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MOVIES, MOVIES AND MORE MOVIES It’s Hamptons International Film Festival Time. Since movies are what everyone will be talking about, here’s my two cents. Some new stuff, some from old columns.

MY 20 FAVORITE MOVIES 1. The Godfather Part 1 2. The Godfather Part 2 (Best movies ever made.)

3. Goodfellas (Written by the great Nick Pileggi.)

4. Casablanca (“Here’s looking at you, kid.”)

5. Dr. Strangelove (“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room.”)

6. Citizen Kane (“Rosebud.”)

7. The Usual Suspects (Everyone’s secret favorite.)

8. Annie Hall (Still Woody’s best.)

9. All The President’s Men (“Follow the money.” — Deep Throat.)

10. It’s a Wonderful Life (It’s corny, but every Christmas it makes me cry.)

11. On the Waterfront (“I coulda been a contender.”)

12. Jaws (Ever since I saw it I’ve been afraid to even swim in a pool.)

13. Blazing Saddles (What could be funnier than cowboys eating beans and farting by a campfire?)

14. Silence of the Lambs (“I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” — Hannibal Lecter.)

15 to 20. Any movie made by Preston Sturges.

THE WORST MOVIE I EVER SAW: THE ENGLISH PATIENT Note: This movie won an Oscar

and got rave reviews from most of the movie critics. But remember this: If movie critics had any talent, they would be making films instead of writing about them.

The fact is when it comes to movies, my wife and I are incompatible.

I remember the night Judy and I went to see this movie. The East Hampton Cinema was filled with couples. The women all fluttery . . . the men all reserved.

Judy gets very emotional at movies and that night she was in fine form. She started to sob the minute they put on that computeranimated horror that tells you to eat popcorn and drink Coca-Cola but don’t talk, and swallow your phone if it should ring etc., etc.

“Judy,” I whispered. “Why are you crying? The movie hasn’t started yet.”

“I know but it’s going to be so . . . so . . . sad.”

Well, in The English Patient, Ralph Fiennes plays a Nazi who is badly burned in a plane crash. So the whole movie consists of this guy who I swear is so burned that he looks exactly like the creature in that monster film of the ‘50s, Creature from the Black Lagoon.

I knew from the beginning of the movie he was going to die. Spending three hours watching a guy who is made up to look like a burned-to-acrisp monster dying is not my idea of a fun Saturday night.

There were a lot of other story lines and characters in the movie – one duller than the other. The burned guy kept remembering this love affair he had with this married

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woman who was, you guessed it, his best friend’s wife.

Well, this was not one of those wham-bam affairs. No sir. This was slow. So slow that they managed to do the impossible . . . make sex boring. And the more the nurse who was taking care of the guy who was burned to a crisp heard the story of the affair, the more she was interested in climbing into bed with the crisp.

At one point I said to myself, “If she goes near this guy, I’m going to be sick. The only thing that is going to save me from throwing up is that this movie is so boring I’m starting to doze off.”

That’s when Judy poked me.

“Isn’t this wonderful?” she declared with tears streaming down her face. So I did what any red-blooded young man would do under the circumstances. I lied. “It’s wonderful . . . wonderful. It’s the best thing I’ve seen in years,” I said.

“How come you’re not crying?” she whispered.

“Well, to tell you the truth, I was so caught up in the story that I guess I forgot to cry,” I said.

At one point in the middle of the picture I decided to go to the bathroom and throw some cold water on my face. I thought it would keep me awake, and maybe if I didn’t dry my face in the darkness of the theater it would look like I was crying and Judy would give me points for being super sensitive.

As I got up and walked up the aisle I couldn’t help but notice every woman was heaving and sobbing and every man was fidgeting and looking bored out of his mind.

When we got home from the movie I asked Judy if she would like a drink. “Oh no,” she replied.

“I’m emotionally exhausted from that movie . . . it so affected me. If I don’t get to sleep right this second I’m going to pass out.”

In seconds she was sound asleep.

I sat there and started laughing at myself for pretending to be sensitive. I laughed long and hard.

For the first time that night, The English Patient brought me to tears.

T H E M OV I E T H AT H A D A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON MY LIFE: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Of course, I resisted going to see it, and I must admit I only went under duress due to the immense psychological pressure I received from my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht.

Judy played the “What are you afraid of discovering about yourself?” card. “It’s a beautiful love story between two men. What frightens men like you about that?” she added with an accusing sneer.

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‘icky’,” was my mature retort.

My son J.T. chimed in. “There are just a few ‘uncomfortable’ moments, but it’s a great story,” was his worldly observation.

Now, “a few uncomfortable moments” are words that I associate with dentists and proctologists, not words that I want to hear when all I want is a fun night at the movies.

Bear with me for a second, please. I’ve always felt that stuff between two guys was of no interest to me.

I think it’s great for them and I support their right to go to bed with anyone with whom they choose.

I’m happy for them if they decide to marry.

Judy was right. I learned something about my sexuality watching Brokeback Mountain.

Watching these two guys in the movie – not just with each other, but with women – made me wonder how and why a woman would ever want to be in bed with a big, hamhanded, rutting, groaning, clumsy man. Women are soft and warm and gentle and loving.

I thought about this movie for a long time and finally I came to the conclusion as to where I am sexually.

I’m a lesbian.

THE MOST FRIGHTENED I HAVE EVER BEEN AT A MOVIE: JESSIE JAMES With Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, and Randolph (The Queen of the Cowboys) Scott. My parents took me to see this movie at what was known as “Feldman’s Open Air Frankfurter Theater” in Coney Island. That’s where for 10 cents you got a frankfurter and admission to the movie.

My parents got in for 20 cents and I got in free because I was only three years old. The horses came on the screen and I thought I was going to be trampled. I screamed and was hysterical until they carried me out. They missed the movie. Twenty cents was a lot of money to them those days. Plus they had paid a nickel apiece for the subway. They never forgave me and reminded me about it for years. I’ve hated horses ever since.

MY FAVORITE LINE FROM A MOVIE: ATLANTIC CITY A very old Burt Lancaster is trying to impress a very young Susan Sarandon. They’re looking at the Atlantic Ocean. She says, “It’s very beautiful.” He says, “Yes.” Then he looks at her and says, “But this is nothing. You should have seen it in the old days.”

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Suicide Or Murder? Group Demands Probe

By Rick Murphy

Some members of East Hampton’s Latino community said from the very beginning they were not satisfied with the town police investigation into the death of Andrea Gabriella Armijos.

Now a Latino advocacy group is asking tough questions after hiring an investigator of its own.

Last September, Armijos, 21, who had just come to this country from Ecuador a few months earlier, was found hanging by her own sweater in a wooded area in Springs not far from where she was living.

Foster Maer, Senior Litigation Counsel for LatinoAmerica, said that fact alone should have triggered a homicide investigation.

But the local police did not call in the Suffolk County Homicide Squad, which has jurisdiction over all murders in the county. Instead, after interviewing family members, police concluded Armijos hung herself after what is being called a cursory investigation at best.

The suicide story never jelled, concluded Dan Montgomery, a retired police chief from Colorado who was hired by the advocacy group.

Armiljos left for work on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 27, traveling to the Jazmin Hair Salon.

Sources said she often walked through the wooded area between Three Mile Harbor Road and Springs Fireplace Road near the Bistrian Sand Pits.

Police were called that night to the residence she shared with her sister, Alexandra Pucha, brother-inlaw, and four other males, possibly tenants when Gabriela didn’t return. The brother-in-law -- Manuel Pucha – speaks passable English, Maer said, but his wife Alexandra had trouble with the language.

“It would have helped a great deal if the police had a Spanish translator,” Maer said. The pair was interviewed in the presence of the four other male residents.

According to Montgomery, the police were told the missing woman often frequented the wooded area across the street.

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Rumors Swirled Ugly rumors swirled, rumors insulting to the dead girl’s reputation: that prostitutes and druggies frequented the no man’s land near the sand pits where her dirt-covered body was found hanging.

The entire investigation was conducted and sealed in a few days, Maer said.

“The most disturbing part of this whole story is the detective told me they are supposed to conduct a homicide investigation, meaning County Homicide should have been called in,” Maer said. Montgomery charged town police “violated their own protocol and best practices” by not doing so.

“A l l I c a n s a y i s a f t e r a n investigation was conducted in conjunction with the Medical Examiner’s Office it was ruled a suicide and the case was closed, said East Hampton Town Police Captain Chris Anderson.

Though the ME did list “suicide” as the probable cause months later, Baer said he spoke with Dr. Michael J. Caplan from the Medical Examiner’s Office and he was told the ME listed “suicide” because that’s what the police investigation decided. “Had the ME known there were footprints at the scene, and that a suspect was seen nearby, he might have concluded otherwise.”

Maer said the ME investigation did not reveal any signs of rape or related trauma.

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Montgomery outlined what he concluded were numerous lapses in police procedures in his report.

He said the deceased and her exboyfriend feuded days earlier but he was never interviewed even though he allegedly “harassed” her and that her cellphone was never analyzed.

He said town police “failed to secure any crime scene boundaries for Continued on Page 39.

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The State Trooper Barracks in Riverside will remain open to troopers who work from there, but soon will not have a person manning the desk.

Trooper Barracks: Lights On, But Nobody Home?

By Kitty Merrill

“We’ve been fighting this thing for a year now,” Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst reminded. Looks like the battle to keep the Riverside State Police barracks manned full time is over, and local representatives have lost.

Major Joseph Tripodo, commander of Troop L, which comprises Long Island region, affirmed Friday that the desk at the station will close, and its troopers will deploy to car patrols dispatched from the main headquarters in Farmingdale within the next month.

Tripodo explained that state police have consolidated dispatch services throughout New York over the last several years. He decided to consolidate dispatch in Riverside with the one upisland, but assured, “the distance is of no consequence.”

Despite the absence of staff manning the desk 24/7, the “40 or 50” troopers assigned to the Riverside barracks will remain, he said. The major contends manpower will remain the same. No one has been removed or assigned elsewhere, he emphasized.

Thomas Mungeer, president of the New State Troopers PBA isn’t so sure.

“Officials with the Division of State Police may claim that closing the dispatching center at SP Riverside will place more Troopers on the road to patrol your community, and that may be temporarily true,” he said via email last week.

“However, history has shown that in situations like this the ‘extra’ Troopers are soon lost to special assignments, promotions or transfers. In addition, with a renewed focus on the safety and well-being of Troopers responding to calls ranging from erratic motorists to domestic violence complaints, common sense dictates that Troopers on patrol who ask for assistance would rather have the calls answered at the dispatch center by another Trooper who has worked in that particular area instead of someone who is not particularly familiar with Continued on Page 37.

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On The Trail Compiled by Kitty Merrill

During campaign 2015, The Independent will provide a listing of “Meet The Candidates” appearances, fundraisers, debates and press briefs to the best of our ability and the extent of space. Candidates, send info to kmerrill@indyeastend.com.

And, hey, if it’s not in here, it’s because you didn’t send it.

Shagwong Soiree East Hampton Republicans invite one and all to Shagwong in Montauk tonight from 6 to 8 PM. Share ideas, enjoy free hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar.

LWV Forums The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons will host debates for East

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Next Tuesday at 7 PM, at the East Hampton Emergency Services Building on the corner of Cedar Street and North Main Street the outing for East Hampton candidates will be moderated by LWV Voter Services co-chair Anne Marshall. It includes Suffolk County Legislature candidates Bridget Fleming (D,WF,I) versus Amos Goodman (R,Reform, East Hampton Town Supervisor candidates Larry Cantwell (D,WF,I) versus Tom Knobel (R,C,Reform); and the four candidates running for two seats on the East Hampton Town Board -- Sylvia Overby (D,WF), Peter Van Scoyoc (D,WF,I), Lisa M. Larsen (R,C,I) and Margaret Turner (R,C,Reform).

Candidates for other offices on the November ballot are invited to

introduce themselves by name and the office for which they are running.

The debate will be videotaped by LTV for later viewing on East Hampton Town’s Channel 20.

On Thursday, October 22, at 6 PM the League convenes at Southampton’s Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Rd. for a debate co-sponsored by the Library and the Southampton Press. It will be moderated by LWV Voter Services co-chair Carol Mellor. It includes Fleming and Goodman, Southampton Town Supervisor candidates Jay Schneiderman (D,WF,I) versus Richard Yastrzemski (R,C,Reform); and the four candidates running for two seats on the Southampton Town Board -- John Bouvier (D,WF,I), Julie Lofstad (D,WF,I), Damon Hagan (R,C,Reform) and Christine Scalera (R,C,Reform).

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Other candidates are invited to stand and introduce themselves.

Southampton Town’s SEA-TV will tape the debate for later viewing on Channel 22. Further information on both debates is available from the League at 631-324-4637.

Endorsement For Exec Congressman Lee Zeldin announced last Thursday that he endorses challenger Jim O’Connor for Suffolk County Executive. O’Connor is the Republican and Conservative candidate running against Democratic incumbent County Executive Steve Bellone.

“Jim O’Connor is a smart, experienced attorney who will be a taxpayer watchdog as county executive,” Zeldin said in a release.

“Jim is a man of great integrity and policy substance who will dedicate his tenure to bringing taxes under control.”

“I am proud to accept the congressman’s endorsement,” O’Connor said. “He has done an excellent job representing the residents in his district and upholding the conservative values that need to be implemented further to get our country back on track. I thank Congressman Zeldin for his support.”

Meet The Candies The East Hampton Group for Good Government presents a meet the candidates and elected officials gathering at Hoi Hall Parrish House of St. Luke’s Church on James Lane in East Hampton from 12:30 to 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 24.

Riverhead Hopefuls The Jamesport-South Jamesport Civic Association hosts a debate between candidates for town supervisor and between town justice candidates. At the Jamesport Meeting House on the Main Road tomorrow night at 7 PM. In Campaign 2016 A majority of the members of the Brookhaven Town Democratic Committee this week endorsed Democrat Dave Calone to be their candidate for the U.S. Congressional race next fall. Brookhaven represents over 60 percent of the first Congressional District.

The Brookhaven Committee members have concluded that Calone is the best person to beat freshman Lee Zeldin because he is a life-long Democrat who has a strong record as a job creator, a former federal prosecutor, and an environmental expert, a release from the committee states.

“Dave is a life-long Democrat who we need to represent the hard working taxpayers of Suffolk County,” said Larry Tierney, Council District leader from South Brookhaven.

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Bad Week On The Roads Motorcyclist Killed Ross Pryce, 51, who lives in Sag Harbor part time, was headed north on his motorcycle Saturday when he turned into oncoming traffic while attempting to make a left, into the path of a 2013 Mercedes Benz. There were no other injuries and police said no charges would be filed.

Driver Fleas Scene Southampton Town Police detectives are investigating a twocar crash that seriously injured a woman in Southampton Saturday evening. Maureen Dean, 66, of Southampton, was driving her 1995 Saturn sedan eastbound on Montauk Highway near West Gate Road when her vehicle was struck from behind by a 2004 Honda Civic. The impact caused Dean’s car to leave the roadway and strike a telephone

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Felony Arrest Last Wednesday Southampton Town Police arrested an East Hampton man and charged him with Driving While Intoxicated. Jose N. Reyes, 25, was involved in an accident on County Road 39 and allegedly fled the scene, headed east. He was pulled over and police said they ascertained he had been drinking excessively. Reyes was hit with a felony count of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation as well as DWI and leaving the scene of an accident. He was held overnight for arraignment.

Jamesport Woman Arrested Southold Town Police arrested a Jamesport woman on a DWI charge last Thursday morning .

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What’s Their Hang-up?

By Kitty Merrill

Campaign literature left on the doors of some voters caused a kerfluffle among candidates for East Hampton Town Board on Monday.

Designed similarly to those handed out by Republican hopefuls Tom Knobel, Lisa Larsen, and Margaret Turner, the door hanger takes shots at the threesome’s Democratic opponents, incumbent Supervisor Larry Cantwell, Councilwoman Sylvia Overby and Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc.

They’re “asleep at the wheel,” the glossy critique declares. It goes on to list “lack of leadership,”

“lack of enforcement,” “lack of vision,” and “lack of planning” as the incumbents’ sins, concluding, “Failure does not deserve another term.”

By Monday morning, local Democratic party leader Jeanne Frankl issued a press release tying the flyer to the GOP slate, stating the materials support them.

Actually, the door hanger bashes the Dems without mentioning the GOP designees at all.

With good reason, perhaps.

Reached for comment Monday, all three Republican candidates espoused ignorance of the materials.

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In fact, they were unaware of its existence until contacted by The Independent, they said.

Fine print at the bottom of the attack literature states, “Paid for by the East Hampton Leadership Council.” Democratic committee members investigated the origin of the campaign material and learned that, according to the New York State Board of Elections website, the organization listed the Manhattan address of Lance G. Harris as its home base.

Harris is on the board of directors of HeliFlite, a new Jersey-based company that’s among those suing East Hampton Town over its recently adopted restrictions at the airport.

The Democratic release intimates ties between aviation interests and

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A door hanger distributed in East Hampton raised a ruckus among candidates this week.

the three Republican candidates.

Supervisor Cantwell is quoted stating, “I wouldn’t be surprised if these campaign workers were flown in from New Jersey by helicopter,” while party supporter Diane Walker offers, “These New Jersey helicopter companies obviously know that Knobel, Larsen, and Turner are their best friends. Everyone in town should know it too.”

“Best Friends?” Not according to the candidates.

“I never heard of him,” said Larsen of Harris. She had no idea who the Leadership Council is and noted that she has a separate campaign committee and so far donations have come only from people she knows.

“Who are they?” Turner queried when asked about the Leadership Council. A veteran board watcher, Turner said she recognized the name Heliflite, but as to Harris, “I don’t know who this gentleman is.”

Turner pointed out that her family is on record expressing concern about helicopter traffic.

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A carousel and skating rink in the hamlet, plus letting homeowners legally rent their houses a la Airbnb?

This week the Democratic slate for Southampton Town Board -- Jay Schneiderman for supervisor, and Julie Lofstad and John Bouvier for town board -- released an action plan for Hampton Bays that includes such ideas.

“Our goal is to protect the things we love, restore the things we’ve lost, and chart a course to the future that is as bright as our past,” the team committed in the draft plan obtained by The Independent on Monday.

The document provides a look at housing issues, the tourism economy, as well as improvements to be made to local parks and transportation.

Under the “housing” umbrella, the candidates break the topic down further to consider motel conversions, illegal uses in single family homes, and the effect on school taxes. “We are acutely aware of the problems of overcrowding that have been occurring in Hampton Bays,” the candidates say.

The short–term solution is to step up code enforcement and expedite the judicial process. The long-term solution is to rebuild the tourism economy in Hampton Bays while creating housing opportunities in other areas where the workforce can reside in safe

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affordable accommodations, the plan states.

The town’s crackdown on nightclubs and summer share houses combined with an economic downturn led to the transition of empty rental homes into overcrowded workforce housing and empty hotels into cheap apartments, according to the candidates.

Illegal apartments must be eliminated through the code enforcement process. The candidates want to amend the town’s accessory apartment law to create affordable rentals, but only in areas where the employees are actually working.

Additionally, they note, “There are probably more single-family homes being rented without rental permits than those that are being rented with rental permits. We will need to examine the current law to see why so many are not complying.”

Hampton Bays BNB? For the Hampton Bays area, the candidates say, “We would like to pilot a program that would allow some homes to be rented to families on a weekly basis for vacation purposes.” They believe landlords would make considerably more money renting per week or weekend than through overcrowding with local workers.

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There will be a six-mile paddle race open to stand-up, prone, and seated craft. The course is downwind and planned to launch from Lazy Point in Amagansett and end at Eddie Eckhart Park in Montauk.

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At the end of last month, the Sag Harbor Coalition was awarded a federal grant of over a half million dollars by the Drug-Free Communities Support Program via the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Coalition is a group of parents, students and other concerned members of the community who have come together to engage locals and residents alike in the community to help reduce alcohol and other drug use by Sag Harbor youth and to encourage other, healthier alternatives.

The grant funds total to $625,000 and will be distributed over a fiveyear period, according to a press release from Benito Vila, Director of the Coalition.

Funding will be used for preventive efforts, creating opportunities, encouraging, and educating both students and parents, as well as community members and local business owners about alcohol and substance abuse.

The percentage of students in Sag Harbor who report they binge drink (five or more alcoholic drinks in a row over a course of three to four hours) is 41 percent in grades 11 and

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In order to meet the guidelines specified in the grant, the Coalition’s Strategic Planning Committee, whose members developed the grant proposal, is now seeking the organization’s first paid position, a local Project Coordinator.

The Coalition’s grant proposal writers were comprised of a team that includes Sag Harbor school district’s Katy Graves (district superintendent) and Barbara Beckerman, Southampton Town Youth Bureau’s Nancy Lynott and community volunteers Marian Cassata, John Oppenheimer, Bob Schneider and Vila. They comprise the Strategic Planning Committee, the management and oversight group specified by the grant.

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Obituary Coffee Company and Vermont Pure Bottled Water. The business was sold and he and his wife moved to The Villages in Lady Lake Florida in 2006 to retire and enjoy the warmer temperatures and visitors from the North. There they met new friends instantly to add to their treasured friends in East Hampton.

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the opportunity to see his sons or grandchildren participate in school sports and was often known to be quite enthusiastic during wrestling matches . . . all contests for that matter. He loved the oceans of East Hampton, particularly Wyborg’s Beach and spent much time there with his family when his children were young.

One of his favorite trips in the last few years was to see his grandson Michael Bunce Jr. play for Team USA in the 21 and under World Rugby Championships in Guyana. Last October Al made the trip back to East Hampton to

do so for 16 years. He was known to pile as many kids in his car as possible heading to games and always made sure his teams first and foremost laughed, had fun and learned sportsmanship. His favorite rivalry back then was the Pantigo Team, coached by his longtime friend Fred Bock. Al was a 32-year member of Company No. 6 in the East Hampton Fire Department and a brother in the Star of The East Lodge for 30 years.

“Pop” as he was called by his children, would be described as always positive, steady and loyal.

He and his wife traveled many miles over the years never missing

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Albert Bunce, former longtime resident of Cosdrew Lane in East Hampton passed away on September 17, 2015 in Lady Lake, Florida from complications of surgery. He was 83 years old.

Born Albert Joseph Bunce on June 8, 1932, in Ozone Park, NY, Al, as he was known to all, was the eldest of five children born to Catherine Jean Zawadski and Albert Ray Bunce.

He married Patricia Needham on August 9, 1952, and was married for 63 years until her death in 2013.

Together they had five children, Robin Shepherd (Donny Sr.) of North Carolina, Michael Sr. (Jeanne) of Florida, Kevin Sr. (Meg) of East Hampton and Keith (Lynda) of North Carolina. A son, Bruce, also predeceased him in 2013. He is survived by a sister, Penny Defraia of Albuquerque, NM, as well as eight grandchildren: John, Amy, Michael Jr., Christopher, Robert, Donny Jr., Kevin Jr. and Georgia and two great-grandchildren, Steve and Jack. He will be missed by many nieces, nephews and good friends.

In 1967, after living some time in Patchogue, Al moved his family to East Hampton where they lived first on Osborne Lane, finally settling in at their home of 40 years on Cosdrew Lane where the door was always open for friends and family. From 1973 through 1978 Al worked in Saudi Arabia as a logistics construction supervisor.

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RICK’S SPACE Everyone’s Gone To The Movies

When I was a kid the best part of going to the movies was the candy.

When I was a teenager the best part of going to the movies were the girls.

When we were little kids my mother would ship us off to the Saturday matinee at the Linden Theater on Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn. It was 15 cents to get in, and most kids would get a quarter, leaving a dime for candy. That was important, because the dime candy machine had chocolate candy like Raisinets and Hershey’s chocolate bars.

Our mother would give us only 20 cents, so we’d be relegated to the nickel machine, with stuff like Red Hots, Necco Wafers, Juicy Fruits, and so on. My favorite was potato sticks, which were fried little crunchy bits of matter, which doubtless contained no potatoes at all. Then again, Bit O Honey didn’t have any honey.

I went on my first date at the Sag Harbor Cinema when I was about

14 or so.

There were probably six or seven couples, and the last thing on our minds was the movie itself – we were all about kissing.

First, you had to worry about your breath – I brushed about 15 times in the hour before we left.

Then there was the pressure of “scoring” – all of us heard the tales from the older boys: how the girls smirk if we can’t unbutton their blouses, or how they make fun of you if you don’t know how to “French kiss.”

“How do you French kiss?” I finally asked one of the guys.

“You stick your tongue out at them,” he replied.

Every 10 minutes one of the boys would get up to go to the bathroom and the rest of us would quickly follow. We’d light up and report to each other.

“I put my hand around her shoulder.”

“I breathed into her ear.”

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The girls, of course, were down the hall giggling and reporting much the same behavior.

The theater was a dump but had a candy counter. The candy was almost always stale, and every once in a while you’d get something that had been in the case for a decade or two. The big thrill was when a water rat ran down the aisles, which happened fairly frequently.

Sometimes the boys would claim a water rat was running around, just so they could look up the skirts of the girls when they stood in horror on their seats.

Soon enough we’d get that first kiss, but it was on the way home, or at her doorstep.

After a few dates we were eligible for a “make out session” which was basically a couple long kisses in a row. Eventually, if we didn’t break up after three dates, there would be the sordid reports of serious action: getting to second base, going to third, “copping a feel” and so on.

Of course, the boys exaggerated sometimes. In other words, we lied.

Once my friend Linda complained that I bragged to all the guys that I had gotten to third base with her, when in fact I hadn’t even gotten to first.

“I have my reputation to uphold,” I pointed out righteously.

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Eventually we graduated to the Bridgehampton Drive In where all movies became X-rated regardless of what was playing on the screen.

Karen’s idea of a cinematic masterpiece is a film about two middle-aged women who sit on a bench and talk about poetry for two hours while leaves change color. My idea of a good movie is a creature from hell with razor sharp teeth who goes on a killing rampage in a female nudist colony until some macho guy with a bazooka and a motorcycle beats the living crap out of the thing and then bombs it right back to oblivion. It’s Ok if there are lesbians, by the way.

I don’t ask for much, but if I don’t get a couple of dead bodies and several buxom babes in the first 10 minutes I’m out of there.

The last really bad movie we sat all the way through was Cast Away wherein Tom Hanks was marooned on an island. For most of the movie nothing was said. He did, however, slurp the raw, sacred innards of a horseshoe crab, grow a really ugly black beard, and make a fire by rubbing two sticks together. (Hell, we all know that doesn’t really work.)

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ObamaCare Comes Under Scrutiny – Again

The news that Health Republic of NY is going out of business – after two years in existence – should send shock waves through every taxpayer in this country.

It is crucial to stop talking about the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare in political terms.

It was a hot button election issue, and it has pitted Republicans and Democrats squarely on opposite sides. That was the past, The Affordable Care Act is a law now, the law that governs how our health insurance works.

It’s fair to say at this juncture none of the supporters (primarily Democrats) or those who opposed it ever completely understood it, and there is ample evidence to suggest the unwieldy bill was written with that in mind, vagaries even the Supreme Court couldn’t fully decipher.

In a nutshell, the ACA was designed to provide health care for those who couldn’t afford it, and pay for the enormous cost by transferring federal funds from elsewhere in the budget, establishing more HMOs to foster a competitive environment and foster competition, and to funnel money into the HMOs through a tax on premium “Cadillac” plans that wealthy employers would provide to their employees.

Now, the cloud has lifted, and both sides should be able to grasp none of this occurred as planned.

The federal government wholly subsidized 26 new companies like Health Republic to take on the giant HMOs like Aetna. So far, five have failed and a total of 21 are forecast to go under.

Health Republic owes the government $265 million it will never pay back. Stripped of the rhetoric, consider that as in every new venture, high priced executives are hired, some given bonuses. Offices are purchased and furnished. Websites are developed, marketing strategies devised, and materials are printed and mailed. Lots of people get big checks before one policy is even sold.

That was taxpayers’ money, and that money is gone – billions of dollars when the final total is tallied for all the failed startups.

Meanwhile, the Cadillac Plans were never purchased in the quantities needed. President Obama caved to the companies that bucked the proposal. He also caved to the giant HMOs by limiting the “Open Market” to states instead of letting buyers shop nationally for health plans.

It is also clear at this juncture that the figures posted by this administration designed to indicate ObamaCare is working, were a cruel distortion of the truth. The costs of the new premiums are only now being calculated. The boast that 16 million more Americans now have health insurance may be true – but the claims they put in have yet to be included in the costs.

Consider too, that the government injected about four billion dollars into the startups – that money has been spent but not calculated into the equation.

According to the Wall Street Journal, The Affordable Care Act includes two temporary programs that artificially lower the cost of premiums. Risk Corridors and Reinsurance subsidize insurance companies with taxpayer money. Currently taxpayers cover the difference when patients spend more on health care than insurance companies predicted, that’s a Risk Corridor.

With Reinsurance, taxpayers foot the bill for those that file more than $45,000 in claims annually.

The White House quietly expanded the risk-corridor program earlier this year, undoubtedly when it realized the new HMOs were losing billions under the ACA. By the end of 2016, both these subsidies will expire, and by then the “Open Market competition” supposedly created will be gone, leaving the same few HMO giants to set the rates we will all be forced to pay.

These are not political arguments to be bandied about as the elections near — it’s pure mathematics. We added 16 million more plans, and the revenue needed to pay for them didn’t materialize.

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Her sterling financial performance can be attributed in large part to the fact that she lives in one of the wealthiest towns in the world and can count on tax revenue from escalating assessment values and real estate transfers, a fact her opponents failed to adequately explain.

Those same opponents also argued that Ms. Throne-Holst was untrustworthy. Yet they supported Alex Gregor as did Ms. Throne-Holst.

Therefore her opponents effectively argued, “Ms. Throne-Holst was untrustworthy 50 percent of the time,” a proven losing argument.

So, while I agree with The Independent’s assessment that Ms. Throne-Holst would have won re-election despite grumblings, given that the grumblings might have grown in volume and soured her chance to win a congressional seat, I suspect Ms. Throne-Holst may have decided that serving another term as Supervisor wasn’t worth the risk.

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Climate Change Mania Dear Editor, With all due respect to Mr. Murphy and like-minded people, I am skeptical about the global warming/climate change hysteria. There are very basic questions one like me would ask somebody on that side of the table, but first my rant: Our culture is enormously selfabsorbed and narcissistic. Proof of this characterization lies everywhere. If it’s happening to us or during our lives, it probably never happened before and it’s up to us to do something about “it” (whatever “it” might be).

For a cringe-worthy example, we are told by our simply awful President, while he is standing in front of a glacier in Alaska a month ago, that its recession is directly due to global warming. This assertion is false and our community organizer in-chief should have known that.

Local, native history is replete with references to that particular glacier’s history of melting a bit and then freezing

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- so much so that there were times when the native population moved back and forth to different lodging in order to escape the consequences of “abnormal” melting. For that hack (Obama) to disregard this bit of fact is despicable.

More broadly: Just because it’s happening now doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened before! Just WHO is to say that the Earth does not go through climate cycles and that these cycles have had, in the past, simply nothing to do with human activity. Nothing, as in zero.

The question to ask is how much influence (what percentage) of the observed problems nowadays are man-caused? I have read that it is as little as 3 percent.

What Rick left out of his editorial is that NOAA had, before recently, been citing statistics which indicated that for most of the past 20 years, the average temperature on earth has not budged.

NOW, however, when you go to their website, you will read an explanation which

says, in effect, that they had it wrong.

Indeed, they say, the earth has been warming a bit these past 20 years.

Funny how in the context of the climate change mania, we should discover that for the past couple of decades, NOAA had it wrong and that, of course, their new numbers have to be correct because-well, because it’s politically correct, it’s ideologically pure, to correct the error. I wonder, then, how much of their previous data is flawed. Anybody out there ever ask that question?

If roosters had a brain large enough to form a thought, they might tell you that the sun comes up because they crow and not the other way around. Similarly, if this or that is melting, if this or that weather phenomenon occurs -- well then OF COURSE it has to do with human causes. Correlation IS cause and effect! Excuse me for this, but that’s how cults “think” and that’s not really thinking at all.

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As The Independent went to press yesterday, the Suffolk County legislature was poised to vote on a bill that will ban the sale of personal care products containing harmful microbeads.

Over the past decade, manufacturers of personal care products have been adding microplastic particles (microbeads) to products such as facial scrubs, soaps, and toothpastes. They serve as an exfoliant.

Microbeads range in size from about a millimeter to as small as a grain of sand, and a single product may contain as many as 350,000 plastic microbeads. Too tiny to be filtered out by most wastewater treatment systems, they’re discharged into surface waters. Once released, they pick up toxins as they flow from their original source.

Recent scientific studies demonstrate that microbeads are polluting New York’s waterways.

They’ve been found in the Long Island Sound.

Small fish and other aquatic species mistake the toxic-laden particles for food. They consume and absorb the contaminants. Once in the system, these pollutants are recycled from smaller organisms

to larger ones and eventually into the human food supply through consumption of contaminated organisms.

In the absence of state-wide legislation, local municipalities are taking matters into their own hands.

Last week, legislation was introduced in the New York City Council for a similar ban. According to a release from Environmental Advocates of New York, since August, eight local governments have enacted or introduced bans.

Other municipalities have passed resolutions urging their county officials to enact a ban due to the costly havoc microbeads wreak on New York’s aging wastewater infrastructure.

Local bans are popping up due to the state Senate’s failure to pass the Microbead-Free Waters Act. That bill passed the Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan support by a vote of 139-1. Local Assemblyman Fred Thiele was a co-sponsor.

The Senate’s version was sponsored by 59 percent of all senators. It remains stalled in the Environmental Conservation Committee.

Saima Anjam, environmental health director at Environmental

Obituary Eve Houlihan

Last week, the Hampton Bays Civic Association marked the passing of board member Evelyn Houlihan at her home in Hampton Bays.

As a member of the board Eve could always be counted on for a well-researched, well-presented, and knowledgeable position on the articles of management that affected Hampton Bays, the village of Southampton, and quality of life, HBCA members said.

Eve was born on November 30, 1942 in Darmstadt, Germany immigrating to America with her father when just a young girl.

She was pre-deceased by her long time companion, John Mazzella.

Eve is survived by sister Veronica Hamilton, brother-in-law Bert, and nephew Andre. In addition are the family of John Mazzella, with whom she had a long and loving relationship; daughter Kim, sons Jay and Paul, and numerous sisters, brothers, nieces and nephews.

Advocates of New York said, “Microbeads are a needless industry waste that wreaks havoc on our water ways and wastewater treatment systems, and which ultimately harms wildlife and public health. I hate being the bearer of bad news, but despite the marketing, not a single New Yorker is cleaner or more beautiful today because of plastic pellets in their facewash or toothpaste. Microbeads are as pointless as they come.”

She added, “What we’re seeing are local governments and leaders stepping in to fill the void the Senate has created, giving New Yorkers the leadership they expect. Republicans and Democrats, officials in rural and urban areas alike, recognize the need to act and have chosen

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not to ignore the consequences.

We applaud them, because that’s what residents want and deserve.

It is unacceptable that industry continues to recklessly pollute our waterways with microbeads.”

Local governments taking action include: Erie County (signed into law), Cattaraugus County (in legislative process), Chautauqua County (passed, awaiting county executive’s signature), Albany County (in legislative process), Monroe County (in legislative process), Ulster County (in legislative process), New York City, and Suffolk County, where it was up for a vote at the Tuesday general meeting in Riverhead.

Suffolk’s ban was spearheaded by Legislator Kara Hahn (Port Jefferson).

If adopted, it will mean a local phase-out beginning in January 2018 for personal care products not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and on January 2019 for ones that are.

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10-28. After over 33 years with the East Hampton Town Police, last Thursday Lieutenant Tom Grenci retired, with a “walk out,” replete with officers from the Wainscott station offering him a final salute to mark his last day on the job. “From TCO to Dispatcher, Police Garage to Part Time PO, Police Officer to Detective, Sergeant to Lieutenant, Tommy served the Department and community in almost every capacity during his decorated and respected career. His enthusiasm, wit, work ethic and dedication were unparalleled, and he will be missed greatly,” EHTPD’s Facebook page proclaimed. His father was a member of the State Park Police and on Thursday, Tom wore his dad’s badge as he returned the salute. He’s seen, above, with his family.

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Evans, H Baron,F & Di Paola,T

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Ruthiestan LLC Bungi Wungi LLC

Dattilio, P & M Tait, A ZIPCODE 11937 - EAST HAMPTON

Lawler, L Quick, V & T

Johnson,C&Fraumeni,P Wainwright IV, S & K

Bleckner, R Lassaw, D

Mammano, J & M Karnovsky, T

Rodriguez, D Walsh, J

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Smedra, I 5:15 Huntting AveLLC ZIPCODE 11954 - MONTAUK

Green Room LS LLC MBS Trust

Bungi Wungi LLC Mimian Partners

Montauk Workshop LLC 397 Holdings LLC ZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR

Penuel, K Weaver, B

McAlea, T & C Lighthouse Landing Riverhead Town ZIPCODE 11792 - WADING RIVER

Witt, J & Schwarz, A Rosler, I

Tanis, G & D H&Z PropertyHoldings

Mandleur, M Clark, G & R

O’Neill, T & K Ness III, W & S ZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD

Gillian, J & J Karpoich, P & D

Petersen, C Mioli, J

Hernandez,R &Andon,E Hartill, J

H & Z PropertyHldngs HSBC Bank USA

Partridge, LLC World LifeEntertnmnt

Chycherskyy, M Fannie Mae

540 East Main Street RiverheadEnterprises ZIPCODE 11931 - AQUEBOGUE

Griffin Sr,M&Judkins Frank, D

Ferran, M & Covell,C Franzone, P ZIPCODE 11933 - CALVERTON

Galasso III, A & S Rubert, M

RGR Ventures LLC Yakaboski etal byRef

ZIPCODE 11947 - JAMESPORT

Smith, D & C Alberts, E

McGoey, C McEntee, J & J Shelter Island Town ZIPCODE 11964 - SHELTER ISLAND

Raff, G & H Offutt Jr, J Southampton Town ZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD

Juarez, C Walter, J

Fisher, F Langhorne, T & B ZIPCODE 11932 - BRIDGEHAMPTON

39 West Pond Drive Hayground Farms Inc ZIPCODE 11941 - EASTPORT

BJC Investments LLC Parker, R ZIPCODE 11942 - EAST QUOGUE

Russo, A Cassel, J

Gadaleta, D Dallal, S ZIPCODE 11946 - HAMPTON BAYS

Clemensen, L & K Schmidt, J

Muller, C & H O’Connor & Wetherall

Burns Jr, T Shaikes, M

Matthews &Stepanovic O’Connell,S & Rup,R ZIPCODE 11959 - QUOGUE

Ryvicker&FoxRyvicker HSBC Bank USA Nat As ZIPCODE 11960 - REMSENBURG

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2,800,000* 750,000 750,000 4,250,000 1,450,000

165 Alberts Landing Rd 120 Fresh Pond Rd 10 Cozzens Ln 27 Pine Way 61 Mako Ln

570,000 590,000 1,300,000 1,525,000 516,100 740,000* 3,700,000

20 Sandra Rd 7 Sandra Rd 678 Springs Fireplace Rd 35 Northwest Landing Rd 30 Lotus Ave 24 Edwards Hole Rd 32 Huntting Ave

2,475,000 1,250,000* 2,350,000

76 Old West Lake Dr 72 Old West Lake Dr&lt4-7 801 Montauk Hwy

635,000 1,932,700

47 Harrison St 18 Washington Ave

320,000 282,500 418,000 640,000

58 Sound Breeze Trail 13 18th St 268 Fairway Dr 19 Merion Circle

416,000 199,000 380,000 150,000 4,000,000 235,000 3,200,000

39 Linda Ln E 2701 Willow Pond Dr 10 Josie Ct 31 Doris Ave 1785 -1 Old Country Rd 730 Gregory Pl 536 -54 E Main St

340,000 415,000

4 Jeanie Ln 54 Grant Dr

345,000 702,800 3,000*

701 Bluffs Dr N Middle Country Rd River Rd

450,000 350,000

22 Bayberry Ln 120 Vista Ct

975,000

1 Sylvan Rd

325,000 220,000

87 Evergreen Rd 84 Albany Av

2,725,000

39 West Pond Dr

1,349,000

57 Bay Ave

1,565,000 730,000

9 Peacock Path 9 Walker Ave

535,000 530,000 425,000 495,000

27 Bay Woods Dr 29 Old Riverhead Rd 33 Sherwood Rd 7 Cedar Ln

550,000

39 Old Meeting House Rd

570,000

57 Phillips Ave

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ZIPCODE 11962 - SAGAPONACK

ZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR

ZIPCODE 11968 - SOUTHAMPTON

ZIPCODE 11976 - WATER MILL

ZIPCODE 11978 - WESTHAMPTON BEACH

Southold Town ZIPCODE 06390 - FISHERS ISLAND

ZIPCODE 11935 - CUTCHOGUE

ZIPCODE 11944 - GREENPORT

ZIPCODE 11952 - MATTITUCK

ZIPCODE 11957 - ORIENT

ZIPCODE 11958 - PECONIC

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527,500

3 Pheasant Ln

105 Old Barn LLC

Maggie Bear III LLC

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105 Old Barn Ln

NYHO, LLC Badal, D Muller, E 35 Bayview Avenue

Mannix, M&L by Ref 28 Crescent Street Ramsey,P & Main,A Ford,B & Schurtz,J

387,544 1,595,000 1,550,000 1,810,000

9 Stoney Hill Rd 28 Crescent St 8 Bay View Dr 35 Bayview Ave

Pellegrino, M & M 41 Indian Road LLC Holzman Jr, K Spurr, S Diamond, S Clair, R & M Town of Southampton

Decker, E Popoff,A&E & Howey,H Longnecker III, J Coumans, J & H & J SHM Development LLC Fanning,Munson, etal Reecam Holdings, LLC

960,000 580,000 637,000 775,000 1,820,000 660,000 4,300,000*

141 Wooleys Dr 41 Indian Rd 4 Ashwood Ct 295 North Sea Mecox Rd 12 Spring Ln 11 Dellaria Ave 51 Pond Ln

260 RGR LLC MeadowLaneRealEstate Poss, J & J 480 Holding Company

Konsuvo, S Andrews, F Deerfield Hamptons CCMS 2005-CD1Montauk

685,000* 669,300 3,950,000 2,388,750

260 Roses Grove Rd 149 Water Mill Towd Rd 917 Deerfield Rd 10 Montauk Hwy

Davis, M & D Barroca, A & T

Donlan, J & P Darwish, S & V

1,060,000 312,000

65 Oneck Rd 274 Dune Rd

Fishers Island Club Beck, D & M

Doherty Jr, T & C Doherty Jr, T & C

200,000* 100,000*

Winthrop Dr Winthrop Dr

Disapio, C Disapio, C Durett, V

Pfeifle, R & C Pfeifle, R & C Hand, R

925,000 755,000 200,000

825 Leslie Rd 0 Leslie Rd 26420 Main Rd

Laraia, V Guevara,G&Villanti,O

Cass Jr, H & J Trust 47 Washington Ave Co

450,000 345,000

1320 Willow Dr 47 Washington Ave

Polke, R & M Burrows, T Barry, B

Gill, M Morra, M HSA Holdings II LLC

1,650,000 347,000 815,000

1325 Lupton Pt Rd 50 Conklin Rd 1910 Bay Ave

Peconic Land Trust Town of Southold

Edwards,E &M by Exr Peconic Land Trust

1,090,000 700,000

36960 Route 25 36960 Rt25DvlpmntRtsEsmnt

Stole, A & Leung, L

Ekberg, S

602,000

210 Robinson Ln

TDLV, LLC

Goodman,A &Seibert,E

1,425,500

1555 Bayview Ave

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“We are promoting good health to all residents in Suffolk County,” said County Executive Bellone. “For those who are addicted to tobacco or nicotine products, we urge them to get the support they need to prevent illnesses that are caused by tobacco.”

Winery Events “Breaking an addiction to A guided tour of the winery and nicotine can be very difficult,” production facility and wine tasting said Dr. Tomarken. “Studies have at Castello di Borghese Vineyard shown that smokers who try to & Winery. Tickets are $20 per quit smoking using a combination person. Call to make reservations o f b e h a v i o r a l s u p p o r t a n d 631-734-5111 or purchase tickets medicine are three times more online securely with your credit likely to be successful than those card. Every Thursday and Sunday who try to stop smoking without through October. support.”

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Continued from page 12. belief that the town should address the problem choppers posed. That was in 2008.

Knobel also seemed flummoxed when initially asked about the door

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Brandon Davis turned 21 in jail on Monday. He’s being held without bail. From Bridgehampton, last summer he was convicted of first-degree murder. He shot and killed a teenager while robbing a car repair shop on Christmas morning in 2013.

Davis was scheduled to be sentenced yesterday as The Independent went to press. He faces a sentence of life in prison without parole.

Wearing masks, Davis and codefendant Cesar Figueroa, 19, of Mastic, entered the repair shop Whitestar MTR on Cedarhurst Avenue in Medford around 3:30 AM. There, Davis shot Taleik Bristel twice with a .38 caliber revolver. The first round discharged into the back of the victim’s head, execution style.

After one day of deliberations, a jury convicted Davis of one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and first-degree assault.

Figueroa pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree and assault in the first degree. He shot three people in the repair shop but none suffered lifethreatening injuries. Figueroa will be sentenced to 20 years in prison on November 9.

Judge John Toomey was to preside over the sentencing.

Taleik Bristel’s mother is expected to deliver a victim impact statement during the sentencing.

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hanger. He said he did know Harris, but “We never talked about the campaign.”

Harris did not return a request for comment. Instead, Jonathan Weinstein, a vice president at the PR firm Mercury and a spokesman for the Leadership Council, issued a statement, “This is a group of concerned citizens who are unhappy with the lack of leadership from Town Hall. We are advocating for the real leaders who will solve the problems in East Hampton, not continuing the destructive policies of the incumbents, which are resulting in lost jobs, lost business and higher taxes.”

Frankl’s release offers, “The Republican campaign appears to be coordinating, possibly illegally, with this secretive, supposedly independent, newly-formed political action committee.” The

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The flyer attacking Democratic candidates makes no mention of their challengers.

By Monday night, town Republicans issued a statement: “. . . we knew nothing about the door hangers in question until the media called to ask us about them.

We were not involved with the piece nor did we coordinate it. The photos are not from our print ads but appear to have been taken off the Internet. We do, however, agree with most of the points expressed about members of the Cantwell administration, especially that they appear to be asleep at the wheel.

“When they momentarily wake up, all they want to do is fight and divide people instead of building bridges, solving problems and

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dealing with the issues facing East Hampton, including such priorities as noise, safety, the local economy, housing and public access to town lands.”

“Residents deserve a town board that will listen and work with the citizens to find solutions, to represent and serve ALL residents, avoid litigation and move East Hampton forward to be the best town it can be,” said Knobel.

“The group that put out the door hangers obviously has an interest in a proactive East Hampton town board that doesn’t skirt the issues and its responsibilities to the people,” the GOP release continues, concluding, “Given that, we’re not surprised they have chosen to alert voters to the strengths of the Republican team.”

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Current rental laws in Southampton limit rentals to two weeks or longer.

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rather than short-term guests . . . until you consider the additional drain on the school system, and, ultimately, taxes. The trio believes the town should require any hotel that’s converted to apartments to apply for a change of zone and pay higher tax rates. But the better solution is to make hotel uses viable again.

If the tourism economy returns, hotels will return to being hotels, the candidates believe. If the profits for a hotel use become greater than the profits for an apartment house, the transition back will occur.

Condo/co-op conversions may also blossom, if the tourism economy rebounds.

“We are confident that the economics are right to create a strong tourism economy in Hampton Bays,” the candidates’ action plan states. According to

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Key elements to a revitalization effort include such improvements to the Tiana and Ponquogue beach facilities as adding concessions, the creation of a new waterfront park on town land located on the west side of the Shinnecock Canal, free shuttle service to beaches and attractions, and the development of family friendly activities like the carousel and skating rink in Greenport.

A revitalization of the downtown area would see improvements to Good Ground Park, beautification efforts, and cafes with outdoor seating.

While the candidates have a lot of ideas for Hampton Bays, they promise that each notion will be fully vetted with the community.

Many local residents will have ideas of their own that should be considered, they say, adding, “We will look to engage the Hampton Bays community in planning for its own future. We will not look to progress any ideas for the community that do not have strong grassroots support.”

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that territory.”

Removing the trooper assigned to the desk, essentially removes the local knowledge that trooper has with the community, Mungeer continued. “If you’re calling for help, wouldn’t you rather speak to a Trooper who has patrolled your community instead of an individual who might never have driven through the area?”

Since 2004, a trooper has been assigned 24 hours a day, seven days a week at the front desk in the Riverside dispatching center. That person monitored telephone lines, dispatched troopers to complaints in the area, greeted and spoke to complainants who walked into the station, monitored police radio traffic and sent troopers to assist when cops needed them. Custodial exchanges are routinely conducted outside of the station with knowledge that a uniformed State Trooper was nearby and available.

While troopers will continue to work from the barracks, without a local dispatching center, the station may be empty for periods of time.

An Automatic Dial Telephone will be located outside the station, but visitors using the ADT will have to wait for the next available trooper.

Asked to weigh in on the situation, Assemblyman Fred Thiele said Friday that straight answers have been hard to come by. “Needless to say, we (Thiele and Senator Ken LaValle) are both opposed to any reduction in services.”

On Monday, the two lawmakers met with Major Tripodo. “It’s a budget issue,” Thiele explained afterward. A number of retirements prompted troopers to be transferred to Farmingdale to ensure dispatch at the main headquarters is covered. He said he was told the desk in Riverside will be manned “probably 70 percent of the time.”

The assemblyman supports the

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notion of keeping as many troopers in the field as possible and doesn’t blame the troop commander who has to work with the resources he has – “They’re playing the cards they’ve been dealt.”

Still, said Thiele, “This is another example of resources taken out of the East End first . . . at a time when police issues are as big as ever.” The assemblyman said he will focus on ensuring all the resources needed to man the barracks are put in place during the next budget cycle, which begins in January.

Additionally, when a new class of troopers graduates from the academy and becomes available next February, Thiele said, “I want to make sure Troop L gets their fair share.”

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The Southampton Republican Committee honored Ann LaWall as their businesswoman of the year at a celebration at Docker’s Waterside in East Quogue on Thursday night. She’s seen above with local GOP party chair William Wright.

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Commemorative mugs go on sale Friday at the chamber office and your purchase gives you the chance to try two cups of chowder from an array of participating eateries. Then, vote for your favorite. The contest takes place on Saturday only, but chowder will be on sale at the chamber’s concession on Sunday, too.

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Continued from page 16. coming to Coalition meetings want to do more than anything.”

Human Understanding & Growth Services, Inc. (aka HUGS) will be the fiscal recipient and lead administrator of the funds. The Westhampton-based non-profit boasts 35 years experience in the drug and alcohol youth prevention field.

The Project Coordinator will be a full time position earning a salary of $52,000. He or she will work closely with Kym Laube, Director of HUGS, to develop and implement the local DFC program.

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Suicide Or Murder

Continued from page 8. investigative purposes.”

“They ignored the possibility the boyfriend may have been involved,” Maer said. “There was also a handprint on her chest. There were other footprints intermingled with hers that weren’t analyzed.”

There was also the incident that occurred on Sept. 24, when Armijos also came home late – and covered with dirt. Manuel Pucha reportedly said police were called and they interviewed her then as well, although Anderson said at the time he was not aware if that occurred.

LatinoAmerica wants the County Homicide department to reopen the cased and conduct a full investigation.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell acknowledged Friday he had received communication from Maer but declined to comment.

“We have referred it to the town attorney and the police department.

It’s a police department matter.”

Elizabeth Vail, the Town Attorney, also declined to comment.

Maer refused to reveal his next step, and whether litigation is a possibility. He revealed he is in possession of photos taken at the scene at the time the body was found that clearly show footprints that don’t match those of the deceased at the site, as well as other evidence.

Police were summoned, and walked all over the crime scene, he charged, in essence erasing the evidence.

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Al Bunce Obituary

Continued from page 19. stay with his son, Kevin and visit family and friends. It was then he attended one grandson’s wedding and a football game of another grandson. It was what he lived for and always looked forward to. It was a very happy time for him - the perfect vacation. His son,

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Kevin, expressed that his father was “always supportive of him and every one of his siblings. A father who was always happy, upbeat and ready for anything and enjoyed everyone in his life and was loyal to his friends. He was just always there for us.”

On October 3, a private family

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service was held in Lady Lake Florida officiated by his family pastor and friend, Charlie Rumpel.

His remains were cremated and his ashes will be spread off of Wyborg’s Beach in a memorial service next year. His family requests that any donations be made in his memory to St. Jude’s Hospital for Children.

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They heard the chirping coming out of the North Fork. Greenport/ Southold was the team to beat on the East End. The Porters were going to roll over Hampton Bays.

The Porters, who had outscored three opponents 105-59, were going to make a playoff run for the first time in years.

The Baymen, on the road Friday night, made note of all the hype, and then made a statement of their own.

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The stifling defense made a statement as well, as the home team, flustered, turned the ball over and was unable to mount sustained drives. The final was 40-0.

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East Hampton tried to build on the momentum of two early season victories but has been unable to, falling 20-0 for the second straight week, this time to Center Moriches. The Red Devils improved to 4-1 and the locals dropped to 2-3. East Hampton plays at Mercy (2-2) Saturday at 2 PM. All of the above encounters are Division IV matchups.

Westhampton has a good thing going. The Hurricanes blasted Comsewogue 40-0 Friday on the road in Division III action behind the play of Dylan Laube, who scored two TDs, gained 1309 yards rushing, and also recorded two sacks. The Hurricanes evened their record at 2-2 and play at Kings Park (2-2) at 1:30 PM Saturday. Comsewogue fell

to 0-4.

It’s been a tough couple years for Southampton/Ross but give the locals high marks for guts. The football program has been devastated by changing demographics, and very few able-bodied youngsters with football acumen are available to play. They carry on, though, losing to Mercy 34-0 to drop to 0-4. The locals have to take on undefeated Glenn on the road Saturday.

There is no quit in Riverhead, a perennial Suffolk County powerhouse.

The Blue Wave opened the season with two losses but won for the second straight time, edging Smithtown West 16-6. Tyrese Kerr put on a dazzling show, catching a 41-yard TD pass in the third stanza and breaking off a 40 yard run in the fourth to seal the deal.

Newfield (4-0) will come to Riverhead at 1:30 PM Saturday in a game that will go a long way in determining the Waves’ title hopes.

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You Gotta Know When – And Who

Football is a game of changes.

Players get hurt, every week.

Players get benched. Coaches get fired, as was the case this week in Miami.

Fantasy Football players can’t afford to go with the flow. We can’t afford to be complacent or reactive.

We must be proactive, and we must learn to anticipate change.

Learning to cut the umbilical cord is an acquired talent. Most of us spend hours preparing for our drafts and take great care in selecting our players. It is difficult to admit we were wrong. But do it.

If you selected Andre Johnson you messed up. Yes, he is one of the NFL’s all-time great receivers, and he was signed by The Colts, hooking him up with Andrew Luck, one of the league’s best passers.

But it didn’t work out, sorry.

Sure, he may have a good game or two, but he is unreliable. You can’t count on him. You can find better options out there. You have to let him go.

Take the mysterious case of Brandon Cook on New Orleans. As a rookie last season he impressed coaches, though he only played half a season. Then the Saints traded away two of their other leading receivers. That set the stage for a huge season for Cook, right? After all Drew Brees, his quarterback, likes to let it rip.

Cook became such a hot pick in drafts -- he started going late in the third round in some drafts (with all modesty we suggested passing on him).

Guess what? He sucks. Brees doesn’t seem to trust him on passes longer than 10 yards. He’s not getting open. The Saints are moving the ball around – seven or eight different guys are getting looks.

That means he’s expendable.

Then there’s the flash in the pans. Alfred Blue rushed for 139 yards last week; if you grabbed him, you made a big mistake – he gained only 17 yards this week. And don’t blame Arian Foster, either. He only gained 10 yards on nine carries.

But this brings us to our next point: think it through before you waste money or pick up a free agent.

We all know Foster is the more talented running back, and that he will make it back when healthy.

What we don’t know is if Blue can handle it full time.

When do you gamble? When the empirical data strongly suggests

a player will succeed if given the opportunity.

Let’s take a look at the 2015 rookie running backs. SB Nation, ranking them according to Fantasy relevance, tabbed Mel Gordon #1 followed by TJ Yeldon, Ameer Abdullah, Todd Gurley, and Tevin Coleman. But the experts agreed Todd Gurley was the top prospect in the draft, though he was coming off an injury.

When the NFL draft rolled around, guess who was the first RB taken? Gurley, at #10. Gordon was taken at 15 -- no other running back went in the first round.

Abdullah went in the second round (54). Coleman was next to go, at 73 overall. Duke Johnson went a few picks later, and Dave Johnson went at 86.

Gurley didn’t play for two weeks and only played a couple downs in Week 3. Last week he played sparingly until the fourth quarter, and then he exploded, ripping off two long runs and leading the Rams over the unbeaten Cardinals.

Surprised? We advocated taking him early in fantasy drafts back in July. Why? He was the best available running back in the draft. It’s not brain surgery – scouts rated him the highest, he had a sensational college career, and he was the first running back selected. His injury was a nonfactor, because they said all along he would be available by Week 4 –just when the byes kicked in.

FYI Coleman (Atlanta) has proven to be a stud thus far. In general, it’s

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