you came from Springs, down there in Bonac, people said you didn’t know anything, you weren’t smart. But Springs School students proved them wrong.” A former Springs School teacher for 31 years, King said, “The kids from Springs were great students and they went on to do many great things.”

An actor at heart, King directed many of the plays the students would perform at the school. “Whenever a student would say they couldn’t do something as part of their role, I would go up on stage and tell them if I can do it, you can. If it was the sound of a dog barking, I’d get up there and bark like a dog. Then I’d say ‘Okay, now you try it.’ I’d also tell them that they were doing something very difficult, something very

brave. It’s hard to get up in front of a group of people.

That’s bravery. That’s courage,” said King.

A member of several amateur acting communities including the Guild Hall Players Group, Bridgehampton and Southampton community theaters, Maidstone Regional Theatre Company, and the Spindrift Players Group, King had roles in plays such as Dracula, George Washington Slept Here, Mousetrap, and even played Snoopy in a production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He admits however that his interest in theater had an unusual start.

“I was in a bar in East Hampton one evening when the door opened and a goat walked in with the cast of the actors from the Guild Hall Players Group.

They just put on the play Tea House of the August Moon. They were having champagne at the bar and they were having such a great time that I wanted to join them. I did, and my first play was The Time of Your Life. My father fell asleep and woke up sometime during the second act,” King said with a laugh. “But I think my best play was Wait Until Dark. I played the killer. It was the first time that I think anyone took me seriously as an actor.”

“In the summer of 1979, I helped Sue and Rich Feleppa with their restaurant, The Royale Fish, which was in Amagansett Square. They had hired Loretta Orion to work there as a waitress for the summer. She had been a private duty nurse for Ayn Rand and the Shah of Iran in New York City. She was originally from New Jersey but wanted to get away from the city. Being from the city, she was used to going to Broadway plays. Sue and Rich asked Loretta if she had ever seen me in a play. So, it started that I would give her a ride to the plays.”

Married now for 38 years, Loretta said that she always enjoyed the plays her husband had been

in. “He always brought humor into them and made them funny,” she said. Her favorite was King’s role as Snoopy.

In 1999, King stopped acting. “It took so much time for the plays and as I got older, time became more precious to me. It was also getting to the point that I couldn’t remember my lines. I used to know everyone’s lines in the plays. I began agonizing over the 15 lines I had. Moon Over Buffalo was the last play I did.”

Although you won’t find King on a stage anymore, his role as Historic Site Manager for the Village of East Hampton still affords him audiences as he provides tours of the Home Sweet Home Museum, conducts cemetery tours the eve of Halloween, and is a frequent speaker at the village board meetings.

King was also one of the stable of inaugural writers, penning a history column, when The Independent began in 1993.

According to King, his interest in history began in 1987 while he was working for the East Hampton Historical Society at The Clinton Academy. “I’d be sitting in there waiting for someone to come in so I could give them a tour. But not many people came in so I would get some books from the Long Island room of the library and read them while I was waiting. I read everything. I realized that there are several reasons why it’s important to study history. It’s important to study what happened in the past because you might not want to repeat it. Another reason is, to remember the things that were done that were right and maybe we should be doing them again.”

“We need to understand that things didn’t just happen. There were reasons why they happened. But if you don’t know where you’ve been, you might not know where you’re going,” King concluded.

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North Fork News

Officials broke ground October 25 on a $95 million treatment facility being constructed by Northwell Health and the Engel Burman Group in Calverton.

Addiction Center Coming To Calverton Groundbreaking for Wellbridge last week

By Gianna Volpe

Suffolk County is the leader of Long Island’s opioid-related deaths, but it is also the site where those hoping to heal the island — and country at large — from an addiction epidemic will be working to understand, combat, treat, and defeat addiction at an innovative 80-bed residential treatment and research center called Wellbridge.

Ground broke for Northwell Health and Garden City-based Engel Burman Group’s upcoming $95 million facility — the first of its kind connected to a major health system — on October 25 in Calverton where recovering

substance user Douglas Albert, 60, of Lindenhurst, explained how vital treatment is for those seeking success in their recovery from addictions.

After years of struggles with abusing alcohol and cocaine, Albert had been sober for 13 years until 2007, at which point prescribed painkillers to dull the pain of a torn meniscus in his knee led to an opiate addiction and a relapse with alcohol. “Three pills became nine, then 12, and the next thing you know my 30-day prescription lasted me five days,” Albert said of opioid dependence. “So, what do I do? I got to

go buy them on the street and I spent a fortune. All my money — everything went to that addiction.”

The 60-year-old Lindenhurst man is now two years sober after receiving treatment at Amityville’s South Oaks Hospital, which will ultimately share clinical and academic resources with Wellbridge, alongside the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks.

Once construction is completed in late 2019, Wellbridge’s addiction specialists and researchers will use traditional and alternative treatments to track the short and long-term progress of patients living on the 40-acre Calverton campus and study the neurological effects of addiction using brain imaging and other methods aimed toward improving therapies and preventing relapse.

“Having patients down the hall from researchers is very rare in addiction treatment centers, but we know it’s absolutely necessary to study and properly treat the disease,” said Dr. Jonathan Morgenstern, the assistant

vice president of substance abuse services at Northwell Health. He will lead the team of about 50 clinicians and researchers at the new facility, which will consist of more than half the planned staff.

Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith, on hand at last week’s ground-breaking event, echoed this sentiment when she spoke to The Independent about Wellbridge Friday morning.

“I think it’s a great combination of a treatment and research facility together,” Jens-Smith said. “Having those co-located is very much necessary to help tackle the opioid epidemic and the addictions that people in our community face.”

More than 500 Long Islanders died from opioids in 2017.

“We’re in the midst of an opioid crisis of chilling proportions,” said Wellbridge CEO Andrew Drazan.

“There is not a single one of us who does not know some family that has been harmed by this scourge. This facility will help fill a major gap in substance abuse treatment in our community.”

North Fork

October 31, 2018

Ribbon Cutting For Traffic Circle

to Southampton Town swapping the needed park property sliver with Suffolk County for a “larger, more environmentally-sensitive waterfront property,” according to a press release. NY State Assemblyman Fred Thiele offered kudos at the ribbon cutting to the Flanders, Riverhead, and Northampton communities for their tireless dedication to area revitalization, which he credited as being the driving force behind boosting regional progress.

“Your persistence and hard work for many, many years is why this is happening today,” Thiele told Friday morning’s crowd. “This is the second time in a couple of months we’ve been here for a project that’s part of the revitalization of this community.”

Flanders Riverhead Northampton Community Association president Ron Fisher — proxied at Friday morning’s ribbon cutting by vice president Sarah Huneault — told The Independent Saturday how proud he is both of the project’s completion and of community members for pushing against political procrastination.

“It’s the gateway to our commu-

Riverside hub draws politicians and community for ceremony

By Gianna Volpe It took 15 years, 26 different plans, and $5.3 million to transform the 1930s era one-lane traffic circle in Riverside into the two-lane “eggabout” now connecting Riverhead and Southampton towns, according to speakers at the Riverside roundabout’s October 26 ribbon cutting.

The egg-like modern roundabout’s final design — which reduces both conflict points and the speed of vehicles within the five-legged intersection — was actually drawn on the back of a napkin, according to Suffolk County Department of Public Works’ chief engineer, Bill Hillman. “Drawing on the back of a napkin is really how things get done,” Hillman

joked, adding entities behind the project’s completion were as multiple as the new Riverside roundabout’s own legs.

Aside from securing funding — like the additional $1 million secured by Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming to complete the project ahead of schedule and during night-time hours when construction stood to have the least impact on traffic flow — Hillman also credited state officials with solving the most difficult piece of the project: alienation of a small piece of Southampton Town park land on the intersection’s northwest corner. Both state legislation and a successful public referendum led, ultimately,

North Fork News Compiled by Justin Meinken justin@indyeastend.com

An Oncoming Train All aboard the Greenport Express Miniature Train for a Friday night of fun.

Join the American Institute of Architects Peconic members at the Kontokosta Winery in Greenport on Friday, November 2, from 6 to 10 PM for a night of games, music, local wines, and raffle prizes. For more information, visit www. aiapeconic.org/page/MonteCarloNight.

StarFest by Custer Observatory From November 2 to November 4, the Custer Observatory in Southold will host its annual weekend of astronomy lectures, stargazing, and friendship.

This will be the 40th year of the observatory’s StarFest and this year will feature workshops, lectures, solar observing, telescopes, planetarium shows, and a presentation from keynote speaker and best-selling author Dava Sobel.

Advanced tickets and more information can be found at www.custerobservatory.org or by calling 631-765-2626.

Mattituck-Laurel Library Events It’s another busy week at the MattituckLaurel Library with at least one event happening every day from November 1 to November 9, with many ongoing classes.

One of the highlights includes a vir-

tual reality special on Friday, November 2, from 10 AM to 5 PM. This free event is for anyone 12 and older and reserves a 30-minute tour of the library’s new virtual reality system. Another event is Pop Opera on November 4 at 2 PM with musicologist Tanisha Mitchell. Mitchell and all attendees will analyze opera in pop culture, as well as enjoy an aria performed by Mitchell herself.

Finally, November 8 at 5:45 PM will be an escapologist’s dream. Challengers in grades 7 through 12 will need to discover the clues throughout the room in order to escape. Do you have what it takes to escape in time? For a full event list, go to www.mattlibrary.org or call the library directly at 631-298-4134.

Halloween Tea and Talk The Suffolk County Historical Society Museum will host a vast variety of upcoming events as well as numerous exhibits already on display. The most immediate event will be a Saturday, November 3, Halloween Tea and Talk featuring guest speaker, Amy Kasuga Folk.

Although reservations are no longer available, open seating may still be. For $25, each person gets teas, fancy finger foods, and sweets, as well as front row seats to the “Murder and Mayhem on Long Island” presentation.

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nity, so anytime we can get a capital investment of this size from any level of government we’re very excited,” Fisher said of improvements to an intersection deemed “insufficient” to handle projected traffic patterns resulting from the Town of Southampton’s Riverside Redevelopment Action Plan, which was adopted in 2015.

“A group of, I think, 60 of us or so had gone to a county legislative meeting in 2016 and said, ‘We’re always pushed off and forgotten about.’ We thought it was going to be very difficult to get private investors if the county didn’t pony up the money for the re-do,” Fisher said.

As a result of such efforts, including a petition signed by more than 250 people, the project broke ground in May 2017 and was completed a month ahead of schedule.

At the ribbon cutting, Chief Engineer Hillman gave credit to project manager Jeff Dawson, resident engineer Jim Bustamante, and to the contractor, Pioneer Paving Asphalt, for an “on time and on budget” job well done, adding, “They did a fantastic job. We’d welcome them back on any job in the county.”

Then on Thursday, November 8, the Historical Society will host “Book and Bottle” featuring Richard Welch’s “Long Island and World War I.” This informative discussion focuses on Long Island’s involvement in the WWI. Members enter for free and others who wish to join pay $5 at the gate. The Historical Society requests attendees RSVP by calling 631-727-2881, ext. 100.

Visit www.SuffolkCountyHistoricalSociety.org for more information.

Southold Rotary Dinner The Rotary Club of Southold will host a scallop and pasta dinner on Monday, November 12, from noon until 8 PM. The dinner will be held at Touch of Venice Restaurant in Cutchogue. Tickets, $35, may be purchased from any Southold Rotarian and tickets can also be purchased at the door. Call the restaurant for more information at 631-298-5851.

Shelter Island Public Library There’s something for everyone at the Shelter Island Public Library which has no shortage of events in the coming weeks. For adult programs, there are Friday Night Dialogues, the first of which will start on November 2 at 7 PM. This dialogue will focus on green energy and technology with its sponsors of New Yorkers for Clean Power. There are many book clubs, one of which starts on November 6 at 5 PM. There is also a literary club which meets on November 6 at 5:30 P. For a full list of the library’s programs, call 631-749-0042 or visit shelterislandpubliclibrary.org.

Claire Smith of Splish Splash, Taylor, and Pam Green, the director of Kent Animal Shelter. Independent/Courtesy KAS

Splish Splash Raises Cash For Kent

Splish Splash Water Park held its second annual “Doggie Splash Day” fundraiser at the park September 10 to raise money for the homeless animals at the Kent Animal Shelter.

The top-rated water park in Riverhead had a day dedicated to canine fun when pet owners brought their dogs to the park for some splishsplashing of their own. A total of $2500 was raised.

“This gift will help to provide food, medical care, and Spay/Neuter to the more than 30 animals that were rescued and brought to the shelter after Hurricane Florence,” said Pam Green, director of the shelter.

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Hot And Chili Photos by Nicole Teitler Tony Nish provided music at the North Fork Environmental Council’s chili contest at Jamesport Brewery over the weekend. Judges included U.S. Congress candidate Perry Gershon, Riverhead Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith, Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski, New York State Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo, and candidate for New York State Assembly Rona Smith.

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Continued From Page 6. many people on the three staffs working to make things easier, especially for those on a limited budget or limited mobility.

Windmill I has a bus that takes people, (including those who cannot walk or carry bags for themselves) on Tuesday to the EH Food pantry. The same bus and volunteer driver takes anyone wishing to go to Riverhead once a week for shopping, again accommodating those who have special physical needs. St. Michaels and Windmill II, which have larger community rooms, offer monthly discount haircuts, chair yoga classes, entertainment programs and special meals. You can also use the community rooms to watch movies or just to relax.

Windmill’s rents are based on income, not market rate. The rent also includes the tenant’s heating bill, water, and garbage removal. Only those whose income has risen significantly since they first qualified for any of the three complexes would be asked for a market rate rent such as the rates quoted in your article. I’ve yet to meet anyone here who is not enjoying a deeply discounted rate for their rent. There is a reason why there is a waiting list of several hundred to obtain an apartment in any of the three facilities.

I have lived on the East End for over 30 years. I never have had a landlord that didn’t expect me to keep my apartment and adjacent hallway clean and safe. The scope and amount of janitorial work that is done regularly by the Windmill staff is exceptional, but you are responsible for your own apartments. The staff works hard, makes themselves available and is attentive to the needs of the residents.

In the case of HUD housing, the government and agencies have strict requirements for safety and there are inspections to make sure that all the safety equipment and fire code requirements are met. I am glad to see that this happens with all the apartments here, as I would not like to be put in danger or inconvenienced by a tenant who was unable to care for themselves or created hazardous conditions in my building.

I cannot speak for St. Michaels, but from what I have seen here, you would have to have created a lot of problems for yourself and your neighbors before any comments, much less action would even be considered. I would recommend that you speak to more than just a handful of disgruntled tenants. The creation of these facilities has provided housing for many people who would not be able to have an apartment in this area or as in my case to stay in the area as they age, with comfort, ease and dignity.

Best, Kathleen Shannon

lot of people living in these apartments.

Kathy can’t please everyone but she tries very hard to give everyone a fair shake. I agree we need tenant representation at board meetings. This could help open communication, give tenants a voice.

But, I completely disagree with everything else said. Some folks living in these apartments aren’t of sound minds, not clearly thinking, and are easily prompted to get irate. Some tenants belong in assisted living and not communal living.

I wouldn’t want Kathy’s job, that’s for sure! It’s not easy living in complexes and trying to all get along. And it’s not easy managing them either. Kathy and Jerry do a great job of it with very little thanks and a lot of pain in the fanny complaining tenants who are not right in the head. Kathy is not a bully.

Roaches come from unkempt, dirty apartments, not managers! All I can say to these people making these outlandish statements is this, “You don’t realize how good you’ve got it!”

Lois Watts

Lost Communication

Editor’s Note: Watts is referring to Kathy Byrnes, manager, Windmill LLC.

Dear Editor: I think this is a case of miscommunication and over imagination. I know Kathy very well, I know her to be a kind, compassionate, hardworking woman. One who sincerely wants what’s best for all.

I’ll be honest. I have had problems living in one of these apartment complexes, statements were made that were not true but, just like now, all I could do was deny. All Kathy can do is deny harassing this tenant. The point being, somewhere communication was lost. Which, try as she may, there are a

Not New Dear Editor, This is NOT something new to the East End. This problem has appeared in all of the fresh and salt surface water systems. Its appearance is determined by the density of the housing units and commercial units creating waste water and run off that contains nitrogen in the area surrounding the water. The solution is simple: less people and less nitrogen in the run off. Ok, that is not

going to happen on the East End of LI.

That leads to the not so simple or inexpensive solution, an engineered solution that will cost millions to start and hundreds of thousands to maintain over the course of the next hundred years. A part of that will include the end of the sparkling green lawn(s).

If neither of these two solutions is taken, then the end of our very desirable enjoyable livable environment will slowly become the one of not desirable, not enjoyable, not livable.

Bruce A King, EdD Editor’s Note: The letter writer is referring to an article in last week’s Independent written by T.E. McMorrow.

Awkward Situation Dear Rick, Stony Brook University’s gymnasium is massive, football field massive, with at least 10 full court basketball hoops, causing a lot of running, sweating, and drinking of water when I played there for nearly two hours last week with my son Paul and his classmates, soon forcing me into the closest bathroom labeled “All Gender,” a phrase I hear often on Rachel Maddow but never paid it too much attention.

Once inside, I found something most unusual; three 19-year-old girls laughing, chatting, drinking bottled beer, having the time of their lives, making for a very awkward situation, not because they were standing inside a room I’ve never shared with a female, but because they just knocked off the last of their 12 pack and didn’t have an extra beer for me.

Frank Vespe

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Hanging Ten With Kevin Flaherty A seaside sit-down with the Compass agent

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Hanging Ten with Kevin Flaherty A seaside sit-down with the Compass agent

By Zachary Weiss

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or Kevin Flaherty, there’s more to living on the East End than catching waves and rays in the summer months. This born and bred Hamptonite, and rising star on the Compass team alongside Diane Shifman, has an eye for all corners of the market, from new constructions to the booming

Independent/Ty Wenzel rental market, and everything in between.

You’re a real local. What was it like to grow up on the East End? The East End is a very special place, and I am privileged enough to be born and raised here. I am surrounded by some of the best golfing, surfing, and fishing

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on the east coast. I couldn’t have picked a better place to grow up.

helps us work through the process.

Do you ever take time for projects outside of real estate, including remodeling or new constructions?

How do you think this gives you an edge?

I know the ins and outs of every neighborhood, restaurant, and beach. My local contacts are extremely valuable to me in this business.

Coming from a family with a construction background, I sense that in my near future.

Did you always know you had a knack for real estate?

What are some marketing tools that you use?

I didn’t, but six years ago when I started, I immediately realized that I had found my calling.

There’s a very long answer to this question, and I will spare the readers. The short answer is that Compass has a suite of proprietary tools that allows me to make better and more data-backed decisions. This innovative technology has given me the knowledge I need to find the right audience and market a property efficiently.

You also specialize in rentals. How was that added into your portfolio?

Through my local contacts, I was able to rack up rental listings and learn the business from the bottom up. Renters often become buyers, and landlords or sellers. My extensive knowledge in the rental market helps me advise buyers looking for investment properties and guide them through the rental season.

How and why did you and Diane Shifman begin to work together as a team?

We were both overwhelmed with work and realized that by working together, we can be more productive. Two heads are always better than one.

We hear you’re an avid surfer. Where are your favorite spots?

Our personalities are so different that we click with people in our own style.

Plus, having different points of views

To learn more about Kevin Flaherty or Compass call 631-905-9410 or email kevin.flaherty@compass.com.

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To advertise on deeds, contact Ads@Indyeastend.com

Min Date = 9/24/2018 Max Date = 9/30/2018

Source: Suffolk Research Service, Inc., Hampton Bays, NY 11946

Featured Above $5M 143 Marine Blvd Amagansett Buyer: Irving Eli LLC Seller: Connors III, T Price: $10,350,000

Area

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Location

AMAGANSETT

Irving Eli LLC

Connors III,T by Exr

10,350,000

143 Marine Blvd

BRIDGEHAMPTON

1076 Ocean Road

Good, E by Exr

5,695,000

1076 Ocean Rd

CALVERTON

Silva, A & R Marcovici, L & S & J Rottkamp, J & J DeStefano, T & D Schadt, K & H & Harris, J Hale Creek Ranch LLC

Esteves, M Galinsky, A & Bloch, A Roselle Building Co Hynes, D Swanson, J Swanson, J

326,500 350,000 1,370,000 395,000 825,000 425,000

1902 Bluffs Dr S 356 -10 Oakleigh Ave 2366 Sound Ave 17 Pleasant Ct 155 Deep Hole Rd 155 Deep Hole Rd

CUTCHOGUE

Hofer, J & H Ketcham, M McCall Family Holdings Mercado, E Trust

Richert,K&Callahan,D Keeley/Hawkins, V Carnation Properties Sheehan, D & S

470,000 295,000 2,617,857 670,000

25705 CR 48 21125 CR 48 p/o 23195 Main & lot 10.003 725 Holden Ave

EAST HAMPTON

Christou, M & R Kara, I & Karaivanov, S Loris, A Lupica, M & T Glenn Valley at Second Reichenstein & Fernand Chantecaille, A Lutkins, P

New Sunshine Custom Haime, R & McClain, E Ridless, J & H Risinger, D & E Collet, C Schaeffer, C & L Rattray, B Griffith, T & Booth, C

1,145,000 875,000 585,000 1,800,000 460,000* 1,250,000 1,250,000 970,000

39 Harbor View Dr 8 Montauk Ave 194 Treescape Dr, Unit 3C 4 Issac’s Path 11 Second Ave 9 Anvil Ct 57 Accabonac Rd 23 Huckleberry Ln

EAST QUOGUE

Bloomberg, M & S

Druek, D

1,180,000

4 Sunset Ave

GREENPORT

45 Front StreetPrpty

NorthForkBrew NBites

750,000

45 Front St

HAMPTON BAYS

Ruaguazhambo, L & Villa Moore, V Dubson, B & L A & A Atrium LLC McMullen, D & Madia, C Harbor View Landing US Bank National As Fiddler, D

Cummings II, T & M US Bank National As Premier Home Sales Silver BeachProperts Balducci, A Styvari Corp Soto, L & L by Ref Longo, A & P

275,000* 397,000 998,980 280,000 525,000 1,550,000 450,000 465,000

147 North Hwy 5 William St 25 Seneca Dr 176 W Montauk Hwy 63 Fanning Ave 329 E Montauk Hwy 158 Springville Rd 19 B & D Gardners Ln

LAUREL

Walker, J

Meinke, M

599,000

7075 Peconic Bay Blvd

MATTITUCK

Singleton, M & Williams

Fanjul, C & Solinger, C

580,000

925 Bennetts Pond Ln

MONTAUK

Schoen, M & K Schwed, D Trust

Pikulik, A Trust Koehl, D

850,000 1,440,000

33 Pinetree Dr 44 Harding Rd

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Clarke, H Assups Neck LLC Hudson & Hazel LLC

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29 Deer Path 20 Assups Neck Ln 12 Jessup Ln

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Bruun, R

1,015,000

12 Bridle Path

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Pastrano, J & J 43 Flanders Road LLC Mosely, B Passarella, M GJS Flanders Property Olsen, R & B Bapa Realty Inc AJ 952 Realty LLC Theo Associates LLC

Berkowitz, N Kraskewicz, A & L Fannie Mae Teuber, M Country View Homes Catone, P McGee, R & D 952 Roanoke Avenue Friszolowski, et al

1,350,000 100,000 210,000 195,000 380,000 319,000 1,250,000 400,000 244,000

834 Sound Shore Rd 43 Flanders Rd 25 Randall St 125 Royal Ave 76 Long Neck Blvd 2905 Pebble Beach Path 1352 Old Country Rd 952 Roanoke Ave 111 Northville Tpke

SAG HARBOR

Garnica, G Antreasyan, A & Dow, E Lubatkin, V

Beard, D Ricker Sr, J & E Marr, R & C

600,000 890,000 990,000

1526 Bridgehampton Sag Tpk 127 Jermain Ave 61 Walker Ave

SHELTER ISLAND

Lang, G Slater Little Ram LLC

Castle, J & M Frank, R by Exr

775,000 1,811,000

32 Country Club Dr 80 Ram Island Dr

SOUTHAMPTON

Weiss, T & J Soliman, J & K Owen, W & N Perla, J & L 435 NSM LLC Grealish, P Gundy Jr, R & D Palo Verde LLC

Bloom,E &Neugesser, M Saldana, S Diplomat Property Mgr Christensen, R & L Edge of WoodsProject Buttonow, S by Exr PGA Capital LLC Icon International RE

400,000 1,475,000 526,598 2,050,000 2,300,000 650,000 870,000 4,000,000

51 Roses Grove Rd 50 Woodland Farm Rd 86 Straight Path 56 Island Creek Rd 435 North Sea Mecox Rd 121 Wiltshire St 308 St Andrews Rd 99 Jobs Ln

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Gibbs, K & Boschetti, N Andrea Court Property

Norklun, C Deleo, A

135,000* 950,000

8077 Main Bayview & 30 Summer 280 Cedar Point Dr E

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Orlando Jr, J & M Vogel, J & D Jefferson, T

Wilmington Savings Fnd Federal Home Loan Mrtg Levine, R

372,500 160,000 316,000

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McGrath,T & Swolfs, K Wilutis, R & S Barcoma, C Wittman, V Hamilton, J & E

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1,665,000 1,580,000 1,300,000 4,300,000 884,000

1041 Deerfield Rd 538 Deerfield Rd 93 Lower Seven Ponds Rd 68 Summerfield Ln 25 White Oak Ln

JJE Mazal Holdings Waldman, D & E Colucci, S & M & Berr, M

Mara, C & C Boyle, L Young, G

1,700,000 2,100,000 1,700,000

240 Oneck Ln 71 Bayfield Ln 818 Dune Rd

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Real Estate News Numbers don’t lie: third quarter’s a dud

Martin Architects Honored

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Martin Architects received The American Institute of Architects 2018 LI Award in recognition of Outstanding Achievement in the Residential Single-Family Construction Over $3 Million category. The Sagaponack-based firm earned the prestigious award for a Maryland project, Washington Estate.

Martin Architects, established in 1998, provides licensed architectural services, interior design, furniture design, house and site evaluating, and master planning. The team offers the skills and experience of a large firm,

Nick Martin of Martin Architects in Sagaponack holds his AIA award.

Oh, you doom and gloomers! Things aren’t that bad. In other words, you can keep the Mercedes G Wagon — no need to downsize just yet.

What we do know, thanks to the third quarter Douglas Elliman Report, is that the Hamptons real estate market took a little respite when compared to the previous quarter. And the author, Miller Samuel Inc., has noted temporary pauses like this many times followed by a hefty quarter that had agents drinking all things bubbly.

According to Jonathan Miller, the CEO of Miller Samuel, the average sales price dipped 6.4 percent to $1.78 million compared to $1.89 million in the second quarter. But it was only $1.68 million in the third quarter of 2017. If one wanted to extrapolate the numbers, we could surmise third quarter sales are historically low because they represent closings that actually took place during the winter, when it is too gray and cold around here to write a seven-digit check.

Third quarter sales tend to rebound because of year-end activity, either tax-related of just Sugar Daddy buying a pied a terre. The median sales price usually mirrors the average sales price. It, too, was down slightly in the

erage sale price is up 5.9. percent, and the median is up 1.8 percent.

But dark skies may beckon if sales don’t increase. So far this year, it’s 1490, down 11.2 percent from 1678.

third quarter at $965,000 — by one percent ($975,000), but still a comfy 8.4 percent above the comparable quarter in 2017, $890,000.

However, there is some cause for concern. The number of sales closed was down 25.5 percent to 448, so a few more quarters like that and we’ll all be buying VWs. There were 601 properties that changed hands in the second quarter of 2018, up by 13.3 percent from the second quarter in 2017.

Days on market (from last list date), 123, are decreasing down from 148; that can be construed to mean the gap between buyer (offering price) and seller (asking price) is getting closer to (Nirvana) selling price.

Similarly, the listing discount (from last list price) is 10.9 percent, up from 9.5 percent. It should be noted it was 11.6 percent in 2017.

There were 1453 properties on the market as of the end of the third quarter, up 4.7 percent from a quarter earlier (1388) and about the same as the third quarter in 2018 (1466).

Year to date comparisons with 2017 indicate that we are where we should be, that there is a Divine Spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. Put another way, the av-

while providing the personal service, motivation, and responsiveness associated with a boutique practice.

Working on modernist projects to historic, MA specializes in high-end residential, commercial and institutional design. Projects have been undertaken throughout New York State — including the Hamptons and New York City — as well as Connecticut, New Jersey, Baltimore, Costa Rica, Portugal, and the Caribbean.

From inception, Martin Architects incorporates environmentally sensitive design materials and building methods into each of its projects. This involves the integration of energy efficient systems and design, geothermal, Energy Star practices, active and passive solar design, and the use of recycled and/or sustainable materials.

SH Housing: Affordable two bedroom, one-and-a-half bath townhouses on Village Green Drive at Southampton Pointe were made available through a lottery. Independent/Courtesy The Corcoran Group

Town Provides Affordable Homes Owners of the condominiums were chosen through lottery

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Fifteen new affordable homes were made available through Southampton Town last week.

The owners of the two bedroom, one-and-a-half bath condominium townhouses at Southampton Pointe were selected through a lottery drawing at Town Hall October 25. The Long Island Housing Partnership, a certified counseling agency, will notify participants with their ranking number and they will be asked to submit a formal application to purchase the home.

To be eligible, households must meet a median income under 2018-19 income levels established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Sale price of the home for people earning 80

percent of the median income — $74,700 for a family of two or $93,350 for a family of four — is $233,375, and for those earning 120 percent — $112,050 for a family of two and $140,050 for a family of four — the price is $350,125.

Fairfield Southampton LLC and Long Island Housing Partnership came together with the town to provide the homes at their given prices.

Applicants were required to submit lottery intake applications by October 12 to the Long Island Housing partnership.

A total of 280 applications were received.

For questions about applying, which costs a $50 non-refundable fee, or the lottery, contact Long Island Housing Partnership at 631-435-4710.

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Sports Greenport’s Jason Cruz celebrates clinching the Suffolk County crown with his teammates. Independent/ Gordon M. Grant

Cruz’s OT Goal Lifts Greenport To Class C Title Torres’s six saves put Porters in regional semifinal game

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Jason Cruz stared down at his feet as the ball bounced outside the 10-yard line five minutes into sudden-death overtime. He gave the ball a quick tap to settle it, took a deep breath, and sent

his shot into the left corner past a diving Southold goalkeeper. The goal lifted the Porters’ boys soccer team (11-6) to its first county crown in 10 years.

“We had to hustle to the last min-

ute, look for our opportunities — I saw mine, and I took it,” Cruz said. “I wanted to hit it with my left foot into the left corner, and when it went in I thought, ‘We did it. We’re county champs.’ We knew this could’ve been our last game, but we just thought about the chance to play one more game, practice together one more time.”

The win at Diamond in the Pines October 28 was particularly special for head coach Sean Charters. A decade ago, he was between the pipes his freshman year on that 2008 championship-winning team.

“When Jason scored I was still sitting on my knees,” he said. “My guys were running onto the field. I was still sitting there in shock. The reason I wanted this job was to see this success, the happiness on these guys’ faces.

They have the trophy they deserve.”

Senior Miguel Torres was wearing his coach’s former jersey. He made six big saves to keep the teams scoreless heading into overtime.

“All we were thinking about was winning,” Torres said. “We knew we were a better team. We possessed the ball. We take more touches. Not to talk bad, but Southold looks for the kickand-run and for the strikers in the middle. We were ready for it, and I was feeling pretty calm in goal. We’ve been playing together since junior high, and on travel, and we’ve been practicing every day for this moment.”

The group has also come a long way, improving on a 3-11-1 season just two years ago, and earned some redemption points with back-to-back wins over the Settlers, the last on October 16, after losing 3-1 to Southold in the semifinals last year. It was the first game Greenport played in overtime this season, but the Porters had endurance down.

“I emphasize running a lot with our guys — I’m surprised they hung around after all the running we do,” Charters said, laughing. “We normally run between four or five miles a practice at the beginning of the year, narrowing it down to one or two nowadays. It’s great that it paid off. Even last year we went into two overtimes, one double-overtime game.

I asked my guys how they felt after the game and they were like, ‘Let’s play another one.’ So, I knew they had what it took to ride this one out.”

Goalkeeper Cole Brigham made 11 saves for Southold (8-8) during backand-forth action across regulation, and each team took its fair share of shots, but the goalkeepers held strong on their line, coming out of the box when necessary to keep their teams in it.

“Miguel is a great goalkeeper,” Charters said. “Seeing him in my jersey brings back some memories; it’s cool.

He kept us in the game, and . . . he saved the game, that’s the right way to put it.”

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MSG Wins County Soccer Title Golden’s three goals tie it in regulation; Vasile-Cozzo seals deal

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Francesca Vasile-Cozzo was staring her team’s chance at a Suffolk County title straight in the face, but not literally.

That was the senior midfielder’s strategy during her Mattituck/Southold/ Greenport girls soccer team’s penalty kick shootout with Babylon.

“I thought, ‘Don’t look at the spot I’m going to place the ball,’” she said.

“So I just walked up to the goal looking at the ground. And when it went in, I thought, ‘Did that just happen?’”

Vasile-Cozzo’s goal gave her team a 5-4 shootout win for the Class B crown at Center Moriches High School October 29.

“We’ve never given up,” she said.

“We’re definitely scrappy — we have some attitude and feistiness in us —

and this was definitely not a one-person type of win.”

Overtime wouldn’t have even been possible if it wasn’t for Jillian Golden’s hat trick goal with 32 seconds left in regulation to help the team come back from a 3-1 deficit late in the second half.

“It was definitely a shocker,” VasileCozzo said of the late goal. “At that point, when you’re down with little time left, you’re not giving up, but you’re preparing yourself mentally. A wave of emotion rushed over us and all we could do was start jumping and screaming.”

Golden’s road to the playoffs was a rocky one. The senior forward had 33 goals and 16 assists for last year’s 14-5 Southold/Greenport team, but ended with two goals and two assists after

missing a majority of the season with a broken wrist.

“I feel blessed — it felt like God was watching me,” she said, admitting that she is not a religious person. “I was terrified coming in, but I showed up to play. I sat down with my mom at the kitchen table and she was rubbing my head while I was listening to motivational speeches on YouTube. I just kept begging and pleading saying, ‘We deserve this.’”

She put MSG (9-8) on the board just 11 seconds into the contest, and with each goal the sky seemed to open to let the sun shine through just a little more.

“That first goal, it was like something possessed me,” she said, laughing. “When it was 3-1 I thought, ‘We’re not going out like this. This is not how I’m going to be remembered.’ And with the last one, I was telling myself, ‘Don’t rush. It’s 1-v-1, goalie against me. I’m better, and I’m going to finish this.”

The teams remained scoreless through two 10-minute overtimes and two five-minute sudden-death sessions.

Babylon (10-6) went first in the shootout, but with each goal MSG had an answer. Claire Gatz, Golden, Maddie Bruer and Lauren Zuhoski made the first four to keep the score tied 4-4 before the tide changed. Not having played at all during regulation, junior goalkeeper Sarah Santacroce said she needed some time to find her rhythm. She used those first shots as warm-ups, and made saves on the Panthers’ fifth and sixth shots, but her teammates’ were also stopped as the evening’s string of ties continued.

Mattituck/Greenport/Southold, after coming together for the first time to create a girls soccer team, outlasted Babylon 5-4 in a penalty-kick shootout to win the Suffolk County Class B title. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Mattituck/Greenport/Southold senior goalkeeper Sarah Santacroce makes her last save in the shootout.

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“When Jillian made that final goal I couldn’t help but start crying,” Santacrose said. “There are no words. All I kept thinking was, ‘This can’t be real.’

I told myself I needed to keep my composure, that I’m a goalie, and each time I stepped in the box I told myself, ‘I just have to save one.’”

On Babylon’s final attempt, the kick went wide right and high above the goal, putting all the weight on Vasile-Cozzo.

“I felt pure happiness,” Santacroce said when she saw the ball hit the inside of the net. “I just kept screaming, ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!”

The team was able to accomplish the feat after a string of six losses to start the season, and is currently riding a five-game winning streak. The three schools had never combined before, so coming together to make a team was an achievement itself, and each success since then has been a milestone marker.

“Combining all three schools gave us an environment that develops athletes,” Golden said. “When we first started playing it was rough — we played as individuals, but today, we played as a team. We’re pure-minded athletes, pulling away with the win when nobody else thought we could.”

Mattituck/Southold/Greenport will will play Wheatley for the Long Island championship title at Islip High School November 3 at 2:30 PM.

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Westhampton’s Clarke Lewis rushes with the ball on a keeper play during a game earlier this season. Independent/Gordon M. Grant

Second Straight Undefeated Season Westhampton football team marks milestone with 54-14 win

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

It was a cold and unusual atmosphere for the visiting football team at West Babylon Friday, but it’s a night the team won’t soon forget.

There was no music, and a small crowd, but Westhampton Beach let the scoreboard do the talking. The Hurricanes had prepared all summer and throughout the regular season, and they weren’t going to let anyone or anything stand in the way of the result they got October 26. Behind three rushing touchdowns from Jaden AlfanoStJohn and two passing from Clarke Lewis, Westhampton toppled West Babylon 54-14 to complete a second straight undefeated season.

“It put an exclamation point on the regular season,” Lewis said. “It feels great to prove that last year was no fluke.”

The senior quarterback said while his team may have been considered one-dimensional last year, pointing to star running back Dylan Laube, it gave the Hurricanes all the motivation they needed. And with years of working together under their belts, the returners

were looking to build their own legacy.

“Last year gave a lot of guys experience in big games, which payed dividends in the long run,” Lewis said.

“The biggest difference now is that we have offensive and defensive weapons all over the field. But most of the time our games our won in the trenches with our linemen. The linemen are the ones doing the work up front to control the game and open up the holes.”

They opened plenty for AlfanoStJohn, who ran for 162 yards on just five attempts. He started the game with a 70-yard kickoff return, and the third quarter with an 80-yard run for a score.

“Our coaches do a great job in preparing us each and every week.

We spend a lot of time watching film and going over our adjustments and coverages,” the junior running back and cornerback said. “We have a great line, a great quarterback, a great set of running backs, and our defense has stepped up. We are a very motivated group of athletes.”

Junior middle linebacker Shavar

Coffey finished the win with 10 solo tackles and a fumble recovery as part of a defense that’s held opponents to an average 10 points per game. That number is lopsided compared to an offense that’s averaged nearly 39 per game.

“We force turnovers and make big stops,” AlfanoStJohn said. “It’s a been a great ride so far and we are looking forward to an even better finish.”

Westhampton carries a 20-game winning streak into the qualifying round of the Division III playoffs, where the No. 1 Hurricanes will host No. 8 Comsewogue at 6 PM on Friday, November 2. The team, ranked one of the top three in the state, is now vying for its second straight Suffolk County and Long Island titles.

“Every week we get better as team.

We mature, we become closer, and we learn from our mistakes,” said senior Liam McIntyre (seven carries for

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“Last year gave a lot of guys experience in big games, which payed dividends in the long run,” Lewis said.

“The biggest difference now is that we have offensive and defensive weapons all over the field.”

81 yards and one touchdown Friday night). “Not many people get opportunities like this, so I’m just trying to make the most of it with my brothers.

We lifted and did speed training all through the summer, and going into every workout every guy knew he had to put his best effort forward to make up for the loss of the great player and leader that Dylan was. We weren’t going to let the graduation of that class determine the result of our next season, so we just had to work extra hard.

Because of that we’ve now locked up back-to-back conference titles, but more importantly we’re moving toward what we’ve fought to achieve. We expect nothing less than this.”

Westhampton’s Jaden AlfanoStJohn and Liam McIntryre hold back a Half Hollow Hills West running back during a game earlier this season. Independent/Gordon M. Grant

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Tomaro, Peruso Twice As Nice Doubles duo deliver two straight titles

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Juliet Tomaro and Rose Peruso found themselves in some doubles trouble, again.

For the second straight day, the Westhampton Beach tennis teammates played in the deciding match with a title on the line. After clinching the Suffolk County crown for the Hurricanes with a victory over Com-

mack October 24, they swept their Syosset second doubles opponents 7-5, 7-6 (6) October 25, to lift their team to the Long Island championship, the first for Suffolk in the 12year history of the contest.

Leaving Westhampton (17-0) to board the bus to Eisenhower Park, Tomaro said she found some extra motivation.

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“I saw a Long Island championship banner for volleyball hanging in the gym, but noticed there was none for tennis,” the senior said. “That increased the pressure, got my adrenaline going. It was a great team effort.”

Peruso said at first she didn’t realize the teams were in a 3-all tie. Not being able to see the singles players through a mesh-lined fence led her to believe there were matches still being played.

“Once I saw everybody watching I started shaking — it was crazy,” the junior said. “That’s definitely the largest crowd we’ve ever played in front of. The cameras, the reporters, the entire fence lined with people, we just tried to block it out as best we could. When I saw the team running onto the court, that’s when I knew, and all I could do was start screaming. We’re just so excited.”

But the title-delivering duo had one thing going for them that they didn’t have before, a chance to take the match in two sets, which is contrary to their “M.O.”

“Thank gosh we didn’t play a third set,” Peruso said, laughing. But like her teammate, she was quick to point out that it was a total team effort; that they just happened to play the longest match two days in a row.

“We’ve all come so far since the beginning of the season. Half of the team are seniors, so for them to get to end their season like this is unforgettable.”

Freshman Rose Hayes was the first to claim a point on the afternoon. The No. 1 singles standout, who

also won a Suffolk individual championship earlier this month, bested her challenger 6-0, 6-1.

“Getting Rose Hayes made a huge difference in all of this,” head coach John Czartosieski said of his McGann-Mercy transfer, who chose to join the Hurricanes after her former school was closed in June. “She was the first one off the court, which is not uncommon. She’s tremendous with all of her talent, with her composure.”

From there, though, it was give and take.

Syosset (13-4) took points for third and fourth doubles wins, and third singles for a 3-1 advantage.

At the same time, first doubles duo Onalee Batcheller and Emma Bender and second singles senior Brooke DelPrete were playing tiebreaker sets.

Batchelller and Bender finished their match first, with exhaustion and elation washing over their faces after a 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory. The pair played aggressively at the net, which is uncommon in high school tennis.

“They were poaching, and that’s good to see in doubles because that’s how doubles is supposed to be played,” Czartosieski said. “They came in here with this confidence, and just wanted to go out there and play.”

DelPrete won her match 6-4, 7-6 (5) to ensure none of the competitions went to a decisive third set. She said unlike her No. 2 doubles teammates, she knew what was at stake.

“Seeing the three losses and knowing I needed this, it’s pretty crazy and feels pretty amazing — this is the cherry on top,” the senior said.

“My opponent hit very hard shots a lot of the time, so along with hitting the hard shots, she had a lot of misses. Tennis is definitely about endurance, getting the ball over and waiting for your opponent to make a mistake. They lost a lot of composure out there and it was easy for us to stick it out, just make sure we kept the ball on the court.”

Czartosieski shed tears of joy following the win, not just for Westhampton marking the milestone for Suffolk County, but for seeing what his seniors had worked so hard to achieve come to fruition.

“I knew this year was going to be our best year out of the last four or five years, but I didn’t know we were going to be this good,” he said laughing through the tears. “The whole season they’ve been developing their game, getting more and more confident and hungrier with each win. I asked the girls to promise me to leave it all out there and have no regrets no matter what happens, and we did it.”

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ing to dive in and do whatever is asked, go as hard as they can. Most of the time it’s not glory stuff, it’s not the stuff that goes into newspapers, but it’s the kind of dirty work that makes a team successful.”

And the Baymen dove in head first October 28, battling to the ball and taking shots early.

“They played with everything they’ve got,” Dallas said of his teammates. “We left it all out on the field.”

Arroyo made four key saves, matching Center Moriches’ Curtis Copenhaver, to keep the teams in a stalemate at the end of regulation.

“I felt good. Every time I make a save I feel good, but I have to keep my head in it,” Arroyo said. “I got a little ahead of myself at points, but was trying to stay down to earth. We were scared because they were the ones that were supposed to win, and I think we kind of fell to that mentality.”

The goalkeeper said while the team had high hopes, coming together as one of the best teams in school history, through losing players and still playing good soccer, he’s excited for what the future can hold. His coach is, too, pointing to freshmen who filled in, sophomore Darwin Fernandez, and his goalkeeper.

“He made some big-time saves,” Garofola said of Arroyo. “He was quick

Team made championship appearance for first time in 18 years

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Hampton Bays preached all season that all it takes is one play. Debin Rivera did that on October 24 when he scored seven minutes into the first overtime period over top-seeded Babylon to send the No. 4 Baymen into the Suffolk County Class B final. But Hampton Bays came out on the wrong side of a big play Sunday, falling 1-0 on a sudden-death overtime header against defending state champion Center Moriches.

“In a game against a team everyone thought we were going to lose to, we took them into overtime, and at the end, they had the play,” sophomore goalkeeper Matthew Arroyo said. “We did a good job of moving the ball — when we usually we struggle with that. We just couldn’t finish today. They were in great position, and there was nothing we could do about it.”

Senior center midfielder Tajay Dallas said converting the chances is what cost them.

“It was a balanced game — both teams had great opportunities — they just capitalized on their end,” he said. “It was hard-fought. We were always considered the underdogs, so we wanted to come out and give it everything we had, push them as much as possible and stay in it as long as we could.”

Hampton Bays (7-9-1) had a roller coaster of a season, losing key starters to injuries, and dropping six of the first eight games of the season. But the ball began rolling in the second half as the Baymen worked out wins to get to the county final for the first time in 18 years.

“They just work; they grind,” head coach Scott Garofola said. “They’re will-

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“He played amazing like always,” Cruz said of Torres. “He’s a big part of the team, like everybody is. This is just one team effort.”

Charters has felt close to his team, especially Cruz, who he’s likened as a younger brother. Although the last one to see his senior following the mad rush to celebrate, the pair ended it with a huge hug.

“It’s a lot of hours that he’s worked hard and it paid off,” Charters said. “It’s one of his biggest games he’s ever played in. They all

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off his line when he needed to be. His reactions were right. His reads were good.

He’s going to be one of the best keepers in the county as he gets older. And we have a core coming back. We have some of our defense returning. Darwin Fernandez, one of our starting forwards, has been dynamic this year. We looked to remain confident in our skill and our ability to play. At the end of the day, it’s about putting it all together.” worked hard, they earned this.”

The coach said he’s watched some film on Solomon Schechter, the team Greenport was to face in the regional semifinal on Tuesday, October 30, at Diamond in the Pines in Coram at 2 PM., and said he thinks his team has what it takes to “knock them off.”

If Greenport beats Schechter, the Porters will play in the Long Island championship game on November 2.

“I feel we have big expectations to live up to, ones we’ve set for ourselves,” Cruz said. “This win feels great, but we’re going to keep this mindset intact, and be ready for the next one.”

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A new healing center has opened its doors and hearts in Cutchogue. Chrysalis, named after the transitional state before a caterpillar emerges as a butterfly, celebrates the conclusion of a weeklong grand opening, October 31, with Ethos Rising Holistic Clinic from 2 to 6 PM followed by Somatic Yoga 6:30 to 8 PM.

I arrived on a cool evening as Emily McDonald, founder of Chrysalis, and native to the Cutchogue area, was mixing up tea from the herbal wall. Anise hyssop, yarrow mullein, calendula, and rosemary with local honey. We sipped and discussed the ways the quaint, inviting space around us would potentially change lives.

“Nature holds answers and shows us patterns that we have inside,” McDonald said, noting Chrysalis offers medical consulting, herbal and vibrational healing, reiki and energy healing, meditation, yoga, and astrology.

The center will host seasonal program-

ming including workshops and special events led by other local, community members. McDonald continued, “We’re honoring that this is a community space. Not everybody is going to align the way we see it but it gives everyone a chance to express themselves.”

Chrysalis’s mission is to help clients work through life hardships and internal battles in an effective way that allows individuals to repair and understand cycles through holistic practices. McDonald began utilizing holistic practices after having gone to medical school at Swarthmore College and working alongside doctors at Cornell University in NYC practicing clinical cancer research. It was upon seeing the way pharmaceutical companies operated, pushing dosages and numbers, that McDonald wanted to focus more on the individual and helping others’ quality of life one-on-one. Essentially, she takes her scientific, medical background, adds in anatomy and physiol-

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Chrysalis strives to be a collaborate space. Regardless of education or certification, community members are invited to be a part of this new endeavor, as a teacher or student, as long as their hearts are on the path to help themselves and others around them.

Recognizing that no two paths are the same, each unique experience has the

opportunity to help others. If you have a story to tell or a lesson to teach, you are welcome to express yourself at the Cutchogue healing center.

“By the people, for the people so we can heal,” Chrysalis promises to keep an open door and open mind, a center for acceptance. McDonald asserts all services will be affordable, as the center is on its way to becoming a non-profit organization.

It is located at 28080 Main Road in Cutchogue. Visit chrysalisholistic.com.

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By Bob Bubka

Sad Day For Golf Remembering Payne Stewart bobthevoiceofgolf@gmail.com

The date was Thursday, October 25, and I had a queasy feeling. In fact, for the last 19 years, I’ve felt the same way on the same day. That was the day I received the news that left me in a state of total disbelief. It was a cool, crisp fall morning and I was playing golf on the site of the season ending Tour Championship, Champions Golf Club in Houston, one of the most iconic courses in the country and home to the great Jackie Burke.

It was a glorious day which quickly took a turn for the worse when I news came that Payne Stewart’s plane wasn’t responding to any communication and shortly thereafter had crashed and there were no survivors.

Payne was a great golfer, a wonderful husband and father and someone I was proud to call a friend.

He won 11 times on the PGA Tour, including a PGA Championship and two U.S. Open Championships. His last U.S. Open win at Pinehurst took place only a few months before his death.

Back before Payne won his major championships, I established a nice relationship with him as I was covering golf for a national radio network. My friendship with Payne seemed to escalate tremendously due to two events.

The first was a Blackjack game which was organized by Payne and the second was a very bold prediction made by Payne to me a year before it took place.

Let me begin by sharing how the Blackjack game came to be.

I was covering the Tour stop in New Orleans which was one of my favorite places on the Tour. The week in question was extra special because a Southampton native, Bruce Zabriski, was in the field. One day while having lunch with Bruce, I noticed that the Tour was offering a charter flight to Augusta for those playing in the Masters the following week. Despite the fact that I had already purchased my flight from New Orleans to Atlanta, I thought flying on the players’ charter would be a cool thing to do.

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The second event was a bold prediction by Payne which took place at the 1998 U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. Payne had a four-shot lead after the third round but he let it slip away as he played poorly down the stretch. It was my assignment to do the runner-up interview and to say that Payne was hot under the collar after blowing that lead would be a massive understatement. However, my confidence was buoyed by the fact that Payne’s mother would be with him during the interview. Yes, he was a true gentleman and much to my surprise, as I was wrapping up the interview, he said, “Bob, just one more thing. I will win the U.S. Open next year at Pinehurst.”

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and honestly, when the next year came around at Pinehurst, I had totally forgotten that prediction until Payne was locked in a battle royal with Phil Mickelson. When Payne’s 15-foot putt on the 72nd hole found the bottom of the cup in that 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst, I realized his prediction from a year earlier had become a reality.

To have Payne pass away just a few months later was a very sad day. October 25, 1999, is a day I will never forget.

On a lighter note, some stats that came from Game Three of the World Series are worth mentioning.

1. During that 18-inning marathon, it was mentioned that in 1922 the Yankees and Giants played to a tie game that was called due to darkness.

2. Be thankful that you were not responsible for providing the over 300 game balls used in that seven-plus hour game. Your tab would have been over $6500.

3. The strangest factoid to come out of that epic game for me was the fact that it took longer to play that single game than it took to play than the entire 1939 World Series.

No doubt that 18-inning, seven-plus hour Game Three will be talked about for many years to come.

Back before Payne won his major championships, I established a nice relationship with him as I was covering golf for a national radio network. My friendship with Payne seemed to escalate tremendously due to two events.

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Other Races Although Jay Schneiderman, who has been a member of just about every political party under the sun, has been criticized for being a professional politician, he has always shown a desire to work hard for his constituents. Running as a Democrat, Schneiderman faces a tough uphill climb in his bid to unseat incumbent Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy, but he has our support and will continue to have it should he fall short and return to his position as Southampton Town supervisor.

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