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Southampton Arts Center’s artistic director on staying creative

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Southampton Arts Center on Jobs Lane in Southampton is one of the East End’s cultural hubs, concentrating on community and up-and-coming artists, along with appealing to the younger crowds with silent discos, storytelling events, and more.

So, what is SAC doing during the age of social distancing, and, what is Amy Kirwin, the whirling dervish artistic director, known for her joyful spirit and non-stop activity, doing to stay sane?

One of the things the center is doing, according to Kirwin, is a community art share. “It’s a virtual acquisition,” she said. “We put a call out to the community to get creative — the state-

judgment.”

And that’s in line with the mission of SAC. “We’re all about community,” Kirwin said. “Part of our new mission will be ‘Community Building Through The Arts,’ which we hope to launch pretty soon, and that’s a big part of who we are.

There’s also a YouTube channel which features the art that’s been submitted. Those interested can find it at Southampton Arts Center at www.youtube.com, or see the virtual exhibition at www.southamptonartscenter.org.

“Art heals,” she said simply. “This is a time to let creativity heal. If you don’t take the time to observe and to respond to that observation, you’re go-

ment is ‘Art heals, get creative’ — so to take this time to paint, even if you don’t normally paint, or draw, or sculpt, take photographs, or just make things from items around your house. Empty toilet paper rolls!” she said, laughing.

“The idea is to see the beauty that’s around you,” Kirwin said. Participants are then asked to take a photo and send it in to info@southamptoncenter. org (there is no “arts” in the email address), with the artist’s name, the name of the work, where you’re from, and if it was done by a child, the age of the artist, plus an Instagram handle, if there is one. “Every day I post a few, and tag the people on social media if they supply their handle,” she said. “There’s no

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ing to go stir-crazy. You need to find the beauty in whatever your surroundings are.”

Not just talking the talk, Kirwin has set up a “creation station” in her house, similar to the stations during the Takeover! artists-in residence program at the center. “It’s half of my dining room table,” she said. “I’ve got a little easel, I’ve got a puzzle, and I have coloring book, I’ve been taking photographs. Even snuggling with my dogs, and taking pictures of them,” she said.

“But whatever you do — write a story or a poem, take a photograph, whatever — remember, you’re not just creating beauty, it’s a really therapeutic exercise,” Kirwin said.

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Greed And Disrespect Rick, I think the Tudors of the 16th Century have come back from the grave and are whispering: “Let them eat dirt.”

The gluttons, pillaging the stores, have sent a message that we who live here have to take the scraps after they loot the stores. Their so-called self-importance is blatantly displayed by their greed and disrespect.

“The Class Warfare Has Invaded The Hamptons” is far worse than what was printed. “Google” it and see for yourself how that doesn’t even scratch the surface. P.C. Richard & Son sold out of freezers?

A lowlife, inconsiderate hog in King Kullen, with a cart filled with chicken packages and all sorts of beef products. Another with two carts loaded with large toilet paper bundles. The ego-witch, who bought out the

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entire supply of dental floss, tooth brushes, and moisture lotion because “I have to look good.” Disgusting hoarders, whose total disregard for others, who have needs for their family, are faced with empty shelves. One store had to post a security guard to only let seniors in at 7 in the morning.

The once below-the-surface annoyance is now turning to anger, and they are oblivious. “Elitist?” You cannot fix stupid with duct tape and manners, not money, define class. The governor said stay home! What part of that don’t you understand?

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News & Opinion Trump Approves $2.2 Trillion Stimulus Package New York pushes presidential primary from April 28 to June 23

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the extension of his stay-at-home 10-point executive order, PAUSE. Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo

President Donald Trump enacted a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill Friday that will send $1200 checks to many Americans and hundreds of billions to small and large businesses.

The president’s signage into law swiftly followed the package’s March 27 passage through the House of Representatives in an attempt to impede the economic destruction of COVID-19. It will boost unemployment

benefits; offer loans, grants, and tax breaks to small and big businesses; and send billions more to state and local governments. Senate lawmakers had voted 96-to-0 on the legislation.

“While this legislation is not perfect, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act provides critically and urgently-needed funding for hospitals, state and local governments, and small businesses and workers,”

Congressman Lee Zeldin said. “This bill also delivers $16 billion for personal protective equipment kits, ventilators, and other medical supplies for federal and state response efforts, especially our local responders as they confront this pandemic head-on.”

The vote came in a fast-paced series of events Friday afternoon, following four hours of debate, to aid those who have seen their cashflow dramati-

cally interrupted by the country’s economic shutdown. State and local governments will receive $150 billion in supplemental funding to provide basic and emergency services during the crisis.

“Today, as we have all acknowledged, our nation faces an economic and health emergency of historic proportions,” House Speaker Nancy PeContinued On Page 42.

COVID-19 Cases Could Amount To Millions Clusters begin to form on Long Island

By Rick Murphy & Desirée Keegan rmurphy@indyeastend.com Dr. Anthony Fauci said he expects between 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities in the country before the pandemic subsides, and “millions of cases.”

“This is truly an unprecedented situation that we’re going through,” said Dr. Fauci, an American physician

and immunologist who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, and the head of the Coronavirus Task Force, from The White House Saturday, March 28. “We have an extraordinary confrontation on the health and

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the welfare of the globe, particularly you know for us here in the United States.

This is something that we have never seen before, at least in our generation.

They’ve seen something maybe like this, back 100 years ago. And we’re really be-

ing challenged to not only learn in real time, to be able to respond in a way that is helpful and effective, but we’re also in uncharted waters.”

As of Monday morning, cases Continued On Page 13.

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Nonessential Construction Ordered To Cease Governor orders work not protecting health and safety to come to a halt

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com While many businesses across the East End were forced to shut down as the result of an executive order from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in order to stop the spread of COVID-19, construction companies were not. Crowded sites where new homes were being built were a common sight.

Under an amendment to this call Friday, most residential and commercial construction — that deemed nonessential — was forced to cease.

The March 27 protocol, which was circulated to local officials by state Assemblyman Fred Thiele, requires that “all non-essential construction must shut down except emergency construction.” Emergency construction is de-

fined as a project in progress “to protect health and safety of the occupants (of a residence), or to continue a project if it would be unsafe to allow it to remain undone until it is safe to shut the site.”

“Essential construction may continue and includes roads, bridges, transit facilities, utilities, hospitals or health care facilities, affordable housing, and homeless shelters,” the order reads.

Even in those cases, workers must maintain social distancing.

Contractors and homeowners cited for violating the new rule face up to $10,000 per violation.

This decision was made after many residents of both Southampton and East Hampton towns lodged repeated com-

At this construction site in East Hampton Village, at least seven vehicles were parked on the property Friday.

Construction workers can be seen sitting close together. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

plaints to their respective supervisors, Jay Schneiderman and Peter Van Scoyoc.

The day before the governor’s action, Van Scoyoc penned a letter to Cuomo, asking for immediate action.

“Many of our residents in East Hampton are extremely alarmed to see ‘business as usual’ taking place at construction sites throughout the town,” Van Scoyoc wrote. “I have received numerous requests imploring me to do something to stop this activity and protect our small community from unacceptable and unnecessarily rapid spread of coronavirus.”

Van Scoyoc continued, “We have a large number of workers, traveling to-

gether in work trucks and vans, coming into East Hampton each day from other towns. On job sites, they are working in groups, side by side, in close proximity without protective gear.”

Schneiderman said on Friday he supports whatever measures are needed to protect the health and welfare of residents across the state. He said the tradeoff was simple: “short-term suffering for long-term prosperity.”

Still, work continued at some sites Friday after the ban was enacted. In East Hampton Village, there were at least seven work vehicles parked at one particular property. By Monday, however, the work seems to have stopped.

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Shinnecock Indian Nation Comes Together Southampton School District, Island Harvest, others donate food to help tribe

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The Shinnecock Indian Nation boasts a food distribution tent that is allocating food to be passed out to the members of the community, especially elders.

“We have finished up week one under these very trying circumstances with New York being the new epicenter of this pandemic, and I just want to give a great big thank you to all of the volunteers we had this week that participated inside our Shinnecock food distribution tent,” Council of Trustees Vice Chairman Lance Gumbs said. “They worked

tirelessly in bagging and boxing food for the walk-ups and delivered to our shut-ins and homebound. We are not a community that says thank you often to one another, so I just wanted to take a moment to make sure that each and every one knows how greatly appreciated he or she is for their service to our fellow tribal community citizens.”

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“Elders first. We’re giving extra just in case,” Gumbs said. “We have been handing out school breakfast, lunches, and meals to our tribal children and elders/seniors every day.”

Many commended the tribal leaders and volunteers for their efforts.

“Great job,” Carole Washington Brown said. “It’s always a loving touch to look out for the needs of others.”

“I’m proud of the leaders of our Nation,” Eric Phillips Nice said. “I hope the boxes helped out.”

Many praised Gumbs specifically, too.

“May God bless everyone and may the ancestors continue to watch over,” Angelique Monét said. “You certainly are a leader.”

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Tribal members, like Sunshine Gumbs, have also been participating in virtual powwows.

“I dance healing over this pandemic we are facing right now. I dance for those who can’t, for those ill and going through their struggles. I dance for our sisters and brothers missing and murdered, for our waterways, and the healing and cleansing of our Mother Earth and for our people,” she said.

“I’m dancing some good medicine we need right now. Now is the time that we come together in strength to be that medicine for the world and each other.

We are being called upon to be the medicine that we need to be for each other right now.”

Members of Indian Nations from across the country were sharing in the healing-during-social-distancing spirits.

Young Shinnecock tribal member Savanah Phillips even posted a powwow side step.

During this quarantine period, Shelisa Faria-Smith, a certified personal trainer and boxing trainer at Southampton’s Hill Street Boxing, has been posting total body fitness class videos for tribal members to follow along with.

“A coach is nothing without their team by their side,” Faria-Smith said.

“I love my warriors. Thank you to all that support me every day and give me motivation to continue and make great workouts.”

Supporting Southampton While members of the Shinnecock Indian Nation know they’ve had their qualms with Southampton Town in the past, the two have come together to fight against what both sides see as injustice. The local governments, Continued On Page 41.

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East Hampton Teacher Making Masks Using 3D printers for production, helping protect hospital workers

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com An East Hampton High School computer science coding teacher is helping hospitals by making face masks and shields.

Urban Reininger constructed them with the help of a 3D printer — a Creality 3D CR-10 from GearBest — and free design print to make it happen.

“The more we come together to help support the cause the stronger we are,” Reininger said.

He made his first face shield prototype using a two-liter bottle of soda.

“3D printing personal protective equipment shields to donate,” he wrote on Facebook, posting with the message a photo of his first prototype. “It needs a little work to make it faster to print.”

Reininger credits Prusia Printers for the design, and said the printer he’s using is able to handle bigger file sizes, unlike his former MakerBot Replicator 2 desk-

top 3D printer.

“I am looking to create a new file that might be faster and more compatible, and working on different designs,” he said, adding he’s now trying his models out with overhead projector transparencies. “I pack-ratted them away from the classroom teacher before me. They have a lot of life-hacker uses, but I never thought I’d use them for this.”

He also tried sewing his own face masks, joking he doesn’t think he has the sewing skill to make them quick enough, as part of a Pins and Needles’ Million Mask Challenge, a global sew-a-thon to support healthcare workers and those in need.

The teacher is planning to donate his face shields to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to protect doctors and nurses from contracting COVID-19.

East Hampton High School computer science coding teacher Urban Reininger with his face shield prototype.

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Stony Brook University’s iCREATE lab has also stepped up to help defend healthcare workers from the novel coronavirus using 3D printers. iCREATE, a program under the Division of Information Technology, supports innovative technologies within Stony Brook University’s Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching to

provide a hands-on environment of collaborative endeavors in order to spark creativity, innovation, and to ultimately redefine technological boundaries, engagement, creation, and innovation.

The face shields are medically compliant, and being reviewed by hospital personnel, Stony Brook’s interim SVP Continued On Page 41.

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East Enders Angry Over Influx Of Residents

March 27 asking for a travel ban. The East End Mayors and Supervisors Association agreed a day prior to follow the lead of Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell.

“A new trend is in place that puts our residents at further risk — people seeking refuge from the metropolitan areas,” Russell said via press release.

“It is simple math: the more people that come, the greater the spread and the greater the confirmed cases.”

Russell suggested local police work with state counterparts to enforce the ban.

“We have a limited number of stores trying to keep their shelves stocked and ration out supplies as best they can,” the supervisor said. “Local residents are finding it difficult to meet even their most basic needs.”

He said there have been numerous complaints that anxious shoppers are stockpiling supermarket items and the stores are unable to keep up with the demand.

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said he suggested a two-week restriction on unnecessary travel, although unsure how it would be enforced. He added he was also worried about the population increase’s effect on local hospitals.

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Town officials concerned NYC homeowners are spreading COVID-19

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Travelers leaving the New York metro area were advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to selfquarantine for 14 days to ensure they are not spreading COVID-19.

The recommended isolation order applies to all travelers with or without symptoms, but East End town supervisors and many residents are concerned city homeowners who are flocking to the Hamptons are not following these guidelines, and that the increase in cases in their towns is a result of this influx.

“It’s too late,” Mattituck resident Beth Haas Ficner posted on Facebook. “They are here and it has spread!

They’re not listening.”

“They’re all hanging out at the beaches as if they’re on holiday,” Cathy Rudder added.

Some are fearful of necessary household products and groceries being wiped from the shelves.

“They are all over the main streets in the Hamptons,” Carolyn Reaver Patterson said. “They are buying out all the grocery stores and being their rude, entitled selves.”

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Southampton Hospital Increasing Capacity Medical center puts plan in place to meet Governor Andrew Cuomo’s demand

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, along with providers across the Stony Brook Medicine healthcare system, is consistently adapting to evolving Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and New York State Department of Health guidelines, policies, and information concerning COVID-19.

In preparation for a predicted surge in patients, Governor Andrew Cuomo called for hospitals to work toward increasing bed capacity by 100 percent.

Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is initiating a plan that progressively expands bed count over the next few weeks by repurposing areas throughout the hospital to safely care for suspected and confirmed coronavirus patients.

To help reduce the spread of the

novel coronavirus to patients and staff, the hospital has postponed elective surgeries and procedures, as well as mammography screening. Urgent procedures or operations necessary to preserve life and function will not be postponed.

“For more than a century, the hospital has served the East End. While these times are unchartered, one constant remains: the indefatigable spirt of this diverse community,” the hospital said in a statement. “We are deeply heartened by your generosity and offers of support.”

Patients requiring X-rays at the hospital or in the Hampton Bays Atrium are now required to call and schedule an appointment, as walk-ins are no longer accepted until further notice. X-rays and

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lab work in East Hampton Healthcare and Westhampton locations have been suspended.

Supplies like personal protective equipment, ventilators, and beds are adequate for current needs, but may be strained as the hospital anticipates a surge over the next few weeks. The organization is keenly monitoring quantities and has taken innovative steps to reach beyond traditional supply chains to help bolster supplies. To ensure supplies, food, etc. are appropriately distributed, contact steven.bernstein@stonybrookmedicine.edu before delivering.

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Department is a forward triage where a nurse in personal protective equipment is stationed 24/7 to greet and screen patients. Those with COVID-19 symptoms are required to don a mask before entering.

Clinicians identify patients that qualify for testing by using the CDC guidelines, such as exhibiting flu-like symptoms, including cough, fever, respiratory issues, and/or having been in close contact with someone testing positive for COVID-19. Patient test samples are sent to the New York State Department of Health’s Wadsworth LaboraContinued On Page 34.

Firefighters from the East Hampton Fire Department, assisted by mutual aid from the Sag Harbor and Amagansett Fire Departments, fought a fire in the walls and roof of 6 Liano Drive in Wainscott North on Sunday night, March 29. Independent/Michael Heller

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COVID-19 Cases Continued From Page 6.

climbed to over 65,000 statewide, with over 1000 deaths. Governor Andrew Cuomo noted that those who died tend to be older and those with underlying respiratory and immune system problems. Suffolk County has more than 5500 confirmed cases. Nassau is harboring more than 7000.

“I can’t begin to tell you how we are feeling,” Cuomo said Sunday. “But the doubling rate was every two days and now it is doubling over six days, and that is good news.”

Surgeon General Jerome Adams said in an interview “cases have started to level off in New York.” This came with news of a new outbreak reported in New Orleans. Nationwide, urban centers are exploding with new cases. Adams confirmed data presented by Cuomo at a press conference Friday morning where he said the number of cases had doubled every 2.5 days from March 17 through 19, and every three through March 23.

Cuomo said his experts feel comfortable enough to predict the apex of the virus will occur in 21 days in New York.

He’s stockpiling ventilators and attempting to fill an expected shortage of hospital beds with an eye on that date.

“If you are not in a highly-affected health area now, that doesn’t mean you’re not going to have a real situation to deal with because these numbers are just going to continue to go up all across the state,” Cuomo said.

President Donald Trump said at the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing the peak number should be reached by Easter – April 12.

On Long Island, the virus broke in Woodmere — 192 cases — Huntington Station, and several other communities.

“There is much more to be done in order to vanquish and recover from this horrible virus plaguing our great state and nation, but each day we make new progress, and we continue the collective fight,” Senator Chuck Schumer said March 29. “We won’t stop, and I won’t stop until we are back to bustling.”

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said Friday there were 40 deaths in Suffolk, including three men who died overnight, one a male in his 30s, among the 5023 cases reported across the county. Eight more deaths were reported in Suffolk County on Saturday alone, including another member of Peconic Landing — a woman in her 90s with underlying issues — bringing the total there up to seven. Suffolk County District Attorney Tim Sini was also diagnosed with the novel coronavirus. He had been a part of two court proceedings a week ago. His office did not return requests for comment.

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Bellone said that of the positive cases in Suffolk, 16 percent are people over the age of 65.

“These are moms and dads, grandmothers, granddads, friends and neighbors,” Bellone said.

There were 139 patients in an intensive care unit on Saturday, up from 119 on Friday, he said.

County officials said a Southampton Town man died at home March 28 from novel coronavirus-related health complications. The man was in his 60s and had underlying health problems that preceded his COVID-19 infection, Bellone said.

The total number of cases on the South Fork Saturday reached 101 — 79 in the Town of Southampton and 22 in the Town of East Hampton. This includes two staff members of the Southampton Union Free School District who reported to officials they had tested positive. According an email sent to community members by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nicholas Dyno, one staff member has not been on school grounds since March 11, and the second was last in the district on March 18.

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Census Day 2020: What You Need To Know Be counted where you would have been April 1

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com April 1 is U.S. Census Day. Here is what you need to know about the counting of over 350,000,000 people, whether

you are a full-time resident of the East End, or a part-time resident who happens to be sheltering in place due to the

COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the first time in history the census can be completed online. Go to my2020census.gov. If you have received a letter from the Census Bureau at a residence you either own or rent, you will find a census ID code on it.

Each living space in America, assuming it has been recorded by the bureau before now, has its own unique code.

If you live in East Hampton, Southampton, or Shelter Island, as well as some other areas on the East End, you may not have received anything from the Census Bureau. It has had to suspend operations due to the novel coronavirus. But there is a work around.

Call the Census Bureau at 1-844330-2020, and a form can be generated by providing your street address.

You can answer the questions over the phone or have a form mailed.

April 1 is the date you need to think about as you fill out your form.

If you are a resident of New York City living for the time being on the East End, or a student living away from home, you need to be counted where you would have been April 1, not where you are currently.

The information collected is confidential. The online security level for the data collected is close to or on-par with that of U.S. intelligence agencies.

does, hurricanes, or other natural disasters, was it prepared for a national pandemic?

Large sections of East Hampton and Southampton towns not receiving forms

by Census Day answers that question.

Because a percentage of the residents of those two towns do not get mail directly, but rather use post office boxes, the Census Bureau employs a system called Update Leave, where a census taker hand delivers invitations to participate, as well as the form itself, if needed, directly to the residence. That program was supposed to start on March 15.

There are about five million U.S. residences that the bureau reaches with this system.

In the days leading up to March 15, the Census Bureau pushed back the Update Leave start date two weeks, to March 29. On March 28, the bureau announced it was pushing that start date back two more weeks, to April 15. The following day, President Donald Trump told the country that the social distancing protocol will remain in place until at least the end of April, which will further delay the implementation of Update Leave until the beginning of May, at the earliest.

East Hampton's response rate in 2010 by Census Day was 66.7 percent.

If census takers cannot get out into the field until May or June or July, how will that impact the Census Bureau’s ability to

meet its legally-required deadline of December 31 to present the numbers to the president, which will be used to allocate seats in the House of Representatives?

COVID-19 Threatens 2020 Decennial Census East Hampton, Southampton Towns lag far behind nation, city count imperiled

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The 2020 Census is facing an existential crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Sunday morning, March 29, the national response rate was 33.1 percent of all households, which might appear to be a good number, since April 1, the official Census Day, was days away, with many months left before the count is finalized.

However, there are towns, like East Hampton and Southampton, where the census hasn’t even started. Southampton’s percentage of households that had completed their census forms stood, as of the end of day March 28 at 13.1, while East Hampton was even further behind the national average, at only 9.8 percent.

Shelter Island is even worse, with a response rate below 2 percent.

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The census numbers are the foundation of our representative democracy, and the key to the distribution of hundreds of billions of dollars across our nation. The U.S. Census Bureau has been conducted it as required by the U. S. Constitution every 10 years since 1790.

The cost of counting every person who resides in America has grown exponentially over the past several decades.

The operation cost $1,078,488,000 in 1980, $2,492,830,000 in 1990, and came in at $4.5 billion in 2000. The 2010 Census operation was the largest peace time mobilization in U.S. history, employing 500,000 people above and beyond the fulltime staff already working for the Census Bureau, and cost American taxpayers almost $13 billion, which equates to $42 for each person counted.

The Government Accountability Office estimated that if 2010 were used as a model for the next census, the price tag could rise as high as $30 billion. The bureau’s own estimate is $22 billion.

The main cost-cutting measure for 2020 is the introduction of an online census form. Instead of an initial massive mailing out of forms, the Census Bureau sent out invitations to most American households, asking them to go online and participate. Americans began receiving them on March 12.

Prepared For COVID-19?

In the years leading up to each decennial, the Census Bureau does test runs, and while it may have been prepared for torna-

Nonresponse Follow-Up Between East Hampton and Southampton, there are tens of thousands of residents. In Queens County, there are millions.

Queens County is likely the most ethnically-diverse county in the country.

It is also the epicenter of the pandemic.

Currently, the response percentage to the Census Bureau’s initial mailing of invitations to participate stands at 22.4 percent. Not good, but better than its sister New York City borough on its western border, Brooklyn, also known as Kings County. The Census Bureau has recorded a response rate of only 21.6 percent there.

The operation after the initial outreach to residents is called nonresponse follow-up. That is when census takers go knocking on doors at residences that haven’t been accounted for by the bureau. That was supposed to start on May 13 and conclude by July 31. Those dates have also been pushed back two weeks.

There is a solution that the Census Bureau has explored before.

It does not just count people. The Census Bureau also counts a slew of things, such as how many people work in different Continued On Page 33.

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Donate ‘$5 For Food’ Drive supports South Fork pantries

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com

The Clamshell Foundation and East End Cares have come together to raise critically-needed funds for emergency food supplies for local food pantries during the COVID-19 crisis — including East Hampton, Springs, Sag Harbor, and Montauk.

Christopher Barry, an East End Cares member, is spearheading the community-wide effort with Kori Peters, the president of the Clamshell Foundation, asking community members to donate as part of their “$5 For Food” campaign.

“COVID-19 has left many in our community without jobs or alternate means of support,” Barry said. “A rapidly-growing number of the elderly, families, and children are relying on local food pantries to survive during this time of uncertainty and challenge. We hope, by asking for just a $5 donation, everyone will be able to join in. Every dollar will go directly to provide emergency food to the East Hampton Food Pantry, Springs Food Pantry, Sag Harbor Food Pantry, and Montauk Food Pantry.”

East End Cares, founded during Superstorm Sandy, is a collective of individuals who connect people with opportunities to help others.

“In so many ways, we are already a paycheck-to-paycheck community — and now, too many of our neighbors face unemployment without sick pay

or benefits of any kind,” said Melissa Berman, one of the group’s founders.

“Food is the most basic of needs for every individual and every family. Food is love. And we want to share as much of both as we can.”

The Clamshell Foundation was founded in 1992, and supports people, programs, and projects of the East End by giving 100 percent of all proceeds from any fundraiser back to the community.

“We are so thankful for East End Cares,” said William Kalbacher, the CEO of The Clamshell Foundation. “It is an honor to be working with them as we strive to make a difference in the community during this difficult time.

Thank you to everyone who is helping others stay safe and healthy.”

Donations can be made by visiting www.clamshellfoundation.org, and all assistance is tax deductible.

“East End Cares is gratified to be collaborating with the Clamshell Foundation and such an incredible team of volunteers who came together from various disciplines to support the $5 For Food campaign,” Barry said. “With the community behind us, I believe that we can fill these food pantries and the bellies and hearts of our neighbors in need.”

To learn more about how other local organizations are helping those in need, visit www.indyeastend.com.

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Health Care Spotlight: Katherine Shapiro East End native oversees new programs for millions of NYC students

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com On Sunday, March 22, at 8 PM, New York officially hit the pause button, through Governor Andrew Cuomo’s 10-point plan — transforming the city that never sleeps into a scene out of a post-apocalyptic movie.

“Prior to Sunday, I was still riding the subway to get to and from work,” said Katherine Shapiro, a program director within the Division of Family and Child Health at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and East Hampton native. “Now, I am no longer taking any form of public transportation.

I’m keeping my grocery store trips to a minimum and I am ordering delivery a few times a week in an effort to help service workers and restaurants.”

She is living in “a complete ghost town,” with sidewalks and avenues completely devoid of the liveliness that once

echoed through the streets. Parks remain open, so long as citizens abide by the sixfeet social distancing rule. New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio warns the public that restrictions can be tightened at any moment should people not heed his messages.

As cities shut down, the economic crisis deepens. With thousands either laid off or furloughed, others are forced to work remotely. It’s a strange new normal for Shapiro, but she’s more fortunate than others. Her job is secure, though challenging.

This is the first time that “the agency has worked from home,” she said. “There were a lot of systems that needed to be put in place in a very short period of time. Transitioning such a large agency to remote work definitely came with its challenges, but it has

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been an incredible relief.”

Shapiro’s job as program director typically involves overseeing an immunization program of close to 400 of New York City’s school-based health centers — which are located in the schools but staffed and sponsored by hospitals. “Prior to COVID-19, I had just implemented an HPV immunization program,” Shapiro said, adding it took a year-and-a-half to plan, but had been placed on an indefinite hold.

“The goal was to leverage schoolbased health centers for cancer prevention, by expanding access to the HPV vaccine,” she said. “It involved a lot of relationship-building with hospital net-

works and their leadership. We had just deployed our first cohort of community coordinators into the clinics in mid-January. Having to put the initiative on hold and develop contingency plans was a setback, but the team has done an incredible job of shifting gears.”

She now plays an integral role during the COVID-19 crisis. With over a million students learning remotely, many of which are considered low-income and struggle to get meals or critical health care — things they rely on their schools for — her focus has shifted on how to make these services attainable amid a growing pandemic.

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“We just wanted to get open so that we could get people good food,” Asa Gosman, of Gosman’s Dock complex, said Saturday.

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Gosman’s Fish Market Opens Early Montauk shop is meeting demand for second-homeowner influx

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

Getting an early start on what promises to be a different summer season, Gosman’s Seafood Market in Montauk opened to the public Friday, March 27, more than a month before its originallyscheduled May 1 start.

“We just wanted to get open so

that we could get people good food,” Asa Gosman, one of the managers of the Gosman’s Dock complex, said Saturday.

The early opening was spurred by the number of New York City residents who have moved into their summer homes a couple of months earlier than

usual, as the city became an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past two weeks, customers have lined up at the wholesale wing of the business, just across the hall from the retail market, to buy fish.

“There is a demand for it,” he said.

“Nobody is going out to eat.”

Gosman pointed out that other retail food stores, such as farmer’s markets, are opening early across the East End. At the same time, restaurants across New York have been affected by social-distancing mandates to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, moving to takeout only in many cases, so the company's wholesale business has been hit hard. By opening the retail side, Gosman's can keep employees working.

There was a steady stream of customers the first two days.

“Up to six is my comfort level,” Mi-

chelle Gosman, who was manning the cash register, said Saturday. She was greeting two customers she hadn’t seen since last summer. One of them told Gosman they are in Montauk for the foreseeable future, working from home.

When customers enter, a sign asks them to put on latex gloves, a supply of which are kept by the door. If they enter in a group, those who are not shopping are asked to wait outside for their party.

Inside, social distancing is a must.

Besides the fresh fish for sale, shoppers can choose from a limited selection of some traditional Gosman’s items, like fresh lobster salad, or Holly’s smoked fish spread.

“It will probably be a different kind of season,” Asa Gosman said.

If the Montauk bar scene can’t open by Memorial Day, the magnet that draws the affluent young party crowd from the city will be gone.

“Even if everything is able to open back up by June or July, it is going to be very different kind of season,” Gosman said. “You will have the secondhomeowners. It will be a different crowd. I wouldn’t be surprised if next fall we see some new kids enrolled in the schools.”

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School Closures Extended To April 15 Distance learning in effect until then

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today he has extended school closures through April 15.

The news follows his original twoweek cessation to in-school learning that was scheduled to come to an end April 1.

“I believe the schools should remain closed,” Cuomo said during a March 27 briefing. “I don’t do this joyfully, but I think when you look at where we are and you look at the number of cases still increasing, it only makes sense to keep the schools closed. They have to continue the programs they’re doing. They have to continue the child care, continue the meals, continue the distance-learning programs. I’ll continue the waiver on what’s called the 180-day mandate that they have to be in operation, but we’re going to close the schools for another two weeks, and then we’ll reassess at that point.”

The news comes as COVID-19 cases rise to 44,635 statewide, 3385 of those cases in Suffolk County. Twenty-two of the 519 New York deaths have also been reported in Suffolk.

“We still see the trajectory going up,” Cuomo said. “We want to do everything we can to be ready for that increased capacity that could hit us in 21 days.”

The governor had said previously the peak number of those affected by the virus could be seen in 14 to 21 days.

“In terms of where we are today, because we’re tracking the numbers, we

want to see what’s happening and are we getting closer to the apex? Are we succeeding in flattening the curve?” Cuomo said. “We’re testing more in this state than any other state in the United States.

We test more per capita than China or South Korea, so we’ve ramped up very quickly on the testing.”

The Sag Harbor Union Free School District, Westhampton Beach Union Free School District, and Riverhead Central School District are among many that have kept up remote morning programs each day of the school week, conducting the Pledge of Allegiance, a singing of the National Anthem, weather updates, birthday announcements, and more.

“I know, for me, it has been challenging adjusting to not having everyone around the school,” Sag Harbor Elementary School Principal Matt Malone said March 27. “It’s definitely lonely without you, and your teachers and I all miss you very much, and I know you miss us and miss being at school and being with all of your friends, but it has been great to see some of your pictures and some of the videos you’ve been sending in. I can tell that everybody has been adjusting the best they can to our new situation.

Most importantly, I’m hoping everyone is healthy and safe and taking care of one another. That’s the most important thing right now.”

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“There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among any students or staff members affiliated with our schools.

There are also no students or staff members under mandatory quarantine at this time. The Suffolk County Health Department will notify the district immediately if that changes.”

Westhampton Beach Elementary School Principal Lisa Slover said back on March 13 students were sent home with work assignments and devices like iPads and laptops for at-home learning.

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Pandemic Or Not, Kids Still Need to Eat East Hampton’s school district races to meet demand

By Karen Fredericks karen@karenfredericks.com

With nearly 2000 students in the East Hampton School District and with approximately 50 percent of them depending on assisted meal programs, there wasn’t much time to put together a plan to provide meals to students when the schools were ordered to close. And those numbers grew quickly and significantly, as all involved realized they would need to extend their plans to accommodate all those under the age of 18 who showed up — with no ID or proof of district residency required.

Robert Tymann, the district superintendent, reported within a day of the closure a plan of action was formulated

involving teachers, social workers, clerical staff, aides, and parents. That plan, he said, “is a day-by-day evolving work in progress.”

“And with the rate of unemployment skyrocketing due to the COVID-19 crisis, the number of those who depend on us can only go higher,” he said. “Our overall distribution has increased daily as we coordinate with different groups in the community. Our social workers have been involved from the beginning.

They pointed out areas of need that we then accommodated. We made drops at some of the apartment complexes, then a distribution point was organized at

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Jerry Larsen has been endorsed for mayor by the East Hampton Village Police Benevolent Association.

Larsen, who is retired, served as department chief for 13 years and spent 33 years with the force.

He is in a three-way battle for East Hampton Village mayor against Barbara Borsack and Arthur “Tiger” Graham, two town employees.

Kenneth Brabant, the EHVPBA president, said on March 28, that it was “the first time in history we have decided to endorse a candidate for village mayor.” The PBA screened all three candidates. The endorsement cited Larsen’s “trustworthiness and professionalism” and expressed hope he would lead the village in the direction that would best serve the business community and residents.

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Tymann said this past Wednesday the district dropped 40 lunches and breakfasts at the Springs Food Pantry.

“They serve approximately 125 children, 18 and under, with weekly meals every Wednesday,” he said. “We hope to begin providing them with a significant number of meals beginning this Wednesday.”

“Our community is always generous with their time and support for important causes,” Tymann continued.

“Right now, we have a group of rotating volunteers. We try to make sure no one is overextending themselves but everyone participates. There are a lot of endorphins released doing this type of work. We’re spreading out the burden and the reward. There are also a number of volunteers waiting to help. I am sure, as this process progresses, we’ll need everyone.”

The district is also working on creating a hotline for those unable to get to any of the distribution points. Tymann said once it’s in place, the district will use school buses to deliver meals. He

said he hopes to be forthcoming with details in the coming week.

“Doing our best to make sure the volunteers and community are protected is one of the biggest challenges,” he said.

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Police New Video Arraignment Rule In Suffolk Lawyers, defendants, and judges make move to virtual proceedings

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The first video arraignment following an arrest on a felony charge made by the East Hampton Town Police Department was conducted Sunday, March 29.

All arraignments across Suffolk County are now being done through remote video, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the East End, depending upon the day and time of the arrest, the defendant will either be arraigned while being held at police headquarters, or will be transported to Central Islip.

Arraignments over weekends or holidays will be conducted by the local town or village justice where the arrest was made, via Skype. Arraignments held during business hours on weekdays will be held in Central Islip, presided over by a county judge, remotely.

Defendants will always have an attorney on-hand to represent them. For the weekday arraignments conducted in Central Islip, defendants will be represented by a lawyer from the Legal Aid Society.

Those conducted on weekends or holidays will be represented by an attorney provided by the county’s assigned counsel bureau. In all cases, a defendant has the right to hire a private attorney for the arraignment, via Skype, the online conferencing service the county is utilizing.

The district attorney’s office will be represented remotely during all arraignments, as well.

Carl Irace and Brian DeSesa are the attorneys from the assigned counsel bureau who handle East Hampton and Sag Harbor weekend arraignments. DeSesa

Sex Crime Charged In Wainscott East Hampton Town police say suspect victimized sleeping man

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A 24-year-old man living in a group home in Wainscott was charged by East Hamp-

ton Town police with sexual abuse in the first degree. Antoine Chappell, 24, alleg-

There will be no arraignments at East Hampton Justice Court, or any other local court in Suffolk County for the foreseeable future. Independent/T. E. McMorrow

represented Antoine Chappell March 29 in the first video arraignment presided over by an East Hampton justice.

“It makes sense,” DeSesa said of the new video system. “Other states like Florida are already using it.”

DeSesa said he received the documents concerning the arrest and the charges attached to an email from East Hampton Justice Lisa Rana. After reviewing the paperwork, he called police headquarters.

Chappell was taken to a room separate from the holding cell he had been in.

Next came a key moment in the pro-

cess: DeSesa asked the defendant if he was alone in the room. Chappell said he was, according to DeSesa.

The United States Constitution gives all defendants the right to speak to an attorney without the presence of police.

Once DeSesa had completed speaking with the defendant, he contacted Rana, then called the police back to let them know they were all ready to proceed.

The arraignment itself took between five and 10 minutes.

Chappell is due back in court in Central Islip on Friday, April 3.

edly performed a sex act, a D felony, on a fellow male resident who was sleeping at the time, according to police. The sleeping man woke up and the police were called to the group home run by RISE Life Services Sunday morning, March 29.

Bail was set at $5000 by East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana during Chappell’s Skype video arraignment that afternoon. As with all court proceedings now in Suffolk County, the arraignment was conducted remotely, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The bail set by Rana was at the amount requested by assistant district attorney Breanna McIntyre, who was conferenced in on the call, as was

Brian DeSesa, Chappell’s attorney for the arraignment.

Rana also issued a court order requiring Chappell to have no contact with the alleged victim.

Unable to make bail, Chappell was taken to the county jail in Yaphank. The district attorney’s office has until Friday, April 3, to obtain an indictment, or release Chappell, under state law covering those charged with felonies who are unable to post bail. Chappell’s Friday court date in in Central Islip will also be done remotely. He will be represented at that proceeding by an attorney from the Legal Aid Society.

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Leave The Seals Alone Misconceptions about this federally-protected animal a concern

By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com East End police departments, particularly those on the Atlantic Ocean, have a message for recent arrivals: Stay away

A shoplifter on December 29 at Polo Ralph Lauren’s Children’s Factory Store at Tanger Outlets.

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The woman captured on surveillance camera filling a shopping bag with the clothes on December 29 at approximately 5:45 PM, police said.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town police are offering a reward of up $5000 for anyone with information leading to an arrest.

Anyone with information can send an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS (8477), using a mobile app called P3 Tips, or online at www.P3Tips.com. All calls, messages, and emails will be kept confidential.

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from beached seals.

Lt. Susan Ralph of the Southampton Town Police Department sounded the alarm last week, reminding the public “it is normal for seals to come rest on the beaches of Southampton Town.” She said that people should “absolutely not approach a seal on land.” Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to pick the animal up, or force it back into the water, and do not feed it, she said.

The East Hampton Village police would likely have signed onto that press release. It has become routine for the department to receive multiple reports each week of a “seal in distress.”

Dell Cullum, an expert on wildlife animals based in East Hampton, attested to that.

“I’ve been getting calls every day for the past two weeks, and they are mostly

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about the same seal,” he said.

It was a baby gray first spotted on Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett that had slowly been making its way east.

Seals, he said, are semi-aquatic animals who spend as much time on land as in the sea.

“People don’t realize — they see them on the beach and they think they are out of place,” he said. “They are not.”

A common mistake that many make, Cullum said, is thinking a seal is wounded as it is sunning on the beach.

Young seals molt, and the dark under layer of fur can appear to the untrained eye as a wound. Also, he said, seals do get abrasions in the ocean, living in a world of rocks and waves.

“It’s tough down there,” Cullum said. “It’s not ‘The Little Mermaid.’”

The seal population has been increasing on the East End in recent years, he added, a possible sign of a healthier oceanic environment in nearby waters.

Seals also can move a lot farther and faster on land than people realize. Twice in recent years, he has assisted in rescu-

ing seals that came ashore on an oceanfront or sound-front property, wandered down a long, long driveway, only to end up on a public road.

Recently, a seal came ashore at Maidstone Park Beach. The seal “went through the Maidstone Club grounds, through the golf course, into the pond, then into a yard, ending up in a fresh water rain puddle,” Cullum said. The disoriented animal was returned to the ocean.

Seals are protected by federal law. It is illegal to get closer than 150 feet from them. The only East End agency licensed to handle seals is the New York State Marine Rescue Center, based in Riverhead.

Cullum always defers to that organization.

Marine rescue guidelines, Cullum said, say to give the seal on the beach 48 hours before becoming concerned.

Also, seals carry aquatic diseases that landbound mammals, such as humans, do not have antibodies for.

The basic rule of thumb for seals on the beach is simple: appreciate their beauty, but respect their space.

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Editorial

JUST ASKING

By Karen Fredericks

How does it feel to be home from school?

Zoe It’s kind of annoying. Sometimes there’s nothing to do at home, so it can be boring. Especially when it’s cold outside and you can’t go out.

And when it’s warm you can’t go and hang out with your friends because of the virus.

Whose ‘Yard’ Is It? There is a misconception that NIMBYism is in itself morally wrong. Yet municipal planners and civic leaders know that the “Not In My Backyard” movement is often a tool used by citizens to oppose legislation they are not comfortable with.

We see it again and again on the East End. Neighbors in Tuckahoe organize to stop a supermarket complex from being built, an affordable housing proposal is forced to scale down in Flanders, a golf course in East Quogue is put on the back burner after a concerted, costly effort by those opposed draws support from politicians initially on the fence.

These matters aside, the philosophical debate is broader: it pits what is good for the people as a whole against the property rights of those homeowners directly affected. We see it playing today in Wainscott, where Deepwater Wind has a proposed project near the beach. Residents want the clean energy — as long as they don’t have to watch the cable being dug under their streets.

Imagine the intensity when it is time to place a drug treatment facility, or a sewage treatment plant near someone’s home. Are there any among us who wouldn’t object?

The recent resentment over second-homeowners coming to live here rather than staying in the city is fueled, of course, by the fear that they are coming from a COVID-19 hotspot and may unknowingly affect us. One interesting phenomenon is that many of our part-time neighbors never gave it a thought; they are frequent year-round visitors who come whenever the city schools are closed, and who now have the added benefit of being able to work at home.

Contrast the reaction of some locals — their fierce opposition to these second homeowners — to their stance on the immigration issue. How many of us have condemned the government for turning would-be settlers away, in some cases breaking up their families? Are these some of the same people trying to stop Hamptons’ taxpayers from coming to live in their own homes?

What happened to the “open border” policy that pervaded party planks in the last election? What of the “Welcome, stranger” helping hand extended to all comers to our borders?

On the other hand, weren’t the warnings of drug dealers, gang members, felons, and, yes, those carrying illnesses flowing freely into our country viewed as political posturing? What changed?

NIMBY happened, that’s what. It was never about what was happening on the border — it was all about the shelves of your specialty store running out of sparkling water.

Darren It’s not great. You can get kind of bored sometimes. Especially if it’s a rainy day and you can’t get outside.

Then, you’re stranded in the house and it can get really irritating. You can’t invite your friends over because of the virus. And there are so many things you can’t just go out to do.

Juan I like being home and having a lot of time to myself. I’m watching a lot of action movies on TV. And my little brother is home too, so we both have fun together.

Emily Sometimes I get a little bored because you have to stay home but maybe it's a good thing because at least now, we'll know what to do if this ever happens again.

Is it just me?

For our April Fools’ Day issue let’s do a puzzle with no real answers. Our readers will be so frustrated. What a hoot!

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That’s so brilliant I’ll have to give you a raise and a promotion.

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Wow! Really?

No. April Fools’.

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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 Amy Kirwin: No Time To Be A Sad SAC Southampton Arts Center’s artistic director on staying creative

By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com

Amy Kirwin’s own “creation station” at her home office. Independent/Amy Kirwin

Amy Kirwin. Independent/Madison Fender

Southampton Arts Center on Jobs Lane in Southampton is one of the East End’s cultural hubs, concentrating on community and up-and-coming artists, along with appealing to the younger crowds with silent discos, storytelling events, and more.

So, what is SAC doing during the age of social distancing, and, what is Amy Kirwin, the whirling dervish artistic director, known for her joyful spirit and non-stop activity, doing to stay sane?

One of the things the center is doing, according to Kirwin, is a community art share. “It’s a virtual acquisition,” she said. “We put a call out to the community to get creative — the state-

judgment.”

And that’s in line with the mission of SAC. “We’re all about community,” Kirwin said. “Part of our new mission will be ‘Community Building Through The Arts,’ which we hope to launch pretty soon, and that’s a big part of who we are.

There’s also a YouTube channel which features the art that’s been submitted. Those interested can find it at Southampton Arts Center at www.youtube.com, or see the virtual exhibition at www.southamptonartscenter.org.

“Art heals,” she said simply. “This is a time to let creativity heal. If you don’t take the time to observe and to respond to that observation, you’re go-

ment is ‘Art heals, get creative’ — so to take this time to paint, even if you don’t normally paint, or draw, or sculpt, take photographs, or just make things from items around your house. Empty toilet paper rolls!” she said, laughing.

“The idea is to see the beauty that’s around you,” Kirwin said. Participants are then asked to take a photo and send it in to info@southamptoncenter. org (there is no “arts” in the email address), with the artist’s name, the name of the work, where you’re from, and if it was done by a child, the age of the artist, plus an Instagram handle, if there is one. “Every day I post a few, and tag the people on social media if they supply their handle,” she said. “There’s no

ing to go stir-crazy. You need to find the beauty in whatever your surroundings are.”

Not just talking the talk, Kirwin has set up a “creation station” in her house, similar to the stations during the Takeover! artists-in residence program at the center. “It’s half of my dining room table,” she said. “I’ve got a little easel, I’ve got a puzzle, and I have coloring book, I’ve been taking photographs. Even snuggling with my dogs, and taking pictures of them,” she said.

“But whatever you do — write a story or a poem, take a photograph, whatever — remember, you’re not just creating beauty, it’s a really therapeutic exercise,” Kirwin said.

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Parrish Unfolds Virtual Family Lesson Plan Interactive online art programs aim to inspire

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill is getting creative amid social distancing.

Introducing Parrish Home Art Studios, interactive online art programs for children and families — or for the inner child in all of us.

“In the middle of a stressful time, it can be hard to come up with ideas for kids,” said education director Cara Conklin-Wingfield, who has been at Parrish for 26 years. With schools closed and teachers navigating virtual lesson plans, many parents are scrambling for ways to entertain their households. “We’re just trying to figure out whatever way we can be helpful to families.”

Every Tuesday, Parrish’s education department releases six activities

on the organization’s website. “If your family has enjoyed art workshops or open studios in the museum, you’ll love our weekly guides to art activities for six days of the week,” said assistant education director Jillian Bock. The museum already has the content and is only changing the way that content is delivered. “Doors open or closed, we’re here for the community with inspiring, creative ways to experience and make art,” Bock added.

Each project uses readily available materials, common in most homes, such as magazines, colored paper, glue, paintbrushes, plastic cups, and cans.

Lesson plans, inspired by the works in the Parrish collection, will always offer alternative materials. Some activity ex-

Friday Flashback HamptonsFilm releases weekly content

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

“We’ve enjoyed sharing movies with our community for the past 27 years,” co-chairman Alec Baldwin said in a video, on behalf of the Hamptons International Film Festival. “While we wish

we could continue to do so in person, for now we offer you Friday Flashback.”

With over 15 years of recorded content, for the foreseeable future HamptonsFilm is offering Friday Flashback,

Willow, Jeffrey, and Ivy Mae Ingram. Independent/Ragan Finalborgo

amples include collaging with recycled papers, paper weaving, and experimental printmaking.

“Our children (ages five, six, and nine years old) are all enjoying the athome Parrish art projects. We are great fans of the after-school program with Miss Wendy and these home projects make us feel like we’re being just as creative as if we were in the studio,” Ragan Finalborgo said.

All projects will remain on the site as it builds an archive. “We all believe that making art contributes to your well-being, that it’s important for just our existence and for humanity in general. So, we hope we can help and make it less stressful,” Conklin-Wingfield said.

Find all projects online at www. parrishart.org and make sure to tag #ParrishHomeArtStudios

a series recommending a film that’s easily accessible via online streaming platforms in conjunction with a previously recorded post-screening talk, on YouTube.

“We immediately called Alec and Alec said ‘Yeah, that’d be great. Let’s do it.’ And so, he was willing to record the messages, and he’s doing a new one every week,” said HamptonsFilm executive director Anne Chaisson. Right now, HIFF is focused on the selections involving Baldwin and those from the SummerDocs series, the annual Film Festival in fall, and a few from the Screenwriters Lab. As a nonprofit organization,

HamptonsFilm’s close-knit workers have all been able to retain their jobs. “We hope everyone is safe and healthy,” said Chaisson.

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Southampton Animal Shelter The Southampton Animal Shelter is hosting The Greatest Party That Never Was on April 30. It’s a very fake event for a very real cause. Visit www.southamptonanimalshelter.com/dontshowup.

Once you purchase your ticket, an email will arrive with follow-up instructions. Watch on Facebook to see who else doesn’t show up.

Your donation to this imaginary event will provide homeless pets with care and support.

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Gone Home With Gurney’s The Montauk resort launches a new social media campaign

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com

Gurney’s Resorts has long curated the hashtag, seen all over their three properties, #GoneToGurneys. But now the luxury properties are embarking on a new campaign. Amid social distancing comes #GoneHomeWithGurneys, which kicked off with a how-to recipe for Scarpetta’s Signature Spaghetti, and will continue to stream programming across its Instagram account @ gurneysresorts.

A collective effort among the entire Gurney’s Resorts team, Gone Home will span to all three properties: Gurney’s Star Island, Gurney’s Montauk, and Gurney’s Newport. It’ll highlight the Montauk resorts’ private beach with wellness tips and meditations, include recipes from Newport, and special digital lessons for children provided by Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program at the

Marina. The partnership with CCEM is designed to deliver a weekly handson, custom youth education program.

It’s part of the resorts’ new Kid’s Club, Camp Gurney’s, which will resume in person once social distancing has ended. #GoneHomeWithGurneys additionally allows staff to showcase their talents in the kitchen, the studio, at the turn-tables, and more. It aims to bring together the families of both internal staff and loyal guests to engage and unite. A favorite avenue of the campaign is Sunday Sharing, inviting followers to share their favorite Gurney’s memories on Instagram. Beyond a chance for the public to be engaged, tagging the resort in Sunday Sharing automatically enters the post into a contest for a chance to win a one-night stay at any chosen property.

Each virtual interaction is completely free and aimed to inform, inspire, and educate until it’s safe to welcome travelers back to the resort.

Slow Food East End had to cancel its fundraiser last month and is now hosting an online silent auction. The auction includes items like a basket of Sparkling Pointe new releases, lunch for four at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, and a threesome of golf at Friar’s Head. Visit https://e.givesmart. com/events/gKG.

Live From Guild Hall Guild Hall in East Hampton will be posting new content every day taking a look back at some of the great moments in its history of arts and education programming. Go to www.guildhall.org.

Sip And Sing Every Friday at 5 PM, Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will host a virtual sing-along broadcasting via Zoom right in the comfort of your own home. To receive the Zoom link, go to www.baystreet.org and sign up for the newsletter.

Cynthia Rowley Creates Simple Face Mask Pattern

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com Designer Cynthia Rowley, who has a store in Montauk, took to Instagram this week to explain how she created a simple pattern for making your own face mask, which can be done from home.

“I had this idea. I read that there was no elastic left to make the ear loops . . . I ended up making this pattern that’s going to be available on our website, that you can download and cut

your own,” said Rowley. The masks can be created without a sewing machine using any stretchy material, and it ties in the back. The designer demonstrated how you can even use a hotel sewing kit.

“Any stretchy fabric will work,” she said. “Cut up an old wetsuit.”

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utes with a sewing machine. Rowley notes that these are not medical-grade masks but can be used in a pinch to help stop the spread of

germs.

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By Rick Murphy

The whole point, I think, is while we are in quarantine — I’m not preaching here — we do need to avoid the obvious pratfalls of house arrest, which for me are overeating and staring at the TV. I have trouble reading because, in my business, I’m at the computer all day and my eyes burn. I also can’t exercise much because I am really really lazy, I mean because I have a bad back I hurt in Nam, so the threat of turning this imprisonment into something even more negative is very real.

That’s where the guitar comes in.

Is this a sign for me to play again?

If I get back into it, I would write a whole album of new songs with some of the old faves — the biggies — thrown in, because that’s what the people want to hear, like “Purple Patchouli” and “I Yodel Over You.” She still makes me weep to this

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“I’ll put it to you very plain and simple I wish your face would turn into a pimple”

I Gently Weeps

I’m sure the guy I wrote it about felt the anguish when he was making love to my Patchouli Daydream, formerly Annette Pasquale, before I renamed her. She had long braided pigtails that came down to her waist — from under her arms.

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Among the suggestions made to those going stir-crazy from virus quarantine is to take up a musical instrument.

This prompted Karen to inquire whether I was going to resume playing guitar. I’m sure she dreaded a positive reply but pretended to encourage me.

My problem as a singer/songwriter, for those who haven’t heard the music first hand, begins with my unfortunate voice, which is more like a whine.

It’s actually a weepy, wheezy, whine, like the faint sounds you hear coming from a fawn in the woods who realizes for the first-time mommy isn’t coming home to feed her because mommy was mowed down by a speeding SUV being driven by a 16-year-old opiate addict from Manhattan with coronavirus.

My whine is the same one I used throughout childhood — the one that made people hate me. Coupled with a

day. There’s nothing sadder than a man on the coronavirus march crying because his hairy girlfriend dumped him 40 years ago, believe me.

Sometime soon, on a moonlit night, I will go to that place where the twin rivers meet in my mind, the mythical canyon where words flow like lava (or is it larva?) down the mountain into the craters of my mind. I will pick up Gertrude (that’s my guitar) and dust off those rusty strings one more time. And if I hear a fawn crying out in the night I will know the answer — yes, it is time to make music with my lovers and my friends (I’ll have to get some).

But if I hear the guy across the street yell, “Shut the hell up, you whiny maggot!” I will binge watch “The Wire” instead.

Speaking of binge watching, Kevin Costner has a series on the Paramount network going into its third season called “Yellowstone” that is kind of “Dallas” meets “Bonanza.” It’s worth finding and watching the first two seasons (you’ll have to stream it). Also, highly recommended, “Hell and High Water” with Chris Pine and Tommy Lee Jones, which very quietly got nominated for an Oscar. Also, I have to reluctantly admit, “Downton Abbey” was great even though someone made me watch it.

Meanwhile, keep an eye out for the new album: “More Pimples: Aches and Acne” by Rickey T and the Corona Hotcats.

performed my touching song about unrequited love, “The Pimple Song.” The timeless refrain still echoes in the soul:

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big mouth and a know-it-all attitude, it made the other boys wants to smack the hell out me, and more than a few did.

The antidote, of course, was to align myself with the biggest, ugliest, nastiest bad asses in the schoolyard, who are my buddies to this day.

Karen has Orders of Protection out against most of them.

I am tone deaf as well, defiantly so. In fact, I am the worst kind of tone deaf, the kind of fool who thinks he has a beautiful voice and sings extra loudly.

People assume I have some kind of syndrome.

My singing hurts house plants.

Sometimes I’ll play Karen a new song and ask how it was and she’ll reply, “It made me cry.”

I do have a greatest hit. Back in early ’70s, I played a few parties and

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KISS & TELL

By Heather Buchanan

What Is Essential?

Revisiting gratitude in the new world order kissandtellhb@gmail.com “And now here is my secret, a very important secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

I love this quote from “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and not just for its seamless use of a colon and semicolon in one sentence.

The novel was only published posthumously in the author’s native France in 1943 as it was banned by the Vichy regime. After going through a war, one learns what is “essential.”

Looking back, there were so many prescient characters and observations.

The Prince visits six planets, including one where there is a narcissistic man who only wants the praise which

comes from admiration and being the most-admirable person on his otherwise uninhabited planet. There is another where a railway switchman told him how people on the train rushed from one place to another, never satisfied with where they were and it was only the children that looked out the windows.

In the new world order, as people’s lives become narrower and more focused, and where sickness or the loss of life is a tangible possibility, what actually is essential?

Fresh air and sunlight.

Music which caresses your soul.

Supporting your immune system.

Candlelight, because it is sooth-

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ing and flattering and no one gives two hoots about your artificial beauty enhancements you had to give up anyway.

You are gorgeous just as you are.

A good book. Send a message of gratitude because writers, especially freelancers, don’t have a lobbyist in Washington, DC to ensure them a place in the relief package (and if there is one please let me know!)

Emotional honesty. Because all this together time will lead you to a closer connection or there will be a lot of divorces when this shut down is over.

Finding a deep soul connection to solitude. I want to commend the creative Instagrammers like Arthur Golabek, who does the most beautiful creations for dinner for one.

Connect with those who nourish you. A gorgeous bouquet from Sag Harbor Florist, who will deliver, and amazing healthy and indulgent food from Janet O’Brien, whose Southampton shop is there to serve and can get it to you. Chef Matty Boudreau of Green Hill Kitchen, who is expanding not just his famous BBQ but all sorts of essentials to your door. The stranger at the dump who greets you with a genuine “Good morning. How are you doing?”

The friend who contacts you out of the blue just to say, “I know we don’t talk

often but I am thinking of you.”

Pausing to ask yourself: If I am going to utter a statement, and I never know when it will be my last, have I said something kind and positive and reflective of my true nature? Seriously, what if the most recent Facebook post was your last. Would you be proud?

Does it reflect your best self?

Gratitude. There will always be someone in a better position than you and someone in a worse position than you. Be grateful for what you can enjoy in this moment. Do not hesitate to both reach out for help and also offer it.

In the end, this is not about material things. It is about more carefully and acutely defining who you are as a human being on a very troubled planet Earth.

What is essential? And what if you can’t see it with your eyes?

Finding a deep soul connection to solitude.

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READING OUR REGION

By Joan Baum

Two Books To Make You Think Spring ‘Splash’ and ‘The Ecstatic Gardener’

It’s been said that noted environmentalist and former director of the Sierra Club, David Brower, is credited with introducing the phrase, “modern coffee table book,” meaning an oversized collection of images, usually of the natural world, set out on a low living room table to prompt thumb-through display and casual conversation. He would no doubt cite as exemplary Bob Tabor’s fifth photography book, “Splash” — a handsome volume with “a page size big enough to carry a given image’s dynamic. The eye must be required to

move about within the boundaries of the image, not encompass it all in one glance.”

Tabor, a resident of East Hampton and Manhattan, known for photographing horses and the ocean, cites the “commonality” of all his work, which is capturing a moment close up.

In “Splash,” it’s the curl or explosive landing of a big wave, a dynamic immediacy, a “graphic simplicity,” which will give “new meaning” to what otherwise might be just a familiar nature image.

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and white and large prints. Seven to 10foot photos are not unusual, but he’s delighted when he can print out 18 feet of Main Beach, which he particularly loves — “its smell, energy, and lyrical beauty.”

Even where color intrudes, as it does in a few images in “Splash,” aquagreen is his only concession. He likes the strong positive/negative contrasts black and white photos convey, and he eschews titles and names, referencing his work only by numbers and then, typically on commission, printing out a desired size. He feels fortunate that some years ago his horse photos attracted Ralph Lauren, and that his work is now on regular display in RL stores. In both his equine and ocean images, he zeroes in on a section, deliberately abandoning a sense of scale, and leaving only a sensation of power.

A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Tabor says he was a fine arts major and didn’t even attempt photography until later in life when his wife gave him a camera. And then he fell in love with taking close-ups, using only natural light (“I let God do the lighting. I just capture the moment”).

Retired now from 40-plus years as a creative director at a leading ad agency, where he learned the importance of negative space, Tabor gets excited just talking about some of his images — all double-page spreads — especially the tendrils of white foam that shoot out and cascade like a Jackson Pollock spasm across the page.

Flower Power In her elegant photography collection, “The Ecstatic Gardener,” Hamptons sculptor and painter Carol Ross, who lives in Noyac, where she tends to her garden designed with her husband, presents over 100 striking images of flowers, most double page, many life size or oversize. She notes that “all my flowers project drama, big flowers, tall flowers, strong colors, beds cramped

full of a great mixture of flowers.” The last few pages give bonus shots, three to a page, of how her bold, piercing geometric abstract sculptures sit among these blooms, contrasts of color, shape, and tactility.

Though she says she came to gardening relatively late, knowing nothing except brick containers for plants at her city address, she got serious when she started spending more time on the East End and found herself connecting colors in the garden with colors from her paintings and sculptures. “The way I garden is about moving things around and letting the flowers tangle together and show up where unexpected.” But for sure, as the photos exemplify, Ross had her eye on “wild exuberance,” flowers exploding in the early morning sunlight and the fierce sharp shadows of late afternoon.”

To judge from the selections here, she favors reds and pinks and close ups so intense one hardly recognizes the flower. Some pictures look like blurry abstract paintings, “noisy colors” captured over two-page spreads. Most of the blurred oversized shots are of roses, some showing only petal tops or including an insect to give a sense of scale and seem more like paintings than photographs. Interestingly, though Georgia O’Keeffe may come to mind, Ross’s photos of close-up full bloom gardens seem more excessive than erotic. And thus a practical invitation to plan one’s own floral display.

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By Jessica Mackin-Cipro

All of the Lidia Bastianich dried pasta, facial masks, and hand sanitizers I received in gift bags last summer.

played many, many hands of gin rummy. They’re French, fancy, and remind me of a wonderful time.

I’m Thankful For . . .

The Clamshell Foundation and East End Cares for starting the “$5 For Food” campaign. If you have $5, please donate to help feed our community.

Governor (or should we say President?)

Andrew Cuomo for his leadership.

Clementine, our Cocker Spaniel, a Southampton Animal Shelter rescue, who is beyond excited to have us home all day.

Knowing that “The Real Housewives of New York” season 12 is starting on Thursday, April 2.

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Nothing about this is easy. Like the recent viral parody letter that F. Scott Fitzgerald didn’t write during the 1918 flu outbreak states, “I weep for the damned eventualities this future brings.”

But as we self-isolate we have to highlight the positive and what simply makes us happy. As we all find ourselves with more time to reflect, these are some of the things that I’m thankful for, that are bringing me joy, distracting me when needed, and keeping my hopes high. (In no particular order.)

All of the healthcare heroes working the front lines at our hospitals. They

are true heroes and need to be thanked every day.

The three salutes to the sun I do every morning before changing into my daytime pajamas.

Having access to a bike and the beach, especially a beach with no other humans.

That I still “go to” work every day as an essential employee, even if it’s from my own living room.

Friday Zoom wine nights with the girls.

Jackie Schimmel’s “The Bitch Bible” podcast.

All of the extra time to spend with family that I wouldn’t normally have.

“The Tiger King” on Netflix. Because as the meme says, I’m either talking about Tiger King or coronavirus right now. There is nothing else.

Every New Yorker cheering out their windows for our first responders. I started crying when I first saw these videos. New Yorkers are strong and resilient and we will get through this.

The deck of cards I bought on our honeymoon in St. Barth’s with which we’ve

Balsam Farms and Wölffer Estate for door-to-door delivery this week.

Virtual programming, put together by our cultural centers like Guild Hall, The Parrish Art Museum, and Southampton Arts Center. Virtual concerts

by Bay Street. HamptonsFilm Friday Flashback movie series.

Elton John, for hosting the iHeart Living Room Concert for America on Sunday night to benefit Feeding America.

Daily Harvest, for weekly food deliveries that are filled with antioxidants.

Let’s keep our immune systems strong!

(And keep me from learning how to cook.) @tanksgoodnews on Instagram, because we could all use a little good news these days.

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Dining An Honest Meal At Home A relief fund is set up for laid-off workers

By Hannah Selinger

Honest Man continues to serve honest food, mandates notwithstanding.

The only difference these days is that you’ll be eating your honest dinner in the comfort of your own kitchen.

Dining out is a dud these days, and, as of last week, New York is officially a stay-at-home state. But local businesses are stepping up, and the Honest Man group, which boasts five local restaurants, is no exception. Of the five spots — La Fondita, Coche Comedor, Nick & Toni’s, Rowdy Hall, and Townline BBQ — four are now offering takeout food. Menus have been adapted and shortened some, in order to help streamline the process and provide the best possible experience. La Fondita will not be providing takeout service, although some of the dishes served at the Mexican restaurant are available at its neighbor, Coche Comedor.

Coche Comedor, the newest of the five restaurants, will operate from Wednesday through Sunday from 4 to 8 PM. Phones will open at 3 PM each day. The slimmed-down menu features

three smaller plates (chips and salsa, chips and guacamole, Caesar salad), four entrees (chicken adobo, pork rib carnitas, skirt steak with poblano peppers, fish of the day), a series of tacos, and six sides (whole black beans, duck fat potatoes, duck fried rice, Mexican rice, guacamole).

At casual stalwart Rowdy Hall, hours will be the same. The menu will include three salads (Mr. Smith’s salad, Roquefort-walnut salad, chopped salad), five entrees (fish and chips, meatloaf, chicken fingers, beef burger, Impossible burger), and three sides (French fries, mashed potatoes, baby carrots).

Townline BBQ serves takeout and curbside pickup for both lunch and dinner: 12 to 7 PM. Diners can choose between St. Louis-style ribs, smoked half chickens, pulled pork by the pound, pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, coleslaw, spicy bread and butter pickles, and French fries.

The restaurant group’s crown jewel, Nick & Toni’s, which has catered to Hamptons locals and celebrities

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alike for over three decades, will offer an abbreviated menu for takeout from Wednesday through Sunday, 4 to 9 PM. You can also pick up a bottle of wine or beer at a 25 percent discount.

The restaurant will offer four appetizers (romaine salad with garlic croutons and Caesar dressing; tricolor salad with endive, arugula, and Parmesan; wood-grilled royal trumpet mushrooms with toasted pistachios; and chicken liver pâté with Ruby Frost apples, roasted walnuts, and grilled flatbread), two pastas (penne with a spicy oven-roasted tomato sauce; pasta with rock shrimp, lobster cream, and hazelnuts), three entrees (roasted market catch with beluga lentils and cauliflower; free-range chicken with pancetta, garlic, and rosemary jus; domestic Wagyu New York strip with Gorgonzola polenta, Brussels sprouts, and a Barolo reduction); and four sides (crushed Yukon gold potatoes; creamy Gorgonzola polenta; baby Brussels sprouts; baby spinach with chickpeas and lemon).

The group has started a relief fund, too, the Honest Man Relief Fund.

When patrons call to place their orders, they will be asked whether or not they would like to donate to this fund, which

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will go toward the employees who have been laid off during this perilous time.

In addition to its diverse spate of longlasting restaurants, the Honest Man group is also known for their dedicated staff, many of whom have been with the restaurants for years — and some of whom have been with the group for decades. It should come as no surprise, then, that the group sees it as their obligation to protect the men and women who have worked behind the scenes for the past three-plus decades to make these restaurants essential to East End living and eating.

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Guest-Worthy Recipe: Chef Tien Ho Bergamo’s Cacio e Pepe Dip

By Zachary Weiss

Ingredients:

Who:

8 oz cream cheese 2 oz Pecorino, finely grated 1 tsp black pepper, toasted and coarsely milled 2.5 oz whole milk Salt to taste

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Chef Ho’s Guest-Worthy Recipe:

Directions:

Bergamo’s Cacio e Pepe Dip

Why? This easy at-home treat requires just five ingredients, three steps, and absolutely no input from your oven or stove, making it a cheesy treat for you and your loved ones.

In a mixing bowl, incorporate all ingredients together until well blended.

Remove and reserve in airtight container.

To serve, spread the dip on a plate or in a bowl and garnish with cracked black pepper on top and fine crackers on the side.

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Culinary Discoveries In Kenya Travel vicariously through safari destination Independent/ Vanessa Gordon

By Vanessa Gordon Visiting Kenya last month reminded me once again, you do not truly discover a destination until you connect with its food culture. My husband and I had been planning a trip to the highly sought-after safari destination that is the Masai Mara and to the north near Mount Kenya for almost two years.

I knew our private game drives would take up most of our day, up to eight hours per day on average. We predicted our experience would be “lifechanging,” as many who had traveled to Kenya proudly exclaimed to us prior to our departure. Yet, second to witnessing the beauty and awe of the wild animals within their own habitats, it was the diversity of the food and plentiful amounts of it all throughout Kenya that was so astounding.

“The fruit in Kenya is dripping off of the trees,” explained our game driver

in northern Kenya. “People are well fed here.”

Game Drive Meals My husband and I stayed at the following properties: Solio Lodge and Sala’s Camp. A typical game drive for us began at 8 AM at Solio, and Sala’s game drives in the Masai Mara began at 6:30 AM. Our game drives at Solio started a couple of hours later because we were staying at a lodge within an enclosed wildlife sanctuary. Breakfasts out on the drive are known as “Bush Breakfasts.” These meals would be quite extensive and include yogurt, granola, eggs or pancakes, an abundance of fresh fruit, toast, coffee, and tea.

Mincemeat may be served with eggs or a light omelet may be prepared.

During the evenings, we would have sundowners. These short game

drives typically lasted for 90 minutes and included some libations like wine or beer, and hors d’oeuvres. These lite bites may be miniature quiches, meat pies, cheeses and salted nuts, or croquettes.

Lodge & Camp Meals Cuisine while on safari entwined a mix of Indian, African, American, and British influences. For breakfast, there was a full spread of options to start, such as fresh and dried fruits, date bread, and nuts and seeds for topping yogurt.

Breakfast main courses were a choice of zucchini and sweet potato hash brown with chorizo sausage, avocado, and eggs, Brioche French toast, or avocado on toast with feta.

For lunch, an example spread would start with white bean and roasted garlic dip with marinated mushrooms and ciabatta bread. Next, we munched on thinly sliced beef fillet with crispy polenta fries, and sweet corn and roasted pepper salsa. A side Caesar salad with anchovies was served. Additional lunch selections may include a shrimp and avocado salad, and rice and vegetable-based side dishes. For dessert, fruit-based options were most popular like a fresh fruit plate with berry coulis, or mango compote with coconut granola and vanilla custard. Kenyan coffee and tea always accompanied.

There were select afternoons where afternoon tea would be served back at camp. This option would rotate with the evening sundowners. Some sundowners were private, except one evening where everyone staying at the camp met for evening cocktails and lite bites.

Dinner was served between 7 and 8 PM. We would start with drinks and hors d’oeuvres, such as my particular favorite: coconut crumbled Camembert cheese with pineapple chutney and pickled cucumber. A main course was beef ballotine with potato gratin and sugar peas. To cap off the night, we dipped Tiramisu Churro’s with hot fudge sauce served with coffee ice cream.

Coffee Farm During our trip, we visited a nearby

university, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, where we explored the Coffee Technology Center and learned about its cultivation and production methods. We then participated in a coffee tasting class where we witnessed how Kenyan coffee beans are graded.

For example, the range of beans between the E and AB grade are considered the most vibrant in flavor. The lower the grade, the lesser the quality.

Kenyans prefer not to drink coffee or their “cash crop.” The higher-grade beans are then shipped to the United Kingdom for distribution around the world.

Local Roots Kenyans exemplify living off the land.

The meat is local and plentiful, and the diverse range of fish is caught off the Kenyan coastline near Mombasa and or Malindi. For fish, you can expect species like Mahi Mahi, Tilapia, Barracuda, Yellowfin, and Marlin, just to name a few. For meat, typical meals may include chicken, pork, beef, goat, or even crocodile. You will notice right away that the meat is gamier than what you may find in the U.S.

Kenyans are not wasteful in any way and are very focused on sustainability practices when it comes to farming and production. The Maasai are a great example of this practice. Their cuisine is influenced by their livestock and what is directly accessible to them.

Nairobi Restaurants Kenya is famous for being a highly sought-after luxury safari destination.

However, the dynamic city of Nairobi has some notable options when it comes to dining out. One of the most famous is Carnivore, located close to Wilson Airport. A variety of meats are served and carved at your table including camel, ostrich, and crocodile. The experience at Carnivore is all-you-caneat, and includes a soup course, and the meat is served with home baked brown bread. Dessert and coffee follow the meat tasting experience. A vegetarian menu is also available. Other restaurants to consider include Talisman, The Lord Erroll, and About Thyme Restaurant.

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RECIPE OF THE WEEK Chef Joe Cipro

Sweet Corn Ricotta Ravioli Pasta ingredients (serves 8) 1 1/2 c semolina flour 3/4 c OO flour or all purpose flour 2 eggs 4 egg yolks Extra semolina flour for rolling pasta Ravioli cutter

Filling ingredients 4 ears of corn, cut kernels off and set aside. Keep the cores for stock.

1/2 gallon whole milk 1 lemon (juiced) 1/4 c olive oil 1/2 c grated Parmesan cheese Cheese cloth Salt and pepper to taste Pastry bag or a Ziploc plastic bag with one of the corners cut off Sauce and garnish ingredients 1/4 lb butter 1/3 c corn stock (refer to directions, this will be used for the filling also) 1/3 c grated Parmesan cheese Chopped parsley

Directions Peel the kernels off the corn and set aside, then cut the cores into three pieces each. Put them in a medium sized sauce pot with two cups of water, cover with the lid, and heat over low medium flame for two hours. In the meantime, you will work on the pasta and ricotta cheese.

For the pasta, use a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment.

Mix all ingredients together at a slow speed until a ball is formed. If you do not have a stand mixer, you can use your hands. Mix the flour in a bowl.

Then, on a flat work surface, create a mound with the flour. Make a well in the center of the flour mound for the eggs and yolks. Now, gently work the dry ingredients into the wet with your hands until you’ve created an evenly incorporated ball of dough. Then, cover the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest at least 30 minutes at room temperature.

While the dough is resting, make your ricotta cheese.

For the cheese, bring the milk to a simmer in a sauce pot, then add the lemon juice and stir gently. You will see the curd (chunky white solids)

separate from the whey (the cloudy liquid). Scoop out the curds and place them in your cheesecloth. When you’ve removed all the curd, gently wrap the cheesecloth around the curd and squeeze out a little more of the liquid whey. At this point, you’ll whisk together the salt, pepper, olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and curds. Cover in plastic wrap and put in the fridge for later.

When your corn stock is ready, remove the cores and a third-cup of the stock to use later with your sauce.

Place the kernels into the rest of the stock, then heat over medium heat for about 10 minutes with the lid on.

When you’re finished, add a teaspoon of salt and purée on high in a blender (this purée should be thick), then pass the purée through a fine mesh strainer.

Cover the final product in plastic wrap and set it in the fridge to cool for about 20 minutes, then mix the ricotta cheese and corn purée together and you have your filling. Keep this mixture refrigerated until you’re ready to fill the pasta.

Now, we roll out the pasta. If you have a hand crank pasta machine at home, use it. Otherwise you’ll have to make do with a rolling pin and a well-floured work surface. Once the dough is rested, dust your work surface with a generous amount of semolina flour, cut the ball of dough in half, then roll each ball of dough into a disk about half-inch thick with a rolling pin. Cover the one you’re not working with in plastic wrap until you’re ready for it. If you’re using a pasta machine, set the thickness to four for the first press through, then feed the sheet of dough through at two, and finally the one setting for the desired thickness of your sheet of pasta. (Remember to keep adding flour to your work surface to prevent the last from sticking). If you’re using the rolling pin, do your best to get it as thin and even as you can. Cut the sheets of pasta into threeinch-wide sheets. Fill your pastry bag or Ziploc with filling.

Pipe the filling into the middle of each three-inch-wide pasta sheet.

Whisk one egg with a little bit of water and brush the edge of the pasta sheet.

This will glue and seal the pasta. Fold the other edge over the filling, then run

the back of your hand on the sheet of pasta along the filling. Use the ravioli cutter to trim any excess pasta, and portion each ravioli about an inch long.

Repeat this process until your filling is gone.

Finally, we’re ready to assemble this dish. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add two tablespoons of olive oil. In another large pan, something with plenty of surface area like a roasting pan or sauté pan, reduce the

remaining third-cup of corn stock by half, then whisk in the cold butter over a very low flame. While you’re whisking in the butter, dunk half the pasta in the boiling salted water for about one-and-a-half minutes, remove with a slotted spoon, and toss in the butter sauce plate and serve with grated Parmesan and parsley over top. Then, repeat with the other half of the pasta.

There should be plenty of butter sauce remaining. Enjoy!

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Takeout Is The New Dine-In, Part II Restaurants adjust to the new normal with carry-out options

By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com While dining in at restaurants has been nixed due to COVID-19 social distancing rules, establishments are offering ways for customers to upgrade their meals at home.

For example, Janet O’Brien Caterers in the Jitney Building of Southampton is offering take-out options including soups, specialty items, and more, between 8 AM and 3 PM Monday through Saturday. Call 631-283-5995.

Seasons of Southampton is offering free delivery on fresh seafood and meats priced by the pound, and select spirits by calling 631-283-3354.

The Southampton Publick House now has both takeout and delivery through UberEats or GrubHub, with $6 soups, and $15 dinner specials.

Thirsty? Take a drink to go or an entire growler. There’s a 20 percent take-out discount for all first responders, staff, and employees of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. Call 631-283-2800.

Union Burger Bar is also around for all delivery, pickup, and catering seven days a week from 12 to 9 PM. See the menu at www.unionburgerbar.com.

Art of Eating is offering a full menu for both takeout and delivery, Thursday through Saturday. Visit www. hamptonsartofeating.com for a full menu.

Introducing, Tutto to go, from Tutto Il Giorno’s Sag Harbor and Southampton locations, from 4 to 8 PM. See the menu at www.tuttoilgiorno.com.

Sen in Sag Harbor is open for take-

out until about 7 PM. Call 631-725-1774.

Fresno Restaurant in East Hampton is now offering a special take-out menu complete with beer, bottled wine, and small batch cocktails. Menus can be viewed by visiting www.fresnorestaurant.com.

Highway Restaurant & Bar in East Hampton is also offering takeout, including large format options. Salads that serve two to four people are $29 and six to eight people are $45. A whole roasted organic chicken that includes two legs, two thighs, and two breasts is $64. John’s eggplant parmigiana is offered for $55 and serves two to four people. All orders can be taken over the phone for pickup at 631-527-5372. Delivery will also be available for parties of eight or more.

Sydney’s in Westhampton Beach will be open for pickup daily. Calls made by 2 PM can be picked up by the end of the day, as can specials all week.

Visit www.sydneysgourmet.com for a menu.

Serafina in East Hampton is now open for delivery and curbside pickup.

Hours are Thursday and Sunday from 4 to 9 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 10 PM. Call to order: 631-267-3500.

Tauk at Trailsend in Montauk is open for takeout and delivery. There is free delivery on all orders over $50 in Montauk.

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K Pasa will be offering takeout and delivery seven days a week from 1 to 7:30 PM. It is even offering a shake your own margarita kit for $45 and individual margaritas for $8. For the full menu offered, visit www.1-800-taco.com.

Ed’s Lobster Bar in Sag Harbor is open for takeout and delivery Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 8 PM. Enjoy 30 percent off all bottles. To order call 631-725-1131, visit www.lobsterbarnyc. com, or email sg@lobsterbarnyc.com.

Liquor To Your Door New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deemed liquor stores essential businesses, and bottles have still been flying off the shelves during coronavirus quarantine. For those who are understandably nervous about leaving their doors for that much-needed drink, here is a list of places across the East End committed to keeping you happy with delivery or curbside pickup.

On the South Fork, Bottle Hampton is available for online orders via curbside pickup, delivery, and shipping on all wines and spirits needs. See what’s in stock at www.bottlehampton.com.

Hamptons Wine Shoppe in Westhampton Beach is offering free delivery and curbside pickup. Orders can be made by calling 631-288-4272 or at

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Zabi’s Wines in Southampton offers delivery Monday through Saturday from 11 AM to 4 PM. Visit www. zabiswines.com.

Wainscott Main offers on-demand delivery in under one hour. Head to www.wainscottmain.com.

Sam’s Beverage Place in East Hampton offers delivery by calling 631324-7267.

Park Place Wines and Liquors offers free delivery from Montauk to Southampton and curbside pickup if you head to www.parkplacewines.com.

East Hampton Wines and Liquors also delivers directly to your door, www.easthamptonwines.com.

Domaine Franey in East Hampton is open Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 6 PM, with curbside delivery.

Call 631-324-0906.

Over on the North Fork, Greenport Wines and Spirits offers free delivery and curbside pickup by calling 631-477-6701, credit card payment only is requested. Visit www.greenportwinesandspirits.com.

Vintage Mattituck offers free delivery and curbside pickup by calling 631-298-8100 or online at www.vintagemattituck.com.

Michael’s Wines and Liquors in Riverhead offers pay online, order, and either enjoy curbside pickup or local delivery 9 AM to 6 PM Monday through Saturday, and Sunday 12 to 5 PM. Visit www.michaelsliquors.com.

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Juergen Riehm Award-winning architect explains his firm’s process for designing some of the most iconic buildings and homes in the country

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1100 Architect CoFounder Juergen Riehm Award-winning architect explains his firm’s process for designing some of the most iconic buildings and homes in the country

By Ty Wenzel ty@indyeastend.com

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fter decades of following incredible architects, one becomes really good at identifying potentially groundbreaking important ones that will invoke reverence in terms of historical value. 1100 Architect and its co-founder, Juergen Riehm, is one of those we need to watch. We had the privilege of learning about his work, vision and East End contributions, where he has had affiliation with for over thirty years.

Tell us about how you came to architecture. Was this what you always wanted to do?

I was interested in architecture at a very early age. I grew up in Trier, Germany, which is the oldest city there, so I was surrounded by Romanesque and Gothic architecture, which certainly piqued my interest. My father owned a woodworking company, so I also grew up immersed in craft and fabrication, and this gave me an appreciation from a very early age about the poetics of making.

How did you meet your partner, David Piscuskas?

When I moved to New York City in 1983, I came to know David very quickly. He and I, together with Argentine architect Ines Elskop, started collaborating from an office on Lafayette Street. We were working from Room #1100, which is how we came up with the name of what would become our architecture firm.

Do you each have specific roles in the company?

From the very beginning, the practice has been entirely collaborative, so David and I have always participated in all aspects of the company, including design, project management, team management, and business. When the practice was smaller, we would typically both work on all projects together.

Now, with a larger staff and with projects around the world, we tend to man-

age separate groups of projects, but we are still in constant dialogue about everything the office produces.

The firm has won dozens of awards for your inspiring work From our very earliest days, one of the fundamental principles of our firm has been to let the work speak for itself.

Our work is never about us or about the recognition. Each project is a unique opportunity, so we approach each one with a sense of invention.

With the firm based in NYC, how did you find yourself designing gorgeous modern homes on the East End? In the 1990s, I bought a home in East Hampton, so my family and I have been a part of the East End community for quite a while. We spend as much time as we can out there, and in doing that, I came to know people who were interested in creating modern homes.

How much influence do you have in the end-result when it comes to incorporating your clients' lifestyles?

Our client list includes a roster of wellknown people. One of our very first projects was a home for the American artist Jasper Johns, so from a very young age, we came to appreciate the role of clients as creative partners.

We never announce ourselves in any of our work. We always want our clients reflected in the design, so the first step of any design process is to get to know our clients and what they want to see in their space. We do this in any number of ways based on whatever works best for them. Throughout the design process, we always go through a lot of back-and-forth, discussing drawings, images, materials, and ideas to continue to make sure the client is as engaged as they wish to be.

Your vision is often modern, yet somehow the end-result

is warm and inviting.

to the overall layout.

We are a Modernist practice, yes, but we are not strident about it. For us, design is never about style. It is about singular environments that respond directly to clients, environment, and context. As such, we believe — emphatically so — that contemporary architecture can be warm and inviting.

The home called “Long Island House” looks distinctly mid-century modern, as if Charles and Ray Eames could live there. Explain the complex design.

1100 Architect has designed renowned commercial and educational spaces, like universities and libraries. Do you apply the same principles to the overall design?

Deliberately, we have created a diverse practice with a wide range of project types. Though each is of a different scale, function, context, and scope, each emerges from the same fundamental priority: to create the best possible solution for any given problem.

Whether that is programming a large public library or figuring out a small detail of a single room, our commitment to design excellence is unwavering and consistent.

The cultural works like the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation are stunning. But the Irish Hunger Memorial is artfully intense. What inspired you to achieve that truly original and complex design?

We have worked extensively in art, which includes the galleries and organizations like the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation that you mention, and which also includes work with artists on their homes and studios. For the Irish Hunger Memorial, which is an outdoor memorial in a heavily trafficked public park, we were inspired by Ireland’s own landscape, so we depicted the Irish landscape from that period of the famine, which included an abandoned dwelling that we brought to New York from Ireland.

Can you explain how you designed the house in Amagansett? It's gorgeous.

For this house in Amagansett, the geometry was linked to an existing cottage. The original structure was designed in the mid-1970s by Harry Bates (who went on to found Bates + Masi).

So, when our clients came to us to renovate and expand it, I carefully studied the geometry of the original building.

The new design added a second rounded element to bring greater symmetry to the house, and which allowed us to reconfigure the interior to allow for more flexible space and more openness

For this house, we considered a series of inverse relationships. For example, we designed the street-facing side to maximize privacy, creating a solid wall with smaller windows. Then, for the ocean-facing side, we maximized openness with full floor-to-ceiling windows.

We also considered different uses.

Our clients entertain often, so we created an open space at the center of the house suitable for guests and gatherings. But, for more family-based time, the opposite wings of the house are scaled in such a way that create more intimate environments for individual or family use. And with the sandy walkway you reference, we created a place where our clients would be able to watch the sun set in the west, like a viewing platform on the roof.

How are you incorporating green technology into these amazing structures?

Sustainability has always been a fundamental priority of 1100 Architect, and wherever we can, we integrate technologies and strategies that minimize energy, carbon, and waste. We have a studio in Germany, too, and because Germany is often on the vanguard of sustainability, we are able to get early access to sustainable technologies, materials, and research. We recently finished a kindergarten in Germany, for example, which is Passive House-certified, dramatically cutting its energy use.

Where do you get inspiration?

I get inspiration from many places. Being out on the East End is always inspiring, with trips to the beach, visiting farm stands, or going on walks with my family. Art has always been an integral part of our practice, and this, too, I find to be inspiring on a personal level. I also enjoy cooking, and that time can be very meditative in a creative way.

What would you absolutely love to design right now?

Well, I love working on the East End, so I would love to design another project in this beautiful natural landscape.

View a full gallery of Riehm's work at www.indyeastend.com. To learn more about 1100 Architect, call 212-645-1011 or visit www.1100architect.com.

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Hospital May Use Mercy Property In Virus Fight Move may rekindle bid by PBMC to purchase former high school site

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ended classes in 2018. The property is on nearby Ostrander Avenue.

A hospital official said no further action has been taken, but the matter has been broached with the Diocese of Rockville Centre and remains on the front burner.

After the diocese announced that the high school was closing, there was widespread speculation the hospital, seeking to expand, would make a move to purchase the property. As it turned out, there were a number of interested purchasers.

Sean Dolan, director of communications for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, acknowledged then that “several” entities had expressed interest in the property. He declined to provide further specifics. According to published reports, a private group, Friends of East End Catholic Education, was interested in purchasing the property and reviving the high school, but backed away after it was learned another entity had made an offer “in excess of $10 million.”

That figure was never confirmed.

That most ardent suitor may well have been the Riverhead Central School District. Superintendent Dr. Aurelia Henriquez and Deputy Superintendent Sam Schneider sent Bishop John Barres and John Renker, the general counsel for the Diocese, a letter on May 10, 2018.

“We have great interest in acquiring

Peconic Bay Medical Center sent out an email on Friday, March 27, to explain how it’s “humbled by the outpouring of support we have received in recent weeks.”

“Because of the generous support from our community and our devoted health care heroes working the front line, we have launched an aggressive response to COVID-19,” read the letter, signed by PBMC’s president and CEO Andrew Mitchell and deputy director Amy Loeb. “Because we have had so many offers of help and because we need your help, we have established the Peconic Bay Medical Center COVID-19 Response Fund.”

The email states that the fund will help purchase much-needed equipment including personal protective equipment for staff and breathing machines for ill patients.

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JM the property,” they wrote. “We have the education resources and financial need.”

One caveat is taxpayers, who recently turned down an expansion bond, would have to approve any purchase deal. Riverhead school officials continued to discuss the purchase until recently.

The Diocese of Rockville Centre purchased the 24.8-acre site on Ostrander Avenue from the Convent of the Sisters Mercy in Brooklyn in January 2006 for $3.76 million, according to public property records. The site has been improved with a two-story school building that can fit 500 students, as well as staff lodging and athletic facilities. The Riverhead school district stressed this week there is no deal pending.

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LI Aquarium Needs Funds For Animal Care Privately-owned facility sets up GoFundMe in wake of closure

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com The Long Island Aquarium is soliciting community donations via GoFundMe to assist during its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The privately-owned facility in Riverhead houses thousands of unique species that all need special care. While the aquarium is currently closed to the public, its team of animal caretakers, who are considered essential employees, are working to care for the animals and maintain their habitats. The money raised will go toward maintaining that as long as possible.

“With a collection of more than 5000 animals to feed, we must keep operations going,” the organization stated on the GoFundMe page. “We have a large team of caretakers that still must go to work each day to feed, provide meds, ensure life support is

maintained, and care and clean for all of our animals. As an aquarium, we have tanks that must run on electricity all day, every day.”

The aquarium estimates it will lose approximately 60,000 visitors and incoming revenue during the New York state-mandated closure. The current cost of operations is $18,000 per week, a press release stated.

“As a privately-owned facility, we do not get any government funding, we don’t qualify for discounts with our power company, and we don’t have large sponsors,” the company said on the GoFundMe page. “Our resources are extremely limited and we must continue on to protect our precious collection of animals. We understand this is a terrible time for our country, and the world, and hope we can work together

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to keep our animals fed and well cared for until we can reopen our doors and return to some type of normal.”

The aquarium also continues to help support the New York Marine Rescue Center, a hospital located in the aquarium facility. The rescue center currently houses 30 endangered sea turtles and five seals, all of which have been brought to the facility for urgent and prolonged care.

“We all have to help,” Natalie Ca-

milleri wrote on the GoFundMe with her donation.

“Long Island Aquarium has been a source of great joy for my kids,” said Patrick Chen.

So far, the campaign, which launched on March 20, has reached over 50 percent of its $25,000 goal.

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Obituaries Terrence McNally, 81

Another bright light went out on Broadway on March 24 with the death of prolific playwright and Water Mill resident Terrence McNally, who died of COVID-19-related complications at age 81 in Sarasota, Florida.

McNally’s contributions to the American theater canon were vast, as were his contributions to the LGBTQ+ community, with his plays and musicals some of the first to explore themes like homophobia, same-sex romance, the AIDS pandemic, and gay pride.

His accolades include multiple Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie, and Tony awards, the latter for his plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class,” his book of the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman;” as well as an Emmy (for “Andre’s Mother”); two lifetime achievement awards (including an honorary Tony award just last year); and induction to both the American Theatre Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

His other beloved and respected works include plays “Lips Together, Teeth Apart,” “The Ritz,” “It’s Only a Play,” “Mothers and Sons,” and the book of the musicals “The Full Monty,” “The Visit,” “Catch Me if You Can,” and “Anastasia,” as well as several operas and films.

Locally, McNally was honored by the Hamptons Doc Fest in 2018, when the opening film was “Every Act Of Life,” a documentary about McNally.

McNally was born in St. Petersburg, Florida to Dorothy and Hubert McNally, and raised in Corpus Christi,

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Texas (from which his most controversial play, “Corpus Christi” — featuring Jesus as a gay Texan — draws its name). He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1960 with an English degree, before moving to Mexico and then New York City, where he worked as a guardian and tutor for the children of John and Elaine Steinbeck.

McNally wrote his first Broadway play in 1965 at age 23, “And Things That Go Bump in the Night,” which closed after three weeks; in 1968, his musical adaptation of Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” (called “Here’s Where I Belong”) closed after one night.

But McNally was not to be deterred. Starting in 1969, he wrote a stream of successful plays, culminating in his breakout, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune,” which was later

adapted into a film starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Eventually, McNally rooted himself in the Manhattan Theatre Club, a nonprofit off-Broadway theater which produced every play McNally wrote for 13 years. McNally had expressed gratitude to the Manhattan Theatre Club for its “unconditional love.”

His early years in New York were spent in a relationship with famed playwright and Montauk resident Edward Albee, whom McNally had met in college, but the couple parted due to differing views about their sexuality, with Albee hiding his so as not to be defined by it, and McNally shouting his loudly and proudly.

In 2000, McNally lost his longtime partner Gary Bonasorte to AIDS, which impacted his writing profoundly.

In 2003, however, McNally entered into a civil union with his husband-to-be, Tom Kirdahy, a Broadway producer and former civil rights attorney for notfor-profit AIDS organizations. They met during a panel discussion Kirdahy was producing for the former East End Gay Organization at Guild Hall in East Hampton in 2001; the two were officially married in 2010.

Tributes to McNally’s life and work have been emerging from every corner of Broadway, including from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt, Audra McDonald, David Yazbek, and Chita Rivera, who starred in all three of McNally’s collaborations with Kander and Ebb.

Esteemed designer and former Sag Harbor resident Tony Walton, who designed the sets for McNally’s co-written play “House,” which premiered at the Bay Street Theater, shared a fond recollection of being in the audience of “Master Class,” and witnessing an historical Broadway moment of Patti LuPone getting a full-on standing ovation at the intermission. Of working with McNally, Walton described the experience as “one of my most treasured the-

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atrical memories. He was truly one of the last great theatrical gentlemen,” he said, speaking both of McNally’s writing, and his gentle nature. “Plus,” Walton noted, “he was the ultimate pro.”

McNally is survived by Kirdahy, his brother Peter, and his own immortal words, which will continue to be performed and cherished for as long as theater lives.

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Peter Rickenbach, 81

Peter Rickenbach, 81, of Dayton Lane, East Hampton, died Sunday March 22, 2020 after a short illness.

He worked for 55 years as an electrical service technician, originally with the Long Island Lighting Company. He retired from PSEG in 2017.

He leaves behind his wife, Almeda Brubaker Rickenbach, of East Hampton; two sons, Thomas Rickenbach, of Bridgehampton, and Michael Rickenbach, of Woodbury, CT; and three grandchildren. He is also survived by his brothers, Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. and Ronald Rickenbach, both of East Hampton.

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Sports Football Play Clock Changes Approved National change intended to eliminate a potential time advantage

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com To eliminate a potential timing advantage gained by the defensive team in high school football, the play clock will be set to 40 seconds — effective this fall season — when an official’s timeout is taken for an injury to a defensive player, or a defensive player has an equipment issue.

This change was one of six rules revisions recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations Football Rules Committee at its January meeting in Indianapolis. All recommended changes were subsequently approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations Board of Directors.

Last year, to establish a more consistent time period between downs, the play clock was expanded from 25 seconds to 40 seconds in many cases, although the play clock remained at 25 seconds following an official’s timeout.

“The rules committee was provided situations in which the defensive team was gaining a timing advantage late in games with a defensive injury or

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an equipment issue with the defense,” said Todd Tharp, assistant director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association and chair of the NFHS Football Rules Committee. “Under the current rule, if a play ended with less than 40 seconds left in the game and a defensive player was injured, which resulted in an official’s timeout, the play clock would reset to 25 seconds and another play would need to be run. With the new rule change, another play would not need to be run.”

In the same rule dealing with the play clock (Rule 3-6-1), the committee approved one additional situation when 25 seconds will be on the play clock.

Beginning this 2020 season, 25 seconds will be on the play clock and start on the ready-for-play signal when a new series is awarded following a legal free kick or scrimmage kick.

Two changes to Rule 7 — snapping, handling, and passing the ball — were also approved by the committee.

The exception in Rule 7-5-2 regarding an illegal forward pass being a foul was expanded. Previously, it was legal to conserve time only by intentionally throwing the ball forward to the ground immediately after receiving a direct hand-to-hand snap. The committee expanded the exception to permit a player positioned directly behind the center — shotgun formation — to intentionally ground the ball. In Rule 7-1, a new Article 9 states that no defensive player shall use disconcerting acts or words prior to the snap in an attempt to interfere with an offensive player’s signals or movements.

Bob Colgate, NFHS director of sports and sports medicine and staff liaison to the NFHS Football Rules Committee,

said this language was moved from Rule 9-5-1d and has been reclassified from a 15-yard unsportsmanlike foul to a fiveyard foul.

Several rules will also be affected by the committee’s ruling that the head coach, prior to the game, should notify the referee as to the team’s designated representative coach or player — who will make decisions regarding penalty acceptance or declination. Several locations in the rules book required the team captains to make these decisions, so the new language throughout the book will provide teams more options.

The final change approved by the committee is an addition to the note in Table 3-1 related to clock times. The new note will read as follows: “If the game is interrupted due to weather during the Continued On Page 33.

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From Halves To Quarters State changes how field hockey games will be timed

By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com High School field hockey games will be played in four quarters instead of two halves.

This change was one of several rule revisions recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations Field Hockey Rules Committee at its January 13 to 15 meeting in Indianapolis. All rules changes were subsequently approved by the board of directors.

“The NFHS Field Hockey Rules Committee continues to strive to find ways to improve the ease and use of the rules for officials and coaches,” said Julie Cochran, NFHS director of sports and liaison to the NFHS Field Hockey Rules Committee, “which is evident in many of the changes made for the 2020 field hockey season.”

The move from two 30-minute halves to four 15-minute quarters will allow teams to maximize their play for the entire match, according to the committee, providing student-athletes with breaks for rest, hydration, and strategizing. There will be a two-minute break between the first and second and third and fourth quarters, and a standard 10-minute halftime break.

The rules now detail the start of a game with a center pass and the restart of play by a center pass following each goal by a player of the team not scoring.

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As a result of the change in periods, the committee removed language pertaining to the starting and stopping of the game clock. Consequently, the sport no longer features timeouts. The rules previously stated each team is permitted two 90-second timeouts per game.

Cochran said the committee adjusted team timeouts in an effort to keep the game fluid.

The rules committee also made significant changes that clarify the intent of penalties found and added definitions of cards related to coaches’ conduct.

The number of penalties in the code has been dwindled down from six penalties and a note to three, and includes the removal of definitions for each offense.

The penalty rules were also expanded to clarify when a penalty card is issued, and it also defines green, yellow, and red cards. The newly-adopted third penalty details restarting play when a foul is called prior to clock stoppage, when the ball goes out of bounds, and if no foul is called prior to clock stoppage.

The rule regarding uniform bottoms was also adjusted to reflect recent changes in high school volleyball rules. Players must wear like-colored uniform bottoms, which include styles like shorts, skirts, kilts, or pants, provided shin guards are visible. The home team must wear solid, knee-length white socks/sock guards, while the visiting team must have a dark, contrasting color. The committee’s actions also included defining the use of player numbers, which also must be a solid, contrasting color, and feature no more than two digits. In field hockey, players are permitted to wear a single-colored short or long-sleeved shirt. If worn, home-team undershirts must be white.

The visiting team’s undershirt must match the color of the jersey or be black or a dark color. All players on a single team who choose to wear an undershirt must wear the same color.

Shadowing, the act of being within playing distance of an opponent and following the player’s movement on the

field without impeding progress, was also introduced among definitions of techniques within the rules book. The criteria for completion of a penalty corner during extended play will also now mirror the procedures for ending a penalty corner during regulation play.

“I think the shift to quarters is going to be interesting,” said Sherry Bryant, Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association associate director and chair of the NFHS Field Hockey Rules Committee. “From an educational athletics point of view, a standardized break between quarters to address health and safety of athletes provides consistent opportunity for coaching, all while enhancing the excitement and flow of the game. It seems like a true win-win scenario.”

A complete listing of the field hockey rules changes will be available on the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.

Click on “Activities & Sports” at the top of the home page and select “Field Hockey.”

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really seem to be such a great accomplishment, but then I did the math and realized that it is the equivalent of going around the world 74 times.

Without new golf events taking place, I have been reflecting on some of the more memorable ones from years gone by.

The first is one about my visit to Hangman’s Lane. I was on the way to cover the 2000 Open Championship at St. Andrews and my excitement level was at an all-time high, as it was to be the first Open Championship Tiger Woods would compete over the famed Old Course.

I was to get to Edinburgh, Scotland, and meet up with three fellow media members, one being Jack Nicklaus’ right-hand man, Scott Tolley. The plan was to meet up in Edinburgh, rent a car, and drive a little west to play at the famed North Berwick Golf Course, have a little dinner, then drive to St. Andrews. A full day of golf-buddy activity all planned out and ready to enjoy.

The weather was great that day, and all four of us played fairly well. Following our round, we enjoyed a lovely dinner in a local Scottish pub. Next up was what turned out to be a lengthy drive to St Andrews, with an unwanted visit to Hangman’s Lane.

The journey North to St. Andrews was full of good-natured banter about the wonderful course we played that day, who played well, and who didn’t.

But the mood changed drastically when we came upon a police car in the middle of the road stopping traffic as we approached the Firth of Forth Bridge outside Edinburgh. At this point, we were less than 40 miles from St. Andrews, tired and eager to finish our marathon day of travel.

We all got out of the car to see what was going on and why the road was blocked. The officer said the bridge was closed because someone was

threatening to jump.

As we finally got back on track, I was relieved to see a sign indicating “St. Andrews, 10 miles,” but I also noticed that our buddy who was driving was having trouble fighting off sleep.

Of course, you can probably guess what happened next. Yes, he did nod off, the car hit the curb, spun around before finally coming to rest, and we realized we were awfully close to buying the ranch.

I managed to stumble out of the car only to look up at the sign post, which told me I was on Hangman’s Lane.

It was almost 5 AM and there was plenty of early morning mist in the air.

The car was severely damaged and certainly not drivable. Then, as I stood out on this tiny two-lane country road next to the battered car, I saw a building with some lights on not far away. I staggered to the building only to discover it was a local dairy getting ready to deliver milk to St. Andrews. Luckily, they agreed to help us.

So, can you imagine the scene?

Four “esteemed” golf journalists delivered to cover The Open Championship at the home of golf on the back of a milk truck complete with golf clubs and luggage and so happy our visit to Hangman’s Lane was not worse. Oh yes, Tiger did win.

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lican ones. Republicans were suspicious that the approach would increase the numbers of population groups that tend to vote Democratic, pushing power from red states to blue.

“Sampling became a toxic word,” he said. Congressional Republicans sued the Census Bureau. In January of 1999, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote that fell along ideological grounds, sided with Republicans.

“There is a legitimate difference of opinion either way,” Prewitt said about the use of sampling for the entire census. To this day, he regrets not narrowing the focus of the proposed use of sampling. Prewitt believes that if he had done so, the use of sampling to the nonresponse follow-up phase of the operation for the tail end of the Census might have passed muster.

Come this August, when the 2020 version of Nonresponse Follow-Up is currently scheduled to conclude, that might look like a pretty good idea.

“The Census, Then and Now,” is an ongoing series in The Independent.

T. E. McMorrow has worked in three decennial censuses and was a field operations supervisor covering a large swath of Manhattan during the 2010 decennial.

If you are part of the 2020 Decennial operation, and wish to comment on the current operation itself, excluding any personal information gathered, which must and is protected by law, you can reach the author at t.e@indyeastend.com.

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Life without the need of a clock or calendar is a massive change to the way I have lived for the greater part of the last five decades. My daily routine just isn’t the same.

A recent piece of correspondence from the airlines congratulated me on flying over 2 million miles. Almost all of those miles were the result of covering golf tournaments all over the globe.

As I digested the information, it didn’t

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last three minutes of the second period, and the delay is at least 30 minutes, the opposing coaches can mutually agree to shorten halftime intermission, provided there is at least a one-minute intermission (not including the three-minute warmup period).”

“I am totally impressed with the thoughtfulness and discussion that went into the rules-making process this year by the Football Rules Committee,” Tharp said. “Additionally, the penalty on the defensive team for any player using disconcerting acts has been reduced from 15 yards to five yards. Coaches and officials shared concerns that the (15-yard penalty for a player using disconcerting acts) was too harsh a penalty for this act, comparing this act to a five-yard encroachment penalty on the defense.”

A complete listing of the football rules changes will be available on the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org. Click on “Activities & Sports” at the top of the home page and select “Football.”

According to the 2018-19 NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey, 11-player football is the most popular high school sport for boys with 1,006,013 participants in 14,247 schools nationwide. There were 31,221 boys who participated in six-, eight- and nineplayer football, along with 2604 girls in

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professions, and where they work in those professions. It looks at where they live in the country, or how many cars a family owns. This is done through the American Community Survey.

The data collected is extrapolated through statistical sampling, to form a picture of the nation as a whole.

In 1998, Kenneth Prewitt was approached by the Clinton administration to become the director of the Census Bureau. He spoke about that experience with The Independent last August.

“By the time I got the job, a great deal of work had been done,” he said in preparation for the 2000 decennial. “It is too late to rearrange the furniture.”

There was one cost-cutting measure he believed the Census Bureau should adapt in its approach to the 2000 Census: Dual-system estimation, a form of statistical sampling. It would be a way to get a more accurate count of population groups that are hard to count. Traditionally, those groups include the immigrant community, particularly if they are undocumented residents of the country, as well as members of communities of color.

It is the stuff that statisticians’ dreams are made of. But not, Prewitt learned, politicians, particularly Repub-

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The Power Of Journaling Creating gratitude nicole@indyeastend.com @NikkiOnTheDaily Our minds have an incredible power to steer the rest of our lives. Thoughts are the captains of our actions, dictating where we’re going, how soon we can get there, and when to anchor down. Dropping our mental anchors happens when we access a situation. It’s the time we spend analyzing our next cognitive response. Right now, as America welcomes another four weeks of social distancing, we are all anchoring down.

But what to do during this down time leaves many people anxious, left alone with their own inner chatter, creating doomsday-like scenarios of where this new world is heading. Like the rest of New York, it’s time to pause. Breathe.

Now, begin to write.

Journaling during times of crisis can be extremely therapeutic, and therein a sort of saving grace for anxious patterns.

Anxiety oftentimes comes about when we feel powerless or out of control. Right

now, that’s true for all of us, even our honored frontline responders. Writing down thoughts on paper manifests them from hovering emotions above our heads to tangible words we can see, giving us a new sense of power over them. Therein, journaling allows us to take control over where our thoughts are headed.

When it comes to journaling, there are three very important things to consider. In order for it to be helpful — be honest, be consistent, and be grateful.

A journal is for you and you alone, unless you choose to share it. So, when writing down your day-to-day experiences and thoughts, it’s important to let it all out. The more open you are with your expression, the less weight you will feel internally. It can be hard to admit to ourselves how we feel. And, as I mentioned, writing down thoughts suddenly makes them real, but in accepting what’s really going on, the good and the bad, and read-

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ing those words aloud, it makes it easier to handle certain realities.

Keep up with it every day, at the same time each day, and commit to a few sentences. The more time goes by between your writing sessions, the more journaling will feel like a chore, rather than an outlet. This is for you. No one else can hold you accountable.

Write down something you are grateful for. In gratitude, you will find happiness, even if just for a moment.

Gratitude will also make you focus on the positive amid a tidal wave of negative news headlines.

If this helps you, the way I hope it does, please share your experiences or writing with me either via email or on social media @NikkiOnTheDaily. As always, stay healthy everyone.

Journaling during times of crisis can be extremely therapeutic, and therein a sort of saving grace for anxious patterns.

cine have established a COVID-19 phone triage line for the community. The hotline number is 631-638-1320. Registered nurses are available to answer calls from 8 AM to midnight, Monday through Friday. Callers will be evaluated and directed to the appropriate healthcare setting for assistance, as needed.

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Congressman Lee Zeldin sided with his fellow politicians.

“Dear NYC residents who may have the coronavirus, stop coming out to the East End of Long Island at this time into rentals and congregating at our beaches, overcrowding our grocery stores, and ignoring social distancing.

Just stop,” he wrote in a Facebook post. “This is not safe. This is not your vacation. This is a public health emergency. Please show respect for our grocery store workers, our elders, and vulnerable members of our community. Stay in NYC for now while taking the necessary precautions to ensure your safety and the wellbeing of oth-

ers. Sorry, but we are not your Petri dish playground.”

Some, still, agreed those who live in the Big Apple and own homes in the Hamptons have a right to be there.

“I don’t get the outrage . . . They pay taxes, right?” Lisa Rissanen said.

“Don’t your school roads and local governments benefit from that? Don’t they have rights? If you know they are on the beach, then you are too, right?”

Blogger Adds To Debate New York City-based social media influencer and fashion blogger Arielle Charnas posted to 1.3 million followers on March 18 that she had tested positive for COVID-19. On Thursday, March 26, she announced that she and her husband Brandon were symptomfree and headed to their home in the Hamptons indefinitely.

“We felt better around the ninth or tenth day,” Charnas said in an Ins-

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“We decided to leave our apartment building,” she continued. “We called our doorman beforehand and made sure to go to the elevator and lobby when it was completely empty.

We are now out at our house in the Hamptons and quarantining out here.

We are completely symptom-free.”

Charnas explained her symptoms started with a low-grade fever of 100.8, a sore throat, heaviness in her chest, chills, and a headache. The fever continued along with sinus pressure, headaches, and a dry cough. She later noted despite those symptoms clearing up she had yet to regain her sense of taste and smell.

“I want to reiterate how important it is to follow the CDC and what the government is telling us to do as far as quarantining and social distancing,” Charnas said.

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“Do you have any clue what’s going on in the world?!” one person posted in response. “Why did you come out to Long Island while being sick, or while you or a family member carrying the virus? Couldn’t you just stay in the city quarantined way from us a little longer?”

“Why did you come to the Hamptons?” another person said. “We have become the next hot spot for [the novel coronavirus] because all of you won’t stop coming out here from the city.”

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Each day all of you are protecting our community. That is something to be extraordinarily proud of. Look to the people you are working with each day to do special things, and say to them, “We are a team and we are together on this�! “You are the heroes of healthcare!�

Continue to have confidence and pride in what you do every day — our community is thankful! On Long Island and in the greater New York City region, we have the best people. You are the best people! We are made for this challenge!

What is our continued focus? To provide the best possible care we can for everybody! We will stay safe using our proper personal protective equipment guidelines and techniques.

Our health care workers are on the front lines of this pandemic, and the American Heart Association is working with them to implement training aids and resources they anticipate needing.

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I have not seen in over 25 years. It was called Meghan’s, where the Japanese restaurant is now. He made outstanding burgers. Newsday did a story about six great burger places around L.I. but not Meghan’s. I wrote to them and they did a follow up mentioning Meghan’s. It was just after Labor Day; business was way down after the summer rush, but the timing was right because after that story, he rocked, almost more business than he could handle. (It was a Florentine Burger with spinach.)

Also, my daughter got a few Facebook comments. She had worked at Lunch in the early ‘80s.

Jim Dreeben Editor’s note: Jim Dreeben is best known as the Peconic Paddler. His store stood near the roundabout in Riverhead for 53 years until just recently.

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Please Isolate Dear Editor, It may be time to give up our liberties and make it mandatory 14-day isolation? This reverse nation’s motto “give me liberty or give me death� situation, as the number of reported cases is doubling nearly every other day here on the East End with the influx of those fleeing the city. And I totally sympathize, but like many places that won’t let customers into their store without taking their temperature, these are all just small attempts to flatten the curve, and for now it’s all we have.

Self-isolation is only a partial slowdown. We need to follow the South Korean model. TESTING! Without knowing who is contagious, the asymptomatic persons will continue to spread this virus. I had a blood test to see if my white count had increased — it didn’t — so that meant that day my body was not yet fighting any foreign bodies. And now in for six days (as I reset my isolation clock after venturing out).

After spending over a year in bed from an injury, I know how to do this, but that’s not what it’s about. Yes, we should respect each other and act as though we were infected, but this is a pandemic that we are only seeing the beginning of, with a president who wants everyone to build back the economy for his re-election at the sacrifice for those that the GOP already deems not valuable to their economic plan — the elderly and the sick.

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Dear Ms. Keegan, I read with interest your various articles in today’s Independent and wanted to follow up on your DMV updates.

My only issue is how do we stay at home and still go to a garage full of people to get an inspection? I can certainly understand that if your car breaks down, getting it repaired is essential business, I just worry about the contamination of having your car touched by so many people and having to sit in a waiting room while it is done! I am guessing that the percentage of cars that don’t pass inspection is rather small relative to the risk of contamination.

In any case, no garage that I know of is designed for six feet of separation while waiting for your car, but more of an issue is who knows who touched the car? I don’t know how to decontaminate a car? Has anyone commented on this issue or made any suggestions? My wife is telling me not to take her car for inspection. So, if you have any update, please let me know. We are due in April.

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A New Hoax Dear Editor, Chinese farmers brought virus-contaminated animals to a marketplace in Wuhan, China. Humans contracted the virus at the market, medical personnel reported it to the authorities, but Chinese leaders decided to cover it up. This allowed the virus to spread around the world.

The Trump administration downplayed the potential severity of the virus outbreak. This delayed the response and preparations by medical agencies and state and local governments to combat the virus. In January, our intelligence agencies warned Trump of the impending coronavirus outbreak, but he ignored them.

Trump said the coronavirus was a “new hoax� by the Democrats. He blamed the media for fake reporting about it. He said it was no big deal and it would quickly disappear.

Trump is more concerned with a depressed economy adversely impacting his reelection, and he is disregarding advice from medical professionals and trying to muzzle leading infectious disease authorities within the country. Governors and mayors should ignore Trump and implement their own measures, including their timelines, and not go with an arbitrary Trump timeline.

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As part of East Hampton School District’s emergency closing plan, it continues its distribution of breakfast and lunch to anyone 18 years of age and younger.

Meals are being handed out at the high school using a grab-and-go process. Cars will enter the bus loop from Long Lane, according to an announcement posted on the district’s website. Signs will be posted to proceed to the front of the administration entrance, where a curbside distribution station will be set up. Residents will not need to leave their cars.

“Thank you for your understanding and patience,” the district said in its statement. “We will try our best to get the meals to everyone as efficiently as possible.”

Southampton Union Free School District Superintendent Nicholas Dyno said in a March 27 message remote learning will continue through April 3, and spring break will occur from April 6 through 13, with no remote lessons during that time.

“Lessons will resume on Tuesday, April 14 as we await any further directions from the state,” Dyno said. “In a few days, we will provide you with instruc-

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continue to look for ways to reach out and support our families and community going forward.”

Hampton Bays Union Free School District Superintendent Lars Clemensen said in a letter to residents there are no confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 in the Hampton Bays community.

“Thank you for your continued support of the Hampton Bays Public Schools,” Clemensen said. “The challenges related to COVID-19 have consumed the attention of us all. As new information is available related to our school operations, it will be shared with you.”

An announcement was made by the district on Twitter about the extended closure.

“The Hampton Bays school district learning plan for this time will be released today,” the district said. “We will continue to support families during this unprecedented time.”

Bridgehampton School District has an enhanced distance learning website up with assignments available per grade.

tions and a schedule for our meal preparation and pickup through April 15. Additionally, our buildings will be undergoing another deep cleaning this weekend.”

“Whether our school closing lasts for two more weeks or two more months, do not worry — we will do our best to get your kids caught up. It is our job, it’s what we are trained to do. Don’t worry if you are not the perfect homeschooling parent, don’t worry if you are torn between working at home and helping your kids,” he continued. “Don’t let your kids spend nine hours a day doing schoolwork online — cut them off, and let the teacher know it was too much. Don’t let these days be joyless for your kids. . . Together, we will come through this, and we will look at the world differently. Be kind to yourself and wrap your kids in love.”

Cuomo said to date 138,376 New Yorkers have been tested, with 16,272 new tests being done from March 26 to 27.

“It continues to spread all across the state as it continues to spread all across the country,” the governor said of the novel coronavirus.

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A news release issued that Friday by Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and Interim Education Commissioner Shannon Tahoe said the state applied for federal waivers for testing, accountability, and reporting requirements.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that students impacted by school closures due to the pandemic can bypass standardized testing for this school year.

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said free emergency child care is available to those working for essential businesses, called the Suffolk County Child Care Consortium. Run by SCOPE Education Services, the program is currently being offered to those who have children residing in 12 Suffolk County school districts, among others statewide.

No East End school districts are currently included.

“We’re looking to be in the thick of this thing by April 15 based on the data,” Bellone said. “I see the closure being extended beyond April 15.”

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coronavirus, to providing for his people, Gumbs only had one thing to say: “Mamoweenene. We move together.”

like many East Enders, fear the flocking of New York City dwellers — at the epicenter of COVID-19 — to homes in the Hamptons will spread the novel coronavirus.

“The Shinnecock Tribal Council always envisioned the signs to be used in times of public emergencies, and when the town sent over the first two public service announcements, they were immediately posted onto the billboards,” Gumbs said. “The Shinnecock Indian Nation and the Town of Southampton are working together to protect our East End communities.”

The sign erected on the south side of Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays currently reads: “Federal Advisory: NYC area travelers recommended 14day in-home quarantine.”

Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said he’s most worried about hospitals, which have also been at the center of the debate. While Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is working on restructuring to meet Governor Andrew Cuomo’s mandated increase in capacity, it currently has around 125 beds.

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“We are doing something positive to protect the health of the medical professionals that are helping the community,” McMahon said. “Being able to be a part of keeping our medical professionals safer is a really good feeling.”

The iCREATE team has also designed certain parts of these face shields to be replaceable so that medical personnel can change them out, allowing for a more sanitized product.

With current supplies, iCREATE is intending to make 800 face shields, and is currently procuring enough supplies to make up to 5000.

Bettina Fries, chief of infectious disease at Stony Brook Medicine, reached out to her neighbor, Agjah Libohova, who is the director of research and development and engineer of a local Suffolk plastics production company, and asked for his help. She gave him her face shield, and he made the first prototype that night.

Production with the company started last week, with Stony Brook being the first client.

“These face shields will make us feel safer and show that Stony Brook tries everything to keep health care professionals on the front line safe,” Dr. Fries said.

Members of the Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk staff also donated supplies to Stony Brook Hospital’s Trauma Unit.

They were greeted by the smiles and grateful hearts of hospital staff members as they delivered 200 masks and 1750 disposable coverall suits.

The masks were donated by Habitat for Humanity’s construction department and the disposable coveralls from Suffolk ReStore, the nonprofit’s donation center in Ronkonkoma, which previously received the supplies from Michael Mangiacapra of American Regent, a Division of Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Donations are playing a critical role in helping Long Island’s brave and dedicated healthcare workers during a time where there is a large demand and huge shortage of medical supplies.

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“Many school-based health centers remain open, and in the event that they are closed, staff are calling students individually to let them know where they can go in their community for health care services,” Shapiro said.

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New York City’s Department of Education and Department of Health opened approximately 100 Regional Enrichment Centers throughout the five boroughs. Students have access to elearning, health care and mental health services, and physical education and art.

With 400 sites across the city, students now can pick up three meals daily.

Shapiro’s team is “resilient and action oriented,” working around the clock to develop programs that would normally take years to build.

“It’s stressful and anxiety-provoking, but we’re doing the best we can,” Shapiro said. “The thing with public health is that it often goes unnoticed, but pandemic or not, we’re hard at work every day.”

As the virus continues to afflict a growing population, a palpable sense of fear is the worst is yet to come.

“We are doing our best to brace for impact and anticipate what the needs of children in New York City will be in the coming weeks and months,” Shapiro said. “Many of the participating clinics have reassigned their physicians and nurses to respond to the crisis. Similarly, some of my team will take on new roles to temporarily help connect adolescents to reproductive health care, a service they ordinarily receive at their schoolbased health center. It’s unpredictable, but it’s all-hands-on-deck.”

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$1.2 billion for the United States National Guard’s coronavirus response.

Over 10,000 National Guard members to date have been activated.

An additional $1 billion is available for Defense Purchases Act purchases.

The bill states that anyone facing a financial hardship from COVID-19 shall be given a forbearance on a federally-backed mortgage loan of up to 60 days, which can be extended for four periods of 30 days each.

The legislation says that servicers of federally-backed mortgage loans may not begin the foreclosure process for 60 days from March 18. It also does not allow fees, penalties, or additional interest to be charged as a result of delayed payments. It includes similar protections for those with multifamily federal mortgage loans, allowing them to receive a 30-day forbearance and up to two 30-day extensions.

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a warning March 28 that scams related to the stimulus package were circulating. She said in a statement her office received reports of people attempting to steal personal and financial information by using the news that the federal government will send payments to people across the country.

“The latest example involves scammers pretending to be from the federal government and preying on individuals who desperately need financial support right now,” James said.

The attorney general said the scammers may use emails, texts, or webpages that look like they are from the federal government to get what they’re looking for.

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More than 150 million households will receive checks under the legislation, which will send $1200 to many individuals, plus an additional $500 per child for families. The maximum amount a family can receive is $3000.

People with incomes above $99,000 are not eligible, and the total benefit is phased out for people earning between $75,000 and $99,000. There is no payment for someone who claims a person as a dependent, even if that person is an adult. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he expects most people to get payments within three weeks.

“The workers are going to get $3000 for a family of four,” Trump told Sean Hannity March 26 in a Fox News interview. “They’re going to get all sorts of things that they, frankly, in many cases, wouldn’t have even gotten if they had the job, if they didn’t have to go through this hell. And it’s — it’s a wonderful thing.”

Health Care Help The bill includes almost $400 billion to help small businesses retain payrolls, and $250 billion to boost unemployment insurance, offering $600 per week for four months for laid-off workers, on top of whatever benefits their states may provide. Small businesses receiving the loans cannot cut their employment levels by more than 10 percent until September 30. Hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency federal aid is set aside for large corporations that are suffering.

It also tosses a life preserver to the nation’s health care system — $150 billion, including $100 billion for grants to hospitals and health care providers buckling under the strain of novel coronavirus caseloads. An additional $45 billion will fund additional relief through the Federal Emergency Management Agency for local response efforts and community services.

“This agreement increases the Medicare reimbursement rate to assist providers caring for our most vulnerable population, robustly employs the strategic national stockpile, expedites [Food and Drug Administration] consideration of new medication and treatments, and facilitates the use of new and innovative telemedicine technology to protect and contain the spread of COVID-19,” Zeldin said.

The Department of Education is also suspending payments on student loans without penalty through September 30.

The Defense Department will get

Postponing The Primary Trump also extended the current federal social distancing guidelines to April 30, just a day after Governor Andrew Cuomo said his stay-at-home order, PAUSE, will be extended at least until April 15. This maintains statewide closure of nonessential businesses. The restrictions are all an effort to slow down the rapidly-growing number of COVID-19 cases.

“We’re doing it in two-week intervals, because every day is a new day, and we’ll see what happens day-today,” Cuomo said. “But I think it’s not even questionable today.”

Trump said at the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing the peak number should be reached by Easter – April 12.

Sixty Suffolk County police recruits — after two weeks of accelerated training — began checking on nonessential businesses Monday to ensure they stay closed. They’re also

walking the streets to enforce social distancing, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart said Friday.

Local businesses can use Google’s My Business tool to communicate hours of operation, or let potential customers know a company is temporarily closed due to the national crisis and/or because of the PAUSE order.

Posts can also be utilized to communicate special offers or inventory updates.

“As communities throughout the world respond to COVID-19, we know that this time presents unique challenges for businesses,” Google said.

“We have tips and recommendations to help you navigate this for your employees and customers.”

Hundreds of thousands of 15-minute COVID-19 test kits were ready to be distributed in the United States on Monday, from Melville-based Henry Schein Inc. The South Korea-based SD Biosensor Inc.’s blood tests were cleared under emergency guidance by the Food and Drug Administration.

Cuomo said researchers at a laboratory in Albany also developed a lessintrusive saliva and short-nasal swab test for the novel coronavirus.

On Saturday, he announced the New York presidential primary will be pushed back from April 28 to June 23 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“I don’t think it’s wise to be bringing a lot of people to one location to vote, a lot of people touching one doorknob, a lot of people touching one pen,” Cuomo said.

Temporary Hospitals Cuomo said Trump has backed off a suggestion that restrictions be enacted to prevent New Yorkers, as well as Connecticut and New Jersey residents, from traveling out of state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel advisory for those states, and the governor of Florida is suggesting New Yorkers rethink plans of going south. The governor also addressed recent statements by Trump that questioned whether New York needs 30,000 additional ventilators, the number the governor had been requesting.

“We’re planning for that quote-unquote worst-case scenario, which the models predict,” Cuomo said. “Maybe we never get there — maybe we flatten the curve and we slow the infection rate so we never get to that point — and that’s what we’re trying to do and we’re working on that day and night.”

The USNS Comfort arrived in New York City on Monday, March 30.

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Mercy-class hospital ship to join the U.S. Navy’s fleet, will provide 1000 new beds and additional medical personnel.

Cuomo had asked for four more “temporary” hospitals be erected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He spoke from the Javits Center in Manhattan, already equipped to handle non-COVID-19 patients and relieve the burden on local hospitals, on Friday when saying the Federal Emergency Management Agency will look into building at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, the Aqueduct Racetrack facility in Queens, CUNY Staten Island, and the New York Expo Center in the Bronx.

“I want to have one in every borough. I want to have one for the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn. One for Nassau, one for Suffolk, one for Westchester, so everybody knows downstate, which is where the essence of the density is right now, that everyone equally is being helped and is being protected,” Cuomo said. “The trend is clear, the trajectory is clear, and it is pointing us towards the surge that is coming at our health system.”

Cuomo said he is searching “all over the globe” to acquire more ventilators. The governor said previously he intends to put two patients on a single ventilator if needed. State experts think as many as 140,000 hospital beds will be needed if and when the apex is reached, Cuomo said.

The Jacob K. Javits Center 1000bed temporary hospital was completed March 27, with work on the other three — at Stony Brook University, SUNY Westbury, and the Westchester County Center — ongoing.

“I am proud to be on this mission with all the brave men and women of the National Guard, healthcare workers, and first responders who are truly doing God’s work,” Cuomo said.

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