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Bonackers Streak Into Playoffs By Rick Murphy

Never say never. The East Hampton Bonackers, left for dead two weeks ago, launched a four game winning streak culminating with a breathtaking win at home Friday. The streak earned the locals a berth in the Suffolk County Class A Tournament. When John Glenn walked out of Bonac gym on January 25 with a 6050 victory, it seemed all but over for Bonac. The team needed to win its final three League VI match-ups, all of them against competitive teams. On Friday, with the season on the line in front of the loyal Bleacher Creatures, Coach Billy McKee’s charges completed the hat trick, knocking off Bayport/Blue Point 77-67. Bonac previously beat Miller Place on February 4, 64-55, and Mt. Sinai on January 31, 63-44 and earned a non-league win versus Eastport as well during the frantic last days of the regular season. Friday Bonac went on a mid-game

tear to turn back the Phantoms. Tom Nelson, who has been a reliable performer off the boards all season, has stepped up his offensive game in the second half of the season. He led the winners with 20 points and also grabbed 10 rebounds. Kevin Fee added 16, Brandon Hughes had 13, and Dan McKee had 13 and six assists. East Hampton reversed a five-point deficit with a 38-21 run. East Hampton was by no means the only team to get hot at the right time. Consider Smithtown Christian, a Class D team that hasn’t made the playoffs since 2001. Saturday the Knights pulled a shocking upset, traveling to Greenport and coming out with an impressive 68-47 victory. It was the culmination of one of the closest Class D races in history — at one point five of the six schools in the county had a shot at the playoffs. The Phantoms (8-8) stayed alive Thursday by knocking off Shelter Island at home, 64-56. Tristen Wissemann scored 34 points in the

two losses for the Indians; Matt BeltCappellino added 29. Don’t feel sorry for Greenport. The Porters stunned Bridgehampton in the Beehive Thursday to earn a playoff bid. Credit high scorer Gavin Dibble, who brought his “A” game to the Hive. He ended with 25 points, and Angel Colon added 16 plus some critical steals down the stretch. The loss seemingly eliminated Bridgehampton, which finished 7-9 in league play. Tylike Furman led the losers with 25. Josh Lamison added 19. Greenport finished with eight wins in League VIII. Shelter Island, with eight, is also in the playoffs, despite losing to Stony Brook Saturday at home, 66-46. Stony Brook, a Class C team, finished first in the league. Southampton is cruising into the Class B playoffs. The Mariners knocked off Mattituck 80-57 to finish with a 10-4 League VII record, good

for second place behind Babylon. Shaundell Fishburne and Taylor Sanders each scored 18 points for the winners. Nasies Fulford scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Will Gildersleeve scored 19 for the Tuckers. Eugene Allen (10), Chris Dwyer (10) and Joe Tardif (10) all hit double figures. Mattituck (7-7) also earned a berth in the playoffs. The Mariners destroyed Floyd on Thursday, 76-35. Fishburne led a balanced attack with 17; Sanders had 13 and Isaiah Johnson 10. Thomas Beckman record 11 rebounds, as did Fulford. Westhampton, 7-5 in League V, surged into the playoffs with a strong second-half performance. The Hurricanes won five of their last six including a 59-42 drubbing of Islip at home Friday. Devonte Dixon put on the performance of a lifetime, going off for 31 points and grabbing 13 rebounds. Mike Frangeskos added 16 for the winners.

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WHY YOU MUST NEVER RETIRE

As part of the month-long celebration of my wife, The Beautiful Judy Licht’s birthday, we went to see Beautiful, the story of Carole King, who is a genius singer/ songwriter who wrote a zillion hit songs in the 60s and 70s. Beautiful is a wonderful show. I highly recommend it. I loved the music and the cast but it was the age of the audience that depressed me. There wasn’t a single person in the audience who was under 65 years old. Want proof of how old the audience was? At the intermission there was a line of at least 75 men, hopping up and down, waiting to get into the Men’s Room. What a switch. There’s usually a line going into the Ladies Room. This time the line of men, waiting for guys with prostates the size of basketballs to finish their business, told the whole story about age. The bad news is the audience was ancient. The good news is they were in New York and hadn’t retired to Florida. My old (and best) partner Ron Travisano sent the piece below titled “Don’t Retire” to me. I find it hilarious. If the person who wrote it steps forward I will be happy to give him or her credit. It’s so funny because it’s so true.

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For those of you contemplating retirement, I would like to share my retirement experiences with you, which I hope will be helpful. Fifteen years ago my wife and I moved into a retirement development on Florida’s Southeast coast. The last time we saw our grandkids was on Grandchildren’s Day when they were dragged down by their parents. We were living in the Delray/Boca/ Boynton, Golf, Spa, Bath and Tennis Club on Lake Fake-a-hachee. (There are 3000 lakes in Florida, only three are real.)  Our new community has so many interesting things for us to do.  Back by popular demand, the feisty, Hip

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menu. Then there is the hold time until you are connected to the right party. Sometimes they forget you are holding, and the whole office goes to lunch.  Many of the receptionists are quite rude. They keep you standing at that dopey little, closed glass window, totally ignoring you. After 1/2 hour I ignore the ‘Do not tap on the window’ sign and tap on the window. This always drives them nuts. If you do, they put down their Egg McMuffin or their copy of the Enquirer, and fling open the window, ready for a fight. I lie, explaining I tapped on the window accidentally because I have Parkinson’s.   They claim they are required to keep the window closed because of the privacy law but l don’t believe it. Are they afraid if I were to overhear Sol Lipshitz has hemorrhoids that I would blackmail him or sell the information to a foreign government? In Florida everyone has hemorrhoids!   Should one find they still have time on their hands, volunteering provides a rewarding opportunity to help the less fortunate.  Florida has the largest concentration of seniors under five feet and they need our help. I myself am a volunteer for ‘The Vertically Challenged Over 80.’    Food shopping is a problem for short seniors or ‘bottom feeders’ as we call them because they can’t reach the items on the upper shelves. There are many foods they have never tasted. Whenever I see one of them struggling to reach a jar of gefilte fish, I rush over to lend a hand. After shopping, most seniors can’t remember where they parked their cars. They wander the parking lot for hours looking for their car while their food defrosts.   Lastly, it’s important to choose a development with an impressive name. Italian names are very popular in Florida. They convey. . . world traveler, uppity sophistication and wealth. Where would you rather live. . .? Murray’s Condos or the Lakes of Venice? There is no difference. They are both owned by Murray who happens to be a cheap bastard!  The Italian names appeal to those namedropping, phony snowbirds that are out to impress their friends up north. I once heard someone say, “We spend our summers in the Catskills, but we winter at Villa Borghese in Delray Beach.” I have been to Villa Borghese. There are 1200 Jews and two Italians! I hope this material has been of some help to you future retirees. If I can be of any further assistance, please look me up when you’re in Florida. I live in The Leaning Condos of Pisa in Boynton Beach. If you wish to comment on “Jerry’s Ink” please send your message to jerry@ dfjp.com.

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Pole Tension, Code Enforcing

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An extensive array of code violations at a home in the Northwest section and the installation of giant new utility poles were the big news in East Hampton this week. On Monday night Supervisor Larry Cantwell reported Sydney Griffin of 82 Northwest Landing Road was arraigned in Justice Court on 28 charges related to zoning and building code violations on his property. The charges stem from a January 24 complaint of deplorable living conditions at the property. Town hall sources say the complaint originated from the town’s human services office. They described Griffin as “an elderly dementia patient.”

In a release describing the enforcement action, Cantwell described conditions at the house as “simply outrageous.” “Not only was the single-family house converted into four separate living units for four different groups of people, but there was no heat and there was refuse and food waste throughout the inside of the house,” he said. “Portable electrical heaters were found in each of the illegal units being run on extension cords that were strung throughout the house. Everyone, including the defendant, living in the house was at a severe risk of danger due to a possible fire.” In addition to code enforcement officers and building department

staff, East Hampton Town Police also responded to the scene when unsecured firearms were discovered at the premises. A family member of the defendant voluntarily surrendered the firearms to police custody, the supervisor reported. “The coordinated response by Code Enforcement and the Building Department, with an assist from the Town Police, is exactly what we expect from our public safety agencies. The Town will not tolerate landlords putting people’s lives at risk in order to maximize their profits. This is a prime example of how coordinating the efforts of all of our public safety agencies to ensure safe and legal housing throughout our Town will lead

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Last week, Stony Brook University Hospital announced its rejection of eight health insurance plans offered in Suffolk County from New York’s health insurance exchange, all because SBUH deemed the reimbursement rates to be too low. The hospital is now the second major hospital in the state, along with Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, to say it will not accept any insurance plans from the health exchange. The exchanges have been deemed an essential provision under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “This situation is unacceptable,” said Assemblyman Fred Thiele in a statement released from his office Monday. “It is incomprehensible to the public that a state operated hospital is not accepting any plans that are being offered as part of a state operated health insurance exchange.” Reuven Pasternak, CEO of SBUH, said the academic medical center is still in negotiations with health insurers about the health plans on the exchange, but will not accept the plans due to low reimbursement rates, which he charged are lower

than Medicare and drawing close to Medicaid. According to Gary Bie, Chief Financial Officer of SBUH, other employer-based commercial plans, as well as Medicare and Medicaid, will be accepted. “I appreciate the fact that Stony Brook University Hospital is in negotiations with six of the eight plans that Stony Brook University Hospital has taken steps to negotiate for patients on a case by case basis with health insurance companies,” Thiele said. “I also appreciate the fact that health insurance plans must provide reimbursement that is economically viable.” Some of those special cases in negotiations include a high risk pregnancy that is already past six months and several cancer patients. Last week, according to a report by Newsday, patients in Stony Brook’s cancer center saw a sign outside the registration office advising them, “Stony Brook Medicine and The Stony Brook Cancer Center are not participating providers for the new Obama care health insurance plans. In addition, the new plans do not have any out of network coverage.”

Allegedly the sign has since been taken down. Thiele’s statement said that while hospital and insurance companies fiddle, it is patients that are getting burned, charging when families require critical health care and are at their most vulnerable, the state of New York should not be contributing to their stress. “If Stony Brook and the insurance companies cannot resolve the dispute themselves,” Thiele said, “I urge the governor to bring the parties together to resolve this situation now.” So far, Southampton Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center and Eastern Long Island Hospital, the three hospitals serving the East End, have not announced plans to follow suit with SBUH.

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Villa Ristorante Incorporated -comprised of members of the Principi family – to create a retail use on property located at the eastern edge of the downtown business corridor in Amagansett. Confronted by hamlet residents disturbed by the news of a chain convenience store in their hamlet, last Thursday night Supervisor Larry Cantwell first noted Preiato’s comprehensive review of the building permit application was undertaken with cooperation from the town attorney’s office. The developers are “going from a permitted use to a permitted use” he said, explaining that under the current town code the applicants are not required to undergo a more full scale site plan review. Later that evening, however, the supervisor said he received a note from Town Attorney Elizabeth Vail informing him “new information” may prompt another look. Vail declined to outline the new information, but acknowledged the building permit could be rescinded. She also said she was aware of the liability inherent in such a move. The town could be “exposed” to legal action if a do-over is required. The “new information” isn’t exactly new. Town Planning Director Marguerite Wolffsohn explained that a review of the property’s files dating back to the 1980s revealed a discrepancy between the number of parcels the owner thinks he has and the number the town believes exist. An approval was given to divide the 7-Eleven site and adjacent lands into three parcels in the ‘80s, but it expired. The desired parking configuration may not work, if it turns out it straddles property lines delineated in 1981. The land was subject to site plan review to create the restaurant in the late ‘70s and recieved approval, but, said Wolffsohn, “I’m not sure it’s valid.” As of press time, the planning department was still looking over old files pertaining to the site. “Nobody’s saying they can’t be there,” Wolffsohn emphasized. The applicants may just have some inconvenient hurdles to clear before they can open a chain store. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Glynis Berry, Acting Executive Director of Peconic Green Growth, spoke to the Southampton Town Board last Thursday morning about a proposal to decentralize wastewater treatment on the East End. PGG, with a Suffolk Community Service Initiative Grant sponsored by former county legislator Ed Romaine, developed a methodology to identify the need for upgraded decentralized wastewater treatment that meets stringent environmental goals. Sample cases were developed with the help of the GIS and Planning Departments of the Town of Southampton. “The need to have a clear understanding and map is now a reality here,” said Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, since areas all across the five East End towns have been mapped to depict their wastewater status is. According to Berry’s studies, average nitrate levels have increased significantly in all underlying aquifers, with the rapid rise demonstrating a need for mitigation. The Long Island Sound Study sponsors projects currently in Riverhead and Southold within the Long Island Sound Watershed. Suffolk County will be funding similar efforts in the near future for the Peconic Estuary. Decentralized human wastewater treatment systems include both on-site and community systems. Where densities warrant, such as in Greenport or Riverhead, central sewers are used. Traditionally onsite systems used cesspools, which gather all the waste collected from household uses, and filter the wastewater into the ground. Open joints or spaces in the cesspool wall leak both liquid and dissolved solids into the ground. And as a result, the soil’s ability to filter and treat is compromised and pathogens and nitrogen can enter groundwater. Houses built before 1973 were likely to have cesspools. Currently it is not required by law to upgrade one’s system to current standards; cesspools were grandfathered in. “The idea behind decentralizing the treatment,” Berry said, “is that you’re not just picking one solution, you’re actually picking a variety of solutions, depending on

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This column is not a repeat. Regular readers know that I recycle, but this is only because I care about our environment. It is time for my annual snow removal column, because as I write this my driveway is covered with a sheet of ice so treacherous that it scares even me. It petrifies Karen. She recently fell off her bike and hurt her leg. She also has a partially-torn rotator cuff in her shoulder, which surprises me. Usually, only baseball players who pitch 200 innings get that particular injury. Karen though, does throw quite a

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to, “even though you pay the same taxes everyone else does we’re not going to plow your roads because you are subhuman scum.” Basically, then, Karen is trapped inside the house. “What happens if I need an ambulance?” “You die.” “What happens if I get trapped outside?” “You die.” This angers her, but I take the same chance every time I eat something she cooks – death lurks around every casserole. I have compensated for my unfortunate back ailment by creating the world’s first 100 percent guaranteed Snow Removal System. Yes, ladies and genitals, this system will work no matter how much snow is on the ground, and it will clear every inch, and that, my friends, comes with a double your money back guarantee. This is the precise spiel I used to lay on potential customers when I was a little kid. I would agree to clear away all the snow in their front yards for the modest fee of 50 cents and as always, it came with the patented Murphy double your money back guarantee. Better still, these customers had my word, and that folks, is something you can take to the bank. (In fact, regular readers should stop reading this immediately, go to the bank, ask for money, and tell the manager I personally guarantee the repayment.) I usually chose little old ladies as my victims . . . er, clients because they were the most in need of my snow removal services. (Should they choose to chase after me I could also pitch my brand new Hip Replacement System to them.) You know the rest. Inevitably some little old lady would jack me up in the supermarket and say, “Hey, you little punk! (Sometimes they would call me a loud mouth punk.) You stole 50 cents from me!” That’s when I would become indignant. “I beg your pardon, my dear lady,” I would bellow. “Let me ask you – is there any snow in your yard? Any?” “Of course not,” she would reply. “It’s July!” Precisely. And therein lies the secret to the patented Murphy Snow Removal System – it is powered by the sun. The sun works in mysterious ways. Man has never fully realized how to harness the sun’s power, but I daresay I’ve mastered it more than most – you know, getting it to melt the snow and all. One thing troubles me – for the life of me I can’t make it take out the garbage. Sooner or later, though, I will figure it out. I hope it’s soon, because it’s beginning to pile up. Thank god it’s frozen solid. Rick Murphy is a three time winner of the New York Press Association Best Column award.

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Deermocrats Dear Rick, As recounted by the grapewine . . . Ted Nugent; rock star and avid bow hunter from Michigan, was being interviewed by a liberal journalist who also happens to be an animal rights activist. The discussion came around to deer hunting. The journalist asked, “What do you think is the last thought in the head of a deer before you shoot him? Is it, ‘Are you my friend?’ or is it ‘Are you the one who killed my brother?’” Nugent replied, “Deer aren’t capable of that kind of thinking. All they’re thinking about is: what am I going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away. They are very much

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The new administration in East Hampton wasted no time tackling a hot button issue by making a big splash. A press release trumpeting the arrest of a repeat code violator whose house had been turned into illegal apartments was almost gleeful in tone. Every local municipality is dealing with the same problem – landlords are carving out living spaces in their single-family homes and illegally renting them out. We tend to conveniently overlook these are people who are struggling to survive, and they have a story to tell as well. In this particular case the town said there were four separate living areas, dangerous electric heaters, “refuse and food waste” throughout the house and “unsecured firearms.” It sounded like a real coup – at first. It wasn’t long before bloggers and acquaintances of the man, Sydney Griffin, began to paint a different picture. Oddly, Griffin’s age wasn’t included in the press release. Griffin, it turns out, is 70. He wasn’t living in Springs, where illegal housing is rampant and where residents have complained to no avail for years – Griffin lived in tony Northwest Woods. The press release didn’t state what kinds of “firearms” were seized. A closer read reveals they were turned over voluntarily by a relative living in the house, leaving some to speculate there may have been a hunting rifle or two –perfectly legal. We certainly don’t condone this type of illegal living arrangement – if the charges are accurate. We do sense that Griffin is a rather hapless figure, an easy target. “This is a prime example of how coordinating the efforts of all of our public safety agencies to ensure safe

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Giraffe Gaffe Hey Rick, Congratulations on mold / Windmill story. Noted today that Denmark Zoo euthanized “perfectly healthy” giraffe because of too many mixed genes. Oh really! Here we go again? LONA RUBENSTEIN

False Claims To the Editor, It is outrageous that George Demos would put out his glossy ads claiming Lee Zeldin voted for Obamacare, along with Tim Bishop. His TV attack ad is more of the same. Lee Zeldin never voted to fund Obamacare. Tim Bishop never read the bill,

and legal housing throughout our Town will lead to improvement in the quality of life for all our residents,” Supervisor Larry Cantwell said. Glad to hear it. Perhaps the supervisor will ask David Buda and the other vocal citizens of Springs for a list of the scores of houses they have identified that have illegal apartments. They are certainly not hard to spot. Maybe, just maybe, social workers, the town’s Human Services department and the man’s relatives could have seen their way clear to helping him cope with a bad situation. As one blogger wrote, “Griffin needs some respect, care and understanding . . . This is a 70 year-old well respected man, not a career criminal. He deserves to have his dignity respected by the Town . . . Turning this into some type of code enforcement crackdown victory is disingenuous and stinks of politics.” Coming on the hands of a personnel turnover in the town’s Code Enforcement division – one criticized in these pages – the publicity given to this arrest gives us pause. This was no crackdown. This was an isolated arrest targeting anew a repeat violator from 2011 – a person who apparently needs some help. Cantwell said, “The town will not tolerate landlords putting people’s lives at risk in order to maximize their profits.” Why do we think that was hardly the case with Mr. Griffin? Perhaps if we see a dozen more press releases about code violators – the ones that indeed are raking in big bucks -- arrested in Springs we’ll be more likely to spread the kudos around. with its thousands of pages of legalese. Demos is an interloper, funded by his new wife’s wealthy Californian parents, who are close associates of Nancy Pelosi and her real estate mogul husband. He doesn’t have a job or a house in Suffolk County, so how can he expect to represent us? Why was Demos fired from his last job? Exposing the name of a whistleblower to his employer. Nasty stuff. LYNDA A.W. EDWARDS

Zoning Downer Dear Mr. Murphy, Because Southampton Democrats have aligned with conservatives, an opportunity now exists to evaluate both parties from the perspective of a woman property owner. When I purchased a 100-year-old shingle-style farmhouse, the exterior paint had worn off and the property was overgrown and interspersed with debris. A landscaper with a backhoe was needed

to clear the rear half-acre exposing a barn filled with junk. With the help of my boyfriend and a contractor who was restoring a historic house in Quogue, the land and barn were cleared of debris and the house renovated and painted, after which the little farmhouse looked really sweet on an acre of newly-mowed lawn with new paint and new landscaping and driveway. A review of planning documents will reveal that after I assumed the burden of renovating my farmhouse, adjacent land was downzoned with a heavily-trafficked right-of-way. The question is why, contrary to commonly-accepted economic wisdom, the Planning Board would downzone next to a property being upgraded. The downzoning didn’t help the tax base; I stopped investing in the property; and police records will reveal multiple accidents occurred at the entrance to the right-of-way. The Chairman of Continued on Page 14.

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the Planning Board at that time was Democrat Steve Kenny who, in his role as Southampton Town councilman, would recommend regulating old houses even though he discouraged investment in their preservation. The issue of down zoning is especially important because those involved have publicly expressed dissatisfaction with my farmhouse. Why then would Southampton create an incompatibility? The answer might be “no alternative.” But I can provide three alternatives. So why then couldn’t Mr.

Diana Skretch Yes. It’s been so intense. There are all kinds of politics surrounding it. And the opening ceremony was so wonderful. The pageantry is incredible. The work that goes into making an event like this happen is extraordinary. But I love the closing ceremony just as much. Halsey Burton I watched it with my two brothers and three other friends who came over. It was very exciting. I liked the fireworks and the part with the torch. And I like all the different sports. I think my favorite part was when all the balloons went up into the air. Barbara Clarke I think they did a great job. So imaginative! They built the whole thing from nothing! I was a history major and I loved the way they showcased so much of Russian culture. The history, music, art, ballet, the architecture. They did a beautiful and creative job. Sue Wammock It was such fun to watch. It was truly spectacular. One thing was better than the next. The fireworks, the crowd, the lighting of the torch. And it’s so exciting to see all the athletes from so many other countries. Kenny and his Planning Board come up with better economic and social solutions? The answer I believe can be found in the lack

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Everything old is new again. That could be the theme any time a new party gains the majority on a town board, as ghosts of issues past and inherited initiatives return to town hall. The three new members of the East Hampton Town Board -- Super visor Larr y Cantwell, Councilwoman Kathee BurkeGonzalez, and the group’s sole Republican Fred Overton – had their learning curves enhanced by both facets last week during the group’s bimonthly formal meeting. Airport noise and finances, open space preservation, housing for seniors, well heeled or not, and a proposed downzoning were among topics discussed during the over two hour outing. Public hearings on the controversial rezoning of land in Amagansett to enable a luxury senior citizen housing complex and the change of use of a property in the hamlet’s downtown business district drew little community support. The board’s majority is unlikely to support them, either. Cantwell pointed out the hearings were inherited from the last administration and were being held as required by law. Former town councilwoman and Democratic strategist Deb Foster took full advantage of the new, welcoming atmosphere in town hall, stepping up to offer input a variety of times throughout the evening. Speaking to the senior situation Foster offered statistics gleaned about seniors during the compilation in the town’s Comprehensive Plan. Most don’t want to leave their homes

for condos and most don’t make enough money to afford the cost of the pricey condos. A hearing on the zone change for the land that housed the Balasses antiques store from Limited Business to Central Business prompted Margaret Turner of the East Hampton Business Alliance to speak. She recited statistics garnered by a town business committee. The numbers demonstrate a lack of commercial property – just four percent of all available land in town is zoned for a commercial use. “If you keep restricting business, this town is going to wither on the vine,” she warned. Speaking in opposition to the proposal Tyler Armstrong noted the site has served as an art gallery for the last coupe of years. He’d like to see it stay “a wonderful community center.” Try, Try Again For well over a decade, Alexander Peters, head of the advocacy group Amagansett Springs Aquifer Protection, has been trying to get a municipality, be it the town or the county, to buy his land in Amagansett. Citing the amount of preserved property in the Stony Hill section of the hamlet, as well as the price, officials have time and again taken a pass. Last week Peters brought the big guns, State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, to the podium to urge elected officials to purchase properties over the Stony Hill aquifer. Also last week, one time town councilman Brad Loewen appealed to the new board, asking members to consider restrictions on . . .

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chickens. When he was on the dais years ago, one of the few initiatives he attempted to forward related to poultry, especially roosters, kept on residential lots. The noise from roosters is a nuisance and wakes him up at ungodly pre-dawn hours. The notion didn’t fly when Loewen was on the town board, but he brought it up to the newbies during their February 4 work session. Also last Thursday night, the board moved forward with some of the new members’ campaign promises. On the stump last summer Cantwell and Burke-Gonzalez said they wanted to conduct a review of the airport’s finances and a noise analysis. During Thursday’s meeting the board voted to add individuals with airport expertise to the town’s budget and finance advisory committee. The group will study airport finances, the goal being to determine whether the

Top Producing Agent on NF When the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island released its sales results for 2013, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty (DGSIR) agent Carol Syznaka learned that she had sold more real estate than any other agent working on the North Fork. Carol’s success at Daniel Gale Sotheby’s has included recognition in the organization’s top sales awards programs -- The Silver Circle of Achievement and Gold Circle of Excellence. Daniel Gale Sotheby’s regional sales manager for the North Fork, Carol Tintle, said, “Carol Syznaka has been a high achiever within the Daniel Gale Sotheby’s organization from the start. She employs all the skills and hard work that made her a success in New York. She’s an excellent listener, problem solver and leader who understands the importance of creative marketing, market knowledge and strong negotiating skills.”

facility can be self-sustaining. Concurrently the board considered the creation of a new planning committee for the airport that will be charged with drafting a plan for noise abatement and capital improvements. Members also voted to hire a consultant to analyze noise data and operations. Community member Bruno Shrek, an airport proponent, questioned the appointment of a member who has cost the town tens of thousands of dollars in airportrelated lawsuits. He wondered if that wasn’t a conflict of interest. Charles Ehrens, who has worked on noise abatement committees for the facility, pointed out the committee includes pro-airport members with business interests at the site. The committee now has representation of both sides of the issue, was the point. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Disposal of Medications Responsible disposal of unwanted, expired and unused medications has been made more convenient in Southampton thanks to the Southampton Business Alliance’s sponsorship of a pharmaceutical collection receptacle at Southrifty Drug on Jagger Lane in Southampton. Water quality is a major concern on the East End, and flushed medications eventually find their way into our drinking water,” stated Business Alliance Legislative Director Skip Heaney. “This problem is the topic of increasing research and alarm on a national level, so we’re pleased to be able to spearhead an innovative private-sector disposal program right here at home.” “This program helps keep old medications out of our drinking water and also out of the hands of children who might seek to divert them for non-medical use,” added Southrifty owner and pharmacist Bob Grisnik. “Our local independent pharmacists’ organization PIPA (Peconic Independent Pharmacy Association) has sponsored medication disposal days twice a year with outstanding results. Now we have a free, convenient and confidential disposal box available every day. Anyone can use the box regardless of where the medication was originally purchased.” Dubbed the “big red box” and manufactured on Long Island, the receptacles meet the specifications proposed by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and could potentially be installed at all retail pharmacies.

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East Hampton’s Emely Rodriguez received an award for her photograph.

East Quogue Elementary Lauren Squires’ second grade class held a Super Bowl Donation Drive to help the homeless pets at the Southampton Animal Shelter. There were donations of blankets, toys, treats and dog and cat food gathered all week leading up to the Super Bowl. The children also made posters of some of the dogs and cats for adoption and hung them along the walls in the school hallways. “We greatly appreciate the students and teachers at East Quogue Elementary School for their generous support and the many creative ways they do it. The Southampton Animal Shelter thinks these kids are SUPER,” said Linda Goldsmith, SASF Public Relations Administrator. East Hampton High School East Hampton High School seniors Jonathan Ryan and Emely Rodriguez received awards for their artwork at the opening of the student exhibit at the Parrish Art Museum on Saturday. Jonathan’s work, “Pavillion Perspective,” was in the medium of collage, while

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heard laughing and encouraging the altercation. Erin McHenry, 28, of Brookhaven, Justin McDonald, 19, of Lindenhurst, and Stephen Komara, 58, and Rosemary Vanni, of Easport, 43, were all charged with two counts Endangering the Welfare of a Disabled Person first degree, a Class E felony and released on $10,000 bail. Police would not reveal the exact location of the facility. It is run under the auspices of the Independent Group Home Living Program and licensed by the state. All four defendants have been fired from their jobs.

A License? What’s That? East Hampton Village Police arrested three more motorists for driving without a license last week. Sergio E. Quilambaqui was charged February 4 at about 10:38 AM after failing to yield to pedestrians. The accused, who is 38 and hails from Ecuador, was also charged with aggravated unlicensed operation 3rd degree. He was arrested and his vehicle impounded.

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On Thursday at 11:38 PM Juan Toabanda Anguisaca of Ecuador, 24, was observed riving over a double yellow line, police said. Police said he did not have a license. On Sunday night Bertha Tenesaca, 35, of East Hampton, was pulled over for allegedly having inadequate headlights. After discovering she did not have a license police said they arrested her and impounded the vehicle. East Hampton Town Police had similar news. On January 30 police arrested Miguel Peralta, of Springs, 35, after they observed him driving in town and remembered his license had been revoked on an alcoholrelated charge. Last Wednesday Maria Quizhpe, 50, of Springs, was similarly charged: police said her license was revoked after racking up three speeding tickets. John Vietch, of Montauk, 35, was spotted driving near his house on February 3. Police said he also was driving without a valid license. Ditto Abraham Lopez, 35, and Dennis Moore, 20, both of Springs.

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Hoop Playoff Picture Crystallizes When the Section 11 powers that be sit down to finalize the upcoming boys basketball playoff seedings they may need to call in a couple of the brainiacs from “The Big Bang Theory.” That’s because the Class D playoff picture is so impossibly close that choosing a Number One seed is as onerous a task as the committee has ever undertaken. Consider: Shelter Island, Smithtown Christian, and Greenport all finished with identical 8-8 records in League VIII. To further confuse matters, the teams each split their two encounters with each other. Shelter Island has a 9-9 overall record, and the others

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finished 8-10. But wait a second – Bridgehampton also finished 8-10, but although the Bees finished 7-9 in League VIII, they won seven of the 10 games they played against Class D opponents. That, the governing body ruled, was good enough to earn the Bees a Number Four seed – they play this evening at Greenport against the top seed. Shelter Island travels to Smithtown Christian for the other semifinal. The Class D final is scheduled for Saturday at Longwood – tip off is at noon. Stony Brook, the League VII champion, will enter the Class C playoffs as the Number One seed,

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After winning on the local and Long Island levels, Jaden Ottati, a sixth grader at Hampton Bays Middle School, hit 27 out of 30 free throws to win the south regional Elk’s Hoop Shoot contest in Poughkeepsie this past Saturday. Jaden will next be competing for the state title in the 10 to 11 year-old division in Syracuse on March 1. He’s pictured here with officials from the Elks Club in Poughkeepsie.

sporting a 16-1 overall record: Pierson, 13-5 overall, is the Number Two. The two will vie for the title Saturday at Longwood High School. Two local teams will compete in the Class B playoffs. Southampton, third in League VII with a 10-4 mark, will likely get the third seed – the Mariners finished up the season on a high note (see accompanying article) and sport a 14-4 record. Center Moriches will be the second seed. The Red Devils, 14-2 in the league, are coached by the former Killer Bees’ great Nick Thomas, who went on to star for NYU and, yes, the Red Devils share the characteristics of Thomas’s championship teams – they run, gun, and play stifling defense. The team to beat, though, is first place Babylon (13-1). Southampton plays at Center Moriches tomorrow at 7:45 PM. Both Westhampton and East Hampton pulled off late season heroics to earn Class A playoff bids. They will be hard pressed to contend with Amityville, though, 12-0 in League VI and 16-2 overall. The Warriors are legitimate state title contenders.

East Hampton plays at Harborfields tomorrow at 6 PM, weather permitting. Westhampton plays at Bayport/Bluepoint tomorrow at 4 PM. The Class AA tournament is chock full of outstanding teams. The contenders include North Babylon, which features the top scorer in the county, Terry Harris. It was an off year for local girls’ hoops teams, but not in Hampton Bays. The Lady Baymen are looking to capture the Class B title and earned the top seed on the basis of a 16-2 overall record and a League VII championship. They play tomorrow at home at 6 PM Mattituck also earned a berth and may capture the third seed. The Lady Tuckers play at Center Moriches tomorrow. Hills East and Brentwood are also in the mix. Pierson once again is a Class C contender, sporting a sterling 9-1 record, good for the League VIII championship. It looks like the Lady Whalers will face Southold/Greenport on the North Fork Tuesday for the title. Visit www.NETPLAY.com for game dates and times.

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in an uncomfortable position. They will be answering just as many questions about Sam’s sexuality as they will about the upcoming season. The NFL is full of distractions, and you can bet most head coaches won’t want to deal with that one; especially with an unproven commodity, not a sure-fire top pick. Is that homophobic of teams and coaches? I don’t believe so. Coaches, NFL organizations, and any major corporations, don’t like distractions that take away from their product or service. The bad teams have enough issues to deal with, and would not want to take on an outside distraction; while the good teams would be hesitant to risk disrupting the dynamic of a successful locker room. If Michael Sam doesn’t want to, he should not have to live his life in secrecy. But, he does need to realize the consequences involved, even in 2014. Does Sam really want to be the top conversation in the sport without having ever played a down in the league? He has set himself up to be the number one story between now and May’s draft. Then once he is drafted, or if he is drafted, he will become the most discussed player in the NFL up until week one kick off. The irony of this story is, if Sam drops in draft, some in the media will blast teams for not selecting him, citing his homosexuality. But part of reason he may drop is because of the potentially obsessive media coverage that will come with his selection. Is America ready for this? More than ready. But that doesn’t mean the NFL is ready for this. Sam reportedly came out to his Missouri teammates prior to last season. They accepted and respected him for it. Granted, he was also a senior, a team leader, and one of their best players. There is no guarantee Sam would be accepted as a rookie, late round pick, in an NFL locker room. I still believe the best way to break this barrier in professional sports, would be through a proven and established super star. We’ve seen NBA center Jason Collins come out at the end of his career. He hasn’t found work since. Now an NFL-hopeful, he may not get drafted. All things considered, I hope Sam gets a chance to play in the NFL because of the football player that he is. If some team sees him as a fit, go for it. If they don’t, move on. But it would be naïve to think that his coming out won’t have an effect on a team’s decision making. It will. And unfortunately, it should. Pete is a lifelong Montauk resident and former sports talk host at 88.7FM WEER. He’s currently a Sports Anchor at WCBS 880 and WFAN radio in NYC. He can be reached via email at peterfmundo@ gmail.com.

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Kids are welcome to a week chock full of art at Guild Hall in East Hampton starting on Monday at 10 AM. The “vacation” art week has something for everyone. Each day will feature a guided tour of the Student Ar t Festival Exhibition and then kids will get to create a piece of artwork centered around a specific theme. Monday’s theme is collage, with 3D art, masks, Andy Warhol and mixed media self portraits being the following respective themes for Tuesday through Friday. $25/$23 for members. For further 411 email info@guildhall.org.

Furry friends fear not! Children four years and older can learn the basics of pet care at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton on Saturday at 10 AM. Join Maria Mora from Southampton Animal Shelter and one of her canine companions for a workshop at CMEE. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The event is free and space is limited, so call Vanessa at 631-537-8250 or email vanessa@cmee.org to reserve your spot. The museum is located at 376 Bridgehampton/ Sag Harbor Turnpike.

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