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New York’s Life Aquatic: Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit Debuts In EH

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

Clinton Academy Museum in East Hampton will host “Water/Ways,” the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibition.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday, February 29, from 4 to 6 PM. This free event, though donations are encouraged, is presented by the East Hampton Historical Society in cooperation with the Museum Association of New York. From the light shining through the salty air to the waves that crash upon the shoreline, water has influenced and impacted the East End’s climate, trade, transportation, arts, and so much more.

“Everyone connects to water, as consumers, as advocates, in ritual connections, in historical context, and other personal ways,” said Maria Vann, executive director of the East Hampton Historical Society. “Our water story is the world’s water story.”

With over 7600 bodies of fresh water, bordering two Great Lakes, the Long Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean, New York state has been greatly impacted by the surrounding waters.

“Hosting this exhibition allows us to offer an important and engaging op-

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portunity, not only to the East Hampton community, but to those across Long Island,” Vann said.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s Museum on Main Street program is designed to partner with small towns, and East Hampton is the only location on Long Island to have been selected to exhibit “Water/Ways.” Richard Barons, chief curator of the East Hampton Historical Society, said his organization’s contribution will focus on water and its roles in the early to mid-20th century.

“Three areas for which we have excellent documentation are our famous beaches, ice making, and ice fishing, as well as a section on duck hunting,” he said. Imagine mural-sized collages repurposed from antique photographs to display a kaleidoscopic picture of the area’s aquatic activities.

The community programs spanning the six-week exhibit include watercolor workshops for both kids and adults, a lecture series including the “History of Montaukett/Shinnecock Fishing,” staged readings, and more.

“There’s a lot of opportunity for our community who are here yearround to get involved with the historical society, if they haven’t already done so. And most of our programming is free,” said Marianne Howard, East Hampton Historical Society’s director of visitor experience.

She said the society is partnering with the East Hampton Library, the Shinnecock Nation, the American Lore Theatre, the First Presbyterian Church in Southampton, the Amagansett Fire Department, and various watercolor artists.

“One of the interesting things that we’ve been able to do with this exhibit is to partner with different organizations that we don’t always have the opportunity to partner with,” Howard said. “It just provides us with an opportunity to not only present our programs, but do them with others.”

The show will run through April 11. Clinton Academy is located at 151 Main Street in East Hampton. Learn more and see a full list of programming at www.easthamptonhistory.org.

“Everyone connects to water, as consumers, as advocates, in ritual connections, in historical context, and other personal ways.” — Maria Vann

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News & Opinion Amazon Joins List Of Plastic Polluters Sag Harbor’s Delma started a petition to curtail retail giant

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

We turned a blind eye toward the problem for far too long, but the fight to save our waterways, fish, and wildlife from the deadly perils of plastic is underway not just locally, but globally. Part of that fight included taking on the American multinational technology company Amazon.

Nicole Delma, of Sag Harbor, started a petition to get retailers like Amazon to go plastic-free that so far has gathered nearly 300,000 signatures. Amazon has upped its use of film and bubbled bags in the last year to fit more packages in freight.

Most recycling facilities do not accept these bags or many types of film, so the environmental impact is that they either get put permanently in a landfill, incinerated, or end up as litter, Delma said.

“Amazon is responsible for 46 percent of our packaging, and the U.S. Postal Service is second,” Delma said. “And

Amazon controls the postal service.”

Ironically, Delma is from Seattle, where Amazon is based, so she’s experienced the Amazon philosophy firsthand.

Charlotte Klein Sasso, the proprietor of Stuart’s Seafood in Amagansett, walks the local beaches collecting plastic and balloons. One day she picked up so many spent balloons “I looked like a circus clown,” she said.

Sasso said the obvious way to take on Amazon is to shop locally.

“When you go to local stores, you support the local economy,” she said.

“Think about it before you use Amazon.”

It is estimated that up to 12 million metric tons of plastic enter our oceans each year. Discarded plastic fishing lines entangle turtles and seabirds, and plastic pieces of all sizes choke and clog the stomachs of creatures that mistake it for food, from tiny zooplankton to whales.

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It begins on land. Plastic has become the go-to packaging for hundreds of consumer goods that are discarded after a single use — and contrary to popular belief, little of it is recycled.

Another solution is for consumers is to be more patient; everything doesn’t have to be delivered overnight. Amazon could save millions of tons of shipping material by waiting for trucks to fill up.

One problem suffered in this country for far too long was the belief that plastics were being recycled.

“Single-use plastics are filling up

our landfills, choking our rivers, and contaminating our oceans,” according to Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 55 countries and an international coordinating body in Amsterdam. “We have been told that the individual should simply recycle away the billions of tons of plastics corporations produce and that it will make the difference needed to sustain our planet. We have been told a lie.”

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Town of Southampton releases survey results

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

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The Town of Southampton had a twoquestion poll on balloons running on its website the last month, and the results are in. Residents overwhelmingly believe they are dangerous to the environment, but much less think the town should be banning the sale of them.

“It’s not that surprising,” Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said. “You ask people if they think cigarette smoking is dangerous, they’ll say yes. Should

we ban cigarettes? They’ll say no.”

When asked “Do you believe balloons being released into the environment is a danger to the environment?” 86.6 percent of residents said yes, while 13 percent said no. To the question “Do you believe that the town should pass legislation prohibiting the sale of these lighter-than-air filled balloons?” 66 percent of voters answered yes, and 33 percent, no.

“Some people believe it’s going

to hurt the economy,” Schneiderman said. “Other believe government shouldn’t tell me what to do.”

A total of five surveys have been conducted by the town, which averaged 1000 responses each. Deputy Supervisor Frank Zappone believes they have been successful in their reach. A total of 972 people answered the first question, and 978 the second.

“Whether you’re for or against it, most people I came across really ap-

preciate they even had the chance to voice their opinion,” Zappone said.

The poll was conducted to help the town board determine whether the public supports a ban on the sale of balloons — targeting not just helium-filled mylar and latex balloons, but any balloon filled with a lighter-than-air gas. The ban would piggyback legislation approved by the town board in 2019, which forbids the intentional release of balloons.

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More Deepwater Hearings Scheduled In March Wind Farm seeks road to approval by curtailing review process

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

Deepwater Wind South Fork, LLC will continue its push for approval from the New York State Department of Public Service at another round of meetings scheduled next month designed to find common ground between the company and its critics.

Deepwater Wind, now owned by

Ørsted/Eversource Energy, is seeking a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for the construction of approximately 3.5 miles of submarine export offshore cable from under Beach Lane in Wainscott to the existing East Hampton substation by Cove Hollow Road.

The project has been bogged down and still needs town and federal approval in addition to the state’s through an Article 7, which allows “interveners” — and dozens of them — to participate in the process. The Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott has emerged as the

The location of the proposed South Fork wind farm, about 35 miles from Montauk. Independent/Deepwater Wind

project’s most consistent critic.

The group has peppered Ørsted/ Eversource with requests for information, data, studies, and comparisons.

One recent effort was to ask the department of public service to force the companies to provide documentation for dozens of questions the group has raised about the project. Ørsted/Eversource has sought to streamline the process by asking administrative judge Anthony Belsito to rein in the group’s motions. That strategy proved successful.

Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott acknowledged some of the information it requested is in the project application. For example, a side-by-side comparison of proposed landing sites, which includes two others in addition to Wainscott, the preferred landing point by Ørsted/Eversource. As it was argued, compelling the companies to develop a table comparing each of the proposed routes is somewhat redundant.

Belsito ruled February 12 in favor of the companies on every motion that would have required more time.

Additional settlement meetings have been scheduled for March 4 to 6 at East Hampton Town Hall. The meetings are not open to the public.

Staff and intervenor testimony and exhibits will be presented on April 10, rebuttal and testimony exhibits will be displayed on May 15, and evidentiary hearings will take place from June 15 to 19.

Belsito seemed to indicate a resolve to keep the application moving along.

“I direct the CPW and Deepwater to make good faith efforts to resolve their discovery disputes in accordance with this ruling,” he wrote.

The East Hampton Town Board and its trustees have yet to strike a deal with Ørsted/Eversource, though it is apparent a majority of each board will do so in return for the right financial incentives.

At a February 6 meeting town supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc noted the companies have once again requested permission to test borings in Wainscott to glean the condition of the soil under the beach and along the path the pipe will carry electricity to the PSEG facility.

The initial request was a year ago. Van Scoyoc signed off on the testing.

“I disagree we should allow testing before the Article 7 is completed,” said town board member Jeff Bragman, a frequent critic of the wind farm.

The first part of the project begins 2500 feet beyond the beach in the ocean where a hydraulic drill will penetrate the soil to a depth of at least 30 feet and emerge in the parking lot on Beach Lane about 500 feet inland.

The installation of the cable will take place under the road beds. Some extensive excavation will be required for some of the equipment to be installed underground, leading to concerns from some neighborhood residents that contaminants in the soil will be disturbed.

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Discussing The Springs Corridor’s Future A public meeting will be held at the East Hampton Library February 27

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

The Springs corridor study will be the subject of a day-long series of discussions on February 27.

Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, who has organized the meetings, said letters were sent to close to 90 property and business owners in the area. At a meeting for the invitees only, they will be able to question the town's consultants on the topic at the Town Hall complex on Pantigo Road. Others will involve members of the planning board and members

of both the East Hampton and Springs Citizens Advisory Committees. These talks will culminate in an open meeting in the Baldwin Room of the East Hampton Library at 6:30 PM.

The corridor is a large swath of land in a somewhat triangular shape, starting at the fork in the road at the northern end of North Main Street. The western border is Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road (County Road 40), and runs north to Abrahams Path, and east along that

Septic Upgrade Program Takes A Hit Suffolk homeowners will have to pay tax on grant money

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com An ambitious county program to replace aging and faulty septic systems with grant money took a hit this week when the Internal Revenue Service ruled the grant money is taxable.

The ruling quickly became a political football, with Suffolk Democrats, including Suffolk County Executive Steve

Bellone, blaming Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy, a Republican, for seeking the IRS’s opinion on the matter to begin with.

Since the program’s inception in 2017, the county has disbursed 293 grants and expended $3 million. The county also received $10 million in state

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road to Accabonac Road. From Accabonac, the piece follows Floyd Street, west to Springs Fireplace Road, and south to the fork in the road at North Main Street.

“The corridor was mentioned in both the East Hampton hamlet study and the Springs hamlet study,” Burke-Gonzalez said. “There is a core group of folks interested in the roads we travel in and out of Springs daily. The CAC members are looking to improve the landscaping, the look and feel of the corridor.”

A major concern motivating those interested is that the industrial area sits over the town’s aquifer.

There are many projects in the pipeline at the planning board’s office, each of which require a traffic impact study.

That board sent the town board a letter last April asking it to retain a consulting team.

“It would be helpful to have an allencompassing study,” Burke-Gonzalez said. “We are working with the county and the Department of Public Works to reconstruct County Road 41. They’re investing $7.6 million” in the project.

On hand February 27 will be representatives from L.K. McLean Associ-

ates, PC, the same engineering firm that helped design the redo of the road.

Burke-Gonzalez’s strategy for the day is to maximize the interaction between consultants and attorneys already being brought in for the evening session at the library. More details can be found on the town’s website.

funding for the septic system program.

In January, 111 homeowners signed up for grants, said Deputy County Executive Peter Scully. He accused Kennedy of “playing politics with water quality.”

“The comptroller’s decision to seek an IRS ruling may now expose county homeowners to new tax liability and undermine a critical water quality program,” Scully said in a statement.

Kennedy scoffed at the notion he was in any way responsible, noting the IRS ruling would have come down sooner or later, whether he petitioned for a decision or not.

The comptroller acknowledged that the ruling “may not be popular,” but aid it “validates the approach we have taken all along” to issue the tax forms. He blamed the tax burden on how the program was set up, not on his request.

There are an estimated 360,000

outdated and environmentally-harmful septic tanks and systems currently in use in Suffolk. Nitrogen pollution has been identified as perhaps the leading pollutant of water bodies.

“The comptroller’s actions have been contrary to the intent of the Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program, the legal opinion by the county’s tax counsel, and longstanding practices used by similar programs in Maryland and other municipal jurisdictions,” Bellone said. “He chose to politicize water quality.”

The ruling comes after Kennedy requested guidance on whether the grants should count as income. Last year, he sent tax forms to homeowners who used the grant program, catching them offguard and igniting a political fight with Bellone, whom he was running against for county executive.

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No Immediate Answer To Water District’s Future Hampton Bays residents still seem in favor of maintaining local control

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said he’s still not sure what the next step is regarding the future of the Hampton Bays Water District.

Following a February 5 meeting with the town comptroller and senior vice president at D&B Engineers and Architects, P.C., Bill Merklin, the supervisor said some of the 14 people that spoke during the public portion asked to borrow the entire $30.5 million to upgrade the water district in one shot. Town Comptroller Len Marchese said the needed infrastructure improvements will cost hamlet residents an extra $421.06 over the course of a 10year plan presented by Merklin.

“I don’t think that’s prudent,” Schneiderman said. “We have to have

Community members discussed the rate increases that will result from maintaining local control of the Hampton Bays Water District. Independent/Town of Southampton

the conversation about if Suffolk County Water Authority is willing to absorb the rest of the borrowing and keep the rates from going up. I don’t know if they are or not, whether it’s still an option or not, but I think we should find out.”

Suffolk County Water Authority taking control of the Hampton Bays Water District has been a topic of debate for the last couple of years. The water authority had been interested as recently as December 2018, when a meeting was held at Hampton Bays High School informing the public of what the new ownership structure and rates would look like. At the February 5 meeting, Merklin presented a 10-year capital plan requested by residents so they could better ascertain

what the costs would be compared to the water authority’s rates. The difference now is that Suffolk County’s water bills are up $80 compared with numbers from earlier meetings.

“If they are willing to have their entire customer base shoulder the debt service, of course we’d need to know those new rates over the next few years as well,” Schneiderman said.

Residents still like the idea of keeping it local, but the supervisor said he and the rest of the board have a fiduciary responsibility, and would like to give residents a choice.

“It’s incumbent on us to offer any alternatives and let the people of Hampton Bays decide what they want to do,”

Councilman John Bouvier said. “If the water district remains intact, we should be talking about conservations efforts anyway. There’s saltwater intrusion, issues of drops in pressure, and a high water table.”

There has been previous discussion of a public referendum to settle the debate.

“In the meantime, we’re doing improvements that need to happen,” Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni said.

“We’re not waiting on this.”

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tions. Concentrations of iron in water as low as 0.3 parts per million can cause a yellow to reddish discoloration in the water. Depending on the pH level, this can be the start of the staining and scale process in water supplies, and also leads to taste and odor problems.

Manganese is a mineral that naturally occurs in rocks and soil and may also be present as a result of underground pollution sources. Rarer than iron, it’s usually not found alone in a water supply, but is frequently found in water that contains iron. When manganese is present in water, it can cause many of the same issues that iron does. In low concentrations, it can produce stains on everything it comes into contact with. Manganese deposits collect in pipelines, which can cause tap water to contain black sediment and give it a cloudy appearance.

The dark brown or black stains found on fabrics washed in this water are caused by the oxidation of the manganese.

Hampton Bays resident Gayle Lombardi said she’s happy to see the board vote in favor of the undertaking, but asks that the members remain vigilant in keeping promises written in the town code.

“It talks to the fact that the town board is authorized and empowered to protect our water,” she said. “Keep our clean water available for future genera-

Town OKs bond to pay for $6.355 million in upgrades

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Hampton Bays Water District customers will finally be receiving clearer water thanks to the installation of an iron and manganese filtration system.

Southampton town board members unanimously approved a resolution February 11 to bond $6.355 million to pay for the upgrades at plant No. 4, which will require the construction of a new treatment building, along with the rehabilitation of the Bellows Road elevated storage tank, and the professional engineering and design services associated with the two projects.

“That’s critical infrastructure needs,” said Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. The work will be done by H2M Architects + Engineers.

Iron, which makes up at least five percent of the Earth’s crust, is known to

Hampton Bays resident Gayle Lombardi said she’s happy to see the board vote in favor of the undertaking. leach into water supplies throughout the United States from rock and soil forma-

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Generation Z Teaches Tech ABCs East Hampton Library features ‘teen tech titans’

By Karen Fredericks karen@karenfredericks.com

Everyone needs to know their way around technology to survive these days, and thanks to the East Hampton Library anyone can be a tech star.

Tech-savvy teens are networking with visitors of all ages to make that happen.

There is no charge for their help and you don’t even need an East Hampton Library card. Welcome to Teen Tech Time.

The program’s tech-savvy teens welcome visitors from 10 AM until noon every Saturday, and those confused by all the latest mobile devices, apps, and browsers will find themselves on a cloud — literally and figuratively.

Reference librarian Jill Sollazzo said, “The idea for the program began when I noticed what was becoming an overwhelming number of patrons coming to the reference desk with technology-related questions. Frequently, they were clutching cell phones, tablets, or other tech devices. Many had a confused and apologetic look on their faces. Their numbers were growing and often there were more requests for help than we could handle.”

“I’d heard of other libraries offering programs pairing teens, with their innate knowledge of technology, with the people needing technology guid-

ance and education,” she added.

Teen Tech Time was launched in partnership with the local high school, creating a program in which students could earn community service credits by volunteering to work with techchallenged library patrons.

These teens, members of Generation Z, are true digital natives: from their earliest years, they’ve been exposed to the internet, to social networks, and to mobile systems.

Three of the first to join the program at its start in 2017, Aiden Cooper, Reed Jones, and Matt DiSunno, are still part of it today. Soon they were joined by more than a dozen others.

Since the program’s inception, reference desk staff redirect the tech knowledge seekers to the Young Adult Wing, where teen volunteers are on call to answer questions about setting up and using email accounts and social media. They’ve demonstrated how to use iPhones, Androids and their mobile device cameras.

“Saturday afternoons, it wasn’t unusual to see people we had just tutored walking around the library, taking pictures and making movies with their cell phones, practicing what they’d learned,” said Cooper.

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Aiden Cooper, Matt DiSunno & Reed Jones, the three original members of Teen Tech Time. Independent/Karen Fredericks

them to work with new technological skills, the majority of patrons who take advantage of the volunteers at the East Hampton Library are senior citizens.

Some come to learn how to download and use apps on their phones.

DiSunno described setting up one senior with a bridge app. “Once she got the hang of it, she was able to play remotely with friends that were no longer living nearby.”

“And yes,” said Sollazzo, “We do get requests to set up dating apps for seniors, requests which are quickly passed back to us librarians to handle.”

Young Adult librarian Lisa Michne observed that, “while many senior citizens are adopting new technology, most need help learning to use it.

There’s a natural generational segregation and many seniors don’t have much contact with kids any more. They’re no longer living near their own kids or grandchildren. Falling behind on technology definitely contributes to putting them at risk for social isolation.”

To her point, Jones described a pattern that emerged shortly after the program began. “Many of the seniors begin by making self-deprecating jokes about their age, saying things like, ‘Maybe I’m too old to get this technology stuff.’ That made me aware of how important patience is and how much encouragement they needed. It taught me to be reassuring, so that these people that needed our help would return.

When you’re new to technology, you often need to try something a few times before it actually sinks in.”

YA librarian Kyle Fichtner said, “I can’t tell you how often someone starts by saying, ‘I know this is a stupid question but . . .’ And I always tell them that here, there’s no such thing as a stupid question. I think that minimizes the intimidation factor. It convinces them

that we take their questions very seriously.”

“The digital age — computers, the internet, the mobile revolution, online training programs, and the digitization of books — has been the source of many predictions of doom for public libraries,” remarked Sollazzo. “But it’s played out in just the opposite way.

And Teen Tech Time is one example of why we’re more relevant and necessary to our patrons than ever.”

Citing a recent Gallup Poll, she said, “Visiting the library remains the most common cultural activity for Americans. People go to the library twice as frequently as they go to the movies and three times more frequently than sports, musical, or theatrical events.

For the volunteers, there’s much to learn too.

“We’re pretty much the first generation born when computers and mobile phones already existed. But we don’t know everything,” DiSunno said.

“We’re learn new things so that we can be of help. And we learn real-world teamwork. It’s our job to solve problems. Recently, someone came in with questions about music-making apps.

That wasn’t my area of knowledge. But I knew who in our group I could reach out to.”

“There’s enormous enthusiasm for the program. It seems everyone who comes here for help raves about their experience with the volunteers,” said Michne. “I’m always impressed with how seriously these kids take their mission to help and enable the people who show up on Saturdays.”

Michne added, “One of our patrons suggested we change the name of the program from Teen Tech Time to Teen Tech Titans. Maybe that’s not a bad idea.”

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Police “It is definitely not an easy case — by any means,” Manghan said.

Austin Manghan, attorney for Patchita Tennant, who is accused of shooting her boyfriend at their Flanders residence, said last week he strongly believes she acted in self-defense. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

Patchita Tennant Headed To Trial Jury selection process coming in attempted murder case

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

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The attorney for Patchita Tennant, the manager currently on leave from the Pantigo Road CVS Pharmacy in East Hampton charged with the attempted murder of her boyfriend at their Flanders residence September 5, said last week he

believes her trial will begin soon.

“It looks like we will be picking a jury early March,” Austin Manghan told The Independent, adding he believes the trial will last two to three weeks.

Tennant, who is free on a $500,000

bond secured by her family, is slated to return to the courtroom of New York State Supreme Court Justice John Collins in Riverside Thursday, February 20.

At that conference, scheduling matters ffor the trial should be dealt with, in coordination with District Attorney Tim Sini’s prosecution team.

Tennant is facing three other felony charges stemming from the shooting of Andrew Silas Mitchell, including criminal use of a firearm, using a deadly weapon to cause serious physical injury, and assault with a weapon with intent to cause serious injury. Mitchell survived being shot three times with a .38 caliber revolver.

“I feel strongly about my client’s adamant claim of self-defense,” Manghan said. “I believe her story.”

As an attorney, he said it is important to “try to step out and be somewhat objective and see if the story has some merit or muster, believability,” Manghan said, adding that with Tennant, “I do.”

But he said he also knows he will have some work to do to get a not-guilty verdict from a jury. Normally, the burden of proof is on the prosecution. The legal standard in the American criminal justice system is proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

“It is definitely not an easy case — by any means,” Manghan said, adding he is “conceding that she shot her boyfriend three times. That’s starting off with a mountain to climb.”

Mauricio Cruz. Independent/Suffolk County Crime Stoppers

Felon Wanted By Detectives

Suffolk County police are asking the public to help them locate a wanted felon believed to be in the Flanders area. Mauricio Cruz, 17, “has a history of violence,” detectives warned.

He is being sought by the Suffolk County Police Department for a felony violation of probation for first-degree robbery with a firearm, a Class A felony. Cruz reportedly removed a GPS monitoring device from his ankle, leaving it on the side of the road on or about November 17, 2019. He has a tattoo of the Snapchat ghost on his left ring finger, police said.

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Kate Major Takes On Michael Lohan In Southampton Court She said ‘He strangled me,’ he claims she framed him for tipping cops on her DWI

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com It was news because of the shared last name of the defendant and the alleged victim: Lohan. The New York Post, the Daily Mail, and local media outlets flooded Southampton Village Justice Court to see Michael Lohan, the father of American actress, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, and producer Lindsay Lohan, be arraigned on a misdemeanor charge of allegedly choking his wife.

Michael Lohan, 59, was arrested February 10 on Main Street in Southampton Village after police had received a report of a domestic violence incident, in which it was alleged that he had attacked his wife, Kate Major Lohan, causing bruising on her throat. When arrested, he was outside the office building of his wife’s lawyer, Colin Astarita. Kate Lohan had been at Astarita’s office earlier that day, Astarita told The Independent February 12, when he had noticed bruising on her neck and urged her to go to the police.

The couple live with their two young children in a condominium on Hampton Road.

The first officer arrived at the scene a little before 4 PM, where Lohan was in waiting in his 2012 BMW. Three more officers followed, and Michael Lohan was handcuffed without incident. Besides the choking charge, he was also charged with harassment as a simple violation.

Kate Major Lohan, 37, is four years

older than her stepdaughter.

She had visited Astarita’s office because she had been arrested less than 24 hours earlier on an aggravated drunken driving charge by New York state police.

They made that arrest after being alerted

by Southampton Town police to be on the lookout for the 2014 Maserati Ghibli S Q4 with Florida plates she was said to be driving. Police sent out that alert after receiving a call from Michael Lohan, reporting that his wife was drinking a bottle of vodka and on the road.

Kate Lohan was reportedly spotted at the Shell gas station on County Road 39 by a state trooper. Allegedly failing sobriety tests, she was placed under arrest and taken to the state police barracks, where a breath test came in at a reported .24, over the .18 of one percent mark that triggers a raised charge of aggravated drunken driving. The charge is at the misdemeanor level. As is the policy of state police, who do not have holding facilities at the Riverside barracks, after Kate Lohan was processed, she was released to a “sober third party,” police said.

Alleged Altercation That was the prelude to the alleged altercation at the Hampton Road condo where the two live that led to Michael Lohan’s arrest. After being arrested, he complained of chest pains, and was taken

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Because an order of protection needed to be issued by the court or the alleged victim during arraignment scheduled for the next day, an officer stayed at the hospital with her.

Late morning, February 11, Kate Lohan pulled into in the park lot outside the Southampton Village Justice Court in her Maserati. Despite being charged with aggravated drunken driving, she is still allowed to drive a car because she has not yet been arraigned. That is scheduled for February 24 at Southampton Town Justice Court. At that time, her license will be suspended.

Lohan shielded her eyes from waiting photographers behind her sunglasses despite either or both of the Lohans alerting various news outlets to the events taking place at the courthouse.

The Daily Mail was even provided a copy of Lohan’s complaint to the police. According to Southampton Village Police Detective Sergeant Herman Lamison, those documents were not released by

his department.

Kate Lohan made several exits and entrances into the courtroom. It was a long wait until her husband was brought into court in handcuffs.

As Michael Lohan was brought into court, he told reporters that his wife had framed him as a result of him calling the police to report she was driving drunk.

The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office took the unusual step of sending Brad McGill, a supervising assistant district attorney, to Southampton to assist with the arraignment. Lauren Golombek was the ADA who actually handled the arraignment, while Sheila Giuffrida of the Legal Aid Society represented Michael Lohan.

Michael Lohan continually spoke loudly to his attorney and the court about the case, saying that Kate Lohan had “fabricated” the charges. Southampton Village Justice Barbara Wilson repeatedly warned him to speak solely through his attorney.

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Ruth Kalb, the former owner and founder of Vered Gallery in East Hampton Village, was dragged out of an event at Tutto Il Giorno in Sag Harbor Village by the police Wednesday night, February 12.

Kalb, 80, also known as Ruth Vered, was attending a post screening discussion of the film “Conscience Point” at the restaurant, and was the first member of the audience to be given a microphone to address a panel which included Rebecca Hill-Genia, an activist and member of the Shinnecock Nation, Joe Shaw, executive

editor of The Southampton Press, Shane Weeks, a Shinnecock tribe member, artist, and cultural consultant, and Kelly Dennis, an attorney who is also a member of the Shinnecock Nation. Bridget LeRoy, associate editor of The Independent moderated the panel.

According to two attendees at the function, for which The Independent was one of the sponsors, Vered appeared intoxicated, and began berating the panel.

She was asked several times to stop, and finally her microphone was turned off

and retrieved from her. She then seemed to calm down, but, later, again began yelling. She was asked to leave, but when she was being escorted out by a man not identified by police, she “pushed his face with her finger,” the police report reads.

Sag Harbor Village police were called at about 9:30 PM, and two officers went to the scene. They asked Vered several times to leave the premises, the police report says, but she refused. The officers brought her outside, and she grabbed onto the door as they were carrying her out. In a video of the alleged incident, she can be seen fighting the officers, screaming “No way,” and “Take pictures,” before striking one in the chest with her arm and kicking the other near his groin.

She was handcuffed and taken to headquarters, charged with two simple violations, harassment and trespassing.

After being processed at the Division Street headquarters, she was released with a desk appearance ticket, to be arraigned in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court February 28.

Lohan

Lohan, Lindsay Lohan’s birth mother and Michael Lohan’s ex-wife. Kate Lohan was standing alongside Jamie Oswald, a victim’s advocate working for the DA’s office.

“I have injuries on my neck. He strangled me,” Kate Lohan told the court.

“The complaining witness is scared of the defendant,” Golombek said.

Wilson issued an order of protection that allowed both to stay at the Hampton Road residence, though told not to communicate with each other. Wilson warned that the children were not to be used as go-betweens for the couple, and that she would contact the county’s child protective services division if she learned otherwise, and that the “court will take your children from both of you.”

While bail could not be set for the choking charge, under the new criminal procedure laws, Golombek successfully argued that the law does allow for other

means of supervision, pointing out that Michael Lohan has a prior felony conviction for attempted assault, as well as a prior conviction for misdemeanor assault. Wilson agreed to order Michael Lohan be outfitted with an electronic ankle bracelet with a GPS tracking decide. “This will cost me my job,” Michael Lohan said.

He then said all this was being done to him “over a lie.” “She should be in some kind of treatment,” Michael Lohan told the judge, who responded: “It appears to me that everyone in this house should be in some kind of treatment.”

Kate Lohan left the courthouse, weeping. “This is justice?” she asked as she got back into her Maserati.

The handcuffs were removed from Michael Lohan, who was ordered to wait in the courtroom for officers from the county’s probation office to arrive and

Police: She struck, kicked cops as she’s removed from event

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

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Order Of Protection As she began to issue an order of protection, Giuffrida objected, saying that Michael Lohan had sole custody of the couple’s two children via a Florida court order, and that his wife could only have “supervised” visits with the children.

“I have to say that part of my decision has to be based on the welfare of the children,” Wilson said. When the Florida court document was examined by the local court, however, Wilson said she did not see the order the same way Michael Lohan did. He refused to sign the order of protection.

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Editorial

JUST ASKING

Is global warming the cause of this warm winter?

Adie Breitenbach I definitely have never seen a winter with this little snow before. I think that like everyone, I wonder if it’s due to global warming. And that’s frightening. There’s so much changing in our world that isn’t good. Even little things help, so you do what you can. I don’t use plastic bags. I don’t use plastic straws.

Is This A Fair Punishment?

© Karen Fredericks

Is penalizing student-athletes for an error made by a school district and its coaches sending home the right message? It doesn’t seem so in the case of Southampton High School’s girls varsity basketball team.

Whether longtime head coach Richard “Juni” Wingfield knew he was exceeding the 20-game regular-season limit or not, it seems unjust, especially to the seniors, to punish those who do not know every rule in the book, and who don’t make the schedules.

What seems even more biased is the fact that in Suffolk County history, this issue has occurred three times in the past decade — twice in 2011 with the Babylon and Sayville girls lacrosse teams, and in 2017 with the Center Moriches girls soccer team — and all three teams were allowed to compete in the Section XI tournament. For the district to be denied on back-to-back appeals when the ruling had been previously overturned on the second appeal in 2017 is noticeably unorthodox. Even remarkably so for the Southampton’s second appeal to be denied after athletic director Darren Phillips came prepared to argue his case.

To be excluded from competing in the postseason because of one extra nonleague game that does not affect playoff seeding also seems excessive — especially considering that this could easily be avoided in this day and age.

Why doesn’t Section XI have a system by which coaches input their schedules and are hit with responses saying a game could not be submitted because he or she has exceeded the limit? Would that not be a safe and simple solution to ensure the rules are followed? If it results in protecting student-athletes and ensuring they get a chance to play what may be one last time in a high school uniform, it seems so blatantly obvious it’s the easy choice.

Even so, if Suffolk County were to forgo installing new software, why not maintain what was once its previous position on the matter when it was on the losing side of a New York State Public High School Athletic Association executive director Robert Zayas’s 26-20 loss, to fine the school and suspend the coach instead of punishing the students. It seems since that time feelings have changed on the rule and its punishment.

For the school district personnel to have to tell their kids — and yes, kids — that they could not play for what they’d worked so hard for months and seasons for because of a mistake that wasn’t their doing must have been exactly as the pair put it: “devastating.” The shock, anger, and sadness felt here should really hammer home that something needs to be done about this punishment. It just doesn’t fit the crime.

Is it just me?

By Karen Fredericks

Jan Ponce Definitely. The climate changes are frightening. Polar bears are dying.

Waters are rising. Storm surges could do so much damage. The wildfires in Australia are devastating. It’s horrible for people who live there and so many animals are dying. Koalas, kangaroos, thousands of creatures. We all have to try and make any effort we can to not be part of the damage.

Eli Berliner This winter’s weather does seem extreme. It’s 60° one day and freezing the next. It could possibly be climate change. In the big scheme of things, I feel helpless. The only thing to do is to be politically involved. Know what policies make sense. Regulate companies. I canvassed for a political candidate last year in Staten Island and we flipped a seat.

Elizabeth Puglise It’s hard to say, but yes, it could be global warming. It’s a frightening thought. It’s hard to try and make a difference. Personally, I try to conserve as much energy as I can and I try to use less plastic but that’s the extent of what I know I can do.

I know. I made a mess.

No complaints. Please.

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Arts & Entertainment New York’s Life Aquatic Traveling Smithsonian Museum exhibit debuts in East Hampton

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

Indian Wells. Independent/ Courtesy East Hampton Historical Society

Clinton Academy Museum in East Hampton will host “Water/Ways,” the Smithsonian’s traveling exhibition.

There will be an opening reception on Saturday, February 29, from 4 to 6 PM.

This free event, though donations are encouraged, is presented by the East Hampton Historical Society in cooperation with the Museum Association of New York. From the light shining through the salty air to the waves that crash upon the shoreline, water has influenced and impacted the East End’s climate, trade, transportation, arts, and so much more.

“Everyone connects to water, as consumers, as advocates, in ritual connections, in historical context, and other personal ways,” said Maria Vann, executive director of the East Hampton Historical Society. “Our water story is the world’s water story.”

With over 7600 bodies of fresh water, bordering two Great Lakes, the Long Island Sound, and the Atlantic Ocean, New York state has been greatly impacted by the surrounding waters.

“Hosting this exhibition allows us to offer an important and engaging op-

portunity, not only to the East Hampton community, but to those across Long Island,” Vann said.

The Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s Museum on Main Street program is designed to partner with small towns, and East Hampton is the only location on Long Island to have been selected to exhibit “Water/Ways.” Richard Barons, chief curator of the East Hampton Historical Society, said his organization’s contribution will focus on water and its roles in the early to mid-20th century.

“Three areas for which we have excellent documentation are our famous beaches, ice making, and ice fishing, as well as a section on duck hunting,” he said. Imagine mural-sized collages repurposed from antique photographs to display a kaleidoscopic picture of the area’s aquatic activities.

The community programs spanning the six-week exhibit include watercolor workshops for both kids and adults, a lecture series including the “History of Montaukett/Shinnecock Fishing,” staged readings, and more.

“There’s a lot of opportunity for our community who are here yearround to get involved with the historical society, if they haven’t already done so. And most of our programming is free,” said Marianne Howard, East Hampton Historical Society’s director of visitor experience.

She said the society is partnering with the East Hampton Library, the Shinnecock Nation, the American Lore Theatre, the First Presbyterian Church in Southampton, the Amagansett Fire Department, and various watercolor artists.

“One of the interesting things that we’ve been able to do with this exhibit is to partner with different organizations that we don’t always have the opportunity to partner with,” Howard said. “It just provides us with an opportunity to not only present our programs, but do them with others.”

The show will run through April 11. Clinton Academy is located at 151 Main Street in East Hampton. Learn more and see a full list of programming at www.easthamptonhistory.org.

“Everyone connects to water, as consumers, as advocates, in ritual connections, in historical context, and other personal ways.” — Maria Vann

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A Weekend Of Words Authors gather for a second Bedside Reading

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

The books we read are the stories our souls crave. You can be an adventurous journalist discovering a time-bending tale, a Southern baker whipping up magic, the sassy mother just saying what’s on her mind, a wife determined to change her husband’s fate, a law student from Boston, or be on a soulsearching trip to coastal Scotland in the 1500s. Whatever pages you turn, they can become pieces of who you are.

Liz Broder, owner of White Fences Inn in Southampton, founded Hamptons Bedside Reading Authors Weekend in 2019, a spin-off event to Jane Ubell’s Bedside Reading, a company that provides complimentary books to luxury and boutique hotels across the nation. Authors Weekend will run its second installment February 28 through March 1, bringing together six unique authors for a literary event that

will draw in a much-needed off-season audience.

“We’re bringing in a little business, trying to work together as a community and build this as part of Discover The Hamptons,” Broder said. “We want to let people know that there are things to do here in the wintertime. You’re not standing in a bookstore with 100 other people. You can sit, chat with an author, hear about why they wrote the book, how they wrote the book.”

She said her team based this year’s event on last’s, and tried to get authors with more name recognition to enhance the experience.

The weekend kicks off at the Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton with “I Know How This Ends” returning author Amy Impellizzeri on Friday from 6 to 8 PM. The novel is a followup to her award-winning debut novel,

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“Lemongrass Hope.”

“The book had somewhat of an open ending. I was asked by many readers if I was ever going to do a follow-up book, and I always said, ‘No,’” Impellizzeri said.

“I wasn’t going to write a follow-up unless I had a very good idea. Then, I did. So this is very exciting.”

On Saturday from 10 AM to noon, White Fences Inn will host Jennifer Moorman who will be discussing her novel “The Baker’s Man” as she leads a baking lesson and reads from her book.

Then, from noon to 1:30 PM, Laurie Gelman, author of “You’ve Been Volunteered,” will arrive, followed by a Five

North Chocolate tasting.

Over in East Hampton, 1770 House will have Hampton Coffee Company brew available while guests chat with Natalie Banks, author of “The Moments Between,” from 2 to 4 PM. The get-together continues with champagne and cocktails at Baker House 1650 from 5 to 7 PM with Hank Phillippi Ryan, writer of “The Murder List.” The weekend concludes on Sunday with brunch at the Maidstone Hotel from 10:30 AM to noon with Kim Sakwa and her book “The Prophecy.”

This last event also kicks off National Reading Month.

Clear your calendars, because from February 28 to March 1, it’s time to hit the books. With the Hamptons Bedside Reading Authors Weekend just around the corner, offering literary events at

some of our favorite haunts — from The White Fences Inn to The Maidstone Hotel — you’ll want to pick up these popular reads before joining the chat.

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Hit The Books Add these Hamptons Bedside Reading authors to your list

“You’ve Been Volunteered” by Laurie Gelman

“The Prophecy” by Kim Sakwa

“The Murder List” by Hank Phillippi Ryan

“The Moments Between” by Natalie Banks

“The Baker’s Man” by Jennifer Moorman

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February 19, 2020

HAMPTON DAZE

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro

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Alexander McQueen Auction Interview with former studio head Ruti Danan

Lee Alexander McQueen’s forwardthinking vision and game-changing designs propelled him to fashion stardom in the mid-’90s. Tragically, McQueen died by suicide in 2010, at the age of 40 at his home in London, but his legacy lives on.

I was lucky to view a collection of his work, spanning from 1994 to 1996 and beyond, with Ruti Danan, a former head of McQueen studio, at the New York Historical Society’s pop-up exhibit this past weekend. Danan’s archive of rare early work, which will be auctioned later this week by Boston-based RR Auction, included garments handsewn by McQueen, along with original patterns and sketches that have been carefully preserved.

She was a key participant in the world of McQueen during pivotal moments of British fashion and culture.

McQueen worked closely with Danan as her comrade, mentor, and friend.

Danan had always admired McQueen’s work even before working with him, recognized him as a revolutionary designer, and knew she wanted to be a part of it. After obtaining McQueen’s mother’s telephone number, she called to find out where his studio

was located.

“I headed off to his studio, which was in Farringdon at the time. When I walked in, he looked at me and said, ‘Who the f*ck are you?’ I said, ‘I want to work for you.’” At that moment, she recalled, his assistant had made a mistake with a fabric and he was upset.

Danan offered to make him a cup of tea and he looked at her portfolio. Then he told her, “You can stay, and you can f*ck off !” to his current assistant.

Danan’s work with McQueen included the controversial-yet-powerful Highland Rape collection she described as “the most exciting moment in my life.” The collection was defining for the designer.

“I knew we were working on something that would be remembered forever and that he would be marked in history as the greatest,” she said. McQueen’s goal was that the viewer would “come out of the show full of emotion.”

After the Highland Rape collection, the landlord locked up the studio for lack of rent payment. Danan managed to talk her way into the building to rescue many garments that would have otherwise been thrown in the garbage.

Some of these items are included in the

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Highlights from the auction include the Black Dante Military Matador Coat with original construction and braid motif patterns — an iconic McQueen look — among many others.

“He was hands-on. I think 70 percent of this collection is his own hands,” Danan said. “We were a part of history at the time.” She arrived at the studio, where McQueen would often spend the night, many mornings to find finished frock coats cut like nothing she had ever seen.

Along with Highland Rape, Danan worked on the 1996 shows The Hunger and Dante. Dante led to critical and commercial success and landed McQueen the position of head designer at the French fashion house Givenchy.

During our meeting, she described some of her fond memories of McQueen. Cherished time included moments spent creating pieces together, often working all night listening to music and gossiping about love and relationships.

“He was very romantic, very attentive,” she said. “He wanted to know

your private stories, private secrets. He loved talking about love and relationships. That’s what he was searching for.

Someone to love and receive love.”

She also discussed his legacy, crediting Andrew Bolton for putting together the show “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in 2011, shortly after his death.

“I think he made him remembered in history,” she said. Four of her pieces were used in that show, which later traveled to London. “I’m so honored to have spent time with him and this is something so precious that we had. It was a very treasured time for me, and I learned so much. I wish I was there to have helped him in his difficult moments.”

As for the auction, she would prefer the work made public and that students have access to it.

“My wish is that they will go to important institutions,” she said. “It’s about preserving and honoring Lee’s work.”

The live auction will be held on Saturday, February 22. For more information, visit www.rrauction.com.

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‘Conscience Point’ Film screens as part of HamptonsFilm’s Air, Land + Sea series

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Bridget LeRoy, Rebecca Hill-Genia, Kelly Dennis, Shane Weeks, and Joe Shaw. Independent/Tom Kochie

Aside from the unfortunate event after the Wednesday, February 12, HamptonsFilm screening of “Conscience Point” at Tutto Il Giorno in Sag Harbor — Ruth Vered was taken away in handcuffs after allegedly assaulting a police officer following an aggressive rant about her white privilege (the full story can be read in our police news) — it was an inspiring evening among film-goers, part of the “Air, Land + Sea” series.

The film “Conscience Point,” directed by Treva Wurmfeld, held its world premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival last fall. It tells the story of the Shinnecock Nation’s

long fight for its sacred land on the East End, mainly in the Shinnecock Hills area, where many revered ancestors are buried. The film dives into the topics of land ownership, the East End’s economic divide, and environmental impact of new development.

“My understanding is that a lot of the people who are out year-round are actually quite familiar with a lot of these issues. I think the population that perhaps could be more tuned into some of these issues are more of the people who have a house and come to visit. But the film gets into the historic plight of the Shinnecock, and I’m not sure how much of the history people know,” said

Wurmfeld during an interview with The Independent last October.

“On the reservation, wounds run deep,” states the film’s website. The movie demonstrates this in a powerful way.

Following the screening and a family-style dinner, a panel discussion was held that included Rebecca Hill-Genia, an activist and member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation; Shane Weeks, a Shinnecock tribe member, artist, and cultural consultant; Kelly Dennis, an attorney and member of the Shinnecock Nation; and Joe Shaw, executive editor of the Express News Group. Bridget LeRoy, The Indepen-

dent’s associate editor, moderated the panel. All three representatives from the Shinnecock Nation were included in the film.

As the Shinnecock Nation continues to fight in court and town hall for its burial grounds, while on the heels of the 2018 U.S. Open protests at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, one thing we can take away from the film and the evening as a whole is that it’s time to work together.

As Hill-Genia stated during Vered’s offensive speech, “This is about love. This is about love of our ancestors. This is about love of the earth.”

This is a film all East Enders should watch.

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Indy Snaps Gay Like Me Photos by Richard Lewin On Saturday, February 15, awardwinning TV, film, and Broadway producer Richie Jackson discussed his new book “Gay Like Me” with “CNN Tonight” anchor Don Lemon at BookHampton in East Hampton.

Jackson told his personal life story in the LGBTQ community and its history over the past 50 years.

Love Of Art Photos by Richard Lewin Jody Gambino assembled a group of young artists (himself included) at Ashawagh Hall last weekend for the show “Love of Art.” Works in a broad variety of media represented a new generation of local artists. Guests at the opening on Friday, February 14, enjoyed a DJ, live music, and food.

For more photos visit www.indyeastend.com

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Gallery Events Compiled by Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Claude’s Gallery The opening of Claude’s Gallery at Claude’s restaurant in Southampton will be held on Thursday, February 20, from 5 to 7 PM. The show will feature artwork by Ceravolo and Candice CMC, along with artists Charles Ford and Robin Morris. The show is curated

by ARDT Gallery.

Artists Of The Ross School MM Fine Art in Southampton presents “Artists of The Ross School.” The show features artwork by Jennifer Cross, Daniel Donovan, Chris Engel, Lutha Leahy-Miller, Alexis Martino, Jon Mulhern, David Slater, Ned Smyth, Sherry Williams, and others. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, February 22, from 5 to 7 PM. The show runs through March 15.

Winter Art Exhibit The Southampton Artists Association presents its “Winter Art Ex-

hibit” of painting and photography at the Levitas Center for the Arts in the Southampton Cultural Center.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, February 22, from 4 to 6 PM. The show runs through March 1.

A Time And A Place The RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “A Time and A Place: Layers of Black History.” The exhibit celebrates Black History Month and features work by Jules Arthur, Stefanie Jackson, Dean Mitchell and Phillip Thomas, and more. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, February 22, from 6 to 8 PM.

Janet Lehr Closing Janet Lehr Fine Arts gallery, located at 68 Park Place in East Hampton, will be closing its doors on February 28. A closing bash will be held on Saturday, February 22, from 6 to 8 PM.

“Benday Sophia” by Ceravolo.

THAW Out With The Arts Hamptons Arts Network expands cultural festival to four weeks

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com What began in 2018 as only a single weekend to welcome the coming of spring and celebrate the diverse cultural centers of the area has expanded to four weeks. THAW fest is back. Presented by the Hamptons Arts Network, a non-profit consortium of institutions in arts and culture across the Hamptons, the festival will run March 6 through March 29 with a unified goal, promoting destinations of the region in a way that is more accessible while stimulating the local economy.

It kicks off at The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill with a special film and talk around the documentary “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack” on March 6 at 6 PM, followed by a conversation with Flack and museum director Terrie Sultan. Guild Hall in East

Hampton will screen the 1983 film “Silkwood,” directed by Mike Nichols, on March 7 at 7 PM, followed by a conversation with Alec Baldwin.

Week two highlights include a screening of “Traces of the Trade” on March 14 at 5 PM at the Southampton African American Museum and a performance of “Sherlock’s Secret Life” at the Southampton Cultural Center on March 15 at 2 PM.

On March 21, the Watermill Center will host a public tour at 12:30 PM followed by a special In Process look at artists Saint Genet, Candace Montgomery Hill, and Naufus RamirezFigueroa at 2 PM. At 5 PM, Alan Alda will be at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church for “A Portrait of Mozart” with the Bridgehampton Chamber of

THAW kicks off at The Parrish Art Museum.

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Music. The Eastville Community Historical Society, located in Sag Harbor, also at 5 PM, will offer a special sip and paint, “Vinyl and Vino.”

The final week of THAW fest includes a curators’ tour of the Waterways exhibit on March 27 at 7 PM at East Hampton Historical Society.

Hamptons Arts Network consists of 19 members spanning from Westhampton to Springs including Bay Street Theater, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, The Dan Flavin Art Institute, Dia Art Foundation – Bridgehampton, East Hampton

Historical Society, Eastville Community Historical Society, Guild Hall, HamptonsFilm, Hamptons Doc Fest, LongHouse Reserve, Madoo Conservancy, Parrish Art Museum, PollockKrasner House and Study Center, Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center & Museum, Southampton African American Museum, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton Historical Museum, and The Watermill Center.

See a complete list of events at www.hamptonsartsnetwork.org.

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Entertainment Guide

MUSIC

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COMEDY

Matinee

Laughs At The Paramount Jim Breuer will come to The Paramount Theater in Huntington on Friday, February 21, at 7:30 PM. Tracy Morgan performs on Saturday, February 22, at 7 PM. Marc Maron will take the stage on Sunday, February 23, at 8 PM. Grab tickets at www.paramountny.com.

FILM The Booksellers On Saturday, February 22, at 6 PM, Hamptons Film Fest presents a Now Showing screening of “The Booksellers” at Guild Hall in East Hampton.

Grab tickets at www.guildhall.org.

Forrest Gump Amagansett Free Library presents a free screening of “Forrest Gump” on Sunday, February 23, at 2 PM. Visit www.amagansettlibrary.org.

Sag Harbor Cinema presents a screening of “Matinee” at Pierson High School on Sunday, February 23, at 2 PM, followed by a conversation with Dave Kehr. Grab tickets at www.baystreet.org.

Jazz Night The Jam Session Inc presents Soul/ Jazz every Thursday night at Ed’s Lobster Bar in Sag Harbor at 6:30 PM. On Friday, February 21, at 6:30 PM, Joe Hampton and Kevin Ryan will play. See more at www.edslobsterbar.com.

Nina et Cetera Townline BBQ in Wainscott hosts live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. This Friday, February 21, will be Nina et Cetera. Head to www.townlinebbq. com.

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Suffolk Theater

Black History Stories

On Friday, February 21, at 8 PM, Joan Osborne comes to Suffolk Theater in Riverhead and on Saturday, February 22, at 8 PM, will be Hillbilly Burlesque.

Grab tickets at www.suffolktheater. com.

Sylvester Manor presents a Black History Month program of “Unearthing The Stories Within Us” at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Sunday, February 23, at 2 PM. Buy tickets at www. baystreet.org.

Spirituality Talk On Sunday, February 23, at 3 PM, Canio’s in Sag Harbor will have a 21stCentury spirituality discussion of Richard Rohr’s “The Universal Christ” with Professor Thomas Petriano and Reverend Eda Lorello. See more at www. caniosbooks.com.

Stephen Talkhouse Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett will welcome The Potter-Tekulsky Band on Saturday, February 22, at 8 PM followed by the Cabin Fever kickoff with Project Vibe and The Realm at 10 PM. See more at www.stephentalkhouse.com.

Stone Flower On Saturday, February 22, at 8 PM,

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Stone Flower, sounds of Santana, will play at Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Buy tickets at www.baystreet.org.

Winterfest Long Island Winterfest presents a list of live music. On Friday, February 21, at 6 PM, DJ Oh Henry will be at Moustache Brewing Company in Riverhead and also at 6 PM, Greg Parr will be at the Cooperage Inn in Calverton. On Saturday, February 22, at 1:30 PM there will be a Mardi Gras music celebration at Jamesport Farm Brewery, at 2 PM Edward Cassidy performs at Heron Suites in Southold, and That Motown Band plays at 7 PM at Hotel Indigo in Riverhead. On Sunday, February 23, at 2 PM, Bobby Digital performs at Long Ireland Beer Company in Riverhead.

See more details at www.longislandwinterfest.com.

Masonic Music Series On Saturday, February 22, at 8 PM, Mason Music Series presents The Roses Grove Band at 200 Main Street in Sag Harbor. Learn more at www.masonicmusicseries.com.

Green Hill Kitchen Green Hill Kitchen in Greenport presents Jazz Master Series every Sunday at 6 PM. Visit www.greenhillny.com.

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once in a while, and it helped. But we are not dealing with brain surgeons here.

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By Rick Murphy

Catcher: I think they knew that last fastball was coming; let’s make the signal for it, two fingers.

Pitcher: Like, how many?

Cather: Two. Pitcher: Then what will a curveball be?

Catcher: One. Pitcher: One what?

Catcher: Never mind.

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In 1993, basketball’s greatest player, Michael Jordan, took a hiatus from the game he loved, ostensibly to try his hand at playing professional baseball. A Montauk fisherman, who will remain nameless, told a few of his closest friends that while running a charter a year earlier he overheard his customers, several powerful men involved in federal law enforcement and the National Basketball Association, discussing Michael Jordan.

They said Jordan was betting on basketball, but because of the huge growth of the game internationally, and Jordan’s popularity, the story that he was

retiring was concocted, allowing everyone involved to save face and Nike, Jordan’s sneaker company, to continue unabated its dominance of the world’s burgeoning sneaker market.

Stealing signs has always been a somewhat humorous exercise in baseball.

Let’s say you were batting and you had a teammate on second. The base runner would watch the catcher, give the pitcher the sign, and relay it using a facial expression or a body movement to let him know a fastball (one finger) was coming or (two) a curve. It worked

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To say the Houston Astros got carried away with their cheating would be putting it mildly. With a billion-dollar fantasy industry and Vegas booming, and insiders, professional gamblers, mobsters, and people like me all looking to make a buck on the game, the level of sophistication ratcheted up.

It’s been reported the Astros placed cameras out in the centerfield wall to read the catcher’s signs, and then beat a drum to signal the pitch to the batter.

The Astros said their cheating was limited to 2017 when they coincidentally won the World Series. The manager, general manager, and two other management personnel eventually were fired. No player was so much as fined.

They told us the cheating was over by 2019 when the Astros played the Yankees in the AL Divisional Series. Jose Altuve, five-foot six-inches, had turned in blistering performances during his career when games mattered most — the playoffs.

There were two outs. Aroldis Chapman, baseball’s premier relief pitcher, is the hardest thrower in baseball, and was hitting 102 miles per hour on the radar gun. Jack Marisnick, a reserve outfielder who is a good fielder but lousy hitter, had been inserted earlier in the game.

Chapman threw two fastballs out of the strike zone to Altuve, the hottest hitter in the playoffs. Logic dictated he would simply throw two more hard-

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to-hit pitches, walk Altuve, and feed Marisnick, who was on deck, fastballs.

Instead, Altuve attacked. His home run was clocked at 106.6 mph, one of the hardest hit balls of all time.

Chapman broke into a broad, toothy smile and walked off the field.

Why? He probably realized what the Yankees had strongly suspected — the Astros were cheating, even though they denied the charge only a day earlier.

You see, he didn’t throw Altuve a fastball. He threw a slider, knowing Altuve would have no chance at making contact with it — unless he knew it was coming.

Houston, at first, said with so many people in the stands during the playoffs that they couldn’t steal signs, because the batter couldn’t even hear the drum heralding the upcoming pitch. As his teammates mobbed Altuve, he was yelling at them not to rip his jersey off, which had become a team tradition. His agent, Scott Boros, said the player was simply “Bashful.”

But go back and review the game, you’ll see Josh Reddick being interviewed on the field without his shirt, and the evidence is clear — he is wearing a wire, a buzzer. He even tries to hide it while doing the interview, probably because he was being prodded by a co-conspirator off camera. Later, his wife claimed the buzzer was a piece of confetti.

There has been a giant cover up.

Players were literally given immunity from prosecution before they were even questioned. It’s because it’s in everyone’s best interests that these things go away.

Epilogue: Powerful people who get screwed out of their money don’t need the courts to extract revenge.

A year after his son’s forced retirement — rumors swirled he owed gamblers a lot of money — the body of Michael Jordan's father James R. Jordan was found in a ditch, shot to death.

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KISS & TELL

By Heather Buchanan

I Stand With The Stuffed Dog A welcome perspective kissandtellhb@gmail.com For those of you who live in places worried about the Coronavirus, the fundamental lack of law and democracy eroding the foundation of our country, and the mysterious shrinkage of every waistband of each pair of pants you own during the winter months, you may not be aware of the small-town politics happening here in East Hampton Village.

Our judicial system is embroiled in a serious case prosecuting a store owner for having a stuffed dog outside her

door with a small wooden “Welcome” sign around its neck. The owner of Petit Blue, a village toy store, had to appear in court to face a fine up to $1000 and 15 days in jail for violating the village sign law. You can’t make this stuff up.

This is in the same week our local law enforcement was dealing with sexual misconduct against a child; a gang member with a decade of crack, cocaine, and heroin dealing; and a man arrested not once, but twice in 10 hours

Sweet Charities Compiled by Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Katy’s Courage At Buckskill Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton will also host a benefit for Katy’s Courage, on Sunday, March 1. The event, which starts at 12:15 PM, includes ice skating classes, a skate-a-thon, raffle, and an all-day bake sale, among other activities. For tickets and more info, visit www.katyscourage.org.

Academy Of The Arts Guild Hall in East Hampton has named the recipients of the 35th Academy of the Arts Achievement Awards. This year’s honorees are

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for allegedly driving while intoxicated.

Is a stuffed dog outside a store really where we want our taxpayer dollars and court hours spent?

The owner faced charges from a code enforcement officer of having an illegal sign outside her store and illegally displaying merchandise outside her store. During the trial, the attorney for the store owner established the stuffed dog was a gift to her daughter from the girl’s grandmother, so not technically merchandise for sale. There also was a debate about the definition of sign that is egregious. Come on, this was a small wooden plaque around the dog’s neck.

The store owner also pointed out in the offseason that it is necessary to let customers know you are open when many local stores are closed. I also appreciated the owner’s attorney’s dramatic court moment when he rolled out a welcome mat and asked if THAT was illegal in the village, and the answer was, “No.” (“A Few Good Men” has got no courtroom drama edge over this version of “You can’t handle the truth.”)

First of all, I want to state publicly

here that I support the store owner and her stuffed dog with its “Welcome” sign. As a longstanding tax-paying citizen, I do not want to see her or the dog prosecuted, fined, or jailed in any way.

I think she is owed attorneys’ fees and an apology.

Secondly, in protest, I am going to buy as many stuffed animals as I can afford within my VISA credit card limit and put them on my front residential yard advertising free booze, tarot card readings, and lessons in constitutional law, democracy, and the accurate definition of feminism. I will erect a large neon sign stating, “Welcome, except if you are a bully, buy dogs from fancy breeders instead of rescuing them, use plastic straws, don’t tip properly, can’t punctuate correctly, display bad manners, don’t put the seat down, cut in line, or have ever told me I look fat in it.” So there.

Come after me if you want, but leave that store owner alone. In the world we live in, we all need a faithful dog, a sign of welcome, and play toys that will not escalate nuclear war. Perspective, people!

mer learning program will be held at the American Legion in Amagansett on Sunday, March 8, from noon to 3 PM. The event will feature 25 lo-

cal chefs creating 25 delicious soups.

Entrance buys you all the soup you can devour. For more info, visit www. projectmost.org.

Barry Sonnenfeld for Performing Arts, Dorothea Rockburne for Visual Arts, and Salman Rushdie for Literary Arts. Ted Hartley will receive the Special Award for Leadership and Philanthropy.

The awards ceremony will be held during a benefit dinner on Tuesday, March 3, at The Rainbow Room in New York City. For more information, visit www.guildhall.org.

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Cue Love Bites The annual tasting event to benefit Katy’s Courage returns

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

Katy Stewart’s courage lives on throughout the East End community.

On Saturday, February 29, Love Bites, a culinary event with ticket sales furthering pediatric cancer research and grief counseling, will be held at The Bridgehampton Community House.

Founded in 2005 by Linda Shapiro to benefit the Gilda’s Club of the East End, a start-up cancer organization, the Love Bites event returned in 2015 with proceeds benefiting The Ellen Hermanson Foundation, and from 2016 on, Katy’s Courage has been the charity of choice.

Katy’s Courage is a not-for-profit honoring Katy Stewart, an inspirational young girl who died from liver cancer at age 12. Proceeds raised for the organization benefit local scholarships, pediatric cancer research, and bereavement counseling of Katy’s Kids

at Children’s Museum of the East End.

“Love Bites is always a great way to kick off Katy’s Courage event season,” Brigid Collins and Jim Stewart, Katy Stewart’s parents, commented.

“We’re expecting a great turn out and always love seeing our community come together for such a great cause.”

The event will be held from 7 to 11 PM at 2368 Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton.

The event brings out a variety of food for tasting. This year’s participating vendors include A Kitchen for Liam, Art of Eating, Bell and Anchor, Bostwicks, Coche Comedor, Elegant Affairs, Events by Peter Ambrose, Golden Pear Café, Grace and Grit, Green Hill Kitchen, Peconic Gold Oysters, Saaz, Smokin Wolf BBQ, Silver Spoon Specialties, The Clubhouse, The Mill House, Von Salad Farms, Dreesen’s Donuts, Hamp-

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ton Coffee Company, Jerri’s Cakery and Confections, Sag Harbor Baking Company, Diplomatico Rum, Montauk Brewing Company, and Cellier Wines Distributing. All to celebrate a young girl and the legacy she left behind.

New this year, Events by Peter Ambrose will be doing a special “Cue Area,” outdoor barbecue under a tent, with other East End chefs. Guests can expect ribs, brisket, short rib brisket hash, root vegetables, oysters, and more. “I live and work by the motto of

‘living life summer inspired’ and what better way to do that then let some of the Hamptons’ best pit masters and team Hampton Grill members bring a little summer time food to a wintertime event,” Ambrose said.

Tickets are $75 per person or two for $125. There will be music by DJ Michael and East End Entertainment, a silent auction, a golfer’s ultimate dream raffle, and bites from numerous chefs.

Visit www.katyscourage.org for tickets and more information.

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By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com It’s a local subscription-based meal service that gives back. The goal is to eat clean, save time, save money, and save the planet.

Recently The Spur, a workspace with locations in East Hampton and Southampton, has partnered with local chefs Jon Albrecht and Nick Reisini to create the new meal service called Honest Plate. The concept came about as a way to service health conscious Spur members. Now they’re bringing their talents to the East End community.

The goal is to provide clean, delicious, and healthy prepared meals that are good for the body, wallet, and planet. They’re created by honest chefs, using honest ingredients. The dishes are based on the popular Whole30 nutrition philosophy, which aims to eliminate sugar, alcohol, dairy, grains, and legumes from your diet for 30 days. It’s said to help diners identify sources of inflammation and lose weight, while improving mental balance and sleep.

“I have done the Whole30 every January for the past five years with my wife,” said Honest Plate co-founder Ashley John Heather. “We have benefitted from a dramatic increase to our energy levels, overall wellbeing, and improved our sleep. Over the years, more

and more of our friends have joined us, but the biggest barrier is all the food prep that comes with Whole30 as nothing can be processed. With Honest Plate, we are able to bring the benefits of Whole30 to the local community at a price point less than buying groceries.”

Soups like the roasted garlic and tomato or the creamy cauliflower serve as a nice starter. Each meal is provided with simple cooking and heating instructions. Entree highlights include dishes like flounder with charred citrus oil over pineapple ginger broccoli and cauliflower or the coconut curry chicken with garlic and ginger bok choy.

Honest Plate has partnered with local charity Fighting Chance, America’s oldest and largest free cancer counseling and resource center, serving the East End. For every 10 meals ordered, Honest Plate will donate a week’s worth of meals to cancer survivors.

“When cancer patients can’t cook for themselves — and that often happens after a chemo infusion, for example — they will not get the nutrition they need to withstand the debilitating side effects of anti-cancer drugs and radiation,” said founder and chairman of Fighting Chance Duncan Darrow. “As a

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nonprofit partner of Honest Plate, our charity will be able to solve the nutrition issue for some of our patients, who will be blessed with the donation of a dinner-for-two, provided up to five times a week. As Honest Plate grows, so will its generosity to Fighting Chance and our patients.”

Menus include those for the omnivore, pescatarian, plant-based, and a final option of “surprise me!” Each week comes with either three or five different meals, and can be ordered in serving sizes for one person, a couple, or a family of four. Prices start at $10 per meal.

Honest Plate has also partnered with The Wellness Foundation to provide vegan meal options.

“We needed a locally-sourced and price-conscious food delivery service on the East End,” said Michele Sacco-

naghi, the president and CEO of The Wellness Foundation. “We are happy to see that Honest Plate will offer an oil-free, plant-based option that aligns with Wellness Foundation’s Wellness Challenge 360 program.”

Honest Plate is also committed to being green and does not use single-use plastic. Meals are delivered in custom glass containers, which are returned each week and recycled.

“It’s important that we create both delicious and healthy meals, but also that we follow a zero-waste approach to minimize our impact on the planet,” said chefs Albrecht and Reisini in a statement. “All our food is prepared from scratch and any usable trimmings are re-used, with waste being composted.”

For more information, visit www. honestplate.com.

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A Marvel In Longevity Il Capuccino blends old school, new school sensibilities

By Hannah Selinger

The last 50 years have marked a specific and sustained change on this part of Long Island, so it can feel surprising to learn that a restaurant has stood the test of time. If that marvel feels pat, so be it. It is always an accomplishment for restaurants — notorious for their economic fragility — to last longer than a few years. Forty? That’s a miracle.

I cannot attest to whether or not divine intervention in the form of miracle has aided the Tagliasacchi family, which has owned Sag Harbor’s Il Capuccino for over four staggering decades. The restaurant opened in 1974 and weathered the storms of uncertainty that accompanied the market crashes of the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. It’s still here.

The real shift toward longevity for Il Capuccino began in 1981, when chef James “Jimbo” Renner joined Jack Tagliasacchi in the kitchen. Renner had

cut his teeth at Sag Harbor’s Baron Cove Inn, but he never looked back after moving over to Il Cap. He has been a constant fixture in the kitchen for 38 years.

In the early 1990s, Jack Tagliasacchi expanded the restaurant, purchasing an adjacent building that allowed the footprint — and menu — to breathe a little. The current iteration of the restaurant’s offerings includes a long list of appetizers, salads, seafood, meats, sides, and desserts — but none outshine the dozen or so pasta options. It’s all a nod to Northern Italy — Parma, to be specific — where Tagliasacchi grew up. Upon leaving Italy, he traveled to France, Switzerland, and Argentina.

It was in Argentina where, in the mid1950s, he opened his first restaurant.

Later, he headed to Miami and, finally, to the East End. In 1970, he purchased the now-coveted real estate where the

restaurant stands. He had been on Long Island for less than a decade at the time.

The business, nearly a half-century in, remains a family affair, with Amber Tagliasacchi-Miller, Jack’s eldest daughter, at the helm. She has worked with her father for nearly 20 years now, not quite half the restaurant’s lifespan.

Which is to say that the space and what it offers is both a reflection of his old school sensibility and her new school one.

Décor, you will find, is certainly old school. There are Chianti bottles hanging from the ceiling, white tablecloths on the tables. This is a space that recalls an earlier era of dining formality, at least in that one sense. But at the lively bar, which Tagliasacchi-Miller often works herself, the scene is more youthful joie de vivre than entrenched Italian tradition. There is room for both in this space, where loyalists return for the food and the atmosphere.

There are plenty of delicious options when it comes to Il Capuccino’s menu. I’m fond, for one, of the veal scallopini a marsala, and also of the petto di pollo al funghi — chicken breasts dipped in egg and flour and served with a mushroom and sherry sauce. Pastas are always respectable. The linguine with clam sauce features plump local

bivalves. The carbonara is everyone’s antidote to a cold winter evening.

But the best thing that Il Capuccino offers actually isn’t on the menu at all. It is a plateful of pillowy, garlicdoused rolls, which arrive at the table on the house. Are they bathed in butter first? They probably are. Is it worth the extra hour at the gym? It definitely is. One bite and you’ll realize that this, right here, is the reason that people return, decade after decade.

It is a plateful of pillowy, garlic-doused rolls, which arrive at the table on the house.

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK Chef Joe Cipro

Cinnamon French Toast With bacon & poached apple Ingredients (serves 4) 4 pieces thick cut country oat bread 1/2 c granulated sugar 6 eggs 1/4 c cream 3/4 c confectioners’ sugar 4 apples, peeled and sliced 1/4 c pineapple juice 1/2 c maple syrup 1 Tbsp vanilla extract 2 Tbsp cinnamon 8 thick cut slices of bacon 4 Tbsp butter

Directions Begin by setting an oven to 400 degrees. While it heats, peel and slice the apples. In a saucepot, add the sliced apples, pineapple juice, granulated sugar, and one cup of water. Cook over medi-

um-high heat for about 30 minutes.

Once the apples are on and the oven is hot, lay out the eight slices of bacon on a sheet tray lined with parchment paper. Cook the bacon for 10 minutes or until crispy.

Now begin to heat two large sauté pans over medium-low heat. At the same time, crack the eggs into a bowl and add the cream, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and half-cup confectioners’ sugar and whisk together. Next, add two tablespoons of butter to each sauté pan. Dip each slice of bread into the egg mixture and cook in the butter on each side for about four minutes or until golden brown on each side.

While the toast is cooking on medium heat, check the apples. When they are soft and the liquid is beginning to re-

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the apple syrup over the toast, top with a couple pieces of crispy bacon and a dusting of powdered sugar, and enjoy.

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Guest-Worthy Recipe Pastrami Short Rib by Chef Michael Lishchynsky

By Zachary Weiss

Who: Chef Michael Lishchynsky, head chef of Bourbon Steak Nashville

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Why? “The best part about the pastrami short rib and what a lot of our guests love about it is what you can do with the leftovers the next day. The next day one of my favorite things to do with it is to take the short rib and you slice it (not too thin though, about 1/4-inch thick) and place that in a pan with a little bit of water in it and steam the pastrami short rib to heat it up. Then place two slices of sharp provolone on top and get it nice and melty. Take that and

For the brine 6 qt water 2.6 c kosher salt 2.5 oz pink salt 1.5 c sugar 1/2 c dark brown sugar 4 oz honey 9 crushed garlic cloves 1 Tbsp pickling spice For the spice 10 Tbsp peppercorn, black, ground 10 Tbsp coriander, whole 10 Tbsp caraway seeds, whole 5 Tbsp paprika For the pastrami short rib 2 Brussel sprouts, leaves picked

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Directions: For the brine Place all ingredients in a large pot, and bring to a boil until salt has dissolved and place in a cooler until cold. Once cold, strain the liquid and refrigerate for up to five days.

For the spice Place all whole spices on a sheet pan and bake at 350 degrees for eight minutes or

until spices are toasted and they are aromatic. Grind the spices until they are fine, then add paprika. Store in a cool and dry space covered in an airtight container.

For the pastrami short rib Cover the short ribs with the brine and let soak for three days.

Remove from the brine and coat with the pastrami spice. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Place in an oven safe dish with water. Cover and cook for nine hours.

To serve, warm the Brussel sprouts leaves in a pan with hot chicken stock for about 30 seconds (just to lightly par-cook them). Place the leaves on top of and around the short rib.

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Food & Beverage News New Ownership!

Compiled by Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

Complete Burger Revolution Complete Burger Revolution, featuring chef and creator Jessica Taccone, will be held at Scoville Hall in Amagansett on Wednesday, February 26, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM.

During the event, three Complete recipes will be prepared live by Taccone. Guests will have access to a dedicated web portal for future recipes. A community dinner will follow the cooking presentation. It’s BYOB and light refreshments will also be provided.

Guest will leave with one box filled with six Complete Burgers. The cost is $50 per person. Reserve your spot by emailing info@thecompleteburger.com.

Love Bites The annual Love Bites event will be held on Saturday, February 29, from 7 to 11 PM at the Bridgehampton Community House. It will benefit Katy’s Courage, a local organization dedicat-

ed to supporting education, children’s bereavement support, and pediatric cancer research. The event will include tastings from chef Peter Ambrose, Art of Eating, Bell and Anchor, Bostwicks, The Clubhouse, Green Hill Kitchen, Silver Spoon Specialties, Dreesen’s Donuts, and many others. Visit www. katyscourage.org.

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Min Date =1/11/2020 Max Date = 1/17/2020

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450,000

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On The East End, The Modern Aesthetic Has Arrived

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Cedar-shingled manses make way for the new contemporary landscape

By Ty Wenzel ty@indyeastend.com

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A master in his field, the late Rick Schumway started the firm in 1999. His son, Erek Schumway, now leads the firm into its gloried future. Rick had a love of traditional modern masters and one can feel the Frank Lloyd Wright vibe in some of the homes with their low, long, and clean lines that create rooms flooded in the East End’s famous light.

He was incorporating black window fittings before it was trendy and the rooms are made for today’s mid-century modern furnishings craze — think Eames and Saarinen. ACC’s homes are truly a study in the way modern architecture should look and function. www. atlanticcollaborative.com

amptons architecture usually evokes a dreamy image of either a massive shingled compound surrounded by ancient trees and hedgerows or rows of whaler cottages sitting side-by-side with the ghosts of captains’ wives sobbing from the “widow’s watch” on the roof.

Fast forward, the internet boom of the ‘90s created younger millionaires and billionaires for whom the style of yore didn’t resonate. To accommodate the nouveau-riche, many new builders materialized, while some East End builders have added the modern build to their repertoire. There are some that have hybridized the style where there are traditional aspects with modern accents or features. Here are some of our favorites.

Michael Davis Design & Construction Michael Davis, master of the classic Hamptons home with its gables and English cottage flair surrounded by glorious gardens, pool, and tennis courts, has blended his quintessential style with sleek architecture in his latest, a modern farmhouse, also known as the “Badass Barn.” The lead-coated copper roof of the home is a standout, as are interior details which are big, bright, and clean with walls of windows, and contemporary fixtures and doors.

Jennifer Post Interior Design was the perfect match for this colossal masterpiece of modern architecture, yet it fits in beautifully to its traditional environs. www.michaeldavis.com

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stone accents. Clean paneled walls, stone kitchen floors and wall-to-wall windows are key features. They’ve worked with the likes of Norman Jaffee and other notable architects to create these homes. Although the historic flavor is abundant, the homes are the epitome of luxury and exceed today’s energy efficiency requirements while creating the perfect canvas for the contemporary interior designer. www.seaburybuilders.com

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Aran Construction Since 1995, Joe Quin has been building modern compounds that have become a favorite of the young, wealthy set. His work incorporates the absolute best in energy efficiency and the homes will blow you away with their intense posture in their environment. The first thing a walk-through would bring to one’s attention are the windows. Lots of them — wall to wall in most cases.

Every room has a flow that follows the windowed walls' journey that floods the rooms in natural light. Even the pool houses are built to complement the main house. www.araninc.com

A division of the Plum Builders empire, the Modern Barn® is the classic farmhouse in terms of its exterior, which allows the beautiful home to blend into its environment naturally. But look inside and you have an ultramodern masterpiece of communal flow that is show-stopping in its openness and luxuriousness. The way the walls of windows are designed brings the outdoors in, almost literally. They also incorporate renewable materials, as well as the latest in energy efficiency. Their work is expansive living at its best. www.themodernbarn.build

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Peter Seabury has been building modern homes on the East End for decades.

Seabury Builders’ homes have a historic feel, with wide designs and large

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Continued From Page 4. circumstances that could have actually been avoided if personal-risk-management was individually prioritized.

Wrapping our minds around 100s of millions of people that smoke tobacco seems preposterous. To each his own, but are smokers adding value to their lives or are they taking away from it?

Because no health advantages exist and annotations of death warnings coupled with carcinogen contents are clearly visible on packets, I would say that smokers “take away from their allotted time to live.” How strange is it that many invest in material wealth, get vehicle oil changes like clockwork, make friends, remove their shoes before dwelling entering, but risk the health and wealth of their most precious gem — their bodies?

From another angle, let’s evaluate a person traveling under conditions of dangerous fog levels too thick for safe driving. Although weather advisory suggests no traveling, that person risks the safety of themselves, their children, and others, by driving anyway. The outcome was a tragedy with parent/child perishing! The presumption here is that non-attention to risk-management and taking the possibility of imminent danger for granted put this parent and child in harm’s way, which did not add value to life and depleted the probability of a potentially longer life expectancy.

None of us created life or had our hands in its inception; therefore, cannot determine its longevity or time of passing. But we do/can intervene in our own life’s designed blueprints by interrupting its innate architecture with added detriments like drugs, alcohol, mental stress, poor dieting, and poor decision making. The learned inspiration here is to avoid and prevent those Russian-Roulette mechanisms in life that inhibit our

full potentials and experiences or that overshadow the joys of life’s natural regimen.

Dr. Dennis Walter Smith Sr.

Just Two? Dear Editor, There are many reasons to dislike President Trump, if style and personality are two essential attributes you look for in a President. Besides, his policies that may offend you, as well.

President Trump, if you don’t know already, is an anomaly, in terms of conventional “presidential” behavior. There is nothing conventional about him. He is extraordinarily unorthodox in his delivery when speaking, cringingly off-script and shooting from the hip, doesn’t suffer fools easily; correction, at all; calls out liars, leakers and progressive liberals to their faces, and has brought the crooked, career, establishment politicians to their knees exposing the serial corruptness of our government.

In spite of all that, his poll numbers are rising.

Most effectively, he has weaponized his position; even the media is losing the war on Trump. All he does when the press dumps on him is to immediately correct the record with a “tweet.” (And don’t think future Presidents won’t do the same — they’ll have no choice.) President Trump doesn’t need conventionality, he’s become the new definition of “presidential,” whether anyone likes it or not. This, and all his “winning,” has made President Trump so, well . . . hate-able. Ask Speaker Pelosi.

On the day before President Trump’s impeachment acquittal and on the evening of his State of the Union Speech in the House of Representatives, Speaker Pelosi went low.

She tore President Trump’s speech to pieces (unscripted she’d like people to believe) behind his back to the

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shock of millions of Americans and Patriots left, right, and middle, like any good “Italian grandma” would.

But her temper tantrum put all Italian grandmothers to shame, and for that matter, women in general, by promoting the stereotype that women are not suited for higher office; they are simply too emotional and unstable. Speaker Pelosi gave new breath to the old adage that women are the weaker of the sexes in a high-stakes arena. It was an especially sad day for feminists — one step forward, three steps back. Some things never change.

Speaker Pelosi’s small fan base of grim-faced women in white who couldn’t stand once during an evening of real American stories of bravery, sacrifice, and hope, praised her behavior in a unified front of blind hatred against the messenger. Time will tell how that hate-ability meter will register with voters in 2020.

Democrats, wake up. If hate is your only message, it’s not working.

President Trump is laughing and winning all the way to re-election. Speaker Pelosi, on the other hand, should retire to the kitchen and her knitting.

She’s not helping the Democrats’ case against Trump. But I bet she makes a great meatball.

Carol Dray (an unaffiliated voter)

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envelopes are recyclable and it’s “working to improve its packaging options,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “Over the past 10 years, our sustainable packaging initiatives have eliminated more than 244,000 tons of packaging materials, avoiding 500 million shipping boxes.”

But the Washington Post reported the last holiday season was the busiest ever for online sales and “created a massive hangover of packaging waste” toxic to the environment.

Susan McGraw Keber, an East Hampton Town Trustee, created a T-shirt that illustrates the perils of using balloons. Sasso sells it in her fish store, and it is sold at many town-sponsored events. Southampton Town just finished gathering residents’ opinions about a ban on balloons, when both towns have already banned plastic bags. New York state is enacting a ban on single-use plastic bags effective March 1. Meanwhile, Amazon is experiencing pushback from anti-plastic activists from all over the world.

“It’s not a matter of too little, too late,” Delma said. “Susan Rockefeller once said, ‘If it’s flooding, turn off the tap.’”

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Similar to the 2012 short-term attempt, the ferry would run back and forth several times a day, but Ryan also suggested setting up a parking shuttle, so that passengers would not require valuable, and sometimes hard-to-find, parking spots in the downtown village area.

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By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com An artist’s rendition of a proposed Riverhead Town Square. Independent/Town of Riverhead

Even a half-century ago, when Main Street was the epicenter of Riverhead, visitors most likely weren’t aware the Peconic River flowed just yards away.

The opening of the Long Island Aquarium and the refurbishing of the Suffolk Theater started a downtown rebirth, and now Riverhead town officials hope to take it a step further — a riverfront town square. And this time, the south side of East Main Street will open to the startling view of the river and park

alongside of it, just a short stroll away.

“The objective would be to open up a vista from Main Street to the town square so that when you are on Main Street, you would see it,” said Dawn Thomas, Riverhead’s community development administrator. “If you ask many people who come to downtown Riverhead, they would tell you that they didn’t even know the river was there.”

The town square would be built primarily along a town-owned one-

acre parking lot on East Main Street with about 80 parking spots. Additional funding would likely be required. Officials envision it will feature space for children’s activities, musical performances, and possibly a statue or other monument, Thomas added.

According to the town’s funding application, officials also pitched the town square as potentially containing smaller retail spaces and perhaps housing for artists, which would encourage

A Positive Change For Inmates Sheriff Toulon intros puppy-training program

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com On Monday, February 10, six female inmates and their companions graduated from “Pawsitive Second Chances,” a six-week puppy-training program at the Yaphank Correctional Facility.

Sheriff Errol Toulon conducted the graduation ceremony in the facility’s Choose to Thrive program pod, where the program resides. The program was implemented by Toulon in December 2018 to help rehabilitate female inmates through a selection of courses. Along with using numerous outside service providers, Toulon explained he assigned “a correctional counselor that works on transitional planning with participants beginning the day they enter the facility” to help “each woman create a personal

action plan.”

Pawsitive Second Chances falls under the Choose to Thrive umbrella. It was developed by Deborah Whitney, CEO and founder of Working Paws Training, Inc. in spring 2018. East Enders may already be familiar with Whitney. She worked as the director of behavior and training at the Southampton Animal Shelter.

“I myself was incarcerated, as everyone I work for or worked for is aware of.

It’s actually part of how I introduce myself, so I don’t waste anyone’s time if they don’t believe in second chances or forgiveness,” she said. “This program was what got me through while I did my time in prison. ” Continued On Page 29.

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pedestrian access to Riverhead’s existing Riverwalk and downtown parklands.

Thanks to $3.65 million the Peconic Land Trust was awarded as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $761.5 million in statewide funding for 997 projects, announced December 19, the town is also looking to implement the next phase of its Regional Aquifer Protection Land Acquisition Program. The funds will be used to protect Long Island’s sole-source aquifer.

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Sports Willy Kraus Is A County Champion, Again River Orlando, who hadn’t won a match in the tournament to date, finished 2nd

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Willy Kraus wrestles in the 2019 state tournament. Independent/Jim Franco

Willy Kraus wasn’t going to let bumping up a few weight classes deter him from reclaiming his spot at the top of the podium.

With a 9-0 major decision over Mt. Sinai’s Ryan Shanian Friday, the 145-pound senior secured his spot in the state tournament once more.

Last year’s 126-pound Division II champion and state tournament competitor started the February 14 tournament with two 15-0 technical fouls before a 6-2 decision over Center Moriches’ Danny Hromada, who pinned both of his opponents on his home mat before the semifinal loss. In the finals, Kraus earned two points on a takedown with 33 seconds left in the first period, and picked up another two more on a reversal at 1:13 in the second.

With almost as much time left in the third period, he racked up back points on another takedown, and three more on a near pin as time expired. Kraus is the first individual for Hampton Bays to win back-to-back county titles since Robert Hoshyla did at 189 pounds in

2006 and 2007.

“Willy has continued to hone his abilities in the off season, but the methodology of his wrestling has remained the same,” head coach Mike Lloyd said.

“Once he gets some points on the board he’s able to maintain control through the rest of the match.”

Hampton Bays finished fifth in the team standings out of 10 schools. Four wrestlers, compared to last year’s three, earned All-County honors by placing.

River Orlando made it to the finals at 138 pounds, where Kraus started off this season. Orlando was initially looking to wrestle at 132. He came out on the losing side of a 15-4 major decision to Mt. Sinai’s Mike O’Brien, with all his points coming off escapes late in the second and third period, but it was his first time even winning a single match in the tournament, which the junior competed in since his freshman year.

“It was very surprising,” Orlando said of his finish. “The night before, coach told me I was the second seed and I was shocked, so I was honestly

just happy making it to the finals. That has been my goal for weeks, and I was just trying not to get pinned or teched because I knew O’Brien is a hammer.”

Mt. Sinai has seen much success in the individual and dual meet tournaments the last few years, so Lloyd spoke to each of the finalists about how to treat their matches.

“We tried not to make them too nervous, and left it pretty simple. The expectation was for them to wrestle their best and not let any opportunities in the match pass them by,” Lloyd said. “We encourage the team to both visualize their victories and go out and wrestle the same regardless of the opponent, because when it comes down to it, if they give their all, anyone can be beaten.”

Prior to his loss, Orlando pinned Shoreham-Wading River’s Chris Anderson in the semifinals in three minutes, and earned a major decision of his own, a 16-5 win over Elwood-John Glenn’s Kevin Vides. He had a takedown and near fall in the first period, a reversal

and two near-pins in the second, and another reversal and near fall in the third.

“I like to be as aggressive as possible,” Orlando said. “This definitely fuels me. Going into next year ranked I’ll be the one people are scared to wrestle.”

The coach is also hoping to see his grappler back in the finals next season.

“This year was a challenging one for River,” Lloyd said. “He had to make the adjustment to wrestling at 138. He had some great in-season matches, which gave him the criteria to be wellseeded in the tournament, and for his first time in the spotlight, he wrestled well.”

William Krivickas came in third at 182 pounds with his 8-6 sudden victory consolation win over Center Moriches’ Marcos Arriola, and Dakota Thompson, who had been battling an illness, placed fourth with his 4-0 loss to Shoreham-Wading River’s Dan Dacos at 152 pounds.

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Nick Grathwohl’s ThreePointer Secures ‘C’ Title For Southold Senior changes up final play and hits game-winner

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Nick Grathwohl said crunch time is his prime time. He wasn’t kidding.

With 7.3 seconds left, the Southold senior came out of a timeout where head coach Lucas Grigonis had called for him to drive to the basket, potentially drawing a foul, and ended up finding some space on his favorite part of the court. With the ball in his hands just beyond the arc, and two Pierson defenders in front of him, he decided to let a shot fly.

After he’d hit the ground from his jumper, he leapt to his feet and shook each leg — even before he found nothing but net — because he’d given his First Settlers their first lead since early in the second quarter, and ultimately scored the gamewinner in a 62-60 upset of top-seeded Pierson Friday night, February 14. The victory secured Southold’s first Suffolk County Class C title since 2006, the year the team also won the Long Island title.

Southold will face Nassau’s East Rockaway at Centereach High School March 10 in the southeast regional final, and also plays Class D champion Smithtown Christian Wednesday, February 19, in the overall county championship tournament.

“I love the end of the game. I had to step up and be there for my team,” said a breathless Grathwohl with an uncontainable smile. “I did not want to lose. When I released the shot, all I was thinking was, ‘Please, please, lord — put

that in the net.’’

Although not the play he’d drawn up, Grigonis said he knew his senior performs under pressure. The head coach also noted Grathwohl’s playoff stats for his career are high quality.

“He really does live for these kinds of moments, and he succeeds,” Grigonis said. “I’ve been coaching for 10 years. I’ve had moments like this and sometimes you just have to ride with the emotion — and Nick rode with the emotion tonight.”

The Whalers, which went undefeated in League VII play, led by 12 with three-and-a-half minutes left to play before the Settlers closed the game on a 17-3 run. Senior Henry Brooks, who had 24 points, missed an off-balance jumpshot at the final buzzer that would have tied it. Pierson (14-7) won both teams’ regular-season matchups by a combined 45 points, but ran into foul trouble early and trailed 28-24 at halftime.

“We’re a third-quarter team. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to close it out,” said Pierson first-year head coach Will Fujita, a Southold alumnus who played for the Settlers when Grigonis was an assistant coach, and was a senior on the 2012 team that lost to the Whalers in the county championship. “I tip my cap to Southold.

I have a lot of respect for their program.

They played better than we did today.”

Pierson went on a 15-0 run in the third quarter capped by a pair of Wilson

Southold’s Nick Grathwohl drives around Pierson’s Cecil Munshin. Independent/Gordon M. Grant

Bennett free throws at 3:07. The sophomore, who scored 14 of his 20 points in that stanza, scored eight during the streak, Brooks four, and Nick Egbert converted a three-point play. In a one-minute span down the stretch, Bennett received his third and fourth personal foul, and was tagged with his fifth on a block under the net with 3:25 left in the game. Fifteen seconds later, Egbert fouled out.

Peter Schaefer, who’d hit a threepointer with 25 seconds in the third to re-extend his team’s advantage, sealed a fake-and-make to try and boost his team following the loss of Egbert, but fouled out with just under a minute left. By that time, Southold (13-8) had already begun the risky move of fouling while entering the double bonus.

“It’s something we felt it was necessary to do to try to slow the game down and give us more opportunities,” Grigonis said. “Other than that one, after 5959, all the fouls were calculated.”

Grathwohl, who racked up nine of his 30 points in that final run, had fouled Brooks on an inbounds play. Fortunately, Brooks missed the first to put Pierson up by one before he redeemed himself with his fifth three-pointer of the game. It was the fifth free-throw miss for Brooks in the fourth quarter.

“They were a good free-throw shooting team throughout the season.

We were quite surprised,” Grigonis said.

“There were a lot of things that needed to align tonight to get this win, and by the basketball gods, they did.”

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Smith, Mendoza Send Westhampton To Semis Seniors combine for 48 points in win over Shoreham-Wading River

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

With Belle Smith up top and Layla Mendoza down low, it’s hard to stop a girls basketball team like Westhampton Beach’s.

The pair combined for 48 points in the No. 1 Hurricanes’ 64-53 Class A quarterfinal win over Shoreham-Wading River February 13. Westhampton Beach moves on to host No. 5 Hauppauge (147) Friday, February 21, at noon.

“We expected big things for ourselves,” Smith said. “To have this first game under our belts is nice.”

But the No. 8 Wildcats gave the Hurricanes a run for their money, closing the gap through the second and third quarters. Smith, who also had five rebounds, five steals, and two assists, said she wasn’t going to let anything rattle her team. Even as Shoreham-Wading River was applying the pressure, and forcing turnovers, her Hurricanes (192 overall, 15-1 in League VI) kept their heads in the game.

“We played a lot of teams this season that play a high-pressure defense, and they’re one of them. We played them twice, so we expected it, but they’re also good at it,” Smith said. “We kept saying, ‘Be smart, stay composed,’ and that’s what we did.”

The senior hit her first of three beyond-the-arc shots, and followed it up with a steal for a layup to put Wes-

thampton out front 13-3 early, but the Wildcats (12-9, 10-6) went on an 8-0 run to close the gap, 15-13.

“We fell out of our rhythm,” head coach Katie Peters said. “We came out firing on all cylinders, and then we let up a little bit. It had all to do with Shoreham’s defense, their aggressiveness. They moved to every ball and they moved quickly. They’re a very talented, athletic team.”

Thankfully for the Hurricanes, Smith’s long field goal and Mendoza’s breakaway for a bucket put the team back out front 22-15 to end the quarter.

“I liked our attitude,” Mendoza said. “We didn’t get down on ourselves if we missed a shot. We kept going.”

Olivia Rongo (five points, seven rebounds, two steals) and Molly Skorobohaty (five points, three rebounds, two steals) each swished three-pointers in the third, Mendoza grabbed an inbounds pass and scored, and Smith converted a turnover for points twice and made two free-throws to put Westhampton up 4630 with 2:17 left in the quarter.

“They played together as a unit,” Peters said. “It really is a hard dynamic to beat. Someone always steps in and has their back and picks it up when we need it.”

Mendoza, who also grabbed seven rebounds and three steals, leapt up to

Belle Smith moves the ball through midcourt. Independent/Desirée Keegan

make a big block right before Smith’s free-throws that lead to the 16-point lead, and the senior racked up 12 points in the final stanza to put the game out of reach.

“I felt great,” Mendoza said. “I had a lot of adrenaline.”

Smith said she and her teammate’s positions balance out the court. The pair worked together for two baskets, one which drew a foul in the fourth quarter.

“It’s nice to be able to throw the ball to her. She’s a big target. As soon as she gets it, you just have all faith in her,” Smith said. “She’s fun to watch. She can jump higher than anyone I’ve ever seen.

When she gets it, you know she’s going to make big plays.”

And the team did it despite running into foul trouble, remaining gritty down the stretch.

Smith said she told the girls in the locker room prior to the game that through competing in over 15 varsity seasons between volleyball, basketball,

“We expected big things for ourselves,” Smith said.

“To have this first game under our belts is nice.” and lacrosse, she hasn’t been on one team she likes more than the one she’s on now.

“I told them I don’t want this season to end,” Smith said. “This team has such a great bond off the court and I think that’s why we excel on. We weren’t going to let ourselves lose today.”

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Rough Week For Tiger Will he ever roar again? bobvoiceofgolf@gmail.com As the West Coast swing on the PGA Tour wraps up, it’s a good time to catch up on a few loose ends.

The Genesis Invitational played at Riviera Country Club has just concluded, and some of you might be feeling a little long in the tooth when you find out that it was this same week back in 1973 that Arnold Palmer recorded his last victory 47 years ago and where Tiger Woods made his Tour debut at age 16 back in 1992.

Over the course of his career, Tiger has played in this event 14 times and

has recorded 82 career victories, but has never won at Riviera, even though he grew up only 30 miles away. But Tiger is in pretty good company as Jack Nicklaus never tasted victory there either. In 1975, Nicklaus finished third at Riviera in the Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open as it was then known. Pat Fitzsimons won that year and it was his one and only PGA Tour victory. Nicklaus always has a little chuckle when he thinks of Riviera because that is where he earned his first check. He actually still has it, a whopping $33.33.

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Pawsitive Second Chances is expected to be brought to the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Riverhead Correctional Facility next. Toulon hopes to “set an example for other correctional facilities that these programs can improve safety within the facility, and reduce recidivism.�

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It is still strange to me that two of the best that ever played the game have never won at Riviera, but Ben Hogan won three times, including a U.S. Open in 1948.

This past week at The Genesis Invitational, which benefited the Tiger Woods Foundation, the strongest field of the year was assembled looking to win Tiger’s event. When Genesis came on board as title sponsor and Tiger came to host, The Genesis Invitational became a quality event in the eyes of the PGA Tour. Along with The Memorial, which Nicklaus hosts, and the Bay Hill Invitational, Arnold Palmer’s event, these three premier tournaments offer a three-year exemption on Tour to the winner, which is a big deal. So, Jack, Tiger, and Arnie each have an elite tournament that directly benefit their charities.

News Flash: Tiger is still looking for his record-setting 83rd career win. The Riviera CC greens were small, rock-hard, and lightning-fast, and that made for a tough test. Tiger didn’t make it easy on himself as he somehow managed to three-putt in the third round from just three feet. Clearly, it wasn’t going to be a record-setting week for him.

From my point of view, Tiger really looked like an old 44-year-old. He

looked stiff and tired, and I came away feeling strongly that Tiger’s four back operations are beginning to take their toll. That he finished dead last for the first time in his career seems to be further proof to me that we’ll never really see the old Tiger again. There might be flashes, but the record-setting Tiger? I don’t know.

Old age wasn’t a problem for the Aussie Adam Scott, who, at 39, looked great, played great, and came out on top. It seems that the Aussie contingent have kicked their games up a notch after contending at the Presidents Cup. The very next week, Adam Scott won the Australian PGA, then Cameron Smith won the Sony Open, and Marc Leishman won the Farmers Insurance Open.

Scott’s win at Riviera marked his 14th win on the PGA Tour and he firmly believes that the next five years will be his best. As the 2013 Masters champ, he holds the distinction of being the only Australian to have won the Masters.

As is normal, what’s up next for Tiger is anyone’s guess. The Honda Classic is in his backyard. Arnie’s event, which Tiger has won eight times, is after that, and then it’s time for The Players. Tiger will most likely only play one of them, and right now, my money is on the Bay Hill Invitational.

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