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Dear Editor, As described by Desirée Keegan in her article, “Pine Barrens Commission Wants More” (published in The Independent on February 26), the commission is currently hearing arguments regarding a proposed golf resort that will increase density in the ecologically-sensitive Pine Barrens area of East Quogue.

At a recent public hearing, consultants for the developer, the Discovery Land Company of Arizona, argued that Discovery Land will leave over half of the land in its natural form. However, this argument is misleading because Discovery Land plans to cluster an increased number of structures on the other half.

Another misleading argument is based on the opinion that, because Discovery Land built Dune Deck of Westhampton Beach in a diligent and sensitive manner, Discovery Land will build in the Pine Barrens in the same manner. However, Dune Deck was a renovation of an existing motel that did not involve the magnitude of new development being proposed in the Pine Barrens.

And, unfortunately for most homeowners of East Quogue, not only will the golf resort increase density on land that is unique and part of the public trust, but under Southampton Town’s current tax structure, the development will have the effect of increasing property taxes.

Dear Rick, Your column on TV dinners brought back memories.

My mom, may she rest in peace, was not a great cook. My brother and I sometimes wondered if she knew what that room with all the appliances was actually used for. So, the arrival of frozen TV dinners (and TVs) in the early 1950s brought a culinary revolution to our living room, where Rich and I would watch westerns every night.

Mom would set up those flimsy steel tables in front of us and heat up the TV dinners, and in a matter of minutes we’d be scarfing down that (usually) white-meat turkey, that meatloaf, and those strangely grainy mashed potatoes, each in its separate little compartment. We thought it was wonderful. Mom did, too.

Ironically, one of mom’s distant relatives actually invented frozen food. And she loved to tell us about it. Mom was a Birdseye from an English family that came ashore in 1636 and established Connecticut. Clarence Birdseye came on the scene centuries later, went to Amherst, and couldn’t afford to finish. He took a government job as a naturalist and biologist, which took him to, of all places, Labrador, Canada.

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HarborFrost Photos by Lisa Tamburini Sag Harbor celebrated a decade of keeping things extra cool in the offseason. HarborFrost returned on Saturday, February 29, to the beloved South Fork whaling village. The free, daylong event included a fresh take on the elements of fire and ice. Guests enjoyed live music, a frosty plunge, fire dancers, ice sculptures, and a drone laser light show.

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The Hampton Bays Overlay District zoning creates a more consistent downtown while preserving character, Southampton Town officials said. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Hampton Bays Overlay District Approved Southampton Town hopes to revitalize area with new planning code

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

The Hampton Bays Downtown Overlay District has been approved.

The unanimous vote February 25 follows four years of planning, many public meetings, and the creation of the pattern book that will guide the architectural styles and materials and sustainable landscape designs with future development. Southampton Town Board members are hoping the resolution paves the way for the revitalization of the downtown area while retaining local character.

“Hampton Bays downtown is being built out according to zoning established in 1972 that’s not getting residents what they want,” Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said. “It’s bringing on strip-mall-types of development. To me, they’re completely in danger of los-

ing their downtown character.”

The move follows New York State Environmental Quality Review Act guidelines and a supplemental generic environmental impact statement was done. The overlay district and its design details incorporate the wants and needs of residents. A previous version was also recently modified to account for recent reactive comments toward some of the original language.

“We don’t want decay and disinvestment,” Town Planning and Development Administrator Janice Scherer said. “We want reinvestment, reinvigoration, walkability, and all of the design standards and everything that the community said they wanted. This is a revitalization plan. We have a 38-acre park in the middle of downtown that’s

amazing. We have a huge area between Main Street and that park that we want to activate.”

The new overlay district encompasses 54.8 acres from Ponquogue Avenue to Springville Road extending south to Good Ground Road and north to Good Ground Park.

Councilwoman Julie Lofstad, a Hampton Bays resident, believes the revised downtown plans have addressed all community concerns. One involved the elimination of any possibility of an assisted living facility within the area.

Another concern addressed water contamination. The town recently received a $50,000 grant from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation to help fund that next step.

It includes an engineering report for a sewage treatment plant.

“Hampton Bays has an abundance of natural resources, but every downtown needs a balance, and I don’t think we quite have the right balance,” Lofstad said. “I think this plan is only going to add to what we have. I love my downtown, but every downtown needs a boost, and I think that’s what this will do.”

Councilman Rick Martel, who owns Skidmore’s Sports & Styles, located within the downtown overlay district’s boundaries, recused himself from voting on the matter.

“While the parcel I own is one of

“. . . Downtown is being built out according to zoning established in 1972 that’s not getting residents what they want,” said Supervisor Jay Schneiderman.

92 other parcels within the proposed overlay district, and while I have no current or future plans to sell or develop a parcel as would be permitted under the overlay district standards, I have decided to recuse myself from the vote on this proposal in order to avoid any possible appearance of conflict or impropriety,” he said.

Councilman John Bouvier liked the flexibility of the additional zoning option, and its ability to evolve over time.

Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni called the plan “the way of the future.”

The overlay district Schneiderman is hoping more people take advantage of also received Suffolk County Planning Department approval. He applauded the town’s planning department for taking the time to work with the Hampton Bays community in developing a vision for its downtown’s future and for helping enact a legislative framework for realizing that vision.

“The overlay district codifies the desired forms of future development that we arrived at through an extensive community participation process,” Scherer said. “We are so excited to see sustainable and beautiful redevelopment within the hamlet center that will complement the park and provide new uses and experiences that the community desires. This is smart growth at its finest.”

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Southampton Moves To Preserve Sacred Shinnecock Land CPF funds will be used to purchase sacred burial ground acreage; building moratorium vote March 24

By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com It was an historic moment at Southampton Town Hall Tuesday night, February 25, when a public hearing was held to acquire land in the Shinnecock Hills with Community Preservation Fund money — land that was going to be developed — and save it in perpetuity as the sacred Shinnecock Nation burial site that it is and always has been.

New York is one of only four states that does not have a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman acknowledged “dismayed” him, especially when bones were found at a building site at 10 Hawthorne

Road. The town did end up purchasing that parcel to repatriate it to the tribe, but “there was no law,” Schneiderman said.

On Tuesday night, it was unanimous. The CPF money, $2.2 million, will be used to purchase three buildable lots at 517 Montauk Highway and the adjacent site at Sugar Loaf and Ridge roads, a total of 3.3 acres.

The Shinnecock Hills, said tribal leader Lance Gumbs, are “as sacred to us as the Black Hills are to the Sioux,” in particular the areas known as Sugar Loaf and Fort Hill. In response to the recent protests, the ongoing efforts of the Warrior Society, and Treva Wurm-

Shane Weeks, Rebecca Hill-Genia, and her grandson, Yoteh, at the meeting on February 25. Independent/ Bridget LeRoy

feld’s recent documentary “Conscience Point,” attention has been redirected at discouraging development there.

There were speakers, including Gumbs, Shane Weeks, and Rebecca Hill-Genia from the Shinnecock, and allies as well. Michael Daly, a local realtor, pledged to not conduct any business in the Hills, “but my colleagues need to hear about this, know about this,” he stated.

Schneiderman and the town board will hold a public hearing next month “to set up protocols” if remains are in-

advertently dug up, for homeowners and builders “to halt construction or suffer severe penalties,” said Schneiderman, who put forth the idea of a six-month moratorium on building in the Sugar Loaf/Fort Hill area, giving the town time to convene and “develop a new set of rules,” he said.

That public hearing will be held on March 24 at 6 PM at Southampton Town Hall.

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Head East Hampton Justice Clerk Retires After 32 years, colleagues past and present honor Betsy Martin

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

After almost 32 years in the East Hampton Town Justice Court, clerk Betsy Martin now has a lot of time on her hands. She retired Friday, February 28, in front of a group of former and current clerks, court officers, judges, and friends that gathered in the clerk’s office to send her off.

Martin joined the office as a clerk typist after graduating from East Hampton High School. Back then, during the time of George Bush’s presidency, the courthouse was part of the Town Hall building, and the courtroom was the same room where town board meetings were held. Vehicle and traffic violations were also scheduled the same day as criminal proceedings, Martin recalled Sunday. The courthouse opened in late 2007. The judges serving at the time Martine began her career were James Ketchum and Edward Horne. The assistant district attorney handling criminal cases was Catherine Cahill.

Cahill went on to replace Horne for justice, and Ketchum was followed by Roger Walker, who was followed by Lisa Rana. When Cahill retired after 20 years, Steven Tekulsky replaced her.

Martin became the senior clerk typist, then justice court clerk, and senior justice court clerk before earning the title of justice court director, a

At the impromptu party Friday, Martin said, “I will miss being part of everybody’s day-to-day life.

That is fun.” role she filled for almost 10 years.

At the impromptu party Friday, Martin said, “I will miss being part of everybody’s day-to-day life. That is fun.”

She received many flowers, and a couple of gift baskets. Martin pulled out one, a cooler for a bottle of wine, and read the wording on it: “I can wine all I want because I’m retired.”

When asked where she’s off to next, she replied, “I have to go to the IGA,” meaning Cirillo’s Market in Amagansett. She recalled the time when the IGA was in the space now occupied by Innersleeve Records on

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The most important change in her routine is being able to spend more time with family.

“On Monday, I’m going to go see my granddaughter with my daughter,” Martin said.

Spring Ahead Say see you later to the winter blues.

Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 8, so don’t forget at 2 AM to turn the clocks on your microwave, oven, or good old-fashioned watch ahead one hour.

Sunrise and sunset will be about an hour later Sunday than the day before, allowing for more light in the evening from here on out.

She is not gone for good, however, Rana reminded her: another clerk in the office, Katelyn Davis, is expecting, and Martin will fill in for a few weeks while Davis is out.

Correction In the February 26 issue of The Independent in a story titled “Pine Barrens Commission Wants More,” the Southampton Town Civic Coalition president was labeled as Carrie Meek Gallagher, instead of Andrea Spilka. Carrie Meek Gallagher is the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 1 Regional Director. We regret the error.

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Planning The Future Of Springs Corridor Maps are laid out on the table as members of the public weigh in

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

JoAnne Pahwul, the head of East Hampton Town's building department, makes a notation on a map of the Springs corridor at a February 27 meeting inside the East Hampton Library. Independent/T.E. McMorrow

Dozens of East Hampton Town residents joined town planners, outside consultants, and assorted town officials for an open meeting regarding the long-term approach to the area known as the Springs corridor.

The corridor is somewhat triangular, starting where North Main Street forks into Springs Fireplace Road and Three Mile Harbor Hog Creek Road, which forms the western border of the corridor. The northern border is Abrahams Path, with the eastern border being Accabonac Road south to Floyd Street, then west to Springs Fireplace Road, and south to the fork in the road at North Main Street.

The meeting at the East Hampton Library February 27 began with presentations by outside consultants Ray DiBiase of the engineering firm L.K. McLean Associates, PC; Peter Flinker of Dodson & Flinker; and Lisa Liquori, a former head of the town’s planning department, who has been shepherding a series of hamlet studies conducted by the town over the

past couple of years.

One major change on the horizon involves the intersection where North Main Street forks to the north, becoming both Springs Fireplace Road and Three Mile Harbor Road. DiBiase led that discussion during his initial presentation.

Currently, he said, traffic headed south on Springs Fireplace Road comes to a halt at the intersection.

For a driver to continue south onto North Main Street, he or she must cross traffic on Three Mile Harbor Road.

Making things more difficult for southbound drivers is that people often do not signal whether they are going to veer left onto Three Mile Harbor or right onto Springs Fireplace Road. Further exacerbating the issue, DiBiase said, some drivers, especially those unfamiliar with the intersection, will realize they meant to bear right onto Springs Fireplace Road, and will veer across the road at the last moment. During the summer, DiBiase said, this dangerous situation

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can cause southbound traffic to back up a good distance on Springs Fireplace Road as drivers wait.

The ideal solution, he said, would be a roundabout. The problem with that solution is that the land immediately to the north, a small portion of which would have to be included in the roundabout, is preserved land. To use that land, state legislation would be needed, which is not an easy task, DiBiase said.

Instead, the proposal the town is considering would create a triangular island that would force northbound drivers to choose which road they want sooner. The southbound Springs Fireplace Road drivers would turn right north of that island, which DiBiase said would be landscaped.

Under the proposal, those drivers headed south on Springs Fireplace Road would only have to contend with those drivers headed up Three Mile Harbor Road.

When the coast is clear, the southbound drivers would turn into a lane separate from the southbound

Three Mile Harbor Road traffic.

Those two lanes would then merge into one.

While this proposal was given the most time during the initial presentation, all matters from traffic to pollution were, quite literally, put on the table. When the consultants finished their presentations, giant maps of the corridor were spread out on five tables in the Baldwin Room, each supplied with markers, with participants encouraged to demarcate their ideas and suggestions.

“Over 50 residents and property owners participated in the charrette identifying conflict points, elements in the corridor that need protection, as well as opportunities we need to explore,” said East Hampton Town Board member Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, who is overseeing the corridor planning process. “The more town officials and our consultants understand how this corridor functions for all of the different constituencies, the better and more actionable the final recommendations will be.”

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Southampton High School Principal Dr. Brian Zahn and Assistant Principal Susan Wright have been selected by the Council of Administrators and Supervisors as 2019-20 Administrators of the Year. The pair were chosen from a pool of more than 1400 candidates from Nassau and Suffolk counties.

“We couldn’t be prouder of our high school administrative team,” said Superintendent of Schools Nicholas Dyno.

“They are both hardworking and dedicated to our students.”

The administrators have years of experience in the Southampton school community.

Zahn, Principal of the Year, has served in his position since 2012, and was previously employed as the district’s elementary school assistant principal.

“I am deeply honored to receive this recognition by the Council of Administrators and Supervisors as nominated by my Southampton colleagues and voted upon by administrators from across Nassau and Suffolk counties,” he said. “It is even more special that my dear friend and colleague, Susan Wright, is receiving the Assistant Principal of the Year along with me. Our awards would not be possible without the support of our amazing

students, staff, and community members here in Southampton. It has been, and continues to be, a humbling experience serving our school community.”

Wright, the Assistant Principal of the Year, worked for eight years as the assistant principal at the intermediate school and two years as the assistant principal at the elementary school before being named to the same position at the high school level in 2015.

“It has truly been an honor to serve the Southampton Union Free School District as an administrator,” she said. “I have been blessed to work with such a wonderful group of students and walk alongside great educators. I am truly grateful for all that the district has allowed me to accomplish, and I thank the Council of Administrators and Supervisors for selecting me, along with my partner and principal, Dr. Brian Zahn, who is the best person anyone could work with.”

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Coronavirus Hits New York Focus shifts to avoidance and containment

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com The coronavirus under a microscope. Independent/Courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The countdown is over, and containment begins in earnest.

A New York City woman is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the state, officials announced on Sunday, March 1.

Two people have died from the virus in the United States, both from Washington state, the second on Sunday. The disease known as COVID-19, contracted from the virus, is resistant to treatment and fast-moving.

Local, county, and state officials have all sought to reassure the public and reiterate preventive steps. Foremost among them are to avoid people with flu-like symptoms and to wash your hands thoroughly and often.

According to Governor Andrew

Cuomo’s office, the Manhattan woman who contracted the illness was in her 30s and recently traveled to Iran.

Most of the cases involving the virus, with a global death toll surpassing 3000, according to the Washington Post, are overseas.

Washington state officials are stymied by the fact that neither fatality is known to have left the state. The epicenter of the disease is China.

There was some sentiment worldwide that the virus might be tapering off at levels below some of the other winter flus — which have been widespread and increasing this year at a more rapid rate than usual — than in previous years. The risk of getting coronavirus is currently low in

the U.S., according to federal officials, but it is communicable, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“There is no reason for undue anxiety — the general risk remains low in New York,” Cuomo said in a statement. “We are diligently managing this situation and will continue to provide information as it becomes available.”

According to the CDC, many of the patients at the epicenter of the outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China had some link to a large seafood and live animal market, suggesting animal-to-person origin.

A CDC fact sheet states that coronaviruses are a large family of

viruses common in people and many different species of animals, including camels, cattle, cats, and bats. Rarely, animal coronaviruses can infect people and spread between them such as with MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, and the new SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is a betacoronavirus, like MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. All three of these viruses have originated in bats. The sequences from U.S. patients are similar to the one that China initially posted, suggesting a likely single, recent emergence of this virus from an animal source.

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Bridgehampton Fire Dept. Hosting Benefit Funds will help Montauk EMT paralyzed after routine surgery

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com “He was a big part of the Montauk Fire Department, especially our EMS squad,” former Montauk Fire Department Chief Joe Lenahan said. Randy Hoffman, an emergency medical technician trained to provide critical care, had gone in for routine surgery to correct an issue in his back three months ago, and 30 hours later, woke up almost completely paralyzed.

Lenahan helped organize a fundraiser for Hoffman, called Pasta with a Purpose. The event raised $23,000 to go toward Hoffman’s expenses as he struggles to regain use of his limbs. Hoffman is currently living as an inpatient at San Simeon by the Sound, Inc, a nursing and rehabilitation center in Greenport.

Now, the Bridgehampton Fire Department is following suit, holding its own Pasta with a Purpose dinner, with an accompanying Chinese auction. That event takes place on Saturday, March 7, from 5 to 8 PM, at the Bridgehampton Fire Department at 64 School Street. It is being organized by Robin Murphy, Tay-

lor Vecsey, and Nick Hemby, who is also the department’s first assistant chief. All three are EMTs who have worked with Hoffman, who has volunteered for departments across the South Fork.

Before Hoffman went in for his anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedure, he was working as the paid on-call critical care EMT on Saturdays in Sag Harbor and Sundays in Montauk.

Hoffman said Monday he has regained movement in his arms, as well as some in his left leg, and a bit in his right toes.

“I just want to get back to work,” he said.

While that goal may be reached after extended rehabilitation, when he finally does get himself onto a walker, Hoffman sees himself working as a toolmaker and machinist. It is a craft he learned after making spare parts for his 1940s collection of British racing motorcycles.

Hoffman choked up as he recalled

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Barbara Elaine (B.) Smith, 70 Barbara Elaine Smith, restaurateur, model, author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle guru died on February 22 in East Hampton of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Her prolonged battle with the disease was the subject of the book “Before I Forget” published in 2016. She wrote it with her husband, Dan Gasby, and Vanity Fair contributing editor MichaelShnayerson.

Smith was born on August 24, 1949, in Everson, PA to William Smith, a steelworker, and Florence (Claybrook) Smith, a maid who had a love of interior design that she hoped, one day, to turn into a professional pursuit.

“I inherited a paper route, I sold magazines, had lemonade stands, I was a candy striper and into fundraising,” Smith recalled. “I’ve always en-

joyed being busy.”

When she was barred from joining the Future Homemakers of America because of her race, she started her own home-economics club, naming herself president, she told Lifestyle magazine.

Smith began modeling after graduating from high school, appearing in fashion shows in Pittsburgh department stores.

It was early in her modeling career that Smith shortened her first name to the initial “B.” She was signed by the prestigious Wilhelmina Models agency in New York City and began appearing on magazine covers and in print ads.

She was shown multiple times on the covers of Ebony and Essence. In July of 1976, she became only the second black model to appear on the cover of

The Bridgehampton Fire Department is holding a fundraising dinner for Randy Hoffman, shown here on his British 1948 Velocette KTT motorcycle, before he became paralyzed after a routine surgery went terribly awry.

a conversation with Lenahan where he told the former Montauk chief: “I don’t know how to pay you back for this.”

The former fire chief saw things quite the opposite.

“We’re paying you back,” Lenahan replied.

Lenahan said Sunday the Montauk Mademoiselle.

Her business empire included restaurants, television shows, magazines, a furniture line for the La-Z-Boy company, and a bedding, tableware, and bath products collection in partnership with Bed Bath & Beyond. She also wrote several books on cooking and entertaining.

Smith was perhaps best known for her restaurants. In the 1980s, while working for the Ark Restaurants group, she impressed management with her work so much they agreed to help her start her own restaurant.

It’s how her famous Manhattan restaurant, B. Smith’s, came to be. It was there she met her second husband and business partner, Dan Gasby.

She opened a successful offshoot of her original New York restaurant in Washington, D.C., and then a third on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor.

Smith, radiant as always, enjoyed mingling with guests, approaching diners, and quizzing them about the fare.

It was not unusual for her to help, either, running into the kitchen for dressing or to hurry along a drink order.

The Sag Harbor house on Sound-

Fire Department will be attending the Pasta with a Purpose dinner. The McCoy Bus Service company has donated a school bus for the day to the Montauk Fire Department, and it will likely be a crowded ride to Bridgehampton.

“We are like a big family,” Lenahan said.

Barbara Elaine Smith. Independent/Jessica MackinCipro

view Drive overlooking Sag Harbor Bay, which she and Gasby bought shortly after their marriage in 1992, was a showpiece, renovated at least twice and the scene of several TV shows featuring celebrity guests.

A first marriage, to HBO Senior Vice President Don Anderson, ended in divorce. He predeceased her in 2018.

Smith is survived by Gasby, her stepdaughter Dana Gasby, and brothers Ronald and Dennis Smith.

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Zeldin: Coastline Restoration Project On Schedule A billion dollars still set aside for FIMP

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

New York Congressman Lee Zeldin announced on February 26 that the Fire Island to Montauk Point project continues to move forward and is now in its design phase.

FIMP is an over $1-billion project that includes funding for essential dredging and shoreline projects spanning 83 miles of coastline, 80 percent of which is in the First Congressional District.

It includes a variety of coastal and wetland restoration projects that will use the natural environment to reduce flooding, erosion, and storm damage, while also preserving the natural environment and habitat for wildlife and provide various coastal management

initiatives for the bay side of the barrier beaches.

“FIMP is vital to our local environment, economy and coastal way of life, and the wide-spread devastation in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy emphasized the dire need to ensure our communities are prepared for the future,” said Zeldin.

“Since coming to Congress, I’ve helped move FIMP along and closer to implementation and worked with the Army Corps every step of the way to ensure local projects are prioritized.

The launch of FIMP’s design phase is great news for our local shorelines, and I look forward to continuing to move FIMP over the finish line.”

On February 26, Congressman Lee Zeldin met with representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including Commander of the New York District of the Army Corps Colonel Thomas Asbery, to receive an update on the Army Corps’ local work. Independent/Courtesy U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin's Office

Zeldin’s praise came just days after NY Senator Charles Schumer lambasted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, claiming dredges working on coastal restoration work near Moriches Inlet were diverted to Florida without warning.

Schumer noted the Florida project is near Mar-a-Lago, the Trump family retreat in West Palm Beach. “I write to request that you commit to promptly returning the Weeks Marine dredges. I also write to discern how this decision was made and by whom,” the senator wrote.

Schumer remarks drew a sharp rebuke from Zeldin: “I met with the Army Corps on (February 27) to reiterate the gratitude of the rest of us for their 24/7 operations all up and down our shores.

“Going forward, my message to anyone trying to knock the Army Corps for what they are championing on our behalf is to stand down. Take off the tin foil hat, let the experts do their job and help rather than work against our best interests.”

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Continued From Page 4. and that it still tasted fresh months later.

Remember, this was done in windy, minus40-degree temperatures, and Clarence realized that it was the extreme cold and the speed at which the fish were frozen that preserved their structure and their taste.

Returning to the states, he figured out how to build specialized machinery that could do the same thing. It’s a process now called flash freezing. Clarence was quite an inventor, even developing those waxed cardboard boxes that frozen veggies come in. And he leased freezers to stores so that they could carry frozen food.

Finances for this new thing were shaky, and he eventually sold the business to the Marjorie Merriweather Post family (owner of General Foods, Inc.) of cereal and Mar-a-Lago fame. The Birds Eye brand still carries his name. Note that on the packages there is no possessive apostrophe in the word birds.

Jon Clemens Editor’s note: The writer is referring to the “Rick’s Space” column in our February 26 issue.

Disturbing Artifacts Dear Editor, I’m writing in response to your piece on the dolls on display at the Rogers Memorial Library.

I have to say that I’m very confused about Dr. Georgette Grier-Key’s statement that the dolls are a symbol of hate when she herself curated an identical display not long ago.

In 2013, she curated a show at the Suffolk County Historical Society entitled “Hidden and Forbidden.”

It had many shocking and disturbing artifacts, including many dolls, advertisements, and a Ku Klux Klan outfit from the Riverhead area.

She gave a very lengthy interview to The New York Times. At no time does she protest the display of any of those

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artifacts or ask for their removal. In fact, as curator, she hand-picked each display, including the doll in question.

I hope you can ask Dr. Grier-Key to clarify her stance on the dolls. Her recent outcry begs the question, is she truly offended or just offended that the exhibit isn’t hers?

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, Colette Gilbert

Man’s Greatest Folly Dear Editor, Believing in man, instead of God, the Creator, is man’s greatest folly. Man’s failure to learn and teach God’s word, throughout the world, as He directed, has resulted in the world we live in today. A world gone mad! A world that goes against God and His will for man, whom He created in his image. A world mostly ignorant of God and the word of God.

God told the beginning history of humanity and the universe, and its creation, to Moses. Moses wrote the first five books of the Holy Bible, “The Word of God,” while almost in constant contact with the Creator himself for over 40 years. God selected a reluctant Moses as the leader to free God’s chosen people from over 400 years of enslavement by the country of Egypt. But Moses thought God’s chosen people would not believe that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had appeared to him and sent him to deliver them from bondage. To convince him to go, and to convince God’s chosen people, He told Moses to cast his shepherd rod on the ground.

When it hit the ground, it turned into a serpent, which scared Moses. Then, He told him to grab the serpent by its tail, and when he did, it turned back into the rod. God also told Moses to stick his hand under his clothes on his breast, and then told him to pull it out, and when he did, his “hand was leprous as snow.” God then had him repeat the cycle, and when he did, his hand was back to normal. Then, God told Moses those two signs and won-

Russell Calemmo presents Bill Hall, owner of One Stop Market in East Hampton, the Lions Club of East Hampton’s Citizen of the Year award. The Lions Club salutes business owners for their good work and community involvement. Independent/Courtesy The Lions Club of East Hampton

ders should convince them that the God of their fathers had sent him to free them.

But if not, then to draw some water from the river and pour it on dry ground and it would turn into blood.

The Bible tells of two occasions when Moses climbed up the mountain and spent 40 days and 40 nights with God, during which Moses did not drink water or eat bread. Moses spent more time with God, on Earth, than any other human being. As witnessed by the apostles, Peter, James, and John, they saw Moses, accompanied by the prophet Elijah, talking to Jesus some 14 centuries later, at what is called the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew Chapter 17).

From the information above, one would think it is enough for man to believe in God, and that there is life after death. Yet, they say that, “Scholarly con-

sensus sees Moses as a legendary figure and not a historical person, while retaining the possibility that a Moses-like figure existed.”

Apparently, the miseducated scholars, rather than believe in God and the word of God, believe the artistic sequence drawing of an ape, followed by sequent drawing changes, and eventually turning into a human. But an ape is an ape, and a human being is a human being. Thank God for the difference!

It has been said that Charles Darwin thought it was absurd to believe that the human eye “could have been formed by natural selection.” But it is far more absurd to disbelieve God, the Creator, who created everything, including us, than to believe Darwin, and his ungodly Theory of Evolution! Man’s unbelief leads to hell!

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Police Tennant’s Attempted Murder Trial Begins Check The Independent's website for daily updates beginning Monday, March 9

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The trial of Patchita Tennant, who faces multiple felony charges, including attempted murder, began Tuesday, March 3.

Attorneys involved began the process of examining prospective jurors in the case of the East Hampton CVS manager accused of shooting her boyfriend, Andrew Silas Mitchell, three

times with a .38-caliber revolver at their Flanders residence September 5.

Tennant’s attorneys, Matt Tuohy, who is expected to handle the bulk of the presentation to the jury during the trial, and Austin Manghan, have already said they are not contesting the fact that Tennant shot Mitchell. However, they say, it was in self-defense.

EHTPD: Burglar Gave Full Confession Made off with shotgun and Bowie knife, but left fingerprint behind

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

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The man police say burglarized two Northwest Woods residences on Sammys Beach Road on either January 30 or 31 wrote and signed a statement that amounts to a full confession, according to the East Hampton Town Police Department. Justin Williams, 23, of Middle Island, was charged with two counts of burglary after his arrest the afternoon of February 24.

The alleged crime, it appears, was one of opportunity.

It is not clear from the documents on file at East Hampton Town Justice Court on which of the last two days of January the alleged crimes occurred, since both dates are used on different documents.

Among the items police reported stolen were a nickel-plated 12-gauge

Patchita Tennant, at center, leaves the courtroom in Riverside where her trial on attempted murder charges has begun. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

They have described her as an abused woman.

“She is innocent. The truth is going to come out,” Tuohy said last week. “He had the gun on him. He fell and dropped the gun. It was a life-orRemington 870 Special Purpose Marine Magnum Pump-Action, a Bowie knife, and a bottle of Lucien Crochet Sancerre. Though the police distributed a surveillance camera image of the suspect, which was published by local media outlets, including The Independent, it was the bottle of Sancerre that allegedly did Williams in.

Williams told East Hampton detectives he was working for One Call Concepts Locating Services at the time of the incidents. He specializes in locating and flagging various underground electrical, telephone, and television cables, as well as water lines at sites before construction. On January 31, he said in his statement, he was assigned to a property on Sammys Beach Road, where the house was about to be demolished and replaced with another structure. When Williams arrived at the assigned address, he found two town employees posting a permit on the site.

death situation.”

Touhy said “the best jurors are intelligent people,” and added that he expects his client to testify, and anticipates Mitchell being called to Continued On Page 30.

Justin Williams before he was arraigned February 25. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

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Vered Talks After Pleading Not Guilty

want to hear my opinion,” she said. “This way they say things I didn’t say.”

She said reports that she was highly intoxicated the night of the incident were incorrect.

“The whole ridiculous thing started because I asked a question that they didn’t want to hear. They asked me to leave,” Vered said. “They said I was trespassing. I wasn’t trespassing. I paid to be there. I didn’t know it would be a movie.

I asked a question about that they didn’t want to hear, and they told me, ‘You have to leave now.’”

“The question was: Why are the Indians still, after 300 years, playing victims, and not moving on, like many minorities did?” she continued. “They didn’t like it because the whole movie was about these ‘poor’ victims. Immediately, they told me to leave.”

In a widely-viewed online video showing Vered being carried out by two officers, she is seen throwing a straightlegged kick at one of them. The arrest report says that the kick hit the officer in the knee, though in the video the kick appears to land in the groin area. Coyle blamed the escalation on Tutto’s manager putting his hands on Vered when he initially tried to get her to leave.

“We can be asked to leave certain places, but no one has the right to usher someone out physically,” Coyle said.

“At that point, I think, is where it went wrong.”

He added that, as an Israeli-born Jew, his client faced oppression herself.

“My client wants to express that she has fought for minorities and the oppressed her entire life,” Coyle said.

in a series of misdemeanor complaints brought against him in March 2017. The residence, owned by Jefferson Davis Eames, was the site where Jordan Johnson, an East Hampton teen, passed out and suffered a stroke during a party.

Johnson lay unconscious for a prolonged period. Initially paralyzed, the teen has since recovered.

Eames pleaded guilty in June 2017 to a series of charges stemming from several arrests in East Hampton and was sentenced to eight months in county jail.

Andrade pleaded guilty in 2019 to one of the four misdemeanor charges he faced for endangering the welfare of a child by allowing youths to openly become intoxicated at the Neck Path residence. In September 2019, Andrade was

sentenced to three years of probation by East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana.

He was also required to enter a drug and alcohol addiction treatment program.

A probation officer met with Andrade and reviewed the terms of his sentence twice. The officer reported in a recent letter to the court that Andrade had, between November 12, 2019 and January 28, 2020 skipped seven required meetings with her. In addition, she informed Rana, “Andrade failed to make any attempt to enter court-ordered long-term inpatient treatment and stated that he was not going to engage in said treatment or any form of inpatient or outpatient treatment.”

Charged with violating probation, Continued On Page 30.

She poses for mugshot, blames arrest on ‘political correctness’

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com Ruth Kalb, better known as Ruth Vered, the founder and former owner of the well-known art gallery Vered in East Hampton Village, pleaded not guilty in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court February 28 to a criminal misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest, along with trespassing and harassment.

Those charges were brought after Vered, 80, was physically removed by police following a question and answer session at Tutto Il Giorno, a restaurant on Main Street in Sag Harbor, the night of February 12. That discussion session followed a screening of “Conscience Point,” a 2019 documentary contrasting the lives of the residents of the Shin-

necock Indian Nation with their wealthy Hamptons neighbors.

After Vered was arrested, police released her from headquarters on Division Street with an appearance ticket, without processing her. After her attorney Robert Coyle entered the not guilty plea on Vered’s behalf on February 28, she was taken back to headquarters to be fingerprinted and have her mugshot taken.

Afterward, Vered and Coyle stopped to talk outside police headquarters, criticizing media reports that said she could not be reached for comment after her arrest.

“I could be reached. They just didn’t

Nearly A Year In Jail For House Party Bouncer He refused treatment, blew off probation, and is now behind bars

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The adult chaperone, or, “bouncer,” at several underage alcohol and drug parties will be spending most of the next year behind bars after being sentenced to 364 days by East Hampton Town Jus-

tice Lisa Rana February 27.

Robert Andrade, 44, was the adult in charge at a series of parties at a Neck Path house in Springs in December 2016, East Hampton Town police said

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Editorial

JUST ASKING

What do you think of the proposed balloon ban?

To Riverhead School District: What Now?

Is it just me? © Karen Fredericks

Voters within the Riverhead Central School District overwhelmingly turned down a nearly $100-million request for more funds last week for a desperately needed expansion and freshening of the facilities. We’ve seen other East End districts at loggerheads before, like Springs a decade or two ago, and Hampton Bays more recently.

A major problem, for voters at least, is paying to educate children who don’t live legally in the district. Property taxes must go up to accommodate them, and with a budget cap in place, needed renovations and expansions sometimes have to be put on hold.

Here is where the waters get muddied: Many school administrators believe a school-aged child living legally in the geographic boundary of the school district has a right to a free education, and we concur.

But the word legal pertains to the dwelling: overcrowded houses, illegal and unsafe basement apartments, buildings designated for commercial only use etc. are not legal dwellings. Any child in one of the above conditions is unfortunately, not a legal resident of the school district.

Our school districts owe it to their taxpayers to work with the town’s code enforcement personnel, diligently checking addresses, even following school buses to make sure the kids get off at their proper stops.

Then there are undocumented workers who live in the district, in dwellings that are legal one-family houses or apartments. Kids shouldn’t be part of the political tugof-war tearing this country apart. If they live here, it is our responsibility to welcome them.

Yes, school officials can and should work with the town, but we don’t want our educators to be immigration officials: We want them to teach.

Our school districts and town governments must work in tandem to identify gray areas.

Riverhead is one of the East End’s more affordable districts. The median home prices are still realistic there. We attract young couples who marry and yes, want to raise a family. It’s the life blood of any community. These children are our future firefighters, our new ambulance volunteers, school board members, and our new neighbors.

Equally important is to weed out the crooked landlords who would profit from the overcrowding by increasing penalties. Those living illegally find a legal dwelling or unfortunately, leave the district.

U.S.C. will give free tuition to low income students, partly due to the college admissions scandal, when wealthy parents bribed their kids way into college.

By Karen Fredericks

How ironic. Those cheating parents are now partly responsible for thousands of poorer kids getting free tuition.

Daisy Yao We can live without using balloons.

We can use other things to celebrate our birthdays and other occasions. We don’t use balloons in any other part of our daily lives so it’s not like we’re giving up some sort of basic necessity. We could use paper, which is recyclable, to create things to celebrate with.

Don Matheson It’s a good thing to ban. They fly away.

The sink into the ocean.

It’s more pollution of our waters. Fish swallow them. Animals swallow them.

It’s something we can do without.

There are other and better ways to entertain our children.

Brandon Santiago Anything that will help with the problems we’re having with pollution has got to be a good thing.

Selina Chi It’s harmful to the environment. And our marine animals can eat the plastic in the water and die. So, I think the balloon ban is a really good policy. We can use more environmentally friendly things to celebrate our birthdays.

Now what? Do we jail them or hail them?

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

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Arts & Entertainment LVIS Cookbook Debuts Celebrating its 125th anniversary with eating and entertaining

By Karen Fredericks karen@karenfredericks.com

Members of the Ladies’ Village Improvement Society of East Hampton were surveyed by the president of the organization at the time, Anne Thomas, as to what projects the organization should embark on to celebrate the upcoming 125th anniversary. The clear and runaway winner was: a new cookbook.

Ruth Appelhof, a member, who at the time was the director of Guild Hall, knew the legendary food writer and East Hampton resident Florence Fabricant, and suggested her as a perfect partner for the project. And so, as they say, the match was made.

Together over the next three years, the LVIS and a committee of volunteers worked with Fabricant to create and produce “The Ladies’ Village Improvement Society Cookbook: Eating and Entertaining in East Hampton.”

The book, published by Rizzoli, will be released on April 7 and will be widely available at bookstores, online, and, of course, at the LVIS Shops on Main Street.

This isn’t the first cookbook the LVIS has produced. There have been several predecessors, including one published in 1896. They have been simple, text-only, mostly black-andwhite booklets; plain and straightforward paperbacks that are nothing like this splendid and visually stunning new version.

This edition is a lavish 256-page book, illustrated with more than 200 photos by Doug Young. It features more than 100 recipes for food and drink, grouped into 20 menus, with directions on how to splendify everything from

everyday meals to poolside lunches.

In addition, there are strawberry-and tomato-themed celebrations to feature items from the East End’s famed local produce.

Included are recipes from current LVIS members, as well as from highprofile East Hampton residents Ina Garten, Eric Ripert, Martha Stewart, Laurent Tourondel, Christie Brinkley, Katie Lee, Hilaria Baldwin, Laurie Anderson, and Alex Guarnaschelli, to name a few, and from food authorities and frequent visitors such as Carla Hall and Jacques Pépin.

Local culinary hotspots contributing recipes include the Seafood Shop, Wölffer Estates, Nick & Toni’s, the 1770 House, and the Maidstone hotel. Young’s photography shines a light on the freshness and originality of the food, and historical photographs and anecdotes culled from the LVIS archives and The East Hampton Star,

Martha Stewart calls the LVIS cookbook “an essential addition to everyone’s collection of culinary books.”

Independent/Doug Young

peppered throughout the cookbook, highlight the legacy and importance of food in this quintessential American seaside town.

Fabricant is an acclaimed food and wine reporter for The New York Times.

She is also the best-selling author of 13 cookbooks, including Rizzoli’s “Park Avenue Potluck,” “City Harvest,” “Wine with Food,” and “The New York Restaurant Cookbook.”

According to Colleen Rando, who has written a book about the history of the organization that is available in its shop, LVIS forged a partnership with village government that continues today. It thrives almost 125 years later, adapting to changing times while remaining true to its original mission: the maintenance and preservation of historical landmarks, ponds, parks, greens, and trees, and for the charita-

ble and educational improvement and advancement of the general welfare of East Hampton.

Its membership consists of approximately 350 local women, all of them volunteers, who in the last 10 years have raised and spent $5 million maintaining the trees, the village greens, the Nature Trail, and funding scholarships for many local students, as well as women going back to school to earn a college degree.

In the foreword by Martha Stewart, the author of more than 80 books, she refers to the LVIS as “the guardian of the character and beauty of East Hampton.” Thanking the contributors, Stewart, known as “The Domestic Goddess” and “the queen of all things lifestyle,” calls this book “an essential addition to everyone’s collection of culinary books.”

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Walking In The Footsteps Of Pollock, De Kooning

Guild Hall’s Artist Members Exhibition. Independent/ Jess Dalene

Artist Members exhibit welcomes guest curator from the Guggenheim

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

It was in 1931 that Guild Hall in East Hampton opened its doors. Shortly after, in 1938, Guild Hall held its first Artist Members Exhibition. Early joiners included Alfonso Ossorio, Bill King, Charlotte Park, Jackson Pollock, James Brooks, John Little, Lee Krasner, and Perle Fine. They came together to show their support for the cultural hub amid a deeply rooted artist colony.

The exhibit returns March 7 through April 18 featuring artwork from museum members of all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Now in its 82nd year, it’s the oldest non-juried show on Long Island. Each year, roughly 400

artists participate. Christina Strassfield, Guild Hall’s museum director and curator, said “It is a wonderful opportunity for artists to exhibit their work.

Through the exhibition I am able to see the different types of work artists are doing and to speak with some of the artists.”

This year’s guest juror is associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum, Susan Thompson. She will review the exhibit in its entirety and present up to 17 artists with awards across categories in Best Photography, Best Representational Work, Best Sculpture, Best Abstract, Best Mixed Media, Best Work on

Paper, Best New Artist, and Catherine & Theo Hios Best Landscape Award, in addition to up to eight honorable mentions. The Top Honors award will go to the juror’s top pick, who will then receive a solo exhibit in Guild Hall’s Spiga Gallery later in the year.

“I would not think of not being a part of the Artist Members Exhibition every year. The exhibition is both historic and democratic and a genuine community experience. One walks in the footsteps of de Kooning, Pollock and Krasner, et al., who all participated in this event in their day,” said Stepha-

nie Brody-Lederman, two-time top honors winner. “I gained a great deal of confidence because of these awards.”

Thompson’s involvement with Guggenheim ties in seamlessly with the East End exhibit. She is one of the organizing curators for the Young Collectors Council, which obtains work from emerging artists for the museum’s permanent collection, and on the Photography Council. In addition, she’s curated several exhibits of her own.

There will be a private members reception on Saturday, March 7, from 4 to 6 PM. Visit www.guildhall.org.

David Wellen Is Joe Hampton A musical career 40 years and counting

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com David Wellen lives a double life, but it’s the kind of life melophiles could envy.

By day, Wellen is a landscaper and treasurer at the Riverhead Moose Lodge.

By night, he is Joe Hampton, the lead singer of a local rock band.

“David Wellen and Joe Hampton are very different guys,” Wellen said of his alter ego. “I am more quiet and reserved off stage. On stage, I am an entirely different person.”

The Westchester County native has been hitting the stage since the late ’70s, forming his sound around punk rock. In 1979, he moved to the East End but needed a name that would look better in neon lights, a name that would accurately portray the vibe he was eager to put out. Thus, Joe Hampton was born, “like Joe Cool or Joe College,” he said. That’s when he started Joe

Hampton and the Mindless Members, making appearances at East End destinations and then notable city establishments CBGSs, Max’s Kansas City, and The Mudd Club. “The music I play now is totally different from my early stuff and later releases,” Wellen said.

Gone are his punk rock days and instead replaced with a soft, classic rock style. In 2019 alone, Joe Hampton and his band members played to 71 different audiences. Throughout his 40-year-plus career the vocalist and drummer has released six different CDs with his two main bands, The Mindless Members and The Kingpins, a musical partnership formed in 1992.

Albums include 1999’s Angry Joe and the Relatives “Revenge for Tomorrow,” 2001’s Joe Hampton and The Kingpins “Guilty as Sin,” 2003’s “Not Afraid of

Independent/Courtesy David Wellen

Anything,” 2004’s “Alligator Shoes,” 2015’s Joe Hampton “Back On Track,” and his latest, Joe Hampton and the Mindless Members with “Society is Snapping,” featuring fresh recordings of tracks originally written back in 1980.

“The last few years I am getting a better response than ever at my live performances and it is very gratifying,” Wellen said.

He has three benefit concerts

coming up. On March 21, at 2 PM, he will be playing the Spring Fling Music Concert at the Riverhead American Legion. On May 2, at 6:30 PM, catch him at the sixth annual Rock N’ Blues for the Vets at the Riverhead Moose Lodge with special emcee Bill Evans from WLNG, and on September 3, at 4 PM, he will be at the Old Steeple Church scholarship benefit in Aquebogue.

Learn more at www.joehamptonmusic.com.

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Greenport’s antique carousel.

The Gin Mist at The Merchant’s Wife.

I took a weekend getaway to Greenport with a few girlfriends to discover all that’s new in the favorite North Fork village. I love Greenport any time of the year, and even though it’s known for being a summer waterfront town, that shouldn’t stop you from visiting in the winter. There’s just as much to enjoy.

We stayed at Menhaden, a boutique hotel with high-end service, and from the moment we checked in, it felt like home. The rooms were beyond spacious and beautifully decorated. The copy of “Moby Dick” on the bedside was a nice touch to pay homage to the town’s whaling history.

Menhaden is also home to The Merchant’s Wife, its on-site restaurant, as well as a café and a roof deck outfitted with a cute winter igloo (we had to drop in to take a photo or 300).

Instead of the mini bar price gouging we’re all so used to (“Don’t you dare touch that $12 bag of chips”), you’ll find unlimited snacks, endless Pellegrino sparkling waters, fresh juice, and coffee and tea in a gallery on each floor of the hotel. In

the morning, there are complimentary warm pastries. (You had me at complimentary Pellegrino!)

Dinner on Friday night was at the Halyard, located at the Sound View hotel, and it was just what we had in mind. With a menu crafted by chef Stephan Bogardus (formerly of North Fork Table & Inn) it offers seafood goodness that does not disappoint. I ordered the monk fish with a side of cauliflower with a black garlic tahini. When I tell you this cauliflower is something to be excited about, I mean it. So is all of the food at Halyard. After dinner we headed to the on-site piano bar for a red wine nightcap, and enjoyed live music in this cozy setting.

Sound View is also hosting an artist-in-residence program with artists like Kara Hoblin, Ryan Bock, Kim Fulmer, Lindsay Branham, and more throughout the winter. Check the website for a full schedule of events coming up.

On Saturday, it was brunch at The Merchant’s Wife, and I couldn’t recommend it more, made even better with the unlimited mimosa option (yes, please!). The avocado mash on

the avocado toast is, in my humble opinion, unrivaled. (It’s the little things in life that make me happy!).

After brunch we rode Greenport’s antique carousel like the children we pretend we still are. You’re never too old for a carousel. And for $2 per ride, it’s the best deal in town.

Shopping in Greenport is always fun. We found ourselves at The Vintage Times, which sells everything from records to vintage clothing. I found the perfect piece of luggage, a vintage baby blue Samsonite, so I can always feel like I’m boarding a Pan Am flight in 1964.

Next stop of the day was Kontokosta Vineyard, which offers brilliant views of the Long Island Sound, as well as a brilliant cheese plate and wine, of course.

Greenport does very well with spectacularly crafted cocktails and the places we stopped in for a drink over the weekend did not disappoint.

Try the Gin Mist with fresh lavender at The Merchant’s Wife or the cosmo (it’s not just any cosmo) at Black Llama Bar at American Beech.

Dinner at First and South on Saturday night was magnificent. We

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indulged in dishes like mussels and chicken paillard. I would highly recommend the vegetarian French onion soup, filled with hearty vegetables and a very nice gruyere.

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Fresh Voices

Last year's Writers Speak.

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Writers Speak at Stony Brook University welcomes a new set of authors

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Stony Brook Southampton MFA in Creative Writing and Literature welcomes the return of Writers Speak Wednesdays, a semester-long series showcasing selected authors and their works.

Curating Writers Speak this semester is associate professor at the MFA program, Paul Harding. In 2010, Harding’s novel “Tinkers” won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and his second novel “Elon,” in 2013, received a Guggenheim Fellowship and the PEN American Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers. In addition, Harding has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Harvard University, and Grinnell College.

“This semester, we have almost all younger writers who have just published their first books. That’s cool for the students here because getting that first book out into the world sometimes can look pretty daunting from the per-

spective of grad school. Seeing people who are essentially peers read from their shiny new books is inspiring,” Harding said. “Readers are always hungry for new voices, new faces on the scene.”

Each semester the lineup changes, giving students an opportunity to listen, learn, and perhaps admire writers from varied genres, walks of life, and stages in their careers. Harding said, “The best reactions from students are when a reader’s work opens up a new doorway in their own imaginations. I love that moment of recognition.”

Beyond the student body, readers from all over gather to listen to the authors and hear their stories, both personal and professional.

“I know all the authors and can’t wait for them to meet our students, and our students to meet them,” Harding said.

The spring series launched on February 26 with author Ayana Mathis, graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a recipient of the 2014-15 New York Public Library’s Cullman Center Fellowship.

Continuing the line-up of authors will be the MFA faculty reading featuring Cornelius Eady, Neal Gabler, Paul Harding, Ursula Hegi, Amy Hempel, Christian McLean, Susan Scarf Merrell, Roger Rosenblatt, Julie Sheehan, and Lou Ann Walker on March 11; Simeon Marsalis “As Lie is to Grin” and Dawnie Walton “Opal & Nev” on April 8; Stony Brook alumna Caitlin Mullen reads from “Please See Us”

on April 15; Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduate Kiley Reid will share her New York Times bestseller “Such a Fun Age” on April 22; The Southampton Review Summer/Fall 2020 Issue Launch Party will take place on April 29; and the final session, on May 6, will be a reading featuring students of the Stony Brook Southampton MFA Program.

These readings are free open to the public. Receptions begin at 6:30 PM and readings start at 7 PM in the Rakoff Theater on the second floor of Chancellors Hall of the university, at 239 Montauk Highway in Southampton. For more information, visit www. stonybrook.edu.

Morgan Vaughan: Finding Your True Voice Workshop for adults culminates in March 16 cabaret

By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com “You see, it’s not really about singing,” said Morgan Vaughan. “It’s about acting.”

Vaughan, along with musical director Amanda Jones, has been offering a “Singing for Singers and Actors” eight-week cabaret class at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, which will culminate on Monday, March 16, with a performance that is free and open to the public at 6 PM. Vaughan, who grew up in East Hampton and founded the Round Table Theatre Company here with her husband, Tristan Vaughan, has been on stage around the East End and around the country. Most recently, locally, she was seen in “Admissions” at the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue, but she was also executive director at LTV, East Hampton’s television station, until she stepped away to go back to her first

love, the stage.

She has chosen the songs for each student each week, concentrating on different genres. “One week was standards, another was story songs,” she said. The night we spoke, the class was preparing for comic songs.

“The idea was to pair each student with a song or songs perfect for their voice and type, and teach them how to sell it,” she said. “And it’s for singers of all abilities.” Jones, who also grew up in East Hampton and is the musical director for countless local shows, is the accompanist for each performer.

Songs in the showcase include pieces by master songwriters like Stephen Sondheim and Johnny Mercer, songs from favorite musicals, but also tunes by Joni Mitchell and David Bowie. “It’s a hodgepodge,” Vaughan said with a laugh. “But it’s so much fun.”

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The students are given their song a week in advance so they have time to prepare. They are not expected to read music, just listen to the song and make it their own.

“It’s not about head voice or chest voice, or belting something out,” Vaughan said. “That’s not what singing is. It’s about telling a story.”

She thinks for a minute, then says,

“Really, it’s about finding your true voice.”

The class has been successful, and Vaughan plans to hold more of them in the future. For now, she hopes members of the public will come to the show on March 16 at Bay Street. “Most of the students have some experience on the stage, but some don’t,” she said. “It’s going to be new and exciting for them.”

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Indy Snaps Love Bites Photos by Richard Lewin The annual Love Bites event was held on Saturday, February 29, at the Bridgehampton Community House.

The event benefited Katy’s Courage, a local organization dedicated to supporting education, children’s bereavement support, and pediatric cancer research. It included tastings from chef Peter Ambrose, Art of Eating, Bell and Anchor, Bostwick’s, The Clubhouse, Green Hill Kitchen, Silver Spoon Specialties, Dreesen’s Donuts, and many others.

Bedside Authors Weekend Photo by Nicole Teitler Hamptons Bedside Authors Weekend kicked off on Friday, February 28, at Topping Rose in Bridgehampton at 6 PM with Amy Impellizzeri, “I Know How This Ends.” 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 ran its second installment February 28 through March 1, bringing together six unique authors for a selection of literary events throughout the weekend.

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READING OUR REGION

By Joan Baum

Putnam Shows Cop Cred In ‘The Heartless’ Author’s seventh in his Bruno Johnson thriller series David Putnam’s end note to the seventh in his Bruno Johnson thriller series shows not only that truth can be stranger than fiction but that sometimes you can put different truths together and wind up with an even stranger romp. In “The Heartless,” Putnam draws on an August 1995 jailbreak in San Bernadino, CA, the largest breakout in the county’s history, a record that still stands today.

The conspiracy, organization, and execution were “stunning,” Putnam writes. Six suspects on trial for separate murders “used accomplices armed with cordless drills to take out a window in the visiting area of the jail.” Putnam gloms onto this bizarre incident and uses it to challenge his black protagonist hero, Bruno Johnson, while recreating depressingly authentic and frightening scenes of Los Angeles neighborhoods taken over by gangs such as the Crips and Bloods.

A well-seasoned high-level cop who had left the violent crimes team of the San Bernadino Sheriff ’s Department, Putnam notes that the San Bernadino jailbreak got him called back into SWAT team service. With his partner, he tracked down the first suspect, a “death row eligible,” who had beheaded a woman in front of her five-

year old daughter. Eventually, the other escapees were caught — a harrowing story given grisly flesh and blood reenactment in Putnam’s (innocuously titled) new crime novel — but the author says he couldn’t resist giving the jailbreak ringleader a “sexual proclivity involving women’s feet.”

In “The Heartless,” Louis Borkow, who also decapitates a woman, kills not only to protect and enhance his criminal empire but to exact revenge on anyone who disrespects his foot fetish.

Of course, Bruno, who works as a bailiff in a Compton Court, will take him down, but how and where and when constitute the core of Putnam’s tale.

“There isn’t any other job in the world that offers such excitement, such pure emotion,” Bruno says, as he lets himself be lured back into action.

A reader may wonder if the new book is a prequel or sequel, but the thriller does stand on its own, even though an unresolved conclusion about Bruno’s wayward 15-year-old daughter, Olivia, in love with a punk, makes it obvious that book number eight will be on the way. One hopes that Bruno emerges as more than a big, super-smart cop who intuits his way to solving crime based on experience, peer respect, sheer brawn, and procedural savvy.

Told in the first person when Bruno is in charge of the narrative but in the third when events involve Borkow or gang members, “The Heartless” unrolls in alternating short chapters, a familiar technique of suspense novels, but that gives Putnam a chance to show off his cop cred. For example, why is a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 revolver, the same make and model used by The Son of Sam, Bruno’s small gun of choice?

Though Bruno doesn’t really come alive (what does he look and sound like?), “The Heartless” can boast some interesting secondary characters, such as Bruno’s pal, Judge Phillip Connors, who wants to get into the action, mix it up, using “antiquated terms” reminiscent of old crime novels and movies, as Bruno notes. He’s like a “lost literature professor from the ’60s who had stopped for directions to Haight and Ashbury.” Nice.

“The Heartless” is Putnam’s com-

pelling insider look at the criminal justice system: prison, recidivism, corruption, narcotics in and out of jail, the vulnerability of largely black and Latino adolescents and the decay of low-income, drug-ridden urban areas.

Bruno’s girlfriend, a deputy district attorney, worked in the “educated or intellectual section of the justice system,” Bruno said. “I populated the knuckledragging street-cop part that brought in the bloodied absconders to answer for their crime.”

His tour of criminal neighborhoods, the frustrations faced by police and the inferred failure of social services should be required reading for all law-enforcement personnel. “Sunset Boulevard never slept. People prowled both sides of the street: hookers, drug users, and lost souls, all of them looking for something. Johns or an easy mark to clip or for a place in this world they’d never find.”

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Songwriters Share

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Songwriters Share continues at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse on Friday, March 6, at 7:30 PM with Black and Sparrow playing for Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons.

Winterfest

Writers Speak Wednesdays returns to Stony Brook Southampton with an MFA faculty reading on Wednesday, March 11, at 6:30 PM. Learn more at www.stonybrook.edu.

Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett will bring to the stage East End Tim and The Where I Been on Saturday, March 7, at 8 PM, followed by Inner Roots at 10 PM. See more at www.stephentalkhouse.com.

Long Island Winterfest presents a list of live music. On Friday, March 6, at 5:30 PM, Bob Pinnola will be at the Riverhead Ciderhouse and at 6 PM Greg Parr will be at the Cooperage Inn in Calverton. On Saturday, March 7, at 1 PM, Paul Foschino performs at Riverhead Ciderhouse and at 2 PM, Edward Cassidy will be at Heron Suites in Southold. At 6 PM on March 7, Brian Dyer plays at the Cooperage Inn, and at 7 PM, The HooDoo Loungers play at Clovis Point Vineyard, with DJ Oh Henry at Moustache Brewing Company also at 7 PM. On Sunday, March 8, at 2 PM, Erin Chase performs at Long Ireland Beer Company in Riverhead. See more details at www.longislandwinterfest.com.

THEATER

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Kiss The Sky, a Jimi Hendrix tribute band, will perform at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 7, at 8 PM. Learn more at www.whbpac.org.

On Saturday, March 7, at 8 PM, Mason Music Series presents Hot Club of Montauk at 200 Main Street in Sag Harbor. Learn more at www.masonicmusicseries.com.

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Suffolk Theater COMEDY Straight Up with Stassi “Vanderpump Rules” star Stassi Schroeder will perform on Wednesday, March 11, at 8 PM at The Paramount in Huntington. Grab tickets at www.paramountny.com.

FILM Silkwood On Saturday, March 7, at 7 PM, Alec Baldwin will host a HamptonsFilm Now Showing screening of “Silkwood” at Guild Hall in East Hampton. Grab tickets at www.guildhall.org.

Jay Myself Southampton Arts Center screens “Jay Myself” on Sunday, March 8, at 3 PM followed by a Q&A with director Stephen Wilkes. Learn more at www. southamptonartscenter.org.

Audrey Flack Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents the film “Audrey Flack: Queen of Hearts” and talk with Flack on Friday, March 6, at 6 PM. See more at www.parrishart.org.

WORDS Whaling History On Saturday, March 7, at 1 PM, Southampton History Museum presents a lecture on whaling captains with curator Zachary Taylor. Learn more at www.southamptonhistory.org.

Art And Artifacts Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead presents a curator’s talk and tour of the exhibit “Native People of the Eastern Woodlands: Art and Artifacts” on Saturday, March 7, at 1 PM. To learn more, visit www.suffolkcountyhistoricalsociety.org.

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Sisterhood Lunch, from noon to 2 PM on Wednesday, March 11. Bring lunch; bring a friend. Coffee, tea, and dessert will be served and there will be discounts on books by women. Visit www. caniosbooks.com.

Writers Speak

On Friday, March 6, at 5:30 PM, Gerard Doyle will perform “Fremont’s Farewell” at the John Jermain Public Library in Sag Harbor. Learn more at www.johnjermain.org.

Sherlock’s Secret Life Boots on the Ground Theater will perform “Sherlock’s Secret Life,” by Ed Lange, Friday, March 6 through March 22 at the Southampton Cultural Center.

Grab tickets at www.scc-arts.org.

On Friday, March 6, at 8 PM, The Machine comes to Suffolk Theater in Riverhead to perform the hits of Pink Floyd. On Saturday, March 7, at 8 PM will be The Moody Blues’ John Lodge.

Grab tickets at www.suffolktheater. com.

Stephen Talkhouse

On Saturday, March 7, at 8 PM, Inda Eaton will play at Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Buy tickets at www.bay-

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

Wolf Hall North Fork Community Theatre in Mattituck presents “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel Friday, March 6 through March 23. See tickets and showtimes at www.nfct.com.

MUSIC Jazz Night The Jam Session Inc presents Soul/ Jazz every Thursday night at Ed’s Lobster Bar in Sag Harbor at 6:30 PM. See more at www.edslobsterbar.com.

Music Masters East End Arts in Riverhead presents a jazz concert with Dr. Thomas Manuel on Friday, March 6, at 5:30 PM at Hotel Indigo East End. Get tickets at www. eastendarts.org.

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On Sunday, March 8, at 12 PM, Louis Bauer, senior director of horticulture at Wave Hill will discuss the gardens at Wave Hill at The Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack. Learn more at www. madoo.org.

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Townline BBQ in Wainscott hosts live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. This Friday, March 6, will be Sonic Gumbo.

Head to www.townlinebbq.com.

Plus!!!! Saturday, March 14 at 2 pm FREE student matinee.

Sisterhood Lunch

Southampton Arts Center presents Jobs Pub, a Broadway sing-along on Friday, March 6, at 7 PM. Learn more at www.southamptonartscenter.org.

Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor will continue to celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8) with a Women’s

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A special Saturday matinee free for area students followed by a Q&A with Detective Sergeant Lisa Costa from the Southampton Police Department. Detectives then and now. Seating is limited.

Reservations: scc@scc-arts.org. Or call 631-287-4377.

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RICK’S SPACE

By Rick Murphy

Roll Another One rmurphy@indyeastend.com For those of us who lived the peace and love dream (even if we don’t remember), it is inconceivable that marijuana is becoming legal, especially in New York state.

In Colorado, and other states and countries where smoking cannabis products is legal, you walk into a store much like a supermarket and the “products” have catchy names and come in various degrees of potency.

As a hippie who smoked weed for years, I am here to tell parents and legislators who want to de-criminalize smoking what I learned: DON’T DO IT! DON’T MAKE IT LEGAL! FOR GOD’S SAKE, MAN! That’s because there is a myth going around that pot isn’t harmful. I have smoked stuff that makes my body heavy machinery I couldn’t operate. Driving a car after smoking some of this stuff

would only work if it were bumper cars at Coney Island. More to the point, I hate to see some of our teenagers today make the same mistakes I made when I was a stoned teenager, mainly act like a jerk.

First of all, I’d like to set the record straight with Cheech and Chong. None of your movies were funny, dudes, none of them. We only laughed because we had wicked buzzes on. But I stand by my infatuation with “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.”

I’d like to apologize to all the blues singers from down south. Instead of listening to your authentic music, we listened to foppish English boys singing your music in shrill voices while wearing puffy lace blouses.

I’d like to apologize to every girlfriend I referred to as “My Lady,” except the one named Genevieve, because that really was her name.

I’d like to apologize further to every lady friend whom I renamed “Sunshine.”

I’m personally sorry I broke up with several girlfriends because I “had to ramble” and then went back to my room at my parents’ house and “rambled” with my toy soldiers while the babes went off to sleep with the band.

To the lady at Carvel: I’m sorry I made you watch me construct those sundaes, which featured everything that could possibly fit into the cup, including the dead flies in the frozen ice cream cake cooler.

My hair. I had crazy, frizzy hair.

A glorious crazy, curly mop, that rose into the sky and proclaimed my nonconformity. My hair, my big brother finally told me, just attracted mites and the like. Once my mother took me to the doctor and he told her I had head lice.

“That’s not the only place I have them!”

I proclaimed proudly, wearing them like a badge of honor. I had simplex and duplex, thank you.

My hair grew at least a couple of feet high until my old man ran out of patience.

Once we were sitting at the dinner table eating and he abruptly put his fork down and said loudly, “When are you going to cut that god damn thing?”

“You just don’t like it because I’m not conforming to what you perceive it should look like. You are more concerned

with what the neighbors think,” I replied calmly.

“I don’t care what the neighbors think,” he said. “I think you look like an ass****!”

I could roll a joint anywhere, any time. I once rolled a joint on the tarmac of Kennedy airport while a plane was taking off 50 yards away without dropping so much as a twig.

Part of the allure of smoking was that it was illegal. That we did it despite the ever-present man looking to bring us down. It was exhilarating to be an outlaw, and I was unafraid to take on the military industrial complex. I wasn’t going to take any crap from anyone — well, not enough to jeopardize the $20 allowance my parents gave me. In other words, I was all for “Tear Down the Wall,” just not my wall. While I was overthrowing the government and studying Friedrich Nietzsche, my major in college was Corporate Finance.

Ironically, I spent a couple grand on marijuana last week — companies listed on Wall Street. I’ve already lost $500 and I didn’t even smoke any.

This is a flippant column, tongue in cheek. What isn’t funny is the thousands of young people whose lives were ruined because they were incarcerated for smoking. How did we get from there to here?

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KISS & TELL

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Swan Story Redux Bad bird behavior kissandtellhb@gmail.com As my loyal readers will remember, I was very concerned for my single swan paddling around Otter Pond. Since swans tend to mate for life, I was verifiably worried about his loneliness and future love life. I suggested he head to the American Hotel to find an age appropriate bird of a feather, but no luck.

(Male swans stay in their home nest while female swans tend to migrate to Colorado, the last bastion of legal pot and available free men.)

Then, low and behold, on Christmas Eve I found him with his new female consort regally crossing the pond, swimming up to me to capture their love in an Instagram moment #youarethewindbeneathmywings. As I had been working on a love spell for my swan, I felt completely vindicated

and satisfied. They happily set flight to Boca for the winter and all was well in the world.

Until . . . he returned to Otter Pond . . . alone. Oh no! What happened, I wondered? All sorts of scenarios ran through my head.

Was it during the flight south where she wanted to take the scenic route and stop at various charming towns along the way to check out local crafts and book stores while he just wanted to fly the fastest route to get to the destination? (Full disclosure: Nova Scotia is lost to me for this very reason.)

Did she think she was going to be on an exclusive, secluded Florida waterway close to the ocean only to discover that she was in a swan condo

crowded in what passed for a “pond” on a golf course with poorly pitched nine irons sending balls at her head constantly?

Maybe she ended up in Palm Beach in the swinger swan scenario where an innocent night of bingo goes so wrong and brings out the worst of kinky aviary tendencies. Maybe he was simply a Don Swan seducing her with empty words and wet feathers never to commit.

Or perhaps she felt he was an evolved male with education and concerns for the environment — wetlands free of toxins for their nests and clean air for their flights and safety for their cygnets — yet found herself in Florida at a Trumpeter Swan rally.

Or maybe she was at fault and he discovered she was shaking a tail feather at the Everglades Club at a swan with a distinctive preppy bow tie and a fancier summer nest on Georgica Pond.

Or was just happy to draft on his air to return south to hook up with her ex.

That adorable little pouty beak of hers was so cute until it yapped, yapped the whole time, wanting him to talk about his feelings. Was there some sort of nefarious fowl play?

And beyond my feathered friends, what about me? The swan’s happiness was my sign from the universe that de-

B9 spite all odds love was possible. It was safe to hope again. Hell, I was even wearing make-up to the car wash. Do I now have to go back to playing “Eleanor Rigby”? Binge watching “Outlander”? Moping around on a Saturday night with some sort of dairy-free dessert?

Spring is still around the corner, and I do not want to embrace negativity. I am going to have to work on that love spell for him and for me. After all, as the great poet Emily Dickinson said, “Hope is the thing with feathers.”

The swan’s happiness was my sign from the universe that despite all odds love was possible.

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

Italian Night Dinner The Rotary Club of Southold will host an Italian Night Dinner on Monday, March 9, from noon to 8 PM at Touch of Venice in Cutchogue. All proceeds will benefit community projects. A do-

nation of $25 will include your choice of four gourmet pasta entrees. Visit www.eventbrite.com for tickets.

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Tripoli Gallery Located in Southampton for 10 years, from 2009 to 2018, Tripoli Gallery is beginning its next phase in Wainscott. The gallery’s new home is a 2400-square-foot warehouse with an 18-foot-high ceiling, located right off of Montauk Highway and next to the Wainscott Greens park. The new location allows the gallery to expand its possibilities and add studios to allow for artists in residence to work on site.

Through expression and conversation between artists and visitors, the gallery

aims to create a space that engages the local community and beyond.

The first artist in residence is Alice Hope, who is working on a commission for the U.S. Embassy in Africa. For more info, visit www.tripoligallery.com.

Two Visions “Two Artists, Two Visions” will be on display at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.

The show features Anne Sager’s photographs and Lewis Zacks’s paintings.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 7, from 4 to 8 PM.

will be held at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett on Thursday, March 5, at 7 PM. There will be music by Jay Schneiderman & Friends, The Rum Hill Rockers, and Sup de Jour with Peter Van Scoyoc. Tickets are $25 or $30 at the door. The Retreat supports victims of domestic abuse. Visit www.theretreatinc.org.

Two Forks And A Cork On Saturday, March 7, from 6 to 8 PM, the Parrish Art Museum Business Two longtime friends, Arlene Bujese and Fran Castan, have collaborated on presenting the exhibition. Proceeds from the affordably priced works will benefit four East End charities: The Retreat, East End Hospice, East End Special Players, and Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center.

Visit www.ashawagh-hall.org.

All The Places We Go The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “All The Places We Go,” with an opening reception on Saturday, March 7, from 5 to 7 PM. The show features artists Steve Haweeli, Setha Low, Dorothy Ganek, David Bender, Kevin Casey, Ted Stamelos, James Slezak, Anthony D’Avino, Phil Marco, LuAnn Thompson, Laurie Devault, Wiliam Taylor, Berges Alvarez, Maureen Pouder, Susan Richardson, Joanne Handler, Brian Craig, Joel Lefkowitz, Linda Reville Eisenberg, Jack Flo, Laura Benjamin, Donna Corvi, Louis Puglisi, Neva Setlow, Jim Molloy, Jim Sabiston, Karen Kirshner, Christina Stow, Alan Katz, Linda Sirow, Ephraim Wuensch, Sigrid Owen, Jodiann Fasano, Alicia Gitlitz, Leonardo the Fabulous, Martha McAleer, Keith Ramsdell, John Mazlish, Joe Pallister, Francisco Rizquez, Mathew Smith, and John Fasano. The show will run through April 5. Visit www.thewhiteroom.gallery.

Council is hosting Two Forks and a Cork — a lively evening of local wine and spirits tastings, hors d’oeuvres, live music, and gallery exploration in a setting for socializing and networking.

The event features a selection of wines from premier East End vineyards and vodka mixed drinks from a local craft distillery. Admission for Two Forks and a Cork, open to attendees 21 and older, is $55 for Parrish Members and $75 for non-members. Visit www.parrishart.org.

Robert Dash The Madoo Conservancy in Bridgehampton presents “Robert Dash: Printmaker.” A preview will be held during the third annual THAW Fest, on Saturday, March 7, from 10 AM to 4 PM, with a talk by master printmaker Dan Welden at 11 AM. The exhibition will then be on view in the summer studio at Madoo by appointment only through May 15, and then open to the public during regular open hours, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4 PM, through July 18. Visit www.madoo.org.

Parrish Student Exhibition From March 7 through April 19, the work of more than 1000 young artists from East End schools will be on view in the Parrish Art Museum’s annual student exhibition. A nearly 65-year tradition celebrating youthful imagination and boundless creativity, this important aspect of the museum’s programs was enhanced this year by artist-in-residence workshops with three participating artists in the museum’s exhibition “Artists Choose Artists”: Irina Alimanestianu, Scott Bluedorn, and Bastienne Schmidt.

The exhibition opens with two receptions on March 7 that are free and open to the public. The Young Artists reception (Pre-K through eighth grade) is scheduled from 1 to 3 PM, and the High School Artists reception is from 3 to 5 PM. Visit www.parrishart.org.

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By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

The Preston House in Riverhead is one of the best new restaurants on Long Island. Chef Kyle Koenig, who shows true dedication to his craft, brings his expertise from some of the most highprofile kitchens in the country. I’ve known Koenig since 2012, when he worked with my husband Joe, opening Topping Rose House for Tom Colicchio in Bridgehampton. Koenig later went on to become the chef de cuisine at Craft, Colicchio’s flagship in Manhattan. So, it was a real treat for us to stop by last Sunday and catch up, while sampling dishes in The Preston House’s beautiful industrial chic dining room.

Koenig is no doubt an extremely talented chef with a fine dining pedigree, and his wife, sommelier Jessica Koenig, brings her vast expertise as the restaurant’s beverage director.

It’s the attention to detail and quality that really sets The Preston House’s menu apart.

“The inspiration for the menu comes from my entire career,” said Koenig. “I’ve been fortunate to have a long list of places where I have worked and I made sure I was ready to take on an executive chef role when the opportunity came.”

Koenig appears more than ready to serve as executive chef. He’s cut his teeth in famed kitchens like Thomas Keller’s Bouchon. “I got to learn the French basics from the best-known chef in America,” he stated. He also worked at The Plaza, where he obtained real high-volume experience.

But it was Craft where his talent was honed.

“When I worked at Craft, I feel I got my best experience with a great chef who has one of the largest skillsets I’ve ever seen. I’d say the eight years working for Tom Colicchio really formed me into a chef.” He also credits

Southern influences in his dishes from his upbringing in Texas and New Orleans, and Thai influences from travel.

One area where the menu really excels is the raw fish preparations.

We started with the fluke crudo, prepared with toasted coriander, finger limes, and radishes, which was exceptional.

The pasta, not to be outshined, was really something special, each dish delicately hand-made. Pasta this good cannot be skipped. We sampled the butternut squash agnolotti with a mouth-watering combo of brown butter, sage, and Parmesan and the equally magnificent pappardelle with black truffle and Parmesan. The simple flavors were well balanced and perfectly executed.

The East End influence is evident in the menu. “The gnocchi is a good example of East End Influence. It’s my spin on a classic clam chowder because it incorporates all of the same ingredients without being a soup,” said Koenig. “I love the classics and want to give guests the experience and flavors they want while putting my own stamp on it. I like to stay rooted in classic flavors and techniques, but still let my creativity run wild.”

He’s also working on an in-house aged meat program, while bringing in whole animals and utilizing different cuts for various dishes. You’ll find local honey used in dishes, procured right from the hives on premises. The bread, which is spectacular, is also made inhouse.

“These are some of the foods I enjoy most. So, I have a connection to them,” he said, while discussing the menu. “However, the duck dish will always shine. I love to both eat and prepare duck for sure.”

For my entree, I took that advice

Long Island duck breast.

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and had the Long Island Duck Breast, and shine it did. The crispy skin and tender meat, and the concentrated complementing flavors of the duck with cara-cara orange, and local honey qastrique was, dare I say, mind-blowing. A Raphael Cabernet Franc, recommended by Jessica, paired very nicely with the dish as well.

In between courses Koenig took us on a tour of the restaurant and the kitchen and showed us everything from the food products to the equipment — from the pasta maker to the smoker out back. He displayed for us the whole tile fish he had picked up earlier that day on his way to work, that would later make its way to Joe’s plate.

“I only seek out the best,” he said of his ingredients. “The Wagyu beef is from Texas, the fish is sourced locally, and I use seasonal vegetables. Seasonality is the most important thing to me.” He utilizes the North Fork’s local purveyors for many of these fresh ingredients.

The restaurant is also planning a series of monthly wine dinners.

“I love the wine scene of the North Fork. It reminds me fondly of my time in Napa Valley. We want to feature as many of the local wines as we can. The next two are on March 19 with McCall, and April 16 with Wölffer. Jessica, my wife, is the beverage director here, and she’s just expanded our wine list, so we want to highlight some other regions as well through these dinners,” said Koenig. The property’s wine cellar and lounge house more than 800 bottles of wine from around the world.

What’s even more amazing is that this menu isn’t going to break the bank.

It’s hard to find this kind of quality, and especially when there’s a $35 weekday prix fixe and happy hour offered from 4 to 6 PM on Mondays, and Wednesday through Friday. For the summer, there are also Sunday pig roasts planned.

“Mostly, I wanted to put together a menu that has a little something for everyone, where people can enjoy great food without breaking the bank,” said Koenig.

For more information visit www. theprestonhouseandhotel.com.

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Barbecue Duck Dinner Delights PawPaw pop-up at The Lin Beach House offers a smorgasbord

By Hannah Selinger

On a recent Saturday night, I took the scenic trip from the South Fork to the North, for a pop-up dinner at The Lin Beach House in Greenport. If you have driven toward Orient before, you probably know the Beach House, though maybe not by its current name. The space sat, for a long time, unoccupied, on the spit of road that connects Greenport with the outer reaches of the North Fork. A white Victorian building that has appeared, at times, a little down on her luck, this old hotel is experiencing a rebirth.

The Lin Beach House doesn’t actually have a restaurant. What they have, instead, is a weekends-only bar, a shiplap-heavy space with minimalist accents and backlit art, wide booths tucked into recessed nooks, and a view of a sprawling porch. But, here’s the thing: I didn’t go for the bespoke space, crafted cocktails, or chic scene. I went for the food, because, on select weekend nights, Taylor and Katelyn Knapp, the team behind PawPaw, a Greenport pop-up (Taylor Knapp is also the brainchild behind Peconic Escargot), serve a

barbecued duck dinner.

It’s $60 per person, but that doesn’t begin to explain how much actual food you’re getting for the price. I had also purchased a foie gras add on — $15 per person — which resulted in two stunning pucks of seared foie gras, atop thick brioche and a jam that reminded me of the prune Danish of my youth. That midcourse would have been worth the trouble in and of itself.

To start: rich duck bone broth, in which floated one perfect and spoondense matzo ball, flavored, of course, with duck fat. “What’s that herb?” my husband asked upon first slurp, but I knew from the onset. It was dill, the only herb that I can stand only in this one particular set of circumstances, in soup. For me, matzo ball soup is the ultimate comfort food, one evocative of my Jewish youth, and it’s hard to find a version that so clearly replicates memory. This one succeeded.

That was not the only starter, though. With the soup came a quartet of duck fat biscuits, accompanied by a heady, yet impossibly light, duck liver mousse. Fearing the inevitable nonhunger brought on by overindulging, we took a bite and asked for the remainder to go.

Besides the foie gras, there was that other main event, the actual duck.

On half sheet trays, we were each presented with our spoils, half a duck per person. Not just any duck. A lacquered, local Crescent duck, which had been brined in seawater, smoked over cherry wood, and glazed with honey and wine.

The result was a fatty, smoky, salty, crispy bird that I made no real dent in when all was said and done. That’s because it came with a tumble of potatoes, creamy gribiche, and tangle of collard greens with duck skin cracklins.

I rarely count dessert as my most memorable course, but the pop-up dessert from PawPaw was a thing to behold. Billed as a sundae, it was more like a parfait, the base for which was a mascarpone-rich duck yolk ice cream. I loved the pop of barely-poached cranberries, the decadent swirl of salted caramel, and the crunch of burnt honey. But I was most in love with the white meringue, cooked from duck egg whites and made, I presume, much in the way of Swiss buttercream, with eggs that have exploded in volume from air and heat and the tines of a whisk.

That final moment — a pillow of meringue on top — was like the airiest, finest custard you’ve ever eaten.

For that moment alone, the ferries across the East End were worth it. It’s the parfait that dreams are made of.

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After a successful first year, Union Burger Bar has been promoted to the main bar at it’s 40 Bowden Square location in Southampton. The restaurant will continue to offer an assortment of specialty gourmet burgers, fresh handcut fries, maniacal milkshakes, and desserts plus an elaborate craft beer and small batch bourbon selection.

From restaurateur and owner Ian Duke with award-winning executive chef Scott Kampf, the Burger Bar is well regarded for its fresh Colorado Beef burgers that are hormone, antiantibiotic, and additive free. The Burger Bar is dedicated to environmental sustainability.

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Highway Restaurant Buys Indian Wells Tavern

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

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The team behind Highway Restaurant & Bar in East Hampton has acquired the Indian Wells Tavern on Main Street in Amagansett.

Highway Restaurant & Bar is under the TOMS Hospitality portfolio, which includes celebrated establishments in Manhattan such as Eleven Madison Park, Loring Place, Charlie Bird, and Shuko. Highway has been open in East Hampton for five years.

In a press release, the Highway team said they are grateful for the support and encouragement they’ve received from the Indian Wells Tavern owners, Kevin Boles and Chris Egger, and that they wish them and their entire Bostwick’s staff continued success.

(Boles and Egger continue their ownership of Bostwick’s On The Harbor and Bostwick’s Chowder House.) “The two groups share a wonderful relationship

out east and the timing of this development was right for both organizations,” the team stated.

The plan is to keep the location as a tavern-style bar and restaurant, while the menu will “honor many local favorites and will be executed with fresh ingredients and the high standards of cuisine for which Highway is known.

Patrons will still be able to watch their favorite teams on the bar televisions,

have a pre-Talkhouse cocktail they have always loved, or enjoy a delicious and easy meal at the bar or in the dining room.”

Updates will include a broadened cocktail program and beverage offering while keeping draft beer options and a wide selection of affordable wines and spirits.

The relaunch date is not yet set, but plans are to open early this summer.

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Guest-Worthy Recipe: Chef Shimon Maman

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Falafel latkes

By Zachary Weiss

Who: Shimon Maman, head chef and owner, Shoo Shoo

as well as yogurt or cashew butter.

They’re light, nourishing, and a great dish to enjoy at the holidays.”

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Chef Shimon’s GuestWorthy Recipe: Falafel latkes with pomegranate herb salad and yogurt

Why? “The falafel latkes are a nod to my childhood, as I spent much of my youth in the Middle East and traveled throughout the area frequently.

These latkes, a festive favorite for Hanukkah, are based around Shoo Shoo’s signature falafel. They are gently fried to achieve a crispy exterior, and served with an herb salad

1 lb dry chickpeas 1 1/4 c rolled oats 2-3 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped 1 large onion, roughly chopped 1/2 Tbsp salt 1/2 Tbsp ground cumin 2 tsp ground coriander 1/4 tsp ground black pepper 1 pinch chili powder 1/2 c sesame seeds 1/3 c soda water 1/2 c pomegranate seeds 1 small red onion, diced 3 stalks celery, diced 2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice 1/4 c minced herbs (mint, parsley, etc.)

1/4 tsp salt

1 c plain yogurt Extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling

Directions: Place the chickpeas in a large bowl and cover completely with water, leaving several inches of water at the top. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap, then leave to soak overnight. In the morning, drain and rinse chickpeas.

When you’re ready to cook, soak oats for 20 minutes in plenty of water and strain. In a food processor, combine oats, garlic, onion, and chickpeas.

Add spices and mix well by hand be-

fore pulsing again to combine. Add the sesame seeds and soda water, then mix well by hand until incorporated. Form the mixture into small patties and flatten down by hand. Fry in vegetable oil until crispy, about four to five minutes per side.

Once the latkes have finished frying, make your salad. Combine pomegranate seeds, red onion, celery stalk, chopped herbs, fresh lemon juice, and salt in a bowl.

Serve latkes with a dollop of yogurt, pomegranate and herb salad, and finish with a drizzle of olive oil.

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Beautifully designed and decorated living areas are abundant in common and personal spaces.

The South Fork assisted living facility lets senior citizens live within beautiful, quality environs

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By Ty Wenzel ty@indyeastend.com When we consider that living in the Hamptons is often equated with a life of luxury, the question of retiring here doesn’t often come up. There is a way now to retire with dignity while still getting the help that elderly residents sometimes require. Opened in 2017, the Villa at Westhampton is an exclusive assisted living community nestled along 10 acres of sprawling lawns, spectacular gardens, walking paths, and picturesque views. It’s designed for active seniors who value their independence, with the knowledge that caring attention and fellowship are readily available. We met with Jeffrey Thompson, executive director of Villa at Westhampton, to learn more about the elegant retirement community.

How did you come to lead the Villa at Westhampton as the executive director?

I have been working in the senior care industry for more than 30 years. I had heard there was a brand-new assisted living property being built in the Hamptons and started to research it. I knew that it was the first and only one being built on the East End and knew that I had to be a part of it. I live about 20 minutes from the building.

The Villa is such a beautiful place.

The Villa at Westhampton officially opened on August 14, 2017. It was a project 10 years in the making, as the property that we sit on was acquired in pieces. There was a house on a section of this property and family members of the owner that sold that piece of property now reside here.

What kind of amenities are available for its residents?

We have two separate patio areas where residents can enjoy the fresh air and sun. Many of our residents walk around the building and there have been multiple sightings of wild turkey and deer.

In the spring and summer, we will have barbecues on the patio.

Are there age requirements or restrictions?

Believe it or not, 18 or older is the legal age limit but our median age is 85 and the services are geared more towards an older population. As far as restrictions, we do require a medical evaluation before admission to ensure that each resident meets the admission guidelines and we have the resources to provide the level of care that is needed.

What does “enhanced assisted living” mean exactly?

Enhanced Assisted Living is an optional license a property can get that provides a higher level of services or “enhanced” services for the residents. Enhanced assisted living was designed to allow residents to age in place in their assisted living home for a longer period of time. Enhanced services could include routine nursing services like assistance with insulin injections, oxygen, basic wound care, colostomy care, Foley care, and other routine nursing services.

What does nurse care entail?

Medication management is the most common and most used service we provide. The nursing staff manage the medications for each resident. This includes ordering medications, working with the physicians and pharmacies when orders are changed, and reminding residents to take their medications.

What is the significance of your residents being able to continue living an independent life?

The focus of assisted living is to provide an atmosphere where residents maintain as much independence as possible and know that assistance is available if needed. As people age, their needs change, and assisted living is designed to meet those changing needs.

Our wide variety of scheduled events provides opportunities for our residents to continue the pursuit of lifelong passions and stimulate exploration in new interests and hobbies.

as well as options for couples. We offer shared options on a limited basis.

We have several models of large studio apartments and a limited number of spacious one-bedrooms with a separate living room. We also provide a higher level of service for those who require additional care due to the onset of dementia related conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. We are licensed as a Special Needs Assisted Living Residence, providing a warm and caring atmosphere, allowing our residents to achieve optimum quality of life in a safe, secure, home-like environment.

I noticed that the homes were named after wines: Dolcetto, Bordeaux, Chianti, and Asti.

Long Island has some of the best wineries and vineyards around, and being out on the East End, we thought it appropriate to name the rooms after wine.

There is a lot of buzz about dining at Villa. Can you talk about that?

We have a beautiful dining room and a chef who prepares fresh meals daily. It is restaurant-style dining where the residents order from a menu that changes each day. The residents help us write the menu through our resident food council meetings where ideas for menu selections are discussed. We also have a private dining room that residents can reserve for family gatherings around the holidays or to celebrate special occasions.

What living situations are available for residents?

What kind of leisure activities do the residents enjoy?

We offer both private accommodations

There is a full calendar of events

planned each month. And like the dining, we have a resident council meeting where residents give their input on the activities that are being planned. We incorporate a variety of gross motor and fine motor activities as well as activities to stimulate the brain. We have wonderful entertainment, as well as Current Events, Sittercise, religious services, and lots of movies. We recently had an Oscars party where residents got dressed up, walked the red carpet, and each got an award and a statuette. Photos and videos of our activities are posted on our Facebook page. We also have a bus to take residents out into the community to go shopping, to the library, and to community events. The residents also enjoy going out to eat for a change of pace.

Anything you’d like to add?

In addition to getting three restaurantstyle meals a day, residents get housekeeping and laundry services, and there is a hair and nail salon on the premises.

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Students hoped for the best but voters didn’t fund a needed expansion project. Independent/Courtesy Riverhead Central School District

Riverhead Voters Send A Message Won’t fund school district expansion without tighter scrutiny

By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com

The issue of undocumented residents and their effect on school taxes burst into headlines last week when voters within the Riverhead Central School District overwhelmingly rejected capital construction projects to expand the aging district buildings and infrastructure.

Proposition 1, to authorize the expenditure of $88.2 million to address spatial needs, infrastructure, and security issues, fell by a vote of 2626 to 1151. Proposition 2, to authorize the bonding of $8.8 million to upgrade and expand the athletic facility, was defeated by a 3-1 margin, 2775 to 993.

“The board of education and administration wish to thank all residents who participated in the vote,”

said board president Gregory Meyer.

“We are, of course, disappointed, and very concerned that the work proposed in both Proposition No. 1 and Proposition No. 2 was not approved by voters. The facilities issues included in Proposition No. 1 are real and will only get worse and cost more to rectify the longer we wait to address these problems.”

He added, “The work proposed in Proposition No. 2 to improve our athletic facilities would have directly benefited our student-athletes and children enrolled in our community athletic programs that use district facilities. The board of education and administration will meet to analyze our options and share our plans with

the community once decisions have been made.”

The district lobbied hard to sell voters on the need for the expansion, holding several special meetings in the weeks leading up to the vote on February 25. But the town’s general election last November proved a portent of the vote: Yvette Aguiar, a Republican harshly critical of the town’s effort to curtail illegal dwelling knocked then town supervisor Laura Jens-Smith out of office after only one term. Jens-Smith took an inclusionary approach to the school district attendance surge in the weeks before the school board vote, though she had already been voted out of Town Hall.

Aguiar, Jens-Smith pointed out, was not on hand, although the supervisor’s supporters said she was at an official function elsewhere.

“The community has spoken,” Superintendent Dr. Aurelia Henriquez said. “We’ll have to go back to the drawing board and try and come up with solutions that the community will buy into.”

Columnists and letter-writers to local newspapers made it clear that students who don’t legally belong in the district are swelling the student population and causing the need for a pricy expansion. Classrooms are desperately needed, Meyer said — 10 at the Pulaski Street school alone.

“The board of education and ad-

ministration will need to make serious decisions regarding the scheduling of students at both Pulaski Street Elementary School and Riverhead High School, including the potential need to educate students using split sessions,” read a statement on the district website after the vote.

The district’s state aid ratio for building projects is less than 30 percent. The board of education and administration have made it their mission to increase this figure, as well as to increase the district’s unacceptably low level of foundation aid.

Irish Week Kickoff For A Cause On Monday, March 16, from 5:30 to 8:30 PM, Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead will host an Irish Week kickoff. The third annual Chinese auction raises money for the programs at Peconic Bay Medical Center, including for women’s health, cardiac care, and the caregivers center. The event takes place at the Riverhead Ciderhouse. Cost of entry is $30 in advance or $35 at the door and includes appetizers and one beverage.

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Sports Smith, Mensch Secure Suffolk ‘A’ Title For WHB Molly gains the lead, Belle hits clutch free-throws for Hurricanes’ first title since 2005

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Belle Smith stood on the free-throw line late in the fourth quarter and thought about all the Suffolk County crowns she’d never claimed.

The three-sport standout has been in countless volleyball, basketball, and lacrosse county finals, but hadn’t won one. She’d even earned a gold medal in the 2019 World Lacrosse Women’s U19 World Championship last summer. But all that was about to change.

“I think at some point, we’re just tired of losing,” Smith said. “We’ve been here before, and we came ready to compete.”

The senior guard went 3-for-4 over seven seconds in the final minute, and scored nine of her game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter to lift top-seeded Westhampton Beach (21-2) to a 38-36 victory over No. 2 West Babylon at St. Joseph’s College February 25 for the team’s

Westhampton Beach seniors Layla Mendoza and Belle Smith celebrate the Suffolk County championship win with head coach Katie Peters. Independent/Christine Heeren

first Suffolk County Class A title since 2005.

“When she goes to the line, she’s just clutch. She has ice in her veins,” head coach Katie Peters said. “Whenever Belle has the ball in her hands, I feel confident.

Being her coach for five years, I trust her, I trust her input. I ask her all the time what defense she thinks is working for us. Even today, I told her this is a big gym, it’s going to be loud, and I need her to be

the pilot out there because no one is going to hear me.”

Westhampton scored just one point in the third, and back-to-back West Babylon (19-4) three-pointers that capped a 15-0 run helped the Eagles retake the lead, 28-22, by the end of the quarter.

“We wanted to pressure them out,” sophomore guard Olivia Rongo (five points) said. “We weren’t looking to make the steal, we just needed to defend

the basket. Their defense was tough and we broke it down during the breaks and really worked it out by the end.”

Smith scored six points during an 8-0 Hurricanes run that flopped the score, and the two teams traded the advantage until an unusual suspect lit a spark. Sophomore guard Molly Mensch, coming off the bench for most of the second half to fill in for starters with mulContinued On Page 30.

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Belle Smith Sets New WHB Scoring Record In Small School Win Layla Mendoza racks up 23 pts to Smith's 20 in 49-34 win over Pierson

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Westhampton Beach senior Belle Smith, on left, is the school's new overall leading scorer in basketball. Senior Layla Mendoza, on right, shooting above Pierson senior Kathryn Powell, led the Hurricanes to victory by scoring 20 points off field goals alone. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Belle Smith didn’t see it coming.

The Westhampton Beach senior thought it was just a timeout, until she was presented with balloons and a specially-marked basketball. With her second score in a 49-34 win over Class C’s Pierson, a driving layup at the 4:52 mark of the first quarter that pulled the Hurricanes within one point, 109, Smith secured her place in Westhampton’s record books. She outdid Bronson Martin’s 2000 record (1708 points) to become the new all-time leading scorer.

“I had no idea this was going to happen tonight,” the senior guard said.

“It’s pretty cool, exciting, but it’s really a team effort. If we didn’t reach this point in the season, I wouldn’t be here.”

Smith, who surpassed 1500 points earlier this season, finished the February 29 contest at St. Joseph’s College with 20 points, including two three-pointers, the first the gameopener, five rebounds, five assists, and four steals. She now has 1725 varsity points.

“She’s a smart athlete, she’s hardworking, she’d dedicated, she’s a leader,” the five-year senior standout’s head coach Katie Peters said. “We know what each other is thinking. I really trust her. I can lean on her. There was a lot of hard work put in over the years to get here.”

After Smith’s bucket, senior forward Layla Mendoza (23 points, five rebounds, and three steals) helped

continue a 13-1 run with a three-point play and a field goal. After Pierson’s Brooke Esposito swished the second of two free-throw attempts, Smith nailed both of hers, sank a putback, and tacked on another field goal to close out the first ahead 20-11. The Hurricanes (22-2) maintained that nine-point lead at halftime, 26-17.

“Once we set our tone, it’s only uphill from there,” Mendoza said. “I know I am big enough to get through the defense and go up, and when I draw the foul I just have to take a step back and focus on what I have to do. I felt great today, too. Hearing everyone cheering for you feels good and makes you want to go harder.”

Peters said she also feels good with Mendoza out on the court. The senior missed the second half of last season with a torn ACL but has come back stronger than ever.

“She’s an asset,” Peters said. “You watch her grab the ball and put it back up and you’re just like, ‘Wow.’ Every time.”

But Pierson (13-8) wasn’t going to go down without a fight. Even after losing senior point guard Chastin Giles (13 points) and junior forward Gylia Dryden (four points) three minutes into the second quarter from a collision on the court that left Dryden benched the rest of the game. Giles swished two three-pointers one minute apart in the third, and sophomore guard Sofia Mancino went 4-for-6

from the free-throw line from the 4:49 to 2:09 mark in the fourth. Mancino, who stole the ball from Smith before her final two free throws, closed the gap to 41-34, but they proved to be Pierson’s last points of the game.

“We didn’t execute, but they played hard,” Pierson head coach Woody Kneeland said. “We were dropping the ball, travelling — had a lot of self-inflicted turnovers — but we do have control of those things. I think their heads got them down. I wanted them to go after it today, but we have bigger fish to fry.”

The two-time defending Class C champions face Nassau’s East Rockaway for the Long Island crown Monday, March 9, at Newfield High School at 4:30 PM. The Hurricanes, fresh off

their first county title win since 2005, take on Class AA champion Northport in the overall Section XI title game Thursday, March 5, at Ward Melville High School at 5 PM. Westhampton’s next game will be the regional finals March 15 at St. Joseph’s College at a time to be announced. Should Pierson win its game, the team will also play in the Class C regional final the same day.

“This has given us more fire and passion,” Mendoza said. “I feel that we have the heart to win these games, but I do feel we do need to work harder.”

Smith agrees.

“I think we needed this to fuel us to do better,” she said. “We’ll play even better in the weeks to come.”

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Anderson Scores 25 Pts. In Small School Loss Former Greenport standout leads Center Moriches against Amityville

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Center Moriches senior Ahkee Anderson sank three shots from beyond the arc and tallied a team-high 25 points, but his team’s efforts fell just short in a 78-75 loss to Class A’s Amityville in the Suffolk County small school champion-

ship February 28.

The former Greenport star led his Class B crown-winning team, which trailed 60-56 entering the final stanza, by sinking 13 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter. The Red Devils took a 75-71 lead

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By Bob Bubka

Tiger’s Absence A Cause For Concern Im Sung-Jae places first in Honda Classic bobvoiceofgolf@gmail.com

As many of you know, I have covered professional golf for several decades, which has often put me in the right place at the right time.

I have had the privilege of being on-hand to witness all of Tiger Woods’ 15 major championship victories, plus many of his regular Tour wins. Tiger Woods and Sam Snead are currently tied for all-time victories at 82.

My up close and personal associa-

tion with Tiger and his game over the years has allowed me to notice some signs that all may not be well. At the Genesis Invitational, the tournament Tiger hosts at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, his gait was inconsistent — not what I’d expect from a fully-fit Tiger. At 44 years old, he has already had a handful of back operations, so seeing that ever-so-slight-variation in his walk is concerning to me.

with 2:48 left after Anderson made a behind-the-back pass to a teammate under the basket, and completed a three-point play in consecutive possessions.

Darnell Evans (26) and Myles Goddard (24) combined for 50 points to lead Amityville. Evans made a layup with 5.1 seconds left for the last basket. After a timeout, Center Moriches was able to get a look at a last-second shot, but missed the potential game-tying threepointer.

Senior Nae’Jon Ward, who competed previously for Bridgehampton, finished with seven points off two field goals and a three-point shot.

Center Moriches continues its quest for a state title, facing Malverne in the regional semifinals at Centereach High School Tuesday, March 10, at 7 PM.

Ahkee Anderson competing for Greenport in the state semifinals last season. Independent/Desirée Keegan

Tiger opted not to play in the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship, which is understandable given the exhausting week at the Riviera not only hosting the Genesis Invitational, but playing in it. So, assuming he needed the week of the Mexico Championship to recover, I had hoped to see Tiger tee it up at the Honda Classic, which is basically just down the road from his estate, but he did not show. My concern grew when it was announced he wouldn’t play in this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Golf Course in Orlando, a course Tiger has dominated eight times.

Next up on the PGA Tour calendar is The Players Championship. It’s the fifth-largest event of the year behind golf’s four major championships. A noshow for Tiger at The Players would be a major blow. We’ll know more when the field list is announced Friday.

Tiger loves collecting green jackets, and number six would be a huge accomplishment, tying him with Jack Nicklaus for most Masters victories. Adding another major championship win would also bring his total to 16, which would put him two shy of reaching Nicklaus’s

record of 18. Tiger has openly admitted that catching and surpassing Nicklaus’s major victories record is top of mind.

The first week of the Florida Swing, a month-long trek through Florida, is now in the books.

While some of the big names may not have been in the field at the Honda Classic, the 2019 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, Im Sung-jae, came out on top.

In his 50th start on the PGA Tour, Sungjae became the youngest winner in the history of the Honda Classic. It was a lifechanging week for South Korean superstar. The 21-year-old not only won a new Honda CR-V Hybrid, he collected a cool $1.2 million.

Sung-jae is the fifth player 22 years old or younger to win on Tour since July of 2019. By contrast, from 1985 to 2000, only four players younger than 22 won on the PGA Tour.

Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara, who both recently celebrated their 80th birthdays and have been together for nearly 60 years, are the driving force behind the Honda Classic, and have raised millions through the event in support of Miami Children’s Hospital.

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Manning Jr. Breaks Other Foot Charles Manning Jr., the former Bridgehampton Killer Bee ballplayer who has been lighting up the Southeastern Conference this season, will be out another month.

Just four games after returning from a four-week hiatus to allow his broken left foot to mend, Manning Jr. is slated to be out another month after breaking his other foot. He underwent surgery March 2 to have a screw inserted into the fifth metatarsal in his left foot.

Manning Jr. plays for Louisiana State University, and performs well off the bench as the team’s sixth man. On the floor at crunch time, he’s averaging eight points per game on 50 percent shooting. The team at one point reeled in 15 straight wins — most with a healthy Manning Jr. — and was ranked No. 22 in the nation. The Tigers suffered without their junior swingman, but still hold a 20-9 overall mark and are second in the Southeast Conference at 11-5.

RM Hampton Bays senior Willy Kraus wrestles Pioneer Senior High School’s Kameron Riordan at the Times Union Center in Albany on Friday, February 28. Independent/Jim Franco

Kraus, Hulse Compete In State Tournaments Hampton Bays, Westhampton wrestlers drop close opening-round matches

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Willy Kraus capped his high school career with another state appearance.

The Hampton Bays senior, the No. 10 seed (31-8) at 145 pounds in the Division II tournament, lost in a close 5-4 decision to No. 7 Ryan Nugent (40-8), a junior out of Section VI’s Newfane High School, in the opening round at the Times Union Center in Albany February 28.

Kraus went on to drop a 5-0 decision to No. 15 Kameron Riordan (465), a junior from Section VI’s Pioneer Senior High School in Yorkshire.

Westhampton Beach’s Jackson Hulse, the No. 14 seed in the Division

I tournament, also went out in the first round.

The 170-pound junior with a 34-3 record this season fell 6-4 to No. 3 Tyler Albis of Section I’s John Jay Senior High School in East Fishkill. Albis (43-3), a senior, went on to win the state crown with a 9-1 major decision over Section I senior Quincy Downes (49-5) of Fox Lane High School in Bedford.

Hulse was Albis’s closest match of the competition. The senior secured an 11-7 decision and a pin at one minute, 11 seconds before his finals win.

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Organic Edge, a new wellness center, will officially open in Water Mill March 15. It will offer three niche services — an infrared wellness pod, colon hydrotherapy, and targeted cryotherapy.

Infrared saunas aren’t new to me, but this was my first pod experience. It was like something out of a sci-fi film.

I took off my clothes, stepped inside a thin, disposable bodysuit, and laid down. My head remained outside with two 6”x6” tiles of pink Himalayan salt near the intake fans, which blew both sides of my face to keep me cool. The Cocoon Fitness Pod uses various technology to raise core body temperatures. Its unique design combines dry and infrared heat, which can keep metabolism elevated from four to 12 hours after the session.

Temperatures could be manually adjusted to up to 192 degrees Fahrenheit; there was room for both hands to exit the pod. For the first 15 minutes, I set my temperature to high heat, considered middle of the spectrum. Since I was comfortable enough, the last 15 minutes I opted for the full 192 degrees.

Thanks to the facial vent, I never felt overheated. I even fell asleep, thanks to the music playing in the background.

The best part was the deep relaxing massage component, a dual-wave vibra-

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Vibration strength can also be adjusted, and there’s even a call button should you need assistance. Essentially, the pod acts as an entire holistic wellness experience, developing muscle strength and tone, and burning calories.

Organic Edge owner Shannon Conklin has managed facilities across Long Island and in Manhattan.

“Clients were begging to have a facility out east for them to access these treatments,” she said. “Organic Edge was truly reverse-engineered by the client, bringing them what they had been asking for.”

At 13, Conklin was diagnosed with chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. After a visit with a holistic doctor, she discovered she had a leaky gut, which later turned into a misdiagnosis of Lyme disease and the beginning of her career in wellness.

“Health to me is a journey,” Conklin said. “It’s listening to your body so you can help it heal itself. Most of us live stressful lives with toxins that we cannot escape.”

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“It clicked for me at that moment that maybe my father had digestive issues that could have possibly contributed to his illness. I went to get certified.”

Conklin is foundation, intermediate, advanced, and instructor-level certified through the International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy as well as by the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy.

I made my way into the colon hydrotherapy room. I was nervous, but the known benefits outweighed my fears. Colon cleaning aids in digestion, increases the body’s ability to absorb vitamins and nutrients, decreases risk of colon cancer, and aids in weight loss.

Organic Edge’s colon cleaning is done with U.S. Food and Drug Administration-registered equipment in a luxurious, private setting. As I placed a small disposable nozzle about three inches up my bum, I sat back and let the machine do the work.

My attention went from watching Netflix to curiously seeing what was exiting my body, thanks to a little mirror placed near my feet. Eight gallons of purified water cleanses your body over the course of an hour. As someone with a healthy digestive system, I expected to breeze through the process without much residue, but to my surprise, I saw some unexpected matter halfway into the session. I couldn’t help but wonder how long that was in my system and the

damage it’d do to my body the longer it stayed there. When I was finished, I had a mild sense of humility, and felt a weight had been lifted.

The room for targeted cryotherapy is unique because of the handle design used to sculpt any area, with the addition of LED color therapy handles.

“Direct contact of the color therapy on the skin increases the effectiveness of the treatment,” Conklin said. “It works by stimulating the production of hyaluronic acid, collagen, and elastin. It increases cell oxygenation and the exchange between sodium and potassium at a cellular and metabolic level.”

Amber is for skin regeneration, blue for inflammatory, pain, and acne issues, and violet for lymph drainage.

Color is decided upon assessment.

“With a little help, we can bring the body back to its natural state of health,” Conklin said. “Our bodies are amazing, and capable of so much more than people know. I’m still on this journey and intend to help as many people as I can by learning as much as possible and trying everything on myself first.

I have clients that I haven’t seen in 10 years, that have moved far away, that still contact me to ask my opinion on a holistic treatment or a supplement.”

Organic Edge is located at 2 Montauk Highway, Suite 2, in Water Mill.

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Continued From Page 16. reportedly told police in his confession that he “rummaged” through the house. Williams took a pair of blue Nike Lunarglide sneakers from the closet, and an open bottle of Lucien Crochet Sancerre from the refrigerator.

According to statements on file with police, after Williams finished

drinking the wine, he left the bottle on the front yard, put on the Nikes, and went for “a walk on the beach.” After that, he entered a neighboring house, reportedly breaking and entering through a window in the living room.

There, he allegedly found the shotgun and the knife. Williams reportedly told police in the statement he broke into a shed on the first property, as well.

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and knife were the only things he kept, and were hidden in the boiler room of the house he lives in with his family in Middle Island. Both items have since been retrieved by the police.

When police pulled Williams over on Montauk Highway in Wainscott on the afternoon of February 24, they had already obtained a latent fingerprint from the bottle of wine matching Williams’s right ring finger. Police had sent

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In the statement, Williams reportedly apologized for his actions, and wrote that he had never before abused his position at his place of work. Williams was released after being arraigned February 25 and is due back in court March 12.

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continue to monitor state and federal health agency reports on the spread of flu and the ‘novel coronavirus,’ and will follow and disseminate official guidelines for maintaining health and preventing against the spread of the viruses as the situation evolves,� East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc announced Monday.

Cuomo said the woman who contracted the new coronavirus is quarantined in her home.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer said all senior citizens should be given vaccines and that Medicare should pay for the treatment, but the vaccine is still in development and not yet available.

CDC advises using disinfectant sprays, and some community members have taken to wearing facemasks on the streets. The effects of the coronavirus can range from mild to severe symptoms. Symptoms can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath, and may appear in as few as two days or a long as 14 days after exposure, according to the CDC. Additional information can be found at the New York State Department of Health website.

the stand by the prosecution. He also expects the trial to last about two weeks.

The prosecuting attorneys for Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini are Eric Aboulafia and Katharine D’Aquila.

Jury selection is expected to be completed by the end of the week, with opening arguments to be given on Monday, March 9.

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Andrade was scheduled for arraignment Thursday in East Hampton Town Justice Court.

After entering a guilty plea for violating his probation terms, Rana resentenced him on the misdemeanor charge he pled guilty to last year to the maximum amount of time allowed by law for a misdemeanor — 364 days.

Court officers handcuffed Andrade and placed him in the courthouse’s holding cell. East Hampton Town police took him into custody, transferring him to a

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holding cell at police headquarters, before the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office was contacted. He was transported to the county jail in Riverside, where he remained as of press time.

With time off for good behavior, Andrade could be released in about 240 days.

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tiple fouls, grabbed a Layla Mendoza rebound, and hit her layup for a 32-31 lead Westhampton wouldn’t relinquish.

“I was like, ‘ooh,’� Mensch said, smiling. “I was pretty confident Layla’s layup was going to go in, so I was about to run back, and I grabbed the rebound and at that point it’s just habit — I threw it up and I didn’t even know if a whistle was blown or anything. I was just hoping it’d go in.�

“Molly Mensch stepped up today, so much so,� Peters said. “It’s something we know she’s capable of.�

The coach said her team was able to pull away with the win because of all the tight situations her Hurricanes have been in.

“We have had so many games that have gone down to the wire like this,�

Peters said. “It’s given us so much endof-game experience. They understand

clock management, our different options off the in-bounds plays late. We haven’t just practiced it, we’ve lived it.�

Rongo came up on the defensive side of things with a steal and fastbreak score, and West Babylon missed two chances at the free-throw line with 49.2 seconds remaining to reclose the gap. A three-point shot was also off, and a foul at mid-court gave Westhampton the ball back.

When it came down to it, the sophomore agreed there’s no one else she’d rather see than Smith at the charity stripe. “I feel secure, safe when she’s shooting,� Rongo said. “We had trouble today, so to know she was the one getting to the line on fouls was a relief.�

Westhampton topped Class C’s Pierson in the small school championship February 29, 49-34, but Smith said her Hurricanes are just getting started.

Her team squares off against Class AA’s Northport for the overall county crown. Westhampton is also headed to the Long Island championship March 15 at St. Joseph’s College at a time to be decided.

“This was our goal,� Smith said. “We weren’t going to leave without a win, but we’re also not done yet.�

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