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A Look Back, And Toward The Future The Independent’s year-end issue, which stays on the newsstands for two weeks, strives to bring our readers some of the biggest stories we covered in the previous 12 months. And 2018 was a year of highs and lows, of soulcrushing tragedy and beautiful benevolence, of great art and great food, of fervent divisiveness along with compassionate collaboration. In other words, another typical year on the East End of Long Island. We caught glimpses of Tiger and Trump. We came together to protect families from being separated and to mourn the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. We shared our shock and sorrow at the loss of Ben and Bonnie Krupinski, along with their grandson and a well-loved local pilot, a mile off the coast of Amagansett. And that’s what we do out here; we support each other through crisis. Whether it’s a famous motherdaughter duo donating to the community, workers cooperating at the docks to get fish from water to waiter, or a village (and beyond) raising the funds to rebuild

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Zeldin’s Smithtown headquarters at 182 Terry Road. At right: Martin Astrof is accused of making threats and trying to run over a volunteer. Independent/Courtesy Lee Zeldin, SCPD

Man Arrested At Zeldin Headquarters This article ran in our July 11 issue By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

With the nation as divided politically as it is today, the chance that a political leader can face a serious threat constantly lurks in the shadows. On Friday, for Congressman Lee Zeldin that threat became all too real. An irate 75-year-old Nesconset man showed up at Zeldin’s Patchogue office, threatened to kill supporters of Zeldin and President Donald Trump, and then allegedly tried to run over a Zeldin campaign worker. Suffolk County Police said Martin Astrof went to Zeldin’s office at 182 Terry Road office at about 11:15 AM on Friday, July 6, and argued with a Zeldin volunteer later identified as Donato

Panico. He threatened to kill Panico and other supporters of the Trump administration, and then backed up his car in an “aggressive manner” at Panico, who was standing by the front of the office. Police did not release the details of the threats made. “As someone who has personally received several death threats and have had my wife and kids targeted as well since the last presidential election, I can say with firsthand experience that what Donato experienced today really needs to end throughout our country immediately,” Zeldin said. Last year a particularly ominous threat had Zeldin’s camp on edge.

In early 2017, The Independent learned Zeldin received “a credible death threat.” Security personnel, possibly the United States Capitol Police, suggested Zeldin curtail his activities, and placed the congressman under heightened security. “A threat arrived to the district office [Patchogue] from a local resident,” the communications director for Zeldin, Jennifer Di Siena, told The Independent. “The person was advocating for the congressman to be shot.” Despite the occurrence at his office and the death threat, Zeldin “kept his regular appearance schedule,” Di Siena said. On another front, Zeldin agreed to meet with three members of the antiTrump group Project Free Knowledge on February 20 after its co-founder, Anna Steinman, had complained about Zeldin’s staff. She said at an earlier meeting she was treated rudely, calling Zeldin’s people “hostile.” Zeldin invited her back, along with two colleagues, for a face-to-face meeting with him at his Patchogue office, but apparently because of the threatening letter, Zeldin’s security personnel asked the names of the three group members who would be attending, presumably to

run background checks on them. According to a source close to Zeldin, the three arrived for the scheduled meeting on March 8, but a fourth man entered the room. He refused to provide identification. “He was unvetted and unannounced,” the source said. Zeldin was in the next room while campaign workers, concerned about the man’s demeanor, called for security and stalled the meeting. The man abruptly left the room when asked for identification and escaped without being detained by authorities. A rally scheduled for April 18, 2017, in Southampton Village became a focus for Zeldin’s security personnel. “We had information the meeting was being co-opted by demonstrators,” Di Siena said. Project Free Knowledge was urging its people to attend, as was Indivisible Against Hate and Timeforchange LI, two more anti-Trump groups. Zeldin reluctantly agreed to cancel his appearance there. There is no indication that last year’s events had anything to do with the incident involving Astrof. Astrof was arrested in front of his home a short time after he went to the Terry Road office on Friday and charged with making a terroristic threat, which is a felony, and second-degree reckless endangerment, police said. On July 7, Astrof appeared briefly on his way to court, wearing shorts and a horizontal striped t-shirt. “Absolutely not,” he replied when asked if he tried to run over Panico. He was arraigned and released after positing bail, which was set at $15,000 cash or $25,000 bond. “In the United States of America, political scores are settled at the ballot box, not by trying to kill your political opponents. It is unacceptable to resort to actions to kill or seriously harm political opponents or otherwise incite those violent actions by others. It must stop now,” Zeldin said.

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The Sound Of Silence This article ran in our February 21 issue By Justin Meinken justin@indyeastend.com

Stricken with grief over the recent shooting at Marjory Stone Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, East Hampton activists gathered together in front of Hook Mill on Saturday. The mourning crowd held a vigil in honor of the 17 people who were killed, just like activists gathered after the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012, erecting and decorating Christmas trees on the triangle to honor the 26 murdered in Newtown, Connecticut. Roughly 50 people, including East Hampton Village Mayor Paul Rickenbach and East Hampton Town Councilman Jeff Bragman attended the vigil. The huddled masses braved the

frigid evening for two purposes: to honor the fallen victims and their families and to organize petitions designed to put pressure on government officials to prevent these crimes from reoccurring. Mayor Paul Rickenbach addressed the issue by saying, “Without question, the time has arrived to have a renewed debate at the national level to address meaningful gun legislation reform.” Gerry Mooney, one of several organizers of the event, read the names of the victims and held up one of the newspapers that had reported the event saying, “We need to join together to get [Congressman Lee Zeldin] to listen. We need to fight. We don’t need

prayers or sympathy, we need action.” The crowd responded in a chant, “Not in my backyard!” Another organizer of the event, Anna Skrenta, also spoke. “Every time things like this happen, it’s heartbreaking and scary,” she said. “You never had to worry about it in East Hampton, you never had to worry about it happening anywhere. But now it does. This can’t become the norm—something that we expect to happen.” Diana Rivera, who also assisted in organizing the event, said, “I wanted to do this because I was very moved by the events and felt I had to do something. We are parents and have children.” Her daughter, Genesis Carino, a college student, stood before the crowd and read the poem she had composed after learning of the tragic events at the Parkland, Florida High School: “…Copper bullets cascade down hallways, their wounds become formal dress. Their hearts do triple dips of faith; as we pray, they stand the test of time and make it home tonight, so as we can give them love . . . small bodies gone. But I know the love we feel is very much

alive, because a bond can never die . . .” The informal vigil was hastily organized, but, its prominent location at Hook Mill grabbed the attention of passersby like veteran Terry Conaty. “I was passing by and didn’t know what was going on so I asked someone, and when they told me I had to park, and came to join to honor those who died,” Conaty said. “It’s such a tragedy. I guess it’s part of life but it shouldn’t be. I think about the environment the kids are growing up in. The violence they see on TV. Most are unaffected by it, but others it seems to affect, and they can become mentally ill. We know what the problems are, it’s the solution that’s hard to find.” As the sun began to set, Mooney concluded the vigil with the singing of John Lennon’s song, “Imagine,” with Michael Guglielmo’s accompaniment on a hand drum. All in attendance signed a heart-shaped mural, the names of the fallen written within. “Never again,” and “Imagine” were among the messages, as was, “Let us keep our hearts open and our fists held high” and what’s become a national rallying cry, “#nomore.”

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Serge Kovaleski: A Reporter Reflects This article ran in our August 29 issue By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

Say the name Serge Kovaleski, and you’ll likely get a blank stare from most people, even though he is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has spent a lifetime at the world’s best publications — including The New York Times, where he is currently assigned to the national desk, The New York Daily News, and The Washington Post — that is, when he’s not following The Rolling Stones around the world on their latest tour. But say the words “mocked disabled reporter,” and just about everyone will nod their heads in acknowledgement. Those words were as shocking as a slap in the face to those who came up with Kovaleski in Manhattan in the late

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’70s. Besides being a star high school soccer player, he played a mean bass in his own rock band, and was known for his original tunes. His dad, Fred Kovaleski, was an international tennis champ and CIA agent. His mother, Manya, was the definition of grace and style. Serge was, let’s face it, one of the cool kids. There was never anyone who was less defined by his physicality, and now, it seems, no one who is more so. The media has taken a beating since that day in November 2015, when then-candidate Donald J. Trump allegedly imitated Kovaleski’s congenital joint condition at a campaign rally. “Fake news” is now a common expression. Walmart removed from its online

store a t-shirt that read: “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required.” There have been two media shootings in one summer; in Annapolis at the Capital Gazette on June 28, which claimed the lives of five, and on August 5, when a masked man entered the studios of radio station WORT-FM in Wisconsin and shot another five people (luckily there were no fatalities). And the press has been referred to as “the enemy of the American people” by the president in not one, but two tweets, in February of 2017 and as recently as July of this year. Kovaleski took the time to talk with The Independent about the current state of the media, his alleged mocking by then-candidate Trump, and how Mick and Keith keep rocking after all these years.

Newspapers have always been criticized by those in power, but never more so than today, it seems. What’s your take on this? My take on this is that lies and obfuscation are the enemies of the people, certainly not a free press. Truth is the currency that serious media organizations use, and Mr. Trump has shown that he’s incensed by this. Financial challenges aside, journalism in this country is in the midst of a golden age of reporting, I’m happy to say, lead by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Politico, to name a few, which are breaking stories on a regular basis that are vital to understanding how this administration works and how the president’s words and those of his surrogates often don’t reflect reality. Beat reporters, investigative journalists, and editorial writers are all stepping up in Herculean ways to shine a bright light on this and slice through the lack of transparency that, sadly, is too common with this administration. Mr. Trump would like to have a monopoly on information, and the American press is not going to allow that to happen. We are doing our jobs with vigor, pride, and accuracy. Like the president of the United States, we in the fourth estate also derive our role in American society from the U.S. Constitution. Indeed, mistakes get made unfortunately, like they have throughout the history of American journalism. But no matter how hard you come at a great reporter, she or he will not bow to intimidation. Not going to happen. On the contrary, it hardens the spine.

You were one of the team

that broke the — at the time — shocking Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal, and received a Pulitzer Prize for your work. What was it like to get this story and see it through? And why are we so inured to this now? First of all, The New York Times team involved in the Spitzer story was a highly talented, dogged, and responsible group of journos who knew that the revelations we were publishing would surely impact the history of the state and the country. Our leader was then-Metro editor Joe Sexton, one of the strongest editors this industry has ever had. He kept us super focused, energized, and careful as a result of his intensity, his heightened critical thinking, and an unrelenting sense of fairness. I’ll never forget the morning we were standing around the TVs on the metro desk watching a breathless CNN report about the initial Spitzer story we had just published minutes earlier on the Times website. The CNN segment included an image of the digital version of our story plastered across the television screen. I could really feel the weight and profundity of the moment. As a society, we have gotten used to unsavory and corrupt behavior by elected officials because, among other reasons, people have been numbed by the avalanche of information available to them at any moment, and the rapid clip of news cycles that doesn’t leave much time for readers or TV viewers to reflect on what is in front of their eyeballs.

Tell me about the work that garnered you the George Polk Award for Military Reporting. Here again, I was part of a superb New York Times team of reporters from various desks guided by another editing great, Rebecca Corbett. The challenge we faced was formidable: peel back the secretive workings of Navy Seal Team 6, the unit best known for killing Osama bin Laden. One of the top paragraphs in the piece summarized our findings this way: “Team 6 has successfully carried out thousands of dangerous raids that military leaders credit with weakening militant networks, but its activities have also spurred recurring concerns about excessive killing and civilian deaths.” This was another prime example of accountability journalism by The Times. A grueling part of the project was

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trying to get former and current SEALs to talk to us. Chatting with reporters is definitely not part of the culture and we were getting considerable pushback. But through lots of convincing, reassurances, traveling, and patience we were able to engage with some of them — and that helped to make our reportage a real breakthrough. We didn’t take “no” for an answer. Every time we hit a wall, we reset and made another tireless go at it. As for our Times team, we each brought different talents and experiences to the SEALs project and, consequently, we learned a lot from each other. As a journalist, you can never stop learning about craft.

What was is like growing up with Fred Kovaleski as your dad? As an only child, I know you were always close, but it seemed like you two bonded so strongly toward the end of his life. I’ve always felt that I am the luckiest person in the universe because of the mother and father I had. My mother was magical and spiritual and deeply devoted to me. She still is, just on another plane. She passed away in early 2014, leaving my father and I to carry the torch. My mother and I still communicate all the time. She is my guardian angel. My dad was my greatest pal. He was the paradigm of compassion, decency, selflessness, grandeur, class, and patriotism. He was the best of The Greatest Generation — a veteran of the Second World War and the Cold War during which he worked as a CIA spy. Both were voluntary assignments that he relished because of his love for this country. He was also a blast to be around. A worldly man, he was an amazing raconteur and a deft, informed debater. Over the decades, he gently taught me so many lessons about life and shared so much wisdom with me. He stressed the importance of never selling yourself short no matter how badly you want something. One’s dignity, in his eyes, was paramount. Amen to that. One of the greatest memories I have was taking the Queen Mary II across the Atlantic from Brooklyn to Southampton, England, with my father. I was one of four New York Times journos on the weeklong crossing who were aboard the ship to give a series of talks on a wide range of topics. The most poignant moment came when I was talking to an auditorium filled with a few hundred passengers about a magazine cover story I wrote on the

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topic of my father and the relationship he developed with a high-ranking KGB operative who had defected to the United States in the height of tensions between Moscow and Washington. Near the conclusion of my talk, in which I mentioned that my dad was on the ship with me, someone in the audience asked if he was in the auditorium. I proudly said that he was and noted that he was sitting in the back of the room in a pink Lacoste sweater. Suddenly, the audience gave him a thunderous standing ovation for his service and greatness. It was one of the most moving moments in my life. I stood on the stage covered in goosebumps. He left this earth in May of this year at the age of 93. The world is a bit darker without him. But I felt so much joy when I found out that The Times, without any prodding on my part in the slightest, told me that the paper was preparing an obituary on him and the writer needed my assistance. I had never been happier to help with something than I was that day.

Okay, let’s talk about the elephant in the room. When you first saw Trump talking about you, what affected you more — his alleged imitation of you, or the fact that he was calling out your journalistic integrity? What went through your head? It’s definitely not the elephant in the room. As a professional journalist, it was my responsibility to publicly point out that Mr. Trump was trying to distort a story I had written about 9/11 to fit his agenda at that moment. Anyone who can read can easily see that he was misstating and exaggerating a number of key facts in the article. Then, like clockwork, came the mocking. Someone in Washington had emailed and said I should look at the video of the South Carolina campaign stop. I wasn’t surprised when I saw it. By then, a fuller picture of Mr. Trump’s character was emerging. And I developed a clear sense of his temperament when I was covering him back in the late 1980s, early ’90s. My strongest reaction to his behavior at that campaign event was pity — pity for Mr. Trump. To me, it was sad as well as concerning that Mr. Trump’s insecurities were so powerful and overwhelming to him that he would act in such an undignified and embarrassing manner. I can’t imagine what that must be like. I decided right away that I was not going to engage with him even though

he kept lashing out. My wise, dear father concurred. “Keep it classy, like I know you will, pal-o,” he said to me over dinner one night. The outpouring of support that I received after this episode was simply beautiful. My colleagues in journalism and friends from high school and college and elsewhere showed how much compassion and class they had. And they were outraged. I was overwhelmed by their kindness and sensitivity. It is not often that you get a clear picture of where you stand in life. I will never forget how everyone was there for me. I will return that favor one day, for sure. This past weekend, a gentleman from Australia stopped me and my girlfriend in the Port Authority to share how “moved” he was to meet me. He had tears in his eyes as he said this. He then congratulated me for standing up to Mr. Trump and went on his way.

How was the Stones’ tour in Europe? What is it about them that still excites you after all these years? Yes, let’s talk Stones. I’ve now seen them close to 80 times in a total of 13 countries, from Lima, Peru, to Columbus, Ohio, to Warsaw, Poland. And I feel that I am just getting started. My first Stones show was in the summer of 1975 at Madison Square Garden when I was 14. I owe a lot to the band not only for bringing me so much joy and inspiration over the decades, but for opening up the entire world of music for me. I am today a passionate music omnivore. My collection is

vast: rock, house music, electronica, world beat, jazz, acid jazz, blues, bossa nova, and more. I play the electric bass, studied music theory, and wrote lots of tunes, from rock to country to blues. I am now learning a lot about classical music as my girlfriend is a classically trained cellist. But I always come back to the Stones. This last tour, in Europe, was fullon Stones. I went to gigs in Marseille, Stuttgart, Prague, and Warsaw. At each concert, we were treated to fabulous grooves, electrifying energy, and a band that keeps evolving even after 55 years or so together. I just listened to the Stones cover of the classic “Route 66” from their ’98 tour and I could feel the energy rattling my bones — still after all these years of playing the band’s records. It’s the grooves in between the beats that make the Stones so great. Keith, Charlie, and Daryl have a chemistry that no other rhythm section can match. Before you know it, a song has crescendoed into a runaway freight train while changing tempo two or three times. There is a loose discipline to the Stones that is unique and enviable. But who would have ever thought that the Stones would become aspirational in terms of longevity and staying hip and stylish well into your 70s? The band that mastered the wasted, decadent image and was once reviled as les enfants terribles has outlived all expectations and labels. I am hearing talk about another U.S. tour next year, possibly kicking off in May in California. I’ll be there, of course.

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Mourners Remember Ben And Bonnie Krupinski This article ran in our June 6 issue By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

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Come to think of it, Bennie and Bonnie were East Hampton royalty, like the news services are reporting all over the world. But Bernard Krupinski and his wife, Bonnie Bistrian Krupinski, weren’t born in castles attended by fair maidens with privileged childhoods. Bonnie, the daughter of Pete and Mary Laura (Babe) Bistrian and one of seven children, grew up in a comfortable household where the operative words were hard work. Krupinski is survived by brother, Frank Ackley, a daughter, Laura Krupinski, and a granddaughter, Charlotte Mae-

rov. He is also survived by a sister, Sheila Smith of East Hampton, a half brother, Kevin Ackley of East Hampton, and dozens of nieces and nephews. Bonnie Mae Bistrian was born on Aug. 26, 1947, at Southampton Hospital to Peter Bistrian and the former Mary Ryan, the fourth of six children Ben and Bonnie were high school sweethearts — that part of the fairy tale is true. But Ben is remembered by friends not as the “Builder to the Stars,” though he had some high-profile clients and built his share of luxury houses. His workmanship was a benchmark for his contempo-

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raries. He was much more of a presence at the many commercial buildings he owned around East Hampton, wearing work clothes, helping to steady the Christmas tree outside the Red Horse complex. “The last time I saw him, he was up on a roof on Newtown Lane putting down shingles,” recalled Lona Rubenstein, a longtime friend. The Bistrian family farmed and mined land locally, selling off sand and gravel dug from land once considered near worthless. When the Hamptons became in vogue, some of that land became valuable real estate, and the Krupinskis, though a far cry from Camelot, became what one publication called “The First Family Of East Hampton.” They developed a taste for fine foods and owned or co-owned some of the best restaurants in East Hampton, including The 1770 House and East Hampton Point, a complex that also housed a marina and a luxury boutique motel. They enjoyed flying as well, and Ben opened up a small charter business out of East Hampton Airport in the 1980s. The news of their deaths hit hard. Many of their friends, family, co-workers, and those whose lives they touched with their generosity actually saw or heard the band of intense weather with squall-like

winds and devastating lightning as it came through town. The bad news rolled through like a plague: Bonnie, 70, Ben 70, their grandson, William Maerov, 22, and pilot Jon Dollard, 47, were in Ben’s beloved Piper PA-31 Navajo off Indian Wells Beach when it went down. Only moments passed before phones rang and social media posts multiplied. The magnitude of the news was such that neighbors walked out their doors and ran into other people who had just heard the news. Many had stories of a friend who was able to get help because of Bonnie’s largesse, or a niece who worked at one of the restaurants, or a donation Ben made with the stipulation his name not be used. Social media buzzed. “The community is indebted to Ben and Bonnie — two of the greatest humble patrons of our cultural institutions,” read a post from Guild Hall to the 1770 House site. “I am sorry & so saddened by this tragic news of Ben & Bonnie & their grandson Will & Jon. Ben & Bonnie were always so gracious to us my condolences to their families,” read a post from Cindy Knapp. “As fellow restaurant workers and members of our community we offer our support. We are here for you in any way we can help,” wrote Mark Smith from

Nick & Toni’s. “Their legacy is everywhere . . . they will remain in the hearts of so many,” another post read. Kent Feurring, president of the East Hampton Aviation Association said he had worked diligently with Bonnie Krupinski on aviation issues. “It’s a tragedy on so many levels — on a personal level, for the community, and for the airport,” he said. Bonnie Krupinski served on the town’s Airport Management Advisory Committee. “She was a clear thinker who could get right to the issues without wasting time,” Feurring added. “We are going to miss her dearly.” East Hampton Town Councilman David Lys said he had known Bonnie Krupinski for many years. Lys got to know Ben when Lys was working on the restoration of the Amagansett lifesaving station. As part of the fundraising effort for that project, the group sponsored a reenactment of the landing by Nazi saboteurs on the Amagansett beach, who were thwarted by Coastguardsmen on patrol. Ben and Bonnie, along with their grandson, attended. “I’m going to help you get this done,” Krupinski told Lys. “Let’s do this for Amagansett.” And they did. Bonnie was a big supporter of the

after-school program, ProjectMOST. They also helped underwrite the playground equipped for handicapped kids at the John Marshall Elementary School, according to Lys. “They always did it for their hometown,” he said. “They were of means. They could donate to charities around the nation, but they really focused on their hometown.” Ben, known to be a shrewd businessman, had a soft touch when it came to community. He helped renovate the Fowler House. He built the tower at the East Hampton High School football field. His crew renovated the Ladies Village Improvement Society’s Bargain Box thrift shop. His businesses sponsored softball and Little League teams. Bonnie worked tirelessly for the food pantries in town. “They didn’t do it for the recognition. They did it because they thought it would be good for the community,” said a former town supervisor, Larry Cantwell. “Ben and Bonnie’s influence and generosity reached every corner of our community,” said East Hampton Town Supervisor Van Scoyoc. “They were fully committed to East Hampton and they will be sorely missed.” Van Scoyoc added that he was “in shock” at the news of their deaths. Stephen J. Kotz contributed to this article.

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Same Old Next Big Thing At EPCAL? This article ran in our March 28 issue By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

It sounded like the next Star Wars sequel: sun powered, pilotless drones circling the earth providing internet service to those living remotely in the deepest jungles, and maybe doing some state-of-the-art spying on the side. It would seem most government officials would be skeptical of any suggestion that their towns host such a venture, and indeed it seemed that this proposal, championed by Luminati Aerospace, was dead in the water. Then again, Riverhead is no ordinary town. After all, this is the place that was going to approve a $2 billion resort complex replete with a 35-story ski mountain: an indoor ski mountain. The ski mountain, which of course would be implemented by digging a deep hole, was one of many deals suggested for the property. It may not have even been the wackiest. One promoter wanted to bring Radiohead, Beck, the Beastie Boys and the Dead plus two dozen other top name rock acts to the former Grumman Aircraft property in Calverton — dubbed EPCAL or Enter-

prise Park —as part of a three-day festival it hoped would morph into a regular event. These kinds of pie-in-the-sky projects might be suitable for Hollywood, and the former Grumman site is, after all, the place where the F-14 fighter jets used in Top Gun were put through their paces. The rock festival idea went bellyup when the town reluctantly realized — two weeks before the event —that there weren’t nearly enough available cops in Suffolk County to herd an unruly crowd that would have approached 100,000 people. Oh, and the precious Pine Barrens on an adjacent 6000-acre property host the region’s sole source of drinking water underneath, making local environmentalists more than a bit queasy at the thought of swarms of rock lovers camping out in the virgin woods — think Woodstock — all weekend. That’s one of the reasons the Long Island Pine Barrens Society looked askance at the assorted projects earmarked for the EPCAL property, said

the society’s executive director, Richard Amper. He thinks all the proposed projects ultimately reach the same point: “The money is not going to show.” A decade ago, a proposal by a real estate developer to build resort homes on part of the parcel was stalled because of the fragile ecological state of some of the land on the property. Development ground to a halt altogether when the Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed the presence of rare species such as the short-eared owl and the eastern tiger salamander. It’s difficult to perceive the endangered species adapting to the musings of Beck or the musical stylings of the Beastie Boys, or the cloud of sweet smelling smoke that would surely permeate the air. Amper can rattle off the assorted proposals: there was the major motion picture studio, and an air show, just to list two. “Calverton is the place where bad ideas come to die,” Amper said.

This Is Now That was then. Now there is a new proposal that will put $40 million in town coffers and provide thousands of jobs, but it’s not Luminati, those involved stressed, even if the handprints are the same. In 2015 Luminati paid $3.4 million for 16.3 acres at EPCAL owned by Skydive Long Island and later announced plans to develop solar-powered aircraft for a major internet company. Last March Luminati Aerospace entered into a preliminary agreement to purchase the remaining available acreage at the EPCAL site, 2300 acres. Luminati CEO Daniel Preston had plans — big plans — for the property.

Preston caught the attention of town officials with two things: $40 million and a promise to provide 2000 jobs. “We’re going to show the world that Long Island’s still viable in aerospace manufacturing,” Preston said at a press conference last year. Then wrinkles appeared. Denise Civiletti, writing for Riverhead Local, said, “[Preston’s] past is full of outrageous claims and broken deals.” She outlined a litany of half-truths and downright lies attributed to him. The Luminati deal, which was supposed to move to closure quickly, stalled; the contract between the town and Preston was never finalized, and by January, town officials were saying privately that the deal was dead. Then, United Refining Energy chairman and CEO John Catsimatidis stepped in and offered to become a partner. That deal was nixed. But like another flying entity, the phoenix, the project has risen again, though under a new name and a new public face. Last December Newsday reported that Luminati Aerospace LLC struck an agreement with the venture capital arm of a large developer to finance the deal. “Triple Five Ventures Co. LLC, owned by the Ghermezian brothers, has entered into a written agreement to finance and develop the property,” said Robert Hasday, a partner in Manhattan-based law firm Duane Morris LLP who represents Preston. The Ghermezian brothers’ Edmonton-based Triple Five Worldwide Group is the developer of gigantic properties such as Minnesota’s Mall of Continued On Page 44.

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Town To Buy Suspected Shinnecock Burial Site

was immediately contacted. We appreciate his willingness to work with us on all fronts — reporting his findings, stopping work, and agreeing to sell.” An archaeological study of the property may be required to determine whether there are other remains at the location. The supervisor said he’s hoping this incident will prompt formal procedures when ancient remains are found at construction sites in the future. “There’s two things I’m looking at here,” Schneiderman said. “First, to better identify areas with a high probability for containing culturally sensitive materials so that when these properties come before the town and they’re within these zones, we can have some sort of formality, be it having an archeologist at the site or something. And second, procedural steps to take when encountering human remains.” Schneiderman said there is currently protocol for when remains are found on town, country, and federal land, but not on private property. There may be something done at the state level, he said, noting his talks about a state rule with Assemblyman Fred Thiele. Southampton Town has a list of known burial grounds that are mapped out at www.infocenter.southamptontownny.gov by clicking on “points of interest” and selecting “cultural

This article ran in our September 19 issue By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Southampton Town has agreed to purchase Shinnecock Hills land where skeletal remains were found last month. A skull, bones, and a glass flask from what is suspected to be the burial site of a tribal leader were unearthed during an excavation on Hawthorne Road August 13. The town is hosting a public hearing October 9, at 1 PM, to propose using $450,000 from the Community Preservation Fund — which is financed through a two percent tax on real estate transfers — to buy and preserve the 0.34-acre lot owned by KB Southampton LLC. Tribal members are raising money through a GoFundMe page at www. gofundme.com/ytver to contribute an additional $50,000 to offset some of the property owner’s cost of re-grading

the site. The Shinnecock Nation plans to enter into a stewardship agreement with the town after the purchase is made to manage the property. “I think it’s critical to preserve this property for a number of reasons,” said Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. “Most important, its sanctity to the Shinnecock Nation I think has to be respected and honored. As long as we have that opportunity, that’s the happy ending, the best solution for everybody.” The property owner agreed to halt construction and the remains are being examined by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office, according to the town. “This was a responsible property owner who did the right thing,” Schneiderman said. “The police department

resources” and “historical site” from the drop-down menu. Roger Tollefsen, Southampton’s Historic Burying Ground Committee chairman, said there are 40 sites throughout the town that are not townowned. He agreed with Schneiderman that there should be a practice to follow and markers placed on sites where remains are found. “I’ve heard too many stories where remains were found and plowed over or paved over,” he said. “There’s a whole history of things that were done in the past that we wouldn’t even consider today.” An example of a desecrated gravesite the committee chairman pointed to was the Old Burying Ground, where the first two generations of the founders of the Southampton area are said to be buried. A two-part presentation titled “Uncovering the Secrets of the Old Burying Ground” will be hosted by his organization at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton on Thursdays, September 20 and 27, at 11 AM. “It’s a great story to show what should not happen, what we shouldn’t do,” Tollefsen said. “Any time you find something that has preceded us, it’s important to recognize the impact it’s had on where we are today. We need to provide education for the future so that people can understand where we come from.”

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Supporters greeted President Donald Trump at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, while protesters lined up outside and near the fundraiser he attended in Southampton last Friday, August 17. Independent/Peggy Spellman Hoey

Supporters, Critics Greet Trump At Gabreski This article ran in our August 22 issue By Peggy Spellman Hoey

President Donald Trump made an entrance not soon to be forgotten on the East End. The commander-in-chief was greeted by supporters and critics alike after Air Force One touched its wheels down fashionably late last Friday, August 17, at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton and further afield in Southampton Village outside the Halsey Neck Lane home of hot dog king Howard Lorber, who was hosting a fundraiser for him. The father of fallen Air National Guardsman Master Sergeant Christopher Raguso, who was among seven 106th Rescue Wing servicemen killed in Iraq in March, was among the throng

of 150 supporters to greet Trump. The president, who was visiting the East End to attend a fundraiser for his campaign and the Republican National Committee, exited Air Force One to cheers, waved, and then gritted his teeth and gave the crowd of servicemen and women of the Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing, their families, and friends, a big fist pump. As he reached the bottom of the stairs rolled out to his plane, he was greeted by John Raguso, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley), Westhampton Beach Mayor Maria Moore, and Brookhaven National Laboratory director Doon Gibbs. Others in attendance were Suffolk County GOP chair-

man John Jay LaValle and student leader Quintin Palifka from Rocky Point. Raguso rode along with the others in a guest limo to the fundraiser at the home of Lorber, a former campaign advisor and executive chairman of Nathan’s Famous and chairman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate. They stayed at the fundraiser for about an hour before returning to the airport to see the president off. “I think my deceased son would have had a smile from ear to ear to see me hanging out with the president,” said Raguso, who lives in Jamesport. Raguso said he had a special moment with the president during his visit, in which he presented him with a special cap in memory of his son, a firefighter, by his colleagues in the Fire Department of New York, as well as patches with the insignia of the FDNY, the FDNY Pipe and Drum Band, and the Commack Fire Department, where he also volunteered. Trump told him that he would place them in a “very special place” to remember his son. The president also wrote a letter of condolence to his son’s wife, Raguso said, adding, “I thanked him from the bottom of my heart.” Supporters — some wearing “Make America Great Again” hats or

touting similar banners — clamored to shake hands or exchange high fives with Trump, and snapped photos as he greeted them. After about 10 minutes, the president gave another wave and a thumbs-up sign before being whisked away in his famously fortified armored limo, known as “The Beast.” Master Sergeant Adam Shene was one of the dozens of airmen who lined up inside a barricade waiting for the president to arrive in a show of support. “He is making things happen for everybody,” he said, noting that he believes the president has given people of all walks of life a hope for a new beginning. “I just think he has made huge strides and he really makes me feel like he is doing something.” Not everyone was pleased with Trump’s visit, though. Protestors gathered across the street in front the airport and down the street from the luncheon, which was expected to generate about $3 million for his campaign coffers. Critics armed with signs challenging Trump’s immigration policies picketed across the street from the airport and were countered by supporters, some carrying American flags. One person had a lifesize cutout of Trump’s likeness holding a sign re-

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ferring to his 2016 campaign with the phrase, “Get over it, snowflake.” Protesters, meanwhile, chanted “Dump Trump” and “Not Our President,” and also chided Zeldin, who is up for reelection this November, as the president’s motorcade made its way to the venue. East Quogue resident Julie Sheehan, who attended the Westhampton protest, said she turned out to the event because she is appalled at the president’s policies and wanted to make her voice heard. The two opposing groups had a “moment” where they both chanted the same phrase — “USA, USA, USA.” Despite the two groups’ differing views, Sheehan said, “I felt like we were all one as a country.” The Southampton Village protest, which also drew counter protesters supporting Trump, drew about 150 people — between both groups — to the intersection of Hill Street and Halsey Neck Lane, according to Southampton Village police. The event was peaceful and went off without incident, police said. Zeldin’s support of Trump drew further criticism from Democrats, who have set their sights on his seat since earlier this year. Democratic challenger Perry Gershon took a pot shot at the sophomore congressman.

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“Lee Zeldin and President Trump showering themselves with rich people’s money is a reminder that Zeldin is working for the interests of the corporations those people run,” said Gershon in a statement. Gershon went on to say that his campaign is getting overwhelming support with an average contribution of $85 and that while Zeldin “attends fancy parties,” he is traveling all over the 1st Congressional District listening to working Long Islanders. Gershon said he plans to “fight for in Washington to guarantee access

to healthcare and restore property tax deductions.” In response to the protests, Zeldin campaign spokesman Chris Boyle said it would be “critically important to note that there were exponentially more people lined up along the motorcade route in support compared to those opposed.” He continued by saying that while Zeldin is “willing to work with the president and anyone else on either side of the aisle to defeat MS-13, combat the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic, secure our borders, and so

much more, it is greatly unfortunate that some have chosen the path of obstructing, resisting, impeaching, and opposing everything and anything.” “That is not the best path forward for our country,” he added. While Trump was in town, motorists experienced a slight hiccup in traffic, with roughly five-minute delays on roadways, according to Southampton Town Police, and airspace and mail delivery was reportedly restricted for a period of time as preventative security measures.

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A Day In The Life At Gosman’s This article ran in our August 8 issue By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

It is early morning, but it is anything but tranquil at Gosman’s Wholesale Fish Market, just off the town dock in Montauk. Over 100 wholesale order slips cover a table. Rock ‘n’ roll is playing in the background as about 18 employees sort, scale, clean, and box fish and shellfish fresh from the sea. It is a scene of energetic, organized chaos, though that is deceiving. In truth, the operation runs like a machine. “We bring in fish from all over the place, plus, of course, our local fish,” Asa Gosman said. As he spoke, he was filling a container destined for one of the many East End restaurants the wholesale outfit supplies on a daily basis with sea scallops. “A lot of it comes from our own docks. Certain species — fluke, striped bass, sea scallops. Tuna, when in season. Then a lot of stuff comes from all over the place. These big scallops come from New Jersey. The wild salmon, the west coast of Canada. These mussels are from Canada, these cockles from New Zealand.” But the local fish, and local fishing boats, are always important. “The St. Anthony is a big one for us,” Gosman said. “Fluke in season, and sea bass. Unfortunately, in New York, sea bass is closed right now. Fluke was closed for two weeks. It just opened back up.” There is always a Plan B. No local fluke? “We had to source fluke from Massachusetts and New Jersey where

fluke was open. We have relationships with dealers and fishermen in those states so we get good fish.” Besides the St. Anthony, Gosman said, “We got a lot of monk fish, lobster, and sea bass in season from the Lady K. We just got a whole lot of tile fish from the Sea Capture, local scallops from a boat called the New Species. Then we get striped bass from Danny D'Albora (the Freedom) and from Travis Kelly (the Amy Lee).” Besides fresh fish, Gosman has a freezer full of frozen shrimp and calamari. “Any seafood product you see on a menu in a restaurant, we sell it. Today we will send six trucks out from here to Hampton Bays, and then Shelter Island and the whole East End area, and another truck will go farther west. The majority of the business is in the Hamptons. And, of course, Montauk.” He said the company makes more than 100 deliveries a day. Each worker has his own station. They laugh and joke, but they work with well-trained hands. Streams of fresh water flow through hoses, keeping each work station clean. Mountains of crushed ice are on hand to pack and preserve the fish as they make, in many cases, their final journey. Against one wall, three men are scaling and cleaning fish, something they will do throughout the day. Another man is cleaning halibut. “It’s a pleasure to work with these

Kleber Sanmartin has an expert hand when it comes to carving swordfish and other seafood delicacies. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

guys,” Wayne Berkofer said as he cut into the fish. John Derrico is next to him. He is cleaning the Bronzini. That particular fish, he said, is an acquired taste. Behind him, in the middle of the room is an island of tables. Kleber Sanmartin is carving up large tuna loin. Gosman is now opposite him, working on a tuna loin himself. Usually the tuna is yellowfin, but recently, a giant bluefin, over 500 pounds, came in. It went right out to the sushi restaurants the wholesale business supplies, Gosman said. Gosman’s was founded by Mary and Robert Gosman in 1943. Mary Gosman sold homemade clam chowder. The business expanded to what it is now, a complex of stores, restaurants, the famous retail shop, and the wholesale operation. Originally, the wholesale division, which was founded about 20 years ago, was divided into two parts, fish and lobster. They were merged about 10 years ago. Asa has

been working alongside his cousins, Bryan and John Gosman, since the expanded wholesale department opened. On the floor, which is constantly hosed, are pallets on which boxes marked for different restaurants and stores sit. Over the course of a couple of hours, the pallets fill with iced fish, the trucks are loaded, and off they go. All except for one. The biggest truck leaves in the evening. That truck is loaded with catch from local fishing boats that Gosman’s doesn’t need. “We buy fish from direct vendors from all over the country and the world and it ships in to the Bronx. We pick up and we bring it back to Montauk to distribute. We could be picking up anything from a black sea bass from New Jersey to a tuna from half way around the world or a halibut from Nova Scotia or mussels from Canada.” The truck arrives back in Montauk around 10 in the morning, setting off another whirlwind of activity.

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What’s Next For Deepwater? This article ran in our October 17 issue By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

When Ørsted, the Danish power company, gobbled up Deepwater Wind last week for $512 million, it did so to keep pace with international rivals who control the offshore wind farm industry; the United States, a newbie in the use of wind-generated power, nevertheless finds its ocean floor leases almost completely owned by foreigners. Deepwater Wind, one expert theorized, probably was given just enough rope by D.E. Shaw, the hedge fund that owns it, to get the South Fork Wind project going before it was put up for sale. John Droz, an anti-wind activist and founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions, theorized that Shaw’s investors may have gotten cold feet as delays mounted for the South Fork Wind Farm. Ørsted, on the other hand, is a huge power entity with unlimited funds at its disposal. Ørsted is

the largest offshore wind farm company in the world, with a market share of 16 percent. The company owns more than 1000 operating wind turbines in waters all over the world and thousands more to come. That 90-megawatt Deepwater project earmarked for East Hampton Town has become the subject of intense debate and is facing a lengthy state review before construction can begin. But Clint Plummer, a Deepwater vice president who has shepherded the project through the review process in East Hampton, said that Deepwater’s South Fork Wind Farm — 15 turbines off the coast of Montauk — is ready for state review, “and stronger” because of the 18-month process of getting input from the community, critics, and supporters alike. “We are very proud of it,” he said. Critics like Droz and Tom Bjur-

loff, an energy consultant, say LIPA and Deepwater have never been truthful with the public and East Hampton Town officials. Bjurloff said long-term industry plans are crystallizing and will become public probably at some point next year, and when the ink dries the worst fears of critics would be revealed: East Hampton Town doesn’t need the power from Deepwater, and never did. But the players in the deal need the local foothold the small-town government is set to grant them — not to bring power into East Hampton, but, as critics claim, to funnel a massive amount of wind-generated power west, probably all the way to New York City. Wainscott is slated to become the loading dock, though LIPA officials, like its CEO Tom Falcone, deny that scenario. “The grid on the East End is very weak,” Plummer said. It would be very difficult to bring more power in. “Part of our commitment is there will be one cable and one cable only,” he added. Officials from LIPA and Deepwater have been vague about the master plan because of contractual restraints and because unveiling the details would weaken their bargaining chips in upcoming negotiations, and thus increase costs. Plummer said he, too, was restrained from talking about certain spaces of the project and of future plans because of the deal with Ørsted. “I’m limited in what I can say, but we

are standing by our commitment to the community,” he said. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has called for an additional 2400 megawatts of wind driven power by 2030; the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is being pressured to award leases for 1200 megawatts in December. Of that, 800 will come from the area in the Atlantic called the New York Bite and 400 from points north and east of East Hampton, off the Massachusetts coast. Ørsted and its rivals will be among the bidders. “I can’t talk about hypotheticals,” Plummer said. As for the charge Deepwater is gearing up to lay conduits for at least four times as much power needed to solve East Hampton’s “peak” problem, Plummer was perplexed. “I have no idea where they come from,” he said. “I find the assertions ridiculous.”

“I can’t talk about hypotheticals.” – Clint Plummer, a Deepwater vice president

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December 26, 2018

Funding Okayed For Sag Harbor Cinema

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

This article ran in our october 31 issue 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. “It’s really about bringing people to Main Street, having them to go restaurants and stores and enjoy the village that we love so much,” he told the board. An economic impact study estimated the

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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 building 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 Continued On Page 44.

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Police Deportations Of Those Convicted Of Crimes Ramp Up This article ran in our August 1 issue By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

The relationship between the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement agency and the local police, courts, and the Suffolk County sheriff’s office is evolving as deportations of foreign nationals convicted or accused of crimes ramp up. These are five cases out of East Hampton and Sag Harbor justice courts, though there are many more that could be cited. Two Mexican nationals, Francisco Lauro Mones-Tonacatl, of East Hampton, and Armando Carmona-Romeroof Springs were arrested within 72 hours of each other on drunken driving charges. Mones-Tonacatl, 44, who was working as a chef at Cittanuova Restaurant on Newtown Lane, was arrested by East Hampton Village police; CarmonaRomero, 45, by town police. For Mones-Tonacatl, the legal stakes were high: because of a November 2008 misdemeanor drunken driving conviction, he was charged with the same crime but as a felony, along with a

felony charge of unlicensed driving. In addition, his breath test at headquarters had allegedly produced a .20 of one percent reading, indicating a blood alcohol level high enough to trigger an aggravated felony drunken driving charge. It was the third time he has been arrested on drunken driving charges. Carmona-Romero, on the other hand, was charged with drunken and unlicensed driving as misdemeanors. He had a prior arrest on drunken driving charges in 2010, and his license had been suspended for failure to pay child support, according to police. Unknown to East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana and the two men’s attorney for their arraignments, Matthew D’Amato of the Legal Aid Society, ICE had sent the two police departments requests to detain the defendants if they should post bail. Justice Rana set bail for Mones-Tonacatl, given his record and the felony level of the charges, at $5000. Family members in court said

they would raise the money. CarmonaRomero’s bail was set at $500. The same promise that bail would be posted was made. It is now customary in East Hampton Town Justice Court, whenever there is any question about the immigration status of a defendant, for local attorneys to advise them to post bail right away. That is because, while the local police departments usually do not honor administrative detainer requests, it is the stated policy of the Suffolk County sheriff’s department to always do so. “Suffolk County has been great” about honoring all detainer requests, Rachael Yong Yow, a spokesperson for the federal agency, said last week. While bail was posted for both men, neither was released. Instead, both were turned over to ICE agents. Carmona-Romero was taken to a holding facility in Bergen County in New Jersey. Before a federal immigration court can hear such a deportation case, the local charges must be adjudicated. To do that, the defendant must be brought back to county jail. Even though they are in county jail, they still are in ICE custody: the federal agency rents more than 100 beds at the Suffolk County in Riverside for just such occasions. On July 5, Carmona-Romero pleaded guilty in East Hampton to a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated. He is now back in the Bergen County facility. He has had one teleconference immigration court hearing since then, with another scheduled. Immigration court hearings have recently been switched to teleconferencing. That

change was made, Yong Yow said, after several incidents at which protestors shoved not just officers but detainees. The changed format of hearings will continue “into the foreseeable future,” she said. Mones-Tonacatl’s case will not be so easy to resolve. Felony charges can only be heard at the county level. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has two choices in such a case: reduce the felony charges to misdemeanors that can be resolved locally, or obtain an indictment from a grand jury and proceed in county court. Mones-Tonacatl, who was indicted May 23, hired attorney Trevor Darrell. Darrell, working with the district attorney’s office, had Mones-Tonacatl turned back over to the county, in order to resolve the felony charges. Darrell believes his client has a chance to be allowed by an immigration court to remain in the U.S. “He has a wife and two children, and 10 years of paying into Social Security,” the lawyer said Monday. Mones-Tonacatl was due back in county court Tuesday. If and when a judge orders either or both men to be deported, as Mexican nationals, they will be taken on “domestic flights to Southern tier cities such as San Diego and Brownsville, TX. They would then be bused across the U.S.Mexico border,” according to ICE. Two Guatemalan nationals, Antonie Chin, 38, also known, according to ICE, as Antonie Chin-Sabon, and Hector Anibal Suroy Velasquez, 25, also known as Eduardo Velasquez, 24, were arrested along with another man, who was later released for medical reasons,

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by June 5. According to Velasquez’s attorney, Rita Bonicelli, the men thought they were entering the house of the owner of a landscaping company on Rysam Street, only to be greeted by an angry homeowner who was not the man they were looking for, along with his German Shepherd. Police were called, and trespassing charges were pressed. Bail was set at $500 for each, and, when it was not posted, they were turned over to Suffolk County sheriffs. Chin had a prior arrest on a 2015 assault charge. An administrative ICE detainer request was filed against him after his June arrest. An administrative detainer request is not a court-issued document. It is a request by an ICE official to hold individuals for 48 hours after they would normally be released, to allow ICE time to come and pick them up. Velasquez’s situation was different from Chin’s. He was facing two misdemeanors, trespassing and a charge for presenting police with a false identity at the time of the initial arrest. A judicial order of final removal had been issued against Velasquez in 2011 resulting in his deportation. Once such an order is issued, Yong Yow explained, it essentially remains in effect, and can be invoked without the need for judicial review, if the defendant is found inside the country again without having made legal entry. In other words, Velasquez would be deported, with no legal recourse. First, though, the local charges had to be resolved. The deportation process presents thorny challenges to local judges. Besides sitting in East Hampton, Justice Rana presides in Sag Harbor, as well. Essentially, the hands of a local judge are tied. Once the defendant is in the custody of the Suffolk County Sheriffs Department after an ICE retainer request is issued, a judge cannot free a defendant, even if he or she want to. In the case of Velasquez, he will be deported. It is just a matter of when. The crimes he was charged with in Sag Harbor, as a first-time offender, would usually be punished in the form of a fine or a short jail term. In fact, prosecutors were offering a plea bargain that would have allowed Velasquez the opportunity to plead guilty to the trespassing charge with a penalty of time served. Velasquez, and Bonicelli, were ready to enter a guilty plea on July 6. But, there was a catch, and again, Justice Rana’s hands were tied by the law. In a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Padilla vs. the State of Kentucky, the Supreme Court found that, before entering a guilty plea to a crime, a defendant with problematic immigration status must be informed by an attorney versed in immigration law, either di-

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rectly or through their criminal defense attorney acting as a conduit, the deportation ramifications of such a plea. Bonicelli was appointed as Velasquez’s attorney by the court through a process known. Bonicelli is an attorney in private practice. In the trespassing case, there were four defendants, meaning four different attorneys would be needed. Legal Aid had already taken on one of the other two defendants, so the court had to appoint private attorneys for the remaining three, including Chin and Velasquez. In turn, from what was said in court, there appeared to be a conflict between the immigration attorneys, with Justice Rana in exasperation urging them to work out their differences. She had no choice but to push Velasquez to her next calendar date, July 20, in order that he could consult with an immigration lawyer. On July 20, Justice Rana asked Velasquez if he had spoken with an immigration lawyer. He replied that he had. She asked if he understood that entering a guilty plea to a crime could have a detrimental effect on his immigration status. He said he understood. After pleading guilty to the trespassing charge, Velasquez was taken back to county jail in Riverside, where he was turned over to ICE. He was then taken to a Hudson County correctional facility, where ICE also rents cells. From there, he was scheduled to be flown to one of the hub cities for ICE Air Operations, which is known as ICE Air. Those cities include Mesa, AZ, San Antonio, Alexandria, LA, and Miami. He will then be placed on a flight chartered by ICE Air and returned with others to Guatemala. Chin also consulted with an immigration lawyer through his attorney, Robert Santucci. Chin’s immigration lawyer advised against taking a plea, so he remains in jail. Chin is due back in Sag Harbor Friday, August 3. Finally, there is Jose Torres, also known as William Janders-Rodriguez. Torres has a history of violence, having served six years in state prison following a 1995 armed robbery in Suffolk County in which the victim was injured. While serving time in state prison, he was charged and convicted of another felony involving possession of a dangerous weapon while in jail. After his release, an immigration court ordered him deported. In 2011, he was again arrested on Long Island, this time on a choking charge. The federal government stepped in. He was indicted and convicted of being a violent felon who had illegally re-entered the country. He was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison, after which he was again deported. On July 6 he was back in Long Is-

Eduardo Velasquez, front, is being deported, while Antonie Chin, behind him, may soon follow. Independent/ T. E. McMorrow

land, this time in East Hampton, charged with another felony for allegedly causing extensive damage to the dashboard of a car. The U.S. Attorney General’s office had already obtained an indictment against Torres or Janders-Rodriguez, indicating it was ready to prosecute him on the same illegal re-entry charge of which he was previously convicted. He faces 20 years in federal prison. As with Mones-Tonacatl, the D.A.’s office had to make a choice: obtain an indictment on the felony charge and pursue the case in county court or lower the charge to a misdemeanor and

remain in local court. It chose the latter. On July 11, Torres or Janders-Rodriguez was brought to East Hampton Town Justice Court. Before he can face the federal charges he is now facing, the local case must be dealt with. It was expected on July 11 that Torres would take a plea. Instead, facing 20 years, and with nothing to lose, he threw a wrench into the works, and demanded a trial. That trial is now scheduled for August 14 when he will face a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

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Some of the defendants who were arraigned on drug trafficking charges in East Hampton Town Justice Court on Thursday, August 16. Independent/Justin Meinken

Alleged Montauk Drug Kingpins Indicted This article ran in our August 22 issue By T.E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com

Assistant District Attorney Rudy Migliore announced in East Hampton Town Justice Court late Monday, August 20, afternoon the indictment of the major players in the alleged Montauk drug ring who were arrested last week. The district attorney’s office had until the end of day Monday to obtain the indictments, or release them as per law regarding defendants being held on felony charges. The five who were indicted are Gilbertos Quintana Crespo, William Crespo Duran, Elvin Silva-Ruiz, Antonio Ramirez Gonzalez, and Geraldo Jose Vargas-Munoz. They will now all be held without the possibility of bail until the indictments are unsealed in district court in the coming days. Assistant District Attorney Brad McGill spoke during the arraignments on August 16 in East Hampton Town Justice Court of 13 of the men who were arrested last week, describing the mechanics of the alleged operation. Ten men thus far have been charged with felonies, including conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and the sale of narcotics, with eight of those charged with felonies being arraigned last Thursday. A ninth was arraigned the following day on felony charges. A tenth was arraigned at his bedside in Stony Brook Southampton Hospital last week. For East Hampton Town police,

the arrests were years in the making. Police said they have suspected, but have been unable to prove, that a drug ring run by a group from Puerto Rico was fueling cocaine and Oxycodone traffic in Montauk. The individuals would take jobs in restaurant kitchens across Montauk, from the dock area, to downtown. These jobs were for menial salaries, the police believed. Frequently, the leaders would work as dishwashers and prep cooks, according to police. They often would use post office boxes in Montauk to distribute drugs and cash. The arrests followed a joint effort by town police, the East End Drug Task Force, and two federal agencies, the U.S Postal Inspection Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency. “Traffickers who send narcotics through the mail and distributed within restaurants and bars endanger every person and community along the way. It’s time that these defendants are held accountable for their brazen actions,” said DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge James Hunt at a press conference led by District Attorney Tim Sini Thursday afternoon. “A multi-agency investigation beginning in March 2018 revealed evidence of an alleged conspiracy by the defendants to sell narcotics, including cocaine and oxycodone, to patrons in bars and restaurants in the Montauk

area,” the district attorney said in a press release. “The commercial establishments include Swallow East, 668 the Gig Shack, Shagwong Tavern, The Liar’s Saloon, and O’Murphy’s Pub & Restaurant.” Some of those arrested worked at The Surf Lodge, as well, including one of those identified as a leader of the group. One of several being arraigned, John Demilio, was charged with felony conspiracy. “This investigation utilized undercover police officers and detectives, electronic surveillance, and court authorized eavesdropping. . . of the co-conspirators in this criminal enterprise,” McGill said. “During the course of this investigation, the defendant conspired with other members of this organization, including the following: Geraldo Vargas Munoz, Elvin Silva-Ruiz, Gilbertos Quintana Crespo, and Antonio Ramirez-Gonzalez through the interception of communications of these co-conspirators’ cell phones.” He said that DeMilio, along with the others charged with conspiracy, were using the group as the “source of supplies for his own sales of narcotics.” Police seized “approximately $100,000 cash, about 650 grams of cocaine, marijuana, various pills, including alprazolam and hydrocodone, and assorted drug paraphernalia, including a kilo press, cutting agents, cell phones, and packaging materials,” according to the District Attorney’s office. The most serious charges were against Geraldo Jose Vargas-Munoz, also known as Celo, 37, of Rincon, Puerto Rico, and Montauk, who was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, an A-1 felony, and William Crespo-Duran, also known as Flaco, 35, of Montauk and Rincon, who was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, an A-II felony. Police said they found over four ounces of cocaine in a plastic bag in Crespo-Duran’s room at 14 Gates Avenue. Vargas-Munoz, who worked in the kitchen at Swallow East in the dock area, had over eight ounces of cocaine in his room, police said. Because of the serious nature of the crimes of which they were accused, Vargas-Munoz and Crespo-Duran were not eligible to have bail set at the local level, and were remanded to county jail. Six men were charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Kevin Becker, 30, and John H. DeMelio, 32, both year-round Montauk residents, were released after their families posted bail. Several other men charged with conspiracy gave Montauk as their

summer address, with Puerto Rico being their year-round home. They include Antonio Ramirez-Gonzalez, also known as Tete, 30, Bryan Ruiz Sanchez, 22, and Gilbertos Quintana Crespo, also known as Jimmy, 32. Eric Mendez, 38, who has a year-round New York City address, has been working in Montauk as a chef for several years. As Antonio Ramirez-Gonzalez was arraigned, McGill called him the “gatekeeper for the ill-gotten proceeds of the largest narcotics distribution system in and around the area of Montauk.” He said that RamirezGonzalez had in his room on West Lake Drive “approximately $26,000 cash that was clearly marked and bundled in different denominations.” With Ramirez-Gonzalez, McGill asked that any bail being presented be the subject of a court hearing to ensure that the money being proffered was not the product of the criminal enterprise. Bail was set for him at $100,000. In addition, several men were arrested on lesser charges, mostly at the misdemeanor possession level, after apparently being scooped up during the early morning raids. Those arraigned on the misdemeanor charges last Thursday afternoon included Nawar Abdul Hasan Qanbar, 32, Louis Madariaga-Medina, 31, Israel Padilla-Rosas, 33, Alex Joel Tirado-Rivera, 32, and Bracklie Vargas-Gonzalez, 24. All those charged with misdemeanors were freed after posting bail in amounts ranging from $250 to $500. Another man charged at the most serious A-felony level was Elvin Silva-Ruiz, also known as Pito. He was charged with selling narcotics, with police saying he sold over a half ounce in cocaine in one sale to an undercover agent. He was arraigned in Stony Brook Southampton Hospital by Southampton Justice Barbara Wilson Thursday. The police did not disclose the reason for Silva-Ruiz’s hospitalization, but he remained there as of August 20. Another Montauk year-round resident was arraigned in East Hampton Friday on related charges. Police said John Valentin Doherty made seven sales of cocaine to undercover agents between July of last year, when he was working at Salivar’s in the dock area of Montauk, and July of this year. Police said he was working in the kitchen at Shagwong on Main Street in downtown Montauk when he made his most recent sales to undercover agents. His bail of $10,000 was posted by a family member. East Hampton Town police Captain Chris Anderson said that the investigation was still open and ongoing, and that other arrests could follow.

December 26, 2018

Arts & Entertainment The common thread throughout your entire adult life is that you’ve been willing to put everything on the line, to risk your popularity and your reputation, for something that you believed in. Your passion for activism — what was that rooted in?

Interview With Jane Fonda: Actress, Activist, Octogenarian This article ran in our September 19 issue By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

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With Jane Fonda, there are no in-betweens. Her life has been lived in the public eye and, popular or unpopular, she has always gone full steam ahead, whether sinking her teeth into a role or marching on the frontlines of a civil movement. Now, the award-winning docu-

mentarian and Sag Harbor resident Susan Lacy (Spielberg) has created an intimate portrait of the iconic actress in the HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts. There will be a sneak preview of the film at Guild Hall followed by a Q&A with Lacy and Alec Baldwin on Saturday, September 22, at 6 PM

as part of the Hamptons International Film Festival. “Girl next door, sex icon, activist, fitness tycoon: Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda has lived a life marked by controversy, tragedy, and transformation,” reads the film’s press release. She’s “been hated as Hanoi Jane, lusted after as Barbarella, and heralded as a beacon of the women’s movement.” In the film, Fonda speaks candidly and frankly about her life and her missteps. “She explores the pain of her mother’s suicide, her father’s emotional unavailability, 30 years of bulimia, and three marriages to highly visible, yet very different men.” Along with performing and activism, Fonda has also written several books, including My Life So Far (2005) and Prime Time (2011). This week, The Independent spoke exclusively with Fonda.

Well, my dad had really good values, as reflected in many of the movies he made — The Grapes of Wrath, The Oxbow Incident, 12 Angry Men. He liked to play the roles of guys who were sticking up for the underdog, who were fighting for justice, and I knew that those were the roles that made him come alive and feel proud, although he never talked about it. So I guess they’re my father’s values that I have in me. And then, because I was such a believer in what the country was doing — I swore if our soldiers were fighting someplace, if our flag was planted someplace, then this was the side of the angels — that when I was made, by American soldiers, to see the reality of what was happening in Vietnam, I totally flipped. I think the more you feel one way, if you’re proven that what you believed in was wrong, you can totally go the other way. And when I do something, I tend to go all the way. I just became almost a full-time activist during that time. I was so angry. It was so shocking to me. Once I understood Vietnam, then read the Pentagon Papers, and then I began to see the connections — like everyone does — with a lot of other things like race and patriarchy and so forth, I threw myself into it. I kind of thought by the time I turned 80, that I would be able to start gardening or something, but with the Continued On Page B15.

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Donna & Gabby, Community First This article ran in our October 3 issue By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

"It’s not about dressing people, it’s addressing them in mind, body, and spirit,” said fashion mogul Donna Karan during a visit to her Urban Zen storefront on Greenwich Street in the West Village. She shows me around as we walk and talk through the space. Ten years ago, Donna began the lifestyle brand Urban Zen, which was first located on Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Her daughter, Gabby Karan de Felice also opened the restaurant Tutto Il Giorno ten years ago, next door. Both venues have since changed locations, and earlier this year the mother-daughter team collaborated to bring a new concept, Urban Zen x Tutto Il Giorno, to Sag Harbor. The joint effort incorporates Donna’s garb and Gabby’s fine Italian cuisine under one roof. Now it’s on the heels of its first successful summer season. “One of the things about us is that we live in the moment, and I think it happened really quickly,” said Donna about the venue opening. “It’s amazing. It was our dream,” said Gabby. To be “under one roof was organic,” she continued. “It’s easy to

open our doors to the Sag Harbor community,” she said, noting that Sag Harbor is where it all began. “The thing about Sag that I love the most is it feels like I’m away from it all,” said Donna. Not only do they work closely together, both Gabby and Donna have homes next to each other in East Hampton. In the West Village, Donna walks me through the space. “I think when you walk in here you don’t feel like you’re in a typical New York store; you have things from all over the world. This was my husband’s studio where he did all his artwork,” she said. The space was once the studio of her late husband Stephan Weiss, an accomplished painter and sculptor. His sculpture The Apple in Millennium Garden overlooks the Hudson River. The annual Stephan Weiss Apple Awards were created in his honor, and celebrate luminaries and change makers in healthcare, education, and preservation of culture. These are the three priorities of the Urban Zen Foundation. Donna went on to express her love of Africa, describing prayer beads from

Ethiopia, pieces from Haiti, and furniture from Bali. Most of the goods in the store keep with the earthy tones that Urban Zen is known for. The clothing, with exquisite draping, is meant to not only go from day to evening, but from season to season. Summer outfits can be layered during the winter months. “I like to accent the positive and delete the negative,” she said about the collection. For her it’s about the sensuality. “Touch it, feel it, there’s a whole story behind it and that’s the beauty of what Urban Zen is all about,” she explained.

Retail & Dining She brings me to her studio adjacent to the storefront. “This is where everything really happens,” she described. I then follow her upstairs to an urban oasis in the center of New York City, a beautiful loft with a serene rooftop garden. The layout is harmoniously similar to the indoor-outdoor space in Sag Harbor. “This is sort of my Hamptons in the city,” she said, noting that Urban Zen offers a calm in the chaos of the city. With the retail industry making headlines about storefronts not being able to compete with online retailers, there’s no doubt that experiential retail has become a trend. We see it with the impossible-to-get-reservations at Tiffany’s Blue Box Cafe or dining at Restoration Hardware. And the same goes for a table at Tutto Il Giorno during the summer. Gabby proclaimed that the store did better and had more traffic during restaurant hours because people were more

relaxed — perhaps more inclined to shop after a nice glass of Italian wine (or two). The shop is a “true mix of retail and restaurant,” said Gabby. “It’s not only clothes, it’s about living,” said Donna. “When I did DKNY originally — my first store in London — the first thing I said was ‘I want a food bar as soon as you walk in,’” she recalled. “I see this growing into many different dimensions. I think this is just the beginning.” Donna Karan, in many instances, has been ahead of the curve when it comes to the fashion industry. The restaurant has been a Hamptons staple since it opened. The eatery offers fresh, light Mediterranean fare. Gabby, along with her husband Gianpaolo and close friends and partners Gally and David Mayer, opened Tutto il Giorno. They were aiming for “a restaurant experience that captured [Gianpaolo’s] Naples upbringing with lazy days of boating to Ischia and Capri,” said Gabby. “My mother-in-law could take four ingredients and make four different [dishes],” she said, noting that the truly authentic Italian cuisine from Naples includes simple and well-done ingredients.

Community First Gabby stated that the Southampton location is packed even on a Monday night and that having doors always open “is the secret to having a successful business year-round on the East End.” She explained that the people who work for her often become family within the restaurant and that many return year after year for the busier months. “We live out here,” she said. “Our heart is in it.” But the Tutto/Urban Zen collaboration is about much more than just dining and shopping. It’s about embracing the East End community, and beyond. I first met Gabby and Donna during a cocktail party for The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, celebrating its volunteers. Donna spoke fondly of ARF. “My last two dogs came from there,” she said. Last week the venue hosted an art auction to benefit Planned Parenthood, attracting artists like Eric Fishl, Steve Miller, and April Gornik (see photos on our Indy Snaps pages). The venue will also be the site of a Hamptons International Film Festival’s cocktail party, which Gabby noted, “we’re super excited about.” Urban Zen works with Yoga Shanti in Sag Harbor to provide therapists at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital as part of the Urban Zen Integrated Therapist Program. The goal is to treat Continued On Page B9.

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Independent/James Katsipis

The Cold, Bitter End This article ran in our January 17 issue By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

Self-taught photographer James Katsipis braves the harshest winters in a location iconically praised during the summer months. He is an ambassador for Montauk Hard Label Whiskey and part of the East Coast Vision Team for A Walk on Water, a foundation that offers surf therapy to special needs children. His newly released book, The Cold, Bitter End, captures Montauk’s desolate beauty. What others view as “The End” is only this man’s beginning. Seven years ago, a picturesque series emerged using the hashtag #ColdWaterSurferSeries, showcasing winter surfers from Montauk to Ireland. In 2013 the series landed its own exhibition, which was curated by Scott Bluedorn, at Neoteric Fine Art. Over four years later, originally

published in November 2017, The Cold, Bitter End makes an icy splash as Katsipis’s debut in the publishing world. Portraying cold-water surfers and seemingly abandoned storefronts, these images are making their way from Ditch Plains into the homes, and hearts, of eager page turners. “This project didn’t start out as a book. It was just me and my camera doing what I do,” Katsipis modestly explained. Admiring the likes of Tom Colla and Matt Clark, the whole book was shot with Canons and AquaTech Water Housings, though he’s recently switched over to Sony mirrorless. “It’s a fine line between passion and obsession. My mind just always seems to be taking pictures even when I don’t have my camera.”

Each picture promises 100-percent originality with a few minor color enhancements. This may come as a surprise upon flipping to the scene of, what appears to be, someone skinnydipping into the ocean. “That wasn’t even planned. I happened to be in the ‘wrong’ place at the right time,” Katsipis jocularly noted. All the people seen throughout the book are the boys from Whalebone magazine, whom he’s known for most of his life. While he tended to reach out a day prior to catch them in action, half of the time the snaps are purely spontaneous. Clad in a winter suit, 5mm gloves, and locking up the camera, Katsipis swims out to sea for the perfect shot. He situates himself right in the impact zone, ready. In a moment, he captures a single image of exemplary complexity. The full face of a wave, from trough to crest, at a stand-still. A shot of pure precision, it requires a double-take before realizing it’s not the infamous sandy cliffs but rather their aquatic neighbor. Katsipis recalls, “With a keen eye you can catch brief moments of reprieve from all the beatings.”

Katsipis has remained a lifelong resident of the 11954 zip code. Together with his wife, Bella Ornaf, founder of jewelry line FIN Montauk, their dog Samson and little pig, Mako, the four happily call Montauk home — a place of ever-changing seasons. As locals, they’re the first to admit some things outsiders simply won’t understand. The most underrated thing about Montauk? Winter, clearly. The most overrated? “Range Rovers, sorry Dylan,” Katsipis laughed. And you’re definitely not from the area if “you don’t know what the green bench is.” As for his personal favorite pathway to explore, Camp Hero. The 146-page “photographic winter journey in Montauk” is currently sold on Amazon with plans to become available to the local East End community soon. Though there are no expectations for a parallel summer photography series, another book in the works is Mermaids of Montauk, to be released at a later time. Visit www.JamesKatsipis.com or follow him on @Letstaukgrams and @mermaidsofmontauk for upcoming signings, in addition to some stellar photography.

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Daisy Goodwin: Channeling Victoria’s Strength This article ran in our May 23 issue By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

Say “Queen Victoria” and most people will immediately picture the aged monarch, paunchy and sullen, dressed in black with a lace doily on her head: an Alfred Hitchcock in drag. And Prince Albert? Um, do you have him in a can? Daisy Goodwin, writer and creator of the smash-hit PBS series “Victoria” — starring Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes — wasn’t that removed from those concepts when she was assigned the queen’s journals to read while at Cambridge University. “I was expecting something as sour and off-putting as the statues of the old queen that are everywhere in London,” she said. “But when I came to read them, I realized that in the early years of her reign she was just this young girl, who liked dancing and flirting and men.” “Victoria,” which is currently filming its third season, chronicles those early years — from the 18-year-old’s ascension to the throne to her flirtation with Lord Melbourne, her prime minister, to her romance and marriage to Prince Albert and the subsequent children she birthed (nine) — all while running the most powerful country in the world and facing the deleterious overview of a male-dominated society. “There is a wonderful passage where she writes about how handsome Albert looks in his white cashmere breeches, with nothing on under them,” Goodwin said with a laugh. “I realized then that she was a girl after my own heart.” (The exact quote, from November 1, 1839, is: “It was piercingly cold, and I sat in my cape, which dearest Albert settled comfortably for me. He was so cold, dear Angel, being in grande tenue with tight white cazimere pantaloons (nothing under them) and high boots.”) The vision of the feisty young queen stayed with Goodwin as she went on to write novel after novel, get married, and have children of her own. But life gets, well, life-ier. A series of

seeming setbacks — personal, health, and financial, all in the past now — is what motivated Goodwin to channel the strength of Victoria and write about her in earnest with the publication of her novel, Victoria. The novel was a success, but the “Masterpiece” series is an honest-togoodness blockbuster, one of the highest-rated PBS shows in over 20 years. Although the show’s fans cross all lines of gender and age, it has resonated deeply with young women. “Someone asked me if I was writing a feminist show,” said Goodwin. “To be honest, that hadn’t occurred to me, but having seen the reaction, I realize that any show that puts a young woman at its heart, where she has all the power, is a more radical act than one might imagine,” she said. “I think that queens have the power to change people’s perceptions of women in power, certainly that was true in the 19th Century. Here was a woman, the head of state, who got married and had children while she was on the throne. She was the first person to do that, and I think that contributed to a profound change in the way women were perceived.” Although a fan of the monarch and how she navigated the mores of the day, Goodwin does not yearn for the Victorian age. One takeaway for her — “It’s made me very grateful to be alive today and not then! Imagine having nine children, not out of choice, but because you had no access to contraception. Poor Victoria loved her husband, but she really didn’t want to spend all her married life pregnant.” If she could change one vision that people have of Victoria — besides the old-woman-in-black image — it’s the queen’s reputation of being a secondrate parent. “She gets a bad rap as a mother, but I think that’s the misogynistic hand of history,” said Goodwin. “She expects her children to step up to the plate and woe betide them if they don’t.”

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“It’s such a relief to read about a working woman who isn’t fretting about whether she is spending enough time with her children,” she continued. “She loved them, sure, but she didn’t dote.” Speaking of motherhood, Goodwin’s daughter, Ottilie Wilford, is a script editor on the show, and has penned two of the episodes. And much of the show revolves around Victoria’s dysfunctional relationship with her own mother, the Duchess of Kent — a controlling German woman who forced her daughter to sleep in the same bed with her until the day Victoria was named Queen of England. Has the experience been a positive one for Goodwin and Wilford? “It’s been a real treat, for me anyway,” Goodwin said. “Ottilie is a wonderful writer and I have learned so much from the way she approaches things. It can’t be easy writing alongside your mother but she is very tactful — she didn’t get that from me!” Goodwin is an occasional visitor to the South Fork and a past participant of the BookHampton summer reading series, where she discussed

her novel The American Heiress, which chronicles Newport debutante Cora Cash, who traveled to England in the 1890s and bagged herself an English Duke. Goodwin’s take on the Hamptons? “It’s divine. I first visited when I was 18 and I just couldn’t believe how tidy it all was. I love swimming in the ocean, even though I have had to be rescued a couple of times,” she said, laughing. “You have fab lifeguards.” So, what’s coming up this season for Victoria and Albert? “Revolution abroad and turmoil at home, domestic and otherwise. More children, obviously, and a surprise addition to the family. Plus, the Great Exhibition, which is Albert’s great contribution to British history,” she said. In keeping with tradition, the show will air in the United Kingdom on ITV, probably in the fall, before hitting our shores, most likely in early 2019. When it comes to waiting that long for Goodwin’s next addictive foray into the lives of Victoria and Albert, there’s only one thing to say: we are not amused.

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December 26, 2018

Aida Turturro: Family First This article ran in our June 27 issue By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

Aida Turturro — who will perform in Monica Bauer’s one-act as part of the Neo-Political Cowgirls’ “Andromeda’s Sisters” on Thursday, June 28 — is best known for her twice Emmy-nominated role as Janice Soprano in “The Sopranos,” the blockbuster HBO show about a Mafia crime family, and, well, a family. And for full-time Montauk resident Turturro, it’s all about family. According to the actress, family can be found everywhere, whether it’s through her own relations or the communities she’s formed throughout her life. And becoming part a new community seems to come easy to the friendly and outgoing Turturro. We talked about food, about jewelry, about our pets, more about food — one of those times when the interviewer becomes the interviewee for a while. After spending only a few minutes with her, it already felt like we had known each other for years. And I hope we do. “I’m a girl who grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, before it was really cool,” she said. “My dad was a very talented artist. We lived in an unrenovated synagogue. I was one of the few white kids in the neighborhood, and I loved it. It was a real neighborhood. We’d play handball; I could let my cats go outside and they would come home. It was just a beautiful community.” She continued to seek that community everywhere she went. “Later on, I moved to Irving, and I had the same thing there. And Montauk — it’s the same. It’s down to Earth, the people are great; they stick together. When someone has a problem in this community, everyone gathers together to help. I feel like I’m home here.” She even has family in the area. Fierro’s Pizza in East Hampton — “the best pizza!” — are cousins from her mother’s side. “It was just so great to meet them and get to know them,” she effused. “Family is everywhere.”

Father & Daughter Life growing up wasn’t always easy, as all families have their stuff. Turturro

admits to basically being on her own from the age of 15 on, putting herself through college at SUNY New Paltz and taking control of her own destiny and career at an early age. It was the day after Fathers’ Day when we met — with both of us missing our dads, talk naturally turned in that direction. The Turturros spent time during the summers going to the beach, “even though dad was an artist, he always found the money to take us to Martha’s Vineyard or somewhere,” but never made it as far as The End. “So, when I came out here for the first time, I got that feeling, like I was with my family again during some of our happiest times together. I wish dad could have seen this place.” Although her father, Dominick, passed in 2002, Turturro feels he’s still with her, and especially in Montauk. And they shared a happy moment the year before he died, when she took him to the Emmy Awards. “It was nice to be nominated for the Emmy — my dad wasn’t in my life sometimes, but he came back into my life around then — and I got to take him to the awards show. I didn’t win, but I didn’t care! And he didn’t care either. The best part was being able to spoil him, buy him new clothes, stay in a fancy hotel, and I know that he was so proud of me. He painted me a beautiful birthday card that year that said, ‘You keep inventing yourself.’ I had it framed. We got to share that beautiful moment together.”

A New Community And “The Sopranos” was a family too — and the heart, according to Turturro, was the late James Gandolfini. “We were blessed. Like the way I came out here and fell in love with the people? It was like that. It wasn’t just a hit show, we were blessed with an insane quality of writing. But the truth is, you can have that and still have a miserable group. But we had an amazing, beautiful group, stemming from the love from James. It has to start from

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the top and James, Edie [Falco], David [Chase, the show’s creator], we all were a family, like a family who supports each other,” she recalled. “I still see Edie all the time, and the kids. It’s almost in your body, in your cells, you feel it — this is my family, this is not just a job. What a wonderful, giving, generous group.” Turturro hasn’t performed on stage in a while, but she believes in the ideals behind The Neo-Political Cowgirls’ “Andromeda’s Sisters” — women helping women. “We have to, in this industry. And we need better parts for women, whether they’re written by

women or men,” she said. She’s honored to be part of the June 28 event. “It’s a new thing for me. I haven’t performed at Guild Hall before. I’m not the kind of person who pushes myself on something, so I’m so grateful that Kate Mueth asked me. And it’s a good cause, and it allows me to enjoy being part of yet another community, and to enjoy entertaining people.” For Turturro, connection is critical, and here, she feels connected. “I may not be a local, but for me, this is home.” For more information and tickets to “Andromeda’s Sisters,” visit www. npccowgirls.org.

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Sculptures Unveiled At LongHouse This article ran in our June 27 issue By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

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Proclaimed sculpture artists Helmut Lang, Alyson Shotz, and Dustin Yellin have unveiled works at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton. To offer a fresh perspective to the artwork and the garden, LongHouse moves the placement of several works from time to time. Work by artists Toshiko Takaezu, Atsuya Tominga, and Johnny Swing will be moved throughout the garden. LongHouse bids farewell to several works by artists Ronald Bladen, John Crawford, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, and Larry Rivers. The reserve also introduces new artwork by Gustavo Bonevardi, Orly Gener, and Judith Shea. Indy spoke with Lang, Shotz, and Yellin about the unveiling. Lang’s art explores the fertile space between abstraction and figuration. His sculpture twenty-two, on display in the gardens, simultaneously evokes the spinal column and the segmented body of the annelid (earthworm), and like may of Lang’s works, references the scale of the human body. “The piece could resemble a tribe, a gathering, or a pagan grouping of fykes,” said Lang. “It invites the viewer to consider the body less as a hierarchy

of limbs and organs, but as a meshwork of equivalent and interchangeable elements.” The objects he creates have an intense physicality that evokes the human body and human condition while essentially remaining abstract. “I started to work on this sculpture without an end-result in mind,” he continued. “I just let it evolve on its own. I decided to have the artwork comprise of a gathering of 22 columns, as twenty-two became its title after a Google search about the population of East Hampton town, which is 22,000 people,” he told The Independent. Working on the East End also inspires the artist. “The inspiration comes from the environmental circumstances, the light, and its unique conditions. I work as much out here as I can year-round.” Yellin is a visual artist who lives and works in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He is well known for his larger-than-life sculptures that use multiple layers of glass, each tier made of cut out imagery from printed materials creating a threedimensional collage. He has presented public exhibiContinued On Page B15.

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December 26, 2018

KISS & TELL By Heather Buchanan

Letter To A Teenage Daughter This column ran in our November 14 issue kissandtellhb@gmail.com

One of our treasures is blossoming young women, yet there is an alarming increase in both suicides and suicidal thoughts in girls. There are so many forces shaping these divine bits of female clay including the pressure from social media, bullying, and everything brought up by the #MeToo movement. How can we help form them so when they come through the fire they will not crack? There’s so much I would like to say to them, so here goes: It will get better. I promise. While you may be experiencing the worst thing in your life, and I do not mean to diminish that in any way, life is long and you will be able to put it in perspective. When you survive teenage angst, that is laying the foundation to make you stronger to face whatever comes next. Life is full of good times and bad times. Realizing change is inevitable gives you better balance to surf the emotional waves. Your looks will change. You will lose that 10 pounds and you will gain

it back. You will have a good hair day, then a bad hair day. You will put on an amazing outfit. Then you will be a fashion don’t. For as much as you may beat yourself up, your older self will look back and say Oh my gosh, if only I had realized then how pretty I was. Enjoy your neck. Being a sexual being is amazing. There is so much shame girls face. No wonder you want to keep everything private. Here is the truth. Sex is a natural and yummy part of romantic love, and it is your gift to give, so make sure that person is worthy of it. Be educated and safe. You are in charge of your body, not anyone else. Alcohol is not your friend in this department. Even if you meet Prince Charming, give him your number and go home. If he is not interested in coffee with you the next morning, then his crown is clearly cardboard. Find your happy place. Find small things in your control which bring you pleasure and make them a

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daily practice. Don’t take your freedom for granted. You are too young to remember a time when women did not have the rights they do today. Don’t be complacent or cynical. We have already fought the good fight, and if your freedom is threatened, it is your turn to do battle. Words matter. Do not date the high school jock who speaks disparagingly about girls. Do not vote for a president who says it’s okay to grab women by the p**sy. Do not listen to songs with misogynistic lyrics. This is not just boy talk. This is not okay, period. There are plenty of boys and men who respect women. Choose them. Bet on health instead of beauty. Women are brutally judged on their looks, there is no denying it. But feeling good is your best path to looking good. Don’t be thin, be strong. Instead of spending a ton of money on makeup and beauty products, invest in nutritious food and exercise that creates gorgeous hair, skin, and toning from the inside out. Instead of hating your body, treat it well and reap the rewards. Be a good friend — boys will come and go but a good girlfriend can last a lifetime. Turn off your phone. Addiction to your phone is one of the most potent and dangerous addictions you will face. It is not reality. Social media is a highly

manipulated effort for kids to try to prove that their life is better than yours. They are not. They just have a better Snapchat filter. Find a hero — a singer, a writer, a creative person whose stories, lyrics, or actions speak to you. Every generation has its voice. Add yours to it. Being free from pain is different from being dead. You can’t take back being dead. Being a pretty corpse is no consolation prize. High school is hell. I can tell you that many of the most successful people I know were tortured in high school. And some of the most popular kids in high school had their moment in the sun as teenagers and it was all downhill from there. Get really, really, angry. Scream. Cry. Punch the pillow. Pour out all of your feelings. Don’t let it turn inward. Get an imaginary love. Send yourself a flower, write a card to yourself, even text yourself something sweet. (Okay, I don’t know how to do that.) Find one adult to trust — it doesn’t have to be a parent or a teacher. Your truths might be too painful to admit to them. I get that. I truly believe most of us adult women would be nothing but honored to have a teenage girl’s trust and honest questions and opportunity to help. Remember . . . we were you not too long ago. We are made from the same clay.

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Springs. Those who don’t know call it “The Springs,” but they’re wrong, it’s just Springs. From the era of Jackson Pollock to today, Springs has always been a creative, unassuming East End community that includes many artists. It’s referred to as “God’s Country” by locals because it’s filled with so much natural beauty. It doesn’t have a Main Street. It doesn’t even have a post office. But what it does have is character. It’s also the area of the East End where I grew up. My family first came to Springs in the 1950s when they built a house on Gerard Drive that was used during the summer; now it’s one of the many that sits on stilts. When I was five, my family moved to Springs full-time. It’s bittersweet writing this column this week, because after selling their house later this month my parents will leave Springs. And although I haven’t technically lived there since college, Winterberry Lane has always been the place I call home. (We’ve actually lived in four different homes on the same lane!) Artists and the like have always said that the light in Springs is magic. Growing up with photographer parents,

I was always very aware of that special golden hour hue. During the early days of The Independent, there were many photo shoots with friends at Maidstone beach. Springs is a great place to be when that golden sun hits. So, for “My Perfect Day: Springs” I would start with coffee at the S & S Corner Shop in the ART Bldg on Fort Pond. This café offers hot coffee and local pastries as well as Stanley & Sons Apron and Bag Co. gourmet pantry items for your home. Perfect for unique gift items. It’s a Saturday in summer so I’d stop by the Springs Farmers Market to pick up lunch. Some of the best summer days are the ones when you don’t have to leave Springs at all. No need to deal with the traffic that can cripple the rest of the East End, you won’t find that in Springs. The farmers market has wonderful vendors and live local musicians. We’d bring our purchases out on our boat and putt around Three Mile Harbor. Swim, eat lunch, and enjoy watching the other boats go by for a few hours. Another way to get on the water is to rent kayaks at the Springs General Store or take a stand-up paddleboard class from Paddle Diva. It’s also always sunny in Springs. Driving into Springs in a fog-filled ocean mist will many times clear once you arrive. Later in the day I would visit the Pollock-Krasner House. The PollockKrasner House and Study Center is located at the home and studio of abstract expressionist painters Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner. Visitors can explore the home, grounds, and studio. The studio, which is fascinating to see, is filled with evidence of Pollock’s poured painting process. Visitors can wear a pair of protective booties and walk into the studio, which is a work of art itself. Springs is known as the cradle of the abstract expressionist movement, which also included artists Willem de Kooning and John Ferren, among others. Visit Thursday to Saturday from 1 to 5 PM, from May to October. An art show at Ashawagh Hall or The Art Center at Duck Creek would be next. Dinner would be at Harbor Bistro, one of my favorite restaurants. The family-owned waterfront location boasts a wonderful sunset view and some of the best menu options on the East End. Enjoy live music and BBCs on the lawn every Sunday from 5 to 8 PM. Drinks at Moby’s would happen after. Moby’s opened this summer in Springs at East Hampton Point.

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the patient and not just the disease. “They’re right in the community servicing the people,” said Donna. Therapists are trained in Reiki, in-bed yoga, aromatherapy, nutrition, and positive care for patients. And who could forget Super Saturday? An event co-hosted by Donna and Kelly Ripa each year in Water Mill that raised millions for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. The event was, as Donna stated, “quite extraordinary.” It was an event started by Donna and Liz Tilberis, the late editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, in 1998, and was first held in Tilberis’s back yard. Since then, the event has grown to feature over 150 vendors (who all donate products), and was shopped by 2000 guests each year. The event has been named the “Rolls-Royce of garage sales.” Donna noted the importance of the event to her, “Both Liz and my husband had cancer at the same time.” This year, the event was held in New York City instead of Water Mill. “I don’t think people want to live without Super Saturday, so hopefully we’ll be able to do it again next year. We’re looking forward to it,” she said. Back in New York City, the Apple Awards will be held on October 24. This year’s awards will honor Iman, Jimmy Nelson, and Joel Towers. “It’s based on my husband and my promise to him that I would take care of the nurses,” said Donna about the awards, which benefit the Urban Zen Foundation. “I call it past, present, future. Past is the preservation of culture where the wisdom lies, the present is heath care, and the future is education.” This year, she will also travel to Colombia, Guatemala, and Brazil with the foundation. Gabby noted that her mother has always been in tune with the idea that what consumers buy should go toward something that makes a difference. She “continues to walk that walk,” said Gabby. “We’re really creating a community of people who want to make change in the world,” said Donna. “It’s never about me, it’s about the we.”

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SAND IN MY SHOES By Denis Hamill

Human Trafficking On The East End This column ran in our September 26 issue denishamill@gmail.com

Is human trafficking a major local issue? This heinous crime is serious enough locally that this Thursday and Friday, September 27 and 28, there will be a two-day symposium at the Stony Brook Southampton campus called “Human Trafficking on Long Island — Identify and Respond,” where professionals from law enforcement, medicine, education, and social work will be trained to spot and do something about trafficked victims. “Mostly girls, and young women, but many boys too, from the immigrant and Native American community, are being exploited in this harrowing epidemic of modern slavery,” said Paula Collins, organizer of the Shinnecock Community Health Worker Program that is sponsoring the event with the Shinnecock Substance Abuse Mobilization Project. “I am involved because I’m a Shinnecock and the Native American community is highly susceptible to this human trafficking slave trade. Traffickers go after the vulnerable. They might come onto a reservation peddling opioids, and they will spot the homeless kids, the addicts, the orphans, the runaways, the lost, and those from broken homes. They will sweep them up with the promise of opioids and money, and soon they are enslaved prostitutes. Native American women disappear in staggering numbers across this country, often never found, never looked for. They become prostitutes. Murder victims. Native American kids also disappear,” she continued. “In my research I have found that Southampton is the capital of child pornography,” said Collins. “I never, ever knew this.” The East End is the tip of a peninsula where many people have lots of disposable income. “Because of this,” Collins continued, “rich men can have prostitutes delivered to them by

boat and yacht, by helicopter and by car, by train and by bus. These slaves are swept into expensive estates behind high hedges and locked gates where rich men pay top dollar to the greedy traffickers for self-gratification. The trafficked prostitutes range from children to women in their 30s. Most people never see this. It happens in the shadows in our midst. We want to shed some bright light on it.” The main speaker for the symposium is Jeri Moomaw, a Native American whom Collins heard speak last year at a similar event in Akwesasne in upstate New York. “Jeri is a spellbinding expert on the trafficking rackets,” said Collins. “Members of the newly formed Suffolk County Police Department Human Trafficking Task Force will be coming to listen and learn from Jeri and other speakers and workshop presenters.” Other speakers include Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine Mount Sinai Brooklyn, and Roxanne White, Indigenous Outreach Coordinator, Innovations HTC. The event is co-hosted by the Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons, Stony Brook School of Social Welfare, Organización LatinoAmericana of Eastern Long Island, and The Retreat. Collins said doctors, nurses, lawyers, teachers, and social workers will all be coming to the symposium to listen and get training. “The experts will help these professionals that might come in contact with trafficked and enslaved victims to be able to identify them by their behavior, tattoos, and other telltale signs,” she said. “They will also learn how to properly report these victims to liberate them from their lives of hell.” Collins says gangs like MS-13 and the Bloods have long been into human trafficking. “But there are other gangs you’ve never heard of,” she said.

Networks of “coyote” smugglers have long exploited the Hispanic community and “snakeheads” have enslaved Asian women and boys into prostitution or forced labor.

Staggering and Shameful The problem has grown so severe in Suffolk County that on July 30 the Suffolk County Police Department announced the formation of a Human Trafficking Task Force. “What we are stating loud and clear today is that this is not a victimless crime,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said at that presser. “These are criminal organizations, these are individuals, who are targeting the most vulnerable among us in order to advance their criminal enterprise. This will not be tolerated, not accepted, in any way in Suffolk County.” The HTTF — which consists of four detectives, two police officers, and four high-ranking Suffolk County cops — was actually secretly started in March and by the end of July had liberated 37 enslaved victims, made 19 arrests on 47 felony counts of trafficking-related offenses, and indicted nine more traffickers on 160 counts, 75 counts for sex trafficking and 50 for promoting prostitution. The U.S. Justice Department estimates that 14,500 to 17,500 people are trafficked into the country every year. The 2016 Global Slavery Index estimates that including U.S. citizens and immigrants, 57,700 people are victims of human trafficking, earning some $150 billion a year for traffickers, two thirds of it from sexual exploitation, and one third from forced labor. That’s a staggering and shameful black market of enslaved human flesh. The three states with most human trafficking cases are California, Texas, and New York. There were 332 human trafficking cases reported to the Human Trafficking Hotline in New York State in 2016, with 180 human trafficking reports in the first six months of 2017. Three-quarters — 252 of the 332 human trafficking reports made in 2016 — were sex trafficking-related. “Indeed, human trafficking is a silent epidemic,” SCPD Commissioner Geraldine Hart said at that July 30 press conference for the HTTF. “These individuals who are being trafficked are vulnerable, alone, are being forced or coerced into prostitution, and they need help.” “The Suffolk County Police Department is doing a fantastic job with this task force,” said Collins. “I salute them for their work. We welcome working with them to end this slave trade.” This outrageous criminal plague that exists in a rarely-seen nether-

world of brothels, indentured servitude farms, and forced construction labor sites, and through hidden escort services to the wealthy serves as a shadowy untaxed economy where human beings are exploited in lives of unspeakable daily misery. “We need to identify and report as many victims as possible,” said Collins. The Thursday evening event, from 7 to 9 in Chancellors Hall, is free and open to the general public. The Friday event, which runs all day, is $35 and includes a lunch and snacks and speakers and training sessions for the professionals who might come in contact with the trafficked victims, “who are afraid because of language barriers, physical threats, and immigration status to alert authorities. We want to spot them and report them and rescue them right here in our backyard on the East End.” Is human trafficking a real problem on the East End? “More than most people out here know,” says Collins. “It’s time we all did something about it.” To register for the full-day event, visit humantraffickingli.eventbrite.com.

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December 26, 2018

RICK’S SPACE By Rick Murphy

Tennis, Anyone? This column ran in our February 21 issue rmurphy@indyeastend.com

Grant, Biff, and I often find a fourth for a spirited tennis match on Sunday mornings. No, we don’t. I’m lying. In fact, I’ve never played tennis in my life, and I’ve played almost every sport there is. I grew up in Brooklyn and Sag Harbor. I never saw a single tennis court in Brooklyn. We did have a lot of handball courts; they consisted of a cement wall with ugly graffiti on it. We would draw a box for the strike zone and play stickball. Almost all the handball courts had names of women scribbled on them. They were usually someone’s mother’s name. That was all the rage—to write something vulgar about another kid’s mother. Hey, it beat climbing the wall at Kings County Hospital and looking through the morgue windows, which we would do regularly. Then we’d get pizza. In Sag Harbor, they had a couple of tennis courts in Mashashimuet Park,

but they were hardly ever used. There was one handball court in Sag Harbor, also at the park. We filled it up with graffiti and vulgar remarks about assorted mothers once, and it was cleaned within 24 hours. Hell, that’s no fun. It was unheard of to have a tennis court on your property in those days. Very few people had swimming pools, either. In Brooklyn, they had these huge public pools, like Sunset and Farragut, where you paid 10 cents for a locker. Someone would break the lock and steal whatever you left in there. Anyhow, standing in a warm pool with 100 juvenile delinquents isn’t much fun for a kid used to going to Left Sagg beach. Soon, a pool was de rigueur for the elite Hamptons residence. And why not? Everybody loves to take a dip when it gets hot, plus it’s a good feature for a rental property. And, of course, kids love it. It wasn’t long before al-

most everyone had a pool. Somewhere along the way, around the mid-1980s, a tennis court achieved the same lofty status as a swimming pool, at least in the mind of builders and realtors. I understand putting a basketball hoop in the driveway. Hey, if I could afford it, I’d have a baseball field, like Jerry Seinfeld. But I draw the line at tennis. (And I would never hang out with anyone named “Biff.”) “. . . And the property has tennis, of course.” That phrase rolled off tongues as if, like a kitchen, there could be no home suitable for the well-to-do family without a tennis court. Karen and I even tried to talk ourselves into it. “We could play together. It would be good exercise,” she said. No, it wouldn’t. I would get no exercise whatsoever watching her swing and miss. Even though I never played tennis, I assured her I would win every game and she would never score a point. That kind of put a damper on things. The court was smack dab in the middle of the back yard. “I don’t want tennis,” I said. “Can you get rid of it and lower the price?” “It adds to the value of the property,” the realtor said. I found that hard to believe. The very fact that the balls are pink, yellow, or lime green is enough to cause visual pollution. And from what I’ve seen on TV, tennis players grunt, even the pretty ones. Maria Sharapova grunts. If I were in a relationship with someone who is a better grunter than I am, I would feel inadequate. Put another way, if someone is going to grunt in my house, it better be me. “I’d rather have a vegetable garden. Could you ask the builder if he can fill it with top soil?” The realtor ignored me. “Where is the bocce court?” I asked. “Well, there isn’t one. Why?”

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“I just think it’s against the law to discriminate. Being of Italian descent, I have a right to feel that my people should also have whatever little game they enjoy on their property, especially after the persecution we’ve endured. If Anglo Saxons get tennis, I think Sicilians should get their game of choice.” Finally, the nice lady admitted she didn’t know what bocce is, which is like not knowing what a meatball is. All this brings me to the inevitable, as regular readers know. I actually wrote the following joke, which you’ve heard a hundred times, yet no one attributes it to me. “What is the definition of eternal love?” Answer: “Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles playing tennis together.” By the way, I also wrote (really) the tragically overlooked, “What is your sign?” The answer: “Slippery when wet.” Thank you, ladies and germs, for laughing. Rick Murphy is a six-time winner of the New York Press Association Best Column award as well as the winner of first place awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Suburban Newspaper Association of America and a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.

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August 1 Issue: Watermill Center Photos by Neil Rasmus/BFA, Joe Cipro The 25th annual Watermill Center summer benefit and auction, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time Bomb,â&#x20AC;? was held on Saturday, July 28. The event united the worlds of art, performance, music, theatre, design, architecture, and fashion.

August 8 Issue: Wild At Heart Photos by Richard Lewin Veterinarians International presented Wild At Heart on Friday, August 3, at the Bridgehampton Tennis and Surf Club. The event featured DJ Alexandra Richards, Christie Brinkley and her Bellissima organic sparkling wine, and honored Dr. Carl Safina. Veterinarians International was founded by Sagaponack resident and veterinarian Dr. Scarlett Magda.

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August 15 Issue: Apollo In The Hamptons Photos by Joe Schildhorn/BFA.com On Saturday, August 11, Apollo Theater Vice Chairman Ronald O. Perelman hosted a dinner and private concert at his East Hampton home, to benefit the non-profit Apollo Theater. This year’s event raised more than $4 million to support the Apollo’s artistic, educational, and outreach programs, which build on the theater’s rich history as a cultural and economic anchor to Harlem, and as a nurturer of emerging talent. The 9th Annual Apollo in the Hamptons featured a blowout concert with performances by legendary singer Chaka Khan, Sting, Shaggy, Alice Smith Jr., and a surprise visit from Chris Martin, with The Roots as the live house band. The event was co-chaired by Perelman, rock legend Jon Bon Jovi, Apollo Board Chairman Dick Parsons, and Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and was underwritten entirely by Perelman.

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October 10 Issue: Hamptons International Film Festival Photos by Justin Meinken The Hamptons International Film Festival was back in town this weekend. The festival opened with a screening of The Kindergarten Teacher, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and directed by Sara Colangelo, on Thursday, October 4. Alec Baldwin presented Alan Alda with the Dick Cavett Award on Thursday at a ceremony held at The Baker House in East Hampton. A screening of The Public was held on Friday in East Hampton with director Emilio Estevez. On Saturday, more screenings took place including First Man. Director Damien Chazelle, actress Olivia Hamilton, and writer and executive producer Josh Singer were among those in attendance. The film To Dust screened and actor Matthew Broderick and producer Alessandro Nivola were on hand to support the film. The Last Race, a documentary on the Riverhead Raceway also played. Director Michael Dweck and co-executive producer Cecilia Luppi were at the screening. The festival closed on Monday with an awards ceremony as well as a screening of the closing night film, Boy Erased.

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Continued From Page B1. elections of 2016, it’s just not possible. I’m back on the barricades more than I have been since the mid-’70s, I think.

I know that currently some causes near to your heart include increasing the minimum wage, especially for restaurant workers. Can you elaborate on that? A few months after the election, about 40 people who run organizations and movements and activists gathered together in upstate New York to try to figure out ‘What are we going to do?’ And one of them was Saru Jayaraman, the founder and director of Restaurant Opportunities Center, fighting for One Fair Wage, so when the minimum wage goes up, it includes tipped workers. It currently doesn’t in all but seven states. The federal mandates of the salary for a tipped worker is $2.13; you can’t live on that. So they’re totally dependent on tips, which also means they’re totally vulnerable to treatment by consumers, by customers. The restaurant industry has the highest rate of sexual harassment. This has kind of coincided with the Me Too movement. The fact is, in the seven states that do have One Fair Wage, sexual harassment is cut in half. I hooked up with Saru; she’s quite amazing. At my age, I’m not going to found any new organizations, but what you can do with celebrity and money is align yourself with someone who is talented and is doing something that you think is going to make a difference. The fact that she got the One Fair Wage measure on the ballot in Michigan also means that more people will turn out to vote themselves a raise, so it’s an electoral strategy as well.

How about your involvement in reform for the Los Angeles County jail system?

About a year and a half ago, I read Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. She was one of the people at that gathering in northern New York. The book, it knocked me. I mean, I know that there’s a disproportionate number of people of color in jails, but I didn’t really understand how intentional it is, and how deliberate, and what it means. The book really did for me what the soldiers did

for me when they explained Vietnam to me. The book had a big effect on me. And then Patrisse Cullors, the cofounder of Black Lives Matter, came out with a book, When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir, which I read, and I got together with her because she was working on a ballot measure called “Reform LA Jails,” to try to prevent the passage of a $3.5 billion bill to build a “mental health jail” — what an oxymoron! — and use that money instead for proper mental health facilities and housing for the homeless. These women are very charismatic and strategic leaders, and I’m working with them on jail reform, criminal justice reform, and fair wages for restaurant workers. I’m also canvassing for Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. She’s a fiery, effective, brilliant, brave congresswoman, so I’ve kind of hooked up with her too.

Switching gears to talk about your career a little . . . Is there anyone you’ve ever worked with that you were in awe of? Anyone who made your heart beat a little faster and your mouth go dry? Working on Julia with Vanessa Redgrave was one example. That was a big deal for me, because I really admire her.

I’ve heard you named your daughter, Vanessa, after her, and that was years before making Julia. Yeah, I did. Also for the alliteration, Vanessa Vadim. (Laughs.) But the name definitely popped into my head because of my admiration for Vanessa Redgrave. Also working with Katharine Hepburn and my dad in On Golden Pond — that was a big deal.

Recently, you’ve had a boon of great roles, from “Grace and Frankie” to “The Newsroom” to Book Club. Are you still searching for a great acting part? (Laughs.) No. I mean, I feel grateful at my age that I have a steady job with “Grace and Frankie.” I’m grateful that I’ve been able to do successful movies like Book Club, and before that, Our Souls at Night, and now I’m working on a sequel to 9 to 5, but I’m more focused on what’s happening in the world and

what I can do about it. I feel another book brewing in me as well. I just read Sally Field’s new book and it’s fantastic. It’s profound and raw and moving. So, I think more about another book than another role.

In the making of the documentary, what was the hardest thing to face? And what was the most fun to look back on? I wrote my memoir, and then Prime Time, which was also fairly autobiographical, so I’ve gone over the material before. It’s always scary to do it on film, but I trusted Susan. I made sure, before I agreed to do it, that she knew that I didn’t want it to be a celebrity biography; that’s not who I am. It had to be about a journey, about my whole life, not just making films. And it is, and I’m grateful for that. I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my life, and it’s hard watching that on film. We’re premiering it here [in Los Angeles] tomorrow night, and I’m nervous.

Why five acts? Susan did something interesting. She divided the documentary into five acts — my father, my first husband, my second husband, my third husband, and then finally I come into my own voice. The last chapter is just called “Jane.” And it makes sense. It was a good way to organize the material she has.

And looking back, what is the biggest personal obstacle you’ve had to overcome? Getting over the feeling that you’re a fraud, getting over the feeling that you don’t deserve love and respect. It has nothing to do with objective reality, it has to do with what you were made to believe when you were young. That sense of who you were: If you’re not perfect, you’re not going to be loved. Most of the men in my life told me I was superficial. It took me until I was a single woman in my 60s to feel like I was starting to become who I was meant to be. We’re all works in progress, and even though I’ve never felt better than I do now, at 80, I’m still a work in progress. And I like to talk about that, because I think it gives women hope. For more information about the screening of Jane Fonda in Five Acts, visit the Hamptons International Film Festival website at www.hamptonsfilmfest.org.

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Jacques Pépin Honored At Hayground This article ran in our July 4 issue By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

World-renowned Chef Jacques Pépin will join honorary chairpersons Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick at this year’s Hayground Chefs Dinner. “It was Florence Fabricant who called me from the New York Times,” said Pépin on being recognized at this year’s event. “They wanted to honor me and I said, ‘Great, terrific.’”

The annual benefit, which supports the Hayground School, will be held Sunday, July 29, in Jeff’s Kitchen at the Bridgehampton school. Five-star chefs will cook for guests as they celebrate Chef Pépin. “I’ve been in the kitchen 70 years now,” noted Pépin when asked about his early culinary memories. He was

exposed to the restaurant business as a young child. His parents, Jeannette and Jean-Victor Pépin, owned the restaurant Le Pélican near Leon, France, where he worked and discovered his love of food. “I was there with my brother working in the kitchen during the war. There were many restaurants in my family. I can count 12 restaurants owned and run by 12 women. It was kind of our life, the restaurant business. It’s part of my DNA I guess,” he said. Pépin came to New York in 1959 to work at the restaurant Le Pavillon, a Fifth Avenue restaurant that is said to have defined French food in the U.S. during this time. He worked with Chef Henri Soulé and Chef Pierre Franey, who lived in East Hampton for many years. Soon after Pépin’s arrival, Craig Claiborne, food editor at the New York Times, introduced Pépin to food writer Helen McCully, who took him under her wing. It was McCully who introduced Pépin to Julia Child, sparking their friendship and working relationship. Later, Howard Johnson, a regular at Le Pavillon, hired Pépin to work alongside Franey to develop food lines for his Howard Johnson’s restaurants. Pépin has starred in numerous television shows. In 1999, he co-starred in the PBS series “Julia and Jacques Cooking At Home” with Child. The show was awarded an Emmy. Pépin, who lives with his wife, Gloria, in Connecticut, was married on the East End. “That was 52 years ago, at Craig Claiborne’s house in East Hampton, when Craig took over food editor of the New York Times,” said the chef. “I’m happy to go back there,” he continued. “Pierre Franey, who lived in East Hampton, was a very dear friend of mine. I worked with him for 12 years. I will meet his daughter there. I’m looking forward to it.” Each year at the Chefs Dinner, the culinary community works together to create a tasting menu paired with remarkable wines. This year’s 10 chefs include Josh Capon of Lure Fishbar and Bowery Meat Company, Christian Mir of Stone Creek Inn, Ayesha Nardjaja of Shuka, Joe Realmuto of Nick & Toni’s, Hillary Sterling of Vic’s, Bill

Telepan of Oceana, and Jason Weiner of Almond. During the dinner there will be a conversation between chefs Eric Ripert and Pépin. This year, the dessert course, created by Claudia Fleming of North Fork Table & Inn, Jessica Craig of L’Artusi, and Francois Payard of Karvér, will be a dessert bar so guests can continue to mingle. Pépin’s advice for aspiring chefs? “Not to go into the business to become famous. Go for the right reasons: that you’re making people happy, that you cook for love, because you like to please people,” he responded. “And if you do this, if you’re on time, if you’re clean, if you’re willing to work properly, any chef would want to take you.” Passionate about teaching, Pépin serves as dean of special programs at The International Culinary Center, founded as the French Culinary Institute, in New York City. He has also received 24 James Beard Foundation awards. The Chefs Dinner will raise financial aid for Hayground School, an inclusive, diverse school that incorporates an Edible Garden/Kitchen Science program into its curriculum. For tickets and more info, visit www.haygroundchefsdinner.org.

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Donut Fans: Follow Your Nose To The Grindstone This article ran in our March 14 issue By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Grindstone Coffee & Donuts first opened its doors at 7 Main Street in Sag Harbor on August 1, 2016, and has proven to be a delicious indulgence East Enders can’t get enough of. Owner Kyle Shanahan grew up in Ohio, dreaming of opening a café. He dropped out of college, twice, to pursue this dream. It was upon visiting his parents’ summer home in Wainscott that he decided to move to East Hampton in 2012. “As soon as I got here I knew this is where I needed to be. It’s so quiet and beautiful in the off-season, and so lively in the summer. I love the balance,” Shanahan said. The rent of East Hampton storefronts proved cost prohibitive for Shanahan. He bought an RV to scope the country for places to settle and sold as many possessions as he could for the start-up money. With a fortunate turn of events, the space at 7 Main Street in Sag Harbor became available, a location seen as a home run by Shanahan. Since the area was already saturated with coffee shops, he took a unique approach, donuts — a concept that was already familiar to him. Long-time friend Brett Eskra, frequently seen behind Grindstone’s front counter, would venture with Shanahan in the Cleveland suburbs, where donut shops were plentiful. “Our favorite was a place called Donut Pantry. It has the little counter for old people to sit and read the newspaper, and all the walls are stained yellow from decades of cigarette smoke.

It’s awesome,” Shanahan reminisced. “I tried getting a job there when I was 15, but I guess I wasn’t qualified.” Creating flavors at his donut shop is a team effort and very causal. Shanahan flips through a “flavor bible” and waits for inspiration. Try Shanahan’s favorite, a Boston Cream with homemade pastry cream, dark chocolate glaze, and cocoa nib, or the fan favorite, Cinnamon Sugar, to perfectly complement your cup of coffee. The brioche dough, made in small batches of 125 donuts each, is made of 83 percent butterfat, eggs, milk, salt, sugar, and fresh yeast. It then goes through a 24-hour fermentation process, is hand cut, and fried every few hours to maintain freshness. All toppings are made in-house. The shop has sold 150 donuts a day during off season and a record 2200 one hectic summer day. Other flavor staples are the Classic Glaze, Chocolate Sprinkles, Lemon Poppy, and S’mores. Stop in during the afternoon hours and potentially snag a complimentary, dayold donut (which still tastes better than any generic brand donut). The roster of edible heaven rotates often, popping up new themes around the holidays. For example, for St. Patrick’s Day, a Chocolate Guinness Stout glaze, with Bailey’s Irish cream graces the menu. Proud of his upbringing, Shanahan explained the name Grindstone comes from a little piece of family history. Shanahan’s grandfather worked in Berea, Ohio, a town that once held

the largest grindstone manufacturing quarry. Shanahan recalled, “When I was little, my grandmother and I would hike through the river where the workers tossed the remnants of broken grindstones and carving stones. I would hunt for them as if they were ancient treasure. It’s one of my favorite memories.” Grindstone is open year-round. “I always took it so personally that places come here in June to leach money out of the tourists, then give a middle finger to the locals as soon as Labor Day is over,” Shanahan explained. “Even during the crazy apocalyptic blizzards that shut down the rest of town, we open at 6 AM so people can come in.” Entering Grindstone’s doors makes as indelible an impression as exiting them. The vibe of the shop is a direct expression of Shanahan himself, a mix of old school donut shop and an extension of his “vintage minimalist” apartment. Grindstone features a diner-esque style board and white counters, and a 1940s-era TV fitted with a new screen plays classics such as “Twilight Zone” or Betty Boop car-

toons. The walls display local artwork for sale, something to keep the decor fresh and community driven. Designs, like coffee beans, donuts, and skulls, are featured on Grindstone’s signature cup sleeves. It’s a twist on a classic donut shop, where edgy details meet Sag Harbor charm. What goes better with donuts than coffee? Books! Enjoy reading from the shop’s mini library as you sit, or bring a book of your own to exchange with one on the shelf. Grindstone merch is also available. With three collaborations recently announced, Grindstone Coffee & Donuts is staying ahead of the game before the warmer weather sets in. It is offering coffee from Stumptown Roasters. Ace Coffee Co. cold brew, brewed in Patchogue, is now on tap. The shop also carries Kombucha from Montauk company Monbrewcha, for those seeking a healthier beverage alternative. Grindstone Coffee & Donuts is located at 7 Main Street in Sag Harbor. Call 631-808-3370. Stay updated, and hungry, by following its Instagram @ grindstonecoffee.

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Padma Lakshmi At Chefs & Champagne This article ran in our July 4 issue By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Padma Lakshmi has been the host of Bravo’s “Top Chef” since 2006. She is an internationally known food expert, best-selling author, actress, model, television host, and executive producer. Lakshmi will be the guest of honor at this summer’s Chefs & Champagne event, held Saturday, July 28, to benefit the James Beard Foundation. JBF is the country’s preeminent culinary organization. One of the most highly anticipated culinary events of summer, it will be held at Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack. Indy caught up with Lakshmi to discuss the event, the East End, and her love of all things culinary.

How did you become involved with the James Beard Foundation? Well I’ve admired the work of the foundation for years. When I was in college and could occasionally splurge on a purchase, it was always a cookbook that won a James Beard Foundation Media Award, because I knew it was a sure mark that the book would be of quality. I have also had the pleasure of attending dinners at the Beard House over the years by chefs and it’s always been stellar. And this past year, I was a presenter at the Media Awards here in New York.

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Do you have any favorite places to eat on the East End? I don’t eat out in the Hamptons all that often — we usually cook at home. It’s such a relaxing place to be with family away from the crowds that the only places I wind up going to is the Green Thumb farm stand and Citarella for meat and cheese! I enjoy eating at Sant Ambroeus once in a while when it’s too hot to cook, and I’m itching to try the new EMP Summer House.

What are some of your favorite summer dishes? My daughter and her father like to go catch crabs down at the beach, and when they bring them back we make a big pot of crab curry. I also love the bounty of produce available every summer — whether it’s stone fruit like red or black plums, juicy peaches, fresh greens, or corn that’s been roasted on the grill and rubbed with a little bit of lime and smoked paprika.

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How did your love of food begin? I always loved to taste new flavors even

when I was a toddler. I hung out in the kitchen with the women in my family and just started to absorb things, I guess. I loved all the sights and smells and overheard all the family gossip. Then, as I grew, I always loved to cook for friends around me. I liked experimenting in the kitchen. But I never thought about it as a profession. I stumbled into it completely by accident. I had to gain 20 pounds for my first acting role. When I finished filming the movie, I went back to modeling, and wanted to lose the weight in a healthy way. I have always loved to cook, and I just took the fat out of my cooking by making the recipes I loved most as healthy as possible. A small cookbook came out of that endeavor. I thought I did it just on a lark, and never expected it to be much of anything. During my book tour, I appeared on the Food Network a couple of times and they offered me a development deal. The rest as they say, is history.

Tell us about some of the other projects you are involved in. I’m an ambassador for the ACLU, for immigration rights, and women’s reproductive health. I also co-founded the Endometriosis Foundation of America, which raises awareness for this devastating illness. I have a few other projects I’m working on at the moment, but never like to discuss projects before they’re finished! For ticket to Chefs & Champagne visit www.jamesbeard.org.

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1770 House: Cozy, Colonial Atmosphere This article ran in our August 15 issue By Hannah Selinger

Not that East Hampton’s 1770 House is unpopular in summer (it isn’t), but the restaurant truly comes to life in winter, when its cozy, 18th Century atmosphere — emphasized by plush antiques, low ceilings, and original wood beams — provides respite from the elements. The restaurant has been functioning, in one capacity or another, at least as far back as 1942, and its richly embroidered history is part of East Hampton. In 2002, restaurateur Ben Krupinksi purchased the restaurant, which he ran — along with Cittanuova and East Hampton Point — until his untimely death in a plane crash this June. The building itself — the actual 1770 house — enjoys a storied past. Erected in the 1600s, the building was initially owned by William Fithian,

an English settler who lived in East Hampton with his wife, Margaret, beginning in 1640. Later, Jonathan Dayton, a third-generation resident of East Hampton, purchased the property, which was inevitably passed down to his grandson, Dr. Bolivar Dayton. Dr. Dayton served as a surgeon in the Civil War and as East Hampton’s town doctor until 1886. Regardless of the home’s origin (and Fithian’s role in creating it), the 1770 House was regarded as “The Jonathan Dayton House” for many years. Its current name, however, refers to its roots as an inn. In 1770, the house became an inn for travelers, and its modern-day identity was born. Today, the 1770 House is both inn and restaurant, restored to reflect its original Colonial architecture (white clapboard exterior, for instance). The

staircases and exposed beams within are all original. On a cold winter evening, there are few spots more inviting than the restaurant’s wood-paneled parlor, equipped with one of several working fireplaces. Oriental rugs, candlelight, and elegant appointments define the space. It’s impossible to feel anything but Colonial in the warm, inviting, historic space. But the 1770 House, décor notwithstanding, is more than a one-trick pony. The food is noteworthy, too. At the helm since 2013, Chef Michael Rozzi curates an impeccable menu, highlighting local ingredients, like fluke and local produce. The basement’s tavern (which also boasts its own fireplace) serves more casual cuisine, included a much-lauded meatloaf. Rozzi’s spicy Montauk fluke tartare, adorned with pickled cucumber and wasabi tobiko, is an admirable take on an old classic, and local beets shine in conjunction with Mecox Dairy Bascom Blue cheese, sunflower seeds, endive, and bacon. Summer striped bass, also local, benefits from the season’s bounty: sweet corn, Dutch runner beans, and a potato ragu. And then there is, of course, the wine. In 2006, Michael Cohen took over the restaurant’s wine program, a position he has held ever since. In the intervening years, he has built a 250-bottle wine list, which has garnered national attention. Since 2007, the list has held a

coveted Wine Spectator Award. The expansive list includes verticals of Opus One and Bond, top growth Bordeaux, and a panoply of wines made by Italian legend Angelo Gaja. As for the inn, well, it’s more than just a stopover for passing travelers these days. The inn has six suites, as well as a two-story carriage house, most of which are equipped with their own fireplaces. The carriage house comes with its own kitchenette, as well as a porch and private garden, divine even in the cooler months. Summer is a lovely time to visit the restaurant, too, to be clear. An intimate patio, flanked by hydrangea, sparkles under strung Edison bulbs. It may not have been exactly what William Fithian envisioned when he built his home nearly 400 years ago, but something tells me he would be fine with how everything turned out.

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Meet Your Winemaker: Roman Roth This article ran in our May 22 issue By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Wölffer Estate is a family owned and operated, sustainably farmed vineyard in Sagaponack led by the curious mind of winemaker and partner Roman Roth. As the vineyard’s first winemaker, this career was more than a desire for the German native, it was a calling. Roth was raised around fine wine. His father was a winemaker in Germany and created a home filled with creativity and passion, said Roth. During holidays and birthdays, his parents would host elaborate parties. On such occasions, an almost comedic competition would arise between Roth’s mother, his brother, who inherited the family wine merchant business, and himself — a trinity of wine collectors. Each would go to their section of the family wine cellar and choose a bottle of higher quality and price. Round after round, glass after glass, a

bigger name and older vintage ushered a riveting rivalry surrounding the dinner table with good food and laughter, all culminating in singing old songs into the night. Roman draws inspiration for his work from wineries throughout the globe that he’s visited. At the young age of 16, Roth began his three-year apprenticeship at the Kaiserstuhl Wine Cooperative in Oberrotweil, while attending technical school in Heilbron. During the summer of 1986, he traveled to Carneros, CA, where he began working at Saintsbury Estate and soon fell in love with his future wife, Dushy, in Hollywood. His travels then took him to New South Wales, Australia and back to Germany to work as a winemaker at Winzerkeller Wiesloch in Baden. “It would be boring to taste only

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wine from one region. That would be like listening to only one type of music,” said Roth. In 1992, he received a Master Winemaker and Cellar Master Degree from the College of Oenology and Viticulture in Weinsberg. It was that same year that he joined Christian Wölffer in New York as the premier winemaker at Wölffer Estate Vineyard. Roth recalled, “He told me that I can buy whatever I need and do whatever I want . . . Well, it worked. It’s been 27 vintages now!” Defined at “the East End appellation,” the maritime climate of the North and South Forks remains moderate year-round, allowing the fruit to ripen into the fall months without jeopardizing the delicate sugar/acid balance, and creating food-friendly wines. Wölffer’s team aims to do most of the work by hand. “Of course, we do have the special Bridgehampton loam here on the South Fork, which is a fantastic foundation for our high end Perle Chardonnay and the Christian Wölffer Cuvee Merlot. The elegant, yet concentrated style that we are able to make separates us completely from the more alcoholic wines of California and makes us stand up to the best wines from France,” Roth explained. The busy season for a winemaker

is mid-September through Thanksgiving. Roth recalled when Christian Wölffer would invite the entire cellar crew to a celebratory dinner at his house which, Roth said, “turned into a bacchanalian feast.” Though tradition has changed, Roth still takes his team out to dinner, followed by bowling, to toast the conclusion of another successful year. “Don’t go into the wine business if you don’t love people. You have to love pouring wine, talking about wine, and thinking about wine morning, noon, and night, seven days a week, in order to become successful,” Roth noted. This season, try pairing a Wölffer Perle Chardonnay with striped bass, roasted local potatoes, fresh corn, and an heirloom tomato salad. Visit www.wolffer.com.

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Gary DePersia Leaves No Stone Unturned This interview ran in our August 8 issue By Zachary Weiss

It would be a challenge to find any part of the Hamptons that Gary DePersia didn’t know like the back of his hand. In speaking with one of the masters of the real estate scene out East, it’s easy to see that his tagline, “Southampton to Montauk, Sagaponack to Shelter Island,” is supported in spades. He and his Corcoran team have a firm handle on the red-hot selling and renting markets, and to think, DePersia’s love for the Hamptons all began with a windsurfing excursion in the ’80s. Read on to get the full scoop.

You’re coming up on 23 years of experience in the real estate scene out East. Where did you get your start? It would be a challenge to find any part of the Hamptons that Gary DePersia didn’t know like the back of his hand. In speaking with one of the masters of the real estate scene out East, it’s easy to see that his tagline, “Southampton to Montauk, Sagaponack to Shelter Island,” is supported in spades. He and his Corcoran team have a firm handle on the red-hot selling and renting markets, and to think, DePersia’s love for the Hamptons all began with a windsurfing excursion in the ’80s. Read on to get the full scoop.

You’re coming up on 23 years of experience in the real estate scene out East. Where did you get your start? I started with Allan M. Schneider Associates in the fall of 1995. I had a textile brokering business for many years in Manhattan, and I saw an opportunity to come out here to start in real estate. In 1995, all of the pieces were in place for me to join Allan Schneider, which was bought by Corcoran in 2006. So I joined, and I’m very happy that I did, because it was the perfect launch for my real estate career. I stayed to see the synergy between the two agencies — Corcoran and Schneider — and for me,

it worked out great. I’m still working with a lot of the same people from when I first joined Allan Schneider, which, in those days, was above Coach on Main Street in East Hampton. We have definitely grown since then.

You specialize in both selling and renting beautiful homes. How do the processes differ for you and your team? They’re really two different animals, although sometimes a renter will become buyer. A renter is looking for something for an immediate need. Sometimes they’re very familiar with the area and where they want to be. They have specifics to give you on location, timeframe, price, and size of house they need, then you go out and find them a number of options that will work. Most often they’ll come out and take a look, but sometimes they’ll just do it over the internet. A buyer, of course, is looking for a much longer term solution. Sometimes they’re brand new to the area, and realize they want a house out here, so it can be a function of not only finding a house for them but also finding an area or village they like. It’s a matter of education for those who aren’t familiar with the Hamptons.

Has the rental business grown in recent years? What do you think has contributed to this? The rental market is going very well this year. Up until about 2008, the biggest part of the rental market was Memorial Day to Labor Day. After the downturn in 2008, you saw less of that. You saw people renting the same kinds of houses, but for a shorter period of time, maybe from July to Labor Day or just July or August. There were a lot more of “a la carte” type time frames, or even two-week rentals, which works well for a landlord, because in the United States you can rent your house for 14 days or less, once per year, and not pay tax.

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This year, though, I’ve done many more full-season rentals from Memorial Day to Labor Day than I’ve done in past years and we’re still doing rentals for parts of August and beyond. What we also see today, which we didn’t see years ago, are people making decisions much closer to the time that they want to rent. Sometimes you get on the call Monday, a lease is signed on Wednesday, and they move in on that Friday. I think people have very complicated schedules now, and they just put it off and make a decision later, hoping there’s something out there.

Is there a particular type of buyer associated with each hamlet on the South Fork? At one time, maybe. Now there’s a huge crossover. South of the highway buyers going north, north of the highway buyers going south! People change their thought process on the Hamptons by their history of usage. Sometimes they find they want to be closer to the city or their golf course or their friends. They have one thing in mind, or had one experience, but their usage of the Hamptons leads them to learn about the different areas. Buyers are much more fluid today than they’ve ever been, and they move around a lot.

Have you noticed any trends to look out for when it comes to the caliber of homes you’re taking on? One of the biggest changes over the last 23 years is that we’ve become more of a country getaway than a beach getaway. It’s not about the beach anymore. People don’t spend all day sitting in the sun like they did years ago. Yes, it’s nice and it’s there, but very often the client is very happy to stay at their home, sit at their pool, have people over for lunch, or host a tennis match. People come out and use their homes all year round too, so when looking to buy or rent a house, clients need to be somewhere where they can enjoy the area for much more than just the beach.

Do you ever work with builders on luxury spec homes? If so, how are these partnerships formed? I represent a number of spec home builders and developers. Over the years, selling new construction has become a big part of my business. I do business with Farrell Building Co., M & M CusContinued On Page 44.

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Kay & The Classic

In The Saddle With Elliman's Kay Lawson

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without the sponsors, a total of 90 with a wide range of businesses eager to interact with this highly desirable demographic. For Kay Lawson, a real estate agent with Douglas Elliman, the Hampton Classic is the perfect combination of business and pleasure. Lawson is an equestrian herself who competes in the Adult Amateur Jumping series at 1.15 meters. Her horse, Bombadella, is her trusted partner-in-crime. “I have a very competitive horse, and if I make a mistake, she can usually cover it up for me,” admitted Lawson with a laugh. With Douglas Elliman as a major sponsor, the Hampton Classic is not just a place to compete but a networking haven, whether it’s in the saddle or in the VIP tent. “It’s fun to be here,” said Lawson. “I see clients and friends and there are a lot of social things happening. Elliman is such a huge sponsor and our president, Scott Durkin, is a dressage rider.” For those unfamiliar, dressage is a discipline on the flat where horses are almost like ballet dancers performing to choregraphed music. “His presence solidifies the company’s support of the

horse community,” she added.

From Humble Beginnings This is the 43rd Hampton Classic Horse Show, which had its humble beginnings in 1971 as the Southampton Horse Show at the Topping Riding Club in Sagaponack. Back then, it was a DYI project where riders would polish their tack, braid their ponies’ manes (mine was Aphrodite), and earn the best reward, an Italian ice. Now, the ClassicPhoto: is one of Smith the largJanet est horse shows in the country and has the proud status of a United States Equestrian Federation Heritage Competition, a prestigious title conveyed on certain shows over 25 years old that have provided for their communities, as well as the horse community as a whole, in an unprecedented fashion. Aside from world-class equestrian competition, the Hampton Classic is the pinnacle of the summer social season with leaders in business, fashion, finance, and entertainment turning out to enjoy. You may see Christie Brinkley, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez, Jerry Seinfeld, Sofia Vergara, Billy Joel, or Mary Kate Olsen.

In The Saddle With Elliman's Kay Lawson

By Heather Buchanan

“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” Winston Churchill. For those who grew up here, going to the Hampton Classic is like seeing a dear old friend. With 1600 horses, a VIP tent that holds 3000 guests, and 50,000 spectators over the course of the show — which this year runs through September 2 — as well as over 100 vendors, the Hampton Classic has a major local economic impact of over $95 million annually, and since 1977 has contributed $2 million to its official partner, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.

Unlike many horse shows, the Hampton Classic is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and broadens its charitable mission by partnering with local nonprofits and equestrian-related charities in everything from its Animal Adoption Day — where you often see animal rights ambassador Georgina Bloomberg and other riders interacting with the dogs, cats, and rescue horses to find them homes — to the Jump For Charity, where riders are paired with different local charities, competing for prize money on their behalf. All of this would not be possible

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Kay & The Classic Spectators can see all levels of competition from the Lead Line class with adorable toddlers and ponies to Olympic champions competing in the $300,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix presented by Douglas Elliman, which takes place on Sunday, September 2. While the well-turned-out riders and horses may look similar, there are many different divisions and categories for all age and skill levels, including the finals of the Long Island Horse Show Series for riders with disabilities. The show also includes a chic boutique garden, petting zoo, international food court, a champagne bar, and luxury cars and boats on display. It is the only time men and women compete directly. The winner of the FEI World Cup Jumping title is a woman, Beezie Madden, who is at the top of her game, at 54, and is competing here this week. What other sport would see women in their 50s and even 60s excelling at the top level? It is this lonBy Heather gevity that Buchanan also attracts women amaPhotos By Kay Gordon M. Grant teurs, like Lawson, to the sport. Lawson points out that in both real estate and equestrian sport, women have traditionally been dominant

leaders. She commented, “Because of the history of show jumping, you’ve had women Olympians for so long it’s part of the fabric of the sport. Like real estate, a lot of the top brokers are women, and it’s historically been that way and no one is surprised at that. That perception in other industries is shifting which is great.”

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Lawson grew up around the corner from her current barn, Twin Oak Stables in Bridgehampton, where she now trains with the successful Grand Prix rider from Ireland, Jonathan Corrigan. “I begged my parents to ride, and at seven, they finally let me,” said Lawson, “And it was hopeless after that.” Lawson got back into riding after college and law school when she bought her first horse, an off-the-track thoroughbred which she trained to compete as a hunter. Her dedication was unwavering as she would rise early to ride before heading into her law firm. But a perfect solution to balance her passions arrived in the form of real estate. “Real estate plus riding is a great

marriage,” she reported, with her specialty in equestrian real estate. “Working with riders and their families is one of my favorite things to do because it’s so specialized and I’m so close to that community. Because I ride, I understand barns, locations, footing, fencing, stalls, and all those details. I can also service my clients in Wellington, FL at the Winter Equestrian Festival, where I compete. But the process and journey of finding a house for anyone, equestrian or not, is always exciting.” Lawson recently sold a dressage barn, but to a non-equestrian family who just loved the land. When asked how she sees the state of the Hamptons real estate market, Lawson responded, “My dad was a broker here with an office next to Candy Kitchen in Bridgehampton. He always said this is two hours from Manhattan with the most beautiful beaches and views and main streets, and it’s always going to be a place people want to be.” Sag Harbor is home for Lawson but her barn also functions as her adjunct home. She said, “My family is my dog and my horse and my barn and my friends.” The barn can be a haven for all sorts, including a top oncologist

from Sloan Kettering who rides with Lawson. “Riding is her favorite thing,” Lawson said. “She just loves horses and connecting with everyone at the barn. That’s why it’s so special.” Lawson also pointed out how the horse world gives back to the broader community, like the recent fundraiser she attended for the Center For Therapeutic Riding on the East End, which services special needs children and adults at their riding program out of Wölffer Estate Stables in Sagaponack. Lawson wanted to relay an important message about riding. “It’s more of an accessible sport than the perception,” she said. “I had a lot of opportunity growing up but I never owned a horse until I bought it myself, and I’ve done this myself for the last 15 years. It’s the real estate that enables me to do this and I feel so fortunate. I have the contacts and connections now because I’m part of the community.” So, for all the parents out there, that first pony ride at the Hampton Classic might just lead to a lifelong passion. To contact Kay Lawson, call 631725-0200 or email kay.lawson@elliman.com.

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ite. If I had to choose, Elizabeth II, my own home, is one of my favorites.

Tell us about Bespoke Home! When did you feel ready to produce a portfolio of your work to share with the world? Bespoke Home came about when we were nominated for the Cooper Hewitt Design Award and needed to create a comprehensive portfolio of our work for the judges to review. During this process we were approached by a publisher who was interested in publishing a book of our work and the pieces fell into place. Bespoke Home is a carefully selected collection of our work and we are very happy with the response it is receiving.

You’ve built a significant following through social media. Has this become a tool to find new clientele?

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Social media is a great tool to reach clients around the world.

Is your own home created within your same signature

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style? How did you tailor the perfect design for your own lifestyle? The clients are involved throughout the design process and construction so it doesn’t ever feel like we had the keys to hand off. We are always very excited to receive feedback from our clients after they have spent time in the home.

I’m sure it’s like picking a favorite child, but are there any homes that stand out to you as your favorite creations? Once the design is approved by the client, we move forward with a contractor and continue to design the interior details and finishes throughout construction, ensuring the final project fits the design intent. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the firm’s philosophy.

When you’re not designing and building beautiful homes, how do you relax and unwind? Spend time with my family, surf, and snowboard.

By Zachary Weiss

Paul Masi has mastered the art of coastal modernism, all while maintaining a keen focus on the needs of his discerning clientele. The world renowned architect, who counts The Hamptons as his full time home base, sat down to answer our questions about his iconic homes, his standout masterpieces that include his own residence, and his coveted retrospective, Bespoke Home.

How did you hone in on your unique style of architecture? Our firm is focused more on craft than a single style in our work. Our methodology focuses on the history and context of each site, as well as building science and how materials go together.

Tell us about how you got your start as an architect.

Can you walk us through the process of designing a home with a client? What does it entail from start to finish?

Growing up, I spent a lot of time on the East End and was exposed to quality architecture. My parents, both of whom are artists, embraced design and creativity not only in their own home but in friend’s homes as well. In particular, one of their closest friends built a unique home and as a young child I was able to see firsthand how your experience of living could be changed by the environment you’re living in. This started me down the pathway toward architecture.

I’m not sure this is a short answer. Designing a home begins with the client’s needs and the property, then our firm spends several weeks researching the surrounding area, materials, and craft a unique architectural language that is specific to the project and its environment. Each property is obviously a labor of love. How does it feel to hand off the keys to a finished masterpiece? Each project is so unique from one another, it is difficult to choose a favor-

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Greenport Hosts ‘Families Belong Together’ Rally This article ran in our July 4 issue By Jade Eckardt

Sweltering midday sun didn’t stop hundreds of community members from coming together on Saturday, June 30, in Greenport in support of the “Families Belong Together” day of action to condemn the Trump Administration’s U.S.-Mexico border policy of separating immigrant families. The rally was one of over 700 that thousands participated in across the U.S. on the same day and was hosted by the North Fork Spanish Apostolate, an organization that serves as a cata-

lyst for social change on Long Island’s East End. Sister Margaret Smythe, who established the apostolate in 1996, and Dr. Carolyn Peabody of Orient, organized the event. Attendees wore white in solidarity and gathered by the water in Mitchell Park. Adults and children held an array of hand-made signs that shared messages aiming to put an end to the family separation policy, which has separated more than 2000 children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Social worker Tehmina Tirmizi was one of many who spoke to the crowd from a microphone under a tent behind the carousel, which continued business as usual during the rally. “People don’t leave their home country unless violence or turmoil is too great for them to bear. No one looks forward to a harsh journey that leaves many of our immigrant friends vulnerable to discrimination, low wages, and distress,” she said. “We all need to raise our voices and stand together for those families.” Margaret Cowden, a retired Baptist minister, spoke of the current administration’s failure to separate church and state. She referred to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s mid-June defense of the Trump Administration’s family separation policy, where he cited a passage from the Apostle Paul’s epistle to the Romans: “. . . and his clear and wise command . . . to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained them for the purpose of order.” “I was dismayed by the attorney general smugly quoting scripture in defense of the utterly indefensible policy of zero-tolerance and the deplorable practice of separating families seeking

asylum,” she said. “I was outraged as both as a citizen and as a Christian.” Cowden said that while it’s appropriate for people of all faiths to turn to their own scriptures for guidance, using religion in defense of political action is not. “When holy scriptures of one tradition are used in a multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith nation as a weapon to justify inhumane actions and policies, the wall of separation between church and state has been breached. I would suggest that that is the only wall we need to protect our national safety,” she said. When Sister Margaret took the microphone, she mentioned a North Fork family that was ripped apart when a mother and child were detained together. They were then sent away on a plane and the husband/father had no hint as to where his family had gone. “This is happening on the North Fork. People are coming to our office saying that their child is in a detention center. They’re asking how to find out where they are. We’re here to say this shouldn’t be happening in the first place,” Sister Margaret said. “It’s very important that each of us have a voice and that our voices together make a big, loud sound.” She said the family was eventually reunited, but that the traumatic experience has had a lasting effect on them. Val Shelby, a co-chair of the Southold Town Anti-Bias Task Force, spoke before leading the crowd in a pledge for humanity. “We’re all immigrants. Everyone here is an immigrant. America is the land of plenty. You can’t think that people are coming here and taking your jobs and your houses. America has an abundance of everything,” said Shelby. She then led the pledge, and together the crowd pledged to treat people with “kindness, with love, with respect, and to not turn away from injustice.” Several tables were set up by community outreach organizations, including the Apostolate, a voter registration group, and Vote Like a Mother, a local organization aiming to rally people for change. The crowd sang “We Shall Overcome” and “God Bless America” as the event came to an end.

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Matchbook Distilling Co: Unmatchable Spirit This article ran in our July 11 issue By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

Once a whaling village, Greenport has been making a splash in the beverage industry. For beer, there’s the Greenport Harbor Brewing Company and now, for spirits, there’s a new kid on the block, Matchbook Distilling Co. The team behind this “bespoke distillery and incubator” is changing the dynamic of the spirits industry, one label at a time. Envision walking into a 38,000-square-foot warehouse, where imagination guides your spirit, literally, including a wall of straight botanicals, where people can come in and create their own blend. Bars and restaurants, farmers, start-ups, and brands — everyone from the eager-to-learn novice to industry experts looking to stretch their creativity has an opportunity to create a tailor-made libation. This in-

cludes the finest of flavors and bottle branding. “When you think about what distilling is, you are literally capturing flavor in a super concentrated form. You’re building flavor and then taking it out by separating it from everything else,” said Leslie Merinoff Kwasnieski. She and Brian Kwasnieski are the company’s co-founders. They have a history of innovative start-ups together. In their college town of Burlington, VT, they founded Broke in Burlington, a company that listed drink and event specials at local bars and restaurants. Eventually, through establishing close relationships with local businesses, the company gained popularity among the public and grew to aid in spirits promotions for several college towns. It was from that Merinoff Kwas-

nieski was hired by William Grant & Sons to take the lead in sales of Sailor Jerry Rum, where she proudly closed a million cases. From this benchmark success, she then ventured to The Noble Experiment NYC, a Brooklyn-based craft distillery. It was here that she came to understand the hardships faced by small businesses, as giant companies continue to control the market, she said. “It’s the same thing again and again. We want to push people to think outside of the box,” she explained. “What I wanted to do with Matchbook was create a launch pad for people to create the spirits that they wanted to create without compromising, in a simpler space.” It was also during this time, working for The Noble Experiment NYC, that she fell in love with Greenport. Taking the ferry allowed her to admire the waterfront view of this port town. Between the wineries and the agriculture, it all clicked. And so, after two months of trial research and development, Matchbook Distilling Co. was born, with an official opening at the end of June. Clients can be as hands on as they’d like or entrust the team to run free with the project. Paul Monahan is the chief marketing officer. He was once a global ambassador for Sailor

Jerry Rum and winner of Wine Enthusiast’s Mixologist/Brand Ambassador of the Year in 2012. Nancy Cameron Duffy is creative director alongside her business partner and husband Josh Duffy, director of fabrication. “It’s so much more than a logo. It’s the liquid, the full label, the full concept . . . For brands specifically, we want people to have a really good idea on what their marketing and sales strategy is going to be,” Merinoff Kwasnieski said. “We prioritize client tradition, agriculture, and anthropology of making spirits.” The men behind the crafting are the chief of science and distilling, Matthew Spinozzi, and head of production and development, Dean Babiar. Spinozzi holds a master’s of science degree in brewing and distilling from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Babiar graduated from the University of Maryland, where he studied agricultural economics. Babiar has worked as a winemaker, focusing on old-school methods across five continents, landing the role as head winemaker at Jamesport Vineyards. “The best thing I’ve ever done is create this team . . . everyone plays so well off of each other,” Merinoff Kwasnieski said. “When they have great ideas, being able to have them come to fruition has been one of the best experiences of my life. It’s so great that we get to be together all the time, in Greenport, that is such a stunning and likeminded setting for this to happen.” Clients have full ownership rights and Matchbook proudly carries the craft bottles at its sister property and boutique hotel, the Lin Beach House, for the public to enjoy. For roughly $6000 a year, with prices varying with ingredients and order size, once a project is in the works, clients can partake in year-round programming, including private events, classes, tastings, and dinners. Included in the warehouse space is also a front-of-the-house coffee bar to work, host meetings, meet friends, and indulge in a fuller experience. Matchbook will set up a pop-up at the Hayground Chefs Dinner on Sunday, July 29. There, guests can experience a micro version of its botanical wall, with 20 botanicals hanging from silk ribbons, with a bar to itemize the distillates to blend a mini cocktail. Matchbook Distilling Co. is located at 230 Corwin Street in Greenport. Visit its website at www.matchbookdistillingco.com or follow on social media @matchbookdistilling. Visit its tasting room at sister property, boutique hotel The Lin Beach House, 455 Route 25 in Greenport.

December 26, 2018

June 27 Issue: Classic Summer Dining By Norah Bradford

This week’s focus ahead of the July 4 celebrations is on that classic summer dinner. Summer dining is light, social and needs to be oh, so well executed. This week we focus on that classic summertime wine, rosé, along with the dishes and chefs you need to experience in the coming week…

The Chefs

The Rosés

The Dishes

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1. James Carpenter is creative in Claude’s kitchen. A veteran not just of the U.S. Navy but also in hospitality and some of the East End’s finest kitchens, Chef Carpenter brings decades of culinary experience. Prior to joining the team at Claude’s, Carpenter was executive chef at eateries including Della Femina, The American Hotel, Page at 63 Main, The Living Room, and East Hampton Point. Serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner both inside and on the outdoor patio to guests and public starting at 7 AM. www.southamptoninn.com 2. Brian Szostak is brilliant at the Bridgehampton Inn. With over two decades as the hands behind some of the East End’s most talented chefs, Szostak is finally getting his time to shine as the Bridgehampton Inn’s new executive chef. A seasonally-minded chef, he manages a consistently evolving menu based on freshness, taste, and availability. Those who have been blown away at Amarelle, Jedediah Hawkins, the Riverhead Project, Stone Creek Inn, or Noah’s during the past few years have already tasted dishes hand-crafted by Chef Szostak. www.bridgehamptoninn.com 3. Eric Miller’s CIA skills put to work at Bay Kitchen Bar. A Culinary Institute of America graduate in 1980, Chef Miller spent time in notable New York kitchens, including The Helmsley Palace Hotel in Manhattan and The Long Wharf and Carol’s in Sag Harbor. In 1985, he was awarded “Chef of the Year” by The Aspen Times for his culinary brilliance at Aspen’s Charlemagne Restaurant. He then transitioned back to the New York fine dining circuit under chef Christian Delouvrier at Le Parker Meridien’s Maurice, earning three stars from The New York Times. www.baykitchenbar.com 4. Scott Kampf sizzles at Southampton Social Club. New York native Scott Kampf has led an illustrious career with a focus on French-American cooking with honors including the acclaimed Chaine des Rôtisseurs Award of Excellence and Star Chef ’s People’s Choice Award. He developed his natural cooking ability while living abroad and traveling around France, Italy, and Spain to study international cuisine. A multi-talented chef, Kampf is also helming the kitchen in Southampton favorite Union Cantina. www.southamptonsocialclub.com

4. 1. Chateau de Chausse Rosé Cotes de Provence 2016. This is the wine for the Summer of 2018. What rosé could boast better social credentials in the Hamptons than one coming from a vineyard located close to St. Tropez in the South of France? Chateau de Chausse produces a range of syrah, cabernet Sauvignon, cinsault, Grenache and rolle. These grapes provide the key to the fabulous Rosé Cotes de Provence 2016. Blended from Cinsault and Grenache grapes, this rosé has high minerality and is dry with a fruity taste, which reflects the proximity of the soil from the Mediterranean. www.chateaudechausse.com 2. Hampton Water Rosé Wine 2017. You are definitely not “living on a prayer” ordering a bottle of Diving into Hampton Water Rosé 2017 — a blend of Grenache, Cinsault and Mourvedre grapes from a new winery involving rock legend Jon Bon Jovi. Before long, like the hit song, this wine will be “Wanted, Dead or Alive” www.hamptonwaterwine.com 3. Miraval Rosé Cote de Provence 2017. Boasting access to some of the best terroir in Provence, combined with ideal geographic elevation and climate, movie-star Brad Pitt felt compelled to get involved in creating this high-end summer rosé. Miraval incidentally also makes a delicate olive oil for cooking. www.miraval-provence.com 4. Wölffer Estate Summer in a Bottle Rose. Produced and bottled on Long Island, New York Wölffer Estates celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Wolffer’s Summer in a Bottle Rosé is a non-vintage wine which aims to capture the spirit and style of the Hamptons in a bottle. A blend of some six grape varietals, the wine, which has a light, coppery color, is full of aromas, with some acidity and minerality for balance. www.wolffer.com

4. 1. Try the Cioppino on a date night at Southampton’s Tutto Il Giorno — a classic Neopolitan shellfish stew with lobster, calamari, mussels, and clams. www.tuttoilgiorno.com 2. Go casual at The Blue Parrot in East Hampton and try the house guacamole — made with fresh avocados, white onions, lime, cilantro, and Pico de gallo. Enjoy! www. blueparroteasthampton.com 3. Feel French at brunch perennial Pierre’s in Bridgehampton and order the Salade de tomate a la mangue et avocat. This light salad, combining tomatoes with mango and avocado, and topped with olive oil and lemon juice will refresh the palate. www. pierresbridgehampton.com 4. Enjoy a touch of Tuscany at Sotto Sopra in Amagansett and bond over a classic pizza. Try the Picante pizza combining sliced pepperoni, spicy sausage, and creamy ricotta. Feeling hungry yet? www.restaurantsottosopra.com

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A Walk Down Memory Lane With Lois Wright This article ran in our July 25 issue By Valerie Bando-Meinken valerie@indyeastend.com

“Bette Davis had very talented hands,” recalled Lois Wright, who recently celebrated her 90th birthday. A student of palmistry and tarot cards, Wright gave readings to the many celebrities who frequented the Hamptons. “I remember reading Frank Sinatra’s palm but there wasn’t anything there that made an impression on me. He had a normal palm. I really only remember the ones that stand out,” she said. Spending many of her summers in East Hampton, Wright read palms at

the Sea Spray on the Dunes in East Hampton, Gurney’s in Montauk, and The Old Post House in Southampton. When summer would end, Wright would return with her family to live in a hotel in New York City. “We stayed at Gramercy Park and I went back to school. I also lived in Freeport and Garden City. But Mother loved the city so we would always go back to it.” Soon after the Hurricane of 1938, the Wright family came to East Hampton, living in the farmhouse

that is now the Springs Library. But “the house had no heat,” explained Wright, so they would still return to New York City to live in a hotel for the winter. When speaking of her parents, Wright remembers her mother, Kathryn, with a smile. “Mother was musically inclined. She had a talent that allowed her to play instruments without formal lessons and compose her own music and songs, which she loved to play.” William, Wright’s father, was a concert pianist.

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“He didn’t allow anyone to play the piano when he was home,” said Wright. “I think he was a little jealous. She didn’t have to study like he did to play well. She was a composer without any formal training. She would try it on the piano when she was writing a song. She just had an ear for music.”

Living With The Edies When Wright’s mother passed away in 1975, she went to live with her mother’s close friend, Edith Bouvier Beale, and her daughter. The aunt of the former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Beale lived in the famed Grey Gardens. Wright had visited there often and vividly recalled her arrival at the Beale home. “I knew what to bring. I brought a green canvas cot, a flashlight, some cooking pots, a few hats, and a strong heavy stick. I knew I might need it to scare off some raccoons and I needed the pots because the Beales didn’t use the kitchen, only a hot plate in the bedroom.” For 13 months, Wright lived with “Big Edie and Little Edie.” “I was given the ‘eye room’ and I filled it with my paintings. I like to paint faces. Some are people I know but some are just from my imagination,” she stated. Wright still has her easel set up in her East Hampton home for when she is inspired to paint. In addition to painting, Wright is the author of My Life at Grey Gardens, a book she wrote to capture the details of life with the Beales. Few knew that Wright actually lived in the squalor of Grey Gardens and the film which was released in 1976 chose to min-

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imize Wright’s role in the lives of Big Edie and Little Edie as well as her presence at Grey Gardens, she said. Her book holds a place in the Library of Congress. 30 years on LTV A local celebrity, Wright still produces the longest-running TV show on LTV. Thirty years and still going, Wright’s talk show entertains audiences with her guests and Wright’s own witticism. Her close friend, Joyce Whitby, is always on hand to assist and help further some of the ideas Wright has for her shows. Setting the stage in the 1870s in the Old West, Wright brought her “Pete’s Old West Grey Horse Saloon” to life, explaining to audiences that there was a special stagecoach which acted as a time machine bringing the talk show’s guests back in time. Dressed in cowboy hats and western gear, Whitby aided in the fantasy by playing a pig farmer named Patsy McKenna. “It’s all great fun!” said Wright. Those who know Wright describe her as “a very special lady.” Aaron Robinson, a friend and her “online representative for her Facebook page,” is one of those who have known Wright for many years. “I’ve been very lucky to have Lois in my life. We’ve been avid letter writers (a lost art) throughout our friendship.” A musician, Robinson has lent his talents to Wright’s LTV show as a guest on numerous occasions but also in the composition of the show’s score, “Ragtime Piano.” According to Robinson, as a recent guest on Wright’s show, “I brought my wife and son, who is six years old. She read his palm on the air. It was very

special for me, since I’ve known Lois long before his birth and long before I was married.” The Robinson family also attended Wright’s 90th birthday party. “Fans from all over the world sent her messages,” Robinson revealed. “She was wished a happy and healthy 90th by nearly 2000 fans! My son drew a picture of Grey Gardens for her and Lois showed him where the ‘Eye Room’ was where she slept while staying with the Beales in the mid-1970s.”

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Tom Brooks can’t believe what has happened: The Pierson Whalers season is over. Independent/Gordon M. Grant

Whalers Out; Greenport Wins Title This article ran in our February 21 issue By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

One day both Pierson’s boys and girls basketball teams were basking in the glow of success, having achieved their primary goal: a berth in the Suffolk County playoffs, which offers a road to the state tournament and ultimately a state championship. Both awaited the next step, and it was a rarity: a doubleheader, with both teams playing their opening games the same day at home on February 14.

And, just like that, the season was over. First, the Pierson/Bridgehampton Lady Whalers were upset by Stony Brook 4744. (See separate story.) The next game the boys team, favored to beat Port Jefferson, and was eliminated 43-32. The boys had an excuse. Will Martin, the team’s top scorer, was out with a torn ACL, and Martin provides the firepower the team needs to run on. The senior, who went over the 1000-point

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career mark last month, is a relentless and energetic machine, pressing the action on both sides of the floor. The Whalers struggled without him, though give the Royals credit: Port Jeff played a hustling defense that left Pierson struggling to run a coordinated offense. After hanging in for most of the first stanza the Whalers went stone cold, tallying a single point from that point until halftime. Port Jefferson wasn’t exactly scorching the threads either, but the double-digit lead proved insurmountable since the home team lacked the offensive power to make a charge. E.J. Burke and Henry Brooks each scored 10 for Pierson. The team finished with an 11-10 overall record and went 10-3 in League VIII. The giddy Royals, 8-12 overall but only 1-9 in League VII, mounted a spirited celebration at the final buzzer, but it proved a Pyrrhic victory—waiting in the wings was Greenport and the Suffolk Class C title game, once again played at Suffolk Community College’s Selden Campus on Friday. The Porters were motivated on two fronts: not only were they still smarting from last year’s upset to Stony Brook in the finale, but also by the perception that this team is destined for more than just a county title—this team has the look of a state title contender. And now they’ll get their chance to go upstate. The Porters dispensed the Bears with ruthless efficiency, 71-41, and now await the NYS Class C playoff seedings to find out who’s next. They are 19-2 on the season and they won the League VIII title with an undefeated record. It was over early: Greenport is a deep and talented team, but there is a special player here: the sophomore Ahkee Anderson, an honor student off the court and the undisputed leader of the team on the floor. He took off early, scoring nine points and dishing out for several more scores as the locals opened a 25-9 win. Anderson, a legitimate Suffolk Small Schools Player of the Year candidate, took the foot off the pedal at that point and finished with 21 points and nine assists. It’s by no means a one-man team, however. Julian Swann, a six-foot, fourinch bruiser, controls the paint and the boards. He finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds on the night. The locals employ three starting guards, and all of them can burn: Jordan Fonseca had 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds for Greenport and Jaxan Swann added seven assists and three steals. Jaxan Swann is the only senior of the group, so there are a lot more wins in the bag before this squad is finished. Alas, the season is over for two other local teams. East Hampton lost

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Pierson’s Henry Brooks drives for a score against Port Jefferson. Independent/Gordon M. Grant

a heartbreaker to Glenn 92-89 in triple overtime on February 14 in the open-

ing round of the Suffolk Class A playoff, Southampton was eliminated by Ami-

tyville, another Suffolk team with state title aspirations, on Friday.

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Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth on the fourth hole during a practice round at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club. Independent/USGA/Chris Keane

Overflow Crowds As Tiger Takes The Stage This article ran in our June 16 issue By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

Ask the casual fan who the top golfers in the world are and they might answer Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson and maybe add in Sergio Garcia or even Ernie Els and Paddy Harrington from the European circuit. That was true — in 2004, the last time Shinnecock Hills Golf Club hosted the U.S. Open. Woods, only 29 at the time, had already stamped himself as the heir apparent to Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer of all time. The Golden Bear won 18 Majors during his illustrious career that spanned four decades. When Woods won his 14th 10 years ago (the U.S. Open), it seemed only a matter of time before he vaulted past Nicklaus to immortality. But Woods found it increasingly difficult to grab another victory in a major tournament (British Open, Professional Golfers’ Association, the Masters) over the next few years, and

then endured a fall from power almost unprecedented in the annals of sport. First, a very public scandal cost him his marriage; a car accident knocked him out of commission; a series of ailments, most notably back injuries that required numerous surgeries, rendered Woods an afterthought on the PGA tour. On the few occasions he even attempted to play, he was terrible. In May 2017, he suffered the ultimate indignity, an arrest for public intoxication after he was found at the wheel of his car at 3 AM stoned on medication he used to help recover from surgery. Experts and pundits said Woods’ s career was over, that he could not compete with the young Turks who took over the sport after being inspired by Woods when they were just kids. They’ll be here this week: Justin (JT) Thomas, who is only 25 and is al-

ready been the top-rated player in the world. He won the PGA tournament; he won the FedEx title last year and the $10 million that goes with it. His good friend, Jordan Spieth, won’t turn 25 until July 27; he’s got three Majors under his belt already. Rory McIlroy, 28, from Northern Island, is considered in many quarters to be the best golfer in the world; he already won four Majors. But the favorite coming into Shinnecock, and the current top-ranked player, is Dustin (DJ) Johnson, 32, who just won the St. Jude Classic, his 18th tour victory. But never, ever count Tiger out. Somehow, after all the mishaps, he clawed back and stunned the golf world by finishing second in the Valspar Championship earlier this year, and did so looking like the Tiger of old, ripping scorching drives and long irons and displaying a deft (though still inconsistent) putting stroke. He is hungry to take on the Turks in search of Major #15. And then there is Phil Mickelson. He’s won five majors, but never the Open. He turns 48 on — you guessed it — what’s known as Moving Day, the third round of the tournament when contenders make their move up the leaderboard. The years have been kind to Phil: he is currently the 20th ranked player on the planet. Any of these players could win; in fact, there is so much parity on the tour right now that anyone in the field could

surprise. Other notables who could be in the hunt come Sunday are Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Stenson, or Patrick Reed, who won this year’s Masters. Want a longshot? Try Bryson DeChambeau, the robotic golfer who is coming into his own. Our own Bob Bubka picks a real longshot, Brent Snedeker. Kevin Somers at Maidstone in East Hampton favors Ricky Fowler. Michael Giglio at Poxabogue chose DJ. So, did Lenny Rodriguez over at the Sag Harbor State golf course. Eric Phelan at Indian Island Country Club in Riverhead likes Justin Rose, DJ, and for a longshot, JB Holmes. Wanna bet? Fantasy Golf is the fastest growing element of the booming, multi-billion Fantasy Sports boom. Draft Kings has a $3.5 million tournament up for the U.S. Open with a cool $1 million going to the winner. And it’s only $20 to play. Make sure to read Bubka’s Chip Shots in today’s sports section. Bubka made history when he went on the radio and predicted Lucas Glover would win the 2009 Open, which was played at Bethpage. A famous British bookie, Paddy Power, complained that Bubka’s prediction cost him $1.3 million. As for this reporter, in addition to Rory and DJ, Hideki Matsuyama is finally healthy and should be competitive. We like Bryson DeChambeau’s recent form. Tommy Fleetwood is a longshot with a real chance.

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December 26, 2018

MSG Wins County Soccer Title

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.

This article ran in our October 31 issue 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

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. Independent/Desirée Keegan

“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 running back Jaden AlfanoStJohn rushes ahead of a swarm of Kings Park opponents. Independent/ Gordon M. Grant

Westhampton Wins Rain-Soaked Battle This article ran in our November 14 issue By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

The rain may have dampened the evening for some, but it was exactly what Westhampton Beach’s football team was hoping for. The top-seeded Hurricanes’ threeheaded monster got down and dirty and weathered the storm to topple Kings Park 33-9 in the Suffolk County Division III semifinals November 9. The running back trio of Jaden AlfanoStJohn, Liam McIntyre, and Tyler Nolan totaled 331 yards and four touchdowns

in Westhampton's 22nd straight win. “Kings Park is a great team — has a great offense — and throws the ball really well, so we were hoping some rain and wind would come down,” said McIntyre, a senior. “I think people are starting to realize Westhampton’s legit; they’re still on the map.” McIntyre gained 131 yards on 25 carries, made 11 tackles, had an interception, and scored two touchdowns in the win. “Trying to tackle Liam for four

quarters is a chore,” said head coach Bryan Schaumloffel. “If we ever know we need something, we’re going to give Liam the ball, he’s going to run hard, and he’s going to punish people for four quarters.” Westhampton (10-0) got off to a slow start in the first half. McIntyre scored the Hurricanes’ first touchdown on a three-yard run in the first quarter to give his team a 7-6 lead. But a 37-yard field goal by Dylan Squilllacioti gave Kings Park the lead heading into halftime. It was the first time since Westhampton’s season-opener that the team trailed heading into the locker room. “There were some nerves,” McIntyre said. “I took the seniors into the back of the locker room and told them we weren’t going to let this be our last game. And we came out firing.” The Hurricanes stormed out of the gate to receive the kickoff for the second half. Two plays into a five-play drive, Nolan, a senior, jetted down the left sideline for 60 yards, and junior running back AlfanoStJohn capped the drive with a fiveyard touchdown run to give Westhamp-

ton the lead for good. AlfanoStJohn scored two touchdowns and finished with 90 yards on 13 carries. “We pounded the ball — played physical and tempered the weather,” said AlfanoStJohn. “The offensive line opened holes up for me and I made my cuts.” “We know we can run down other teams as long as we play our game,” said Nolan, who carried the ball 13 times for 110 yards. “They might be able to hang with us for the first and second quarter, but we weather the storm and get them every time.” Westhampton will face No. 2 Half Hollow Hills West in the Suffolk County final Saturday, November 17, at Stony Brook University at 4 PM. McIntyre said it’s just the next step in the team’s goal of proving last year wasn’t a fluke. “People said we wouldn’t do this, we wouldn’t do that — we just wanted to have a great season and make our own legacy,” McIntyre said. “We’re excited to be back, but I think a lot more of the excitement comes from facing adversity.”

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Westhampton Beach senior Juliet Tomaro celebrates her second doubles win with junior Rose Peruso, which earned the Hurricanes their first Suffolk County team title since 2008 at William Floyd High School October 24. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Tomaro, Peruso Twice As Nice This article ran in our October 31 issue By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

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 Commack 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. “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 be-

ginning 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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Continued From Page 14. America and New Jersey’s American Dream mall. But it also develops industrial properties like Enterprise Park.

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would bear fruit. “The land has been sitting here 20 years and nothing has happened to it,” Ghermezian said at the meeting. He claimed Triple Five would create jobs like it did in Silicon Valley. “I understand you have had bad experiences with other people,” Ghermezian said. He told those gathered he was trustworthy and that the town was “lucky” he came forward. Amper has his doubts. “The only reason why the town is listening is because it is in dire financial straits.” In fact, he pointed out the next Big Thing has already made an appearance on the horizon: The solar company sPower recently told the town board it wants to buy the remaining townowned land at EPCAL for more than $40 million to build solar energy panels.

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Continued From Page 25. tom Homes, East End Building Company, Lifton-Green, James Michael Howard, and DiMarco Development, to name a few, so I’m very familiar with the process. It can be ground-up, where the property has not been built yet, or something that’s in the process of being built, or you sell them a brand new house that’s been completed. These partnerships are formed through the developers giving you a shot at something. They’ve either been referred to you or heard about you, and when they have a great experience with you they give you more. With a firm like Farrell Building Co. I’ve done over a quarter of a billion dollars’ worth of business with them since the early 2000s.

You operate your own website, in addition to your Corcoran database. How did this idea come about? In the early 2000s, when I started my own website, it was rough and very basic. You needed something that talked about you, your listings, and you generally had more latitude than you did on your company’s website which in those days weren’t very elaborate. Even today with Corcoran having the best website in the business, a personal website can add many layers to your business. For me, they go hand-in-hand.

Are there any other modern tools you use to sell or rent a home? Besides my two in-house people who work for me in my office, and do a number of things for me like showings, open houses, and launching new

listings, I also have a dedicated marketing person who I use called Dead On Design. They manage my website, photography, brochures, and interface with Corcoran to manage my listings. I also have my own PR consultant, Suzee Foster, and a social media person, Danielle Gingerich.

In a way, do you think you’ve become your own brand? Brokers are independent contractors. We’re working within a company, but in a sense, are working for ourselves. Almost all of the top brokers have created a brand. I began doing considerable advertising in the early 2000s, so my name and eventually my face were out there. Because I have a significant amount of listings, I’m advertising constantly and people see me. So yes, I’m a brand within a brand!

We hear you’re an avid skier. Where do you escape for your favorite slopes? Aspen is where I usually go, although I have skied in many of the areas out west in Colorado and Utah. I’ve been skiing there for almost 35 years. I’ve also gone heli-skiing and cat-skiing in British Columbia, which are amazing experiences. But as far as the place I go most often, that would be Aspen.

In the summer months, when skiing isn’t necessarily an option, where can you be found during your free time? I get to travel every now and then, but I’m very busy in the summer. When I have some free time, outside of my daily gym routine, I’ll go out and windsurf when conditions permit. Windsurfing is what originally brought me to the Hamptons in the mid-’80s when I rented each year from April to October. I was once a decent golfer, with two holes in one at Montauk Downs actually, but don’t play as much anymore. Otherwise, I’m busy working.

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Continued From Page 21. 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.”

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Panic Disorder This column ran in our October 17 issue nicole@indyeastend.com @NikkiOnTheDaily

Some health issues cannot be seen, they are the silent sufferings that are felt with the heart and battled with the mind. It could be a stranger, it could be a friend, it could be you. It is me. Last Wednesday, October 10, was World Mental Health Day and in acknowledgement of that day, I am breaking a very personal story to my readers, in hopes it gives strength to others. I suffer from panic disorder. Panic attacks are classified as a mental health disorder. They are not anxiety attacks, which are short lived and onset by a particular stressor. Panic attacks are unprovoked, unpredictable, and can even occur when waking up. Anxiety Disorder is the most common mental health issue in America, affecting 40 million adults (18.1 percent), in that number six million (2.7 percent) have panic disorder (PD). Women, unfortunately, are twice as likely to be affected than men. This is my story. “I am present, I am here, this is real.” This is the mantra I’ve repeated to myself more times than I’d like to admit over the course of my life. I’ve been hiding in the shadows, but now’s the time to step out of the darkness and shine light on the real issue. I struggle with panic attacks nearly every single day. Inhale, exhale. Life’s most basic function

has become my biggest burden. Many mornings I wake up afraid to take my next breath, each gasp of air becoming a cognitive chore. When I was seven years old, my mother took me to St. Lucia for our first mother-daughter trip and scheduled my first (and only) scuba diving lesson. Unfamiliar with the breathing techniques while using the air tanks, I panicked. I became faint and fearful I wouldn’t get enough air. As memories fade and blend together, this single moment became an irreversible turningpoint in my life. I developed anxiety associated with getting enough oxygen. My life was never the same. Slumber parties, a young girl’s favorite pastime filled with friends, were a dreaded invite. I distinctly remember calling my mother several times from my peers’ houses at odd hours of the night to pick me up. “It’s happening. I’m scared. Can you come get me?” It socially isolated me, “the girl who couldn’t spend the night without her mommy.” I was ashamed. As the months rolled on, so did my emotional triggers. I feared the onset of another attack, thus developing into the classification of panic disorder. Time off from school frightened me, vacation time meant more hours of the day where my

mind would wander. I couldn’t be alone with my own thoughts; I needed a distraction. It was all happening so fast. Eventually, any place related to darkness became a call for distress. Then, the worst happened. In a plateau of events, I feared the moment the sun went down, and winter was a chilling reminder that the days were shortened. The darker the hour, the less “alive” the world felt. It became a cycle of isolation. Coming from a family where medication wasn’t the answer, I never sought medical help. This was a mental issue and therefore could be overcome naturally. So, up until I was 17, I had my rituals. Everywhere I went I would map out the nearest hospital and keep relatives’ phone numbers on hand in the event of a full-blown attack. These things provided me comfort, as every moment alive became an opportunity for paralyzing fear to strike. In time, each time, the attacks did dissipate and I never actually had to call an ambulance (though I came close several times). Meanwhile, I continued to travel with family, enjoyed nights out with friends, boyfriends, scholarly awards, and other life milestones. From the outside, I was completely normal. On the inside, I was in a near-constant state of panic, afraid of my own shadow. Upon a life-changing travel opportunity with an educational group, People To People, in 2006, I faced my fear and came back panic free. For over a decade, the attacks dissipated. Then, one cold night in December 2017, I awoke unable to breathe, dizzy, and in a sweat. The symptoms persisted and two weeks later I visited a doctor for the first time regarding my symptoms, to confirm what I was experiencing. I knew it all too well and was in disbelief at its return. To help, she gave me a small dose of Xanax to alleviate the pressure, to remind my body what it was like to be calm. It helped for two days, and a rare occasion since. But I still have most of those pills, on standby in case of a real emergency. Over time, the occurrence has be-

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Pets

“Felix” was rescued from a mobile home park in Riverhead, where he was abandoned. He is a black & white male, has medium/long hair and approx. 8 years young. “Mongo” was found by a dumpster. She is an orange & white female, approx. 5 years young. While the two (2) cats were in RSVP's care, they quickly bonded. Both were examined by a vet and unfortunately tested positive for FIV, the feline aids virus. Despite this diagnosis, they could live comfortably

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