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Pink Hats In The Harbor

County Legislator Bridget FLeming leads the march down Main Street, Sag Harbor.

By Kitty Merrill

Don’t you wish you bought stock in pink yarn last year? For two days last weekend rosy-hued kitty hats were the fashion statement favored by hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who marched for women’s rights in cities and towns across the country and the globe, participating in the second annual Women’s March. In Sag Harbor, the crowd swelled to hundreds as a diverse group running the gamut from senior citizens to teenagers to families with infants gathered at the windmill on Long Wharf to begin the march. Once the procession began, the line -- often four and five deep -- snaked all the way down Main Street from Flying Point Surf Boutique on the west side across Main Street to the American Hotel on the east side.

Support for women’s rights was the founding premise of the march. But

attendees also took advantage of the venue to rebuke President Donald Trump and local Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin. One sign read “Zel-DONE,” as its owner sported a cap inscribed with a send up of the Miller Beer insignia. It read, “Mueller Time.” Another sign read “That’s one house I’d like to clean,” with “Grab them by the midterms,” a call to unseat Zeldin. “Tweet women with respect,” another sign read. References to President Trump’s penchant for provocative tweets spurred the chant “We need a leader, not a tweeter.”

Protestors called on lawmakers to save the dreamers, to “Make America Tolerant Again,” “Make America Kind Again,” and to “Respect Existence or Expect Resistance.”

Before the walk to the war memorial began, organizer Hope Marxe introduced Suffolk County

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Legislator Bridget Fleming. “We are joined and joining in spirit many thousands of our sisters and brothers who are, like us, standing together today throughout the country in defense of our ideals and our nation. Our beloved nation that can and should fill us with pride and offer us promise for the future,” she began, her speech frequently punctuated by cheers from the demonstrators.

to tell their stories of widespread harassment and abuse and been “supported and credited as never before.”

A one-time assistant district attorney for sex crimes prosecution, the lawmaker said she “watched in awe” as victims have come forward

Both Murray and Fleming encouraged people to vote this November. It will be Murray’s first time.

“We’re here to protest the seemingly relentless parade of harmful policies that are raining down on our nation,” Fleming continued, listing the environment, immigration, and a tax plan that “promises to have crippling effects to Long Island” among the policies wrought by government she described as “toxic.”

“Women have found their voice,” speaker Gloria Marsden, a social worker and therapist offered. “Women have let go of fear and spoken their truth.”

Sinead Murray, a Pierson High School senior and co-founder of the Feminists Unite group, gave voice to her generation. She said it warmed her heart to see kids as young as sixth grade wearing the pink hats and urged those assembled to “keep rising,” question authority, and “be unapologetic in what you do.” While being called cute or pretty is nice, “don’t let people reduce you to body parts,” she advised.

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Jerry’s Ink

Judy, looking uncomfortable.

by Jerry Della Femina

SHLOMO I can’t tell you how much I love my little pup Shlomo. He climbs into my lap and we spend many happy hours watching football together.

He’s a Giants fan. And on many a Sunday, I’ve grown excited by something that happened in the game and spilled a martini on his head. He always forgives me. He is the love of my life because he is like a human and in the end, like most humans, all he wants to be is held.

I found an old column about when he first came into my life. It gave me a lot of pleasure reading it again. I hope it does the same for you. THE SICK PUPPY (from Jerry’s Ink 4/14/10)

Our sweet little puppy Shlomo gave us a scare the other day. First he was sick and he heaved, then he was droopy and wouldn’t

eat and was walking with his tail between his legs and looking miserable.

I naturally did what I always do in a situation like that – I panicked. “Call the vet,” I whined to my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht. We’re lucky we have a great vet in Cindy Bressler – not only does she always know what to do, she even makes house calls. Judy called Cindy and I was hovering, wringing my hands.

“What did Cindy say?” I asked. “She suggested that we take Shlomo’s temperature.”

“How are we going to get him to keep a thermometer under his tongue?” I joked.

“We have to get him a thermometer that goes in the other side, a rectal thermometer,” said

Being the rough, tough he-man I am I screamed: “YUCK! YUCK! YUCK! That’s disgusting. I won’t ... I mean, I can’t do it. Can’t we just feel his forehead?” Then I realized that I was starting to sound like Butterfly McQueen in the movie Gone With the Wind, crying, “I don’t know nothing about birthing babies.”

Judy took control and called me a hopeless wuss and the next thing I knew we were off to a pharmacy to pick up a thermometer. I sat in the car as Judy went in to make the purchase. As she neared the door of the pharmacy I suddenly remembered something I had forgotten and shouted out to Judy: “JUDY, GET A LOT OF VASELINE. WE’RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF VASELINE.” Everyone on the street turned to stare at me except for Judy, who covered her head with her hands and rushed into the pharmacy, pretending she didn’t know me.

Once we were back at our house, sitting on our sofa, we got into a jurisdictional dispute. Who was going to hold Shlomo and who was going to do the inserting? “I can’t do it,” I protested. “It’s the man’s job to hold the dog while the woman er ... er ... does the rest.” So there I was, holding on to Shlomo when Judy said, “I can’t do it – his tail is in the way.” “Ridiculous, it’s just a tail. Just lift it.”

“No,” said Judy. “I can’t. His tail is hard as a rock.” So I tried to lift his tail and I realized it was like an iron bar. Putting on my best announcer’s voice I said, “Well, Shlomo, if this tail erection persists for more than four hours, you should seek medical help.” Visit Us at

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“Shlomo, your father is an idiot,” said Judy.

I finally lifted the tail. After a while Judy said, “I can’t find it.” “That’s ridiculous. It’s got to be there.”

“I know it’s there but I can’t see it.” I said, “Here, you hold him. I’ll do it.” So Judy took poor little confused Shlomo onto her lap and I took a look and said, “My God, this is like looking into the back of a Rastafarian’s head. This dog has dreadlocks on top of dreadlocks

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back there.”

Then Judy and I looked at each other and started to giggle at our total incompetence. The last time I giggled so long and so loud I was in the sixth grade at P.S. 95 in Brooklyn. Judy laughed so loud at the two of us that she couldn’t catch her breath. “I give up,” I said. “Shlomo, we’ve failed you.”

“So what do I do with this?” Judy asked, holding up the thermometer. I said nothing, but I made a face and bit my lip. Judy started laughing again. We went out that night to a movie and got a text from my daughter Jessie saying: “Come home fast, Shlomo is having a seizure.”

When we got there Jessie was standing barefoot and Shlomo was licking her toes. “I called the vet and she said to try to get some sugar or syrup into him, but he wouldn’t drink it, so I poured some on my feet and he’s licking it off.”

We bundled the pup up and raced for New York City. He was still droopy and was suffering from low blood sugar.

I walked into the Mobil Station in Manorville and started looking for something sweet to feed him. Candy? Gum? Then I saw him, Tony the Tiger, smiling at me from a giant box of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes. I bought the box and went into the car. Judy poured the flakes into my cupped hands. The puppy went wild and ate up handful after handful of the flakes. I grabbed the steering wheel with my sticky hands and aimed my car towards the Long Island Expressway. That evening Cindy Bressler made a house call that lasted until midnight.

“The puppy is going to be fine,” she assured us. “What he has is a fairly common problem with some pups and it might not come back again.” Judy and I watched as she effortlessly took Shlomo’s temperature.

“Poor Shlomo,” I thought to myself. “You’re stuck with two parents who don’t know which end is up.”

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Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation

Independent / Peggy Spellman Hoey Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman addresses young adults, while co-chairman Drew Scott looks on, during a forum hosted by the town’s Opioid Addiction Task Force at the Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton on January 17.

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Fear of the future mixed with thoughts that life can take a turn for the worse at any time for anyone. Shock that using drugs has become commonplace among friends. Anger that talking about drug addiction is a social taboo when frank discussion can help educate and prevent the loss of more lives.

Those were some of the more telling thoughts offered to the Southampton Town Opioid Addiction Task Force during last Wednesday night’s forum at the Greek Orthodox Church in Southampton. Teenagers gathered to talk about the drug addiction epidemic’s causes, effects, and how it can be eliminated.

About 50 teens were chosen from local high schools to weigh in on the opiate addiction crisis. Last week’s forum was part of the town’s ongoing community outreach series designed to solicit suggestions about how to tackle the problem.

“A lot of people get their inspiration from drugs and alcohol because they have no outlet because it is so isolated, so I just thought that was an interesting point to bring up,” said Pierson High School student Phoebe Madison-Miller, 17. “I feel like there has to be more of a creative outlet for people.”

Seventeen-year-old Tyler Gaffney, who attends Hampton Bays High School, said that a big reason that people turn to drugs and alcohol is that there is “pretty much nothing to do, especially in the winter season.”

“I think there should be more community centers and recreational centers, so people can be a part of something, and feel more involved.” he said. “There’s just not much to do.” Seventeen-year-old Mariana Bello, who attends Southampton High School, came from Portugal two years ago. The drinking age there is 18, but teens do not take advantage of it. Instead, they find fun in other ways, Bello said. To veer away from drugs and alcohol, “Maybe surround yourself with new people, and always ask for help, and you know, just don’t get into the bubble and close [up],” she said.

The greater part of the evening was spent on a “World Café” exercise. Participants split off into small groups and rotated between tables with questions posed to them. Students anonymously jotted down their thoughts -- sometimes with blunt one-word answers and snarky, yet revealing, commentary -- on a large brown piece of paper for future review by the task force. Teens listed peer pressure,

experimentation with e-cigarettes known as “Juuls,” smoking gateway drugs like ganja -- slang for marijuana -- social media, boredom, family and medical issues, and loss and grief as some of the reasons why people might go down the path to substance abuse.

When asked what makes them nervous for the future, one teen offered, “It makes me nervous that it’s becoming the “norm” to use drugs and drink alcohol, and it’s crazy just how easy it is to access it.” Another teen wrote only one word, “dangerous.” For prevention, one young writer suggested educating kids about the dangers of drugs at a young age and using scare tactics like taking them to “places” users can end up, an obvious reference to jail or the morgue. Another suggested, “legalize pot, but not heroin and it can’t be laced.” The post, however, was countered by another writer who argued positive reinforcement was needed as a deterrent.

Independent / Peggy Spellman Hoey Phoebe Madison-Miller, 17, of Pierson High School shares her thoughts about the opiod epidemic during a forum hosted by Southampton Town’s Opioid Addiction Task Force.

Overdose Rate ‘Significant’

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

The latest preliminary statistics showing the countywide breakdown of fatal opiate drug overdoses in 2017 has Southampton Town’s top cop Chief Steven Strynecki considering whether the township -- which nearly quadrupled in opiate-related deaths from the previous year -- is experiencing an accelerated spike more so than in other areas.

One comment from the session contained the drawing of a red stop sign above it. “Make fun clubs and programs that teens can participate in within their local town -access to FUN is limited in our community … karaoke for grades

Last year, Southampton had 19 opioid-related deaths, 12 of which were cleared by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office, which undertakes lengthy toxicology testing in any death where drug use is suspected as a contributing factor. The majority of the remaining seven cases contain factors where the victim had a drug history or drugs, possibly heroin, were found

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Sand In My Shoes by Denis Hamill

AMERICAN DREAMER FEARS A NIGHTMARE This is not an open and shut case.

Certainly not for the 800,000 “Dreamers” in America like the one from the East End I spoke with on Sunday night as the United States of America was shuttered for business for the second straight day. She spoke as Congress voted not to fund our federal government without guarantees of lifting the threat of deportation of the Dreamers of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA.) “I wish it had not come to this,” said this Dreamer, a college grad whose parents brought her in 2003 from South America to America where she was raised as a small town American girl on the East End of Long Island. “I didn’t even know my status until I started applying for colleges,” says this Dreamer who finished with the third highest GPA in

her high school class. “I knew I was an immigrant but I did not know I was a Dreamer. I wish the Congress and the president could just vote on the DACA issue without clouding it up with CHIP, [Children’s Health Insurance Program, affecting nine million kids] and chain immigration and funding the government.” She did not wag a finger at President Trump but because of a startling lack of leadership and coherency in the White House her status remained in limbo over the weekend as she prepared for a crucial interview for a pre-med school.

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Fred would inherit grandpa’s dirty dough, and in 1930 he married unskilled Mary Anne McLeod who came to America from Scotland at 18, sponsored by her married sister in Queens, another example of so called “chain immigration.” Fred Trump ducked military service in WWII but made another pile building stateside barracks for the military and sired six kids, one of them Donald who started a business with his grandfather’s and father’s “chain inheritance.” Now Trump talks about limiting immigrants from “sh**thole countries” like Haiti and those in Africa instead of from predominantly white countries like Norway. This is how he wants to make America great again.

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When the bestselling book Fire and Fury was published, Trump’s mental competency became a national issue. To allay that talk Trump staged a bipartisan meeting with US Senators with cameras rolling in which Trump said he would sign and “take the heat” for any bi-partisan DACA bill that included border security funding. Trump lied. Again.

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Miller and Gen. John Kelly and four other anti-immigrant senators convinced the malleable and know-nothing Trump to refuse to sign it. A second bipartisan bill funding the border and protecting the Dreamers like this young woman from the East End who dreams of being a doctor was also rejected by White House xenophobes. So the Democrats and several disillusioned Republican senators refused to sign a bill that would keep the government open.

For two days Trump, who claimed that he alone could fix Washington, sat in the White House like a flunking poli-sci student serving detention. He did not lead. The great dealmaker left all the wheeling and dealing to Kelly and the odious Stephen Miller, 32, another anti-immigrant hypocrite whose great-grandfather came to America with $8, a refugee fleeing the Cossacks of Russia. The rest of Miller’s family would join grandpa via, um, chain immigration.

Trump’s flip flopping and inertia led Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to admit he had no idea where the president stood. Lindsey Graham said there was no way forward with Miller calling the shots in the Oval Office. Finally, with the world giggling and Trump MIA, Democratic Minority leader Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell agreed to reopen the government with a half-promise from Republicans to vote on DACA by February 8.

This whole embarrassing episode could have been avoided if Donald Trump had been a man of his word and signed a bipartisan bill. But he does not lead because he does not read and knows nothing of how government actually works. “All I want to do is get into medical school and become a doctor,” said the Dreamer from the East End who was afraid to use her name or her country of origin for fear she could be deported. Which would turn her glorious American dream into a nightmare that would hurt everyone. To comment on Sand In My Shoes, email denishamill@gmail.com.

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Task Force Focus: Mental Health

Increased awareness among parents, young people, and other “Kids know what bad is,” East community members of adolescent Hampton High School Principal mental health and substance use Adam Fine observed. “Ninety-nine issues and behaviors, helping young percent of them know. The question people access treatment where is, ‘do they have the coping skills warranted and promoting effective and decision making abilities when prevention strategies and programs it relates to making bad choices?’” are goals. Each local school district Last Thursday and police night, the East department will Hampton Town have a designee Board named on the task force, Fine chair of the as will the East East Hampton Hampton Town Town Adolescent Clericus, Family Mental Health Service League, and Substance and Phoenix Use Task Force. House, a local According to drug and alcohol the resolution rehab. – Adam Fine creating the task On Friday, Fine force, the focus explained the of the group will nexus of the task be facilitating relationships and force idea. When Southampton cooperation among schools, the Town announced the creation of Clericus, support organizations, and its opioid task force, local officials the town. discussed the need for a similar By Kitty Merrill

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Task force organizers wanted to make a concerted effort about drug education and awareness, but also wanted to include a mental health component, since mental health issues often link to substance abuse. “We want to raise the level of the discussion,” Fine said. “We want to bring everyone together, pool our resources and talk about coping skills and decision making. We have to start with basic skills.” Addressing those skills on a deeper level could, Fine believes, present a different perspective and, he hopes, and “make the conversation something meaningful.” “It’s hard to be a teenager these days,” Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez noted. Kids have “so much more stress” and suffer high levels of anxiety compared to the youth of previous generations, the councilwoman, who’ll serve a liaison to the task force believes. All that stress can lead to selfmedication, substance abuse, or other unhealthy behaviors. By focusing on youth’s overall mental health, BurkeGonzalez believes, “We’ll address something we can have an impact on.”

effects of stress and place teens at increased risk of experiencing trauma. It is estimated that 29 percent of adolescents -- nearly one in three -- have experimented with illegal drugs by the time they complete eighth grade, and that 41 percent have consumed alcohol.

According to an NCTSN paper entitled Understanding Traumatic Stress in Adolescents: A Primer for Substance Abuse Professionals, “Adolescents turn to a number of potentially destructive behaviors in an effort to avoid or defuse the intense negative emotions that accompany traumatic stress, including compulsive sexual behavior, self-mutilation, bingeing and purging, and even attempted suicide. But arguably the most common maladaptive coping mechanism among traumatized adolescents is the abuse of alcohol or drugs. Reported rates of substance abuse following trauma exposure range from 25 percent to 76 percent, and research has shown that more than half of young people with PTSD subsequently develop substance abuse problems.”

“We want to do a full frontal assault.”

According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, data from the National Survey of Adolescents and – Adam Fine other studies indicate that one in four children and adolescents in the United States experience at least one potentially traumatic event before the age of 16, and more than 13 percent of 17-year-olds -- one in eight -- have experienced posttraumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives. Many of these young people also have access to psychoactive substances that can both dull the

The NCTSN was established by Congress in 2000. Its mission is to “raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families, and communities throughout the United States. “

Acknowledging the correlation between stress and substance abuse, Fine related a recent experience that underscores the world youth have to learn to navigate. At a recent board of education meeting, he announced plans to do a Narcan training class for seniors at the high school. The class would show kids how to administer the drug that can sometimes reduce the effects of a drug overdose. In all his years as an educator, he said, “I never imagined we would have to do that.”

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Innovation Meets Transformation

Future Fridays, a mystery mag of fun topics for the upcoming year. “It’s kind of like further education. You get to learn, develop new skills, network between people. If you’re working on a business you can present it to the members who are all very adoptive in their own areas…It’s a whole culture and way of life,” described Ashley.

By Nicole Teitler

Up until a few short weeks ago East End entrepreneurs had dispiriting options of where to work. Home isn’t a suitable place for business meetings and local coffee shops provide more chaos of passerby’s than professional growth. Now, a location with world wide recognition for its creativity and beauty has a space to aid its ingenious businesses. Welcome to The Spur, a byinvitation, members only coworking space targeting creative entrepreneurs on Long Island’s East End. In partnership with Southampton Social Club, The Spur launched on January 8 in its recognizable 256 Elm Street pop-up location in Southampton deally suited for those commuting off the train, walking down the street or driving in from Montauk. As the first of its kind in the area, it’s divided up by three zones. A dedicated desk are, with eight desks including two standing desks custom designed by California Closets, a lounge area with enough room for 40 people to work and have open meetings, and the conference room for privacy.

“Its a combination of two business models. WeWork is one and Soho House is the other,” Ashley John Heather, The Spur and i-Hamptons founder detailed. “The Spur is a home for innovators. If you’re innovating, creating a product, creating something new, transforming the industry,” Heather explained. The industry focus remains on media & tech, health & wellness, food/beverage & retail, a contrast to the typical concept of real estate and construction in the area. John Wagner of Mighty Insights says community is the biggest benefit to joining. “It’s what drives motivation and innovation around specific industries. It’s what built Silicon Valley into the beast it is today. The Hamptons are no different. There is an energy that exists when entrepreneurs work close to each other… As my company, Might Insights, is in the tech space and focused on data, it’s an opportunity for me to talk with

Meg Farrell, CEO of Huntley Global and Chief Marketing Officer of Aromox, feels ‘a sense of relief as an entrepreneur.’

other people and companies in my space.”

Memberships begin at $100 a month and range from Core options such as Local and Weekender to Alternative options for those 27-years-old and under to Moonlight. The local membership includes access to a dual location in New York City, located at 21 West 46th Street, called WorkHouse. However, there’s a vetting process before you can do business, or talk business, with likeminded individuals. Unlike WeWork, where renting space grants access, The Spur aims to strengthen the community through varied commonality. A membership committee of six people review each online application, which must be referred by an already existing member. Only upon a quick interview, to sense a prospecting members personality, vibe is everything, and tour will new innovators be considered. As with any successful endeavor, business takes passion and admiration. Similarly to the philanthropic attitude of the area, The Spur cares for those around it. “Part of what we’re trying to do is give back to the community. We have a not for profit called i-Hamptons…through that we organize courses and events for the community…We have a big annual event called Rip Tide, Sink or Swim, which is like Shark Tank….[we want to] leverage the fact that there are some wealthy, successful individuals out here,”

Heather emphasized. “Our goal here is to connect the 20s, 40s, 60s, I’m saying that as a broad range. The young who are just getting started, out of college…to encourage them to stay and know there is a place you can come and learn and start something.”

In connecting the freshly thinking 20s, the those in their 40s who are potentially moving back after a stint at city life to those retirees in their 60s aiming to start something back up again, there’s an advisory council. The council boasts a three person team of Kathleen King, founder of Tates Bake Shop, David Bonnett, founder of Geocities, Bruce Bockmann, former Chairman of Techspace and Porter Bibb, founder of MediaTech capital partners, all of which will mentor members in building business. Heather added, “We’re trying to stop the brain drain of all the 20 year olds leaving and we’re trying to build the next generation of year round businesses. So the town is less seasonal and more financially sustainable.”

Weekdays at 5PM members are invited to the Innov8 Speaker Series. M.A.D. Mondays, covering marketing, art & design across creative, digital marketing and social media. Tech Tuesdays, discussing innovative showcases across software and hardware. Wellness Wednesdays focus on the individual entrepreneur health, stress and time management. Thirsty Thursdays fills in on the newest trends in food and drink.

“There is a certain divinity and positive light when authentic, like-minded people understand the journey as creator, developer, innovator and entrepreneur. As a collective membership supportive of one another in a co-working environment, men and women will break open the glass ceiling with steadfast innovation in 2018,” Farrell envisioned. Having attended three Innov8 speaker events thus far, her experience says it all. “The Innov8 series is continuing education but the best kind - relaxed time for brain rest outside of your work, while cross training your mind with a variety of fascinating innovative concepts in an interactive setting. It’s an entrepreneur educational movement that benefits the members, and will impact the east end community. The members think beyond themselves, in order to make an imprint for the betterment of a sustainable lifestyle at home and at work.” In a mix of work hard play hard, complimentary breakfast refreshments are offered 8AM to 11AM, including premium local brands like Hampton Coffee Company and Plain-T. Newly installed, for the healthier inclined, is Kombucha on tap. A lunch menu focusedon local cuisine is available 11AM to 4PM and happy hour begins at 5PM at the bar serving local beer, wine and infused spiritsjust in time for Innov8 hour. Come Summer 2018 The Spur will move into a permanent, 10,000sqft facility in Southampton Village that will include a food court with 10x10 space from local businesses, a wellness studio highlighting the fitness community in the area and

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Community News

Welcome . . . And Dissent

Independent / Kitty Merrill In a 3-1 vote, David Lys was appointed to fill the East Hampton Town Board vacancy last Thursday night.

Independent / Kitty Merrill With the appointment of David Lys, the East Hampton Town Board is complete. From left to right: Councilman Jeff Bragman, Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, Councilman David Lys, and Councilwoman Kathee Burke-Gonzalez

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Members of the East Hampton Town Board welcomed David Lys to the dais last Thursday night. They all welcomed him, but they didn’t all want him. Peter Van Scoyoc’s victory in his bid for town supervisor last November resulted in a vacant seat on the town board. The supervisor reported members screened a number of very able candidates, impressive in their caliber and quality, before selecting Lys. “I look forward to his sitting beside me,” Van Scoyoc said prior to offering a resolution to appoint Lys to the town board.

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Good thing he’d sit next to Van Scoyoc. A seat next to freshman Councilman Jeff Bragman might have been awkward. Bragman voted against the appointment. He said he’d had a chance to speak with Lys during the screening process and was concerned because on issues of immigration, the airport, and the town board’s role in crafting the town zoning code to regulate development, “we’re not on the same page.” Though he “respectfully” voted in opposition,

Bragman went on to welcome his new colleague.

“It was not an easy vote to cast,” Bragman said Friday. Still, he said there’s nothing wrong with showing a willingness to disagree with Democratic counterparts from time to time.

“I don’t know where that came from,” Lys said Friday, referencing Bragman’s dissent. The son of an immigrant, he doesn’t believe Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents should operate in the town and or detain residents that aren’t wanted for felony crimes. The philosophy reflects Bragman’s. When it comes to the zoning code, Lys emphasized, “I’m big into preservation.” Having reviewed hundreds of applications as a member of the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals, he’s familiar with the code and supports an orderly control of growth that retains the character of neighborhoods. Bragman has offered similar sentiments. Finally, when it comes to the airport, Bragman said he favors strict control of helicopter traffic. Lys admitted, “I have to do more homework.” Off the cuff, however, he characterized the airport as “an asset that’s gotten out of control.” A native of East Hampton, Lys

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Brook” in the time it takes to get from Montauk to Southampton. Two speakers -- board watchers Martin Drew and David Buda -- expressed concerns about the relocation of existing ball fields. Under the lease agreement, the existing ball fields won’t be disturbed until the tenants have built new fields at another site. Councilwoman Kathee BurkeGonzalez explained the hospital could purchase town or privately owned land for the fields.

Dr. George Dempsey said the facility would be a “huge relief ” on local emergency service volunteers. However, he called for an active discussion between the community of doctors in East Hampton and the hospital to ensure an overall plan that integrates new services with those local doctors already provide.

Independent / Peggy Spellman Hoi Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is looking to build a satellite ER in East Hampton.

ER Lease Gets Green Light

By Kitty Merrill

Whether the town needs its own emergency room was not the question. Specific points of the lease between East Hampton Town and the Southampton Hospital Association were.

The town board voted last Thursday night to execute a lease with the association that will allow Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to construct a $35 million free standing emergency department on town-owned land. Located on Pantigo Place, the site is currently

home to ball fields.

Prior to the vote, the board held a public hearing. Most speakers were in favor of executing the lease. Henry Murray, chair of the East Hampton Healthcare Foundation said a centrally located facility has been one of the foundation’s long-term goals for the last 20 years. Urging forward motion, he said, “The people of East Hampton deserve it and deserve it where they can get to it.” Jay Levine, a member of the hospital’s board of directors and an East Hampton resident,

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The mayor noted the facility would lessen the demands on emergency responders. Vincent Franzone, chief of the Montauk Fire Department, agreed. His 30-person ambulance corps made 762 trips to the ER in Southampton this year, he reported. During peak summer traffic, he said, “you could almost fly to Stony

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Community News

Water Check & Code Sweep

Independent / Kitty Merrill Town officials have alerted residents of the Hamptons West neighborhood of an impeding enforcement sweep.

By Kitty Merrill

In the wake of water sampling results revealing the presence of contamination that shut down wells, the Southampton Town Board has hired an outside consultant to review the policies and procedures of the Hampton Bays Water District. Last month the town board voted to hire D & B Engineers and Architects to perform a compliance evaluation of the district, at a cost not to exceed $17,000. According to a study scope provided by D& B, the company will review the district’s water quality monitoring, sampling, and reporting procedures and attempt to track the possible source of the perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA contamination using a

third party reporting company. That company will perform a “radius search” surrounding the district’s wells that exhibited contamination. If the source is identified, D & B will research information about plans for remediation.

“I want to get an independent set of eyes there,” Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, who is also the water district’s commissioner, explained this week. He emphasized that with the contaminated wells closed off, plus a planned expenditure of $1 million on a carbon filtration system -“It removes everything” -- the supervisor is confident the water is safe to drink. Samples revealed the presence of PFOA and PFOS last summer. The chemicals are found in firefighting foam and the hamlet’s firehouse

Independent / Kitty Merrill The Southampton Town Board hired an outside consultant to review Hampton Bays Water District practices.

is located not far from the water district well field. PFOS and PFOA were found in wells surrounding Gabreski Airport in Westhampton as well as in Yaphank in 2016. Both locales have been sites where firefighting training took place.

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That year the Environmental Protection Agency issued drinking water health advisories for PFOA and PFOS. In addition to use in firefighting foam, the chemicals have been used to make carpets, clothing, fabrics for furniture, paper packaging for food, and materials like cookware that are resistant to water, stains, and grease. Over a decade ago, eight major companies agreed to phase

out global production of PFOA and PFOS-related chemicals. Although the levels have been decreasing, according to the EPA advisory scientists found PFOA and PFOS in the blood of nearly all the people they tested. “Exposure to PFOA and PFOS over certain levels may result in adverse health effects, including developmental effects to fetuses during pregnancy or to breastfed infants (e.g., low birth weight, accelerated puberty, skeletal variations), cancer (e.g., testicular, kidney), liver effects (e.g., tissue damage), immune effects (e.g.,

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Independent / Justin Meinken East Hampton Village officials recognized Sgt. Kevin Duchemin’s 27 years of service on the police force last Friday.

By Kitty Merrill

Amped About Live Music

It’s a core quality-of-life issue. Noise has been the focal point of discussion for the East Hampton Village Board. Members are looking for ways to regulate the din from leaf blowers and, during last Friday’s meeting, heard from community members about amplified live music.

Endeavoring to persuade officials to lift the live music prohibition, local musician Paul Fried brought a microphone and amp to the podium to demonstrate the sound level difference between music that’s amplified and music that’s not. He took note of the leaf blower discussions offering the equipment may be annoying, but they are here to stay, “a necessary evil.” Fried appeared prepared to compare the noise from leaf blowers to the noise from amplified music, but Mayor Paul Rickenbach intervened. They’re two separate issues, he said, directing Fried to perform both amplified and acoustic versions of his song.

“as long as it’s inaudible outside” venues.

The musician asserted that if he weren’t performing music sans amplifier in a dead silent room, no one would be able to hear it. He argued live music is an economic stimulus, especially during the winter when there’s so little to do. He claimed to have a petition signed by “hundreds and hundreds of residents wildly in support” of live music in the village.

The mayor declared that he is opposed to amplified music “period.” Both the mayor and Trustee Bruce Siska spoke of the difficulty in enjoying a dinner out when they can’t hear companions over music. “I’m not going to go back to a restaurant with amplified

Trustee Barbara Borsack wondered how many petition signers live near venues where live amplified music would be played. “Those are the people we need to hear from,” she said.

Borsack reported that during the summer she endures the clatter of plates and hubbub of conversations coming from a nearby restaurant. She said she’d hate to think about adding music to the clamor. “I don’t hear leaf blowers at 10 o’clock at night,” Borsack pointed out. Trustee Arthur Graham also took note of the summer season, when windows are open and sound travels. He said he wouldn’t mind live music

music if I can’t talk to the person sitting next to me,” Siska said.

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2018

Community News

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Resolutions New York Style

It’s a little less than a month in and most people have already broken their New Year’s resolutions. Dreams of losing weight, quitting cigarettes, getting out of debt, and giving up other destructive vices all dissipate with the slightest of temptations: chocolate, a waft of second-hand smoke, or that new scarf at Bergdorf ’s. But if you haven’t quit yours yet, the odds are ever in your favor, geographically and hypothetically at least, because according to a new study by WalletHub, New York ranks not so bad -- 24th out of 182 cities -- for the potential to stay on track with New Year’s resolutions. Statisticians used 52 key metrics to examine resolution-keeping in categories ranging from health, financial, school and work, bad habits, and relationships as part of the study. They learned that despite the Big Apple’s temptations -- oh, the food, the, um, drink, the (oh, hells, yes) shopping -- New Yorkers can stick to their guns. Seattle took the top spot as the best city overall for keeping resolutions, followed by San Francisco and San Diego in second and third place, respectively. Gulfport, Mississippi hit rock bottom as the worst city for keeping New Year’s resolutions, followed by Shreveport, Louisiana, and Newark, New Jersey.

New York scored fifth place for the potential of keeping relationshiprelated resolutions preceded by San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Seattle. South Burlington, Vermont, Lewiston, Maine, and Hialeah,

Florida came in the bottom three. Nightlife establishments, attractions, fun opportunities, single friendliness and wedding costs were some of the criteria considered by examiners. For health-related resolutions, a category where factors such as obesity, exercise and eating habits, access to exercise opportunities and health food stores, and the number of gyms per capita were considered, New York came in 15. San Diego

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took the top spot as the city where folks would most likely keep their health resolutions, followed by Seattle, and Irvine, California. At the bottom of the list was Jackson, Mississippi, preceded by its southern counterpart, Gulfport, and then Shreveport (once again, a naughty city).

New Yorkers indeed have the potential to be a little bit more faithful to keeping their body-con ideals intact for the New Year, but not so much with their finances. Deplorably, the Big Apple came in at 162 -- 20 points from the bottom of the list, though at least not sharing the bottom three for the worst cities. Those spots went to Hialeah, which came in at 182, preceded by Miami and Santa Ana, CA. The best spots to stay on the straight and narrow were Columbia, Maryland, which came in number one, followed by Plano, Texas in the second slot, then Overland Park, Kansas, in third. Some factors that were examined for this section of the study included income, growth

potential, credit score, debt, housing affordability, and savings. In terms of school and work resolutions, New York came in at 168, again in the bottom 20 with Newark, New Haven, and Bridgeport scoring in the bottom three; South Burlington, Vermont, Irvine, and Austin, TX came in the top three slots. Criteria such as high school dropout rate, job opportunities, unemployment, and startup friendliness were considered.

Some habits are harder to break than others, and in the category of breaking bad ones, where criteria such as alcohol use, the number of smokers -- regular tobacky, as well as that which is wacky -- access to opioids, overdose-related deaths, and gambling was studied, New York came in at 48. Columbia, MD, San Jose, CA, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota came in the top three. Detroit was the worst city to see things through in the New Year, joined by Baltimore and New Orleans in the bottom three.

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January 24

2018

In Depth News

Dreamers Brace For Deportation

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President Trump is accused of blocking a deal to save Dreamers.

By Rick Murphy

In the wake of a failed deal in Washington some 700,000 socalled Dreamers are bracing for the worst - deportation.

Since President Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order issued by President Obama, politicians have been working on

a compromise that would provide legislation giving the Dreamers a path towards citizenship and allow them to stay in this country. Trump has set a deadline of March 5.

As it stands the Dreamers, children of immigrants who entered the country illegally, will be subject to deportation at the whim of the Department of Homeland Security.

The situation has caused panic in Latino communities all over the country and here on the East End. Families could be uprooted and lives built on years of hard work upended.

Last week Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) and Lindsey Graham, a Republican Senator from South Carolina, brokered a deal and set up

a meeting with President Trump, who at first indicated he would approve it (See accompanying article.). Instead it fell apart, and it was Trump who balked first according to a source with first hand knowledge. Though both sides were stung by the setback, New York Senator

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Severed Fingers

A quick thinking Southampton Town Police officer hopefully saved a severely injured worker an even worse fate.

Shortly after 8 AM on January 17 a man attempting to dislodge a block of ice from a shredder, got his glove caught in the apparatus. By the time he was able to free himself several fingers were severed. Officer John Kuey, grabbed the digits and brought them to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where the worker was being treated. Surgeons were able to reattach the fingers. School Lockout Police “locked down” several buildings on the Riverhead Central School campus on January 16 after a report that a distraught man thought to be in possession of a pistol might be headed there. Riverhead Town Police said Omar Wilson, 44, was allegedly involved in a domestic dispute and was thought to possibly be a threat to students.

Police had reason to believe Wilson was in possession of a semi-automatic handgun and in the vicinity of the school campus. Police units patrolled the campus while school officials locked down the buildings. Parents were notified via automatic phone messages. Wilson was spotted near his Osborn Avenue home within 30 minutes of the initial report to police, at about 9:30 AM. He was

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charged with menacing in the second degree as a result of the domestic incident. Wine Tasting David Solomon, the co-CEO of Investment Banking giant Goldman Sachs, knows his wine and is said to be an avid collector with an impressive wine cellar at his Manhattan residence, though there were more empty slots in it than he probably realized. East Hampton Village Police alerted the FBI when they became aware that a personal assistant of Solomon’s also developed a taste for the good stuff. According to a federal indictment that was unsealed on January 16, the “diverted” bottles of wine found their way to a North Carolina dealer who then shipped them to California for resale. The wine rightfully belonged to Solomon, a spokesperson for Goldman Sachs confirmed. Nicolas De-Meyer of New York City, said to be the personal assistant, was arrested by FBI agents on January 16 at Los Angeles International Airport and charged with interstate transportation of stolen property, a felony.

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Chuck Schumer said he and his colleagues remain focused on getting a deal done.

“We are meeting very regularly with advocates for immigrants in the joint effort to provide relief to the Dreamers so these young people can continue to work, study and serve in our military,” Schumer told The Independent through spokeswoman Marisa Kaufman. “These fine young people are American in every sense of the word but for their status.” UnidosUS, a national Latino advocacy group is urging its affiliate network of nearly 300 community-based organizations to lobby politicians, urging them to press for a solution by March 5, when President Trump said the government may start sending Dreamers back to the country they came from. Unidos estimates about 1400 a day can be processed by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents and removed from the United States. There is also a court action in San Francisco that could possibly forestall any deportations. (See accompanying story.) It is possible there will be suits filed in other states as well.

The decision to end protections for Dreamers is one of several President Trump made to not only stem the flow of illegal immigrants but also reverse it.

Last year the Trump administration ended a temporary residency program that was offered to about 59,000 Haitian immigrants after a devastating 2010 earthquake. Now the Haitians who took advantage have until July 2019 to leave the US or legalize their status. Refugees from Nicaragua and Honduras previously granted protection have also been given a deadline.

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The fact that most of those affected are people of color, and especially in light of recent remarks attributed to Trump, has led to wide-scale charges that Trump is a racist. The Southern Poverty Law Center published a report called “The Trump Effect: The Impact of the 2016 Election on Our Nation’s Schools.” One conclusion is that Americans in general are being painted with the racist brush because of actions by the current administration. Racist symbols like swastikas and Confederate flags have become synonymous in some quarters with Americans, especially in the minds of some immigrants.

According to NBC news, a recent poll conducted by Latino Decisions and released by Latino Victory Project, a Democratic group, shows Latinos feel increased concern about racism and that Trump is doing a worse job than they expected. Results show that when asked about the largest concerns facing the Latino community, race and race relations ranked second under immigration. The most immediate concern, though, is the need to deliver legislation to save the Dreamers. “I challenge President Trump to step up and be willing to take yes for an answer. Democrats have tried to meet you halfway, Mister President – meet us halfway,” Schumer said. The Senator did not rule out bringing the issue up as Congress worked to reverse last weekend’s government shutdown by passing a final budget. “The support groups know our strategy and support our non-stop effort to include the DREAM Act in any final budget deal. We are working hard, and in a bi-partisan way, to make that happen,” Schumer said.

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January 24

2018

In Depth News

Schumer: Compromise On Dreamers

By Rick Murphy

used those terms. Nobody doubts it. Hardly anybody . . .

Senator Chuck Schumer urged his fellow lawmakers to find a way to protect the so-called Dreamers from deportation.

“A very fair, bipartisan deal remains on the table. Senators [Richard] Durbin and [Lindsey] Graham will release the text of their legislation today [ January 17]. My Republican colleagues should consider it seriously and I recommend they get on the bill. And then we can solve the problems that some on one side see, the needs for defense, seen on both sides.

In a speech before the Senate on January 17, the New York senator blamed President Trump and the Republicans for the collapse of bipartisan talks that would maintain provisions under the DACA Act, which allows offspring of illegal immigrants who came to the United Sates through no fault of their own to remain here.

“And I challenge President Trump to step up and be willing to take yes for an answer. Democrats have tried to meet you halfway, Mister President – meet us halfway.

Schumer urged Congress to find a way to compromise on the matter. His speech was provided to The Independent by his staff.

“President Trump rescinded the DACA program, not Democrats. It was the Majority Leader’s [Mitch McConnell’s] decision to kick the can down the road for months, while bipartisan majorities would

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have likely supported something close to the Dream Act. It was President Trump who turned his back on a bipartisan solution last

week and used vulgarities to demean the ancestral homelands of so many Americans. And almost no American doubts that the President

“The time for political posturing is running short. Bipartisan groups of Senators and Congressmen are fervently working towards a deal. President Trump ought to get on board, or Congress will move forward without him.”

U.S. Won’t Rush Deportations

If indeed President Trump is successful repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the fate of some 700,000 people who live in the United States illegally will be at immediate risk.

It probably comes as little consolation for those in danger, but officials said this week that deporting so-called Dreamers -- immigrants who came here as children -- will not be a top priority.

Kirstjen Nielsen, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief, said last week that if Dreamers have registered with authorities -which they were supposed to do -they will not be a “top target” even if President Trump cancels the DACA program. “It’s not going to be a priority of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” she said. “If you are a DACA that’s compliant with your registration - meaning you haven’t committed a crime and you in fact

are registered - you are not a priority of enforcement for ICE should the program end.” However, Latino advocacy groups point out the current administration has expanded the categories of individuals being targeted for deportation and that DACA recipients who lose their status are at risk.

Nielsen, referring to a forthcoming DHS study on immigration and terrorism, said she would ask lawmakers for help “to close the loopholes that prevent us from removing known suspected terrorists and other criminals from the United States.” The study concludes that officials “must continue to enhance our screening and vetting” as well as “continually vet those who are here,” including legal permanent residents and others who were naturalized, she said.

Asked if that meant such individuals would be under permanent

surveillance, Nielsen give no details but said, “Up until the point that you are a citizen, we want to continue to make sure we understand who you are and why you’re here,” Reuters reported. On another front, the Trump administration announced last week it will fight a federal injunction that temporarily blocked its plans to rescind work permits for young undocumented immigrants, the Washington Post reported. Earlier this month U.S. District Judge William Alsup ruled in San Francisco that DACA recipients must retain their work permits and protection from deportation while a lawsuit challenging the decision to end the program moves forward.

Devin O’Malley, said the DOJ “looks forward to vindicating its position in further litigation.”

The Department of Homeland Security did not say whether it would begin renewing work permits, despite an order from Alsup to do so. However, DACA recipients are being warned by DHS that the program will end March 5.

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Trump officially repealed DACA as of September 5 but provided a six-month grace period for Congress to pass legislation that will protect Dreamers. There were indications the court action could also be appealed by the Justice Department: a spokesman,

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In Depth News

Did Trump Scuttle DACA Agreement?

By Rick Murphy

A source with intimate knowledge of the situation told The Independent this week that President Donald Trump personally scuttled an agreement that would have saved the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. There are currently about 700,000 people – referred to as Dreamers in the United Sates who could be targeted for deportation if Trump

carries through his threat to rescind DACA, put in place via executive order by President Obama. Dreamers are children whose parents brought them to the United States illegally. “There was a meeting scheduled between the President, Durbin and Graham. They had worked out a deal, and the Republicans wanted to do it,” the source related. The source was referring to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and Lindsey

Graham, a Republican Senator from South Carolina. The two hammered out a deal, the source said, that would allow Trump to start construction on a wall between the United States and Mexico in return for legislation that would save the Dreamers. “It was a good deal. Trump would have gotten $1 billion right away for the wall and another billion for maintenance, drones to patrol the border, that type of thing. Graham

and Durbin agreed.” The next step, the source said, was to meet with Trump. “Trump’s staff, for some reason, started inviting other Republican senators. The meeting dissolved from there,” the source said. Stephen Miller, Trump’s senior policy adviser, and Chief of Staff John Kelly were the culprits.

Trump’s version of events that led to the collapse of the DACA talks differs substantially.

“Honestly, I don’t think the Democrats want to make a deal,” Trump told reporters. “I think they talk about DACA, but they don’t want to help the DACA people. They’re all Democrat sticking points, because we are ready, willing, and able to make a deal.” Trump said one sticking point is that the Democrats want to take money from the military budget to pay for the wall. However Durbin’s account mirrors the source’s. “We called him [Trump] Senator Graham and I, and said, ‘We’ve done it. We’ve met your criteria. We have a bipartisan bill. We’re ready to go.’ And then we find that we’ve been sandbagged,” Durbin related.

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The Kids Are WOke Bridget Fleming was positively resplendent. Bullhorn in hand, our county legislator was the model of erudite power Saturday morning, as she exhorted demonstrators at the Women’s March in Sag Harbor to do what Americans do best -- let our voices be heard and lift one another up. We’ve covered Legislator Fleming for going on eight years now -- through her terms on the Southampton Town Board and in the legislature. We’ve endorsed her and tweaked her when warranted throughout the years. We believe she does a fine job representing the needs of the community. But we’ve never seen her passion displayed the way it was as she addressed hundreds of citizens standing in the breeze at the windmill on Long Wharf. She galvanized the crowd with a contagious intensity -- the same one that’s filtered through living rooms and classrooms and community centers and town halls across the country during the last year of chaos in Washington. Fleming was the model of a growing national compulsion to speak out, and last weekend she was joined by hundreds in Sag Harbor and hundreds of thousands across the globe. Even more inspiring than the legislator’s rousing address was the presence of scores of pink-hatted young people at the march. That’s new in a community where protests historically drew aging hippies and senior citizens. It appears national dysfunction incited our youth to step up and speak up. With leaders like Sinead Murray of Pierson High School’s Feminists United taking their places at our podiums, there’s cause for optimism. She told the assemblage that she just registered to vote and will be casting her very first ballot come November. It’s unfortunate that it’s taken an avalanche of mayhem vomited from Washington, DC on a near-daily basis to spur the youngest generation of voters to participation. But, we’ll take it. We’ll welcome it.

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Have you seen any good movies recently?

Trump recently referred to the countries from which some immigrants are entering our country as a “S***hole.”

As a first generation American, I wonder if I am of “S***hole” heritage!? My father a Greek, born and living in Turkey, and my mother from Hungary; neither speaking each other’s native language nor that of their new American lingo, nevertheless met, fell in love and married. Watta place this amazing America … and here I am; a product of assimilation. I, that product, after high school attended the free NY State Tech garnering an Associate Degree before joining the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. The GI bill thereafter allowed me to earn “tuition free” degrees from Pratt and Columbia University schools of Architecture and set the future for a marvelous life for my wife and I and our children. That is my America, a first generation American Architect, the product of two immigrants from possible “S***hole” countries. Oh, I forgot; they were white, not that our President would know the color of folks from strange sounding places to him like Greece or Hungary.

Dennis Brown Get Out. What I liked most about it was the racial satire, the political satire. And that the people who did the movie led you in but you didn’t know where it was going because it was a horror movie. It was several genres all mixed into one film. Elena Krotman Victoria and Abdul. I love Judi Dench and I love the historical perspective that good period movies give you. Seeing the pomp and ceremony of life at the Royal Palace was fun to watch. It’s based on a true story but it’s something people don’t know about Queen Victoria.

Eric Davidowitz These days the only movies I see are children’s movies, because I have a nine-year-old. But sometimes I think that children’s movies are often better than the ones they make for adults. Ferdinand and Coco were the most recent films I’ve seen and they were both excellent. Cyndi Cobb The Shape of Water. It was just beautiful to watch. The art direction was beautiful. Sally Hawkins was just wonderful in it, and so tender. But I can’t say anything more because I don’t want to give anything away.

I love our country; thus all the more do I loath this mistake of “Leader” thrust upon us. May he continue his obsession on his golf green and joyously languish there never to return to the White House. Paraphrasing Trumps derogatory geographical locations as a “S***hole,” I wish him out there on the green to live happily and achieve the epitome of golf as an “A**hole In One.”

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As The Independent went to press Tuesday, town officials were poised to close on the $2.1 million purchase of the old Swamp nightclub property in Wainscott. A $300,000 contribution towards the purchase price was provided by a not-for-profit organization, Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation, Inc., which raised the funds from neighbors in the community. The town will develop a management plan for the property that will address the open space values and potential use of the land as part of the soon-tobe-finalized Wainscott Hamlet Study & Plan. The derelict buildings on the property will be demolished and removed.

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Artist Don Duga reviews his body of work and talks about his latest inspiration.

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Is your ’70s or ’80s inner child craving a binge session of cartoons, holiday specials, movies, and a tripinducing number of Twinkies? If so, you wouldn’t have to look far to find the influence of artist Don Duga. From Saturday morning classic cartoons such as Mr. Magoo,

to holiday specials like “Frosty the Snowman,” and television commercials with Twinkie the Kid, to feature-length movies like The Last Unicorn.

He was everywhere. But he was also a fine artist known for strong blacklines and moving figures in his stream of consciousness drawings.

“I don’t know what you call it,” said Duga, 84, gesturing to drawings spread across a table in his Riverhead home. “It’s that thing within your soul, you kind of have a connection.” And that’s the way it has always been for Duga, a moment of life experience inspiring him, sparking

his creativity, then flowing from his fingertips into the ink of his marker, finally letting loose onto the page in his drawings, shapes interwoven with eyes and spikes, flailing arms and legs, visions of the sun and moon, stars and clouds, but maybe some smoke and fire? Some images undulate in circles in his

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“I like this because they go together, they push and pull, and it’s very abstract and I get away with it because I let it go to where it’s going,” said Duga as he poured over his artwork in the living room overlooking Long Island Sound.

For him, there’s a difference between his commissioned work and his fine art. “I just let it go, and it creates itself.” He’s also drawn subjects ranging from The Beatles, Grey Gardens, and Jackie O to President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to the Big Duck of Flanders at Christmastime.

As the premise for his next project, Duga is choosing the sensory overload of Manhattan and drawing from an experience during a recent trip there. It was the movement on the street, people walking to-and-fro in opposite directions, and someone pushing a baby carriage out in front of him, that moved him to the point he had to translate it from memory to paper. “I see it coming to me, ba doom ba doom,” he said.

Duga, a Hollywood native and Korean War veteran, used the GI Bill to fund his art studies at the renowned Chouinard Art Institute, a professional art school based in Los Angeles where many of the artists from Disney studios honed their animation skills. There he met art instructor Don Graham and was inspired by him. From there, he got a job with United Productions of America, where he worked on Mr. Magoo and King Kong, which were regularly shown on Saturday mornings. “Mr. Magoo was good because he was a blind man who ran around,” he said.

Duga recalls the studio being like tech company Google with its stress-reducing amenities for employees -- a swimming pool and Ping Pong table. They had a different approach to storytelling and animation in that they wanted to “break the mold” and get away from the type of work that Disney did.

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“UPA was a breakthrough because [the studio] didn’t want to do any of the corny stuff that Disney did,” he said. “Because they did some really strange films, which Disney would not fool with because it was too horrendous.”

After UPA Duga worked for the Italian company, Cartoons Films in Milan, Italy, before moving back to the states to New York to begin freelancing for myriad companies including Rankin/Bass Productions, providing the storyboards for animators to work from.

formed Polestar Films in 1976, taking commissioned jobs in the film industry. It was at Polestar, Duga also provided the layout, design, and animation for Hostess Company commercials featuring the pop culture icons Twinkie the Kid, Captain Cupcake, and King Ding Dong that would jump into live-action scenes to steal the show away from their human counterparts throughout the ’70s and early ’80s.

At the studio, he worked on classic holiday television specials such as “Mad Monster Party,” “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,” “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “The Little Drummer Boy.” His credits can also be seen on the “Jackson Five” cartoon show.

At Polestar, he not only worked on the commercial side of film, but also delved into public broadcasting, often supplying work for the children’s educational television program, “Sesame Street,” and the animated children’s story based on the Scholastic book, Owen, which gleaned a Carnegie Medal, Good night, Gorilla, and Chicken Little.

Duga and partner, Irra Verbitsky,

“Oh, yeah, it was a lot of fun -- crazy guys,” he said. “It was interesting because you had to open up to it because coneheads were strange characters.”

He also worked on feature-length animated films such as the made for television films, The Hobbit, The Return of the King, and mostnotably, the 1982 big screen cult favorite, The Last Unicorn with Mia Farrow at Rankin/Bass.

His credits can also be seen attached to the Coneheads of “Saturday Night Live” fame.

Duga has been no stranger to independent short films such as Love, which has been shown on the film festival circuit. But when it comes to films, Duga can’t escape from The Last Unicorn. Fans of the cult favorite connect it to him immediately when they see him. “They’ll all say, ‘Oh Don, I love your movie, can you draw me?’” Verbitsky says laughing.

The notoriety is something that he does not let go to his head. Throughout his career, Duga has taken the time to pass along some of his genius and influence as an art instructor, teaching classes at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, as well as locally on the North Fork. Finding inspiration in everything, Duga has also loaned his talents out, drawing the likenesses of party-goers. For him, the drawings are all part of the art experience, and it’s not uncommon for his subjects, or even potential subjects, to spot him and say hello. “He’s pretty well-known here, especially in Riverhead,” said Verbitsky.

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as Babe -- do an admirable job navigating through a fast-paced script where the sisters frequently talk over each other. All of them have their moments, both of laughter and of tears.

Mark Strecker adds the right amount of downhome boy (who married a Yankee!) and silent sex appeal to his appearances as Doc. Deyo Trowbridge plays Barnette ably as naïve but driven, and smarter than he appears. And Kristin Whiting as Chick steals every scene she’s in, wearing one outrageous ’70s-style outfit after another.

Independent/Dane DuPuis Kristin Whiting as Chick and Josephine Wallace as Lenny in Center Stage’s production of Crimes of the Heart.

By Bridget LeRoy

Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prizewinning deep dive into Southern families and mental illness -- a staple in actress scene study classes since the day it first premiered in 1979 -- is back for a run at the Southampton Cultural Center, under the direction of Joan Lyons.

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Featuring horses hit by lightning, hangings in the basement, and good old manic-depression, the play opens after the youngest sister, Becky -- called “Babe” by her siblings -- has run into a spot of trouble. She has gut-shot her husband. One of Henley’s masterful

Set in the sleepy Mississippi town of Hazelhurst, Crimes of the Heart revolves around three sisters, incorporating a touch of Anton

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choices is not to over-elucidate. What needs to come out comes out slowly during the two-hour evening.

Lenny, the eldest -- a spinster who has stayed to look after Old Granddaddy who is now hospitalized -- secretly celebrates her birthday alone at the kitchen table, making wish after wish on a lone candle. Meg, the middle sister, arrives to support Babe. Meg is the one who got out to follow her dream of a singing career in California, but at what cost?

And then there are the ancillary characters -- cousin Chick, a big, blousy relative who runs the town and looks down on the Magrath sisters as trash, Doc, Meg’s “man who got away” and perhaps Lenny’s secret crush, and Barnette Lloyd, the young, green lawyer defending Babe because he once bought an orange pound cake from her at a church bazaar and became “fond” of her. The three leads -- Josephine Wallace as Lenny, Bonnie Grice as Meg, and Tina Marie Realmuto

There are also, of course, the monologues -- Meg touchingly describing her downfall from almost-famous to a mental institution, Babe’s denouement as she tells of why she really shot her husband, Lenny’s resentment at being the oldest but not the favorite -- that give the actresses a chance to shine. The decision to dim the stage lighting and put each woman in a spotlight during these moments is distracting, but wellintentioned. All of the action takes place in the family kitchen, lovingly designed by Joan Lyons to looked lived in and homey. In the center sits a red Formica table, the symbolic “heart” of the action. And, in fact, the girls decide to play a game of hearts, but it never happens. “Are hearts good or bad?” Babe asks her big sister. “Hearts are bad,” Lenny proclaims, “but the black sister is the worst of all.”

And maybe, in Henley’s world, the crimes of the heart are just that -- not being true to yourself and turning your back on your family. Throughout Crimes of the Heart, sibling rivalry and deep dysfunction abound, but, after all is said and done, sisterly blood runs thicker than water. In any case, cheers to Center Stage at the Southampton Cultural Center for bringing a well-worn favorite, which never gets old, for a run in our Yankee neck of the woods. Crimes of the Heart runs through January 28. For more information and tickets, visit www.scc-arts.org.

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A Fintastical Voyage Into Jewelry

By Nicole Teitler

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Bella Ornaf dubs herself not just a jewelry designer but a “shark wrangler.”

Right now there are necklaces, cufflinks, rings and ear bites, ranging in price from $100 and up. However, after an insightful discussion with a Costa Rican artisan, new designs are on the way. “You’ll have to wait and see, but it’s going to be killer!” Ornaf said. Yet, nothing brings pride like seeing a piece being worn. “[I feel] like I’ve done something good, and I always wonder how [the person’s] feeling wearing it, and hoping it’s empowered, magical, and unstoppable.”

Strictly speaking, the term means “someone who takes a string and wraps it around a fish tail or a fish head and then throws it into the water” to try and get a sharks attention, thereby inviting the majestic creature to come closely to a diver’s cage for a personalized experience. Loosely redefined, she is a woman bringing the depths of the wild ocean to customers bold enough to wear her adventurous creations through her jewelry shop FIN Montauk, a jewelry company focusing on creating wearable fossilized shark teeth.

“It was always difficult for me to find and build my own personal jewelry collection,” said Ornaf, who founded FIN in 2013, adding that in her own style she prefers jewelry creations to “be unique, one-ofa-kind and timeless, otherwise I pass right by them, not my style.” Growing up she had a thing for sharks, despite the rougher connotation. “Sharks weren’t the ‘girly’ thing to like but I’ve never been one to follow the pack.” That same train of thinking has influenced her adventurous jewelry. It’s FIN’s mission to instill hope, meaning, education, and strength from each of the pieces it makes. It also makes a yearly donation to non-profits supporting shark conservation.

“We’ve seen products made in China, which, again, goes against our values as we care for human beings,” Ornaf empathically explained. “We have no idea who is making the pieces, what their wages and ages are, and what chemicals are going into the product, and thus into our environment.” Ornaf is a first generation American from Bronxville, New York, which is a stark difference to the surfer town she resides in today. She is a globetrotter with former addresses including Poland and Norway. Inspiration has been all around her from fine Polish artisans to the “organic natural beauty of the fjords,” she says.

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“I came to Montauk for the sharks, stayed for the sharks,” Ornaf chuckled. In an ironic contrast, her husband, James Katsipis, who is a photographer, essentially swims with sharks while taking pictures of local surfers. “We’re both water people and creative, so it’s only natural that both our professions are ocean-based, it’s where our hearts lie.” Most shark jewelry is made with modern shark teeth but FIN takes a unique approach. The company, which is ethically against killing sharks, strictly uses fossilized shark teeth, roughly 30 million years old, and promises no replicas. Each one is found 200 feet down around treacherous, undisclosed locations throughout the Atlantic Ocean by Captain Chuck Wade of the Sea Turtle.

Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend. However, a Megalodon fossil tooth is the best friend that takes your hand and promises one heck of an adventure. Ornaf uses fossils of Megalodon teeth from the extinct species of shark that swam the oceans millions of years ago. The Megalodon, which means “big tooth,” had an estimated length of 60 feet. The largest intact tooth found was over seven inches.

Each tooth is placed on a deerskin lace cord, with plans to use alternative material. A less heavy version of the necklace features a gold vermeil chain. The Gold Dipped Charmed FIN comes on a black, waxed, cotton cord, with the cast pieces on a chain.

Maintenance of the jewelry seems contradictory for the average Montauk resident, or visitor in summertime. Keeping anything away from dirt, oils, or salt water in an area surrounded by waves is nearly impossible. To help, the teeth are placed in a reusable, muslin drawstring bag, which is best for absorbing oils. Use it for more than just jewelry -- your wallet, coins or

There are plans for popups in West Palm Beach in February and Costa Rica in March. Other notable colleagues assisting in FIN Montauk are Rebekah Harris of Silverella, Jose Gomez Davidson of J.A.G.D. Jewels, and Annie Gutheridge of Bimini Shark Lab. Other colleagues include Memory Motel, Amanda Beckmann from Montauk Beach House and Navy Beach, Girl Tauk, Gloria Jewel, The Golden Eagle, and Montauk Hard Label. Ornaf ’s husband, Katsipis, also serves as the shop’s in-house photographer. FIN Montauk is located at 692 Montauk Highway during high season. Follow them on social media @finmontauk, tag them using #finmontauk. Want to learn more? Visit www.finmontauk.com or email info@finmontauk.com Follow more stories from me on Instagram & Facebook @NikkiOnTheDaily, #NikkiOnTheDaily or email your comments to NTeitler@gmail.com.

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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. A Night Out With… Nick & Toni’s, 136 Main Street in East Hampton, and The Golden Eagle Studio, 144 North Main Street in East Hampton, have introduced a new artist series called “A Night Out With . . .” an artist of the evening. The series of art workshops is followed by dinner with the artist at Nick & Toni’s. Tonight it’s Dan Rizzie and Susan Lazarus-Reimen, next week, Linda Capello. The evening starts at 5:30 PM and the cost is $75 per person, which includes the art workshop (with any supplies needed) and the specially priced dinner including tax and tip. East End Arts East End Arts in Riverhead presents the Elizabeth Richard Memorial Annual Members’ Show. An opening reception will be held on Friday from 5 to 7 PM. The show runs through March 2. Visit www.eastendarts.org.

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Color and Light “Color and Light,” art by Janet Jennings, Anne Raymond, and Phyllis Hammond will be on display at Suffolk County Community College’s Lyceum Gallery in the Montaukett Learning Resource Center on the Eastern Campus in Riverhead Monday through March 3. The exhibit is a celebration of the progression of daylight on the East End landscape, featuring the work of three artists who express the beauty of light. An artists’ reception will be held on Wednesday, February 21, from 4 to 6 PM. Refreshments will be served.

ONGOING Early Ink Abstractions Folioeast presents “Early Ink Abstractions,” works on paper by David Slivka from 1962-1972, at the Kathryn Markel Gallery in Bridgehampton. The show will run through January 29. Take a Closer Look “Take a Closer Look,” a photography show by Bob Weinstein, is on display at the Suffolk County Historical Society’s Gish Gallery. Sag Harbor artist Bob Weinstein focuses his lens on architectural details of historic

Art by Janet Jennings is on display at Suffolk Community College’s Lyceum Gallery and Malia Mills in East Hampton.

homes and places in Sag Harbor, which make up the richly textured story of the village. His work aims to create an understanding and appreciation of the unique village, its culture and heritage, and its place in American history. The show runs through March 17.

building in Water Mill. On view through October 31, the exhibition takes a closer look at artists whose work represents major trends, themes, and concepts in American art history, and underscores the ongoing artistic legacy of Long Island’s East End.

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Guild Hall in East Hampton presents its 26th annual “Student Art Festival: K–12.” Showcasing student art from Montauk to Bridgehampton, these inspiring exhibitions feature the works of students in kindergarten through high school. The show runs through February 11.

The Quogue Library Art Gallery presents its January exhibit “Harvey Herman: The World Around Us.” The exhibit features Herman’s favorite subjects, including images of his koi pond, indigenous wildlife, local waterfront landscapes, and winter scenes. The exhibit will be on view through Monday.

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Stop by Malia Mills on Main Street in East Hampton, where Folioeast presents the art of Peter Dayton, Janet Jennings, and William Pagano. The exhibit will be up through February 4.

Tulla Booth Gallery in Sag Harbor presents “Holiday Favorites,” a photography exhibit with works by Stephen Wilkes, Daniel Jones, Roberto Dutesco, and Blair Seagram. The show runs through Tuesday.

Five And Forward “Five and Forward” is an exhibition that celebrates the Parrish Art Museum’s fifth anniversary in its Herzog & de Meuron-designed

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The Tripoli Gallery in Southampton presents “There Is Still Good in This World,” its 13th annual Thanksgiving collective. Featuring works by Todd Bienvenu, Quentin Curry, Félix Bonilla Gerena, April Gornik, Mary Heilmann, Yung Jake, Benjamin Keating, Enoc Perez, Rene Ricard, Rachel Rossin, and Lola Montes, the exhibition will be on view through Monday.

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Love Bites

With Chef Rocco DiSpirito, Nicole Teitler, and Christine Prydatko.

The annual Love Bites event was held on Saturday. This year The Independent was one of the honorees, along with Brigid and Jim Stewart from Katy’s Courage, and honorary celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito. The pre-Valentine party was held at The Muses in Southampton and featured some of the best restaurants, caterers, and chefs on the East End.

Guests, clad in “a flash of red” attire, enjoyed chef tastings and cocktails along with music by East End Entertainment. The yearly event was held to benefit the pediatric cancer foundation’s Katy’s Courage in memory of Katy Stewart and The Scarlett Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in honor of Scarlett James. Katy’s Courage is dedicated to supporting education, children’s bereavement support, and pediatric cancer research, in honor of the South Fork’s Katy Stewart. Katy lost her battle with a rare form of pediatric liver cancer called hepatoblastoma at the age of 12.

The foundation hosts multiple fundraising events each year including Love Bites and the Katy’s Courage 5K. The Scarlett Fund was created by Jennifer and Robert James to support and raise awareness for pediatric cancer research in honor of their daughter, Scarlett James, who was diagnosed in 2013 with T Cell Lymphoma.

DiSpirito served a mushroom risotto with shaved black truffle, which was a crowd favorite. He joined event chef chairperson Peter Ambrose and restaurants and caterers like Pig Beach, Almond, Old Stove Pub, Bell & Anchor, Smokin’ Wolf, Golden Pear, Art of Eating, Insatiable Eats, Silver Spoon Specialties, and Buoy One.

Guests sipped on beverages provided by Hampton Coffee Company, Chopin Vodka, Montauk Hard Label Whiskey, Keith’s Nervous Breakdown, Montauk Brewing Company, and Mezcal Dona Sarita.

Dreesen’s donuts (L) and DiSpirito’s truffle risotto (R).

A selection of treats were also provided by Cait’s Baked, Erica’s Rugelach & Baking Company, Sag Harbor Bake Shop, Clarkson Avenue Crumb Cake, and Dreesen’s Donuts. Dreesen’s included a donut wall for guests to sample, another highlight. Attendees (including us) left with quite a few Dreesen’s Donuts to-go

bags. Not a bad way to end a fun filled Saturday night, all for two notable causes.

For more information on Katy’s Courage visit www.katyscourage. org. For more information on The Scarlett Fund visit www. thescarlettfund.com.

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By Nicole Teitler

THAW Fest This Spring

Hamptons Arts Network presents The Hamptons Arts Weekend, THAW Fest, March 23 through the 25, to celebrate the blossoming of spring. While it may be two months away, that doesn’t mean the excitement can’t begin. This network of art and cultural centers from Westhampton to East Hampton allows the community to experience cultural displays from 18 nonprofit organizations.

The festival promises three days of exhibitions, garden tours, theater performances, family days, film, music, community engagement, and workshops. This year’s participants include Bay Street Theater, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Dia: Dan Flavin Art Institute, East Hampton Historical Society, Guild Hall, Hamptons International Film Festival, Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival, LongHouse Reserve, Madoo Conservancy, Parrish Art Museum,

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Cultural Center & Museum, Southampton African American Museum, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton Historical Museum, Watermill Center, and Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.

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Bigger And Better Books By Zachary Weiss You can’t underestimate the value of a good book, especially when it those pesky words appear alongside hundreds of pages of striking

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Entertainment Guide by Jessica Mackin-Cipro All singing, all dancing? Readings, stagings, and slams? We can’t print it if we don’t know about it. Send your entertainment events to bridget@ indyeastend.com by Thursday at noon.

Music Stephen Talkhouse The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett presents Roses Grove Band on Saturday night at 8 PM. Andy Aledort & The Groove Kings will take the stage at 10 PM. For tickets, visit www.stephentalkhouse. com or call 631-267-3117. Karaoke The Springs Tavern hosts karaoke night every Saturday night beginning at 10 PM. No cover, just bring your best singing voice! For further information call the Springs Tavern at 631-527-7800. Sarah Conway Montauk Community Church Coffee House presents Sarah Conway on Sunday at 7 PM. The event is free and open to the public. Townline BBQ Music Townline BBQ in Sagaponack continues live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. This week, Jim Lawler & Friends. For more information call Townline BBQ at 631-537-2271 or visit www. townlinebbq.com. Suffolk Theater

Classic Stones Live with the Glimmer Twins, a Rolling Stones Tribute, will perform at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead on Friday. On Saturday, That 70’s Band performs with members of New Life Crisis. Doors open at 6:30 PM, the shows begin at 8 PM. Dinner is available and ticket prices range from $49 to $59. For more info and tickets, visit www.suffolktheater.com.

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Venus In Fur, an adult drama by David Ives, continues at the Quogue Community Hall this week.

Desperate to find an actress to play the female lead in his adaptation of the classic tale of sadomasochism, Venus in Furs, a beleaguered playwright/director auditions a vulgar and equally desperate actress. Though utterly wrong for the sophisticated part, Vanda piques the playwright’s interest with her seductive talents and secretive manner. The cast features Tristan Vaughan and Tina Jones. HTC board member Diana Marbury directs. Venus in Fur runs through Sunday with performances on Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 8 PM, and Sundays at 2:30 PM. To purchase tickets, visit www.hamptontheatre.org, or call OvationTix at 1-866-811-4111. Crimes of the heart Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center presents Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart SCC’s Levitas Center for the Arts. (Read the review elsewhere in this issue of The Independent.)

Crimes of the Heart was the winner of the 1981 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. Warm-hearted, irreverent, zany, and brilliantly imaginative, the play centers on the three Magrath sisters, who have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future -- but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended. Performances run through Sunday. Show times are Thursday and Friday at 7 PM, Saturday at 8 PM,

A movie screening and discussion will be held for Killer Bees Movie.

and Sunday at 2:30 PM. General admission is $25 and student and group rates available. Brunch/ theater and dinner theater packages are available at www.scc-arts.org or by calling 631-287-4377.

Film The Teacher The 2018 East Hampton Library winter film festival continues on Sunday with a screening of The Teacher, directed by Jan Hrebejk. Films will be screened at the East Hampton Library at 2 PM on Sunday. All screenings are free. Reservations can be made at www. eventbrite.com, or by calling 631324-0222 ext. 3, or at the adult reference desk. Three Billboards The Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, directed by Martin McDonagh. After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police.

Show times are Friday at 7 PM, Saturday at 4 and 7 PM, and Sunday at 4 PM. Killer Bees A movie screening and discussion will be held for Killer Bees Movie at The Center at 551 Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton on Saturday at 5 PM. The screening is part of the Thinking Forward Series 2018. The film is a documentary about The Bridgehampton High School’s Killer Bees, the Class D basketball champions. The doc is by filmmakers Orson and Ben Cummings. To RSVP, email lisa@ bhccrc.org or call 631-537-0616. The Divine Order The Hamptons International Film Festival and Guild Hall in East Hampton present Now Showing, a screening of The Divine Order, directed by Petra Volpe on Saturday at 6 PM. The film is set in Switzerland in 1971, unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, and her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of the town’s suffragette movement. Tickets are $15 / $12 general admission for Guild Hall and HIFF Members. Visit www. guildhall.org. Continued On Page B-20.

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by Kitty Merrill Each week we’ll highlight local community events and library offerings presented by area institutions and organizations. It’s on you to send ‘em in, kids. Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email news@indyeastend.com.

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THURSDAY 1•25•18

• Kids can read with Tara, a certified therapy dog at the East Hampton Library at 4 PM. Suitable for youngsters in grades one through five. Call to register and pick a specific time. 631-3240222 ext. 2. FRIDAY 1•26•18 • The YMCA hosts Friday night preteen and teen programs from 6 to 9 PM. Round-trip transportation for Sag Harbor, Southampton, and Bridgehampton kids is avails, too. Visit www. ymcali.org and look for Friday night preteen and teen program transportation to sign up online and learn more about the offerings. • A three-part program providing caregivers with answers about early stage Alzheimer’s begins today at the East Hampton Library. 2 to 4 PM. Call 631-324-0222 ext. 3 to register. SATURDAY 1•27•18 • East Hampton Trails Preservation Society invites you to enjoy a short winter day hike around Strattons beach, a beautiful sand spit along the Northwest Harbor. Views of the tidal waters and marshes of Northwest Creek are spectacular. Meet at the Northwest Harbor County parking area at the end of Northwest Landing Road off Swamp Road at 10 AM. Leader: David Luce. Got questions? Call 917-885-5749. • Guild Hall in East Hampton offers a free portfolio review workshop for students in grades 10 to 12 at 11 AM. Steve Miller, an

artist and professor at The School for Visiual Arts, will provide valuable guidance and insightful tips on how to best present and curate artwork for art school admission. Reservations encouraged via Guild Hall’s website. SUNDAY 1•28•18 • Teens get tips about writing short stories at the East Hampton Library at 3 PM.

• The Amagansett Library hosts Pollock drip painting for adults at 2 PM. Discover how artists expressed their feelings with paint, then create your own painting. Call 631267-3810 to learn more. • Take a hike and see if you can spot a seal at Montauk Point State Park. A state park naturalist will lead a leisurely beach walk to an area where up to four species of seals have been seen. Hike begins at the concession building. 1:30 PM. Expect to be outside two to three hours, so dress appropriately. Bring binoculars, if you’d like. Registration required, call 631- 668-5000. $4. • Guild Hall presents The NeoPolitical Cowgirls: January Girls Free Workshop. Females aged six to 96 find community, freedom, self-confidence, self-expression and support across generations. Held Sundays from 10:30 AM till noon, these creative workshops share conversation and ideas while exploring our world through arts, such as sculpture, painting, acting, and video making. Free to all. Each workshop is led by a different artist from our community. To register, contact Kate at npcowgirls@gmail. com. Wednesday 1•31•18 • Loving Vincent screens tonight at Montauk Library at 7 PM.

• Guild Hall presents Word Up! A Middle School Celebration of Poetry at 7 PM. All are welcome, with registration encouraged. Visit GuildHall.org.

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• Oh, ROB! Sal St. George provides an in depth review of the celebrity who turned the world on with her smile, Mary Tyler Moore. Learn about the comedy icon at the Hampton Bays Library at 7 PM. • The Southampton Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking night at the Southampton Publick House at 5 PM. The festivities will be sponsored by the U.S. Open 2018 Shinnecock Hills. Admission is $15. Call 631-283-0402 to save your seat. FRIDAY 1•26•18 • As part of its Lunch and Learn series, the Westhampton Free Library will host a discussion on soup making at noon. The program will feature a cooking demonstration by Chef Penn Hongthong. Chef Hongthong will be showing participants how to make vegetable soup with pork neck bones, fish soup with lemongrass and tomatoes, and Asian squash soup. To register for the program, call 631-2883335 or sign up online at www. westhamptonlibrary.net. SATURDAY 1•27 •18 • Have you ever walked on the beach and noticed something that didn’t belong? Maybe it was trash, a plank of wood, or even a rubber tire. How did these things get on the beach? What can we do to prevent trash from washing up on our shorelines? Come play an interactive game with Ashley Federici, South Fork Natural History Museum Nature Educator to figure out what belongs on our beaches and what doesn’t. Afterward, make a craft, turning items found during the museum’s SoFo Cleans the Beach series into art. 10:30 AM. Call SoFo at 631-537-9735 to register and for admission information. SUNDAY 1•28•18 • The Westhampton Free Library invites the community to attend a Cabin Fever Music Jam at 1 PM. The event will feature the music of Roy Wilson and the Buzzards, a Long Island rockabilly favorite. The band has performed at nearly every

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rockabilly venue from New York to Philadelphia and at major festivals, including Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. For more information and to register, call 631-288-3335 or visit the library’s website at www. westhamptonlibrary.net. • The Friends of the Rogers Memorial Library will offer a concert featuring the ShtrykovTanaka Duo at 3 PM. Clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov and pianist Misuzu Tanaka will perform works by Brahms, Poulenc, and Alexander Rosenblatt. A reception will follow. Register at www.myrml.org or call 631-283-0774 ext. 523. Monday 1•29•18 • Join the Hampton Bays Civic Association for its inaugural 2018 membership meeting at 7 PM. The agenda includes an informal planning session with Southampton Town Board members, Julie Lofstad and Tommy John Schiavoni.

Hear the board members’ vision for the upcoming year. Discuss with them the community’s evaluation of Hampton Bays’ ongoing evolution: the successes, the concerns, and the issues that still need to be addressed. It all goes down at the Southampton Town Community Center, 25 Ponquogue Avenue, across from the Post Office in Hampton Bays. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

• The Olympics are coming to the Westhampton Free Library! Children in grades K through six are invited to participate in the library’s Olympic training camp from 4 to 5 PM. During the event, participants will warm up and then take part in some fun “Olympic” challenges. For more information, call 631-288-3335 or visit www. westhamptonlibrary.net. • They’re out for blood … donations. Stop by the Hampton Bays Library between 1 and 7 PM to donate. Walk-ins accepted, but best to call for particulars. 631728-6241.

• The Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton will offer a screening of Dunkirk at 3 PM. Directed by Christopher Nolan, this film tells Continued On Page B-20.

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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@ indyeastend.com. Rockin’ For The Homeless Bands including Who Are Those Guys, Blue Moon Rising, and Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks will perform on Saturday from 6 to 10 PM at Polish Hall in Riverhead at the Rockin’ For The Homeless event to benefit East End Homeless Outreach. There will also be door prizes, a Chinese auction, raffles, a dance floor, and food. Reserved tables of 10 are available for $200. Tickets are $25 or $35 at the door. You can purchase tickets at Barth’s Pharmacy, Polish Hall, Love Lane Kitchen, Wendy’s Deli, or Mattituck Presbyterian Church Office or visit www. rockinforthehomeless.org. The Retreat Boutique The Retreat Boutique in Bridgehampton welcomes back manager Jessica Burdine. Burdine had been out absent for an extended period due to an injury. The Retreat urges community members to stop in and welcome Jess back. Take advantage of the Winter Sales

Blast including 75 percent off furniture, half price designer fashions, and 50 percent off housewares.

When you shop or donate at The Retreat Boutique, you do more than offer a new life to your used furniture, clothing or artwork. You help to raise funds for domestic violence services on the East End. The Boutique welcomes women and men’s clothing, jewelry, accessories, shoes, housewares, books and furniture. All donated items should be in great condition. Donations are accepted during business hours. To learn more, visit www.theretreatinc.org. Adopt A Senior Pet It’s Adopt A Senior Pet Month and Southampton Animal Shelter is offering free wellness visits for your new pet for life, valid at its Wellness Clinic. The Wellness visit fee of $35 will be waived for the life of the adopted pet. Dogs and cats of older ages end up at the shelter for a variety of reasons. Owners often give up their pets because they are moving, are no longer able to care for them due to illness, or even death. For more info visit www. southamptonanimalshelter.com.

Perlman Music Program The Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island presents a wine dinner and charity auction at Le Bernadin Privé in Manhattan on February 1. The annual celebration of the finest food, wine, and music, all support the incredible young artists of PMP. Tickets start at $1500. For more info visit www. perlmanmusicprogram.org. Winter Blood Drive Eastern Long Island Hospital’s winter blood drive will be held on February 1 from 8 AM to 5:15 PM in the ELIH conference room in Greenport. All donors will receive a $5 gift card to the ELIH Corner Shop or Greenhouse Grill. For more information, eligibility criteria, or to schedule an appointment, call ELIH at 631-477-5100. Walk-ins are also welcome. Bereavement Group East End Hospice and Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue present an equine therapy adult bereavement group. The six-week program takes place on Thursdays, starting on February 8, at Spirit’s Promise in Riverhead. To register, call Angela Byrns at 631-288-8400. Psychic Night New Hope Rising presents an exciting evening with worldrenowned psychic medium Josephine Ghiringhelli. This fundraiser will be held on February 9 at 230 Elm in Southampton. Doors open at 6 PM. Admission is $50 and tickets can be purchased online at www.NHRPsychicNight.

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New Hope Rising’s recovery housing, free community outreach program, and recovery and wellness center have helped hundreds of individuals and families on Long Island transform their lives in recovery. For additional event information or sponsorship opportunities, contact 631-336-9990. East End Hospice East End Hospice’s Kanas Center in Quiogue is in need of supplies. There are many families at the residential facility for critical patients and water, soda, and snacks were needed to restock the center’s pantry. Cases of Coke, Diet Coke, water, and ginger ale are in high demand. Individually wrapped snacks are welcomed, as are single-serve boxes of cereal for family members who spend the night. Donations can be dropped off any time at the center located at 1 Meetinghouse Road in Quiogue or at the East End Hospice development office located at 209 Mill Road in Westhampton during regular business hours.

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By Zachary Weiss

Carlos Barroz’s Farro Salad

WHO: Carlos Barroz, Head Chef of La Pulperia

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INGREDIENTS:

CHEF BARROZ’S GUEST WORTHY RECIPE: Warm Farro Salad

2 cups spelt farro

WHY? “This dish is perfect for the fall/winter season. When it’s cold, we’re likely to be served lots of large dishes that make us feel lethargic, but this farro salad strikes a happy medium. It’s wonderfully light, while still maintaining lots of flavor and protein.”

For the farro

Mix together all ingredients

½ lb parsnip (peeled and diced)

Boil the farro for 10 to 12 minutes, and allow to cool for 10 minutes.

1 pc butternut squash (sliced) ½ cup red beets

½ cup cherry tomatoes 4 oz Feta cheese

1 bunch scallions (sliced) 1 bunch parsley For the dressing 1 cup olive oil

½ cup orange juice

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1 Tbsp salt

2 Tbsp maple syrup (your preference) 1 Tbsp mustard 1 Tbsp shallot

1 Tbsp chopped parsley

DIRECTIONS:

At the same time, boil the red beets for 30 minutes. With a knife, pinch in the middle of the beet to see if it’s cooked. When it’s ready, the center should be soft.

Preheat the oven to 400°F, and coat one baking pan with butter. Place your parsnips, butternut squash, and cherry tomatoes in the baking pan, and cover with salt, pepper, and chopped thyme. Let cook for 15 to 20 minutes. In a skillet, combine the spelt farro and all of your vegetables. Mix in scallions, parsley, feta cheese, and 1 cup of orange dressing. Plate and serve.

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Vegetable Soup With Spiced Crème Fraiche Ingredients (serves 4) 2 large carrots (peeled & diced) 1 onion (peeled & diced)

1 fennel bulb (trimmed & diced)

1 green pepper (trimmed, deseeded, & diced) 2 cloves of garlic (minced)

1 tsp curry powder 1 tsp paprika

1 pinch of nutmeg

1 pinch of cinnamon 3 Tbsp canola oil

salt and black pepper to taste Method

1/2 bunch of thyme

Begin by heating two Tbsp of canola oil over medium high heat in a large, deep soup pot. Add the celery, onion, garlic, green pepper, fennel, and carrots. Allow the vegetables to sweat for five minutes, while stirring often.

1 bay leaf

4 red potatoes (diced)

1 c diced butternut squash 1 c diced celery

2 Tbsp tomato paste 3 c vegetable stock 2 c water

1/2 lemon juiced, and zested 1/4 c crème fraiche

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and season lightly with salt and pepper. Remember to taste the soup throughout the cooking process.

Allow the soup to simmer with a lid on for 90 minutes. After 60 minutes, add the potatoes and butternut squash to the soup and allow them to cook for the rest of the time. Whip up the spiced crème fraiche. To begin, take a small sauté pan and heat it over medium heat. Add one Tbsp canola oil and allow it to

become hot. Add the spices.

Let the spices heat up, or bloom in the oil to release some of their flavor. This is a fairly quick process over medium heat. The result should have the consistency of a paste. Allow the paste to cool. Whisk it into your crème fraiche with the lemon juice and zest. When the soup is done and ready to serve add a generous spoonful to give the dish a nice, cool kick.

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Food & Beverage by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. The Springs Tavern The Springs Tavern hosts happy hour every Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 PM. During happy hour, diners may enjoy $1 off all wine, beer, and well drinks, alongside a $5 bar menu. Menu selections include jalapeno poppers, mozzarella sticks, vegetable egg rolls, chips and salsa, grilled zucchini wheels, and wings. For further information, call The Springs Tavern at 631-527-7800. Indian Wells Tavern Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett will celebrate Super Bowl LII with food and drink specials

on Sunday, February 4, beginning at 6 PM. The game will be featured on five flat screen TVs and a 10foot projector. There will also be a complimentary buffet during half time and giveaways each quarter with a chance to win a flat screen TV, beach chairs, t-shirts, coozies, and $50 gift certificates to Indian Wells Tavern, Bostwick’s Chowder House, and Fierro’s Pizzeria. Additionally, the first 50 people through the door will receive a goody bag. Drink specials include $5 pints of tap beer, $3 Miller High Life, and $6 well cocktails. Indian Wells Tavern is also offering a Happy Hour giveaway each week, with one lucky winner receiving a complimentary one hour Happy Hour party for themselves and four

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Where To Wine by Kitty Merrill Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery Bruce Macdonald performs from 1:30 to 5:30 PM on Saturday. On Sunday, same time, it’s Peter Kanelous. www.clovispointwines. com. Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard presents music on Saturday and Sunday. From 2 to 6 PM, it’s The Smoking Gun on Saturday with Ricky Roche from 2 to 6 PM on Sunday. www. baitinghollowfarmvineyard.com. Raphael Rick Rempe performs from 1 to 4 PM on Sunday. www.raphaelwine. com. Martha Clara Vineyards The vineyard’s wine education series this week presents a master class with Martha Clara’s winemaker Juan E. Micieli-Martinez on Saturday at 1 PM. Visit the website for tickets. www. marthaclaravineyards.com.

Diliberto Winery Save the dates. The popular “Sundays with Grandma” series starts up on February 11. It features a pasta demonstration, fourcourse homemade meal paired with award-winning wines, live music including classic Italian songs, and more. The cost of the dinner is $85, plus tax, gratuity, and processing fees. The total comes to $114.54 per person, which includes everything previously listed. Wine club members get $10 off for the member and one guest. www. dilibertowinery.com. Pindar Vineyards Pindar hosts barrel tastings on Saturdays from 1 to 3 PM. Check out the special behind the scenes series. www.pindar.net.

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Entertainment Continued From Page B-8. The Met: Live in HD Guild Hall in East Hampton presents The Met: Live in HD with Giacomo Puccini’s TOSCA on Saturday at 1 PM. Rivaling the splendor of Franco Zeffirelli’s Napoleonic-era sets and costumes, Sir David McVicar’s ravishing new production offers a splendid backdrop for extraordinary singing. Kristine Opolais stars as the title prima donna alongside Vittorio Grigolo and Željko Lučić will sing the role of Scarpia, replacing Sir Bryn Terfel. Andris Nelsons conducts.

Guild Hall in East Hampton presents Word Up! A Middle School Celebration of Poetry on Wednesday, January 31, at 7 PM. All are welcome. Registration is encouraged. Visit www.guildhall. org. State of the Union All members of the community are invited to gather at The People’s State of the Union Story Circle at The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill on Friday at 6 PM. Guests are welcome to share their stories and reflect on the current “State

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• The Ellen’s Well support group for women’s breast and gynecological cancers meets throughout the day at the Hampton Bays Library, with sessions for newly diagnosed and post treatment patients, or those with recurrence. At 4 PM the fifth Tuesday of each month, there’s a wellness group for mindfulnessbased stress reduction and meditation. Registration required. Call 631-329-0520.

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of the Union.” The free event, one of hundreds that are taking place nationwide, is part of an annual civic tradition rooted in the belief that democracy is a conversation, not a monologue. Registration for the event is currently open to all East End residents age 15 and older. No preparation is necessary for the event, where participants may mingle with their neighbors and enjoy refreshments. Current participants include artists, therapists, poets, veterans, educators, and community leaders. For more information and to RSVP visit www.parrishart.org or info@ parrishart.org.

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Real Estate News

Jackie’s Summer Place Changes Hands

By Rick Murphy

“Seinfeld” House Sold No, not the house where Jerry Seinfeld lives with the baseball field in front of it.

It’s official: Lasata, billed as the childhood summer home of Jacqueline Bouvier (Kennedy), has changed hands.

A nearby oceanfront estate on Whaler’s Lane in East Hampton was featured in the classic “ugly baby” episode of TV series “Seinfeld” and in the 1998 film Deep Impact, changed hands last week for $5.725 million, according to Mansion Global. The home was first listed with the Corcoran Group for $8.75 million in December 2016.

The estate, at 121 Further Lane, was reported to be in contract last October by Douglas Elliman. The asking price at the time was just shy of $30 million and the sale price had been reduced several times before. Meanwhile the New York Post is reporting a nearby four-acre parcel of land that was a part of the original estate has been sold as well.

It went up for sale back in September of 2016, at which point it was being offered both together and separately from the main estate, and officially changed hands last week. Located at 40 Middle Lane in East Hampton (while the main house is located on Further Lane), the parcel includes a grass tennis court but is otherwise empty and can accommodate a structure up to 10,000 square feet in size. The property was listed by Douglas Elliman agents Carol Nobbs and Eileen O’Neill, as is the main house. The property at 121 Further Lane is owned by Reed and Delphine Krakoff. The Bouvier family owned

Independent / Elliman.com Lasata, the childhood summer home of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, has been sold.

it in the 1920s.

The Krakoffs paid $20 million for the historic estate in 2007, and gave the home a major renovation and redesign. It was put back on the market in 2016 with an asking price of $39 million. The price on the 10-bedroom, 10.5-bathroom house, originally built by Arthur Jackson in 1917, was lowered several times before attracting a buyer. However, the buyer has yet to be identified, and it is not known if the same entity purchased the property

on 40 Middle Lane. The sale price has yet to be revealed.

The 1.37-acre property features 228 feet of beachfront. The house is 4000-square-feet and has four bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. The identity of the buyer has yet to be revealed.

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1,550,000

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625,000 750,000

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A6 Realty Group

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Daley, M & C

SRBH Lots LLC

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Smith, S

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Montero, C & L

Caligiuri, M

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Compiled By Rick Murphy Seek To Re-Pave Route 114 Six local elected officials are once again calling upon the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to repave eight-mile stretch of state Route 114 from Stephen Hands Path to the South Ferry terminal in North Haven. Assemblyman Fred Thiele and State Senator Ken LaValle, in a letter dated December 21 and signed by officials from East Hampton Town and Sag Harbor, North Haven, and East Hampton Villages, pointed out how badly the road has deteriorated. It is the third request in two years. “The DOT has repaved the southern terminus of Route 114, Montauk Highway from Southampton to Montauk and Flanders Road from Riverhead to Hampton Bays. Now, it is clear that the remainder of Route 114

is in dire need of repair. Pothole repair is inadequate,” Thiele wrote. “The extreme cold we have experienced so far this winter only guarantees further deterioration this spring. DOT should prepare now and authorize the paving of this road during the spring 2018 construction season,” he added. It’s Flu Season

Suffolk County Commissioner of Health Services Dr. James Tomarken is reminding both clinicians and residents that influenza is prevalent in the county. There are three important steps to take to reduce transmission and harmful effects of influenza: 1) obtain a flu shot, 2) prevent the spread of germs, and 3) use antiviral medication as prescribed by a clinician. On December 27, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory to clinicians in order

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and reduce the risk of serious flu complications. The clinical benefit is greatest when antiviral treatment is started as early as possible after the illness begins. While a flu vaccine can vary in how well it works, experts say it is the best way to prevent flu illness and serious flu complications, including those that can result in hospitalization. Even with vaccine effectiveness in the range of 30 to 60 percent, flu vaccination prevents millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of flu-related hospitalizations each year.

Podcasting

Looking to break into the expanding field of podcasting? Well you’ll be happy to learn that the Stony Brook Southampton and Manhattan Graduate Arts program, as well as WSHU Public Radio are partnering together for

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Concert In Park

By Justin Meinken

Southampton Town is conducting a survey asking for the public’s help in naming and planning concerts and events that will take place in Good Ground Park in Hampton Bays.

A questionnaire is available online at http://www.southamptontownny.

gov/ggp-survey and will remain until this Friday. Following a successful opening year, the town Parks and Recreation Department is turning to the public to help develop the series of events being scheduled for this year. If you would like to start the year off right, participate in the survey.

Hometown Heroes

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The Westhampton Free Library will honor its community heroes tomorrow at 5:30 PM.

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The celebration will be held at VFW Post 5350 Hall and is part of the ongoing process of paying tribute to a veteran from the community each month. The veterans include: Peter W. Cuthbert, Edwin J. Cartoski, Sherri

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Some teens said they were attending the forum at the urging of a parent or teacher while another writer believed they were “meant to be there.” To answer why they were there, one teen drew just two words in rainbow colors with pink hearts on either side of them -- Hallie Rae, a tribute to the 22-year-old Pierson High School graduate, Hallie Rae Ulrich, who overdosed and was found on the side of a road in East Hampton last September.

“She was just like you,” said her grandfather, Drew Scott, who is cochairman of the task force. Ulrich wanted to contribute to society, “maybe get married,” and have a career in art. “The problem was people, places, and things got her interested in heroin.”

Scott announced toxicology results revealed Ulrich had died from a combination of heroin and Fentanyl. He tried to get across to the teens that Fentanyl is so powerful, someone can be poisoned to death by taking it the very first time.

“It’s very serious we talk about this” he said. “We want you to be our ambassador in the communities and in your schools, tell everybody what you saw and heard tonight, and let them know what the town is trying to do in opening up the dialogue, cutting down the stigma. Some people are afraid to say my relative, my brother, my sister, my daughter or son, died from a heroin overdose. We are trying to dispel the stigma and open up and talk about it, and that will end, perhaps, the addiction crisis that we see.” Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said he and Scott believed since young adults are starting down the dangerous path to drugs at a young age, they needed to reach out to them to listen to their thoughts on the subject. “When I hear somebody dies likes Drew’s granddaughter, it’s so hard to hear,” he said. Noting 19 people died of opiate overdoses last year, the supervisor added, “Nineteen people who should not have died, died. So, we have to come together as a community, so it does not happen again.” In an addition to Scott and Schneiderman, the students heard

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“The thing I can tell you from doing this work for a very long time is that no one starts with opiates first, that this conversation can never be about where addiction ends, it needs to be about where it begins,” she said. “And if we don’t start talking about real solutions in our town, unfortunately we are going to continue to see the fallout that we are seeing.” Schneiderman said the information collected would be reviewed by the task force members and discussed. The task force is expected to make a report to the town board this spring. It will hear comments from members of the medical community at a meeting at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on February 7.

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death and that he sees the increase as “very significant” from 2016 to 2017. “We are not sure yet how our increase from [2016 to 2017] compares with the overall county stats, assuming that there was an increase, but is it as dramatic as our increase here?,” he said.

“We see that we have a serious problem and we may have a faster growth rate here than in other places in Suffolk, so for that reason, and other reasons, we are taking a very, very strong stand on this.”

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Preliminary stats from the Medical Examiner’s Office released to The Independent two weeks ago show there were 235 opiate deaths with 136 drug overdose cases pending. Twenty-nine of those cases were drawn from the five East End towns. The police department is fully engaged with the town opioid task force. The brass is working

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on initiatives to suppress drug trafficking, help drug addicts, and work with the educational system to get the next person who might become a user to quit, Strynecki said. “We are fully engaged on every facet,” he said.

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allow for quicker assessment and stabilization for patients in East Hampton Town. There won’t be an operating room or a delivery room in the freestanding ER, or full inpatient facilities. The building, planned at around 27,000 square feet, would grow exponentially if the hospital tried to provide those services, Chaloner said.

The hospital was awarded a $10 million state grant toward construction; Stony Brook Southampton officials will have to raise the $25 million balance through contributions. Rent on the land will be $20 per year for 50 years.

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grew up in the village, where his mother taught school. He lives in Springs with his four daughters and wife, Rachel. They own two businesses, East Hampton Physical Therapy and Weekend Warrior Tours and Outfitters.

“As a father of young children and a local business owner, David is in tune with the everyday struggles working families face. He has been a strong advocate of the Democratic values embodied by the Town Board’s efforts to protect the environment, preserve historic buildings, address coastal resiliency, increase public beach access, and to maintain our quality of life,” Van Scoyoc said in a release announcing the appointment. “We welcome David and his energy, determination, and thoughtful consideration to the work of the board.” Lys will serve by appointment this year. A special election will be held in November for candidates looking to serve out the remainder of Van Scoyoc’s town board term, which would have expired at the end of 2019.

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Eight North Fork oyster producers have joined the New York State “Grown & Certified” program. Spearheaded by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, the program is designed to promote agricultural producers and growers who adhere to food safety and environmental sustainability practices.

On Friday, state officials announced the addition of farmed Long Island shellfish to the program,

plus plans to spotlight the industry by launching the first annual promotion at New York City restaurants. Through the end of the month, Oceana and Docks Oyster Bar in Manhattan, and Petitie Crevette and Jolie Cantina in Brooklyn will feature oysters farmed and grown by program participants.

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“Long Island’s oyster industry continues its trend of increased production as more and more individuals lease lands around Long Island through state and county leasing programs,” Robert Carpenter, of the Long Island Farm Bureau, explained. To qualify for the program, producers must be growing oysters on land leased by the state, county, or a municipality. Participants must maintain a

permit from the state Department of Environmental Conservation that ensures those who are growing, harvesting, handling, and storing oysters are properly trained and implement food safety plans. The “Grown & Certified” program was launched in 2016 by Governor Andrew Cuomo. It was birthed from a desire to help meet a growing consumer demand for locally grown foods. In addition to oyster producers, program participants include fruit, vegetable and Christmas tree growers, currently operating a total of nearly 50,000 acres of farmland statewide. Nine dairy processors, representing nearly 1400 dairy farms across New York State, also participate.

Local oyster producers who have joined the program are Aeros Cultured Oyster Co., Founders Oyster Farm, and Southold Bay Oysters in Southold, Eastern Bays Co. in Aquebogue, Hampton Oyster Company in Laurel, Oysterponds Shellfish Company in Orient, and Little Creek Oyster Farm & Market and Widow’s Hole Oyster Company in Greenport.

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antibody production and immunity), thyroid effects and other effects (e.g., cholesterol changes),” the advisory states. Sweep Coming In an effort to add an arrow to the quiver, the Southampton Town Code Enforcement Department launched a “compliance through education” component to its strategic enforcement efforts. Last month 135 letters were sent to residents of the Hamptons West Estates neighborhood in Westhampton. The missives warned of a looming enforcement sweep, “a strategic operation” planned for their community this month. Since the letters went out, many owners have either called the department asking how to ensure their homes are in compliance with the town zoning code or come in to town hall seeking rental permits, according to a press release issued

Friday.

“We already have had people come into the office and fill out permit applications as a result of those letters,” said Public Safety and Emergency Management Administrator Steven Troyd. He emphasized the department’s goal is compliance and public safety.

The new approach comes on the heels of three recent crackdowns. Earlier this month, a sweep of the Old Quogue Road, Riverside, area found several violations including overcrowded houses and excessive vehicles. Officers inspected 24 properties and issued 17 notices of violations and summonses for illegal rentals, overcrowding, litter and debris and excessive vehicles.

Two other strategic inspections -- in October in the Hampton Bays area and in November in the Flanders/ Riverside area -- also revealed numerous violations. Violators are given 30 days to comply and inspectors return to make sure the properties have been brought into compliance with Town Code.

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Fried’s belief live music could be an economic stimulator.

Ringel acknowledged, however, that it’s one thing to have live music in a commercial district and another to have performances in venues located in residential areas. He wondered whether a permitting system that holds businesses accountable might work. Live music could, he said, “bring people into the village where they’re not now.” Some people like that aspect of winter life in East Hampton. Linda James, a fifty-year homeowner, took exception to Fried’s claim that there’s nothing going on during the winter. She finds it the “most precious” time. “To say nothing is going on because it is not high

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The mayor brought the discourse to a conclusion, ensuring that if the board decides to craft legislation, its language will be promulgated with ample opportunity for input. Local Law 7 of 2007 created the definition of a restaurant which included a prohibition of live entertainment.

Also on Friday, the board recognized Kevin Duchemin who retired from the village police force after 27 years. Chief Mike Tracey opined his fellow officer held elected positions, as president of the village’s Patrolman’s Benevolent Association and the Suffolk County Police Conference, as a result of the way he treated fellow officers and firemen in need. He never forgot that being a police officer gave him the opportunity to affect the lives of people in a positive way, the chief said. Southampton is the hub with phase two underway to expand over the entire East End. Locations include Quogue, Sag Harbor, East Hampton, Montauk and Greenport. For more information visit www. thespur.com. Follow more from me on Instagram and Facebook @NikkiOnTheDaily, #NikkiOnTheDaily, or email your comments to NTeitler@gmail.com.

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explained, and millions of people By Rick Murphy after me embraced this lifestyle,

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first time I . . . well never mind. Suffice it to say there were still scrambled eggs from 1968 on one of the thighs.

replete with this “costume,” as she so derisively called it. Besides, we were having Italian food and I had to go pick it up.

RICK’S SPACE The next day I put one of my old tie-dyed t-shirts.

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Vintage People Yes, I still have a big pile of tiedyed shirts. They are decades old. Same with my jeans.

Here’s the thing: nowadays some of the new ones look older than the old ones. They are marketed as “vintage” and they are Exhibit A when discussing what has gone so terribly wrong in this country. Time was, money was tight, and new clothes were a precious commodity. I remember when I pestered my mother for a pair of bell-bottom jeans. They were ugly enough brand new – my father derisively called me “Barnacle Bill” – but the crap really hit the fan when I tried to bleach them and ruined the brand new electric washing machine,

which continued leaving blue stains on anything that was washed in it, for a very long time. Then I ripped them all over and cut holes in the worst places, the revealing places. I honestly thought they would look good on me. My mother nearly killed me, although it wasn’t nearly as bad as the time I decided to make tie-dyed T-shirts in the living room. Recently I decided to break out some of my old stuff. I wore the jeans out once and someone said, “Oh did you get them at JC Penny? They are on sale this week.” How do you explain the precious memories a pair of treasured old pants carries? The stain from the

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I soon realized, though, that I’m not as svelte as I used to be. Put another way, I looked like a giant half-orange, half-lime creature from Sesame Street that never made it past the first open casting call. Instead of looking cool, I looked like a giant stuffed parrot. This led me to ponder one of life’s great mysteries: what was going on in our minds when we were hippies? How could we possibly believe orange and lime were tasteful colors to build a wardrobe around? And why did we keep dropping wet eggs on our laps? I was walking out the door when Karen intercepted me. “What’s that smell?” “What smell?”

“THAT smell!”

“Oh, you mean the patchouli oil? It’s an ancient Tibetan fragrance that promotes inner peace,” I told her.

“Then why am I so angry?” Karen asked. “Because it’s making me sick, that’s why!” Meanwhile our dog Cocobelle was barking hysterically at me. “She thinks you are a giant, ugly parrot,” Karen said. “You’re going to wear that ridiculous costume out in public?”

One thing about Karen. She really knows how to get inside my aura. “It’s not a costume,” I explained, gently. A whole subculture exists, of which I was at the forefront, I

“You sit in the car. I’ll get the pizza,” she ordered.

“OK,” I said, “I want pepperoni on mine. It promotes sexual healing.” I winked. She rolled her eyes. “And mushrooms!” I added, excitedly. We went to pick up the pie. I was just sitting there, content in my aura, feeling the vibes, going with the flow, and basically digging my head when she came out carrying the pizza. “The guy wanted to know why there was clown in my car,” she said.

I was so upset I had to chant for a couple minutes, cross my legs, recite a couple mantras, and put on sitar music. She just doesn’t get it and she never will. It’s because she’s square, and I’m cool. That’s why we live in in Northwest Woods – it reminds me of the Tibetan Rain Forest. That’s why I put pepperoni on pizza - to open the doors of perception. It’s like a free ticket to the cosmos, a magic carpet to the mind. The next day I got up early, put the same clothes on, and ventured into the public. “I am cool! I am a child of Woodstock!” It was a bit chilly, though. “Damn,” I said forlornly. “I wish I had my poncho.”

Rick Murphy is a six-time winner of the New York Press Association Best Column award as well as the winner of first place awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Suburban Newspaper Association of America and a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.

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One Man’s Trash…

By Justin Meinken

Two local high school robotics teams took part in the Ninth Annual Scrap Metal Day at Gershow Recycling’s Medford facility on December 9.

Gershow Recycling donated over 1200 pounds of scrap aluminum to area high schools including Bridgehampton and Westhampton Beach high schools so that their teams could build roughly 120-pound robots. The robots will be used during the School Business Partnership of Long Island, Inc. Long Island Regional, and other For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology tournament events. The teams had six weeks -- starting January 9 -- to use the aluminum

and construct their robots for the next competition.

The following teams that also participated in the event include: Central Islip High School, Center Moriches High School, Half Hollow Hills High School, Hauppauge High School, Kings Park High School, Longwood High School, Miller Place High School, North Shore High School, Patchogue-Medford High School, Plainview-Old Bethpage High School, Rocky Point/Shoreham, Townsend Harris High School, and Ward Melville High School. The final team in the event, Mineola, was rookies and participated under the guidance of veteran team representatives in attendance.

We Can Do It!

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I-tri, L.I. Against Domestic Violence, Assemblywoman Christine Pellegrino, and Suffolk

County Legislator Kara Hahn are bringing #MeToo Creator, Tarana Burke, to Stony Brook University this Sunday. For one day, Tarana will meet with legislators, the public, and students to discuss how they can bring the progress made with the #MeToo Movement to Long Island. A large turnout is expected and the schedule is as follows:

Student Leaders Breakfast starts at 9 AM and continues until 10 AM. Student Leaders from Stony Brook University will have breakfast with Tarana Burke to discuss how they can drive these issues on campus and off campus as they join the Long Island workforce. Legislators Round Table discussion begins at 10:15 AM and will conclude at 12 PM. Legislators from across Long Island will join the roundtable discussion with Tarana Burke to learn how they can better advocate and legislate on issues that affect women. The Public Forum will be from 2 PM to 3:30 PM and will be hosted by Tarana Burke and past and

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present participating girls in I-tri. The discussion will focus on ways to empower young people and all people to make cultural and social changes. Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $25 per ticket.

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The No One Dies Alone program is looking for volunteers and is holding a free training session at tomorrow at 5:30 PM at the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital at 240 Meetinghouse Lane in Southampton. Pastoral care is no easy task, but it is sorely needed by the multitude of patients in critical health conditions. If you are interested in this program and would like to assist these patients, contact Ms. Hogarty at 631-7268296.

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MFD Retirement Event Photos by Richard Lewin

The officers and members of the Montauk Fire Department’s Engine Company No. 2 had feelings of nostalgia and pride at Saturday’s retirement event. But this time it was not a person retiring, it was the Department’s International Rescue Truck, which has served them so well since 1992. Although the life expectancy of a vehicle of this type is usually 15 to 20 years, according to MFD Chief Vincent Franzone, parts availability has recently become an issue, and it was time. The proud part of the occasion was the unveiling of the new “RESCUE 2” Truck, nicknamed “Bright Eyes” after the MFD’s very first rescue vehicle. The new “Bright Eyes” is well equipped to respond to any type of rescue scene -- heavy, dive, collapse, confined space, extrication, etc. No space is wasted in the latest in vehicle designs. Slide out “drawers,” accessed from the outside, are able to support the heavy (up to 1000 pounds) weight of the rescue components. The department is looking forward to many years with RESCUE 2.

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This week, Tuckahoe prekindergarten library students Skyped with children’s book author Jonathan Emmett in his home near Nottingham, England. Mr. Emmett read them his book Ruby in Her Own Time while Tuckahoe Librarian Laurie Verdeschi showed them the pictures here in

Deans List Kudos A variety of local students were named dean’s list honorees recently.

Daniel Okin of Amagansett and Jamie Molnar of Peconic were named to Emerson College’s list for the fall, 2017, semester. A grade point average of 3.7 or higher is required to make the list. Daniel Fedun of Laurel and Nicholas Kolb of Hampton Bays made the dean’s list at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhde Island.

Independent / Courtesy Westhampton School District Dressed as ancient peoples, Westhampton Beach Elementary School fifth-graders entertained audiences of peers, friends, and family with their production of “Dig It” by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson.

Pamela Batist, of Mattituck, was named to the East Stroudsburg University Fall 2017 Dean’s List. Batist is a senior majoring in nursing. She was among 1,555 students named to the dean’s Llst for the fall 2017 semester of the 2017-2018 academic year, according to Joanne Bruno, J.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs. Students eligible for the dean’s list are those who have attained a 3.50 quality point average or better and are enrolled full-time. The letter grade “B” earns 3 quality points per credit, and the grade “A” earns 4 quality points per credit.

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Riverhead High School students Amanda Ribeiro and Alex Garcia (center) recently attended Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Partner in Science program. They are pictured with science teacher Lance Mion and library media specialist Kim McGurk.

Hampton Bays Elementary School students bopped, twirled and grooved on Jan. 17 during an hour-long dance-a-thon sponsored by the school’s community service club, K-Kids.

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Sports

Pierson’s annual trip to the Beehive traditionally features bodies flying and tempers flaring. Independent / Gordon M. Grant

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Whalers Look To The Playoffs

It really doesn’t matter what year it is or how much is a stake: when the Pierson Whalers come into the fabled Bridgehampton Beehive be assured there will be bodies flying.

It’s all good, clean fun. The boys are natural rivals, and they play hard. They give no quarter and expect none, and more often than not the games go down to the wire. And so it was Pierson made its annual trip down the Pike to Bridgehampton

on January 17 and escaped with a 61-59 victory.

It was a thriller. The two teams battled tit for tat; the action amplified by the fact the Beehive is some three-feet smaller than a regulation gym on all four sides. That means intense body-on-body defense, and if tempers flare, well, so be it. Pierson’s Will Martin, the team’s star, worked hard for his shots but got enough to fall to help the

Whalers inch ahead. Tom Brooks, playing perhaps his best game of the season, kept the Bees honest with his long range bombing.

The Bees, meanwhile, tried with varying degrees of success to get the ball to their star player, J.P. Harding, but more often than not relied on sophomore point guard Elijah White, who like Martin is anything but shy, to generate points. Back and forth it went, with Pierson edging ahead late in the

third. But as is usually the case, the Bees came back. In the final seconds the contest rested on the exchange of free throws: Brooks converted both ends of a one-andone with 10 seconds left and his brother Henry made two more seconds later. Martin finished with 22 hard earned points. Tom Brooks (16) and his brother combined for 27. The pair made five treys, three by Tom and two more from Henry. White had 27 and Harding 19 for

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Pierson won again Friday, crushing hapless Smithtown Christian 66-25 with Martin going off for a season high 32. The win upped Pierson’s League VIII mark to 5-1 (6-7 overall), which means the Whalers are a lock to go to the Suffolk County Class C playoffs. The Bees survived a perilous trip to Shelter Island Friday, edging the Indians 46-44. White (19) and Harding combined for 34 as the Whalers improved to 4-1 in League VIII play. More important, it gives Pierson a victory against its likely opponent for the Suffolk Class D title. The Indians may not qualify for a berth if they don’t win some more league games -- they are currently 1-5, and go to Pierson Friday for a critical matchup. Tip off is 6 PM. Bridgehampton fans can get a look at All-Everything wiz Ahkee Anderson tonight when Greenport comes to the Hive for a 6 PM battle. Southold rolls into Bridgehampton Friday evening (6 PM). Hurricanes Intensifying The Westhampton Hurricanes keep blowing by opponents.

Thursday, at Sayville, the locals came out firing and coasted to an 81-60 victory. It was the 13th victory in 14 games for Westhampton, which is running away with the League V title with a 9-1-conference mark. Nolan Quinlan, the six-foot, five-inch senior who provides the muscle for this team, was hot from the outset, when the Hurricanes forged to a 24-5 lead. Quinlan finished with 31 points and 12 rebounds and Nigel Braithwaite added 15 points and grabbed 10 boards. Next up is tomorrow at home against Rocky Point (1-9, 2-11). Tipoff is set for 4 PM. Hampton Bays turned in a strong performance Thursday at home to turn back Wyandanch 59-47 in League VI action. The Baymen went on a second quarter spurt and led by 20 points at one point. Anthony Scotto scored 17 for the winners (2-7, 5-8) who play at Bayport/Blue Point (8-2, 10-4) Tuesday at 4:30 PM.

It’s official: Amityville is a powerhouse this year. The Warriors took apart a good Southampton team 96-67 on January 16 to remain undefeated in League VI action with an 11-0 run. St. John The Baptist, a state Catholic school powerhouse, is the only team to beat the Warriors (13-0) this season. Micah Snowden had 22 points and 20 rebounds for the Mariners (5-4, 7-5), who travel to Mt. Sinai Saturday for a 1:45 PM tipoff.

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Mattituck (10-3, 3-2) smashed Port Jeff at home on January 17 62-31 behind the scoring of H’Nadahri Joyner and Paul Seifert, each of whom tallied 16. The Tuckers play Center Moriches at home today at 6:45 and it’s a critical contest for the locals. The Red Devils are 3-0 in league play and off to a blistering 11-3 mark for coach Nick Thomas. The Tuckers travel to Stony Brook Friday for a 7 PM tipoff, and the Bears are also a difficult test. The perennial Class C powerhouse if off to another quick start with a 7-1 mark.

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Lady Waves Make Their Move

The Riverhead girls hoop squad came into January as a squad that could go either way – become a contender or recede out of the playoff picture. Wonder no more – the Lady Waves belong, and they look very much like a team that’s going to cause trouble in the county Class AA playoffs.

Last week three straight wins made it five of the last six, and the locals aren’t playing for a playoff berth but rather to see how high a seed they can contain.

Friday at Connetquot, Riverhead looked sluggish, but still pulled off an easy 60-47 win. Excuse the Waves if they were looking ahead – they lost a hard fought game to Whitman on the winner’s court on

By Rick Murphy Wrester Records Milestone Riverhead High School senior Mark Matyka achieved a significant wrestling milestone on Jan. 13 -- he earned his 100th varsity win. The senior, the team captain, clinched the landmark win during the Warrior Duels hosted by Comsewogue High School. The win also secures Matyka’s record of 22-0, with 15 of his wins by pin this season. He is currently ranked first in Suffolk County at 106 pounds. “Mark has worked very hard for

January 2 and have been waiting for the rematch, which will take place at home Friday at 4:30. Walt Whitman is in second place with a 6-1 League II record. Riverhead, now 5-2 in league action and 10-4 overall, couldn’t find the range in the first quarter against Connetquot.

With their high scorer, Faith Johnson-de Silvia throttled down Kate McCarney, a five foot-six inch guard who is usually reluctant to shoot, took over, bombing away from beyond the three-point line. She nailed four and Riverhead opened a 10 point lead that swelled to 16 in the third. The stubborn Thunderbirds dropped to 0-7 in league action. McCarney finished with a game high 21, and Kristina Dunn and Kim Ligon added 13 each.

this accomplishment and we are very proud of him,” said Brian Sacks, director of health, physical education and athletics. Cross Country Champion

Tiny Shelter Island has a long history of producing cross-country champions: add Kal Lewis to the club. Lewis, only a sophomore, won the Class D Cross Country Champion as a freshman and reluctantly gave up basketball and other sports to focus exclusively on running.

This season Lewis has emerged as one of the top runners in the entire state.

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A day earlier Riverhead played its best game of the season beating Copiague on the road 74-71. It was only the third loss of the season for the Lady Eagles, who sit atop the League III standings. Once again McCarney was feeling it, finishing with 25 points and three treys. Johnson-DeSilvia bombed for 22 and Ligon chipped

Mercy kept pace, taking out Babylon at home Friday 55-32. The Lady Monarchs are 9-1 in league play and 11-5 overall. Melina Santacroce had a monster game for the winners with 27 points and 23 rebounds. Mercy and Mattituck square off with the league title on the line February 2.

Three days earlier the Lady Waves traveled to Lindenhurst and had little trouble with the talented Bulldogs, pulling away to a 7557 win. The unselfish Waves, hitting the open man, quickly seized control of the fray. Dunn led all scorers with 24, JohnsonDeSilvia added 19, and Ligon and McCarney each scored 13. Lindenhurst, 9-6 overall, fell to 3-5 in league play.

Suufolk’s other hot team is the Mattituck Lady Tuckers, who have their sights on the Class B title. Friday Southold/Greenport proved no match on the Mattituck home floor, falling 60-30. To be truthful, Mattituck took it easy on the outgunned Lady Porters, emptying the bench early. Jane DiGregorio scored 13 points to lead Mattituck, 10-0 in League VII and 12-2 overall.

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Saturday Lewis added the Suffolk County 3200 meter title to his resume covering the distance in 10 minutes, 4.8 seconds. Earlier in the day the youngster won the 1600 meters in 4:41.01 at Sunken Meadow State Park.

He wasn’t done yet. Lewis added a third victory when he anchored the 4 X 400 relay, along with Joshua Green, Jonas Kinsey and Michael Payano. Manning On Fire Charles Manning Junior is on fire. Manning, now a freshman at Florida Southwestern, led the Bridgehampton Killer Bees to the New York State Class D title in 2015. Last week he was named the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Player of the Week after leading the Bucs to their 10th straight win. Florida Southwestern in raked fifth in the country with a 20-1 mark.

Manning is averaging 13.4 points and shooting 56.3 percent from the filed. The 18-year old has put himself on the major college radar: jucorecruiting.com placed him

Independent / RHSD Riverhead High School senior Mark Matyka earned his 100th varsity win on Jan. 13.

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Rodan + Fields Talk The beauty of skincare is that it affects us all. You’ve likely seen advertisements across social media, or heard word-of-mouth, about a friend of a friend selling a popular skincare line, Rodan + Fields. But what’s it really about? After receiving samples to give it a try, I caught up with New York native consultant, Gaby Astrauskas-Rosenzweig.

calming dry skin.

How does R+F differ from other skincare lines?

Some of our most recent product launches are:

Being a consultant with Rodan + Fields I am able to give my customers one on one attention, long after any purchase that a department store would not usually provide. That is one of the biggest reasons why we differ from other top competitors. On my website you can find a solution tool by answering a few questions about your skin concerns and there will be an instant suggestion on what would be the best regimen for you. Also R+F is the #1 Premium Skincare Brand in North America, cofounded by Stamford trained and practicing dermatologists, Dr. Katie Rodan & Dr. Kathy Fields who also successfully co-founded ProActiv Solution. Who can use it and what skin types should be careful? Are there known allergic reactions? R+F has four different regimens for all different skin types: • Redefine Regimen targets fine lines, wrinkles and firmness.

• Reverse Regimen targets age spots, sun damage and dullness. • Soothe Regimen targets sensitive skin like redness and

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Aside from these multi-med therapy regimens we also have some other products that work with most skin types if not all. What’s the latest product launch?

• Active Hydration Serum, which is an oil-free super serum that boosts your skins hydration by 200 percent in just one use. • Active Hydration Bright Eye Complex, visibly improves the appearance of dark circles and puffiness.

• Intensive Renewing Serum, which delivers Retinal-MD technology that is 20 times the strength of Retinol to reduce the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and loss of firmness.

• Amp MD Micro-Exfoliating Roller works in combination with our Intensive Renewing Serum to accelerate and amplify your skinfirming results. • LashBoost, our nightly conditioning serum improves the appearance of lash volume and lash length fro lashes that are 100 percent real and 100 percent yours!

What’s the typical time it takes for users to see results? Rodan + Fields is formulated to be a multi-med therapy when used together. If you follow the directions and use as followed, typically results can be noticed as early as four weeks but I would allow at least eight weeks and

if you’re not satisfied within 60 days you can send the bottle back (even if it’s empty) for a money back guarantee. What made you become a consultant? Having a second stream of income -- or some can call it a “Plan B” -- always intrigued me but I never knew where or how to start! While attending a friend’s business launch with Rodan + Fields almost four years ago, I actually was in need of skincare products for my upcoming wedding. Trying the products first-hand and receiving unsolicited compliments on my skin, I quickly decided to jump in feet first! I was not a skincare expert or sales person but I believed in the products, received results and wanted to share my story to make a difference in others. It can be very scary starting something new especially when your plate is already so full but working my virtual business in pockets of my time made this new venture that much easier. This turnkey business was something that changed my life especially now that I am a Mom. Tell me about YOU. As a New Yorker, I find myself always on the go! After graduating Hofstra University, I moved cross-country to Los Angeles to pursue my career in television, more specifically, reality television. Working in television having long 12-plus hour days, this business makes it was hard to really know how to

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While working on a set in Los Angeles, I met my husband Joe, a Long Island native. Right before our wedding, I came across Rodan + Fields through one of my best friends who was just launching her own business. This obviously intrigued me and I was looking to try some new skincare products to prep my skin for my wedding! I was not a skincare junkie; actually I did very little for my skin until this moment. Now almost four years later after taking a chance on myself, I’ve been able to work my business while being a full-time mom and still freelance producing parttime. My plan B ended up being my plan A when I was laid-off from my dream TV job during my maternity leave. I would say on average I work 15 hours a week in pockets of my time. But the best part is we are bi-coastal, I can work from anywhere and anytime. Feel free to message or befriend her on Facebook; Gaby Astrauskas- Rosenzweig or follow her on Instagram @ Gabija526. www.gma.myrandf. com.

Intrigued to learn about the results? I’ll be testing the “Give it a Glow” kit from the Redefine Anti-Aging Regiment and the Active Hydration Serum, perfectly suited for the winter months.

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