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Safety Issues?

Dear Editor, For those who believe complaints about the airport are limited to noise, consider recent events. In just over a week in Alaska, eight people lost their lives in separate aviation accidents; two involved floatplanes, aka seaplanes, another a Cessna. While weather conditions in Alaska are far different than here, the skies there are far less congested than over the East End in summer. A helicopter plunged into the Hudson a couple of weeks back and another crashed as I write today, at downtown St. Louis airport, fortunately without loss of life, but with potential for precisely that. General aviation accidents make weekly headlines across the nation.

Non-commercial aircraft are falling from the sky into the sea, rivers, onto fields, highways, parks, golf courses, and other recreational areas; they have engulfed commercial structures in flames on impact and crashed into homes, such as the gruesome event that killed residents as they prepared to watch the Super Bowl on TV. We saw two tragedies close to home last year, when at least three families were completely devastated, and the loss of life from one crash impacted a wide swath of our community, and still does. There are safety issues when so much air traffic is funneled through narrow air corridors “on

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transition” to KHTO. Transition paths are voluntary, so pilots are able to decide the fastest most direct route, so their low altitude commuter flights repeatedly impacting the same communities.

The former FAA air traffic controller and tower chief at KHTO and a veteran there, has since moved on, but said last July as the busiest season began, that the numbers and mix of fixed wing and rotor traffic in our area is dangerous. Yet, East Hampton’s KHTO control tower is operated only 12 hours per day; what about those increasing night flights after 8 PM and before 8 AM? Those who saw the former tower chief ’s agitation and heard him speak so passionately about safety, will not soon forget it.

For the safety and well-being of all East End communities threatened daily throughout the season by large jets, or the sometimes-reckless flying of NY/NJ based commuter round-trip operators, it’s time the focus was front and center on dangers to residents, and protection of our air, soil, and solesource aquifer. We may live in different hamlets, but we are one community impacted by airport operations.

KHTO represents a clear and present danger to life and our environment. There are far safer, cleaner, and more economically valuable uses for the 600acre property than should benefit East Hampton Continued On Page 43.

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News & Opinion Former Student Alleges Rape She says in court papers the relationship led to statutory rape

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

Riverhead High School Principal Charles Regan, when he was a teacher almost two decades ago, engaged in sexual intercourse with an underage student at least three times, the alleged victim said in court papers released May 31.

The alleged victim, now 35, did not reveal her identity.

Last month, a Riverhead High School student filed suit against Regan, alleging inappropriate behavior, sexual harassment, and a litany of related charges. Riverhead Town Police are investigating but have yet to charge Regan with criminal wrongdoing. Police Chief David Hegermiller said since both parties are above the legal age and the relationship may have been consensual, the

investigation must be a thorough one.

The second alleged victim to come forward was 13 when Regan, a special education teacher, began coaching basketball at the Dayton Avenue School in the Eastport-South Manor School District. In both cases, court papers allege he first built a one-on-one relationship with the youngster that eventually went beyond the normal educator-student dynamic.

The victim alleged that when she was 16, Regan took her to a Knicks game without the knowledge or consent of her family, took her to his home afterward, and made her perform oral sex. By the time she was 17, the abuse had escalated to include intercourse, on at least three occasions, according

School Officials, Cops Remain Silent Former student says Riverhead principal had sexual relationship with her

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com Riverhead High School Principal Charles Regan remains “administratively reassigned,” still drawing his nearly $200,000 salary days after he

was charged with having a sexual relationship with an underage student nearly two decades ago. And, her attorney says another victim or victims

to court papers. The relationship occurred from 1999 to 2002.

The Eastport-South Manor School District had yet to respond to the allegations as of press time.

“We just filed. We are expecting to hear from them,” said the attorney John Ray of Miller Place. Ray criticized school officials, saying they ignored clear signs of sexual abuse. “Nothing was done,” Ray said. In fact, he charged school districts everywhere are pedophile havens, where abuse of students is widespread and either underreported or reports are buried, far from the public eye. In this case, his client’s mother went to school officials. “They did nothing,” Ray said.

The Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad will handle the investigation.

Ray also represents Anastasia Stapon, the 18-year Riverhead student who went public with her claim that Regan repeatedly tried to lure her into sexual encounters. “He followed the same pattern with both victims,” Ray said. Regan fired off over 15,000 texts to Stapon, some extremely graphic, others troubling — like allegedly stating he was going to kill a student and at one point even his own daughter, Ray said. He provided copies of the texts to this newspaper.

“We gave them these texts,” he said of the authorities. “We didn’t have to, but we’re interested in protecting kids.” He bristled that Regan is still on the district payroll. “This is an extremely sick individual,” he said.

The Dayton Avenue School victim saw Stapon had the courage to come

forward, and she saw “the same pattern in the relationship,” Ray added.

Regan had already been suspended on April 30 when Ray and Stapon held a press conference on May 6 announcing his intention to sue the school district and Regan. Stapon spoke to those assembled. “Charles Regan and Riverhead school have destroyed my spirit,” she said. Stapon is seeking $10 million in damages; the latest victim asks the court to award her $40,000.

Regan has been principal at Riverhead since 2006. He is 48 and according to Ray, is married to a schoolteacher. They have two children, Ray said.

Ray said he expected at least one other alleged victim to come forward.

She attends school in Eastport and was only 14 when the encounters with Regan allegedly occurred, he said.

are going to be coming forward to raise even worse charges against Regan, including rape. “He is a predator, a pervert,” said John Ray, the Miller Place attorney representing both victims.

But so far police and school officials seem loath to pursue the alleged predator. “They have a mindset to make everything go away,” said Ray.

Ray criticized the school system in general for “protecting” pedophiles.

The Riverhead School District website does not mention the charges against the principal. Riverhead Superintendent Aurelia Henriquez did not return a request for comment and has said publicly only that Regan will remain off campus pending the investigation. Ray

wonders why the district doesn’t sever ties with him immediately. “This is an extremely sick individual,” he said.

Suffolk County Police’s Seventh Squad has refused through a spokeswoman to acknowledge detectives knew about the rape allegations. “Do you know if the victim contacted us?” she asked. “We don’t speak about accusations.” The spokeswoman said no arrests have been made in the case.

Eastport-South Manor Acting Superintendent Joseph Stemel did not return phone calls, either. The district website does not mention the matter. “He’s not calling anyone back,” a spokeswoman said. “This happened 20 years ago.”

Riverhead High School Principal Charles Regan.

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Supervisor Says Southampton In Tip-Top Shape Report of strong finances, but affordable housing struggles continue

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman is calling the local economy “the strongest it’s ever been.”

In a May 28 State of the Town address, the supervisor reported that the town was financially stable, embarking on several infrastructure projects, making strides to improve water quality, seeing a reduction in major crime, and playing a leadership role in land preservation and environmental protection.

“The state of the town is excellent,” Schneiderman said. “Things are going very well, but you don’t have to just take it from me. Independent agencies like our auditors and Moody’s agree that things are going quite well.”

The town has maintained a AAA credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service the last four years, seeing interest rates reduced from an average 3.09 percent to 1.42 percent, which will allow the town to save more than $725,000 over a 10-year period after refinancing $13.3 million in outstanding debt.

“We continue to budget and to forecast revenues conservatively,” town Comptroller Len Marchese said previously. “Moody’s report confirms the value of these sound financial practices.”

Property values also continue to rise, seeing a 9.7-percent jump on the most recent assessment rolls. The town is now at $73.5 billion in total assessed valuation. Schneiderman at-

tributed the rise to new construction in each hamlet. The increased value has allowed the town to lower the tax rate over the last four years.

The town board recently passed a taxpayer protection act that will freeze assessments for the next two years while a committee studies the effects of regular reassessments on those with fixed incomes.

Because there has seen a significant increase in the town’s fund balance year over year, a 54-percent increase over the last five years as a result of codifying best practices, and bonded indebtedness fall by 40 percent, or $54 million, over the same five years, Schneiderman said he’s not worried about the town coming up short.

“We have a new debt reduction policy where any unanticipated surpluses are used to defray borrowing to pay off debt, rather than borrowing that year, which alone has reduced debt by $2.2 million,” Schneiderman said, also pointing to results of an independent audit report to the state comptroller by Melville-based Nawrocki Smith LLP. “Not only were there no reportable deficiencies — things they tell the state comptroller that have to get fixed — or red flags, but there were no recommendations for improvement, which is the first I’ve seen,” he said. “They couldn’t find any areas where we could change

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman presented a State of the Town address prior to the May 28 board meeting at Southampton Town Hall. Independent/Desirée Keegan

something to make it better. So, it sounds like the independent auditors think we’re on the right track in every regard.”

Water Quality Improvement Southampton has funded over $19.2 million in Community Preservation Fund water quality improvement projects. Twenty percent of the annual CPF budget is set aside for these types of upgrades. The town has installed or approved over 100 residential sanitary systems, and completed stormwater runoff projects at Lake Agawam, Sag Harbor Cove, Quantuck Bay, and others. A wastewater infrastructure project was also completed in Westhampton Beach. For the first time in 12 years, Stony Brook University Center for Clean Water Technology Director Dr. Christopher Gobler, who also runs the Gobler Laboratory across from the Stony Brook Southampton Marine Sciences Center, said there’s no brown tide in Shinnecock Bay. “I want to thank Councilman John Bouvier for his leadership on water quality issues,” Schneiderman

said. “A lot of these things wouldn’t have happened without him. He’s been working very closely on these issues.

I know he’s deeply committed to improving our water quality.”

The town has received over $6 million in grants the last few years, with Hampton Bays’ Good Ground Park being a major benefactor, along with the Riverside Maritime Park.

Funding through grants has also helped the board mitigate perfluorinated compound issues by funding the installation of water mains in East Quogue, provide electric vehicle charging stations at Hampton Bays’ Ponquogue Beach, and create a bike path from Good Ground to Red Creek Park.

“It helps keep taxes down. It helps improve infrastructure,” Schneiderman said of the grants. “Things that we want to offer to our residents, if we can do it with state or federal money, that’s always a good thing.”

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LIRR Montauk Line Overcrowding A Hiccup?

Westbound train with impassible aisles an anomaly, LIRR says

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com After a Memorial Day that saw trains returning to Manhattan dangerously overcrowded, a sense of seasonal normality seemed to return on similar trips June 2.

On May 27, the 11:26 AM train from Montauk to Manhattan quickly filled well past capacity as it made its stops through the Hamptons, with the aisles so choked with riders sitting on the floor or on their suitcases, that they were impassible, to the point where the conductors stopped walking through the cars to punch tickets.

Aaron Donovan, a spokesperson for the Long Island Rail Road, explained

this week that, since the railroad had had to shut down the Montauk line for much of the weekend following an accident in Speonk, where a passenger train sideswiped a work train, that morning run was particularly crowded.

LaRaye Brown of the Federal Railroad Administration said last week that the FRA is aware of the overcrowding conditions that effect the Montauk line during the summer season. “The FRA is working directly with LIRR in order that it takes appropriate steps to keep aisles and stairways clear of obstructions,” she said.

Passengers packed into the aisles on Manhattan-bound trains on Memorial Day. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

Let The Good Times Roll At Surf Lodge After decade-long battle, Montauk nightspot is good to go This curb cut granted by Suffolk County was one of the last obstacles to Montauk’s hot nightspot’s opening for 2019. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com After a decade of wrangling between the Town of East Hampton and the Surf Lodge in Montauk, the popular nightspot is welcoming the general public back now that it has received its certificate of occupancy from the town, and, more importantly to its customers, its music permit and liquor license. Let the good vibes flow, is likely the sentiment of Jayma Cardoso, the impresario who runs the establishment.

A new, state-of-the-art septic system has been buried under the gravel in the front parking and entrance area.

That gravel area now has a new traffic pattern laid out, after Surf Lodge obtained a permit from Suffolk County to open a curb cut onto Edgemere Street.

No longer will revelers have to climb in and out of taxis and share rides on the street. Now, vehicles will enter the property from the north, moving in a circular pattern, toward a new exit to the south.

The last barrier to officially opening to the public was resolved Friday, May 31, when the building department determined that the large beach beds on the sandy area on the north of the property were small enough that they

are not considered structures. They will have to be brought in every night, Anne Glennon, the town’s head building inspector, explained.

The State Liquor Authority had threatened to pull Surf Lodge’s license if it did not comply with a state court settlement between the town and the owners, Michael Walrath and Cardoso, both of whom signed off on the original agreement in 2017, as well as a modified agreement in 2018.

Cardoso assured the SLA earlier this year that, going forward, there would be a new reservations policy in place to prevent crowds from spilling

out onto the busy roadway at night.

At one point, the Surf Lodge payed the town a fine of $100,000, from multiple zoning violations, an amount that is believed to be an East Hampton Town Justice Court record. In coming to the settlement, Surf Lodge agreed to pay an additional $15,000 fee to the town.

But, that is all in the past. Now, the Surf Lodge will operate under the terms of the court stipulation. Live music is allowed five days a week, but is limited to two hours a day, and must end by 8 PM. The total capacity of the establishment has been capped at 395.

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Sara Davison, left, the executive director of the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation, moderates a panel discussion on the state of our water, featuring, Dr. Chrisopher Gobler of Stony Brook University; Stuart Lowrie of the Nature Conservancy; Dorian Dale of Suffolk County; and Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming. See more photos on page 31. Independent/Richard Lewin

Troubled Waters Water Views panelists agree time for action is now

rely on individual septic systems. “That’s basically flushing their toilets into the groundwater,” he said. “Out of sight, out of mind.” That process releases everything from nitrates to antibiotics, polluting the aquifer as well as surface waters, he said.

Taking Small Steps

By Stephen J. Kotz sjkotz@indyeastend.com

The audience that filled the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton’s Guild Hall June 2 for The Independent’s Water Views Festival Sunday received both a wake-up call and a call to action from the speakers and panelists who took part.

Keynote speaker Cyrill Gutsch, whose environmental organization, Parley for the Oceans, has made the elimination of plastics its top priority, warned that the world’s oceans are reaching the point of no return and marine life could be effectively killed off by mid-century if the world does not react to the growing threats facing them.

CNN’s Don Lemon and Sara Davison, the executive director of the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation, served as moderators.

Calling plastic, an estimated eight million tons of which is dumped in the oceans each year, a “design failure,” Gutsch said it was time for the world to

give up the mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle,” because it assumes that plastics are inert materials and not toxic to all forms of life.

He called for designers, businesses, and consumers alike to adopt a new mantra, “A.I.R.,” which stands for avoid plastic, intercept, and repurpose it, and redesign products that currently rely on plastic components.

Michael Ogden, an engineer and the founder of Natural Systems International, which designs water infrastructure projects around the world, looked at the issue on a more regional basis.

He described Long Island as an “extraordinary” place, not the least of which is because of its deep aquifer that provides a ready source of pure drinking water or its steady annual rainfalls, which help replenish it.

But he added that aquifer is threatened because many of the island’s houses

Ogden urged audience members to take small steps such as reducing water use, eliminating the use of toxic chemicals, and volunteering for things like beach cleanups, and becoming involved in civic issues on the local level.

“You are blessed,” he said. “Take care of the garden.”

Edwina von Gal, the founder of the Perfect Earth Project, which educates homeowners about ways to remove the toxins from their landscapes, does just that.

“What we ask people to do is to make a commitment, a commitment to your property that you will do no harm,” she said. If you take that pledge seriously, that means you will stop using insecticides and other toxins that kill the good bugs with the bad, she said.

Von Gal said many people rely on chemical treatments because “they are afraid for some reason of the consequences.” It hasn’t helped, she said, that the landscape industry has for decades told them that an organic approach costs

more and doesn’t work as well.

She noted that the American green lawn aesthetic goes back to the early post-World War II era when the United States had a surplus of chemicals that were diverted to creating cookie-cutter lawns “that had a kind of military precision that made everyone feel safe.”

She urged people to plant native species, water deeply but seldomly, use mulching mowers to fertilize lawns, and save leaf matter for valuable compost.

“Make a commitment to do no harm, make a commitment to fill it with life,” she said. “Let nature play.”

Studying Solutions Beth Rattner, executive director of the Biomimicry Institute, said humans could also ask nature to work for them by studying how it solves its own problems and borrowing from those solutions for their own projects.

Thus, she said, scientists have studied whale fins or the energy produced by schools of fish to help them design and place more efficient wind turbines. Others have studied how lobsters so quickly replace their shells, to help create more environmentally friendly concrete.

“Nature does what we want to do without using fossil fuels, polluting the planet, or mortgaging the future,” she said.

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Six months ago, Eileen Duffy assumed she would be running for a seat on the Southampton Town Board. Instead, Democratic Party leaders shifted gears and chose another candidate. Duffy, though, was asked to run for town trustee on the ticket and assured she stood an excellent chance of winning.

But on May 29, the New York State State Supreme Court Appellate Division issued a ruling against her, effectively ending her bid to run in the party primary as a town board candidate; as a consequence, she is no longer a candidate for trustee, either. She will sit out the election, she said, rather than file another appeal.

Duffy, claiming “party politics” had cost her a chance to run for the

town board, decided to wage a primary battle after party leaders chose Craig Catalanotto, 50, of Speonk, a political newcomer, to run alongside the incumbent John Bouvier for the town board.

Party leaders took notice when Duffy embarked on petition-gathering expeditions. George Lynch, a member of the Southampton Town Democratic Committee that originally chose Catalanotto over Duffy, filed suit challenging Duffy’s petitions.

In a written decision dated May 3, Justice David Reilly found that Duffy committed “election fraud,” claiming she campaigned for town board and the position of town trustee simultaneously, gathering petitions for both spots. The court ruled Duffy “knowingly allowed the

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“Duffy deleted from the committee’s designating petition the name of a candidate who had been endorsed by the committee,” referring to Catalanotto.

“It’s likely the end of the line,” Duffy said, noting an appeal wouldn’t be decided until June 7; the primary is June 25. “It would be wearing thin on my supporters,” she added. “I’m going to work to get the Democrats elected.”

Though Duffy was eliminated from the primary by the court decision, one silver lining of her ordeal is that two former trustees, Fred Havemeyer and Eric Shultz, will be allowed to remain on the ballot and enter the Democratic primary. The party did not nominate either man this year.

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enrolled voters to be misled as to which of the offices she was truly seeking.”

Duffy decided to challenge the decision. “I never collected a single signature for town trustee. How can that be fraud?,” she said. Moreover, her attorney Daniel Pago pointed out the state law in question assumes the fraud is committed “intentionally” while Reilly acknowledged on the bench Duffy’s actions were not.

“The court found that Duffy and her agents did not intentionally seek to mislead enrolled party voters while gathering designating petition signatures, but that Duffy nevertheless knew that her name appeared simultaneously on two separate designating petitions for two different public offices . . .” the Appellate decision stated, “which presumptively misled enrolled voters as to which of the two public offices she was truly seeking.”

The court further found that Duffy “failed to rebut this presumption by public action and/or filings in such a manner as to prevent election fraud.”

“We agree with the Supreme Court that the voters were misled, warranting the invalidation of the designating petition for council member,” the court ruled on May 29.

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Restraining Order Against Billboards State Supreme Court issues temporary notice to stop work on Route 27

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Construction of one of the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s 61-foot-tall billboards with double-sided 30-foot-high digital screens on the south side of Sunrise Highway has now been completed. Independent/Desirée Keegan

The state Supreme Court has issued a temporary restraining order to stop continued construction of two 61-foottall billboards along Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays.

The notice targeted the seven Shinnecock Indian Nation Tribal Trustees and the billboards’ owners — Idon Media of La Quinta, CA — and contractors, according to filed court papers by state Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the State Department of Transportation, which served a stop-work order in the middle of May after the double-sided electronic signs began being built.

“The state and the plaintiff’s state agency have a responsibility by law and to the people of this state to ensure that no person or entity, including a Native American tribe or their co-owner commercial advertising company, can illegally build structures on a state highway that pose significant hazards to the public at large both during and after construction,” the restraining order request read in part.

The complaint states that the

Shinnecock Nation did not obtain the proper approval to perform work, and that the billboards pose safety concerns for the more than 15,000 people who travel across that stretch of Southampton Town every day.

“The construction of such massive billboards within the state highway rightof-way creates a substantial threat of harm to all people utilizing that portion of Sunrise Highway,” the notice reads, also stating that if the signs were to fall they “could crush vehicles traversing on Sunrise Highway, as well as completely block the flow of traffic.”

In a response to the action, members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation said they plan to fight the “illegal attack on tribal sovereignty and violation of federal law.”

“One of the inherent attributes of tribal sovereignty possessed by federallyrecognized Indian nations is immunity from suit. Accordingly, the Nation, its officials, and its agents acting in furtherance of the Nation’s authority are immune from any and all legal proceedings brought in state courts,” the Shinnecock

Nation said in a May 28 press release.

“The state has a long history of bulldozing Indian lands and Indian people to get what it wants. We will fight against this most recent effort to attack our tribal sovereignty. The Nation has given notice to the State Supreme Court that it intends to exercise its rights under federal law and will seek a resolution of its rights through the legal process.”

On the same day papers were filed in state court, the Nation registered a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against the State Department of Transportation, the State of New York, and Marie Therese Dominguez, who was nominated this month by the governor to be the next acting commissioner of the DOT. The Shinnecock Nation said that as one of 573 sovereign Indian nations in the United States, it’s granted immunity from lawsuit. The next court date at state Supreme Court is scheduled for Friday, June 7, in Central Islip.

One billboard has been constructed on the south side of Route 27, but still needs some finishing touches, like

landscaping and the replacement of its temporary base, according to Lance Gumbs, vice chairman of the Council of Trustees. The billboard along the north side has yet to see much progress. Gumbs said that more than 70 local businesses have expressed interest in buying ad space on the billboards.

He added that East End residents have shown so much support that the Nation, after receiving several requests, is planning to start a fund to help offset legal expenses.

But more than that, the Shinnecock Nation stressed the benefits of its project, and how it sees the legal notices threatening the tribe’s economic well-being.

“The state’s lawsuit against Shinnecock officials is a thinly-veiled attack on the Shinnecock Nation and our right of self-determination,” the Shinnecock Nation said in its statement. “Throughout our history, our lands and economic future have been taken from us by the state and the surrounding community.

Our goal is simply to generate revenue to provide for our people.”

Bartoller, and a younger brother, Frank Branco, who both predeceased her.

Amelia met the love of her life, Manuel Joaquim Da Silva Vilar, in 1956 at a friend’s backyard barbecue after he returned from a three-year stint supervising construction projects in Quebec, Canada.

On June 3, 1957, they were married in Passaic, NJ and shared their passions for their family, life, gardening, making wine and fishing together for the past 62 years.

They have one son, Manuel (Manny) Marques Vilar, also of East Hampton. After staying home to raise her son, she also was involved in various charity work. Amelia went back to work as a cashier at Bohacks in both East Hampton and Mineola. When Bohacks closed,

Amelia took on a managerial position in Nassau Hospital’s food services division.

Additionally, as a side business, Amelia and her husband would renovate and flip homes, and in 1965, they purchased land in the Clearwater Beach section of Springs, and built their Springs home where they spent a lot of their time in between their homes in East Hampton, Mineola, Florida, and Portugal.

Amelia was an ardent gardener and outdoors person. She loved her flowers and vegetable garden, regularly giving away vegetables to family and friends. In addition to gardening, she loved to make homemade jams, jellies, and tomato sauce. She also loved fishing with her husband and family. She could be regularly found on the boat, pole in hand.

Amelia loved her close-knit family, making it a point to be integrally involved in the lives of all six of her grandchildren.

She leaves behind her husband, Manuel Joaquim Da Silva Vilar, her son, Manuel

Marques Vilar, daughter-in-law, Christine Stark-Vilar, and her six grandchildren, Matthew Gosman Vilar, Brendan Graham Gosman Vilar, Catherine Elizabeth Curti, Manuel Joaquim Marques Vilar, James Frances Stark Vilar and Thomas Vincent Marques Vilar.

Services were held at Most Holy Trinity in East Hampton on May 23, followed by a burial at Most Holy Trinity cemetery. A celebration of her life followed at Springs Fire Department in East Hampton.

Obituary Amelia Vilar, 85 Amelia Vilar of Springs passed away suddenly on May 8 while on vacation in Portugal, from complications of pneumonia.

Mrs. Vilar had been celebrating Easter vacation with her husband, Manuel Vilar, three of her grandchildren — Manny, James, and Thomas — and her daughter-in-law, Christine Stark-Vilar.

The night prior to returning to the States she experienced difficulty breathing and was admitted to the Dom Pedro Infante Hospital Aveiro Portugal. She was 85 years old when she passed away and was to celebrate her 86th birthday on May 27.

Amelia Vilar was born in Jamaica, Queens, in 1933 to Monica Eninger and Frank Branco. She was the middle child of three. She had an older sister, Ana

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ber,” Schneiderman said, crediting the work of police Chief Steven Skrynecki using the latest technology and analytics to predict where crimes might occur most often.

Town police have confiscated 300 bags of heroin, and seen a 68-percent decrease in fatal drug overdoses from 2017-18. Fatal drug overdoses in Southampton climbed from five to 19 between 2016 and 2017, before dropping to six last year. There’s been one reported death from an overdose this year.

Protecting The Environment Southampton Online Solutions, developed by the town’s IT department, has made reporting code enforcement violations easier for neighbors. The system has shown a spike in usage since its inception, up from 648 reports last year to 1307 in the first quarter of 2019 alone. There’s also been a reverse of this system.

“Notices are up, but actual number of summonses is down, which means people are complying, fixing problems,” Schneiderman said.

“That’s exactly how we want code enforcement to work, so that everyone’s

quality of life is protected.”

Residents can credit Councilwoman Christine Preston Scalera for advancement on town’s commitment to use 100-percent renewable energy by 2025. The town is exploring a system that would allow residents to form a co-op to contract for electricity and save on rates and even mandate renewable sources. Preston Scalera has also worked to establish “green zones” at town-owned properties by mandating electric equipment, which has reduced pollutants by 10,000 tons on top of reducing noise. The town’s LED streetlight switchover has reduced electricity used by 1 million kWh while saving the town thousands of dollars over time.

Councilwoman Julie Lofstad put forth legislation banning plastic straws and polystyrene to coincide with the plastic bag ban, and is working on a law to punish those intentionally releasing mylar balloons.

The commuter connection service also started moving this year, with the supervisor taking the train several times to see it in action. He said two weeks ago, there wasn’t an open seat on the early morning train. This service was pushed to reduce traffic and pollution.

“I’ve spoken to people who said

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it’s changed their life,” Schneiderman said. “One woman said she’s saved an hour to an hour-and-a-half each day. She feels like she’s getting her life back. And she’s making friends.”

The town still sees challenges ahead particularly with affordable housing. Eighty new affordable rental and ownership units have been constructed over the last year, with the Sandy Hollow and Speonk Commons projects, which were done in conjunction with the Southampton Business Alliance and Long Island Housing Partnership, nearing completion.

The town amended its accessory apartment law last year to decrease the acreage needed to have a rental unit from 3/4 to 1/2. The town has already approved two homeowners looking to add rental units, and Schneiderman said 12 others are currently going through the process. The Community Development Block Grant to fund community projects has risen to $250,000 yearly through the work of town Director of Housing & Community Development Diana Weir.

“We will need to tweak it as time goes on, look for additional funding to try to make it easier for homeowners to take advantage of it, but it’s an improvement,” Schneiderman said. He will be accepting a Vision Long Island

2019 Smart Growth Award on behalf of the town for this legislation, which received applause Island-wide.

Michael Daly, a member of the NextGen Housing Collaborative and East End Yes! In My Backyard, an affordable housing advocacy group, also praised the town’s efforts.

“Congrats on all your accomplishments over the last year,” he said to the board. “The state of the town being the way it is is a positive thing to see, and I thank you for working tirelessly even with very little thanks.”

While the board is taking a hard look at infrastructure across the town and planning for the future, Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, the liaison to the Hampton Bays Water District, is helping work on a 10-year capital plan of the facility.

“We have challenges ahead as always, but we have a great team to face those challenges,” Schneiderman said. “Each person on this board brings different skills to the table and collectively we seem to come up with really great solutions. The accomplishments we’ve made in the last few years, and even the last year alone, give me confidence moving forward.

The state of the town is it’s in excellent shape and we’re going to keep it that way.”

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In EH: Accessory Apartments Eyed Town board considers adding properties eligible for affordable units

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The East Hampton Town Board will hold a hearing June 6 on an amendment to the town code designed to encourage more homeowners to develop affordable apartments in accessory structures on their properties.

Under the proposal, brought by Councilman David Lys, a homeowner with at least 30,000 square feet of property could apply to construct an affordable apartment in an accessory structure, such as a garage. The

Judge Sides With Sand Land Opponents Preliminary injunction puts expansion on hold

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The injunction, issued by Justice James LaFerriere, prevents Sand Land from expanding its mined area from 31 to 34 acres in area or digging 40 feet deeper as allowed by the DEC, pending the outcome of the current lawsuit and notes that the plaintiffs “have demonstrated a probability of success on the merits of their challenge to the settlement and renewal permit.”

Thiele called the decision “a major victory for the environment, our drinking water, and the community at large,” and said he was confident when the case is heard, the mine will be closed.

place at the East Hampton Town Firehouse at 1 Cedar Street in East Hampton Village, will have an afternoon session that starts at 2 and an evening session beginning at 6. Each will begin with a presentation by PSC officials and then be opened for a one-hour public discussion period.

The preferred entry point for the cable, in Wainscott on Beach Lane,

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The total number of such affordable units is limited to 20 in each school district, which roughly conform to the town’s five hamlets, with the total across the entire town that can be developed capped at 100.

Lys said he drew on his experience as a member of the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals, where he served for five years before becoming a town board member, when he put forward the amendment.

It is important, Lys said, while encouraging affordable housing, which the town desperately needs, not to change the character of the neighborhoods where such units are built.

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Since the law has been on the books, fewer than a half-dozen residents have come forward to create apartments, Lys said.

If adopted, Lys said the change would add 1457 additional properties across the town to those eligible to participate in the program. There are 4460 properties in the town eligible under current law.

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Police EH Cops: Man Charged With Burglary, Rape Two other allegedly highly intoxicated men arrested in Montauk

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com A Springs man is facing a charge of rape in the third degree after an incident that allegedly took place early morning June 1.

According to the police, Edwin Gustavo Yepez-Prado, 31, was highly intoxicated when he entered a room belonging to a woman he was acquainted with at his Three Mile Harbor address.

He climbed into the sleeping woman’s bed and began having sex with her, waking her up. The alleged victim began yelling, the police said, and YepezPrado left the room.

Besides the rape charge, he is also

facing a burglary charge, for allegedly trespassing with the intent to commit a crime. Police confiscated his clothing, apparently for forensic evidence testing.

Bail was set June 2 at $50,000.

Yepez-Prado remained in custody in county jail as of Monday morning.

In other news, a Montauk man was allegedly highly intoxicated on the afternoon of June 1 when he threw rocks at a 1997 Ford truck parked near his property on Glenmore Avenue, smashing its windshield. Police said Craig Carman also ripped off a pair of

Man Says He’s Innocent The accused man willing to be deported to clear his name, lawyer says

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

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A 69-year-old Springs man, Cesar Augusto Diaz-Illescas, is demanding his right to have his day in court to clear his name of the felony sexual abuse charge he is facing after being arrested May 13 by the East Hampton Town Police.

“He maintains his innocence. He is adamant,” his attorney, Melissa Aguanno

of Edward Burke Jr. & Associates, said.

Diaz-Illescas was arrested on the morning of May 13 on a charge of course of sexual conduct with a child, a felony, along with a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child. Bail was set at $50,000, and he had been held in county jail since then. On May 30, he was

Edwin Gustavo Yepez-Prado of Springs is facing a rape charge after being arrested last weekend.

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decorative horns from the front grill of the truck. “That truck has been parked there, forever,” Carman is said to have told police. He was charged with felony criminal mischief. Held overnight, he was released on $800 bail after being arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

Another highly intoxicated man, according to the police, who was arrested this week in Montauk was Conor Thomas Frank, 25, of Murrieta, CA.

Frank was arrested downtown on Sunday, June 2, after allegedly stealing the tip cup from Left Hand Coffee Shop.

The tip cup had nine dollars in it, police said. Before going to Left Hand, he reportedly tried to steal something, unsuccessfully, from Fudge ‘n Stuff.

Charged with misdemeanor, petty larceny, Frank was held overnight, to be arraigned Monday. Bail was set at $200.

Unable to post that amount, he was taken to county jail later that day.

brought back to East Hampton Town Justice Court to allow his attorney to confer with the court and the DA’s office.

Aguanno had previously waived his right to be released if not indicted. She withdrew that waiver May 30. The DA’s office announced then that it would not immediately be presenting the case to a grand jury, meaning Diaz-Illescas could no longer be held on the felony charge. East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky set bail on the misdemeanor charge at $100. This was done in case Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took custody of Diaz-Illescas at county jail.

His attorney said the DA had offered a deal of dropping the felony charge in return for a guilty plea on the misdemeanor, with additional time to be served.

Such a plea would have meant almost certain deportation. But, Aguanno said, deportation is no longer the issue for Diaz-Illescas, who turned the offer down, without hesitation. Even if it means deportation, Diaz-Illescas wants his name cleared from what he says are baseless charges, according to Aguanno.

His daughter was seated in the courtroom. She cried throughout the session. Bail was later posted and Diaz-Illescas was released.

Aguanno said her client has never been in trouble with the law. His physical condition has appeared to have deteriorated noticeably since he was first taken into custody. He was walking with a noticeable limp when he was brought into court by Suffolk County deputy sheriffs.

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Prosecutor Paints Gilbert’s Life Of Privilege Officers restrain Gilbert at one point, murder trial continues

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

The trial of Thomas Gilbert Jr., who is accused of murdering his father by shooting him in the head in his New York City apartment in 2015, entered its second week in Manhattan, on June 3, with the defendant at one point being forcefully removed by court officers after an extended outburst during which he directly addressed the jury, asking them to consider suppressing evidence.

Detective Darrell Ng was on the witness stand in the courtroom of New York State Justice Melissa Jackson at the time. Gilbert began speaking while Ng described for the prosecution his assessment of Gilbert’s mental state during the time he was with him after Gilbert’s arrest on January 5, 2015.

“Objection,” Gilbert said, looking directly at the jury, “I would like to suppress the evidence.” He said that he wanted the jury to meet for 10 minutes to consider his request. Gilbert spoke in long, rapid-fire sentences that were hard to understand, given the speed at which he spoke.

After speaking to the jury, he then said, “The defense would like to address the prosecution” and looked directly at prosecuting attorney Craig Ortner, asking his assistance at suppressing evidence.

Justice Jackson had the jurors taken back to their waiting room.

When Shelly Gilbert, the defendant’s mother, was questioned by Ortner last week, there were several times

when Gilbert would say “Objection,” usually followed by similar, though much shorter, statements, but always directed toward the judge.

Jackson had warned Gilbert last week that she would have him removed from the courtroom during the trial if he persisted in stating objections, and began to make good on her warning June 3. She reminded the defendant about her warnings from the prior week, when she had said he was out of chances. She ordered Gilbert removed. Gilbert struggled after being handcuffed, and continued to speak as he was taken away. It took three guards to remove him.

Worst Mental State Arnold Levine, Gilbert’s defense attorney, then went to speak with Gilbert in his holding cell. First, though, he asked the court to consider, as he had last week, another mental exam to determine if Gilbert was now unfit to stand trial. He pointed out that this was the first time in the four and a half years that the case has been in front of Jackson that there had been any kind of physical resistance offered by Gilbert.

Levine said that Shelly Gilbert had visited her son on Rikers Island the past weekend, and found him to be in the worst mental state she had ever seen him display, talking, for example, about Osama bin Laden.

Jackson denied the defense’s request for a new exam. “Your client is fit,”

she said.

Levine then asked the court for Gilbert be allowed back into the courtroom to aid in his own defense. He lobbied strongly to allow Gilbert to return.

Jackson agreed to give him another chance. “I don’t want any more outbursts,” Justice Jackson warned Gilbert before bringing the jury back in.

Shelly Gilbert’s testimony last week clearly troubled the defendant.

She testified after being subpoenaed, essentially as a hostile witness.

First, though, a recording of her 911 call reporting her husband’s death was played for the jury. She had been asked by the operator who had shot her husband. “My son,” she answered.

“He’s nuts. But, I didn’t know he was this nuts,” she is heard saying.

According to Ortner, after years of paying for his every want, the father, known as Tom Gilbert, started applying what the attorney called tough love, by greatly reducing his son’s allowance.

Thomas Gilbert Jr. Independent/Courtesy Alec Tabak

Gilbert had shown up at his parents’ Beekman Place apartment on January 4 after not speaking with them for months.

According to Ortner, after years of paying for his every want, the father, known as Tom Gilbert, started applying what the attorney called tough love, by greatly reducing his son’s allowance.

Gilbert sent his mother out to buy a sandwich, along with a bottle of Coke.

The son knew that his mother never kept Coca-Cola in the house, Ortner told the jury, a fact Shelly Gilbert confirmed on the witness stand. In the few minutes Shelly Gilbert was away, Tommy Gilbert went to his father’s room. Tom Gilbert was lying in bed, watching a football game. The son pressed a .40 caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol to the side of his father's head and squeezed the trigger, Ortner said. He then allegedly put the gun near his father’s left hand in an effort to make the shooting look like a suicide.

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Continued From Previous Page. tage you could want,” Ortner said. Tommy attended the Buckley School, then Deerfield Academy, followed by Princeton University, as a “legacy” student He had memberships at the Maidstone and River Clubs. His parents “supported him in playing golf and tennis and surfing, giving him thousands of dollars a month in spending privileges. They even paid his parking tickets for him,” Ortner added. Despite this life of privilege, Gilbert’s anger and resentment towards his father grew, Ortner said.

On May 28, Ortner illustrated this privilege through a series of questions to Shelly Gilbert about their lifestyle.

He asked her about their home at 8 Georgica Association Road, in Wainscott, which Ortner called the family’s “house in the Hamptons.”

Shelly Gilbert corrected the prosecutor. “I don't consider it to be part of the Hamptons.”

He asked her about the family’s membership at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, which Shelly Gilbert said the family has belonged to since 1993.

“It is a country club we belong to,” Shelly Gilbert said. The club is where “friends we raised our children with are together. It’s a place I play mediocre tennis and tried to improve it with my mediocre tennis playing friends for years,” she said. “It’s the heart, a big part of the heart of my support system.”

Ortner inquired about the membership process for the Maidstone Club.

“You have to apply and somebody proposes you and people second you and you go before the committee and either you get in, or not. We got in,” she said.

“Did your son get what is known as junior club privileges?” Ortner asked.

“Yes,” Shelly Gilbert answered.

“Objection,” her son said quietly from the defense table.

“He outgrew being eligible on our family membership,” Shelly Gilbert said.

“We wanted him to have access to the club because he has friends there and we felt it would be good for him.”

Ortner asked if those junior club privileges at the Maidstone were terminated in 2014.

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“Objection,” Tommy Gilbert said again, quietly.

“Wait,” Shelly Gilbert answered.

“I am having tracking problems. I do apologize.”

Justice Jackson adjourned for the day, and Shelly Gilbert left the stand.

Jackson then addressed Gilbert directly. “I am asking you please to refrain from these outbursts.” She said it was very confusing for the attorneys, the jury, the witnesses, and the court reporter, who must keep an accurate record of the proceedings. “You have a very good lawyer,” she said, “Try to control yourself.”

“Yes, your honor,” he answered.

“Thank you for allowing me to exercise my right to freedom of speech.”

Alleged Killer Confronted EH Clerks Weeks before purchasing Glock, Gilbert had long, heated exchange

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com East Hampton Town Justice Court was the scene of a prolonged, heated exchange, shortly before prosecutors say Thomas Gilbert Jr. drove to Ohio to purchase the gun used to murder his father. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

Weeks before Tommy Gilbert drove to Ohio to purchase the gun prosecutors say he used to shoot his father, Thomas Gilbert Sr., on January 4, 2015, he had a long, heated confrontation with three clerks at East Hampton Town Justice Court, in which he demanded they immediately restore his driver’s license, which had been suspended months earlier.

Two of the clerks spoke last week about the incident. Both are currently employed by the town, and asked their names not be used.

In May 2013, court records show, Gilbert had been pulled over by East Hampton Town Police on a speeding

charge. Because he never answered the charge, either by mail or in person, records indicate, after being sent several reminder letters, Gilbert’s license was suspended by the court in December 2013. On March 12, 2014, he came to East Hampton Town Justice Court to pay his outstanding fine in person.

He returned on March 14.

“He was being so nasty,” one clerk said. After paying his fine, she said, he had gone to the Department of Motor Vehicles, where he was told they had not received notification from East Hampton that the fine had been paid.

It usually takes about a week for such notification from the court to reach

the DMV, the clerk explained.

First one clerk, then a second, then finally all three clerks were at the window, to try and assuage the agitated Gilbert.

Another clerk said Gilbert was angry that the suspension hadn’t yet been lifted. “He said that he was working in a place that he needed a license for. ‘I need my license for my job. I can’t drive without it,’” she recalled him saying. “We just assumed he was doing some kind of delivery job, something like that.”

“He was trying to be super-intelligent,” said the first clerk. “He seemed like a privileged boy. You could see

that he was well-heeled.”

“He was very accusatory,” said the other clerk. Closing time came and went. The courthouse doors lock at 3, automatically. At that time, East Hampton did not station an officer at the courthouse on Fridays. The three women were now alone with Gilbert, with a plexiglass window between them.

“He was getting so forceful. We had no officers here. We told him it was after closing time,” said the second clerk. “We told him he had to leave.”

They were close to calling the police, she said. “He stomped out of here and went to the town supervisor’s office.”

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JUST ASKING

Did you notice the crowds on Memorial Day Weekend?

Erin Leland I noticed all the traffic last week. I thought “Oh no, here we go again.”

And then I thought, “please, let it end.“ But I guess we’ll just have to put up with it until the end of summer, or maybe later. I sure won’t be going to town during the week much for a while.

Parking spaces on public property are marked as private at the Hero Beach Resort in Montauk. Independent/T.E. McMorrow

Ben Jones The traffic was intense on Memorial Day Weekend but it’s been quiet since then. I drove into the village on Friday night and it was like a ghost town. But once the middle of June comes it will be the same old summer traffic and crowds. And it will last until at least the middle of October.

No Parking!

It takes a special breed to open a business on the East End. Property is prohibitively expensive, and rents may even be more so. Competition is fierce, with entrepreneurs jostling for the opportunity to cash in on the lucrative “Hamptons market,” despite a notoriously short season.

That said, it takes more than a little chutzpah to try to pull off what the owners of Hero Beach Resort, at the site of the former Oceanside Resort in Montauk, are doing.

The business has been before the East Hampton Town Planning Board over the past year, trying to legalize a restaurant and bar it opened without site-plan approval.

We’ve all seen that trick before: Open for business and then throw yourself at the mercy of whatever regulatory board is reviewing your application.

But what we haven’t seen is the blatant effort of Hero Beach Resort to annex public property to help it meet its own parking requirements. At a recent meeting before the planning board, Hero Beach’s representatives proposed using more than 25 spaces that are entirely, or partially, on public property to count as their own.

That in itself is not unusual. After all, businesses seek parking waivers all the time. What is unusual, though, is that the business has erected signs next to some of the spaces that say “Private Parking, Violators Towed At Vehicle Owner’s Expense.”

Members of the planning board were none too pleased by Hero Beach’s claiming public property for its own parking needs, but despite their objections, more than a week later the signs remain in place.

Is it too much to assume that planners would have alerted code enforcement officers to this situation? Don’t you think the town’s attorney’s office or the town police might find it within their jurisdiction to drop a line, or make a phone call, telling Hero Beach to take down the signs that will obviously scare away members of the public who are entitled to park there?

At the height of the summer season, parking in downtown Montauk can be hard to come by, and it has to be disheartening for other businesses that play by the rules to see them flouted so easily.

Is it just me? © Karen Fredericks

By Karen Fredericks

Carla Desiderio At this point in the season I try to get all my shopping and errands done during the week. In fact I try to do it all on Sunday and then try not to come back into town until the next Sunday unless it’s work related.

Micah Jones I noticed that everything seemed more crowded last weekend and that there was a lot of traffic. It’s going to be crowded. The stores, the roads, the beaches.

I just heard about false eyelashes you attach to your lids with tiny magnetic strips instead of glue. I’ll have to get some!

Don’t come crying to me when your face gets stuck to the refrigerator door.

Karen was chosen Best Cartoonist by the New York Press Association in 2017 and again in 2019. She’s the recipient of multiple awards for her illustration of the international bestseller How To Build Your Own Country, including the prestigious Silver Birch Award. Her work is part of the permanent artist’s book collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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Arts & Entertainment The Behars: Creativity Is In Their DNA Following their artistic bliss

By Richard Lewin

Anyone who has watched TV during the past several decades is more than familiar with the name Joy Behar, from her appearances in the 1980s on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to her 20-plus years on “The View.” What many do not know about is Behar’s passion for ensuring that her family members follow their own artistic bliss, as she has done herself in the performing arts.

After earning a B.A. from Queens College and an M.A. in English Education from Stony Brook University, Joy’s early career path led her to teaching for many years at Lindenhurst High School.

Her creative urges were too strong a force in her DNA, however, and show business called her away. According to Behar, “School and job are staples, but what interests you outside of those requirements will make you happy.”

Following her dream was rewarding, but not always easy. “My journey has been riddled with obstacles, but I’ve

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managed to stay gainfully employed, so that should count for something. Standup comedy did not fall into my lap. I was funny, yes, but there is quite a divide between entertaining your dinner guests and facing a paying crowd,” she said.

Besides enjoying her professional artistic success, Behar’s family has always come first. Her daughter Eve, born in 1970, has flourished as a serious, devoted ceramist (as the English teacher in Behar pointed out: “That’s the right word”), thanks to the encouragement and support of her mom. Behar feels that creativity is genetic: “We are a creative family. Eve’s grandmother on her father’s side was an artist, and my uncle on my father’s side was an artist, so it’s in the genes,” said Behar.

Eve Behar’s own path to artistic fulfillment has required a lifetime of devotion and hard work. Educated at Hunter College, the Studio Arts Center International in Florence, Italy, and Sheridan College in Ontario, she has 20 years of experience as a ceramics instructor. In

January 2016, she became gallery director at Celadon Clay Art Gallery in Bridgehampton. She is currently a teacher at the Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons, which will open a new studio/learning space in Water Mill on June 22.

According to Eve, “I come from a creative family that supports artistic endeavors. Never did I hear a negative word about pursuing art as a career. My husband and I do the same for my son.”

She has tried a variety of art forms and media, including dance, drawing and acting, but when she came upon clay, “it was a done deal.”

Working with clay and on the wheel are her happiest moments. As Eve Behar describes her passion for pottery, “Through my work I strive for connection . . . a direct link between the maker and the user of ‘utilitarian ceramic art.’

The challenge of the technical aspects, the homeyness and scale, the long history and tradition from all over the world in most cultures, keep me engaged in creating my own work.”

Eve’s one-of-a-kind, handmade,

original ceramic art creations have been shown recently at various local locations, including the Valentine’s Craft Fair at Ashawagh Hall, and Keyes Art Gallery in Sag Harbor.

Following the family tradition is Luca, the son of Eve and her husband, Al Scotti. Eve reports that eight-year old Luca is already experimenting with clay, painting, and slime. Fortunately, he has his mother’s studio behind their house where he can practice, and his grandmother living only a few houses away on a quiet Sag Harbor Street for encouragement.

The enduring debate of nature versus nurture continues. For the extended Behar family, both forces are hard at work.

Joy Behar will present new work as a special guest playwright at the Andromeda’s Sisters fundraiser for NeoPolitical Cowgirls on Friday, June 14, at the John Drew Theater at Guild Hall in East Hampton. The performance of seven one-act plays by women playwrights will start at 8 PM.

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ANDROMEDA’S SISTERS FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Guild Hall 7:00pm Cocktail Party 8:00pm One Act Play Readings Award-Winning Women Playwrights and Acclaimed Actors

SUNDAY, JUNE 23 Guild Hall 10:30-1:30pm Deep Dive Creative Workshop for Women led by StateraArts DO Sarah Greenman Brunch and Kate Meuth interview with Sarah on empowering communities FRIDAY, JUNE 14

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IndyLit Rinse off the sand, grab a cocktail, and get some culture!

The Independent invites you to join us for an after-the-beach summer reading series hosted

by Bridget LeRoy at the Southampton Inn.

June 22 Rachel Love Nuwer POACHED Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking Rachel Nuwer, a frequent contributor to Scientific American, The New York Times, and National Geographic, traveled the world to shine a light on this global black market.

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July 20 Jeff Gordinier HUNGRY Eating, Road-Tripping & Risking It All With the Greatest Chef in the World A must for foodies: Former Times critic and current Esquire food and drinks editor Jeff Gordinier will give us a taste of his rollicking four- year culinary safari with Danish chef RenĂŠ Redzepi, whose restaurant, Noma, has been called the best on earth.

July 27 Taffy Brodesser-Akner FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE (A Novel) You may know her as the New York Times Magazine staff writer behind the super-viral profile of Goop guru Gwyneth Paltrow (and countless other cultural icons), but Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s new novel is earning raves from the literati. Settle in for a drink and a shot of good old tri-state-style neurosis.

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From Ship To Shape To Bay Street Actor chronicles his ups and downs and ups

By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

“From Ship to Shape,” Walker Vreeland’s autobiographical monologue, is docking again at Bay Street on June 10 for one night, and Vreeland couldn’t be happier.

“This is where it started,” he said, talking about the 2016 version which was presented as part of the New Works Festival. “I mean, I had a reading at Guild Hall in 2011, but at that point it was three hours long.” It’s now a tight 75 minutes.

Working with Scott Schwartz, Bay Street’s artistic director, was a gift, according to Vreeland. “He was so integral to the piece. It would not be where it is today without him.”

There is no better way to describe what this is all about than from the www.fromshiptoshape.com website, which reads, “When performer Walker Vreeland got a job as a singer for Nor-

wegian Cruise Lines in 2003, he could never have imagined the voyage that lay ahead. Boarding the Bermudabound ship would be the beginning of a mental breakdown so severe, he would wake up months later in one of the 101 beds at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Mood Disorder Psychiatric Ward.”

It continues, “‘From Ship to Shape’ is a funny and gut-wrenching autobiographical monologue about one young man’s struggle with mental illness in today’s world. It’s about losing your mind while chasing your dreams, the journey in pursuit of healing, and how a cruise ship can push you over the edge.”

“I want to share it with the East End,” he said. “I know it sounds kind of cheesy, but I want to give back. I developed it here; I wrote it here. The East End helped me get it to where it is

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Of course, Vreeland is well-known to the folks out here — he was voted Dan’s Papers number one personality in the Hamptons from 2013 to 2016. As a radio personality, he is best known for having hosted “The Afternoon Show” on 102.5 WBAZ FM on Long Island, and as the creator and host of the podcast “Interview with the Artist,” during which he interviewed people such as Cyndi Lauper, Betty Buckley, David Brenner, James Frey, Paula Poundstone, Cheech Marin, and Jane Krakowski, among others.

But lately, his attention has been on the play, and attention it has got. It has garnered a bevy of awards in New York and Sarasota, FL, where Vreeland received an “Outstanding Actor” award last year.

“It’s now in its most developed form,” Vreeland said. “As I was in rehearsal for the New York premiere with Milton Justice, the director, it was mostly cutting and pasting — moving things around. I added music; now there are four songs. It’s me right out of drama school — idealistic, very green, very naïve.”

But the actor — “I was such a people pleaser, with a wounded sense of self with a lack of self-worth” — took

a job on a cruise ship, and it was there that the nervous breakdown began. “I was out of control. I was feeling like I had lost control. Yes, it’s about mental illness, but more than that, it’s about this particular breakdown, and looking back on it from the perspective of now, and trying to understand exactly what happened to me.”

There are plenty of laughs too.

“Cruise ships are just inherently funny,” Vreeland said. “You’re in Vegas, but the ground is moving. Like an earthquake in the entertainment capital of the world. Couple that with a breakdown . . .” He laughed. “And when I went back a few years later and looked at my journals, I realized there was a show here. It shows the nature of a downward spiral.

All the signs were there. It was just a matter of filling in the blanks.”

Audience members have approached Vreeland and opened up to him about their own mental glitches as well. “Look, when you relive your nervous breakdown on stage for an audience, they feel safe confiding in you.

And that means so much to me,” he said.

“From Ship To Shape” is at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Monday, June 10, at 7 PM. For tickets, visit www.baystreet.org.

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Tovah Feldshuh and playwright/actor Wade Dooley engage in a dance of words in "The Prompter" at Bay Street through June 16. Independent/Lenny Stucker

‘The Prompter’ Opens At Bay Street The power of love and control

By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

Wade Dooley’s semi-autobiographical dramedy “The Prompter” opened at Bay Street on June 1, starring Dooley and Tovah Feldshuh in a touching and funny two-hander directed

by Bay Street’s artistic director Scott Schwartz. On the outside, the play is about an aspiring actor hired to prompt a former theatrical grande dame with a

failing memory during her triumphant return to Broadway after four decades.

But underneath, it’s about allegiance, control, family, and the continual roller-coaster ride between disappointment and redemption.

Up until the moment Dooley meets Irene Young, his image of her is as a former Broadway star and the

sweet granny from a TV show — a far cry from the woman he meets on the first day of rehearsal. But in the theater, as it is elsewhere in life, it’s all about appearances. Dooley is there to act as a prompter for Young, to feed her the lines in a reworked, revamped production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” itself a trivial comedy. But does the title of Oscar Wilde’s play also belie what’s really significant here?

Dooley’s character, a peoplepleaser and caregiver in both his relationship with Young and his off-stage boyfriend, frequently fantasizes about the way a situation will play out, but to be sincere about his feelings in an honest conversation with someone else is not in his wheelhouse. Young also is a woman who chooses to live with her shield firmly in place, although we get to see a bit of what makes both of them

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tick when the mask comes off in a few scenes. Mother/grandmother and son issues abound, not surprisingly.

Kevin Depinet’s set goes a long way in showing the guts of a Broadway theater and this production as well — not what the audience sees, but the dirty, smelly, and unadorned underbelly, the dressing rooms and backstage where the real drama gets played out. Dooley is suitably adorable as the enthusiastic, friendly fan who slowly becomes the confidante of the woman with whom he forms an intimate relationship, simply by being the one who whispers her lines in her ear through a microphone each night.

Feldshuh is resplendent in the role of Young; a needy but tough old broad off-stage, a consummate star in the moments we get to see her perform the role of Mrs. Bracknell. And in Dooley’s fantasy sequences, she quickly bends from cruel to kind, devoted to dismissive, in a snap. Her turn as Irene Young is pure brilliance. Thanks to the team of Feldshuh, Dooley, and Schwartz for bringing this character a real depth, amid the humor and flippancy.

The show runs 90 minutes from start to finish, and could perhaps have been sliced by 10 minutes and still have hit the same important marks, but it doesn’t really matter. This Bay Street world premiere allows Dooley to pose the question which plagues so many relationships: When is caretaking really love, and when is it about control, by either the caretaker or the one being taken care of? When is it healthy and when is it not? And when do you decide to show “mercy” to yourself above your career and your dysfunctional relationships?

“The Prompter” is another winner for Bay Street — a poignant yet not-toodeep dive into the lives of two actors, the family they choose on their journeys, and the characters they portray, both onstage and off. Running through June 16, tickets and more information are available at www.baystreet.org.

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FILM Water Lilies of Monet Guild Hall in East Hampton will screen “Water Lilies of Monet” on Friday, June 7, at 7 PM. Grab your tickets at www.guildhall.org.

Film & Talk Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will host a film and talk around “Five Seasons, The Gardens of Piet Oudolf” on Friday, June 7 at 6 PM. For tickets visit www.parrishart.org.

Framing John DeLorean Hamptons International Film Festival presents, as part of its Now Showing series, “Framing John DeLorean” at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday, June 8, at 8 PM.

WORDS Book & Bottle The Suffolk County Historical Society Museum in Riverhead presents Book & Bottle: “The Big Duck & Eastern LI’s Duck Farming Industry” with Susan Van Scoy on Thursday, June 6, at 6 PM.

BookHampton Book Hampton in East Hampton welcomes Eve Karlin, author of “City of Liars and Thieves” on Friday, June 7, at 5 PM. Gina Bradley, author of “Paddle Diva: Ten Guiding Principles to Finding Balance on the Water and in Life” will speak on Saturday, June 8, at 5 PM. On Sunday, June 9, at 3 PM the book shop welcomes Sybille van Kempen with “The Bridgehampton Inn Look + Cook Book.” On Tuesday, June 11, at 5 PM, is Amy Hempel, author of “Sing to It” in conversation with Jill Ciment of “The Body in Question.” Learn more at www.bookhampton.com.

EEC5 Closing Day The Southampton Arts Center will have an East End Collected 5 Artists Presentation hosted by Paton Miller on Sunday, June 9, at 12:30 PM, as they close out the gallery tour. Learn more at www.southamptonartscenter.org.

Jeffrey Sussman The East Hampton Library welcomes Jeffrey Sussman, author of “Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science” on Saturday, June 8, at 1 PM. Call 631-324-0222 ext. 3 to register.

Art For Health Artful Home Care presents, as part of its Art For Health lecture series, “Looking Forward to Aging on the East End” at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday, June 8, at 3 PM. Learn more at www.guildhall.org.

THEATER The Prompter Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is now showing the world premiere of “The Prompter,” through June 16. Visit www.baystreet.org for showtimes.

Asian Arts Festival Southampton Cultural Center presents the Asian Spring Performing Arts Festival on Saturday, June 8, at 5 PM. Visit www.scc-arts.org.

Private Lives Playwright Noel Coward’s comedy “Private Lives” will be performed by the Hampton Theatre Company through June 9 at the Quogue Community Hall. Visit www.hamptontheatre. org for tickets and times.

Running Scared Eastville Community Historical Society presents “Running Scared, Running Free” at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Sunday, June 9, at 8 PM. For tickets visit www.guildhall.org.

The Violin Maker Guild Hall in East Hampton welcomes JDT Lab, The Violin Maker on Monday, June 10, at 7:30 PM.

From Ship to Shape Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor presents “From Ship to Shape,” a monologue written and performed by Walker Vreeland on Monday, June 10, at 7 PM. Go to www.baystreet.org for tickets.

MUSIC The Clam Bar The Clam Bar at Napeague hosts live music every Wednesday starting at 4 PM.

Paul Gene Springs Tavern in East Hampton will have live music by Paul Gene every Thursday from 6 to 8 PM.

Jam Session The Jam Session of The Hamptons will

Ryder Cooley & Dust Bowl Faeries. Independent/Dina Shirin

perform at Union Cantina in Southampton every Thursday at 7 PM. See more at www.thejamsession.org.

Tutti Suonare Perlman Music Program presents Tutti Suonare on Thursday, June 6, at 7 PM at the Shelter Island Campus and again on Sunday, June 9, at 7 PM at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons. Visit www. perlmanmusicprogram.org.

Open Mic Night New Moon Cafe in East Quogue presents open mic night every Thursday from 8 to 11 PM. Check www.newmooncafeeq.com.

Stephen Talkhouse Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett jams out to Student Body at 8 PM and Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks at 10 PM on Thursday, June 6. On Friday, June 7, will be The English Beat at 8 PM, followed by Hello Brooklyn at 11 PM. Saturday, June 8, will be Lez Zeppelin at 8 PM and LHT at 10 PM. Sunday, June 9, will be Monsieur Perine at 8 PM, with Majestic Band at 10 PM. Tuesday, June 11, will be Toots & The Maytals at 8 PM and DJ Snoop at 10 PM. See more at www.stephentalkhouse.com.

Robby Krieger Robby Krieger of The Doors will be playing at The Suffolk Theater in Riv-

erhead on Friday, June 7, at 8 PM. Want tickets? Go to www.suffolktheater.com.

Carbon Leaf Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will welcome Carbon Leaf to the stage on Friday, June 7, at 8 PM. Hear more at www.whbpac.org.

Greenport Harbor Brewery At Greenport Harbor’s Peconic location will be Gene Casey and The Lone Sharks on Saturday, June 8, at 5 PM, followed by Truck Stop Gypsies on Sunday, June 9, at 3 PM. Go to www. greenportharborbrewing.com.

Ryder Cooley & Dust Bowl Faeries The Southampton Arts Center welcomes Ryder Cooley & Dust Bowl Faeries on Saturday, June 8, at 7 PM. Learn more at www.southamptonartscenter. org.

Sarah Conway & Dan Koontz The Masonic Lodge in Sag Harbor will host Sarah Conway and Dan Koontz on Saturday, June 8, at 8 PM.

Rites Of Spring The Rites of Spring Music Festival continues on Saturday, June 8, at 8 PM with Liminal Highway at the Custer Institute in Southold. Visit www.ritesmusic.org.

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HAMPTON DAZE

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro

‘Big Little Lies,’ Water Views, And Moke With a side of Governors Ball, books, and donut ice cream jessica@indyeastend.com @hamptondaze

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At Water Views Festival with Don Lemon, Aly Cohen, and Bridget LeRoy. Independent/Richard Lewin

Some weeks, it feels like I don’t do anything besides work and watch “Real Housewives,” others I’m all over the map, literally. This week happened to be slightly more thrilling than most.

Leave it to The Wing in Soho to bring a little extra excitement to my usual Wednesday workspace. I started the week (Wednesday is the start of The Independent’s work week, since it’s the day we publish) at The Wing for a panel discussion for HBO’s “Big Little Lies.”

The convo was moderated by Vanity Fair Editor Radhika Jones and included Hollywood stars, producers, and megaactresses Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern, and Nicole Kidman.

The group discussed the show and its Season Two launch. Words of wisdom from the cast about female empowerment (and this is an empowered group of females) as well as domestic violence led the conversation.

On Friday, The Independent and fitness-foodie writer Nicole Teitler hosted a gathering at Berry & Co. Joe & Liza’s ice cream and Grindstone Donuts have collaborated on a donut ice cream, and it’s pretty amazing. Guests were invited to sample the goods while also enjoying cocktails by Simple Vodka and Wölffer wines. It was also a great reason to explore the new whimsical Berry & Co. book shop, which opened in Sag Harbor a few weeks ago, above Jack’s Stir-Brew Coffee on Division Street.

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Mill hosted a rosé toast on Saturday morning to celebrate its opening. I took one of the fun electric cars out for a spin (well, around the parking lot). The Moke is perfect for coastal communities such as ours. Plug it into an outlet to charge. It goes about 30 miles per hour, has zero emissions, and is perfect to get you to the beach — all while reducing your carbon footprint.

Sunday started with the Water Views Festival and ended with me raindrenched at Governors Ball.

The Water Views Festival at Guild Hall was an event hosted by The Independent and the Chapman Perelman Foundation about celebrating and preserving the East End’s most valuable asset, its water. It was moderated

by CNN’s Don Lemon and included panel discussions with Sara Davison, Dr. Christopher Gobler, Dorian Dale, Bridget Fleming, and Dr. Stuart Lowrie, followed by a key note address by Cyrill Gutsch and speeches by Edwina von Gal, Beth Rattner, Michael Ogden, and Aly Cohen. After the talks, it was off to an outdoor eco-fair with activations by Flowers by Beth, Perfect Earth Project, Telemark, Surfrider Foundation, SoFo, and many others.

Once we arrived back in the city, we headed over to Governors Ball.

Sunday was delayed because of rain so we ended up getting there around 8:30

PM. I tried to have a festival moment, but unfortunately the weather had other plans. We weren’t even there long enough to take a photo for the ‘gram.

We were able to watch Nas perform and walk around for a few minutes before they announced that everyone should proceed to the nearest exit. When it started raining, I was secretly hoping for a Woodstock ’94 moment. Although I’m sure there’s a big difference between upstate mud and Randall’s Island mud. It will forever be known as the night Joe and I went to Governors Ball for 45 minutes.

We did really enjoy ourselves for those few brief moments.

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By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Honoring The Hands On Thursday, June 6, the Hudson River Health Care Foundation will kick off summer at Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Sagaponack with its fifth annual Honoring the Hands event. Guests are invited to enjoy an evening featuring some of Long Island’s finest sustainably-produced rosés, locally-sourced foods, and live music. Tickets are $125 and can be purchased online at hrhcare.org/events, or by calling the www.

HRHCare Foundation at 914-734-8555.

School’s Out Hetrick-Martin Institute, the nation’s oldest and largest LGBTQ youth service organization, will hosts its annual School’s Out fundraiser on Saturday, June 8. The event is co-chaired by Benjamin Dixon, Dan Ennis, and Rod Grozier. Cocktails will be hosted at Amagansett Square from 6 to 8:30 PM, with lite bites by Wölffer Kitchen, and an intimate dinner to follow nearby on Further Lane at the home of Joe Hall and Martin Dagata, with food and staffing provided by STK Steakhouse. Dinner will be served from 8:30 to 10 PM.

Pig Roast East End Hospice will host its annual pig roast on Saturday, June 8, from 4 to 7 PM at Pindar Vineyards. There will be roasted pig with all the fixings. Kids can enjoy a bounce house, face painting, and crafts.

All Against Abuse The Retreat’s All Against Abuse Gala will be held on Saturday, June 8, at The Muses in Southampton. The Retreat helps families affected by violence and

abuse. For more info visit www.retreatgala.org.

Cultural Extravaganza Eastville Community Historical Society will host a cultural extravaganza on Sunday, June 9 at Guild Hall in East Hampton. Starting at 6 PM, there will be a special reception with Chef Tamara of “Clove & Lace.” Immediately following will be award-winning multi genre choir, Voice of Virtue, under the leadership of Rachel Blackburn.

Following that is a theatrical performance of “Running Scared Running Free, A Sal St. George Production.” A post-show Q & A will immediately follow with cast, writer Sal St. George, and Eastville’s director Dr. Georgette Grier-Key. For tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com.

The June 14 event includes performances by Blythe Danner, Catherine Curtin, and many more in new one-acts by Joy Behar and Lucy Boyle, among others.

The brain child of Kate Mueth, the founder of the Neo-Political Cowgirls, Andromeda’s Sisters, provides an arts

and advocacy forum to create more work for women in theater and to increase the female voice in the narrative of our society’s stories.

For tickets and a full schedule, visit www.npcowgirls.org/andromedassisters-2019.

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By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Building On Tradition The North Fork Community Theatre presents its 11th annual Building on Tradition Campaign Gala hosted at Pellegrini Vineyards on Friday, June 14, at 7 PM. Enjoy live performances, raffle, auction, hors d’oeuvres, and buffet dinner. Individual tickets are $125. Visit www.nfct.com.

Andromeda’s Sister Gala Immerse yourself in the wild and indomitable female spirit with the third annual Andromeda’s Sisters Gala to benefit the dance theater company The Neo-Political Cowgirls. The compelling three-day journey includes play readings, a private estate fundraiser, and an interactive creativity workshop on June 14, 22, and 23 which can be enjoyed collectively or individually.

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Folioeast joins Greenport Village for First Fridays Art Walk on Friday, June 7, from 6 to 9 PM at Beall & Bell. The show will feature photographs by Scott Farrell, monotypes by Pamela Dove, and painting and sculpture by Aurelio Torres. The exhibit continues through June 30.

Jeff Lion Weinstock There will be an artist’s reception at the Amagansett Free Library for photographer Jeff Lion Weinstock on Saturday, June 7, from 5 to 7 PM. Join the New York City photographer and filmmaker for the opening of his June exhibit.

Unreliable Narrators Sara Nightingale presents “Unreliable Narrators” featuring Barbara Friedman, Melora Griffis, and Judith Simonian, opening Saturday, June 8, from 6 to 8 PM. The show will run through July 5.

9999 The Fireplace Project in Springs presents “9999,” a group exhibition curated by Edsel Williams. It’s a salon style group show with over 25 artists, all artworks are priced under $10,000.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 8, from 6 to 8 PM. The show runs through July 8.

Halsey McKay The Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton presents two solo shows: Glen Baldridge and Richard Tinkler.

The shows open with a reception on Saturday, June 8, from 6 to 8 PM, and run through July 9.

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READING OUR REGION

By Joan Baum

‘The East End’ Gives Vent To Local Class Divide Jason Allen’s debut novel offers voice to working poor

For sure, Jason Allen’s debut novel “The East End” is not your typical beach read. It’s not about summer romance in the Hamptons or chic lit glam girls on the prowl, even though the plot spans a Memorial Day weekend. But it is indeed a Hamptons book in the sense that it features people who live and work here all year round, a demographic rarely featured in contemporary fiction about the East End. And it gives vent to the class divide that separates rich from poor by way of a point of view sympathetic to the blue-collar service people dependent on the privileged McMansionites to whom they are invisible. “The East End” may be angrier than its author intends, but in this regard, it’s valuable.

Born in Vermont where he lived in a log cabin for the first year of his life, Allen grew up in a working-class home in the Hamptons like his young protagonist Corey Halpern. A backjacket author photo shows an intense, somewhat amused bald-headed man with lots of arm tats. It’s obvious that Allen has overcome stereotype and disadvantage to earn a Ph.D. in literature and writing from Binghamton and

become a published author of poetry and memoir and a teacher of writing, including in China and Atlanta, where he now resides.

The narrative opens with 19-yearold Corey on the night before the Memorial Day weekend. He’s sitting in a parked car in Southampton, killing time. Bored, resentful, he gets a kick out of breaking into rich people’s homes, not to steal but to look around and maybe mess around a bit, like putting salt in milk in the fridge. Corey’s not a bad guy. He cares about his younger brother and his mom, Gina, an alcoholic, pill-popping, abused wife of a violent loser, her second husband.

She dotes on her boys, though, and works hard as a maid for wealthy estate owner Leo Sheffield.

Corey would love to escape his aimless, impoverished life but will not abandon his family. On this night his main house target is the Sheffields’ Gin Lane home. He, too, works there, and he’s developed a crush on Angelique, a friend of the spoiled Sheffield daughter, Tiffany. The romance might seem unlikely considering class differences, but Angelique lets on as to how she’s really

working class and living at the Sheffield estate because Tiffany needed a friend.

The night takes a sudden turn: the Sheffield house, supposedly empty, isn’t. Leo, a closet homosexual, drove out earlier with his young lover, Henry, but when they both get so high on alcohol and coke they can hardly manage, Henry suffers an accident in the pool and dies (no spoiler alert). Also, Tiffany and Angelique unexpectedly show up in time for Angelique to see Leo hiding Henry’s body (Tiffany’s upstairs passed out). Corey, who’s been hiding out on the roof sees it all — accident and attempted cover up. Meanwhile, Mrs. Sheffield, a clichéd rich arrogant snob, who cares only for the Hamptons social scene, is on her way out with monied guests for the annual Memorial Day party. And Henry, who had recently attempted suicide, has been reported missing.

The narrative unfolds from various points of view — Leo’s, Corey’s, and Gina’s. Though each character is rounded out, none engage. Perhaps that’s because Allen’s prose succumbs at times to pedestrian description (“words remained trapped behind

locked doors deep inside his head”; questions “kept on spiraling”) or selfconscious purple passage (“thoughts like screams,” “eyes puffy, pillow lines like pink lightning bolts imprinted along one of her cheeks”). The situations, however, do ring true, particularly an account (that goes on too long) of Gina’s attempts at AA. Although PR material calls “The East End” a “twisty page turner and a nuanced morality tale,” morality is not clear because Corey and Angelique have few compunctions about blackmailing the put-upon Leo Sheffield, devastated by his lover’s death and a decent employer to Gina. Without heroism or mystery, the tale fizzles out against concluding fireworks and last-minute violence. Still, Allen successfully gives voice to the plight of the depressed working poor in an upscale community.

An acknowledgments page movingly dedicates the book “to the Hamptons kids from working-class families and broken homes, to those who survived and those who left us too soon” and to those who reminded the author that “we never need to walk alone.”

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KISS & TELL

By Heather Buchanan

Andromeda’s Sisters: A New Kind Of Gala Swap out your stilettos for cowgirl boots kissandtellhb@gmail.com

The summer benefit season is upon us, and there is a plethora of worthy causes looking to raise money from both tried and true supporters and tax-deductible daters. Guests may be well-versed in the mission of the philanthropy, while others are just trying to figure out how to dig their stiletto heels out of the lawn while balancing their plastic cup of chardonnay.

Navigating Hamptons social fundraising events requires not just Google Calendar but rotating dresses to avoid being photographed twice in the same outfit (quelle horreur), a quippy come-

back to your ex’s half-your-age new date, and a serious game plan for winning silent auctions (online bidding makes a strategic placement of a champagne glass, cloudy with condensation, to obscure the last bidder’s number obsolete).

So, what if it’s not so much about what’s on the outside as what’s on the inside for a new kind of gala? Kate Mueth and her Neo-Political Cowgirls present Andromeda’s Sisters, a unique two-day fundraising event June 14 and 23, where all you have to do is polish your aura, put a little rouge on your

soul, and step out not only of your stilettos but your comfort zone.

It’s great to dress up your daring and immerse yourself in new work by award-winning playwrights on Friday, June 14, at Guild Hall from Joy Behar, Lucy Boyle, Julia Jordan, Anna Ziegler, Liana Sonenclar, Margo Hammond, and Suzanne Bradbeer. A stellar cast comes to the stage to support their fellow female voices including Blythe Danner, Laura Gomez, and Catherine Curtin of “Orange is the New Black,” Susie Essman of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Tamara Tunie of “Law & Order,” and Ellen Marie Dolan of “As The World Turns.” The collective effort shows that it is not just financial support but moral support from this amazing community of talent that makes an event a success.

There is a subtle but soul-enhancing power in the act of showing up for one another because we realize as women, and awesome evolved men, that we are all in it together.

Those in the community know the Neo-Political Cowgirls present original and provocative dance, theater, and education events, and interaction is a key component. On Sunday, June 23, at Guild Hall, Mueth is offering a creative workshop and brunch with Sarah Greenman of StateraArts, whose mission is to take positive action to bring

women into full and equal participation in the arts.

I write often about safe emotional and creative space, as well as the dreaded muffin top, the former being my higher Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs self. There is a real pressure in the Hamptons scene to be perfect or the illusion thereof. It’s refreshing to think of a fundraiser where you can let your I-haven’t-had-time-get-my-rootsdone hair down and be inspired by myriad women’s stories and voices.

Andromeda’s Sisters title is inspired by the story of Poseidon’s nymph daughters who swam against the currents of the sea to help save Andromeda who was lashed to a rock by their father and about to be consumed by a violent sea monster. There are many metaphorical sea monsters women face in today’s political, economic, and social environment, so it’s encouraging to see them swimming against the tides.

Mueth puts it succinctly. “When we help our sisters, regardless of friendship or kinship or convenience, we are extraordinary humans walking the talk for real change. When women do these things we then, in turn, become examples for our children, our neighbors, our fellow employees, our families and the men in our lives.” For tickets, visit www.npcowgirls.org.

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RICK’S SPACE

By Rick Murphy

The Root Of All Evil How much would you pay for gourmet roadkill? rmurphy@indyeastend.com

We had a biology teacher in high school that asked the same question on every quiz and test: “What’s the root of all evil?” The answer, of course, is “money.”

It became a running joke at school.

Whenever someone asked you what you learned in biology class we would recite Brother Edward’s mantra.

In “Lord of the Rings,” Gandalf entrusted hobbits with the ring because he felt their personalities could best withstand the powerful, evil pull of power as symbolized by the ring. It was true, though eventually Bilbo and Frodo got all weirded out from carrying the ring around.

The 19th-Century British politician Lord Acton once said, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Johnny Carson said money can’t make you happy but it can eliminate some of the things that make you unhappy. He proved his point by dumping four wives and remarrying progressively younger women, leaving the others to deal with the tears, loneliness, and alimony.

For example, if a mother has four starving children and no money to buy them food, she is going to be very unhappy (the kids won’t exactly be jumping for joy either). Give her money and she can eliminate one source of unhappiness by buying food. She may still be unhappy, though, especially if her kids look like her first husband, who was extremely ugly.

I have lived my life adhering to this principle, concentrating on being a better person, coworker, husband, and citizen by not looking beyond the important things in life, like love, for example.

The problem is, I love money.

I want a Mercedes Benz 550 GL, and I am very unhappy I can’t afford one. In fact, I’m convinced God screwed me, and here is how: If all those people out there who really believe Money Is The Root Of All Evil simply gave their money to me, we wouldn’t have this problem.

Put another way, if you are a mother and don’t mind feeding your children roadkill, give whatever money you have to me. I’ll invest it sensibly in

a new vehicle. You can keep enough to buy masks for those ugly kids.

Speaking of roadkill, only in the Hamptons do you find the gourmet kind. In most places, it’s squirrel and an occasional (if you are lucky) rabbit.

(OK, sometimes a diseased weasel will wander into traffic but that is indeed a rarity.) But hereabouts, life is such that those of you who covet money, as evil as it is, might consider a new start-up: Hamptons Roadkill.

Of course, we can’t name our new company that. I’m pushing “The Road To Culinary Treats” with the tagline “Eat Like A Million Bucks,” forgetting for the moment we are talking about the root of all evil.

First a word about start-ups.

You’re in the Hamptons. Think big! You can go on GoFundMe and ask for a new kidney and you’ll be lucky to total 400 bucks. But ask for seed money to study the mating habits of the rare single gonad-slurping turtle, some Green-loving reformed acidhead will write you a check for $500,000.

Consider the bounty: turkey, deer, quail, turtle, as well as rabbit and the rest. Now, reinvent them with the hoity-toity pretentious names like our local restaurants do: Quail with lemon tagliatelle Provençal Turkey Roast with Riesling French Herb Roasted Turkey with

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Finally, the price: would you pay $7.50 for a home-cooked meal in the Hamptons? Of course not. Double that? Naw. We pay $44 for crap like this. Don’t worry, it comes with a mesclun salad, the same greens papa grew in his garden (except he called them weeds).

Here in lies the secret to the Hamptons. Take a perfectly good bottle of wine that goes for $8. But don’t sell it for $8 a glass — no one will want it. Sell it for twice that. Ditto pasta. It costs a few bucks to make most any pasta dish.

Charge $35 for it.

People in the Hamptons want to spend all their money because they realize it is the root of all evil. The only way for true salvation is to live a life of poverty and of course, to prostrate yourself before the lord, unless you have your prostate removed and then I guess you can just bow or kneel.

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Indy Snaps Halcyon Days Photo by Wil Weiss Roman Fine Art in East Hampton presents “Halcyon Days,” a solo exhibition of new works by Polaroid photographer Alex Moore. Moore’s first solo exhibition at Roman Fine Art features new figurative and landscape works from his most recent travels.

The exhibit will continue through June 24. There was a reception for the artist on Saturday, May 25.

Sea Farmers Photos by Rob Rich/ www.societyallure.com South Fork Sea Farmers held its annual spring/summer kick-off party on Sunday, May 26, at the East Hampton Shellfish Nursery. Oysters, beer, and wine were served along with tours of the facility. The mission is to educate and raise awareness of the importance of sustainable marine aquaculture and to inspire constructive action programs. The foundation’s goal is to promote more public oyster gardening which helps keep waters clean, provides habitat for marine life, and improves the overall ecosystem.

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Indy Snaps Food For Thought Photos by Jenna Mackin The Independent, along with fitnessfoodie writer Nicole Teitler, held a tasting for Joe & Liza’s new ice cream flavors featuring Grindstone Donuts along with drinks by Simple Vodka and Wölffer Estate Vineyard on Friday, May 31. Guests joined Kyle Shanahan, owner of Grindstone Coffee & Donuts; social media influencer and co-owner of Joe & Liza’s Sean O’Donnell; and Taylor Berry, the owner of Sag Harbor’s Berry & Co. book shop.

Fresh Air Home Photos by Rob Rich/ www.societyallure.com The 27th Annual Southampton Fresh Air Home’s Decorators-DesignersDealers (D-D-D) Sale and Auction benefit gala was held on Saturday, June 1. The event featured live, silent, and wine auctions and a home furnishings and antiques sale.

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Entertaining Essentials Interesting guests, places of note, and where to get what The Guests?

her aesthetic eye. www.cdcharms.com Randy Zelin, a highly soughtafter media legal commentator for the media, Zelin is a regularly on Fox News, Fox Business Channel, CNN, CBSN, CNN Headline News, Bloomberg, and Law and Crime, making him an ideal conversationalist and, should summer fun in the Hamptons lead to issues, lawyer. www.randyzelinlaw.com

Pamela Morgan, renowned cookbook author, lifestyle, and entertaining expert has been tantalizing the taste buds of Hamptonites for more than a quarter of a century. Featured on the Food Network, Morgan’s company is essential for enjoying social supremacy this summer to hear her tales of the recently sold-out cabaret acts in New York City. www.flirtingwithflavors.com Catherine Demarchelier, Shelter Island resident, and with husband, Eric and daughter, Emily, are owners of Restaurant Demarchelier, and is a jewelry designer with CD charms. Demarchelier has long had a special fondness for and connection with her community. She has always been artistic and innovative, with previous careers as a decorator and a stylist that honed

Leesa Rowland, actress, television star, author, and philanthropist, is able to participate in any social situation the Hamptons can throw at you. She has also been studying comedy in New York at the famed Upright Citizen’s Brigade whose alumni include Amy Poehler, Horatio Sands, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and Ian McKay. www.leesarowland.net

For a dose of the South of France in Montauk, Duryea’s offers a raw bar with seating alongside the theater of the team at work preparing the oysters, clams, and seafood in front of diners.

Outside, the deck has those hard-toget tables by the waterfront (time to call Stephane Dupoux) where you can take in that sun, sea, and those magnums of rosé wine. www.duryealobsters.com Starting its fourth decade this year, Nick & Toni’s is the East Hampton hub for classic, seasonally-inspired dining in a Tuscan farmhouse-style location. Reserve an outdoor table and engage all five senses from the sights and sounds to the delicious taste of the cuisine. www.nickandtonis.com Stone Creek Inn enters its ninth decade as a dining institution. Chef Christian Mir, former executive sous chef of Tavern on the Green and his wife, Elaine, left the City and took over in May 1996, bringing their own twist on French cuisine to their loyal Hamptons following. www.stonecreekinn. com

Top slot for Mexican cuisine in the Hamptons this season remains Union Cantina, located in Southampton. Ian Duke and David Hilty work alongside award-winning Executive Chef Scott Kampf, who has been featured on Food Network’s “Iron Chefs of America.” www.unioncantina.net

The Staples Wake up and smell the coffee at The Golden Pear or this season, enjoy dinner, as it is open until 9 PM. With locations in Southampton, Bridgehamp-

ton, and East Hampton, as well as Sag Harbor, you can be guaranteed of being close to those flavored coffees, pastries, and snacks. Get ready for a queue and make mine a Caramel Coffee. www. goldenpear.com Shop for your selection of groceries and necessities at King Kullen in Bridgehampton. With an old-school variety of produce and supplies, you will be able to make it a one-stop shop to load up. That said, author of “The Kitchen Sleuth,” Henry Lambert, swears by the quality of its steak. Time to fire up that charcoal barbecue. www. kingkullen.com

Indulge your sweet tooth with one of the fresh fruit dessert pies from Round Swamp Farm, the East End’s go-to spot for fresh baked goods and farm quality market food. Visit the Bridgehampton, or East Hampton store that started it all. www.roundswampfarm. com This summer, what rosé wine 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 grapes which together make up 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 Independent/Photos courtesy Union Cantina, Flirting With Flavors, Round Swamp Farm

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The Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island may be on the market — for nearly $10 million, in case you have the spare cash — but that doesn’t mean that this established spot is throwing in the towel.

The 4.3-acre property, outfitted with a 22-room inn and 110-seat restaurant, is still planning to face the summer season by planting its best foot forward.

This iconic property dates back to 1929. The 90-year-old building also boasts a tennis court, bocce ball court, and space large enough to host weddings and private events. A three-story Colonial manor house has an additional 5000 square feet of unfinished basement space (a likely draw for whomever will inevitably buy the pricey property).

There are, too, eight moorings, deep water docks, and 800 feet of west-facing water frontage on Coecles Harbor. In 1979, James and Linda Eklund opened the current version of the Ram’s Head Inn, and although it has gone through numerous incarnations in those intervening years, it remains committed to thoughtful

dining and accommodation. This year, as the Inn celebrates its 40th anniversary, the restaurant will welcome back Chef Joe Smith.

As a teenager, Smith washed dishes at the Ram’s Head Inn, under the tutelage of the Eklunds. He was promoted to sous chef and, later, chef de cuisine. But ambition drew Chef Smith off the Island, both to the north and south (he landed jobs at Sag Harbor’s Wölffer Kitchen and at Robby Beaver’s Greenport eatery, The Frisky Oyster). He now returns to his old stomping grounds with a new title: executive chef. With the space itself in flux, it remains to be seen whether or not Smith will flex creative muscles or keep a reliable menu true to its origin. If the food continues along the same trajectory, diners have much to look forward to.

The restaurant encompasses dual spaces: the main dining room and the Harbor Hall lounge. Both boast fireplaces that date back to 1929. The menu hits popular notes; diners are likely to

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find a beet salad with goat cheese, bacon, and roasted pistachios; a Caesar with brioche croutons; oysters on the half shell; and a crabmeat cocktail with a Dijon aioli to begin.

Entrees run the full gamut, appealing both to the land- and sea-lover. The fish obsessive can revel in sea scallops with cauliflower puree, green beans, and a lobster beurre blanc, or shrimp fra diavolo with torn burrata, while meat eaters will have a hard time passing up the local Crescent Farm duck, served with duck confit, smoked purple cabbage, and pomegranate molasses.

The wine list is balanced between international selections and local wines (Macari, Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Lieb Cellars, Lenz Winery, Sparkling Pointe, and Bedell represent Long Island on

this list).

During the off-season, the Ram’s Head Inn offers patrons the opportunity to try out all 22 rooms, which would make for an incredible reunion, of sorts, assuming you had enough people to fill the rooms. For weddings, the inn has space enough for 200 people, and events can be hosted both indoors and out.

Given the historic significance of the building, and the successful run that the Ram’s Head Inn has had up until now, it’s impossible to think that a savvy buyer would pass up this waterfront property. So, if trying out Chef Smith’s menu, and the class of the current configuration, doesn’t give you an excuse to get out to Shelter Island immediately, I don’t know what will.

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By Beth Landman

“Top Chef” finalist and former Surf Lodge chef Sam Talbot is overseeing Morty’s Oyster Stand, which has revitalized the location at 2167 Montauk Highway that formerly housed Napeague’s ultimate party bar, Cyril’s Fish House. Named after Hamptons builder Jeremy Morton, who opened the seafood spot along with fellow builder Jack Luber and restaurateur Charles Seich, it serves up sustainably-sourced, mainly local seafood fare including a range of raw options — oysters, clams, shrimp cocktail, and Maine uni — along with cooked dishes like olive oil steamed mussels with heirloom tomatoes, summer corn, cilantro, and golden garlic; grilled local squid with zucchini, macadamia pesto, and pineapple serrano vinegar; and fish en papillote with lemon, mushrooms, and sofrito.

If you’ve had enough of seafood,

fried chicken with spicy honey and celeriac slaw, and hangar steak with roasted mushroom chimichurri and garlicky greens are also on the menu.

There is, of course, an outdoor bar with such drinks as Root Down, created with silver tequila, local berries, and carbonated beet juice.

After several Hamptons ventures including Philippe and Jue Lan Club, Stratis Morfogen hadn’t planned to return to the Hamptons, but establishing a partnership with the lawyer Mark Geragos, who owns the Capri Hotel (281 County Road 39A, Southampton) changed his mind. “The Hamptons were in my rearview because rents are so high and it costs about a quarter of a million dollars for summer rent including staff housing,’’ explains Morfogen, who has opened Brooklyn Chop House in the Capri.

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“Before, the restaurant owners were at odds with the hotel. They had to stay open until 4 AM to make money and the hotel guests would have trouble sleeping,” he added. Though he will host pool parties on the big holidays, Morfogen says his restaurant will focus on food at other times, service the hotel, and close at a reasonable hour.

Apart from steaks and chops, he will feature creative dim sum, such as bacon cheeseburger dumplings.

Stephan Bogardus, who staged at the French Laundry and worked at Per Se and Daniel before receiving acclaim as chef at the North Fork Table and Inn in Southold, is now running the kitchen at the Halyard in Greenport’s Soundview hotel (58775 County Road 48). Among his dishes are house-made ricotta cavatelli with sautéed squash, oven roasted tomatoes, and herb pistou of basil, mint, and parsley; and slowly poached fluke.

“Most people blanch their herbs in water and shock them for green purees, but this dilutes the flavor,’’ maintains the chef. “We dry cook our herbs in high-heat olive oil and emulsify them in a stock made from fluke bones.’’ All the Halyard’s greens come from KK’s biodynamic farm and there is also a poolside menu of smaller plates including frozen natural pops, lobster rolls,

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and farm stand crudité with hummus.

Paola’s held its friends and family dinners and then opened Memorial Day weekend, but there was no alcohol because it is still awaiting a liquor license. “We wanted to have a big party, and are trying to get the license ASAP,’’ explained owner Stefano Marracino, who says they expect it any day.

Blu Mar faced the same situation, and T-Bar decided not to open at all over the holiday. “We are opening just to get the staff up and running but we can’t offer any alcohol and we tell people they can’t bring their own either,’’ explained Tony Fortuna. Hopefully, by the July Fourth holiday, wine will be flowing.

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Showfish Debuts In Montauk Chef Jeremy Blutstein doesn’t skimp on flavor

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Fluke crudo. Independent/Courtesy Gurney's Montauk

Gurney’s has a new dining spot, and it’s sure to be a hit this summer. Right before the start of Memorial Day weekend, The Independent headed out to Montauk for a press dinner to experience Showfish. It’s the latest dining endeavor from Gurney’s Resorts. Located at Gurney’s Star Island Resort & Marina, overlooking Lake Montauk, Showfish is destined to be a star.

The hyper-local, seasonally-focused menu is created by Chef Jeremy Blutstein, the former chef de cuisine at

Almond in Bridgehampton.

Showfish has created a fineyet-engaging eatery with a massive lobster tank, nine-foot seafood display, and a “vegetable butchery” highlighting produce sourced from local farms. Ingredients that come from the East End’s bounty include seafood caught daily, brought to its docks by local fishermen. Guests can even select and tag their catch for dinner. Impressive!

The menu offered crudo options to start. I tried the fluke crudo with

Chef Jeremy Blutstein. Independent/Courtesy Gurney's Montauk

cucumber, horseradish, and almonds while my guest went with the tuna crudo prepped with preserved lemon, capers, and rye crumble. The display was impeccable and delicious.

The warm carrot salad should have been named the hot carrot salad based on where it might fall on the Scoville scale; it was topped with a harissa tahini that just won’t quit. The pomegranate molasses and smoked ricotta salata complimented the dish nicely.

The grilled octopus with crushed

potatoes and lamb bacon was also a special dish. If there’s one thing that Blutstein doesn’t shy away from, it’s flavor. And the risks taken pays off with wonderfully creative dishs.

Entrees included options like the roasted chicken, seared scallops, and tilefish. And for dessert, it was tres leches and a rhubarb tart. All wonderful options.

Head to Showfish by yacht, foot, or anything in between as this restaurant is sure to be a “must visit” this summer.

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Ingredients (serves 4)

blespoon of olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Roast them in the oven for 45 minutes.

Cut off the base of the squash, scoop out the guts and seeds. Peel it, chop it up, and cook it in a small pot with three cups of water, the onion, and the herbs wrapped up in the cheese cloth and tied tightly.

Allow that to cook over medium high heat for 30 minutes or so, until the squash is really soft. Remove the spine from the kale leaves and cut them into thin strips. Toss them in one tablespoon of olive oil, making sure to rub the oil into the kale. Spread them out over a sheet tray and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with salt when they come out of the oven.

1 lb scallops 1 butternut squash 1 head of cauliflower 3 kale leaves 1 Tbsp honey 3 Tbsp olive oil 1 lb butter, cut into cubes 1 small bunch of thyme 1 bay leaf 1/2 white onion (chopped) Cheese cloth & butcher’s twine Salt and pepper to taste

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When the squash is soft, remove the herb bouquet and the onion, reserving only the squash itself and the flavorful cooking liquid. Blend the squash and cooking liquid on high and add your honey. Strain the resulting sauce through a fine strainer, into a small sauce pot, and allow the sauce to reduce over a medium heat until you are left with about one cup of actual liquid (this needs to be watched carefully).

When the sauce is ready, take it off the heat and whisk in the butter cubes, slowly adding them one or two at a time until you have reached a sauce consistency that coats the back of a spoon (you likely will not use all the butter).

Now that the sauce and kale are ready, and the cauliflower is close to being done, sear the scallops. Heat a non-stick frying pan over high heat.

Add the last tablespoon of olive oil and a cube or two of butter into the pan with the scallops. Distribute them over the surface of the pan evenly so that they sear nicely. Allow them to cook on one side for one minute then give them a good shake in the pan to move them around a bit.

Cook them for just one more minute and they should be done.

To serve, ladle some of the sauce on the plate first, followed by the cauliflower and scallops. Top the dish off with the crispy kale and enjoy.

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Davis Landscape Design: Understanding Nature From the English countryside to the East End

By Ty Wenzel ty@indyeastend.com After a natural progression that led from a degree in botany in England to a deep-dive into landscape design in Canada, Jonathan Davis found that his love of the natural world was a natural fit on the East End. We caught up with “Jonny” to learn about how he creates his show-stopping landscapes and how his global experience makes him the landscaper of choice in the region.

Jonathan, how did you get involved in landscape design? Did you study landscape architecture?

I grew up in the English countryside surrounded by beautiful landscapes, both natural and manmade. I always knew I wanted to work outside with nature. A degree in Botany and Zoology from Edinburgh University didn’t appear to offer much financial return.

Fortunately, a coincidental meeting with a practicing landscape designer from Montreal led me to the Inchbald School of Design. This boutique college in the heart of Victoria offered an intensive curriculum tutored by some of the leading garden designers tailored specifically for a career in the field.

There’s a modern edge to your work though you work on both modern and traditional designs. What is your process after viewing the property?

Hopefully, an immediate visceral response to the space or the architecture will direct the design. And then a lot of hard work! We start with an initial outline plan that is loose and interpretive. Following that, we continue to develop the design through hardscape details and a planting plans. It’s a fluid process and is typically different with every project.

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Also, technology now allows us the ability to capture and recreate a vision to the client in a manner that was unimaginable a few years ago. Photo realistic renderings help both the client and us see the potential in a property.

How closely do you work with a home’s architect or builder? Is it a joint venture or do you work off of their plans?

In an ideal world, very closely. However, typically the landscape gets left until last and we are in charge of pulling everything together when there is no money left in the pocketbook.

Do you work with specific builders and architects or do you work with the homeowners who bring in the landscaper? How does this work?

My father is a builder on the East End and we have performed a number of projects together of the last two decades. However, most often it is the homeowners who hire us directly — they are the ones who will be growing with the garden, so it is most important to tailor the landscape to meet their needs and desires.

Is there a favorite project that you can share with us?

One of my earliest projects was on a converted potato field in Sagaponack.

The clients wanted a traditional house with a modern feel — transitional.

The landscape took this to heart and developed into a truly unique experience, blending space and nature together in a modern framework. The best part is the property changed hands a few years

back and now the new clients have only improved upon the original design.

Is there a systemic process to the projects or is it a freeform process depending on the client?

Always bespoke. Similar plants will turn up between projects, or materials, but the goal of the garden is to meet the clients’ specific needs.

Do you also offer accessory structures to your work?

Is the building of them, the lighting and masonry, part of the Davis Landscape Design offering?

Very much so! We design and build everything from the outside of the main house to the property line. Often new home owners feel lost in the daunting task of developing a property and we love to designing the many different elements of a property.

What are some key maintenance tools needed to upkeep landscaping, such as pesticide control?

This is a tough subject, because often a client’s idea of what a landscape should look like and what is required in order to maintain that look are not in keeping with what we would like to see and hear as people who live and work in the local environment.

Fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides all leach toxins into the landscape and the wider environment.

However, there is a way to have both a beautiful landscape and a healthy environment!

How are you incorporating

green design into your work?

From the day I started designing gardens, I have tried to “be green.” We promote buying local materials and plants.

Native plants have innate disease resistance and tend to be better suited to cold harsh winters and hot, humid summers, and as a result, they are lower maintenance. Also, I try and not use irrigation where possible —properly sited plants will not need persistent watering that often is more of a curse than a blessing.

How have you seen the landscape design change over the years on the East End? Have you noted any trends?

Outdoor living has become a buzz, including cooking, lounging, and anything else you could do inside a house.

Vegetable gardens. Can there be anything better than growing your own vegetables, or at least trying to do so?

Organic gardening. Yay!

Do you believe in the famous Hamptons “light?”

If so, what do you think attributes to it?

Of course. It’s the water, and all of that lovely sky.

What would you say makes your work so successful?

For me, success has been all about hard work and a passion for nature and design. I have been blessed with a line of work that rewards me every day.

To reach Davis or inquire about his work, call 631-236-8659 or visit www.

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IT'S ONLY NATURAL

By Frank Quevedo

Salt Marsh Secrets Subtle pleasures of a valuable coastal habitat Of all the habitats on Long Island, to me there’s no greater place to connect with nature than sloshing through the shallows and mudflats of a salt marsh habitat.

From clamming, fishing, and bird watching, the marsh reveals new pleasures with each visit. However, most marsh organisms are tiny, inconspicuous, or mysterious, and it takes time, patience, and careful exploration to discover their secrets.

Salt marshes are all around us here on the East End and are one of the most important ecosystems on the planet.

Naturally situated between ocean and bay, this transitional habitat, where freshwater mixes with saltwater, is a meadow of salt-tolerant plants known

as halophytes which have adapted to water levels that fluctuate with incoming and outgoing tides.

As the tide rises, high water levels carry in nutrients, which promote plant growth, especially to the dominant low-marsh plant, smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora). This plant, in particular, is responsible for much of the marsh’s productivity as it is able to live where few other plants can survive. Few animals eat this plant, but many marine organisms live on it and utilize it as a nursery habitat to develop through their juvenile stages. Decaying spartina grass is broken down by microbes to form detritus that fuels the marsh and its animals. Most of the marsh animals depend directly or indi-

Salt marshes provide valuable habitat for a variety of species. Independent/Courtesy South Fork Natural History Museum

rectly on detritus, which is abundant in this habitat.

The variety of snails that live in the salt marsh feed on microscopic algae that cover the marsh surface. Fiddler crabs ingest mud in order to extract the abundant detritus, while ribbed mussels, clams, and oysters are filter feeders that extract detritus from the water column. All the animals that live within the salt marsh become fair game to higher predators such as blue claw crabs, striped bass, and birds such as ospreys and herons.

Salt marshes perform many functions beneficial to human beings. As mentioned earlier, they are a major producer of detritus, which provides food for young fish, shellfish, and crustaceans, which humans rely on for commercial and recreational needs as these

fish mature. In addition, salt marshes serve as a natural filtration system, breaking down many pollutants into less harmful forms. They also protect us from the velocity of waves during hurricanes and help mitigate storm surges before reaching land.

Once considered a wasteland, half of our salt marshes have been destroyed due to filling of marshes to create more space for homes, industry, and agricultural use. Once regarded as non-valuable resource, the salt marsh is now seen as essential for the survival of mankind and the wellbeing of our planet. If you take your time and soak in this wonderful landscape, you too will see that it is truly a natural oasis.

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An Innovative Farming Family Harbes Farm, an agribusiness pioneer, celebrates 30th anniversary

By Gianna Volpe gianna@indyeastend.com

It’s fitting to spotlight the 30th anniversary of Harbes Family Farm between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, as Monica and Edward Harbes III, the farm’s founders, celebrated their 40th year of marriage last year. The story of local innovation that led the Harbes family from farming and wholesaling potatoes to birthing agritourism’s most successful East End empire (with locations in Riverhead, Jamesport, and Mattituck) can be tracked in the simplest terms: to the necessity of caring for a family whose growth was outpacing the falling price of potatoes.

“I had a lot of motivation,” Ed Harbes said on how necessity was truly the mother of invention at Harbes Family Farm. “I had a beautiful wife and eight blond-haired, blue-eyed little faces staring back at me saying, ‘You’re going to take care of us, daddy, aren’t you?’”

Harbes had first begun farming potatoes with his grandfather in Huntington during the 1960s until the Long Island Expressway cut straight through the property and the operation ultimately moved east in search of more undeveloped land in 1968 when Harbes was 10 years old. But 10 years later, he married, Monica, his fellow Mercy High School and Suffolk Community College classmate. Together, the two began a 15-year journey, not only raising four sons and four daughters, but of forever changing the face of local farming.

“In 1985 the cost of raising 100

pounds of potatoes was $4, but they only sold for $2, so even though I wasn’t a math wizard, I could tell that was going to be difficult to make a career like that,” said Harbes. “It was that year that I said, ‘I’m going to have to look for alternatives.’ By 1989, we decided to discontinue with the potatoes and start with a different series of crops that would be popular at a farm stand, like sweet corn, tomatoes, and melons.”

Ten years old at the time, their oldest son, Jason, was instrumental, not only in getting the family’s 14-by14-foot gazebo and farm stand off the ground as its first salesman, but in introducing to the public a new type of “super” sweet corn, a crop in which the family initially had a corner on the market as conventional farmers stuck to raising the varieties of corn they had been for decades.

“I would tell him it was important that no one leave the farm stand without trying this new type of corn, and if they won’t buy it, give some samples for nothing,” Harbes said of fond memories teaching sales to his son, who would go on to get a math scholarship at Harvard and now works on Wall Street.

“We heard stories years later of people who would come by just because they’d want to buy a tomato or something and when they got home and opened the bag there was corn in there.”

Not all Harbes ventures have been a success. A “Sunday Funday” picnic

Monica and Edward Harbes III. Independent/Gianna Volpe

flop back in the early 2000s is one that is remembered with laughter — but that’s something inherent to the entrepreneurial spirit.

But most of what the family has touched has turned into gold. The corn mazes became more elaborate with costumed actors adding to the fun. Musical entertainers could be found performing on weekends and holidays. A singer was added to improve the hayride experience by singing songs and offering a guided tour of the Mattituck location. The Barnyard Adventure area was later introduced to create a space where people could have enjoyable interactive farm experiences. Visitors to the Barnyard can enjoy wide open spaces, farm

animals, weekend pig races, children’s activities, such as sack races and tugof-war, general fun and games and, of course, the overall family-friendly atmosphere.

Harbes’s ensuing success with sweet corn created the model under which the family’s empire ultimately expanded: Try something new, do your best, band together at all cost, and always follow the market.

“It’s been quite a journey,” Monica Harbes said looking back. “It’s been a wonderful and adventurous life—Anything but dull.”

For more information about the farm and upcoming events, visit www. harbesfamilyfarm.com.

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Horse Rescue Receives Surprise Donation Chris Court campaigns for a cause

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com On Monday, June 3, the North Shore Horse Rescue, a non-profit founded in 2002 and located in Baiting Hollow, received a surprise donation amounting to nearly $1000.

Chris Court, Manorville resident and director of special events at Hospice Care Network, was simply looking to volunteer at an animal shelter when she stumbled upon North Shore Horse Rescue in a Google search. She then realized how close the organization was to

her home, discovered its story, and fell in love.

Court arrived on March 30 for a 90-minute, personalized tour of the grounds. She met the rescue animals, learned about the company’s wish list, and met the owners Laurel Palermo and Tom Renzetti. As an equine lover, she immediately wanted to help in any way she could.

“My initial thought was to begin a campaign at my office and about 10

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Riverhead CAP March The Riverhead Community Awareness Program, Inc. will sponsor its 34th annual “Say NO to Drugs” March on Friday, June 7, at 9:30 AM. Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon will be the honored guest and keynote speaker.

The march will begin and end in front of Pulaski Street School and be followed by a brief ceremony during which Toulon will address the students and community along with the Riverhead Town Board and other elected officials. After the ceremony, the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1742 will serve a picnic lunch to the students.

Sheriff Toulon, the county’s highest-ranking law enforcement official, is the county’s first African-American to be elected to a non-judicial countywide

office. His priority, according to a press release, is to get to the root causes of and prevent youthful delinquency and inter-generational crime.

CAP is also launching a new public awareness campaign to encourage students to celebrate safely and avoid the pitfalls of underage drinking and drug use.

Several businesses have joined the campaign by placing two-inch stickers, provided for free by CAP, on deli sandwiches, take-out bags, coffee cups, catering orders, and more, which say “Congratulations Class of 2019. Live Your Best Life: Celebrate Sober.”

Mattituck-Laurel Library The Mattituck-Laurel Library will screen “Lean on Pete,” a film about a teenager’s summer job as a horse

employees participated during a twomonth period,” Court said. She realized she could do even better by reaching out to her inner circle. That’s when it all took off. With such positive feedback, she was able to get donations from 25 people.

From the beginning of April to the

end of May, Court successfully raised more than $700 in food and a total campaign totaling $980. The campaign was appropriately named Sapphire, after Court’s rescue dog.

Visit www.northshorehorserescue. org to learn more.

trainer, on Friday, June 7, at 1:30 PM. The event is free.

The library will also host a concert of Neal Stuart and the Empire State Band on Sunday, June 9, at 2 PM. A collaboration of veteran musicians from the 1960s through the 1990s, the band will come together to pay tribute to the music of the late Johnny Maestro. The event is free.

The library will also host a cooking demo for Shrimp Tutta Rosa with Chef Robert Dell’amore. The fee is $5 per person, and registration is required.

mattitucklaurellibrary.org.

The annual Library Board of Trustees Meeting will be held on Monday, June 10, at 6 PM. The meeting is open to the public.

The library will also host “Melissa Hyatt Watercolors,” a class for adults, on Wednesday, June 12 at 7 PM. Hyatt will demonstrate her process for depicting North Fork species such as piping clovers, sandpipers, terns, and oystercatchers. All materials will be provided. The fee is $10.

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Mashomack Preserve Tours The Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island will host tours throughout the month of June.

The preserve will host a Blue Trail Truck Tour on Saturday, June 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, during which attendees can take a truck tour on the 10-miles Blue Trail through oak forest and meadows, and along vernal and coastal ponds.

The preserve will also host Bluebirds and Blueberry Muffins on June 15 from 9 to 10:30 AM, at which attendees can enjoy a light breakfast and bird-watching of the New York State Bird.

The preserve will also have an Early Summer Kayak Trip on June 22 from 9 AM to 12 PM. Participants will kayak along Mashomack’s beaches. This tour is $45, which includes all necessary equipment.

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Promise Of Park At Bel-Aire Site

bers of the civic and beautification associations, as well as the hamlet’s citizens advisory committee to create proposed renderings similar to what the town did in designing the renovation of the Ponquogue Beach pavilion.

Schneiderman says parcel will be community grassland while on market

“This was the best we could negotiate with them at this time,” Hults said. “But it desperately needs to be cleaned up. I think that’s one thing we can all agree upon.”

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman has promised to keep Hampton Bays’ Bel-Aire Cove Motel property community parkland until it sells.

However, Schneiderman said he believes someone will purchase the parcel and turn it into a 22-unit boutique hotel or 11 condominiums.

“This is until it does sell, so it’s on an interim basis,” Schneiderman

said. “I’m confident it will sell.”

Because the Southampton Trustees own adjacent land, Hampton Bays Civic Association president Maria Hults said she thought it would be fitting to make the area a community park. She noted the nearby location of Station Bar and The Hamlet restaurants on Shinnecock Road.

“You can have a healthy smoothie and walk down to the water,” she said.

Hampton Bays Civic Association President Maria Hults has been an advocate for preserving the BelAire Cove Motel parcel by turning it into parkland.

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“It would be wonderful to launch kayaks from there, let people enjoy the water.”

The town has not closed on the property yet, and would still need to raze the building, put in a new wastewater system, and get the permits in place. Once that’s complete, an outside company will be working with mem-

The property has been a community eyesore for years, and was recently the center of heated debates over whether to purchase the property using the Community Preservation Fund, which Hults and leaders of other local groups were in favor of. That idea, brought forth in a resolution

by Councilwoman Christine Preston Scalera, did not receive any support from the other board members, who voted in favor of Schneiderman’s idea to purchase the property for $1.06 million and ready it for market.

The current owner let the property operate as a year-round residence, which was found to have several units with bedbugs, electrical violations, missing smoke detectors, overcrowding, and property maintenance issues during a code enforcement raid in October 2017.

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Water Views Festival Photos by Richard Lewin The Independent’s Water Views Festival drew a large crowd to East Hampton’s Guild Hall Sunday to hear a panel discussion on the state of the East End’s waters and listen to experts describe the threats facing our water worldwide and offer solutions to combat the problem. See more photos on www.indyeastend.com

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The Biomimicry Institute is working on ways to provide a database of natural solutions that students could use as a research tool and encouraging young entrepreneurs to come up with their own projects, from biodegradable planters to self-watering greenhouses with design elements borrowed from spider webs.

“You can start when kids are in middle school. Why study an airplane when you can study a hummingbird?” she asked. “Your respect goes way up when you understand what a hummingbird is capable of doing.”

Dr. Aly Cohen, who started The Smart Human to inform people of environmental health concerns in their homes and practical solutions to them, said that keeping up with the threats to our health is a daunting challenge. A thousand new chemicals are developed

a year and only a handful have been banned, she said.

Since many chemicals have only been invented in the past century, it is next-to-impossible for the human body to adjust to them all, she said. Children are particularly vulnerable to harmful chemicals. It is important, she said, for people to minimize their exposure to harmful chemicals and take special care when it comes to drinking water. Cohen suggested that everyone should filter their drinking water, be it from a well or public source.

At the County Level The Water Views Festival included a panel consisting of Dr. Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook University, Dr. Stuart Lowrie of the Nature Conservancy, Dorian Dale of Suffolk County, and Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming.

The panelists agreed that Long Island’s growing population and reliance on individual septic systems that do noth-

ing to reduce the amount of nitrogen and other pollutants entering the groundwater was having disastrous effects on both its groundwater and surface waters, polluting drinking wells and spurring harmful algal blooms that kill flora and fauna.

Gobler said new alternative wastewater treatment systems that reduce nitrogen by as much as 90 percent are the current best tool available for fighting the crisis.

Lowrie said his organization had conducted surveys of Long Islanders and learned the population valued its water bodies and would be willing to support funding to protect them. He noted that East Hampton and Southampton approved measures to allocate 20 percent of Community Preservation Fund revenues to water quality projects.

Dale said the same was true at the county level. He said County Executive Steve Bellone had identified nitrogen pollution as public enemy number one and had

fought to obtain funding to help homeowners pay for the treatment systems.

Fleming took a poke at County Comptroller John Kennedy who sent tax forms to residents who received grants for wastewater treatment systems, suggesting he did so because he is running for county executive against Bellone. She said the county “is confident we are on strong legal footing” and noted that a similar grant program has been in place in Maryland for a decade and has never been challenged by the Internal Revenue Service.

After the presentation, an eco-fair with booths from sponsors ranging from the South Fork Natural History Museum, the Surfrider Foundation, and the building company Telemark was held on the Guild Hall grounds.

Works by the artists John Alexander (Lobster, charcoal drawing); Fiona Waterstreet (Flock of Black Birds, ceramic); and Bryan Hunt (Waterfall, sculpture) were also on display during the event.

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Montauk’s Tom Bogdan Person Of The Year After 50 years of giving to Montauk, Tom and Marilyn’s work feted

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

A March 1970 quick trip to Montauk turned into a lifetime love affair with the hamlet for Tom and Marilyn Bogdan. On June 3, the East Hampton Rotary Club honored Tom Bogdan by naming him Person of the Year during their annual dinner held at the Montauk Lake Club.

“He’s an icon for Montauk,” said Conrad Constanza, a Rotary member who was on the committee that named Bogdan.

In 1970, the Bogdans had a beautiful apartment on Central Park West. He worked at a top advertising agency, while she designed fabrics. She suggested they drive out to this place called Montauk.

“Next to my wife, it is the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. I truly, truly love Montauk,” he said over a cup of tea on the porch of the house the couple own in the old Jackson Estate subdivision.

When the Bogdans arrived in Montauk in their convertible Volkswagen Beetle, they found themselves in the middle of the Montauk Friends of Erin’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. “What a rocking town,” Bogdan remembers thinking.

“We went to Gosman’s Dock, walking around, loving it,” he said. “We bumped into a nice gentleman.” John Gosman spent the next two-and-a-half hours conversing with the couple. “He had just built a store and he wanted to rent it. Right on the spot, I said, ‘I will take it.’ John said, ‘I didn’t tell you the rent.’ I said, ‘I don’t care what the rent is.’

He said, ‘What are you going sell? ‘I said, ‘I don’t know.’ God bless him. He gave us a one-year trial.”

There was no looking back or indecision for the couple. “We got rid of our apartment. In a week, we had quit our jobs, and I took a 90 percent pay cut.

How can you miss on Gosman’s Dock?”

It took a couple of years, but finally the couple began making money, selling gifts and decorative items. They expanded, taking over another store at Gosman’s, then another. Marilyn focused on high-end women’s clothing.

They also opened a men’s clothing store, a toy store, a children’s clothing store.

Each storefront was unique.

They began expanding outside of Montauk. When they looked at a store on

Newtown Lane in East Hampton Village, Tom sold Marilyn on the idea by pointing out that it would be the only woman’s clothing store in East Hampton Village.

Although the couple said they worked long hours, they were blessed by having hard-working employees, mostly locals.

Tom Bogdan had a strong desire to give back to the community. He became a member of the Montauk School Board.

But, that wasn’t enough. In 1990, he and his wife founded the Montauk Adventure program for Long Island families with children afflicted with cancer. The entire family would come out to Montauk for a weekend. “The whole program was based on cooperation from the town,” he said. “Everything was donated. We didn’t have any money. We got hotels involved, restaurants, charter boats, airplanes.”

It was all done anonymously. Just Montaukers pitching in, helping families to feel a weekend of joy, and escape, Bogdan said. The Montauk Manor, for example, would donate 20 rooms to Montauk Adventure. This is no small thing, Bogdan pointed out, coming, as it almost always does, the weekend after Labor Day, when business is still brisk. He gave a long list of businesses and individuals who are involved with the program, such as Gurney’s, the Lake Club, and John’s Pancake House. Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Café throws a barbecue for the families on the last day of the event.

Eventually, the Bogdans began divesting themselves of their stores, though Marilyn held onto her women’s clothing store, which she finally sold in recent years.

In 2006, Bogdan was approached to lead the fund-raising drive for the new church for St. Therese of Lisieux.

“It was a 16-week campaign, and the goal was to raise $3 million,” he said.

How would that happen in a small town like Montauk, Bogdan wondered? They ended up raising $5 million.

In recent years, the Bogdans have been involved in Montauk United, an apolitical organization dedicated to giving the people of Montauk a united voice.

“All these disparate voices. We would be a lot stronger if we could unite those

Tom Bogdan was honored at the Montauk Lake Club by the East Hampton Rotary Club Monday.

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voices,” Bogdan said. He pointed to the recent decision by PSEG to back off from buying a parcel of land on Flamingo Road as the kind of result the people of Montauk can see when they are united.

The next big challenge may well be the airport. If East Hampton Town were to greatly curtail or shut down East Hampton Airport, Bogdan believes the traffic would be forced east, to the much smaller, privately owned Montauk Airport.

Looking Into the future, Bogdan believes that, while the idea of incorpo-

ration of Montauk may have come and gone, that the hamlet, along with the other four hamlets that comprise East Hampton, should have direct representation on the town board.

Bogdan was looking forward to the dinner in his honor, knowing that his wife would be by his side. Marilyn Bogdan had a freak accident in Manhattan recently, which resulted in a broken pelvis, among other injuries. She has been convalescing in a rehabilitation center the city, since, but is on the mend, her husband of 50 years said.

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Sports Parker Has Hot Hands Sheppard’s possession wins lead Mattituck to second straight LIC ‘D’ title

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Parker Sheppard’s goal was to get Mattituck/Southold back to the state semifinals.

It wasn’t an impossible one, but heck, he made it look easy.

The junior faceoff specialist was red hot at the “X,” going 19-for-26, scooping up 13 ground balls, and scoring a goal to help the Tuckers to a 16-6 Class D Long Island championship win over Oyster Bay at Hofstra University June 1. It’s the second straight title for Mattituck (10-8), after the program recorded its first-ever last season. The victory sends the team back to the state semifinals, where the Tuckers will face Westchester-Briarcliff, Wednesday June 7, at Adelphi University at 6:30 PM.

“I felt good — it kept going my way,” Sheppard said. “We want to keep the ball for the longest amount of time possible, and winning possession is a big part of that. I just try to do my job.”

After Oyster Bay (4-12), the only Class D team in Nassau, opened the scoring on a goal from John Tiberia early in the first quarter; the Baymen were in pursuit of Parker.

He was on a roll, securing possession after possession, which led to five straight goals and a 5-1 Mattituck lead after 12 minutes.

“It’s something that a whole lot of people don’t really talk about — having him go out there and winning 9095 percent of the faceoffs — getting

those possessions is huge,” said senior Max Kruszeski, who finished with a game-high four goals and three assists, scooped up four ground balls, and was named the game's James C. Metzger MVP for his efforts. "It keeps the defense fresh, and helped make it that much easier for us to get the ball rolling, get some goals under our belts, and give us some confidence. When we get off to a hot start, everyone can take a deep breath, relax — the tension isn’t as high.”

Dane Reda (three goals) equalized the score on an empty-netter, Kruszeski scored twice, and Ethan Schmidt (three goals) and Ryan Seifert (two goals) also scored to round out the first-quarter scoring. Luke Wojtas finished with six saves on 10 shots.

Seifert also credited Kruszeski for setting the tempo.

“He helps so strongly on defense and on offense,” the senior midfielder said. “This was one of our better games today. We played quick, we played together, and our plays worked. It was fun.”

Kruszeski, who has been on the team since he was in eighth grade, said he was willing to do whatever it takes for his Tuckers.

“Every day I tell myself, ‘I’ve got to do whatever I can to help this team win,’” he said. “If I’ve got to score, I’ll score. If I have to scoop ground balls, I’ll scoop ground balls. If I’ve got to play de-

Parker Sheppard secures possession for Mattituck/Southold with a faceoff win. Independent/Desirée Keegan

fense the entire game, I’ll play defense.

Heck, I’ll stand in front of the net.”

Head coach John Amato said now it’s about taking the next step — getting to the finals — and Seifert said while it’s not a given, the team’s worked for it.

Kruszeski felt similarly.

“We knew there were expectations, and we knew we could do it, it’s

just a matter of if we can execute, and today we did,” Kruszeski said. “We’re picking up ground balls, moving the ball up the field, pushing transition — all around we’ve been playing our game. It feels great to get another shot at the state championship title. We’ve worked all year for this. And everything is clicking at the right time.”

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Hoeg’s Draw Secures Tuckers’ Third Straight Long Island Title Francesca Vasile-Cozzo scores gamewinner in 9-8 victory over Carle Place

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Riley Hoeg took her place at the center of Adelphi University’s draw circle June 1, and after the flick, came up with a scoop in a scuffle with less than three minutes left in the game to help her Mattituck/ Southold girls lacrosse team win its third straight Class D Long Island championship title with a 9-8 win over Carle Place.

“We knew if we could win that possession we had it in the bag,” Hoeg said of grabbing the ball before her team bled the clock. “Payton Maddaloni and my sister [Mackenzie Hoeg] were hustling after it at the draw circle whether the ball was going straight up in the air or toward

“We knew if we could win that possession we had it in the bag,” Hoeg said of grabbing the ball before her team bled the clock.

them. They were crashing in and that was really effective. We’re so excited to go back upstate and looking forward to who we’re going to play next.”

The Tuckers travel to SUNY Cortland Friday, June 7, for a 9 AM state semifinal match against Palmyra-Macedon.

The senior attack and seven others got on the stat sheet, including classmate Francesca Vasile-Cozzo, who tallied two along with her. Vasile-Cozzo scored what at the time was an insurance goal that gave the Tuckers a 9-6 lead, but ended up being the game winner when Emiline Biggin’s late goal cut the deficit to one with 2:50 left to play.

“When we knew we had to get the job done, and we did,” Vasile-Cozzo said.

“In my head I was thinking, ‘I need to get this one in,’ but the majority of it comes down to my teammates. I couldn’t do anything without them.”

Hoeg set up Vasille-Cozzo’s first goal before she was fed the ball from her younger sister for a score that made it 4-1. After Carle Place cut the lead in half, senior Julie Siefert capped off a two-goal run that gave Mattituck (13-5) its largest lead of the afternoon, 6-2. Unmarked, she had an easy time rocketing the ball in from close range off a pass from VasileCozzo on the wing with 8:55 left in the first half.

Carle Place’s Julia Winer scored two

Riley Hoeg brings the ball into Carle Place’s zone after grabbing possession off the final draw of the game.

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goals in the final five minutes to reduce the Frogs’ deficit to 6-4, but the Tuckers responded less than a minute into the second half when Riley Hoeg scored with the help Mackenzie once again. Kaitlin Tobin added a free-position goal that reextended the advantage to four, 8-4, with 15 minutes remaining.

Because Mattituck and Carle Place (12-3) have faced off in the last three Long Island title-game wins, the two teams know each other well, which made it easier when strategizing game plans.

“We knew they were going to be a fast team, so we knew we needed to get in, stop the breakaways,” senior defender Lauren Zuhoski said. “We also knew they weren’t going to be the strongest team with their stick skills, so we knew to pressure them when we needed to and jump any passes we could.”

Vasile-Cozzo came up with a big knock-down in the second half that kept the Frogs out of their zone during Carle Place’s 2-0 run.

“We watched film on them and saw

they were staring down their passes, and we knew our defense is solid with stick knockdowns, so we focused on doing that and getting the ground ball,” the attacker said.

Staying strong throughout the entire game is something she and Zuhoski said the Tuckers will be focusing on as they move on to defend their state title.

“We need to always be on our game and not rely on the cushion that we build ourselves in the first half,” Zuhoski said.

“We’ve had some pretty strong competition this season — some huge wins and some close losses. I think we have what it takes.”

“We had a lot of trouble catching and finishing our shots, and I think it kind of gets in our heads and then the nerves get the best of us,” Vasile-Cozzo added. “We’re going to forget about these two games, definitely, and focus more on what we want to do, play how we know we can play — not down to anyone’s level. I think we have a good group of girls.

And we know what’s coming for us.”

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McGowin Collects Three-Inning Save

Pierson junior right-handed pitcher Matt Hall. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Whalers Will Play In Regional Final Pierson baseball team competes in Class C title game June 8

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com The Whalers waited a long time for this.

The Pierson/Bridgehampton/Shelter Island baseball team will finally return to the diamond June 8 to play in the Class C regional final.

The Whalers haven’t played since a 9-5 loss at Babylon May 17. With no other Suffolk County Class C title team to face, the boys automatically earned the title and a first-round bye to get straight

FISHING REPORT

By Scott Jeffrey

The fluke bite in the bay has been slowly improving. Shallow warmer water is still the best bet. Small jigs tipped with squid, spearing, or gulp are all work-

ing. We’ve had a few reports of fluke out in 55 feet of water outside the inlet too. There are plenty of ling on the reef. One customer, Greg Russo, had a 45-inch bass trolling a mojo rig earlier

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through to the regional final.

One match still has to happen before Pierson finds out who and where it will be playing. The sub-regional match between Section I Tuckahoe and Section IX Pine Plains is June 6 at 1 PM. Should Tuckahoe win, the final will be played Pace University at 11 AM, and if Pine

Plains wins will be at Cantine Field in Saugerties at 4 PM.

Should the Whalers pull out a win, they’ll advance to the state championships.

The semifinals are scheduled for June 14 at Maine-Endwell High School in Endwell at 5 PM, and final the next day, June 15, at Binghamton University at 4 PM.

in the week west of the inlet in 35 feet of water.

fer with porgies, blowfish, fluke, bluefish, kingfish, and bass. Over at the Shinnecock inlet, the bluefish have been in and out the past week, with an occasional striped bass. Fluke are starting to show here too. The Ponquogue Bridge has a mix of small bass on clams and plugs. Fluke are here too, taking spearing squid and gulp baits. The open ocean beaches have some blues and bass on the dawn and dusk tides taking plugs and clams.

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Kyle McGowin recorded his first career save in the Washington Nationals’ 14-4 rout of Atlanta May 29.

The 2010 Pierson graduate, who was scheduled to start, was shifted to the bullpen when Aníbal Sánchez was reinstated from the injured list earlier in the day. McGowin took over in the seventh after Sánchez helped the Nationals maintain a 14-0 lead.

The right-hander allowed four runs on five hits while walking none and striking out six. He was left in despite giving up a no-outs grand slam in his first inning of work to Austin Riley. It was the first grand slam of Riley’s career.

McGowin now has a 9.90 ERA and 11:2 K:BB through 10 innings, having served up three homers in that stretch.

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The porgy bite continues and has spread throughout the bay along with some weakfish, blowfish, and bluefish in the mix. There are some bass as well around the creeks and inlets, better fish should be with the bunker.

Weakfish hang in the deeper holes and are taking squid. The porgies and blowfish are on the clam or squid and the blues on the tins.

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Interior Design And Wellness Do they really go hand in hand? nicole@indyeastend.com @NikkiOnTheDaily How many interior designers, architects, and so forth do we have on the East End? The answer is: a lot. And without any scientific or psychological proof, or input from the professionals, I’ve concluded, based on my own personal experience,

that the décor of a room has a direct effect on overall well-being.

I’ve recently moved from Sag Harbor to East Hampton and, for the first time ever, am completely designing my bedroom to fit my tastes. The reasons

CHIP SHOTS

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Numbers Tell The Story Third time would be the charm for Koepka bobvoiceofgolf@gmail.com Bethpage Black and the PGA Championship showcased the immense talent of Brooks Koepka. Brooks now holds two PGA Championship titles, as well as two U.S. Open titles. Next week at Pebble Beach he will be looking to make it three U.S. Open titles in a row. And if that happens, Koepka will add his name to another page in the golf history books, as no one has accomplished that in the last 100

years. Willie Anderson is the only player ever to win three in a row, doing so from 1903 to 1905.

Koepka has won four of the last eight majors entered and has demonstrated the physical and mental attributes needed to keep contending. But, as with all major championships, there is always a host of top-quality players ready, willing, and able to snatch the title.

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this was never done in the past is an entirely other column in itself (best saved for the mental health issue). Pinterest has been a huge help, as has walking into numerous home stores, combined with a few online quizzes of “What’s your decorating style?”

It turns out, my style falls under the banner of “eclectic farmhouse.” I blame Chip & Joanna Gaines’s “Fixer Upper.”

Neutral tones, wooden accents, plants everywhere, clean lines with modern finishes, and the occasional travel trinket.

Without any professional help, combined with my obsessive need to only buy things I can touch or see in person, the process has been exhausting. This is only a single room. How do people decorate entire houses? But each piece I end up adding to my mini sanctuary sparks joy (thank you, Marie Kondo).

In my previous rooms I felt like a guest overstaying my welcome, sometimes by years. Many times, I’d allow

mess to accumulate, feel anxious upon entering, lose sleep, wake up with a chip on my shoulder. As my room now comes together, I’m finding the opposite to be true. I can’t wait to open the curtains with the sun rising, and each inch of the space is utilized for function. It feels like me. Through this, I’ve started meditating more and become more productive.

The way we walk into a spa, a high-end fitness studio, or even that luxury hotel room, we should want to walk into the doors of our own living spaces. My room feels like a mini getaway and yet has a sense of self at the same time. Artwork from global artists met through my travels, a desk for writing, a chair by the window to sink in and drown out the world, a mirror to add depth to the space . . . it all takes me away from the outside world and creates a safe space, one I’ve created. That adds peace, clarity, motivation. It adds a sense of self.

The most mentioned names of those looking to prevent Koepka from winning the upcoming U.S. Open Championship and make it three in a row are Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and, of course, Tiger Woods.

Tiger certainly likes Pebble Beach, as he won the 2000 U.S. Open there by a record-breaking 15 strokes, but after last week’s impressive victory at The Memorial Tournament at Jack’s place, Patrick Cantlay looks like he could a roadblock to Koepka.

Not too long ago, Cantlay was regarded as a bigger sure-fire-can’t-miss player than Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, or three-time Major winner Jordan Spieth.

Cantlay’s played his golf at UCLA and was so talented that he was ranked the #1 amateur in the world for 54 consecutive weeks and finished low amateur in both the Masters and the U.S. Open.

In 2012, Cantlay turned professional and won his second event on the Web. com Tour. It seemed everything was going right until it all of a sudden it all went

wrong.

One day, Cantlay was hitting balls on the range when he felt a sharp pain in his back. It was diagnosed as a stress fracture. Over the next three years, Cantlay was only able to compete in nine tournaments. You might think that a back injury would be the worst thing that could happen to a golfer. Well, unfortunately for Patrick, something far worse happened in his life.

In February 2016, Chris Roth, Cantlay’s high school teammate, best friend, and caddie was killed by a hit-andrun driver as they were both crossing a street in Newport Beach, CA. Cantlay will tell you not a day goes by that he does not think of Chris and that he changed as a person because of it. It took Cantlay three years to recover from both the back injury and the loss of his close friend.

While there are many qualified candidates to win the U.S. Open and if Koepka doesn’t keep his winning streak alive, don’t be surprised if Cantlay emerges from the pack.

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Dear Editor, Many times, Jay slips out of his office, and climbs to the top of the town hall cupola on Hampton Road. He is seen gazing toward the west. Many residents believe he is looking to Hauppauge, thinking of a high-paying patronage position with his friend, Steve Bellone. Others suspect he is focused on the Suffolk County Water Authority in Oakdale, another bastion of political patronage. Surprisingly, Jay never sees County Road 39 in his sights. Although, his widening of County Road 39 is listed as one of his crowning accomplishments, he no longer mentions it.

Throughout history, certain roads are famous. The Silk Road, the Appian Way, and the Oregon Trail are legendary. Unfortunately, County Road 39 has become Southampton’s answer to the Cross Bronx Expressway or the Belt Parkway. Just like the assessment crisis received no attention from the supervisor until I mentioned it, Jay fails to see the dangers on County Road 39. Instead of searching for a county job, Jay should be demanding the county work to solve this disaster. The trade parade, Hill Station Road, Shinnecock Hills, and Shrubland Road will not disappear.

The taxpayers are trapped, attempting to exit their neighborhoods, and the merchants lose business everyday. How many accidents, how many tragedies are required for you to act?

Southampton Town is your “home� and it is also your responsibility.

Greg Robins

Nice Read Dear Editor, Re: “Summer Dreams� . . . nice read . . . the location of Schiavoni’s doesn’t register, but the Shack! Thanks for the trip!

Ed Burke Sr. Editor’ s note: The letter writer is referring to the Rick’s Space column in our May 22 issue.

Back To Normal Dear Editor, In 1988, the

Flanders/Riverside/

Northampton section of Southampton Town became The Incorporated Village of Pine Valley. The proponents for an incorporated village wanted to “control their own destiny�. After two years, it was dissolved.

With the village, taxes went up because we now had another layer of government to pay for. (My taxes increased over $500 yearly.) We had to rent a village hall, hire a village clerk, pay the mayor of Pine Valley, maintain the roads, and numerous other expenses.

There was much discord at meetings before incorporation and while we were incorporated. Southampton Town Police stood guard at our meetings. There were fights among the hierarchy of Pine Valley. (One of our politicians got a bloody nose.)

After dissolution, everything went back to the way it was before.

Southampton Town took us back, no questions asked. Taxes went back to normal.

In 2010, Mastic Beach became The Incorporated Village of Mastic Beach. The proponents wanted to “control their own destiny� and not be controlled by Brookhaven Town. From my Pine Valley experience, I advised them not to incorporate. Six years later, I helped them dissolve their incorporated village.

Brookhaven Town took them back, no questions asked.

The people in town hall are accommodating. Jay Schneiderman and his crew are reasonable people. Problems, or reasons to incorporate, can usually be worked out without taking such a drastic (and expensive) measure as incorporating.

East Quogue, please don’t incorporate, or call me before you decide to do it.

Jim Dreeben

Very Factual Dear Editor, I wanted to pass on to you how impressed I was with several articles in the recent Independent (May 29, 2019).

I read several local papers and have been following the Sand Land Mine and the EH Helicopter situation for many years as they very much pertain to our home in Noyac. I found the articles covering these two topics in The Independent to be about the best summaries of these issues that I have read — very factual and succinct and really explained what is going on.  Kudos to your writers.

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