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At LongHouse Reserve we spend the quieter time of the year to re-focus and plan ahead for the next season. Plant orders and seed orders are being placed and we start thinking about new plantings. Now that the leaves have come down, it is also easier to evaluate individual structures of shrubs and to make corrections with the hand pruners, by removing deadwood, ingrown branches, rubbing branches. Removing water-shoots that resulted from previous pruning and balancing out the entire appearance of a tree or shrub is also on the list. On certain shrubs with multiple stems growing from the ground, we might want to remove one or two of the oldest stems for rejuvenation. Raking leaves, shredding them with the push-mower in six-inch layers on a lawn area nearby, and then spreading the fine leaves in a not-toothick layer back onto planting beds or under shrubs, supplies a great winter mulch and recycles large amounts of leaves without needing a large area for composting. It appears that a thin layer of shredded leaves does not encourage voles to move in, but it needs to be monitored throughout the winter. It is great fun to utilize the pruned branches of our own evergreens as holiday decoration. Hollies with red berries, yews for wreaths, and cypresses to fill the emptied-out summer pots.
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You began your love of horticulture at a very young age! How did this transpire for you? I spent a lot of time in my early childhood and my teenage summer vacations in my great uncle’s nursery, and witnessed when he created some of his new plants, which are now available in many nurseries worldwide.
Holger Winenga: LongHouse Walks And The Winter Garden
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You are hosting three walks coming up this winter and spring. What differences can participants expect to see among them with the season changes?
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Some helleborus foetidus will already have their flowers on show. And then the flowering season of the new year begins with a walk featuring the earliest blooming witch hazels in February, followed by the earliest spring bulbs, the winter aconite and galanthus elwesii, helleborus niger, and the later blooming hybrids of helleborus orientalis.
LongHouse has launched a series of walks called “The Seven Seasons of the LongHouse,” each walk emphasizing plants that are in bloom at the time of year. It adds up to seven, because we count the extended seasons. For visitors, it is a chance to see the garden even during the off-season when we are officially closed. We have something in bloom almost year-round. This season finished with a walk called “Bark and Branches.” The cinnamon color of our maturing crape myrtle walk, of the variety “Natchez,” and the beautiful multicolor bark on older Stewartia pseudocamellia are examples. The idea to feature tours through the entire season was inspired by the fact that there is something in bloom in the garden almost throughout the entire year. Even now, several mature fallblooming witch hazels are at their best. The first one of them started blooming with its leaves still green, but the latest one just opened and should be in bloom at least until Christmas or the new year.
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East End which is not a surprise since he comes from a world-famous line of horticulturists. Indy caught up with him to learn how to deal with our gardens at this time of year, just when we think there is very little we can possibly do.
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I think the most influential time in the early life for Ernst Pagels was when he worked for the great plantsman and garden writer Karl Foerster in Bornim, near Berlin in the 1950s. When Pagels decided to start his own nursery in 1958, Foerster gave him a seed package on his way and said, “See if you can find something in there.” He indeed found one seedling in this package that performed much better than all the others, and it was named salvia nemorosa, “East Friesland.” Until the end of his life, Pagels hybridized and named more than 200 perennials and ornamental grasses. Many of them achieved the highest possible marks in evaluation. Even 10 years after his death, the perennial plant of the year chosen by the Perennial Plant Association was one of his own: stachys densiflora, “Humelo.” Pagels hated all the fuss about plant patenting and copyrights of plants. He never patented a single plant.
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A SoFo Thanksgiving Photos by Justin Meinken When most people think of Thanksgiving, it’s a turkey they see, but at the South Fork Natural History Museum, it’s frogs and toads — at least it was for the open house held on Saturday, November 30. Long Island is home to a variety of frog and toad species. During the open house, there were activities for kids to learn about these amphibians, including a coloring station, scavenger hunt, origami crafts, native frog and toad display, face painting, feeding time, and more. SoFo is also running a holiday toy and food drive co-sponsored by The Independent, this year benefiting the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center.
Santa Visits Bideawee Photo by Lauren Kanaskie Santa made an early appearance on November 23 to visit Bideawee’s Westhampton adoption center for a special animal-friendly photo session. Locals brought their pets for a photo shoot with jolly old Saint Nick as Bideawee, one of the country’s oldest animal welfare and pet adoption organizations, hosted a photo session, bake sale, and adoption event. All pets who had their photo taken got a free holiday gift. Bideawee staff were also on site with adoptable dogs, cats, kittens, and puppies.
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The Right Individual Dear Editor, My name is William Pitts, Sr. I am running for the position of fire commissioner for the Montauk Fire District. The fire district is made up of five commissioners who oversee taxpayers’ money spent for fire protection, maintenance of fire district properties, and fire equipment, as well as making sure that our volunteer fire fighters and EMS providers have the most up-to-date equipment and training to protect our community. I have been a resident of the Montauk community for over 70 years, in which 57 of those years, I have been a member of the Montauk Fire Department. During my 57 years in the MFD, I have held every fire officer position, right through the rank of chief. I have hands-on experience working alongside the fire district. With my years of experience within the Montauk Fire Department, I have also held the position of lead dispatcher and house man for over 10 years, while I actually resided at the firehouse. Considering my first-hand experience and daily communication with the men and women of the Montauk Fire Depart-
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All Students Dear Editor, After well over a decade, the Southampton School District is proposing to ban homeschool students from participating in extracurricular activities on school premises. The current district regulations state that homeschool students are permitted to participate in intramural sports and other school-sponsored clubs. They are also permitted to participate in band and music lessons that are non-credit bearing. In addition, homeschool students have use of school facilities such as the library, gymnasiums, and career information center. Under the proposed new regulation, all of the above will not be permitted or available to homeContinued On Page 32.
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News & Opinion Schumer To Army Corps: Use Your Power Senator urges federal agency to protect Dune Road from breach as storms loom By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
State Senator Chuck Schumer calls on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from Dune Road in Hampton Bays to send a dredger as soon as possible to repair south shore damage sustained by recent severe storms. Independent/ Desirée Keegan
Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman is thankful for one thing this holiday: sand. After declaring four states of emergency over the past two months following a storm surge and breach along Dune Road in Hampton Bays last month, town and Suffolk County resources have been deployed to mitigate the problem, but state and federal help is needed. Schneiderman, along with Senator Chuck Schumer and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, gathered at Dune Road on Tuesday, November 26 to discuss the continuing concerns. According to Schumer, after speaking with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander and District Engineer for New York Colonel Thomas Asbery November 25, a dredge should soon be on the way. “They don’t need new money and they don’t need new legislation, because the law that we passed — public law 8499 — says the Army Corps has the right to step up and dig in and undo the damage that occurred last month,” he said on Dune Road Tuesday. “We are asking the Army Corps and I asked Colonel Asbery last night to use the law to fix what has happened — to fix things here in the Town of Southampton . . . We can’t wait for next year’s federal budget.” Under the law the Army Corps can send a dredger currently in operation replenishing the Fire Island to Moriches Inlet Stabilization Project to repair the West Shinnecock Inlet’s Interim Storm Damage Reduction Project. Schneiderman issued his first local
state of emergency September 10 citing an imminent breach. Heavy duty Suffolk County Department of Public Works equipment was hauled in to shore up and essentially rebuild the 750-foot dune across the street from the Shinnecock Commercial Fishing Dock. Subtropical storm Melissa had battered the barrier island and almost washed away the entire dune with its high tide. Schneiderman said two weeks ago, following yet another storm, he couldn’t believe what he saw. “This beach was as flat as the road was, and we had wind and waves moving right across Dune Road into the Shinnecock Commercial Fishing Dock right across the street,” the supervisor said. “We were struggling to prevent a breach.” At that time, Suffolk County moved 200 truckloads of sand overnight in the dark and rain. At 3000 cubic yards, it got the town through several storm high tides. But it washed out again and again as more storms continued to wallop the south shore and erode any protections put in place. “The creation of that manmade dune was almost a Herculean effort,” Schneiderman added. “But it’s all gone now.” Earlier in the day November 26, Congressman Lee Zeldin and chief engineer of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works William Hillman carried out a site visit of Dune Road, and Zeldin said his office has been in frequent contact with the Army Corps regarding the county’s reimbursement request for prior and ongoing work. Bellone said it’s not common, and
not often that work like that’s been done happens on such a local level. “We prevented a disaster from occurring, but that is not sustainable and it’s not something we can continue to handle,” he said. “That is why the partnership with our federal government is so important.” “It’s been a project for all of us for decades to get the kind of protection we need to preserve the dunes, preserve the south bay, all of the inlets, and the south shore mainland,” Schumer added. “When Superstorm Sandy hit we worked hard to get lots of help to not just restore what was lost, but provide resilience. And we did. But when storms come and undo some of the work that was done we can’t just sit there and twiddle our thumbs — we’ve got to get to work.” This has actually been a recurring issue since 1938, when the Shinnecock Inlet was created to stabilize the area as a result of a breach during the big hurricane known as “the Long Island Express.” The federal inlet was protected with jetties, but sand is trapped on the far side where the beach is much wider, which has resulted in the loss of 600 feet of beach. This month 90,000 yards have been moved with the help of the Suffolk County Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Conservation, and Town of Southampton. The efforts are still ongoing. “We are united, we are together when it comes to protecting our coastline and all that we love and cherish about living on Long Island,” Bellone
said. “This is about our quality of life, but it’s also about our economy. You have the commercial fishing dock, you have businesses here, you have residents here that are impacted by this. It’s important that this emergency replenishment project happens.” Schneiderman said the work completed this week will not get the town through the winter. He said more in the ballpark of 800,000 yards of sand is needed. “We’re in a desperate situation trying to prevent another breach,” Schneiderman said. “And it’s not just a commercial dock that sits here, we’ve got a commercial fish-packing operation, three restaurants, a county park at the end of the street. This is way beyond the resources of the Town of Southampton and this is beyond the resources of Suffolk County.” That’s why the supervisor is grateful to be talking turkey with state and federal agencies to prevent further deterioration. He said the dredger could protect the beach for years if not decades. “We have been pleading and our prayers are answered by the fact that Senator Chuck Schumer is making the request that the Army Corps brings in the dredge,” Schneiderman said. “This Thanksgiving I’m particularly thankful for all the partners the town has at the county, the state, and the federal level. I’m cautiously optimistic that the news is good, that we’ll see the dredge appear and get out of this very precarious situation we’ve found ourselves in.”
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Municipalities Suing Opioid Manufacturers
Southold Town attorney Bill Duffy confirmed that several municipalities, including Brookhaven, Southampton, and several villages, intend to file a classaction lawsuit separate from one Suffolk County has generated suing several major opioid manufacturers and distributors. The county also alleges in its suit that opioid companies attempted to conceal the nature of their products’ addictive quality and insistently pushed them on people. The moves follow a press conference held by New York Attorney General Letitia James urging municipalities to go after unscrupulous manufacturers and distributors of the opioids. “When I ran for attorney general, I made a commitment to New Yorkers that I would tackle the crisis,” James said. “During my campaign all across the state, I’ve held in my arms too many mothers, too many fathers, too many individuals who told me stories about how their children died and how they died because of this epidemic that could have been prevented.” According to Tate, Grossman, Kelly & Iaccarino, LLP’s website, the firm was established for the sole purpose of helping government municipalities and other
institutions recoup damages as a result of the opioid crisis. “TGKI Law Firm was created for the exclusive purpose of helping government municipalities, union health and pension funds, healthcare organizations, and other businesses recover damages caused by the pharmaceutical companies who are responsible for creating the modern-day epidemic known as the opioid crisis,” the site states. A recent report by the Fiscal Policy Institute shows that Long Island suffered $8.2 billion in economic damages from the opioid crisis in 2017 alone, equating to 4.5 percent of the gross domestic product. As the report noted, there are “tangible, quantifiable fiscal impacts of the opioid crisis.” With litigation already pending and big pharmaceutical companies and their owners “running for cover and filing bankruptcy,” Tate, Grossman, Kelly & Iaccarino, LLP stated, municipalities need to act quickly before the ability to recover damages is lost or diminished. “It’s a sad day when our village has to get enmeshed in something like this,” East Hampton Village Mayor Paul Rickenbach said, “but it’s a tragedy across the breadth of our country.”
the state and local tax (SALT) deduction for federal income tax purposes.” “I’ve spent the last four years on the Legislature advocating for my district and its families,” said Fleming on November 26. “Together, we’ve secured hundreds of millions of dollars to protect our environment, advanced real progress on affordable housing, delivered major infrastructure improvements and funding for our transportation system, and combated the epidemic of tick-borne disease.” When asked what spurred her to run right now, so soon after being re-elected to the legislature, Fleming responded, “This is a race I’ve been thinking about for a while, as community members urged me to run. The stakes this time were just too high to stay on the side-
lines,” she said. “As Lee Zeldin spends his time defending the President, our communities get caught in the crosshairs and are left without proper representation in Washington.” As a former prosecutor and “with almost 10 years representing our community, I’m the best candidate to take him on in November,” she continued. What about fellow Democrat Perry Gershon? “I’m going to make the case to every Democratic primary voter that I’m the best candidate to take on Lee Zeldin in November so we can take this seat back for our residents and their families. That’s my priority and that’s what I’ll be focused on every day until June 23,” the date of the primary, Fleming said.
They join fight for reimbursement of money spent on fighting drug abuse By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com
The towns of Riverhead and Southold and the Village of East Hampton last week joined dozens of other Suffolk County municipalities in suing opioid manufacturers. The aggrieved parties join others around the country alleging opioid companies deliberately masked the addictive nature of their products and aggressively marketed them to consumers. The plaintiffs are seeking compensation for costs related to the opioid abuse issue. Last week, the East Hampton Village Board authorized Tate, Grossman,
Kelly & Iaccarino, LLP to file a lawsuit on its behalf against opioid manufacturers and distributors. Southold and Riverhead towns did, too. “Municipalities and other organizations have had to dedicate substantial resources to develop programs and train personnel, purchase overdose medication, pay overtime for first responders and other staff, and absorb unnecessary increases in medical/ healthcare costs,” the law firm states on its website. “Not to mention the related losses of productivity.”
Fleming Runs For Congress Legislator makes bid for Zeldin's job By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
On November 26, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming announced her candidacy for Congress. In a YouTube launch video for New York’s First Congressional District called “Tide,” accord-
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Pentagon: We Concealed Contamination At Sites Hundreds of Air Force bases spread toxic chemicals into public drinking water By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com
The Pentagon has finally released infor- folk County Water Authority filed a lawmation that U.S. Air Force bases all over suit against firefighting foam manufacthe country were deliberately concealing turers, and in June, New York State sued the seepage of chemically-dangerous six companies that manufactured the perfluorinated compounds into public foam. drinking water through local wells. “No New Yorker should ever have It came in the form of a September to worry about whether their drinking announcement that the federal govern- water is going to make them sick, and ment will reimburse the Suffolk County it’s time for the federal government to Water Authority more than $4 million do its part and reimburse communities for the costs of cleaning up toxic fire- like Westhampton Beach for this expenfighting foam contaminants at Francis sive cleanup,” state Senator Kirsten GilS. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton librand said in a release. Beach. As much as $4,022,731, to be ex- The payment arrives three years act, will go to the county as part of the after National Guard Bureau Chief Richfederal National Defense Authorization ard P. McCoy wrote to county and waAct of this year. The money was expect- ter authority officials saying he thought ed to arrive by October. The funds were fire training and suppression systems, part of a $20 million payout from the Air which were used by the Air National Force to local water authorities nation- Guard and Air Force at the base at Gawide. breski, had contaminated area drink “Suffolk County and its water au- ing water wells. The admittance to the thority deserves to be repaid for the PFCs, labeled more specifically now actions they took to respond to the con- by the U.S. Environmental Protection tamination of their water supplies and Agency as per- and polyfluoroalkyl subprivate wells due to toxic PFOS, PFOA, stances, comes after repeated prodding and related chemicals of the PFC family — much of it done by Schumer. It conto contamination that originated at Ga- firms The Independent’s 2016 exposé breski,” New York State Senator Chuck that the Pentagon hid the extent of the Schumer had said at a private gathering problem. of Suffolk County officials briefed on the Officials “think there are probably matter in 2017. The Independent was more installations, and I’m not ready ed Fabrics,present Slipcovers, Cushions, Pillows, Draperies, Valances, Cornices at that gathering. to tell you what that number is, but we & Delivery, Window Treatments by Hunter Douglas In November of that year the Suf- found that we undercounted,” Assistant
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East Hampton Night Spot To Go-Go Bye-Bye? Danceteria, Lily Pond, Le Flirt: The last dance may be coming By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com
One of only four dancehall/nightclubs in East Hampton Town may soon face a wrecking ball. Independent/Gordon M. Grant
The future of one of the only four buildings in the Town of East Hampton that can be operated as a nightclub without obtaining a permit is safe, apparently, for now. The East Hampton Town Planning Board gave an unambiguous thumbs down on an initial site-plan approval November 20 for a building that would have replaced the nightclub building, at 44 Three Mile Harbor Road. It is owned by Frank Cilione and his partner Rick Van Benschoten. The two purchased the building in 1998. The site formerly also had a restaurant. However, Cilione leased that part of the building out to Spur East,
a business that caters to independent entrepreneurs, providing them with workspace and other small businessrelated benefits. The proposal Cilione brought before the board called for the demolition of the 5903-square-foot building, to be replaced by a 21,232-square-foot twostory building with a 12,000-squarefoot retail space on the first floor, and six small apartments designated as affordable housing on the second floor, which would also contain office space. In addition, the basement would contain a parking garage 10,950 square feet in size, with spaces for 29 cars. The lot size is 35,000 square feet.
“We proposed to do a fairly aggressive mixed-use building,” Pam Glazer, the architect who designed the proposed new building, told the board. She called what she had designed “not something that has been precedented here in East Hampton.” Glazer explained, “We are trying to get a sense of what would be acceptable for this site.” Cilione told the board, “We want to redevelop the property to a more town-serving use,” adding that the design was inspired by the town’s recent series of hamlet studies. He said Spur East had expressed an interest in the new second-floor office space.
After Glazer and Cilione finished their presentation, board members explained why the proposal was, essentially, several bridges too far. Louis Cortese was first up. “The graphics you prepared are beautiful,” he said. “Unfortunately, when I looked at the elements of this project, I was extremely dismayed. You really did get aggressive on a lot of things. You overshot on almost everything.” Included in his list was the underground garage, which he said was below the level of ground water on the property, the amount of lot coverage the project called for, the lack of adContinued On Page 32.
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Behind Scores Of Names, An EH Nightclub Generations of revelers have ‘tripped the light fantastic’ there By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The building at 44 Three Mile Harbor Road predates the East Hampton Town zoning code. As such, it is one of the few locations in the town with a space actually designated as a nightclub. According to Frank Cilione, an owner, who spoke at an East Hampton Town Planning Board meeting November 20, it was built in the 1940s. Because it predates the zoning code, which was written in the 1950s, it is allowed to operate as a nightclub. The town code defines a nightclub as “an establishment primarily engaged in providing entertainment (e.g., music, dancing, comedians, etc.).” This nightclub designation is an important one. According to the Town Attorney’s office, a nightclub that was opened before the town code was written does not have to apply for a permit and can have a dance floor. The other three sites designated as nightclubs in the Town of East Hampton are Sloppy Tuna and Memory Motel, both in Montauk, and Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett. Cilione’s nightclub, which he bought with his partner Rick Van Benschoten in 1998, has gone through countless iterations. From the 1970s through 1998, the owner of the property was Ronald Moschetta, according to town records. The property card on file at the town’s building department lists the following names for the establishment from the 1970s on: Bananas, The Mellow Mouth Club, Maidstone Regional Theater, Laffing Stock, Hurrah East Hampton, the Jag, and, of course, Lobster-A-Go-Go. In 1992, the town’s architectural review board approved a new sign for the business, Lil’s of East Hampton. Two years later, it became Kristie’s. In 1995, a new sign went up: Danceteria. The first sign approved for Cil-
ione and Van Benschoten in 1998 was for Tsunami. In 2004, it became Resort, then, in 2007, it was Le Flirt. The next name up was Lily Pond. Restaurant group China Grill Management ran the site early this decade for one season, followed by a collaboration between Cilione and Philippe Chow which lasted a couple of years under the name Phiippe’s. According to real estate websites, the property was briefly on the market for just under $3 million in 2016. The following year it became The Leo. In January 2017, Cilione went before the State Liquor Authority with an application for a new liquor license for The Leo. He presented the SLA with a letter from the town’s principal building inspector, Anne Glennon. In it, Glennon stated a nightclub is a permitted use at the site as long as that use was not abandoned. In other words, as long as the nightclub, with whatever name it is operating under in any given year, opens for the summer season, Cilione does not have to go to the town for a permit, which would be extremely difficult to obtain. If, however, that use were to be abandoned for 18 consecutive months, its status as a nightclub would fall away. While a plethora of management groups and promoters have offered a different face for the site, from year to year, according to the liquor licenses on file with the State Liquor Authority obtained by The Independent, Cilione has always maintained a piece of the license with the various management groups, and a piece of the action. There is also a restaurant in the building. That space was taken over early this year by Spur East, a company that caters to independent entrepreneurs.
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Obituary
Owain Hughes, 75 Author/entrepreneur Owain Gardner Collingwood Hughes passed away on Tuesday, November 19, at the home in Water Mill that he shared with his wife, Kimberly Goff. Hughes was born in Bath, England, and raised in North Wales, the son of author Richard Hughes (“High Wind in Jamaica,” “In Hazard,” and more) and painter Frances Bazley Hughes. He was then schooled in England, getting a master’s degree at Oxford University. Hughes came to America in 1970 and landed in Bridgehampton as an assistant to sculptor Jack Youngerman and went on to manage the Denise Renee Gallery in New York City. He and his wife, Elisabeth Brandon Hughes, opened La Baggagerie on Madison Avenue, and he developed a few loft buildings in Soho. Hughes was always known as a colorful character around the neighborhood. In the early 1970s, Hughes built a
house nestled near Youngerman’s, the Channing Daughters Winery, and the Channings’ house. He shared his time between Bridgehampton and Manhattan. He was an avid sailor and kept a small sailboat in Sag Harbor. After dealing with cancer and divorce, in the 1990s, Hughes met and started living with the recently-widowed Kimberly Goff, daughter of Elaine Benson, who had also recently died. The couple moved to Water Mill in 2001 and married in 2006. He had been led to believe he would not live long. Eighteen years later, he died just shy of his 76th birthday. (In fact, since he was born during wartime, there was some confusion about the actual date, so he celebrated for three days from November 19 to November 21 every year). His most recent book — a memoir of his early life, published in 2013 by Seren Books, Wales — is called, “Everything I Have Always Forgotten.”
“He loved brightly colored clothing and would often combine a lavender jacket with coral shorts and a yellow shirt or teal and orange,” said Goff. “He was an exotic bird with a British accent.” He is survived by his brother, Robert Hughes of North Wales, sister Penny Hughes Minney of Durham, England, sister Katherine Wells of Normandy, France, his children, Nisian Hughes of Paris, France, and Melissa Hughes of New Haven, CT, and grandchildren Tala Violet Hughes, Liam Hughes, and Ona Hughes Peires. He is also survived by his loving wife, Kimberly Goff Hughes. A celebration of his life is planned for December 8 in Bridgehampton.
Owain Hughes. Independent/Courtesy Kimberly Goff Hughes
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By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com There was the sound of sleigh bells jingling at North Shore Horse Rescue in Baiting Hollow on Saturday, November 23, when Santa made a surprise visit with a big check, courtesy of Manorville resident Chris Court. “Back in June,” Court said, “I ran a successful food drive for them. Close to 25 individuals participated and with everyone’s help, over 1500 pounds of horse feed was delivered to the farm. The owners, Laurel and Tom, had no idea this delivery was happening and were most grateful to all those involved.” There are approximately 15 rescues on the farm. “They started the rescue 17 years ago and have done an incredible job with the help of only 12 volunteers,”
Court said. This time, it was Santa to the Rescue, literally. Court and others presented Laurel Palermo and Tom Renzetti, the organization’s founders, with an oversized check for $1660, almost twice what he expected to raise. “I discovered the North Shore Horse Rescue in March 2019,” Court said. “I was given a personal tour of the rescue by one of the volunteers there. I was so impressed with how the horses were taken care of that I knew I had to do something to help them.” Court is director of special events for Hospice Care Network, another non-profit, “so I know how important it is to raise funds for worthy causes,” he said.
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Local Teachers New Affordable Home Owners Resale made possible through Southampton town’s lottery program By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
Southampton Planning Administrator Resigns Town must also fill justice seat by January following 2019 election results By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
Southampton Town Planning and Development Administrator Kyle Collins submitted his letter of resignation
November 19. According to the town, Collins, who has been working intermittently for the town since 1999, will
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Daniel and Jessica Gomez, employees of the Southampton Union Free School District, are the new owners of a home resold through the town’s affordable housing program. The original owners purchased the unit at The Courtyards on Major’s Path in North Sea over 10 years ago through the lottery program, and recently retired, making the unit available for resale. The Gomez family qualified for the property and are now its second owners. “This is how the affordable housing process is supposed to work,” said town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. “When remain on staff until January. He is also the village planner in Westhampton Beach, and will retain that post. “It has been a pleasure and honor to work for the Town of Southampton,” Collins said in his resignation letter. “I am proud of all the accomplishments that we have made in the past seven years — from the adoption of the Southampton 400+ Sustainability Plan, [to the] Coastal Resources and Protection Plan, and the Riverside Redevelopment Action Plan, to name just a few. I have no doubt the board will continue to move forward with the action items outlined in these plans in the future.” “Although I will miss working with all of you, it is now time for me to move on to the next chapter of my professional career,” Collins added. He has plans to work for himself, through the consulting firm KPC Planning Service, Inc., but will continue working within the town for a year due to a policy in the code of ethics. Collins was hired as a Southampton planner in 1999. He served in that position until 2008, when he left to start his own business, and returned in 2012 as the administrator through the hiring of then-supervisor Anna Throne-Holst. Southampton town supervisor Jay Schneiderman said the plan is to pro-
a unit opens up, our program maintains the affordability for another qualified homebuyer. The Town of Southampton has been working diligently to create as many affordable housing opportunities as possible, including new construction, inclusionary zoning for builders, and updating the accessory apartment law to increase the number of affordable rentals.” This unit was marketed by email to the town’s attainable housing registry and was featured on the town website. As current homeowners move on, there will be more opportunities to purchase affordable resales.
Town Planning and Development Administrator Kyle Collins. Independent/Desirée Keegan
mote someone from within. Come January, he will also have to fill town justice Andrea Schiavoni’s seat following her election win to serve as a judge in Suffolk County Family Court. Schiavoni first took the bench in 2008, ousting Thomas DeMayo, who was a veteran of the justice court system. She had also run in 2007, when she lost to Edward D. Burke, who had previously served at that post from 1994 to 2000, and ended up being censured by the Commission on Judicial Conduct in 2014 for four acts of misconduct. Schiavoni is currently in her third of a four-year term. The Southampton Town Board must vote to appoint someone to serve the remaining year.
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Thiele: Hit Pause On New Crim Procedure Laws Says governor used budget to sneak through major policy changes By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com
The assemblyman is shown here addressing an audience earlier this year. Independent/T.E. McMorrow
Assemblyman Fred Thiele is accusing Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City legislators of using stealth methods to pass radical criminal procedure law reform last April that Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares estimated could cost taxpayers over $1 billion to implement. Departments across the state are already required to adhere to the changes the law requires. Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini had to create a new bureau of assistant district attorneys on the job 24 hours a day tasked with meeting a new law requiring that all information gathered by police must be shared with the defendant within 15 days. There was no such clause in the old law. The reforms were contained inside the $175.5 billion state budget for 2020. “It was shoe-horned into the bud-
get,” Thiele said. “The budget should be about the budget. The governor is fond of trying to include as much policy as he can,” in the state’s financial plan. According to Thiele, if the reforms had been presented to the Legislature as stand-alone bills, they would not have passed. The new budget goes into effect January 1, along with the new criminal procedure law reforms. The budget contains no funding for the law’s implementation. Thiele said lawmakers are loath to vote against a budget when it contains money vital to their local communities, for example, money for schools, or medical care, or, specifically in the case of Thiele’s first district, programs like the South Fork Commuter Connection. “That is why they stuck it in,” he said.
Thanksgiving Road Rage In Manorville Police say driver later stabbed motorist By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com
A Glen Cove man was arrested after allegedly stabbing a Manorville man in a Thanksgiving Day road rage incident. Gregory Spina, 43, was allegedly seen driving erratically in a 2010 Volvo northbound on Wading River Road the afternoon of November 28, attempting to pass several other cars and moving
in-and-out of lanes in an aggressive manner. He allegedly almost caused an accident when he passed a 2017 Hyundai near the South Street intersection, and both drivers pulled into a nearby parking lot. That’s when Spina allegedly stabbed the operator of the Hyundai in the stomach.
Thiele would like to at least delay implementation until April, when funding for the changes could actually be allocated as part of the following year’s budget process. He is working toward that end with 10th District Assemblyman Steve Stern, whose constituents reside in Huntington. The hoped-for delay in implementation does not appear likely though, he admitted. The reforms were spurred by the crumbling criminal justice system in the city, particularly in the Bronx. Thiele was reminded of the case of Kalief Browder, the 16-year-old accused of stealing a backpack in the Bronx in 2010. Unable to post the $2000 bail that was set for him, he remained in jail for 997 days before being released without ever being trialed. He eventually committed suicide.
“Nobody can defend that case,” Thiele said. “But hard cases make bad law. They went too far.” The new laws governing bail have received the most attention in the broad sweep of reforms just days away. Drug dealers selling fentanyl-laced heroin, for example, will now receive appearance tickets from the police instead of being held, unless they are charged as major drug traffickers; a difficult legal threshold to reach. Thiele said the new laws take away “a judge's ability to consider whether or not the defendant presents a danger to the community.” “Once we see the consequences of some of the provisions,” he added, “this law it will get a lot of attention.” This is part two of the three-part series. Next week: The costs of criminal law reform.
The victim, whose identity was not released by police, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital and admitted. Spina took off, but was picked up by Riverhead town police the next morning and charged with second-degree assault, among other violations. He was held for arraignment in county court the next day. Members of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office’s East End DWI Task Force were also out the eve of the holiday and made arrests across the East End. Paul Corpas-Reyes, 31, of Mastic; Samantha McNiff, 30, of Manorville; and Roberto Alfieri, 29, of Riverhead, were charged with driving while intoxicated after being stopped at checkpoints in Riverhead. Corpas-Reyes was charged at the felony level, due to a conviction for
DWI following a crash in 2011 in which two passengers were seriously injured. Southold police said a Cutchogue man might have suffocated himself had they not intervened. Police responded to call from an unnamed woman November 23 around 10:36 PM to a parking lot on Adams Street in Greenport where an overheating white Honda appeared to have an individual inside. The subject, with his foot on the gas pedal, did not respond to repeated prompts while smoke coming from the engine compartment engulfed the cab. Police broke a window to unlock a door and remove the man. He was identified as Walter Alvizures-Gomez of Greenport, who had allegedly been drinking excessively, police ascertained, from the multiple empty Heineken bottles in the vehicle.
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Reckless Driving And A High-Speed Chase
running multiple stop signs at a high speed. The chase ended when the Kia, which police said had been weaving across the road, crashed into hedges and a fence at the corner of Floyd Street and Accabonac Road. The name of the driver was not released because he is 18 years old. He failed sobriety tests, along with a breath test, and was charged with DWI, along with two other misdemeanors, unlawful fleeing from a police officer, reckless driving, and 39 moving violations that include allegedly driving at imprudent speed, failing to signal turns, and several tickets for running stop signs.
DWI sweeps also occur in East Hampton Thanksgiving morning By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com Two Springs men are facing multiple criminal charges after being arrested in separate incidents by East Hampton town police. James Lee Glasstein, 48, allegedly made a turn into a wrong driveway in a 2018 Toyota pickup on Broadway Avenue December 1 shortly after sunset, according to the police. The homeowner, inside with his wife, asked Glasstein if he needed help. Glasstein put his truck in reverse, and backed into a fence and gate, damaging both, according to the man, before he stepped in front of the vehicle to keep Glasstein from leaving. Glasstein is said to have initially offered to pay for the damage, asking the police not be called. “I confronted the driver and told him not to go anywhere, that I was calling the police,” the man said in his statement. While his wife called police, Glasstein drove into the man at a low rate of speed, knocking him to the ground, the alleged victim told police, and the same happened to his wife when she stepped forward. Her husband jumped on the running board of the truck and told Glasstein to put the vehicle in park, but he got out of the truck and punched him in the face, the alleged victim told police. Glasstein “got back into the truck and tore off out of my driveway,” the victim’s statement reads. Police ar-
rived almost Immediately, then arrested Glasstein at his home just a couple blocks away. Neither victim sought immediate medical treatment, though both said they were going to visit the doctor the following day. The couple and Glasstein never met before. Glasstein was charged with driving while intoxicated and was taken to police headquarters. There, police said a breath test revealed more than double the legal limit of alcohol in Glasstein’s system. Besides the DWI charges, Glasstein is now facing two counts of reckless endangerment, both as misdemeanors, and one count of harassment. An order of protection was issued for both alleged victims by East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky the morning of December 2., after Glasstein denied the charges, pleading not guilty. During the early morning hours of November 30, police say they spotted a 2012 Kia turning from Springs Fireplace Road onto Church Lane without signaling. When the officer put on his lights, the Kia accelerated and drove off, starting a prolonged chase through Springs that ultimately involved about a half-dozen police vehicles, Detective Sgt. Dan Toia said Monday. According to police, from Church Lane, the driver went north on Holly Oak Avenue, then east on Hildreth Place, then south on Accabonac Road,
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Thanksgiving Eve Sweep There was Suffolk County-sponsored anti-drunk driving police sweep in East Hampton overnight Thanksgiving Eve through the early morning that resulted in an arrest on a felony charge. Polivio Pintado-Pizarro, 30, of Wainscott, was pulled over early morning on Montauk Highway in East Hampton for allegedly swerving across lane lines. Police said he failed roadside sobriety tests. At headquarters, a breath test allegedly showed a high enough reading to justify a raised charge of aggravated DWI. While these charges were at the misdemeanor level, the felony charge against PintadoPizarro was made because he allegedly was driving without a license. Just six weeks ago, in East Hampton Town Justice Court, Pintado-Pizarro, who was facing another set of misdemeanor DWI charges following an arrest in May, made a plea-bargained deal of guilty for driving with ability impaired by alcohol, a violation and not a crime. But, It carries with it a 90-day suspension, with any alcohol-related arrests during that suspension triggering a felony unlicensed driving charge. Tekulsky was the one who suspended Pintado-Pizarro’s license on October 17 and was on the bench dur-
ing his arraignment Thanksgiving morning. Tekulsky had warned Pintado-Pizarro that an arrest on an unlicensed driver charge resulting in a conviction during that suspension period would result in jail time if he was the judge in the case. It is a warning Tekulsky gives all defendants whose license he suspends. The judge, citing the new law governing bail in the state, ordered all defendants over the weekend released without bail.
Man Dead After RH Hit And Run A 72-year-old man crossing West Main Street during rush hour was hit by an SUV, then, reeling, hit by another vehicle coming the other way on Monday, December 2. Despite a quick response by a Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance dispatch, the victim was declared dead at nearby Peconic Bay Medical Center. Riverhead Town Police, patching together accounts from passersby and one of the drivers, said the victim was apparently crossing the busy road on foot at about 5 PM, heading south just west of Marcy Avenue. A white compact SUV heading east hit the man and kept going. The impact left the victim in the path of a second vehicle headed west and he was hit again. That driver remained on the scene. Police did not identify anyone involved in the incident but said the deceased lived in Riverhead. The SUV was likely damaged on the driver’s side, the mirror lying cracked on the roadway. For anyone with info, please contact RH police at 631-727-4500. RM
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Editorial
JUST ASKING
Any thoughts about the impeachment hearings?
Mayor Mike Even with this year’s relatively large pool of candidates, very few communities can boast they have a presidential candidate in their midst. But we can. Bloomberg is more than just a proud parent at the Hampton Classic. He lives in Southampton, is a passionate golfer at the Shinnecock Golf course, and like so many New York City residents, he hustles to find as much time as he can at his beloved East End estate. That means he’s familiar with the traffic problems, has firsthand knowledge of the helicopter parade, and we’re sure, is well -versed on erosion and the water pollution problem out in these parts. We’re by no means endorsing Mayor Mike just yet — there’s a long race to be run — but we are pointing out having the leader of the free world on speed dial is an enticing proposition.
In Our Courts
Is it just me? © Karen Fredericks
The Independent has been in the forefront of anticipating and reporting on the criminal law reforms in courthouses across New York State that are due to take place on January 1. This week, The Independent hears from Assemblyman Fred Thiele about the coming reforms, now just days away. Bail, which was never meant to be punitive but based on the likelihood that the accused will return for trial, will be eliminated altogether for most crimes. In the past, defendants facing similar criminal charges in courts across the state sometimes had very dissimilar results when it came time for bail to be set. That has been ended, for better or worse. For many participants at a demonstration at East Hampton Town Justice Court last week, there was a belief that there is a correlation between bail and punishment. There is not, at least in theory. Historically, though, particularly in New York City, bail has sometimes been set at a level the accused simply could not make because of economic conditions, and that result is tantamount to forced incarceration and is against the foundation of our legal system. We are all innocent until proven guilty. In most cases, under the new laws, a judge no longer has the ability to consider whether a defendant poses a risk to the community. If all this works, it will be a great result for the criminal justice system across the state. But if it doesn’t, there will be hell to pay.
When you go to the kitchen will you grab the salt?
By Karen Fredericks
And some more iced tea. And the ketchup. Oh! And the hot sauce too.
Tina Guglielmo I’m very inspired by the integrity of the people speaking out. And I’m inspired by their service. They don’t need to be there on the hot seat giving testimony. It must be very uncomfortable for them. So I’m very impressed that they are willing to do it.
Thomas Re I think the hearings were nonsense. It seemed there were a lot of theatrics but not a lot of reasoned inquiry. It seemed mostly for effect and less about gathering concrete information for the public. And the little information I was given, I was unpersuaded. Most of all I'd like to see the fighting stopped. It's time for conciliation. On both sides. Nicole Marlow I think it's stupid. Why waste all this time when there are no Republicans who are going to say yes, let’s back this up. It's two weeks of wasted time. Instead, we could be doing something good for our country and our people.
Ceren Zorlu It seemed like it was more of a gesture than anything related to reality. It's sad that we are experiencing this. I feel like, “What is going on?” I’m just not understanding why this is happening. I wish I understood and I wish it was made clearer.
Sure. Anything else? Would you also like me to balance the federal budget while I’m there?
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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SAND IN MY SHOES By Denis Hamill
Racism Is Not Unique To Long Island It is the number one issue in America denishamill@gmail.com
Race is still the number one issue in America. So the recent excellent and comprehensive Newsday investigation into racial discrimination in the Long Island real estate industry was hardly shocking to me. It sure as hell isn’t just Long Island that festers with this American sickness. When I was growing up in a Brooklyn tenement in a working class Irish ghetto, everyone was struggling in roach and rodent-infested railroad flats. My old man worked in a factory across the street that brought an influx of Latino workers by subway. When some of those Puerto Rican laborers decided to move closer to where they worked, poor white locals freaked out. There were several senseless racial assaults of their new Latino neighbors. And for the first time I heard children of immigrants saying “When I get a job I’m moving to Long Island to get away from them.” “Them” is still a euphemism for non-whites. As I became a young reporter, I wrote about the “white flight” that rocked New York City in the 1960s and ‘70s. When my family moved to Staten
Island, it was to a housing project a year before the 1964 opening of the Verrazzano Bridge. The projects was a step up for us to a building with elevators, bedrooms with doors on them, and a hot shower and lots of steam heat. But I didn’t know what it felt like to be a minority until I became a “honky” in a housing project, where sometimes the city bus passed your stop like you didn’t exist. I was also called a “projects kid” by some white students of Curtis High, which had an actual tree-lined campus that looked like the one in Archie comics. Fifty years later I was telling a Sicilian immigrant in Queens, who was a successful realtor, this story. “Why did your parents do that to you?” he asked. I looked at him and said, “Because a housing project was what my parents could afford on a factory worker’s and movie cashier’s salary.” “Oh,” he said. He was an immigrant who was always worrying about “so many Asians” moving into his American neighborhood. But he wasn’t the only immigrant in his Queens neighborhood with the race sickness. I was eating in my favorite Chinese restaurant in that same
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Queens neighborhood when the owner told me he was buying a house nearby, ironically not far from the Sicilian immigrant. I told him that was great. “Only problem, I don’t want to send my kids to the local school,” the Asian immigrant said. “Too many blacks.” I wanted to tell the Chinese restaurateur about the Sicilian realtor who was upset that Asians like him were moving into his white neighborhood where the Asian didn’t want his kids going to school with American blacks. As a columnist for the Daily News I covered the Eric Garner killing on Staten Island where a white cop named Daniel Pantaleo literally killed a 400-pound black man live on camera — Garner’s crime was selling “loosies,” single Newport cigarettes. “I can’t breathe,” Garner’s last words, became an anthem to the rampant racism here and everywhere. As I covered the story, I realized that Garner left behind six kids in the very same housing project where I once lived. In any other borough of New York, Pantaleo would have been indicted for manslaughter. But then Staten Island DA Dan Donovan was planning a run for Congress so although any DA can indict a ham sandwich, Donovan failed to bring an indictment against Pantaleo in Staten Island, the borough where many of the cops who live in the city dwell. (Many more live on Long Island.) Some stories have bittersweet endings. Donovan lost in an upset to a Democrat, an Afghan/Iraq war vet named Max Rose in the Staten Island Congressional race. Pantaleo was fired from NYPD. All across the fruited plain the American dream is a racist nightmare. So take heart, Long Island, it’s not just our neck of the woods where race and bigotry fester. Several years ago I was in Salt Lake City and I asked my Muslim cabbie how his kids got along with the local Mormon kids. “They don’t let them
play with my kids,” he said. “Most of the Mormons moved up into the suburbs to get their kids away from Muslims and other immigrants.” And it’s not just here in America. I was at a fancy Manhattan restaurant last week at a fundraiser for a charity called SAVI — Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention — and there was a black men’s room attendant on duty from South Africa who’d moved to New York to escape bigotry back home. He was joined by another South African restaurant worker and I listened to them complain about the early New York cold snap. “Not like in Jo’burg,” the attendant said. “Still, I’d rather have the cold than the craziness back home,” said the second South African. As I dried my hands, I told them I’d covered Nelson Mandela’s funeral in South Africa. Both told me I wouldn’t want to go there now. I asked why. “Foreigners are not safe,” said the attendant. “The xenophobia in South Africa is now horrible,” said the second one. “Not just toward white guys like you but other blacks from other African nations.” “Mandela would be horrified,” said the attendant. “The racism and xenophobia and violent crime especially against women that Mandela deplored are hurting our country so bad that I had to leave.” In my last column I reported on Jamari Williams of Montgomery, Alabama who, at age 10, committed suicide because bullies at school mocked his looks and the darkness of his African American skin. Everywhere I look racism flares. Don’t get me wrong, Newsday did award-winning work on their Long Island real estate industry investigation. Hats off, take a bow. But none of it surprised me. Because since 1619, race remains the number one issue in America.
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South Fork News Compiled by Jenna Mackin
Holiday Market At The Spur Join the Spur for its second annual Holiday Market on Saturday, December 7, and Sunday, December 8, from 1 to 7 PM. Located at Spur South, 280 Elm Street, Southampton. For more info, visit www. thespur.com.
LVIS Open House The Ladies’ Village Improvement Society is hosting a holiday open house on Saturday, December 7, from 2 to 4 PM. Join them for cider, cookies, and eggnog. Mrs. Claus always makes an appearance, making for a great photo opportunity. Located at 95 Main Street, East Hampton.
Stargazing In Bridgehampton Stargazing will be held on Saturday, December 7, from 6 to 8 PM. Montauk Observatory astronomers will set up their telescopes under the dark skies of the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton to give guided tours of the heavens to all who attend. At 6 PM, you’ll learn about what you’ll be seeing — the moon, planets, nebulae, even the Andromeda Galaxy, then you’ll go outside to observe. Feel free to bring a blanket or a lawn chair, refreshments, to set up your own telescope or binoculars, or do astrophotography. Weather permitting. For more information, visit www.MontaukObservatory.com.
Southampton History Museum “Hearthside Cheer: Designer Tree Auction,” will be held on Saturday, December 7 from 5 to 7 PM at the Southampton History Museum’s Rogers Mansion, at 17 Meeting House Lane. A silent auction bidding begins during the preview day, Friday, December 6, from 11 AM to 4 PM. The historic Rogers Mansion will be decorated floor to ceiling for the holidays. Tabletop trees and wreaths decorated by select designers will be up for auction. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be offered by the Golden Pear and Herbert J Rist. To get tickets, call 631283-2494 or by visit southamptonhistory.org/hearthside. Jewelry making classes will be held on Saturdays in December beginning December 7, from 10 AM to 12 PM at Pelletreau Silver Shop, 80 Main Street, Southampton. To register for the class, call 631-283-2494. “Holly Jolly Rogers Mansion” will be held on Wednesdays in December from 11 AM to 4 PM at Rogers Mansion. Admission is $5, or free for museum members. Join in kid-friendly holiday crafts with “Santa’s Elves Workshop” on Saturday, December 7, from 1 to 3 PM. For more information, visit www.southamptonhistory.org. Service hours will be awarded to students ages 13 and older.
EH Santa Parade, Windmill & Tree Lighting, Night Market
Boat Builders’ Reception And Raffle Drawing
The East Hampton Chamber of Commerce announces there’s plenty to do in the village on Saturday, December 7. The East Hampton Santa Parade will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 PM, from the First Presbyterian Church to Hook Windmill. Set up starts at 1:30 PM. All organizations looking to enter a holiday float must register online before Thursday, December 5, by 5 PM at www.easthamptonchamber. org. No walk-on floats will be permitted in the parade to ensure a safe and organized community event.
The East End Classic Boat Society’s annual holiday season reception and raffle boat drawing will be held at 2 PM on Saturday, December 7 in the Hartjen-Richardson Community Boat Shop at 301 Bluff Road, Amagansett. A lucky ticket holder will win a catspaw sailing dingy, with trailer, oars, and sail. The boat has been built according to a plan by Joel White based on a boat crafted by famed designer Nathanael Herreshoff is the 11th vintage-style vessel crafted by the club. Club members have crafted the 12-foot nine-inch sailboat with planks of eastern white cedar. The oak ribs for the frame were steamed and bent into place. Cheese and liquid refreshments with be served and attendees can tour the boat shop and view the beginnings of next year’s raffle boat.
The public will be able to vote for their favorite float. Online voting will be open on Saturday, December 7, between 1 and 7 PM. Winners will be announced in front of Eileen Fisher at 7:30 PM the same day. All votes can be cast via the East Hampton Chamber’s website. Amaden Gay Agencies will sponsor the East Hampton Lighting of the Windmill, with festivities including holiday caroling and music, from 3:30 to 4:30 PM. The Maidstone Arms will have its annual tree lighting at 5 PM. The East Hampton Holiday Night Market will be held from 4 to 8:30 PM on Newtown Lane and Main Street. During the same times, visit Eileen Fisher for a “Santa’s Village Experience.” Come get photos with Santa, send a card from Santa Station, have bites and sips, and see Santa’s “Equine” Reindeer Exhibit provided by Spirit’s Promise Rescue Petting Zoo.
Amagansett Holiday Event Join in a hamlet-wide holiday event on Saturday, December 7, in Amagansett. Meet Santa at the Amagansett Fire House at 4 PM, followed by the tree lighting and caroling. Pick up a copy of the Family Treasure Hunt and then head down Main Street where local shops will have special holiday deals and plenty of treats and surprises. This is a free, family-friendly event, hosted by the Amagansett Village Improvement Society, Amagansett Chamber of Commerce, Amagansett Fire Department, Scoville Hall, and the Amagansett Library. For more information, visit www.amagansettchamber.org.
Brooks-Park House Demolition On Hold? East Hampton board did not follow procedure, critic says By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com East Hampton Town’s architectural review board must approve the demolition of the Brooks-Park house, a Springs man says, due to its historic site designation. Independent/T. E. McMorrow
Plans to demolish the house and studio buildings on a Neck Path property that once belonged to artists James Brooks and Charlotte Park may have to be put on hold, according to a Springs man. David Buda, a constant observer and frequent critic of East Hampton Town government, said in a letter to town board members November 30 that they erred when voting to ap-
prove the bidding process to demolish the structures. He said the board had not followed the protocol required by town code. According to Buda, because the site has previously been designated historic, any proposal to demolish structures on it must be vetted by the town’s architectural review board. Buda said he checked its agendas and minutes and does not see the issue listed.
The town board had declared the historic nature of the buildings part of the reason for acquiring the parcel using Community Preservation Fund money. While the structures on the property are in serious disrepair, there is one small cottage that the PollockKrasner House and Study Center in Springs, which is run by Stony Brook University and is headed by Helen
Harrison, is interested in acquiring. According to Harrison, who spoke about the proposed acquisition of the tiny cottage during a recent East Hampton Town Planning Board meeting, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock were close friends with Brooks and Park and would stay in the cottage when they visited the couple. The cottage would be relocated to the PollockKrasner property.
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Arts & Entertainment ‘My paintings are quirky, and I’m quirky, too.’ can. Many of my friends were forced to move because they lost a living situation. There needs to be more affordable housing in the Hamptons.
Tell me about Bonac Tonic art collective. I formed the Bonac Tonic art collective in 2005 with my twin brother Grant Haffner and a few friends to give exhibitions and exposure to local emerging artists. The collective had a constantlychanging roster of artists as well as our core members, and we had wild fun art exhibitions mainly at Ashawagh Hall in our hometown Springs. The next Bonac Tonic show will be in summer 2020 at the Hampton Photo Arts store in Southampton.
You’ll be working with the Education Department and Teen Arts Council. In what ways do you engage the younger community?
“Pink Sky at Night,” 2018. Independent/Carly Haffner
Carly Haffner: In The Woods Guild Hall welcomes Bonac Tonic co-founder By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Enter the woods without being outside through Carly Haffner’s exhibit In The Woods, now on view at Guild Hall in East Hampton through February 23. Explore a selection of landscape paintings in Haffner’s signature folk-art style inside the Education Corridor. The woods showcase another side to the Hamptons: residential landscapes. Haffner’s focus takes the viewer away from the popularized sandy
beaches and into the homely areas of local communities. The 36-year Springs resident and one of the founders of the Bonac Tonic art collective, formed in 2005, said it’s this setting she relates to most.
What is it about the woods that captivates you? I’m lucky to live next to an old forest. The woods are magical. I see the trees change
in different light and seasons. Trees are beautiful and fun to paint. Their branches go in all directions — you can use different brushes to paint them — it feels free.
Describe the ways your personality comes through in your work. My paintings are quirky and I’m quirky, too. I paint landscapes I find beautiful — sunsets behind trees, snow scenes; but also junk and vintage campers in my yard. I’m painting my surroundings so the paintings are autobiographical.
Why have you chosen to stay on the East End when the rest of your family uprooted? I stay on the East End for the sunsets, beaches, and seasons. Also, there is a great art community here and I like my job at the Dan Flavin Art Institute in Bridgehampton. I will stay as long as I
Last year I was in an exhibition called Luminous Illusions (with Michael Butler and Gabriele Raacke). The show was curated by the Ross School seventh-grade students who visited our art studios and selected the paintings. This year, I’m working with the Guild Hall Teen Arts Council to build a set for the theater stage during the Student Art Festival opening reception on January 25 from 2 to 4 PM. I’m also hosting an evening of painting for adults and young adults — Painting Trees with Carly Haffner — on February 20 from 6 to 9 PM. This workshop costs $15 ($10 for members). Growing up in Springs I had many friends’ parents who were artists and role models to me. Now is my chance to give back. I want to encourage young artists with their creative pursuits. Art is important. We need art in our world. There is free admission into the exhibition. See museum hours at www.guildhall.org.
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A Tribute To Penny Hamptons Doc Fest honors Sag Harbor’s acclaimed cinéma vérité pioneer By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com
D. A. Pennebaker. Independent/Don McSorley, Pennebaker Hegedus Films
“Find a story that you believe in and find a passionate subject. You just have to get out there and go do it,” Chris Hegedus said, a word of advice to filmmakers of today. “It’s like James Carville said in ‘The War Room’ — ‘Golf is a game of luck, the more I play, the luckier I get.’” Hegedus, of course, is referring to the documentary she and her late husband, D.A. Pennebaker, directed in 1993 — a film that captures the true spirit of the couple behind Pennebaker Hegedus Films. “Pennebaker and I filmed as a twoperson crew. We followed passionate people who were taking a risk to fulfill a life dream,” Hegedus said. “But when the filming gets tough, and your subjects no longer want you hanging around, it’s great to have a partner to commiserate and strategize with. I think that this film embodies the risk that we and other documentary filmmakers take when filming a real-life story.” Pennebaker, known by just about everyone local as Penny, lived his life through cinematography, and he and his wife created films that are still talked about today. The International Movie
D. A. Pennebaker. Independent/David Corio
Database lists 63 director credits. This year, the 12th annual Hamptons Doc Fest, which runs from Thursday, December 5, through Monday, December 9, will honor Pennebaker, who passed away at his home in Sag Harbor this past August, at the Saturday Night gala on December 7 at Bay Street Theater. An 8 PM tribute will present Hegedus with the inaugural Pennebaker Career Achievement Award from Bridgehampton filmmaker and Penny protege Lana Jokel, followed by a screening of his first short film “Daybreak Express,” which debuted in 1953. It’s a bittersweet moment for Hegedus. “Penny was my biggest cheerleader,” she said. “He’d tell people all the time that there was nothing he loved more than making films with me. Since his death, countless filmmakers have told me how Penny took the time to talk to them about their films, how meaningful it was for them and how he inspired them. He was truly selfless — he loved making films and telling stories. When he got the [Academy Honorary Award in 2012] he told the Hollywood audience,
‘Thanks. I didn’t think that you even knew who I was!’ He was surprised and grateful,” Hegedus recalled. The Pennebaker Career Achievement Award will also be presented to documentarian Robert Kenner, who will be interviewed by East Hampton filmmaker Don Lenzer. “I’m honored to get the award,” Kenner said. “Penny represented the best of cinema vérité today. I grew up in that world and he was always considered the Godfather of it.” After the bestowing there will be a 9 PM screening of Kenner’s Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film “Food, Inc.,” about American food industrialization. It reached a wider audience than Kenner expected. “It appealed to a very conservative audience and that was a very big surprise — it was a surprise to industrial agriculture,” he said. “They always thought they were feeding the world and they were very proud. And all of a sudden this film comes along and questions everything about what they are doing.” The Hamptons Doc Fest will highlight over 30 films. Some will also
Robert Kenner. Independent/Melissa Robledo
be played at Bay Street; others at the Southampton Arts Center. “It’s always a mountain to climb — which films make it and which don’t,” festival founder and Executive Director Jacqui Lofaro said. “We believe our festival picks are among the best and most compelling stories — many unique and untold, but each the spark for new thinking.” Spotlight films will be shown at Bay Street Theater at 8 PM. The opening night film is “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack,” shown Thursday, December 5. It received the Hamptons Doc Fest’s Art & Inspiration Award, and will be followed by a Q&A with the artist herself, an East Hampton resident. Friday night’s spotlight, “Citizen K,” directed by Alex Gibney, is co-presented with the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, and Sunday’s is “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn,” directed by Ivy Meeropol. Monday night’s closing film, “3 Days, 2 Nights,” directed and produced by East Hampton’s Jon Breen, will be followed by a Q&A with Breen. For a full film lineup with descriptions visit www.hamptonsdocfest.com.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Alex Gibney’s “Citizen K .” Independent/Courtesy Sag Harbor Cinema
‘Citizen K:’ The Richest Man In Russia Famed documentarian Alex Gibney comes to Hamptons Doc Fest on Friday By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Alex Gibney is a documentary film director and producer who has reached notable fame over the past four decades. He has won numerous Emmy Awards, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a FOCAL International Award, and Film Independent Spirit Award, and Writers Guild of America Documentary Screenplay Awards, among others. His nominations have led to his label as one of the most important documentarians of our time. On Friday, December 6, at 8 PM, Gibney will make his way to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor for a screening of his latest film, “Citizen K.” Presented by Sag Harbor Cinema in collaboration with Hamptons Doc Fest, the film will be followed by a conversation with Gibney moderated by Sag Harbor Cinema’s artistic director Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan. The showing is part of the 12th annual Hamptons Doc Fest. “Whether it’s Putin’s Russia, Enron, the war in Afghanistan, Julian Assange, Scientology, or the perils of Silicon Valley, Alex Gibney has tackled some of the most complex and most defining issues of our time with a unique blend of courage, depth, and limpidity,” D’Agnolo Vallan said. “His contribution to our understanding of the world around us is invaluable.” Gibney’s film “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” became one of the most-watched HBO documentaries. Other noteworthy films include “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” and his latest “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.” “Citizen K” looks at post-Soviet Russia through a former oligarch-turned-
political protester, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who became the richest man in Russia through finance and oil production. When Khodorkovsky accused the Putin regime of corruption, he was arrested and sent to prison for over a decade. Now, he lives in exile in London, but continues to speak out against Putin. “It’s a work of in-depth journalism that plays like a political thriller,” D’Agnolo Vallan said. “We are very happy to renew our collaboration with Hamptons Doc Fest with this very timely film.” “Citizen K” had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. “Getting Khodorkovsky to look back was tough at first, for a number of reasons,” Gibney said. “First, he doesn’t like to look back, only forward. Second, as a businessman, and later as a dissident, he had learned that in order to survive, you must betray very little. But there were times, such as when we were reviewing footage, that we got him to be in the moment. That was very valuable.” He described the interview process with Khodorkovsky akin to peeling back layers. “He had an uncanny ability to analyze events and key characters — particularly Putin — and proved to be very candid about certain moments in his past,” Gibney said. “At the outset, I found Khodorkovsky a bit unnerving. He is shy, but there’s a certain steeliness in his smile and we were able to discuss subjects more thoroughly with some emotional honesty.” Bay Street Theater is located at 1 Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Tickets are $25. Visit www.hamptonsdocfest.org to purchase tickets or for more information.
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Love Explored In Documentary Short Local artist Jane Martin asks the question ‘What Is Love?’ By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
Jane Martin. Independent/Nate Best
On Monday, December 9, East Hampton artist and filmmaker Jane Martin’s film “What Is Love?” premieres as part of the Hamptons Doc Fest’s top shorts program at 6 PM at the Bay Street Theater. The 34-minute film, part of a seven-part series that Martin has planned, asks a question that seems almost impossible to answer. But in that halfhour, there are over 90 participants, not identified by name, but with familiar faces like Nancy Atlas, Alec Baldwin, Rodney Yee, Edie Windsor, and Mer-
cedes Ruehl. Martin calls the film “a meditation on love,” and said simply, when asked where the idea came from, it was out of “heartbreak.” According to a press release, “‘What is Love?’ is a documentary about love and its many meanings. Love is a word we all use, but rarely stop and try to define. ‘What Is Love?’ asks this question of people from all walks of life, ages, sexualities, and cultures. They speak from the depths of
years of experience, from the freshness of youth, from the battlegrounds and successes of love.” “Drawn from a broad demographic the characters can be seen as landscapes, each with their own eccentricities and appeal,” the statement continues. “Humorous, touching, searching, surprising. . . their answers weave an intricate thread through our human experience.” Apparently, Martin is not alone in trying to find the answer to this ageless question. “Six months into production, we discovered that ‘What is Love?’ was the most Googled question of 2011, 2012, and 2014,” she said. “This is a film for anyone who has ever loved.” Not a straight set of interviews, the film is interspersed with creative graphics using love graffiti and images shot in different parts of the world. The piece’s director, producer, and co-editor Martin has had success in this genre before. Her first documentary “Silent Sentries,” an ode to New York City, was broadcast primetime on four PBS stations nationally, including numerous times on Channel 13 in NYC. It also premiered at festivals in France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, and Portu-
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gal, as well as in the United States. Also on the team are co-editor Alex Mankiewicz who, yes, is related to the filmmaking family — as in Joe, and cinematographer Nate Best of Montauk. Music for the film is composed by local singer-songwriter-storyteller Inda Eaton. What does Martin want to be the takeaway for audiences? “I am looking to start a conversation on love,” she said. “Not to come up with a definitive answer, but to question it and reflect on it. Many of the interviewees said they spent hours after their interview discussing it with their partners.” How did she pick who to talk to? “I started with my friends, some wellknown in their fields, and gradually expanded the circle to acquaintances and people whom I thought would make an addition to the film,” Martin said. “I was also looking for diversity — color, sexuality, age, culture. And I grabbed a few people off the street I didn’t know who looked interesting.” For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.hamptonsdocfest.com. To view Martin’s art and biography check out www.janemartinart.com.
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RICK’S SPACE By Rick Murphy
Budapest . . . On a horse with no name rmurphy@indyeastend.com
I don’t want to go to Budapest. There, I’ve said it. I feel the pressure is mounting on me: Karen wants to go. Her family wants to go. My friends want to go. Budapest! I am a learned man, but if truth be told at this very moment in time, I could not tell you for sure where Budapest is. My guess is Hungary, but I can’t tell you where Hungary is, either. As regular readers know, I’ve traveled extensively on Grateful Dead tours. But I’m pretty certain the Dead never played Budapest — now that would have really been a long strange trip. I think there are Cossacks in Budapest, Cossacks who battle Hassocks on horseback and camels and people who wear turbines on their heads. My preferred vacation destination would be the “’70s rock and romance cruise” on the Celebrity Infinity beginning February 15. There are concerts from 10 AM until midnight. Check this out, seriously: Todd Rundgren, Randy Bachman, Cheap Trick, John Lodge of the Moody Blues, Don Felder of the Eagles, and America, just to name a few. That’s right, we would literally be able to sing along with “been to the dessert on a rock with no pain I ain’t got time to give you Lorraine” and all the other hits from the 1970s. You say Budapest? This cruise starts off in Miami and goes to (gasp) Samana and Labadee, which are like Budapest except the donkeys are toilet trained. The cruise ship also stops at the Dominican Republic, where we can drop our kids off to live in cages (see how they like it) so we can get stoned out of our minds for a week without worrying about them. Why go to Budapest? “The culture and the arts,” Karen said. Want culture? Perhaps she didn’t notice Edgar Winter was booked on the cruise. The last time I saw Winter he weighed about 73 pounds and he had the skinniest arms I’ve ever seen. But he played a mean blues guitar. His tattoos weighed more than his torso. That was 40 years ago.
There will be karaoke, which is funny when you think about it, and “Dancing with the Stars” (I hope I can get a slow dance with Edgar — for his sake) and of course, all-you-can-eat goodies like brownies, hemp sandwiches, Nutella, PB& J, and the like. You know, gourmet stuff. Rita Coolidge will be there. And with Bachman there, you can be quite sure we’ll be “Taking Care of Business!” According to the travel guide, here are the top things to do in Budapest (note Rita Coolidge is not even on the list): Cruise the Danube River Rest legs on Chassock Go Truckin’ on Bourbon Street Make a list of all the subtle nuances that make Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and, of course, Hungary, so unique yet so alike at the same time. Did I mention Marrakesh? I’ve been to a lot of big cities in America. In most of them I checked into a hotel, went about my business (or pleasure), and moved onto the next joint. I don’t miss the road. I like to wake up in my own bed. If I ever do decide I want to travel though, I’m gonna do it in the Volkswagen van. Isn’t that the trend? I remember once when I was a bartender, a patron was discussing a restaurant she favored in Paris and I noted it sounded like a similar place in Florence. After discussing the menus for a while, she left. “I didn’t know you were in Florence, Murph,” a guy at the bar remarked. “I haven’t been to Paris, either,” I answered. Truth is the only foreign country I’ve been to is Mexico (Cancun), and my first three meals were at the Hard Rock Café, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and Taco Bell. I feel, I gained a real understanding of the people and the culture. Someday I’ll have a bucket list — you know, a list of things I want to do before I die. I will try to put “visit Budapest” on the list, but I’m pretty sure it will be far below Rita Coolidge.
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Gallery Events Compiled by Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
VSOP 10x10 Sale VSOP Projects presents the 14th annual 10x10=100 art show and sale in Greenport Village. Nearly 200 artists have contributed to this ambitious holiday-time exhibition. All works will be available for $100 and proceeds benefit the North Fork Environmental Council and Peconic Public Broadcasting. The exhibition will preview on Friday, December 6, from 6 to 9 PM during the Greenport Village First Fridays Art Walk. A performance by George Cork Maul and The Hidden City Orchestra will accompany the preview. The 10x10=100 art sale will begin on Saturday, December 7, at 6 PM. Due to the popularity of this event in years past, a line usually begins to form around 5 PM. For more information visit www. vsopprojects.com.
Romany Kramoris Group Show
A group art show featuring a snowstorm of 30-plus local artists with small and affordable art and fine crafts has landed in Sag Harbor. Participating artists in the Romany Kramoris Gallery group show include Lianne Alcon, Berges Alvarez, Jude Amsel, Masha Archer, Herbert August, Olivia August, Adriana Barone, Lois Bender, Joyce Brian, Christine Cadarette, Linda Capello, John Capello, Lauren Chenault, Lucille Colin, Sue and Al Daniels, Christopher Engel, Suzzanne Fokine, Rick
Gold, Barbara Groot, Peter Gumpel, Barbara Hadden, Muriel Hanson Falborn, Victoria Hartman, Ruby Jackson, Eleanora Kupencow, Ghilia Lipman-Wulf, Peter Lipman-Wulf, Pingree Louchheim, Diana Malcolmson, Katherine Milliken, Kelly Nelson, Alan Nevins, Stephen Palmer, Isabel Pavao, Gabriele Raacke, Heidi Rain, Marie Roberts, Mara Sfara, Roger Sichel, and Garance Werthmuller. The exhibit is on display through January 12. An open house will be held on Sunday, December 15, from 3 to 5 PM. For more details visit www.KramorisGallery.com.
Alex Ferrone Gallery Opens Portals Celebrating its seventh year in Cutchogue, Alex Ferrone Gallery opens “Portals” for the holiday season. This year, the gallery’s annual national juried small works exhibition was selected by juror Franklin Hill Perrell, an art historian, curator, and writer, and features over 60 works depicting physical portals like windows, doors, and gateways. Traditional and alternative photography, paintings, and mixed media works will be on display and available to purchase by national artists representing 22 states. All works are sized 12x12 inches or smaller for the gift-giving season. The exhibition runs through January 19. Hours are noon to 5 PM Friday through Sunday, or by appointment other days. Visit www.AlexFerroneGallery.com.
Sweet Charities Compiled by Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
Indy & SoFo Food & Toy Drive The Independent has teamed up with the South Fork Natural History Museum & Nature Center to gather holiday toys and food. The toys will be used by the Eleanor Whitmore Early Childhood Center to enhance its academic and social-emotional curriculum. Non-perishable food dona-
tions will be donated to local food pantries. Drop off cans or boxes of food at The Independent office at the Red Horse Plaza, 74 Montauk Highway, Suite 19, East Hampton; at SoFo, 377 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton; or at Calissa restaurant at 1020 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill.
Scott McIntire’s “Bittersweet #10” is at VSOP Projects as part of the annual 10x10=100 art show.
Full Moon Arts Center Center Moriches’ Full Moon Arts Center announced its second exhibit: Art as Gift. The show features the work of 14 artists. The show opens on Saturday, December 7, and will be up for viewing weekends from noon to 4 PM until Sunday, December 22. An artists’ reception will be held on Saturday, December 7. Snacks, apple cider, and eggnog will be served. This all-new winter exhibit will showcase the collective’s original artwork in a wide range of prices, and include paintings, photography, mixed media, and collage in all sizes; books
Gingerbread Contest The Paul Drum Life Experience Project has announced its first annual Gingerbread Contest. The nonprofit is asking participants to create and donate a gingerbread house to be entered into a competition for blue ribbons and bragging rights. The structures will then be auctioned off on Saturday, December 7. Any imaginative building, historic structure, seaworthy vessel, barn, farm stand, lighthouse, or flight of fancy constructed by individuals, local businesses, or groups are acceptable. Both professionals and amateurs are welcome. There is no cost to enter. “We’re looking forward to some
authored and illustrated by members; painted boxes; whimsical sculptural characters; and clocks. For more information visit www. fullmoonartscenter.org.
William Ris Gallery Talk William Ris Gallery’s in Jamesport’s final show of the year “Angles,” features works by photographers E. Cindy Stein and Mike McLaughlin, with a focus on New York City architecture and interiors. An artists’ talk is planned for Saturday, December 7, from 11 AM to 1 PM. The show runs through December 29. Visit www.WilliamRis.com for more details.
beautiful and creative structures,” said Arlene Klein, co-founder of the Paul Drum Life Experience Project. “I have no doubt that our community won’t disappoint!” There will be a gallery viewing of the gingerbread creations on Friday, December 6, from 6 to 8 PM and Saturday from 11 AM to 4 PM at the Greenport Fire Department Community Room. The viewing will include a silent auction, proceeds to benefit the Paul Drum Life Experience Project’s 2020 season of free educational children’s programs. All details of this friendly, competitive experience are fully explained at www.pauldrumlifeexperienceproject.org.
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HAMPTON DAZE By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
Celebrate The Holidays On The East End Have a jolly good time! jessica@indyeastend.com @hamptondaze Independent/Courtesy Gurney’s
The holidays in the Hamptons are always a special time. With pretty lights illuminating our beautiful main streets, it’s not to be missed. Here are a few of my holiday festivity suggestions. A carriage ride through Southampton Village is always a nice way to celebrate holiday cheer. Horse-and-buggy rides take place Saturday, December 7, 14, and 21. Visit the Southampton Chamber of Commerce website for times and more details. Stop by the Southampton Historical Museum for the Holly Jolly Rogers Mansion’s “Hearthside Cheer: Designer Tree Auction.” The mansion, built during Southampton’s Gilded Age, hosts this event Saturday, December 7, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. There will be food, drinks, music, and a tree auction. All trees are donated by professional interior designers and artisans to raise funds for the museum. The 10th annual Wölffer Estate Vineyard’s Lighting of the Vines, which will be held on Saturday, December 7, from 6 to 8 PM, will include a charity wreath auction to benefit The Retreat, a shelter for domestic abuse victims. The wreaths are designed by community artists, designers, and celebrities. Enjoy locally-sourced hors d’oeuvres, wine,
and more as 15,000 lights illuminate Wölffer’s vineyard. The Lyzon Hat Shop Museum in Hampton Bays presents holiday shopping. Craftspeople will find treasures available for purchase while viewing world-famous hats and enjoying cookies and hot cider. It all happens on Saturday, December 7, from 10 AM to 3 PM. The Maidstone hotel in East Hampton presents its annual tree lighting on Saturday, December 7, from 5 to 7 PM. The ceremony will be held at 5 PM, and will includes drinks and snacks. There will also be cookie decorating and Christmas carols. Shop one of the many main streets. The past few years I’ve done all my holiday shopping locally. It’s a wonderful way to support local business. The East Hampton Chamber of Commerce presents the 27th annual East Hampton B&B, Inn, Restaurant, & Attractions Holiday Tour on Saturday, December 14. Tour inns like the 1770 House, The Maidstone, and White Fences. The self-guided exploration begins at noon and host sites will welcome guests until 4 PM. Select food and beverage destinations will offer holiday food and drink specials for $10, from
4 to 6 PM. Food and beverage sites include Nick & Toni’s, The Milk Pail, Calissa, Tutto il Giorno, The Maidstone, and more. For a full list visit the East Hampton Chamber’s website. Baron’s Cove holiday party and tree lighting will be held on Friday, December 6, from 3 to 9 PM. Eat, drink, and be merry with a traditional tree-lighting and festive celebration with live music. Head to the lounge and settle into a seat by the fire. Enjoy tasty holiday favorites paired with a specialty seasonal cocktails. In the spirit of giving, Baron’s Cove asks for do-
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BookHampton in East Hampton will have author Bryan Rafanelli reading “A Great Party” on Saturday, December 7 at 4 PM. Learn more at www. bookhampton.com.
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Townline BBQ in Sagaponack will host Quiz Night every Wednesday at 7 PM with a $10 participation fee. See www. townlinebbq.com.
From Thursday, December 5 through Monday, December 9, the Hamptons Doc Fest will showcase over 30 films at both Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor and Southampton Arts Center. See a full lineup visit www.hamptonsdocfest.com.
WORDS Writers Speak Stony Brook Southampton’s Writers Speak series will conclude on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30 PM with a MFA student reading. Learn more at www.stonybrook.edu.
Pechakucha Night Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill currently has a waitlist for Pechakucha Night on Friday, December 6 at 6 PM. Visit www.parrishart.org.
Canio’s Canio’s in Sag Harbor welcomes poet Julie Sheehan with a special presentation of “The Fervent Skeptic” and a round-robin reading of Emily Dickin-
Jazz Night The Jam Session presents Jazz Night at Ed’s Lobster Bar Thursdays from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Go to www.thejamsession.org.
The South Fork Performing Arts presents at the Southampton Cultural Center “Disney’s Frozen Jr.” on Friday, December 6 at 7 PM and again Saturday, December 7 at 3 and 7 PM. Get tickets at www.southamptonperformingarts. com.
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The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead welcomes Rockabilly Christmas on Friday, December 6 at 8 PM; The Everly Brothers Experience on Saturday, December 7 at 8 PM; and Marshall Tucker Band on Sunday, December 8 at 7:30 PM. Grab tickets at www.suffolktheater.com.
The Hampton Ballet Theatre School will offer its annual production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” on Friday, December 6 at 7 PM, Saturday, December 7 at 1 and 7 PM, and Sunday, December 8 at 2 PM at Guild Hall. Head to www.hamptonballettheatreschool. com for tickets.
East Meets West Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents a holiday spectacular of East Meets West on Friday, December 6 at 7 PM, then again on Saturday, December 7 at 2 PM and 7 PM. For more information visit www.whbpac.org.
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cember 4 at 8 PM; Streetlight Manifesto on Saturday, December 7 at 7:30 PM; Laurie Berkner with Susie Lampert on Sunday, December 8 at 3 PM; and The Cult on Tuesday, December 10 at 8 PM. Head to www.paramountny.com.
The Department of Music at Suffolk County Community College presents two free concert nights featuring student ensembles at the Shea Theatre Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6 at 7 PM. Visit www.sunysuffolk.edu.
The Paramount The Paramount Theater in Huntington hosts Joe Nichols on Wednesday, De-
Townline BBQ in Sagaponack will have live music every Friday from 6 PM to 9 PM. This Friday, December 6 will be Lynn Blue. See www.townlinebbq.com.
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Stephen Talkhouse Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett will jam out on Saturday, December 7 to Inda Eaton at 8 PM followed by Carrie and the Cats at 10 PM. See more at www.stephentalkhouse.com.
Caroline Doctorow East Hampton Library welcomes a seasonal concert with Caroline Doctorow on Saturday, December 7 at 1 PM. Visit www.easthamptonlibrary.org.
Contra Dance On Saturday, December 7 at 7:45 PM will be a contra dance party at the Water Mill Community House. Learn more at www.litma.org.
Broadway Sing Along Southampton Arts Center presents a Broadway sing-along with Jobs Pub on Friday, December 6 at 7 PM. Go to www.southamptonartscenter.org.
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KISS & TELL By Heather Buchanan
The Spirit Of Giving Wrap it up with good energy kissandtellhb@gmail.com I was thinking about “Pretty Woman” the other day and my favorite shopping scene, where she walks in triumph with loads of shopping bags out of the boutiques in Beverly Hills, telling the shopkeepers who earlier shunned her that they made a very expensive mistake. In the current mode of how we buy things, would Julia Roberts on a porch surrounded by Amazon boxes have the same satisfying effect? As we enter the holiday shopping season, otherwise known as “buying things people don’t need with money you don’t have,” maybe we should pause for a moment and think about gifts which are actually meaningful. We are living in a Marie Kondo world where people are more obsessed with getting rid of things than acquiring them, unless, of course, it
is more books about decluttering. Yet there is the little kid in all of us who is still excited to see a present wrapped under the tree (unless you come from a long line of gift givers who feel Post-it notes are perfectly adequate wrapping.) And I have no qualms with self-care to ensure you have at least one gift you want with a note from Santa, “You have been the exact perfect balance of naughty and nice, except for being a bit rude to that sales girl, because she didn’t personally invent impossibleto-wear skinny jeans, or that online date you rejected because you thought him wanting to meet in Ireland was a blow off when really IRL just means ‘in real life,’ and your attention to recycling is questionable. Ho ho ho, (and that is not a judgment on your romantic life). Merry
Christmas, love Santa.” What if we thought of gift giving instead as an exchange of energy? What would you want for yourself and what would you like to send to other people? And to whom do you want your hardearned dollars or soon-to-be credit card debt to benefit? Unless we want to have to shovel a path to our doorways through Amazon boxes, why don’t we consider our own Main Streets here at home as a great place to shop. We locals are all in this together so let’s support one another. The members of our community who run individual shops deserve our business. We also have a wealth of individual local artisans creating everything from soap to sculptures, novels, photographs, wine, jam, clothing, plays, music, jewelry, dog biscuits, and beanies made with individual care and love. Keep an eye out for a host of local holiday craft fairs and shopping events. In my village of Sag Harbor, SUNNY is a locally owned shop on Main Street which had a special evening with several local artists to sell their beautiful creations including Anna Clejan who makes sacred ceramics, Heidi Fokine with her shamanic wall hangings, and Elizabeth Karsch with her expressive paintings. We all need a healthy dose of good energy, and supporting our neighbors and
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Shopping is meant to be a pleasurable experience (skinny jean fiasco not counting), and so is giving. artistic community is an excellent way to spread holiday cheer. We don’t want to have main streets with only real estate agencies and Fifth Avenue big brand names. Shopping is meant to be a pleasurable experience (skinny jean fiasco not counting), and so is giving. Even if you don’t have Julia Roberts’s mega smile, the satisfaction is enough. Whether the gift is for someone else or yourself, big or small, wrapped beautifully or in tinfoil recycled from last night’s restaurant doggy bag, let it be meaningful and support something you care about. And for those who are a bit recycling-challenged it saves taking all those Amazon boxes to the dump.
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READING OUR REGION By Joan Baum
Immigrants And Internment Haunting novel explores U.S. detention camps during WWII In her haunting new novel “The Last Year of the War,” Susan Meissner explores a little-known but important fact about World War II with such emotional charge that it’s likely readers will rethink what it means to be an immigrant and an American — a timely subject, for sure. While many people know about the internment of Japanese Americans, most are unaware approximately 11,000 legal residents of German descent (along with a handful of Italian nationals), living in America and Latin America, were rounded up by the government starting in 1942, and sent to detention camps in sparse areas. Several them, shortly after, were then “repatriated” to their war-torn home countries as part of an exchange
process. Their crime, they were told by the FBI, was that they were sympathetic to Adolf Hitler’s Germany, or, simply put, were dangerous enemies of America. Meissner’s historical fiction, while not glossing over such charges, challenges their breadth and accuracy. Werner Ulrich, of Mt. Sinai, was born in New York City in 1941 to German immigrants and interned along with them. Meissner appropriated his story, applying it to a fictional young girl, 14-year old Elise Sontag, and her family who moved to the states in 1925, and added a deeply moving account of Elise’s friendship with a girl of Japanese extraction. Elise met Maricko Inoue Hiyashi in Crystal City, Texas, the largest real-life “enemy alien” internment camp in the United
States, located southwest of San Antonio and 50 miles from the Mexican border. None of the internees at Crystal City “were ever convicted of a war-related crime.” Meissner’s novel exhibits impressive structure and style. She opens her story with Elise, now 81, who has lived for decades in Los Angeles, the widow of a prosperous American businessman. Forever plagued by the memory of her beloved soulmate, Elise is determined to find Maricko before “Agnes” comes for a permanent visit. “Agnes” is Elise’s name for the Alzheimer’s she knows is taking over her life. As if World War II internment; a graphic account of what it was like to be bombed during the last year of the war; and a theme expressed in the book’s epigraph — “We belong far less to where we’ve come from than where we want to go” (from writer Franz Werfel) — were not significant enough, Meissner provides a compelling domestic story about love. After decades, Elise is still devastated at having lost contact with Maricko, whose letters over the years have been returned as undeliverable. A quiet, shy young girl from Davenport, Iowa, where her father had worked as a chemist at an agricultural plant, and where the family enjoyed a secure and serene life, Elise didn’t make friends easily. The irony is that her sudden removal to a detention camp gave her Maricko, an intelligent,
highly-imaginative girl her own age. “We were both American-born high school freshmen who wore the same charm bracelet and the same kind of skirt, who liked Twinkies and cute boys and Saturdays at the movies.” They vowed that after the war they would meet up in Manhattan and become journalists. Although Japanese and German Americans shared internment facilities, cultural differences separated them, and once the families were sent back to their original homeland, war took over. Maricko’s father forced her into marriage in Japan and Elise found herself in the center of the bombing of Pforzheim, then Stuttgart in 1944, “the worst year of the war,” a horror that rivaled Dresden. The ease with which Meissner moves back and forth in time with simple declarative sentences, while creating suspense, keeps the reader turning pages while the outcome may generate some tears. As the author notes in an acknowledgment, most of the Texas camp buildings are gone today, although the one that housed the German elementary school still stands. And finally, there is this penultimate paragraph in the notes: “While the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 granted reparations to Japanese Americans interned during World War II, as of this writing there has been no governmental review or acknowledgement of the same violation of civil liberties regarding interned German Americans.”
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Indy Snaps Tripoli Gallery Photos by Tom Kochie The Tripoli Gallery’s 15th annual Thanksgiving Collective: “What Have We Done?” opened on November 30, featuring the work of 50 artists, such as Randall Rosenthal, Scott Bluedorn, John Alexander and others — some familiar, and some new artists to the gallery and to the East End community.
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Historical House Tour Photos by Richard Lewin The East Hampton Historical Society hosted the 2019 House & Garden Tour, showcasing some of the finest examples of architecture in the Hamptons. From sea to bay, this year’s tour — comprised of five noteworthy homes and gardens — offered a one-time-only glimpse inside some of East Hampton’s most storied residences. With over 600 attendees, the tour enjoyed the largest attendance in its 35-year history.
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Indy Snaps Marders Open House Photos by Richard Lewin The weekend of November 30, Marders in Bridgehampton once again lived up to its motto, “For a World Too Full of Sameness,� with a full range of unusual items and experiences for visitors at the annual open house. Guests enjoyed hot cider and cookies, live gospel and rock and roll classics, birds of prey up close, the ARF adoption van, face painting, and more.
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House & Garden Tour Cocktail Party Photos by Richard Lewin A kick-off cocktail party was held at the posh Maidstone Club on Friday evening, November 29, welcoming the 35th annual East Hampton House & Garden Tour. The party, which benefits the East Hampton Historical Society, was well attended by history buffs, local dignitaries, architects, interior designers, home enthusiasts, and design aficionados.
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Bobby Van’s: A Bridgehampton Bastion Steaks, oysters, and martinis conjure up ‘Mad Men’ lifestyle By Hannah Selinger Here is something my husband likes to poke fun at: I am hopelessly obsessed with “Mad Men.” I’ve watched the series dozens of times. If an episode is on television, I cannot not watch it. I recognize all the icky parts of the ‘60s and ‘70s revisited through the show — the abject sexism, the racism, the ego. Still, there’s an element of nostalgia that I feel for that era, even though I never actually lived through it. I’m nostalgic, I think, for steaks and oysters and martinis, for formal meals in dark restaurants, for life before cholesterol levels. All of this brings me to Bobby Van’s, the restaurant in Bridgehampton (there are others across the country too) where I often pay homage to an era I never knew. I do this in the plainest way possible: by ordering a steak (rare) with French fries (thin, crispy, and salty), and a martini (dirty, vodka, extremely cold). There is an indescribable pleasure that I still find in the consistency of the American steakhouse. Are the prices needlessly high? Maybe. Are the steaks of the finest quality? Not always.
That’s what New York Times food critic Pete Wells was trying to say in his recent takedown of Brooklyn icon Peter Luger Steak House. But I would argue that a steakhouse is more than what it delivers in food. It is, in some ways, an American birthright, an exemplar of our particular brand of cultural capital. Sometimes, an experience exceeds its parts. That’s what I always think when I visit Bobby Van’s, which remains, for no good reason, one of my favorite restaurants on the East End. It is, by all measures, a chain restaurant. The service is never particularly excellent. The prices range from the sane (at brunch and midweek in the offseason) to the very-much insane. The steaks are satisfying in a deeply carnal way, but they surely aren’t the best I’ve ever tasted. And yet, everything about this restaurant brings me joy. I was thinking of this elation on a recent afternoon, whilst I ate at Bobby Van’s, an objectively terrible tuna tartare paired with a very good steak and some excellent fries. My martini was cold. The dining room was cheerful.
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The noise from my children seemed to bother no one in particular. There was a tablecloth beneath my plate and no real sense of urgency, which is to say: we could have lingered as long as we liked. That’s the magic of restaurants that we don’t always talk about. They can be transformative by providing no more than a place that’s a worthwhile departure for us for an hour or two of our lives. Not every restaurant has to provide the best food, or the best service, or the best pricing. Not every meal needs rise to the level of excellent. Some of the best meals of my life have had nothing to do with
the food, actually. For me, Bobby Van’s scratches an itch. It takes me back in time, my own real-life version of “Mad Men,” minus the office politics and cigarette smoking, and gender inequality (not that we’ve entirely solved that problem, but you get my point). On a cold autumn afternoon, I can fall into a different version of my own life, where steak arrives with a crackling brown exterior, where a martini is so full it splashes out of the glass when placed down beside me. A restaurant is an experience, and the experience I have at Bobby Van’s. . . well, it’s perfect, every time.
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Guest-Worthy Recipe: Chef Philip Sireci Autumn risotto By Zachary Weiss
Who: Chef Philip Sireci, head chef of Fine & Rare in New York City
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“Each season brings us ingredients that inspire chefs. Fall is squash and kale for me, and this recipe combines them both for a warm and cozy autumn dish.”
In a large pot, heat three tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add shallots and cook, stirring until softened, or about five minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for one minute. Add the rice and stir to coat with the shallot mixture. Add the wine, stir again, and allow to simmer for a minute. Add one ladleful of the simmering stock to the rice and mix. Stirring continuously, keep adding a ladleful of stock to the rice as soon as the rice
absorbs the last addition. Continue this for 20 minutes. When it is almost done, add the remaining two tablespoons of olive oil. Remove the rice from the heat
and gently fold in Parmesan cheese, kale, and roasted butternut squash. Serve immediately with additional Parmesan cheese for topping if desired.
Ingredients: 1 c butternut squash, peeled and diced 2 c Arborio rice 2 qt vegetable stock 1 c white wine 6 Tbsp olive oil 1 Tbsp diced garlic, about three cloves 2 shallots, chopped 1/4 c freshly-grated Parmesan cheese 1 c kale leaves, stems removed and leaves torn Salt and pepper to taste
Directions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Toss butternut squash with one tablespoon of olive oil and arrange in a single layer on a large baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper. Roast squash in the oven, stirring once or twice, until soft and beginning to brown, or about 30 minutes. Set aside. Meanwhile, bring vegetable stock to a boil in a medium pot, then reduce heat to medium low and allow to simmer.
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Seared Scallops With Vegetable Stir Fry, Wild Rice, & Ginger Soy Glaze Ingredients (serves 4) 16 sea scallops 1 1/2 c wild rice 1 large carrot 1 bulb celery root 1/2 c chopped scallion 1 red onion 1 white onion 1/4 lb Brussels sprouts 1 orange 1 small piece of ginger 1 bay leaf 1 c soy sauce 1/4 c rice wine vinegar 1/4 c brown sugar 1/4 c white sugar 1 package of wonton wrappers 2 c vegetable oil
Glaze First, zest the orange and ginger, then cut into small pieces. In a medium saucepot, add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger, orange zest, bay leaf, and both kinds of sugar. Reduce all these ingredients on medium high heat, stirring often, making sure not to allow the mixture to boil. Once it reduces and thickens — in about 20 minutes — strain the glaze through a fine strainer and place it in the fridge to allow it to set.
Method First, cut the carrot, celery root, red onion, and Brussels sprout. You will want to use a mandolin if you are looking to achieve the long, thin vegetable
cuts needed for a stir fry. Once your vegetables are ready, dice half the white onion, sauté it in a tablespoon of vegetable oil, and add the rice and three cups of water. Cover and stir periodically — every five minutes — for about 30 minutes. You will know it’s done when the rice starts to split. While that’s cooking, you have time to fry the wonton garnish. In a medium-sized sauce pot heat the remainder of the vegetable oil to about 350 degrees. Take about 20 of the paper-thin wonton sheets and cut them into strips lengthwise. Very carefully place them in the hot oil for about 40 seconds, or until they start to brown. Once they are crisp, remove them from the oil and
place them on a paper towel. For the scallops and the stir fry, you will need a sauté pan and a wok. If you don’t have a wok, another sauté pan will work fine. Get both pans very hot. For the scallops, first salt and pepper them before placing them in about two tablespoons of vegetable oil in a hot sauté pan. They need to cook for just a minute on each side. Cook the vegetables in your wok or pan in two tablespoons of vegetable oil. Add the chopped scallion halfway through. Spoon some of the stir fry over the rice, top it with the scallops, and drizzle the glaze on top. Finish it with the crispy wontons and enjoy.
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Craft’D Opens Its Doors New establishment with familiar faces serves up American classics By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com
The team behind Cucina 25 opened an American-style eatery at the former Vines & Hops at 127 East Main Street in downtown Riverhead. Sean Kenna and Robert Manolio are the owners behind the new, 49-seat restaurant and bar Craft’D. The sleek design, long bar, and multiple flat-screen TVs makes Craft’D the ideal spot for sports games and after-work fun. The craft beer list includes offerings from Westhampton Beach Brewing Co., Cigar City Brewing, Sloop Brewing, Ballast Point Brewing Company, and Long Ireland Beer Company to name a few. Craft’D mixologist Justin Hulse will be rotating the cocktail list seasonally to in-
clude fresh ingredients from local farmers. Unique drinks include a Lavender Fields with, of course, lavender and egg white; or a Red Sky with EFFEN blood orange vodka, Chambord, lime, and ginger. Cooks serve a souped-up menu that is expected to include chips, quesadillas, wraps, paninis, and salads by late November or early December. Grab Kenna’s favorite, a blackened chicken sandwich with coleslaw, bacon, American cheese, and Thousand Island dressing, or a Godfather with fried chicken, fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and balsamic glaze, each $10. Learn more by searching Craft’D on Facebook.
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December 7th, 2019 4 - 8 p.m. Meet at the Amagansett Firehouse at 4pm
Join us for a hamlet-wide celebration of the holiday season with tree lightings, caroling and a holiday reminiscence of old time Amagansett by Hugh King. Then follow the clues for the Family Treasure Hunt into the stores of Amagansett and find special treats and holiday shopping galore!
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Why is winter the best time December 4, 2019 to prepare your springtime garden? At LongHouse Reserve we spend the quieter time of the year to re-focus and plan ahead for the next season. Plant orders and seed orders are being placed and we start thinking about new plantings. Now that the leaves have come down, it is also easier to evaluate individual structures of shrubs and to make corrections with the hand pruners, by removing deadwood, ingrown branches, rubbing branches. Removing water-shoots that resulted from previous pruning and balancing out the entire appearance of a tree or shrub is also on the list. On certain shrubs with multiple stems growing from the ground, we might want to remove one or two of the oldest stems for rejuvenation. Raking leaves, shredding them with the push-mower in six-inch layers on a lawn area nearby, and then spreading the fine leaves in a not-toothick layer back onto planting beds or under shrubs, supplies a great winter mulch and recycles large amounts of leaves without needing a large area for composting. It appears that a thin layer of shredded leaves does not encourage voles to move in, but it needs to be monitored throughout the winter. It is great fun to utilize the pruned branches of our own evergreens as holiday decoration. Hollies with red berries, yews for wreaths, and cypresses to fill the emptied-out summer pots.
You are hosting three walks coming up this winter and spring. What differences can participants expect to see among them with the season changes?
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East End which is not a surprise since he comes from a world-famous line of horticulturists. Indy caught up with him to learn how to deal with our gardens at this time of year, just when we think there is very little we can possibly do.
LongHouse has launched a series of walks called “The Seven Seasons of the LongHouse,” each walk emphasizing plants that are in bloom at the time of year. It adds up to seven, because we count the extended seasons. For visitors, it is a chance to see the garden even during the off-season when we are officially closed. We have something in bloom almost year-round. This season finished with a walk called “Bark and Branches.” The cinnamon color of our maturing crape myrtle walk, of the variety “Natchez,” and the beautiful multicolor bark on older Stewartia pseudocamellia are examples. The idea to feature tours through the entire season was inspired by the fact that there is something in bloom in the garden almost throughout the entire year. Even now, several mature fallblooming witch hazels are at their best. The first one of them started blooming with its leaves still green, but the latest one just opened and should be in bloom at least until Christmas or the new year.
Some helleborus foetidus will already 21 have their flowers on show. And then the flowering season of the new year begins with a walk featuring the earliest blooming witch hazels in February, followed by the earliest spring bulbs, the winter aconite and galanthus elwesii, helleborus niger, and the later blooming hybrids of helleborus orientalis.
You began your love of horticulture at a very young age! How did this transpire for you? I spent a lot of time in my early childhood and my teenage summer vacations in my great uncle’s nursery, and witnessed when he created some of his new plants, which are now available in many nurseries worldwide.
Hybridizing plants is a tricky business. How did your uncle come to be known as the most successful hybridizer of the 20th Century? I think the most influential time in the early life for Ernst Pagels was when he worked for the great plantsman and garden writer Karl Foerster in Bornim, near Berlin in the 1950s. When Pagels decided to start his own nursery in 1958, Foerster gave him a seed package on his way and said, “See if you can find something in there.” He indeed found one seedling in this package that performed much better than all the others, and it was named salvia nemorosa, “East Friesland.” Until the end of his life, Pagels hybridized and named more than 200 perennials and ornamental grasses. Many of them achieved the highest possible marks in evaluation. Even 10 years after his death, the perennial plant of the year chosen by the Perennial Plant Association was one of his own: stachys densiflora, “Humelo.” Pagels hated all the fuss about plant patenting and copyrights of plants. He never patented a single plant.
What are some of Pagels’s most successful hybrids of note? His work on salvias resulted in about 15 named varieties, bluehills, snowhills, amethyst, wesuwe, ruegen. His most groundbreaking work was on miscanthus grass. He was the first person to intercross different miscanthus species with the purpose of having them bloom earlier and more prolifically. (In a northern part of Germany, it was not warm enough for the common miscanthus to bloom before frost). A caution: Out here, miscanthus can become quite a nuisance, since they seed a lot and can take over whole roadsides and meadows.
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Pagels was the first person who managed to cross the red color of Achillea millefolium “Paprika” into Achillea filipendulina, resulting in A. “Fireland” and A. “Walter Funcke.” New introductions on astilbe, cimicifuga, rodgersia, geranium, epimedium, sedum, rerovskia are only a few examples of his repertoire of works.
With global warming such an imminent threat to landscapes, what advice can you share?
You’re originally from Germany. How did you find yourself on the East End of Long Island? And why? It was actually my great uncle’s request that I had to work in foreign countries for at least five years before returning to work with him. Then he changed that to 10 years and it never seemed to become less! Anyway, when I had an opportunity to work for a season on Long Island, I fell in love with the natural beauty of the area and in particular, the climate, and decided within three months that I would not return, but instead start planning to build my own nursery from scratch.
How would you define your style of landscaping? I would say probably closest is the natural style of William Robinson. When I started designing gardens, my greatest strength was the knowledge of plants. I was able to design fairly sustainable and long-lived gardens with mostly herbaceous plants and only a minimal structure of trees and shrubs. A great influence on me were the landscape architects Wolfgang Oehme and Eric Groft from Oehme, van Sweden. I installed many of their gardens and supplied them with plants. I always liked their designs better than my own, since they were quite a bit more sophisticated in architectural details than my own, plus their plantings en masse were easier to maintain.
You travel a lot to Costa Rica. Is it for work or inspiration, or both? My wife is native Costa Rican and even though we met out here, we’ve enjoyed exploring different regions of Costa Rica on every trip for almost 15 years. Plant explorations were always unrelated to work. Then I became obsessed with pre-Columbian art and artifacts from the indigenous people of Costa Rica of the time before Europeans made first contact, around 1492. It resulted in years of intensive study of broader Mesoamerican history and study of many private collections of ancient artifacts.
Well, it will not go away, even if we did a 180-degree turn around right this moment. I read that Alexander von Humboldt, the great scientist, took note and gave grim warnings on climate change happening in Central America, caused by a large new plantation in about 1850. And our politicians still can’t make up their mind if it is real? It will have tremendous impact on us in the next 30 years; coastlines changing, climate being more unpredictable and hostile, droughts and just not enough water to sustain our population, loss of half of the world’s wildlife. Horrible to even think about. Advice? Leave the smallest footprints possible. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Perhaps explore the misconception that agricultural evolution ever gave us any advance?
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Will We See Deep Discounts On Hamptons Homes? By Laura Euler
On a more local level, what are some tips you can share with our readers about how to finetune their curb appeal? My own heart beats for herbaceous plants, like perennials, ornamental grasses, and ferns. I think a good garden needs a good backbone structure of some trees, shrubs, and few evergreens. Many woody plants grow quite large, so use them sparingly. Don’t forget to leave plenty of room for perennials. They can go anywhere, not just the perennial border, but always choose the right plant for the specific location. And don’t just plant three of each. If you plant perennials in groups of 15 to 30, in the end it will be a lot less maintenance.
What are some of your favorite planting combinations? I love to combine ornamental grasses with perennials. The different textures complement each other well and give good contrast.
Any parting thoughts for homeowners? Choose some plants that bloom in the off-season. Witch hazels, hellebores, snowdrops, and other early blooming bulbs will shorten the long and dreary winters on the East End tremendously! And don’t forget to visit the LongHouse Reserve to get planting ideas.
Maybe, maybe not. As a single data point, a week ago, 26 and 32 Windmill Lane, East Hampton, an oceanfront 6.7-acre estate, had its price cut $10 million, down to $45 million. The property had been listed at $60 million over the summer. It’s repped by Paul Brennan at Elliman and Frank Newbold at Sotheby’s. Clearly the glorious days of 2014, when Barry Rosenstein purchased 18 acres on Further Lane for $137 million, are over. Of course, that property is a whopping 18 acres. Still, even dividing those figures and multiplying by 6.7 leaves an asking price of $50 million for Windmill Lane for a 2014 price. We’d consider the house — which is pleasant but dated, but not large enough for a modern trophy home at a mere 5500 square feet — a teardown. Buyers today are worried about future zoning restrictions on size so want to build as large as they can now. Current laws would permit for a 12,500-squarefoot new home on the 5.4-acre oceanfront parcel and a 6000-square-foot house on the 1.3-acre parcel behind it. Speaking of 2014 prices, in that autumn, an East Hampton property was put on the market for $13.9 million, which struck us as ambitious at the time. Now, five years later, it just sold for $6.825 million, which is almost exactly half the original asking price. Eighteen Ocean Avenue is called the Louis Faugeres Bishop House after the doctor who once owned it. It was designed in 1928 by architect L. Bancel LaFarge in the French country style of handmade brick. Today it retains much
of its original charm with terraces, French doors, climbing plants, and fireplaces. There are five bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths, plus a two-bedroom staff wing. The 1.5 acres of land sport a heated pool and lovely old trees. The property had a few issues — not a huge plot of land, old-fashioned interiors, location quite close to the center of town — but mostly the problem came down to price. Yes, of course, the price was cut over the years: in March 2015 down to $11.5 million, and then in May 2015 another $1.6 million was sliced off. By late 2016, the asking price was $8.75 million, and by 2018, it was $8.25 million. In our opinion (for whatever that’s worth), if the property had been listed at $10 million in 2014, it would have sold then. Now let’s look at some market numbers. We’ve charted the listing discounts for the past couple of years by quarter. (The listing discount is the spread between the asking and the sales price.) Last quarter’s number was high, but nothing out of the ordinary, so we’re wondering if sellers are still not getting it. In a weak market like this one, prices are supposed to be more negotiable. Keep in mind, though, that an overpriced property has to drop even more than the listing discount to attract a sale. If a property is listed too high today (which would be the market value, plus the discount of 12 percent or so, plus a little more), it won’t take too long to sell. It simply won’t sell at all.
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Twomey Latham To Acquire Birtwhistle & Gibson East End law firm bolsters real estate division By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com
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Riverhead Wins Coalition Of The Year National recognition of excellence for local drug-free youth program By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth received the Coalition of Excellence award for Coalition of the Year from Community AntiDrug Coalitions of America, the nation’s leading substance abuse prevention organization. The Coalition of Excellence award is given to exemplary coalitions that have clearly documented their impact on population-level substance abuse outcomes. Riverhead Community Coalition will receive this prestigious award on February 6, 2020 during CADCA’s annual conference in National Harbor, MD. This is the third consecutive Coalition of Excellence award for the coalition, which received the award for shortterm outcomes in 2017 and intermediate
outcomes in 2018. In its most recent application, the coalition was able to demonstrate long-term outcomes as well. “On behalf of our coalition members and the Riverhead community, we are honored to receive the highest award from CADCA for the positive outcomes we demonstrated,” said Felicia Scocozza, executive director of the Riverhead Community Awareness Program, the lead coordinating agency for the Riverhead Community Coalition. Successful environmental strategies highlighted in the coaliton’s application included the establishment of alcohol retail compliance checks, pre-prom policies, responsible server training, and Riverhead’s first comprehensive alcohol policy for public
events. In particular, its partnerships with the Riverhead Police Department, Riverhead Central School District, Riverhead Youth Coalition, and the Town of Riverhead resulted in a 42 percent decrease in binge drinking and a 22 percent decrease in 30-day alcohol use among Riverhead High School students from 2008 to 2018. Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller, an active coalition partner, said he was amazed but not surprised to be named Coalition of the Year. “It is something that I have known in my heart for a long time,” he said. “I am so proud of all Riverhead Community Coalition members and sectors that have helped not only achieve this top award, but more importantly in keeping Riverhead a safe place for our youth.” “I think the biggest thing we do is educate the public on the problems that are going on with youth,” said Riverhead High School senior Maximilian Solarz, the youth sector representative for the coalition. “There are many ways we spread the word. The medium that reaches the most people has to be the radio PSAs. This award shows how hard we’ve worked to get closer to our goal, which is to prevent underage alcohol and drug abuse within our community.” For more information, visit www. RiverheadCAP.org.
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Northwell Health’s Peconic Bay Medical Center received prestigious five-star ratings in multiple medical and surgical services as well as recognition for excellence in total joint replacement surgery according to the Healthgrades 2020 “Report to the Nation,” an annual national report from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. The East End’s largest hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center provides closest-resource access to lifesaving stroke, trauma, and interventional cardiac services for 250,000 residents of central and eastern Suffolk County. BL
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Making Movies To Inspire Change Mattituck senior honored across Long Island for film on suicide prevention By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com
As a senior at Mattituck Jr./Sr. High School, with aspirations to major in marketing and business analytics in college, Taylor Montgomery is proving that she is part of the next generation of change. Her effective use of film to shine an unflinching light on student-related issues that are often glossed over has gained Montgomery recognition as a Long Island scholar-artist, one of only 40 high school students honored this year. Inspired by the controversial Netflix show about teen suicide “13 Reasons Why,” she successfully created a music video with fellow classmates Payton Maddaloni, Josh Starzee, and Billy Hickox during her sophomore year addressing that issue. “I use film to effectively express my messages across to viewers in a way they can relate to while emphasizing key issues,” Montgomery said. “I chose to raise awareness about suicide prevention from witnessing peers and other teenagers on
social media who may have been struggling with mental illness. I knew I had to do something to help these students, as well as letting them know that there are many sources that are available to provide them with aid.” Filmed across the school and community, Montgomery’s film was showcased at the Long Island 72-Hour Film Festival at Five Towns College, and then received recognition from the Suffolk County Department of Health, which used the video as suicide prevention training in high schools, becoming a full-fledged public service announcement. The film thus became a turning point in Montgomery’s life. She now participates in suicide prevention training programs and walks across all of Long Island, and plans to continue advocating for the cause. Montgomery is a student making strong headway as a voice for change. She is the vice president of Mattituck’s Distributive Education Club of America,
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Peconic Estuary CAC The Peconic Estuary Citizens Advisory Committee will meet at the Moustache Brewing Company in Riverhead on Thursday, December 5, from 3 to 5 PM. Call Sarah Schaefer at 631-8525806, for more information.
Elder Care, Mammograms Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport is providing sessions on Fall Prevention and Osteoporosis. On Friday, December 6, session one will be held at Southold Town Senior Services, 750 Pacific Street, Mattituck, at 11 AM. Session two will be held at Floyd Memorial Library, 539 First Street, Greenport, at 1 PM. Join SBELIH’s orthopedist Dr. Fred Carter to learn about how you can safely prevent falls. On Monday, December 9, from
10 AM to 2 PM, women can obtain free mammograms at the hospital via Stony Brook Cancer Center’s mobile mammography van. For more information and to register, call at 631477-5164 or visit www.cancer.stonybrookemedicine.edu/.
East End Seaport Museum Local author Captain David Berson will present a special night on celestial navigation at the East End Seaport Museum in Greenport from 6 to 8 PM on Friday, December 6. For more information, visitwww.eastendseaport.org.
Wooden Wonderland The ninth annual Wooden Wonderland holiday craft show and sale will be held at Suffolk County Historical Society Museum in Riverhead on Saturday, December 7, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM. Free admission. The family
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part of Students Against Destructive Decisions, and treasurer of the Future Farmers of America Club. Additionally, she is currently in the works on a project regarding social media’s impact on teenage mental health with Andrea Nydegger, the school’s social worker. “I have always loved to help others in my community and have been actively
volunteering at various local homeless shelters for over a decade,” Montgomery continued. “I would like to one day start a non-profit organization as well as continue to volunteer in my community, and look forward to continuing to spread awareness of important issues related to mental health, environmental concerns, and helping others in my community.”
friendly event will feature handmade wooden items as well as other local artisans’ wares including holiday art & crafts. Live woodworking and woodcarving demonstrations will go on all day indoors in the historic galleries and outdoors on the Great Lawn. For more information, call 631727-2881.
11 AM to 12 PM. This free group is open to MS patients and their support partners. This group will offer care partners the opportunity to share their needs and concerns with each other and to have a support network. Facilitators are social worker Lucille Buergers, and nurse practitioner Laurie Fanelli, director, Shelter Island Senior Center. To register, contact Sara Mundy at 631-749-1059
Shelter Island Public Library Shelter Island’s Friends of the Library Arts and Craft Fair will be on Saturday, December 7, from 10 AM to 2 PM. Support local craftspeople and artists as you shop for the holidays in the lower level of the library. East End Hospice’s annual Tree of Lights Ceremony will be held on Saturday, December 7, from 2:30 to 3:30 PM at the Shelter Island Library. This is an occasion which honors the memory of friends and family members with special tributes, spoken remembrances, and music. Ornaments are hung on a tree in memory of loved ones. MS Care Partners group will meet on Tuesday, December 10, from
Riverhead Chamber Of Commerce The Town of Riverhead welcomes a panel of experts to discuss the Opportunity Zone Program and other incentives, providing updated information on the latest regulations, at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead. On Friday, December 13, learn how you can utilize the saving on the capital gains to develop your properly or business while layering incentives. Networking will happen from noon to 1 PM, followed by a presentation and a Q&A. Seating is limited and registration is required with a $20 admission and lunch. For more information, visit www.riverheadchamber.com.
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Sports Former East End Athletes Give Back As Coaches Miller and Petroulias to head Westhampton Beach wrestling team By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Connor Miller and Andrew Petroulias know they have some big shoes to fill this season. The pair are taking the position of retired head coach Paul Bass, who led the Westhampton Beach wrestling team for over three decades, worked with the program for almost four, and laid the foundation for the success the Hurricanes still see today. Having played for and against Bass, the pair, inspired and recruited by the former leader to get involved in coaching, know there’s a standard to uphold. “We will do our best to put the guys in the best position to win and help them not only on the wrestling mat, but off it in the classroom to become better young adults,” said Miller, who previously coached the junior varsity team and was a varsity assistant last season. “We’re obviously not him, so there will be some differences, but we’ll be looking to keep the same type of discipline, emphasis on the kids’ studies, on them just being good people, not just good wrestlers. We’re not interested in having only wrestling be the focus.” Miller, 30, wrestled for East Hampton for five seasons, where he was a three-time All-League nod and league finalist before graduating in 2007. The
East Quogue resident graduated from Roger Williams University, and is a private strength and conditioning coach. Bass reached out to Miller to join the staff in 2017 not only knowing him from coaching against him, but also from having worked with Miller’s cousin, Ronan Seltenreich, a 2011 graduate and former Hurricane All-League wrestler. Joining the U.S. Army after graduation, Seltenreich served two combat tours in Afghanistan before attending the Suffolk County Police Academy in 2015. The current Village of Quogue police officer remains on staff as a volunteer coach. “My role before this was more working one-on-one with the kids and doing a lot more of the strength and conditioning work,” Miller said. “Now, I’ll be running practice more often as well as dealing a lot more with the administrative things. I have a lot more on my plate for sure, so the role changes a little bit, but I’m still coaching the kids and getting them prepared for the season and the competition. We’re excited to see the kids go out there and compete, same as every year.” Petroulias, 27, wrestled for Westhampton as a junior and senior. After graduating in 2010, he competed for Gettysburg College for two seasons,
Andrew Petroulias, Ethan Michell, Liam McIntyre, Paul Bass, and Connor Miller following the 2018 Suffolk County championships. Independent/Courtesy Andrew Petroulias
and in 2014, graduated with a degree in economics. He’s been a volunteer coach the last five seasons, and agrees expectations will remain the same. “Coach Bass had a huge impact on my work ethic. He always pushed me to work my hardest in every aspect of my life, not only in wrestling,” Petroulias said. “He also had a great ability to motivate all his athletes and have them perform to their full potential. We still have extremely high expectations for our kids not only in wrestling, but in their academics and also as members of their community.” That’s something Bass always put first, while still amassing a 324194 record, making him the sixth winningest coach in Suffolk County history. Bass taught 246 All-League, 50 All-County, eight county champion, 13 state-qualifying, and six All-State wrestlers. He sent grapplers to the state tournament 12 out of his last 14 years at the helm, the best record of any Suffolk County program over that span. Bass also earned coach of
the year awards seven times, and was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015. “His approach is something we’re going to try to emulate. You can’t not,” Miller said. “Paul is a great influence. He’s shaped a lot of young men over the years and really built not only a wrestling program, but a community of people who are willing to help and be there for each other, who are good people more than just good wrestlers.” Bass built a foundation for not only a family-style team, but coaching staff. Pete DeTore, who leads the junior varsity team with Joe Schultz, graduated with Petroulias in 2010, was a four-time All-County wrestler, named All-State in 2009, and captained the team his junior and senior year. Ethan Mitchell, another Westhampton grappler, who graduated in 2008, took a full-time teaching position at East Hampton High School, and is now the assistant to head wrestling coach Jim Stewart after working with Continued On Page 28.
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the Hurricanes the past six seasons. “We spent a lot of time over the last few years with these guys,” Miller said. “It’s nice to have the continuity. That was one of the big things that was stressed with the changeover of the coaching staff — we didn’t want the kids to have a brand-new group. We wanted there to be familiar faces for them so they can have that confidence that while things were changing, the program
wasn’t going to just completely flip.” “It’s still a little surreal that I am partly taking over the program,” Petroulias added. “We lost several great seniors to graduation — obviously, it is very difficult to replace a kid like Liam McIntyre — but our lineup is going to be solid this season.” McIntyre will be returning to volunteer as a coach during winter break from Long Island University, where he competes for the Sharks’ football team. The 2018 graduate, who was the first seventh-grade starter the program
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Hampton Bays Wants To Repeat Success Westhampton also boasts slew of returning wrestlers looking to excel By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
Hampton Bays senior Willy Kraus wrestled in the state tournament last season. Independent/Jim Franco
Despite a jump from League VIII to VII, Hampton Bays wrestlers are motivated to triumphantly repeat their topof-the-standings finish. Last year, the Baymen went 4-2 overall and 4-0 in League VIII to finish out front of Center Moriches (3-1) on the leaderboard. Although there will be some stiff competition from teams like Mt. Sinai and Elwood-John Glenn, head coach Mike Lloyd said his grapplers aren’t deterred. “We’ve talked to the kids about setting goals, both in the short-term and long-term, and what the goals of the team should be,” Lloyd said. “Last year was to be league champs and we’re choosing to set the same goal this season. Obviously, the kids know some of the competition we’re going to be facing will be tougher, but we’re challenging them and saying since we still have a lot of guys on the team, we think we have the skill and the group
of guys that can do it.” Now it’s about getting some of the new and younger guys on the team to hop on board with that mindset and replace the five seniors lost to graduation. Most notable was Kevin Eras, who, despite it being his first season taking on wrestling after football, saw the most success of any of the upperclassmen. The Baymen are also without Joe Gaudiello, a 170-pounder who, as a junior last season, showed a lot of promise and, with Eras, finished fourth in the county. He moved to South Carolina. “It’s sad to see him go because he was doing well,” Lloyd said. “But we want those guys to show the others the importance of the hard work, get that information-sharing going, and impart that on the younger guys, especially those new to the team, and have them see what it ends up leading to. The effort they put in directly relates to what
they get back out of it.” Leading that charge will be returning seniors Willy Kraus, Nick Pacheco, and Nick Corredor. Pacheco and Corredor captained the team last season, and Kraus, the Suffolk County Division II champion at 126 pounds, went the deepest of the bunch by going through several rounds of the state tournament. The path to success may be different for some of the guys this season though. Kraus is currently sitting in the 138-pound weight class, and has been competing against bigger kids in the wrestling room to practice against the strength and skill that comes at that level. Pacheco, who also was at 126 pounds last season, but competed at 120, is also currently choosing between both weight classes. What Lloyd likes most is that his team is boasting bigger numbers and depth, especially in the upper weight
classes, than in years past. His current 33-member roster is one of his largest yet, which can be attributed to both the success of the team and his recruiting from the Baymen football team to which he’s an assistant. Replacing Eras as a football-towrestling addition is Ethan Culhane, a junior 182-pounder. “He’s been picking it up very quickly,” the coach said. “He’s been a great asset to the football team.” A returner from years past is Dakota Thompson. Competing at 152, the junior comes back to Hampton Bays having spent his sophomore year in another district. Lloyd is happy to have him. “He had a lot of skill two years ago,” he said. “As a ninth-grader, he did a pretty good job and has only gotten bigger and better since then.” Hampton Bays kicks off its nonContinued On Page 38.
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Stroller Strong How one mama is making a move nicole@indyeastend.com @NikkiOnTheDaily
I’m not a mother (yet, nor nearing it) but Rachel Goodale, a North Fork woman creating a community of fit moms, makes having kids look and feel good. With the support of her husband, Kevin, and their two children, four-year-old Reece and two-year-old Reagan, she has furthered a lifelong fitness journey by creating Stroller Strong Mamas. Since 2015, Goodale has inspired mothers old and new to achieve a more active lifestyle — for themselves, and their families.
When did the fit-mom lifestyle click for you? When I got pregnant in 2015, I got my prenatal and postpartum certifications. I started teaching prenatal fitness classes and, once I had my son, I added in mommy-and-me fitness classes. I currently teach a few mommy-and-me fitness classes a week in addition to cycling and other fitness classes at Bodyrite Training in Jamesport. I am thrilled with where I am now in my fitness career. I love what I do.
How have you seen the community come together? I still have some of the original moms I taught years ago in my first prenatal classes. The community of moms who all come together for the same purpose — getting their workout in with their kids in-tow — has grown so much. It’s amazing the relationships that have formed through these classes. Many playdates are made during class, moms grab coffee together after a class. Sometimes you can’t even tell whose child belongs to who because we all work together to get the kids what they need while simultaneously working out. I’m always impressed by the mom who will help a child while never missing a beat on her squats. It takes a tribe when raising kids. I consider my Stroller Strong Mamas one of the best mom tribes I’ve ever been blessed to know.
What do the dads say? Don’t be fooled by the name. Dads and babysitters join us. They are not excluded
by any means. But I think there may be a little intimidation being surrounded by the mamas. I mean, we gave birth to these babies. Kidding aside, it’s really for any parent or caretaker looking to workout with their kids.
What’s the “mama motto?” The Stroller Strong Mamas motto is “lead by example.” Kids watch and learn by what they see you do. They are sponges, and pick up on everything they see around them. Show them how to live a healthy lifestyle and the importance of being active by working out with your kids.
Can you detail some stroller moves? One of my favorite moves with the stroller is an ab roll out. Using a mat, come on to your knees with the front side of the stroller facing you, and place your hands on the base. You roll out into a plank-type position and roll back to your starting position using your abs. Just like an ab roller you might see at the gym, but you are using the stroller. A second move is a split squat. Facing away but standing in front of the stroller, place your foot on the child foot rest on a stroller. Move your body by dropping your knee straight down while keeping your front knee right over the ankle. I love how this move targets just one side of the body. Another great move is walking lunges with the stroller being pushed in front of you. It gives clients stability and a little extra weight being pushed ahead. Any variations of lunges can be done with similar moves.
Do the kids join in? The few usual moms who are extremely devoted and come to classes every single week are always on my Instagram and Facebook posts — their kids are super cute and they tend to become part of the workout or do moves from the workout because they are exposed to it so often. We have a few babies who just absolutely love being held and make their way into the workout
Rachel Goodale. Independent/Courtesy Rachel Goodale
because there’s always accommodations for baby-wearing exercises. I have a few older children who accompany their moms and do most of the workout with them. I love when moms send me videos of their kids way after class is over, demonstrating the moves. I think all the kids are my mascots.
How many different types of classes do you have? I have my outdoor classes at local parks during the warm-weather seasons, usually May through November. I have the indoor class at Bodyrite, which incorporates all the amazing equipment they allow us to use for strength training and sculpting. That class is offered once a week all year long. I also have an indoor cardio-based class at Infinite Energy Dance Factory in Riverhead which is seasonal.
Any special holiday classes? I try to get creative around Christmas with some holiday-themed exercise moves. We play “reindeer games”
with silly exercise contests. We have to have a little fun, especially when there are kids involved.
What’s your advice to moms out there who can’t seem to make the time to work out or find the motivation? It’s all about creating a habit. Getting up a half-an-hour earlier once a week or finding a class to sneak away to at least once a week. On the days I can’t seem to find time to work out, I just make sure I keep moving. If you can, take a walk on your lunch break, run around with your kids after work — whatever gets you to keep it active. The motivation for your workouts is your kids and showing them the meaning of self-care firsthand. If you need even more motivation, find another mom to take walks with or commit to taking a class with. It’s incredible how motivating it is to workout with other people who hold you accountable for your workout. Learn more about Stroller Strong Mamas at www.strollerstrongmamas.com.
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Continued From Page 4. school students. Located in an already strict regulatory state, our district will go from a somewhat homeschool-friendly district to completely snubbing this segment of the student population. The parents of these homeschool students are still mandated to pay property taxes and simultaneously are paying out of pocket to educate their own children. Why, out of the blue, is the district looking to change a decades-old ruling to discriminate against this segment of the student population? Shouldn’t the district have the best interest of ALL students in mind, not just the students enrolled in the district? Lori Tutt
Depletion & Degradation Dear Editor, Imagine there being an industry in the area that indiscriminately traps and kills animals that are in the way of them getting their products, that pollutes the ocean and shores with their broken equipment and animal remains, that contributes to ocean depletion and degradation, that provides products contaminated with micro plastics and other toxins, and is promoted by local media. It isn’t hard to imagine, it’s here, and it’s the commercial fishing industry.  Randy Johnston
No Idea Hi Rick, I very much enjoyed your recent column, especially the discussion of sin and the mystery of limbo. I had often sparred with Father O’Reilly on the subject of limbo while incarcerated at St Anselm’s in Bay Ridge. (Glad to see they finally saw it my way . . . it really was unfair!)
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the town code. He said that while he didn’t want to reject the proposal outright, it appeared to be “10 pounds of potatoes in a two-pound bag.� “I just hosted the Hamptons Film Festival. We had parking up and down Three Mile Harbor Road,� Cilione responded about the parking. “It happens all the time.� Next up was Randy Parsons. “You need to bring us something that meets our code. This is way over the top,� he said. “This, to me, is a non-starter.� Vice-chair Kathleen Cunningham, who was filling in for board chairman Samuel Kramer, focused on the 12,000-square-foot retail space, so large that it is classified by the town as a box store. “The town specifically does not want big box stores. I can’t imagine that variance being granted. We are giving you our input.� Cilione indicated his team would be going back to the drawing board. “We are in no rush to do this,� he said. Ashley Heather, the founder of The Spur and Spur East spoke on the phone about the site on Saturday. Spur East opened earlier this year. He said that it was a successful year, and that the company continues to pick up new clients. He explained how Spur East and the nightclub co-exist. “The building is split in two. The right side is still an event space,� he said. Spur East operates out of what used to be the restaurant on the site, which is on the left side of the building. Heather said that the two businesses sharing the same building do not conflict, since his operation is usually closing by 8 or 9 PM, the time a nightclub is just getting going. As for the company’s future at the site, he said, “We are just keeping an open mind.� If Cilione does move forward with a plan for a new building that the town finds acceptable for the site in the next year, Heather said Spur East will find a new location for 2020.
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Wrestling Preview
“We have a really tough group coming back,� Miller said. “We’re looking for them to have success for sure, and success breeds success. When they see that it’s possible and it’s something they can do coming out of our room, it really helps give them that belief that they can get it done too.� He’s referring to the recent graduate Liam McIntyre, who, as the winningest wrestler in Westhampton history, finished his illustrious career second in the state. Returning Suffolk County champion Jackson Hulse, a junior at 160 pounds, boasts the most 2018 accolades of any returner, but the coaches are also excited for 126-pound, fourtime All-League grappler Jay Montagna’s senior season. “He’s someone that’s been close
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league season Wednesday, December 4, hosting Hauppauge at 4 PM. After a tournament at North Babylon December 7, the Baymen head to Mattituck/ Greenport/Southold, which swapped places with Hamptons Bays by moving down to League VIII, for a December 11 meet at 4:30 PM.
Westhampton Looking To More Podium Placers Leading Westhampton this season are former assistant coach Connor Miller and volunteer Andrew Petroulias. While they’ll be replacing 37-year coach Paul Bass, who was head coach of the Hurricanes the last 32 years, the pair doesn’t want their returners to miss a beat.
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to the top level of kids in the county, and I’m excited to watch him compete,� Petroulias said. Montagna finished his junior campaign second in the county, and will be the team’s sole captain this season. “He’s a really, really good kid,� Miller said. “He’s a hard worker. He sets the tone for the guys.� Juniors stepping up will be AllLeaguers Will Zaffuto (120 pounds), Jack Santora (106), Grant Skala (106/99), and Joey D’Agostino (99 pounds). “We’re looking for them to level up this year,� Miller said. “Put a couple of them on the podium at counties.� For the first time in over 30 years, Westhampton will be kicking off the season in Sayville, instead of at East Hampton for the Sprig Gardner Tournament. Sayville hosts its tournament
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