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Killer Bees Fall In Last Second

By Rick Murphy

The Bridgehampton Killer Bees hardly looked like a playoff team early in the season. The Bees lost three of their first four games and, with a thin lineup including mostly inexperienced players, the future did not look bright.

A forfeit to Shelter Island, like Bridgehampton a Class D team, all but eliminated the Bees from the postseason --- or so it seemed.

Then Coach Carl Johnson’s charges caught fire.

Cut to last Friday. The Bees stormed back from a seven-point deficit and took the lead from Martin Luther King, the Section I champions out of Westchester C o u n t y, w i t h o n l y s e c o n d s remaining in the fray. A win would propel Bridgehampton to the State Final Four tournament for the first time in nearly two decades. And then the unthinkable happened.

Just getting to the Regional Finals was quite an achievement.

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Wednesday, playing against the Section IX champion, Coleman Catholic, in Center Moriches. The Bees drew first blood when Anajae Lamb sliced through the lane for a layup and minutes later Jason Hopson drilled a trey to make it a five point bulge. Hopson, a six-four guard, is not only the Bees’ go-to guy, but also one of the better players in Suffolk County. Coleman found out the hard way.

“It’s very simple,” said assistant coach Joe Zucker before the game.

“If Jason scores 24, we win.” And the senior did just that.

The Bees swarmed on defense, and the locals coasted to a 71-55 victory, running Coleman into submission in the process.

“It was very enjoyable to watch.

It was just like the old days,” said Zucker, who was around as a spectator in the late ‘90s when the Bees won the State Class D title three straight years. Johnson, who coached all three title winners, won

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The Bees only have seven players and the starters usually play the entire game, yet it was the other team that appeared winded as the locals outscored the losers 20-9 in the fourth quarter. Lamb added 16 points and Tyleke Furman poured in 14.

Joshua Lamison scored 26 and more important, grabbed as many rebounds. The youngster, only in the ninth grade, reminds the coaches and the fans of Javon Harding, his uncle, who led the Bees to a title two decades ago.

“He’s uncontrollable on the boards,” Zucker noted. “He can read where the ball is going to go on rebounds.”

On Friday against Martin Luther King Bridgehampton found out the hard way: the going gets tougher as the playoffs progress.

The Bees had the jitters early, and had trouble with the MLK 2-3 zone defense.

Late in the third quarter the locals began to find their groove, and in the final stanza the Bees stormed back from a seven-point deficit. With just under five minutes left Jerome Walker drilled a trey to knot the score at 36. Lamison scored off an offensive rebound at the one-minute mark and The Bees had a one-point lead.

MLK set up for a final shot by its star player, Rajien Griffin, who twisted free at the top of the key for a three-point attempt. The ball bounded off the rim, seemed to ricochet off someone’s leg, and wound up in the hands of Griffin, who fired again from the top of the key. This one fell through the net as if guided by radar with less than a second left on the clock. The final was 44-42, and the Bees’ season, and Hopson’s high school career, were over.

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THE THREE MOST FRIGHTENING WORDS

Are you happy?

Aren’t these the most frightening words a man could hear from his spouse?

Yet there isn’t a man reading this who hasn’t been asked this trap question by his wife or girlfriend.

Note they never add the words “with me” to the question. That would be too direct. It’s a two-part question and if you get the first part wrong you’re dead.

I mean, what do you answer? If you say, “Yes,” you hear, “Are you just saying that?” If you’re quiet, the next sound you hear is the crushingly loud roll of a tear going down a cheek. Let me tell you this: No man in the history of mankind, going back to cave men, has looked at his spouse and uttered the words, “Are you happy?”

Men don’t ask. If the truth were known, men believe every woman

they have ever been involved with has been deliriously happy to be with them. But women ask that question at the end of a first date and keep asking that every day until you draw your last breath.

They’ve learned to ask the question when you least suspect it’s coming. I’ve been asked that question when I was watching television and the show was coming to the most important point and I was leaning forward waiting to learn who the killer was or whether the hero and heroine were going to survive. Strange, I’ve never been asked that question during a commercial break.

I’ve been asked that question when I was concentrating on a book and coming to the best part.

The other morning I was in the shower, door closed, radio blaring, covered with soap and shampoo (on

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“What?” I screamed over the din of the shower. Surely it was some kind of emergency. I climbed out of the shower covered with soap. Took a dry towel and risked electrocution and pulled the radio plug out of the socket. “What’s wrong?” I asked.

“I was just asking you a question.”

“What’s the question?”

“Are you happy?”

“What?” I screamed through the door.

“Don’t scream at me, all I asked you was, are you happy?” I honestly tried to count to 10 before I answered. “Yes,” I said. “I’m happy.”

“What took you so long to answer?” That’s when I found another use for the dry towel: I stuffed it into my mouth to keep from saying another word.

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Even “yes” requires a long explanation centering around the fact that one can be happy without walking around smiling like an idiot all day.

I guess my favorite answer to the “happy” question came many years ago when I traveled back to Brooklyn to tell my parents I was getting divorced.

My parents, who were very close and remained close to my first wife until the day they died, were shocked. “Why are you doing this?” they asked.

I pointed out that although my wife was one of the nicest people in the world, I just wasn’t happy.

That’s when my father exploded.

“Happy? Who’s happy? You think I’m happy with your mother? I’m not happy with her. I’ve never been happy. What’s happy got to do with marriage?”

It was a sad moment but I suddenly wanted to laugh out loud.

I bit my lip. My father was steaming.

“He wants to be happy. Big shot.

He moves to New York and now he can’t be like the rest of us. He has to be happy. Ridiculous.”

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Neighborly Business? Not So Much, Say Neighbors

By Kitty Merrill

“Neighborhood business is a business that’s neighborly.” So declared attorney Dianne Le Verrier in support of a request to downzone property on the Napeague Stretch.

Of two parcels in question, one currently houses Cyril’s Fish House.

And at a hearing last Thursday night, neighbors of the popular watering hole described activities there as anything but neighborly.

The owner of two single and separate parcels on Montauk Highway, Michael Dioguardi, has asked the town board to downzone the land from a residential designation to the Neighborhood Business commercial designation.

One of the pair is vacant and the second houses Cyril’s.

As any motorist who’s ever tried to navigate the section of the highway near Cyril’s during the summer knows, patrons of the wildly popular bar park along the highway and plastic cup holding drinkers can sometimes surge onto the highway itself. In defense of the downzone request, the applicant and his agents claim that the zone change would allow them to upgrade the septic system (which currently includes a bank of port-oIndependentAd_July12_Vert.pdf 1 potties) and provide more parking contained on site, thus keeping

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There are currently 45 code violations lodged against the site, covering such alleged transgressions as building structures without permits.

If the tenant is thumbing his nose at town regulations, what’s to keep him from continuing to do so, and in an expanded fashion, if the downzone is adopted?

Why reward bad behavior? Those questions comprised a large portion of the sentiment expressed by opponents at the hearing. It “seems preposterous to me,” Amagansett resident Sheila Okin said. She reminded that the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee had submitted a letter in opposition to the proposal. The town planning

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department and planning board also weighed in against the idea, as did the Group for the East End and the Concerned Citizens of Montauk.

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Will She Or Won’t She?

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Former Southampton Town Supervisor Linda Kabot recently asked supporters if she should run for her old seat. The answer was a resounding yes, she said this week.

Kabot’s eyebrows raised when a recent report in this newspaper suggested her archrival, current Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, who ran on the Democratic and Independence party lines in 2011, was seeking a cross endorsement from the Republicans.

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system is to provide voters with real choice in vision and direction.

It’s not an election without a challenger who is willing and able to tackle the tough issues facing our community,” Kabot said.

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The supervisor had broached the subject of a cross-endorsement in an exclusive interview with The Independent.

That scenario clearly rankles Kabot, who ran as a write-in candidate two years earlier after the GOP failed to nominate a candidate for the supervisor’s seat. Kabot lost but received over 3900 votes, an astounding amount of write-ins.

Kabot has requested a meeting with the town’s GOP leadership to discuss her interest in the coming elections.

“It’s an open field,” Throne-Holst said this week. “Choice is always good for voters. She has to make a decision.”

Throne-Holst beat Kabot in 2009, but that race was marred by an unfortunate incident -Westhampton Beach Village Police arrested Kabot on a bogus driving while intoxicated charge just a month before the election. She was acquitted of the charge after the election.

Before that Kabot was a major vote getter and consistent winner, unseating popular four-time supervisor Skip Heaney in a primary

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Local Talks About Sag Police Contracts

By Emily Toy

Former Sag Harbor Village Trustee and Suffolk County Legislator Bill Jones hosted a forum on Saturday morning about salary negotiations for public employees.

His talk predominately covered current contract negotiations between the Sag Harbor Village Police union and village officials.

About 20 people, including Sag Harbor Police Chief Tom Fabiano and Mayor Brian Gilbride, gathered in Pierson High School’s auditorium to hear Jones’ opinion of the unfairness of the current arbitration process.

“I am not fighting the individual officer, but rather the arbitration process that is severely flawed as well as the PBA unions that have grown arrogant because of that flawed process,” he said.

The Police Benevolent Association has been negotiating with village officials for over a year. The request of the PBA (of behalf of the village police) is a more than four percent increase in annual wages. This doesn’t include benefit packages, which according to Gilbride, have increased about 21 percent in two years.

“The PBA union submits to the municipality, in this case, Sag Harbor, a list of demands for the new contract period,” Jones said during his presentation. “Raises are always a part of that request and Sag Harbor’s PBA union’s first request was for a four and a half percent increase for each year of the contract. As I have stated in my letters to the editor, that is unfair.

And only union arrogance would seek such a raise in these times when so many are struggling to make ends meet.”

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SHVPD Chief Tom Fabiano.

of having services provided by another entity at a lower cost to the village.

“It’s not the service, it’s the cost,” Gilbride said during the public comment portion after Jones’ presentation. “Forty percent of the budget goes to police protection.

That’s something that affects all of us.”

Currently, according to Gilbride, the village has a $2 million reserve.

“That’s generally good,” Gilbride said, “except when the village is in arbitration.”

Jones opined the union will use the reserve against the village, as it justifies the village’s “ability to pay.”

Ability to pay is one of four specific criteria outlined in the Taylor law.

Enacted in 1967 after several devastating strikes by public employee unions, the law set out to prohibit strikes by such unions while establishing the workers’ right to organize and setting up mechanisms to resolve disputes as well as employment negotiations that are at impasse.

Fabiano said during the public commentary, “We have no idea what the arbitrators will do. We’ve lost a second officer over the last six months. Let’s get creative on what we can do.”

Jones agreed that something has to give.

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By Kitty Merrill

Over 50 years ago, the Friends of Erin first conceived the idea of celebrating Irish tradition with a parade in Montauk. Over the ensuing decades the annual procession has grown to attain bragging rights as one of the biggest parades in New York State.

This week, the Independent

spoke with members of some of the hamlet’s “first families” about their memories of parades gone by.

Interviewed by Indy when he was first named, this year’s Grand Marshal Jack Perna remembered marching in the very first parade with kids from the Catholic School.

The students were joined by Friends of Erin that included what’s known as “the first four.”

Members of the Ecker, Pugh, and Keller families, descendants of the first four weighed in with their recollections during the Friends of Erin annual corned beef and cabbage dinner last weekend.

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costumes. My dad (Ed Ecker, Senior) was always the emcee.”

His wife, Frances Ecker, was on hand Saturday, enjoying the repast.

A one time Grand Marshal herself, she said, “I enjoyed them all.” Her husband was Grand Marshal in 1984 and she led the parade in 2009.

Bloecker said for years the parade served as a kickoff to the coming summer season. “It’s a preview of coming attractions, and it’s tradition.”

Maureen and Kathy Keller greeted guests on Saturday night, as they manned the ticket table.

Their grandfather, Joe Pugh, was a member of the original four.

Their father, Gil Keller and brother Patrick Keller, both served as Grand Marshal over the years. Maureen said she was in the parade “ever since I was born. I was a Colleen on every float till I could ride a bicycle.”

Both Keller girls rode their bikes with the Girl Scouts once they were old enough. “We put playing cards in the spokes of the wheels,” Kathy recounted. “One year we used crepe paper and it rained and it was a mess,” the girls said.

Maureen also recalled a year when Deryn Trott, who was also serving at the ticket table last Saturday night, was costumed as the Statue of Liberty. Joe Bloecker, a Friends of Erin parade organizer, said one of his favorite parade moments was “about 18 or 19 years ago, marching with Dr. (Gavino) Mapula, our first Grand Marshal from the Philippines.”

Now president of the chamber of commerce, Paul Monte is from one of Montauk’s other first families.

“Almost all my favorite memories from childhood have to do with marching in the parade,” he said.

Monte marched with the Boy Scouts, sometimes getting to carry the flag.

He also rode his horse as a member of a Deep Hollow Ranch-based horse club.

Monte’s driven the Gurney’s float in the parade and his uncle, Nick, was the Grand Marshal in 1983.

Gurney’s is the traditional site for the Grand Marshal luncheon and Gala Cocktail party. Monte said of past events, “the roasts and jokes and horseplay, it’s really precious stuff.”

This Sunday participants and spectators have the chance to make more memories. The parade steps off at 11:30 AM.

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Irish Eyes: Ready To Smile

By Kitty Merrill

Bagpipers in kilts and Colleens all in green. The Montauk Friends of Erin 51st annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off this Sunday at 11:30 AM, with all the Friends’ festivities, plus some new fun, on the agenda for the weekend.

New this year is a Pot O’ Gold Treasure Hunt for kids aged six to 11 on Saturday at 11 PM. Captain Kid’s Toy Shop is providing prizes for little treasure hunters. There will be additional prizes for the team that finishes first. Register in advance by stopping in to the chamber office on Main Street, call 631-668-2429, or email mcoc@montaukchamber.com.

According to the folks at the chamber, “This year the parade continues to focus on family friendly floats and fun - children of all ages are encouraged to come out, get their green face-paint on, grab those foam shamrocks and shillelaghs and wave them in the air, while reaching for those lucky beads and candy tossed from the creative and colorful floats.”

Bands expected to march include the Amityville Pipers, the Thomas

O’Shaughnessy Memorial Piper Band, the Celtic Piper Band and the East Hampton Jazz Band. Fire Departments from all over Long Island will also make an appearance, along with Muscle Cars and antique Model A cars.

And watching the spectacle is hungry work. On Sunday morning, starting at 10, grab an anniversary mug that can be filled with hot so u p . M o n tauk ea ter ies like Duryea’s Lobster Deck, Montauk Yacht Club, Gurney’s Sea Grille, Inlet Seafood, and Shagwong Restaurant all donated soup to the sale last year and organizers expect no less this year.

Last Saturday night the Friends of Erin hosted their ninth annual corned beef and cabbage dinner at The Point Bar & Grill on Main Street.

(See elsewhere in this special section for photos.)

On Friday, the good food and festive times continue with the annual Grand Marshal’s Luncheon.

Montauk School Superintendent Jack Perna has been selected to lead the procession this year. He’ll be roasted and toasted and presented

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with his official top hat, sash, and shillelagh. The luncheon runs from noon to 3 PM at Gurney’s. Tickets are $50, call 631-668-2257 to get yours.

Saturday will see the treasure hunt for kids in the morning, and the annual gala Montauk Friends of Erin cocktail party at 4 PM. Gurney’s Inn will be the place for green-garbed revelers enjoying

a buffet, open bar and music by Billy & The Barfights. Pot of Gold raffle winners will also be drawn.

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Ah, Irish eyes shine on St. Paddy, ‘tis true, but St. Patrick was . . . well . . . a bloody Englishman.

As a young aristocrat Patrick lived a life of wealth, only to be kidnapped. He landed in a foggy, hilly god-forsaken place, working as a slave. Over time he learned to appreciate the place and though he eventually escaped and made his

way home, he went back to Ireland to live.

Patrick became interested in religion, and eventually he was ordained.

He said later that he heard voices directing him to convert naysayers to Christianity and he spent the rest of his life doing so.

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Well, Paddy would often prepare a salad with the tasty leaves, pine nuts, and raspberry vinaigrette . . . okay, we made that up. He used the shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity to the great unwashed – one leaf, but three distinct parts, representing the Father, the Son (aka Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

We’ve all heard the tale of how St. Patrick rid Ireland of snakes by leading them into the sea. There are famous murals depicting the event and the fact is, there are no snakes in Ireland today. Then again, there were never snakes in Ireland. The bit

about St. Patrick is a wee bit of malarkey, lads and lassies.

St. Patrick’s Day was a minor event in Ireland until the early 1970s, when the country started taking its cue from America, where the celebrations had taken a life of their own.

It seems Irish immigrants in the United States wanted to mark the event with a nice pint of their favorite ale – Guinness. At least that’s the way the folks at the brewing

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company tell the story. On a typical March 17 over 13-million pints are poured, a spokeswoman for the brewing company said.

But before imbibing the immigrants would attend church. According to legend, there was a shortage of yeast in one Irish stronghold and the priest, unable to make communion wafers, pressed pieces of picked beef flat and cut out bite size pieces – and thus the tradition of having corned beef on . . . okay, we was tellin’ a bit of a fib, may the Mother Mary forgive us.

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Industrial Revolution. Ireland produced a significant amount that was shipped over to the new country for consumption.

It is a tradition to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day, and that’s because the day was associated with the color . . . blue. But nobody got excited about the phrase, “the wearing of the blue” so Irish soldiers decided since shamrocks were green might as well find a really ugly hat the same color and . . . you know the rest.

Today some of the biggest celebrations are staged in Irish hotbeds like Argentina, Japan, Canada, and, of course, the tiny island of Montserrat. It is the only place in the world apart from Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador where St. Patrick’s Day is a public holiday.

No one knows why, because no one actually speaks the Montserra-serra, the official language of the island.

One thing makes perfect sense: St. Patrick’s birthday. It is, of course, December 16, AD 385.

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RICK’S SPACE Vegans, Vegetarians, And Speed Freaks When I was growing up we didn’t have any vegetarians in New York.

There were a few, I imagine, in California, but to me it was probably just an excuse to keep from getting drafted into the army.

During the late sixties, of course, when freakazoids abounded, there were plenty of vegetarians. The weird thing is most of the guys I knew who were vegetarians were like, six-foot, four-inches tall. There is nothing sadder than seeing an emaciated lanky guy with a pony tail and size 16 sandals walking around hunched over, looking like he weighs 85 pounds. In fact, I could never tell the difference between the vegetarians and the speed freaks, except the speed freaks talked a lot more.

“Vegans” didn’t exist back then.

In fact, I never heard the term until I started teaching at Friends

World College in the late nineties.

Everyone, it seems, was a vegan. I thought it was a religion – a student would say, “Oh I’m a vegan” and I’d reply, “I’m a Buddhist.” When that didn’t work I thought maybe it was a new astrological sign: “I’m a vegan,” a kid would say. “”I’m an Aquarian,” I would answer.

It may have been at that moment the students realized I probably wasn’t equipped to teach English but by then it was too late.

I never thought I would stop eating meat. Growing up, our family was squarely in the “meat, potatoes, vegetable” camp. Sundays we’d have a roast, be it beef or pork or lamb. I remember my mom would cut the meat into little bite size pieces for me to make it easier to chew. That was a long time ago – I was only 28 or so.

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pasta two or three times a week, with meatballs, sausage, braciole, etc. Then there would be burgers, meatloaf, roast chicken, etc.

We’d have fish on Friday, because as Catholics we would be doomed to hell if we didn’t. We used to have fish sticks or something like that which was weird, since we lived in Sag Harbor and could have easily walked down the block and caught real fish.

We had salad with every meal, which made sense, since my grandfather had a yard full of lettuce in his garden. Back then the lettuces didn’t have special names.

We had assorted “greens” – mesclun was something you took before a Moody Blues concert.

So it was when I grew up I served meals the same way my family did.

Steak, chicken the next day, then fish, then some pasta, then burgers, and so on. Karen and I call it “the rotation.”

“Whose turn is it?” She’ll ask.

Lately, though, we’ve noticed, we’ve pretty much cut meat out of the rotation. It happened slowly, imperceptibly. I never really considered “beef” an animal – as Dennis Leary says, it’s not a cow, it’s a baseball glove.

We stopped eating steaks, and roasts. Sometimes I’d make pasta with a little ground veal in the sauce, but Karen refuses to eat veal

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because she says it’s inhumane – they keep them in boxes (it really comes in packages but I don’t want to argue with her).

The rotation is difficult to fill without meat. We have fish two or three times a week, and we have sliced chicken over salad, and turkey chili, and pasta.

One of my former students – yes, a vegan – told me that I shouldn’t be eating any chicken or fish, or any of god’s creatures. To me that’s a little extreme – I’ve never heard a hamburger complain when you put it on the grill but listen carefully and you can hear the anguished cry of the tomato as you rip it off the vine and slice it into oblivion.

I eat only local fish and produce, except for the stuff from Mexico.

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EDITORIAL The Former Police Chief Who Won’t Go Away Bill Wilson, who served as Southampton Village Police Chief before taking the same position for Southampton Town, might want to reconsider making public comments about his brief stint in the office.

After Southampton Town broke away from tradition to hire Wilson rather than promote from within its own department, things went quickly downhill. Wilson clashed with town board members, spent too much money on overtime, and allegedly tried to get the town to buy him out before abruptly resigning.

All of this dirty laundry was hung out to dry in the midst of an investigation by the Suffolk County District Attorney. The DA is looking into allegations that the disgraced and now disbanded Street Crimes Unit of the police force was a renegade bunch, allegedly setting up suspects, wheeling and dealing, and at least in one case, using drugs regularly.

Two convicted drug dealers have already been set free by the DA because their convictions were tainted by the actions of the Street Crimes Unit.

Wilson was supposed to clean up the department and start rebuilding the public trust – tough to do from his living room chair. To be fair, he was stymied at every turn by the old guard and by some town board members who did not support his appointment. Wilson was all about moving forward, but he met resistance at every turn when he tried to initiate changes.

Wilson’s very public claim last week that the department’s evidence room had money and drugs strewn about was an ill-advised revelation, if indeed it is accurate.

First of all, as a law enforcement officer Wilson should know not to fuel the flames

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Dear Editor, In your March 6 issue there are comments by Jerry Della Femina (page 6) and in the editorial (page 15) regarding the recently enacted sequestration.

Please go back to the creation of the socalled Super Committee in early 2011. It was composed of 12 members, six senators and six house members, six Democrats and six Republicans. The committee was assigned the single task of finding $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. Then, and only then would sequestration kick in. The committee, in fact, failed.

S o w h e re d i d t h e co n ce p t of sequestration originate? Sequestration, the automatic and equal spending cuts to defense and to discretionary social program spending, originated in the Obama White House, apparently the brainchild of Jack Lew, then Budget Director, and now Secretary of the Treasury.

On Tuesday February 19, 2013 Jay Carney, Obama’s Press Secretary, admitted that sequester, “was an idea that the White House put forward.”

Obama signed the deal into law on August 2, 2011.

Neither the Super Committee nor sequestration was tasked with finding new ways to tax Americans or corporations. But new taxes were part of the deal that avoided the so-called fiscal cliff.

Moreover, claims of economic

during a DA’s investigation. More important, to his critics it sounds like a cheap shot.

And it gives those who undermined his tenure another reason to justify their opposition to his appointment.

Wilson’s first target, Lieutenant James Kiernan from the Street Crimes Unit, was suspended at Wilson’s insistence.

Whispers that Kiernan was a candidate to take Wilson’s job may be irrelevant, but the bottom line is Kiernan is back on the job, was not charged with any criminal wrongdoing, and his accuser is now out of a job.

Then there was the matter of Wilson being present when a retired Southampton Village cop allegedly cold-cocked a civilian in a Bridgehampton bar. Wilson, who was there to celebrate his retirement, said he didn’t know anything about it – at least one eyewitness claimed otherwise. The cop in question, after all, was there to attend Wilson’s party. By the way, there seems to be a determined effort underway to keep eyewitnesses to that event under wraps.

We cast no aspersions – but the probability that Wilson will be called to testify before a Grand Jury in the matter of the Street Crimes Unit looms. He will also doubtless be questioned in the criminal trials of any officers charged with crimes, especially the Southampton Village cop. And he might well find himself testifying at a civil suit or two as well.

Wilson may well have been an agent of change, and the old guard within the department may have set him up for the fall. The point is, he’ll have ample time to speak his piece. Taking pot shots from behind the veil of retirement, in our opinion, is an ill-advised tactic.

Armageddon and unfettered joblessness by the mainstream media and certain politicians are either pure fabrications or gross exaggerations.

On February 20 Carney admitted such claims were overblown and admitted that sequester would not destroy “hundreds of thousands of jobs” but instead said, “There will be job losses.”

Clearly, our federal government has lost all sense of fiscal sanity. Both sides share the blame for fiscal insanity, but the time has come to put our fiscal house in order and to stop the finger pointing and fear mongering. Now is the time to pull together and dig out of the deficit ditch before it becomes a sinkhole.

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Dear Editor, I know it’s the “off” season, but how many of you have made a visit to the Flying Point area in Water Mill lately? Possibly some of you even live there, as do I. Have you noticed anything drastically different besides all of the housing development?

Did you see the lack of shoreline? Or maybe you even got run off the road by the speeding dump trucks and wondered what was going on?

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been pretty quiet about what happens at the beach, trusting that our town government will take the best care of the beach. But at the beginning of November, I took my dog for a walk to the beach as part of our daily routine, and I was stopped at the ramp by a man in a pick-up truck warning me to “yield to the dump trucks.” What could this mean?

I soon found out. As we stepped down into the sand enormous dump trucks were cruising down the beach with truckloads of sand, leaving colossal ruts in the shoreline.

The beach looked like a torn-up construction site. My heart sank. Where were they taking this sand? Why were they taking it from my home? And what impact was this having on the coastal environment? This certainly didn’t seem like something that could be in harmony with Mother Nature.

After some very basic investigation, I learned this sand was being taken from Flying Point, and transported to other beach areas in “need” after Hurricane Sandy.

The immediate community was never made aware of what was happening to their environment. Were the Trustees trying to hide this operation or were the decisions to execute this plan made hastily by those we trust the most to take care of our environment? Because the immediate community is largely compromised of residents that only are physically present during the summer months, did the Trustees think the community wouldn’t notice this huge off-season disaster? Unfortunately, these are the very people most impacted by such a project. Most are unaware of what is still continuing to happen on a daily basis at the time of writing this article.

I don’t have answers to these questions.

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Have you noticed that the daylight hours are getting longer?

Alice Recktenwald I’ve definitely noticed it’s started to stay light for a bit longer. About two weeks ago I mentioned it to my husband. It definitely makes me feel a bit happier. You can finally believe that spring will really come and that winter will finally be over.

Mark Matthews It’s remarkable how quickly the days begin to grow longer. That feeling that the seasons are rolling on is just wonderful. I noticed it about a month ago. It will be spring soon and the days and the nights will be equal in length. It’s a delightful thought.

Mary Karpinski The first day of daylight savings time is here although I’ve been noticing the days getting longer for a few weeks now. It makes me think about spring coming! Happy, warm weather. No more snow! It’s been such a long winter. I thought it would never end!

Cathy Fromm I’ve been noticing it for a few weeks. You notice it right away. The winter can really drag on you. And it can be depressing. The weather is damp and it’s dark. You stay inside more.

But with spring you get to see flowers. You want to get out and walk with your dogs.

looks but a few facts are glaringly obvious: the public was inadequately informed, the sand should have been used to save Flying Point’s own shoreline, the Trustees should have consulted an environmental planning agency to make a more environmentallyconscious decision regarding the sand, and the Trustees must put the town’s environmental needs ahead of insignificant financial concerns. If such carelessness continues, I’m certain that Flying Point Beach will not exist for future generations.

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will I have satisfying answers when they wonder why they can’t play on the beach their family used the past 14 generations for their livelihood and enjoyment?

While it may not have seemed like a “high needs” area days after Hurricane Sandy, anyone who’s visited Flying Point lately, especially if there’s a slight wind blowing, will notice the shoreline is gone.

The surf is pounding at the steel bulkhead and is tearing away the dunes in unprotected areas. Yes, some of this is due to naturally occurring erosion, but if we’re going to try and play Mother Nature by transporting sand to remote locations with environmentally destructive vehicles, shouldn’t we first move it around the area we’re taking it from? That only seems fair.

We need to fix Mecox Bay’s barrier beaches of Flying Point and Scott Cameron before using Mecox Bay’s sand to fix remote locations.

By law, the Trustees control the bay bottom where the sand is being excavated.

So, yes, this sand removal project is the decision of Southampton Town Trustees, which is astonishing. As a community, we vote for those individuals that we believe will make the best decisions regarding our community. These are the people we trust to use their best judgment. While they might not always make perfect decisions, we trust they will go through just practices Continued on page 19.

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to determine what’s best for the community as a whole.

I can’t imagine that any of our trustees have enough experience in coastal management to make such a significant decision to rob thousands of truckloads of sand from the Mecox Bay area to repair another beach front area countless miles away. It’s impossible to believe that privately owned, commercial dump trucks were the most beach-friendly mode of transportation.

At a town meeting in early February, I came to understand that the Trustees control the bay bottom. Therefore they say they have “rights” to the sand and want to sell it to make money - for what exactly remains unclear. Apparently it’s Southampton Town’s responsibility to rebuild town beaches.

The Trustees, therefore, want to charge Southampton Town for any sand they would use to rebuild shorelines (yes, the shoreline that contributes to the ecosystem of “their” bay bottom). But because private homeowners countless miles away from Mecox Bay are willing to pay top dollar for the sand, the Trustees would rather sell the sand to those private homeowners willing to pay.

But considering both Flying Point Beach as well as Scott Cameron Beach in Bridgehampton are barrier beaches for the bay, and in essence help sustain the bay, why wouldn’t the Trustees be willing to help protect these beaches if they have the resources (the sand) necessary to do so?

Trustee Fred Havemeyer said, “The last thing the Trustees want to do is withhold sand from the people,” but isn’t that precisely what they are doing by not allowing the sand to be used to rebuild Mecox’s own barrier beaches, a valuable part of the community?

Are we really willing to put a price on the beautiful gift Mother Nature has given to us? Do only those citizens with enough money to “buy sand” deserve to enjoy Southampton beaches? It seems as though that’s what the Trustees have decided by putting a cost on saving the town’s environment. I understand the Trustee President Eric Shultz wants to do “everything by the book” but when does the environment become more important than this financial power struggle between the Town Trustees and the town itself?

I’m left wondering if I’m the only one who notices these things, and cares enough to give a voice to the beautiful environment that can’t speak for itself?

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Above The Constitution To the Editor, When the DOJ states, as it did this week, that the president can use drone strikes against American citizens in our country, without warrants, Miranda rights or trial by jury, orders 1.3 BILLION rounds of ammo -enough for 23 years of Iraqi war -- and over a thousand armored tanks for use in the US, we have a real issue that needs addressing.

Is the president above the Constitution?

Is he above the courts or Congress?

Above the citizens who have to pay the price?

Historically, the stock market spikes just before crashing (did you notice billionaires cashing out this week?), with national debt almost $17 TRILLION, and our government is printing and borrowing money that leads us further into debt to countries that are not our allies.

The administration has ordered five nuclear aircraft carriers to line up like sitting ducks (remember Pearl Harbor?) in Virginia, is working toward taking over our 401K’s, obviously addicted to spending, unemployment is staggeringly high (not just the weekly unemployment figures, they’re a lot of people who are working part time or stopped looking), runs guns to drug gangs in Mexico and Muslim Brotherhood in Syria, and many county sheriffs are being eliminated.

It kind of appears they’re setting Americans up for a fall. Now our government moves forward with harsh gun laws which, historically, across all countries, leads to gun confiscation (remember what happened after Katrina).

Be aware, stay informed, be active in contacting our legislators and governor.

This is not the time to sleep.

LYNDA A. W. EDWARDS

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In other words, most Long Islanders respectively want no change in New York’s gun laws. I speak of Son of Mario’s insanity that was passed after coercive arm twisting in the middle of the night behind closed doors without public, police and mental health professional input; and with the approval of Long Island’s eight irresponsible and weak-kneed Republican senators - in our case, Senator Ken LaValle.

This law is so far out of the mainstream of Long Islander’s thinking - and the norms of this nation - that its suspension is not just common sense, it is mandatory.

That our own Senator LaValle has so miserably misread the sentiments of his constituents is telling about his own belief in the State’s and Nation’s constitution he has violated and failed to uphold after swearing to do so. Seven rounds are certainly not enough for self defense.

Ten rounds are not enough. What Son of Mario and others brainwashed by the media call an assault rifle happens to be a conventional defense rifle when used in defense.

In other words, the most harmed citizens with this draconian law are women and girls whom, home alone, cannot defend

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themselves after some miscreant is bailed or paroled out and is now circling their homes. Meanwhile, former veep-turnedfirearms instructor Joe Biden recently agreed with the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, whom New York’s media portrayed as nuts, that an armed guard in a school is a better change than hope.

Lastly, this may come as a surprise to New York’s governor and the legislature, that no child has been killed by a defense rifle in New York State in decades.

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. . . accent on high. A 14-yearold student at Hampton Bays High School was charged with felony level criminal sale of marijuana last Friday morning, after cops found him in possession of pot. Further investigation revealed he’d sold the boo to another student on school grounds.

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Police say he bought the bammy for the kid and smoked it with him earlier in the week.

I n o th e r po lic e news this week, on March 2 at about 7:51 PM, Southampton Town officers responded to a robbery that had supposedly just occurred. The victim, “Jose G. Lerma,” reported

that he was robbed at knifepoint by a white female who stole $350 in cash from him, smashed his cell phone to prevent him from calling the police, and then fled the area.

Several hours of searching the area by police and a Sheriff K-9 Unit for the alleged perpetrator proved fruitless.

A lengthy investigation by police, with the assistance of a police interpreter, revealed that “Lerma” fabricated the entire story, used a false name, and provided a forged Texas drivers license, according to a release from STPD. He also allegedly falsely identified himself as a member of the United States

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Fund Balance Policy Slated For Revision

By Emily Toy

Southampton Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, along with the Southampton Town Board, met with Comptroller Len Marchese last week to discuss possible improvements to the town’s current financial policies.

“We have a messy history with how the town handles its fund balance policy,” Throne-Holst said last Thursday morning.

In an effort to remedy the problem, Throne-Holst sponsored a resolution outlining amendments to the current fund balance policies.

The issue has been tabled several times since last September.

One of the clauses of the proposed resolution reads, “In order to stabilize and preserve the current credit rating to the Town, the Town Board affirms its commitment to make all reasonable efforts to maintain a fund balance in its General Fund and all Enterprise Funds at the end of each fiscal year equal to no less than 20 percent of the total respective ensuing year’s operating budgets.”

The town board has opted to exclude revising special district funds (keeping them at seven percent), with the exception of the coastal erosion districts.

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Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein, you are my mother. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee(3x). Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands (3x). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goals. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances in my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank you for your mercy toward me and

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Marchese reminded the town board that the town’s finances are in much better shape than in previous years. In congratulating the board for adopting policies to improve the town’s financial standing, the comptroller said, “We’ve seen generally good results and you should be proud of yourselves.”

Marchese expanded on increasing the general fund reserve from 15 percent to about 20 percent. This in turn would most likely bring Southampton Town an even better rating when the town goes before credit rating companies at the end of this month.

“They like to see a fund balance policy that restricts the ease of tapping into it,” Marchese said.

“They want to make sure you’re generating enough revenue to pay your bills.”

Councilman Jim Malone applauded the efforts of the current town board in making the town’s finances healthier.

“It’s amazing that Southampton Town has a surplus of money,” he said. “We’re having a conversation about what projects we can do, about what to do with the extra money. That’s because of this

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LWV Schools Forum T h e L e a g u e o f Wo m e n Voters of the Hamptons invites parents and residents to “A School Superintendents Forum: Questions and Answers” on Monday at 7 PM at Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road in Southampton Village.

Participating on the panel will be the Superintendents Dr. Richard Boyes, Southampton; Dominic Mucci, Springs; Dr. Stuart Rachlin, Wainscott; and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Robert Tymann, East Hampton.

The program will be taped and aired by Southampton Town’s SEA-TV, Channel 22.

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The proposal on the amended fund balance policy was scheduled to be resolved at yesterday’s town board meeting, as The Independent went to press.

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Am O’ WOW! The fifth annual Am O’Gansett Parade was the most well attended yet. Marchers made the trek an entire block, while spectators caught beads and dodged kibble tossed from pick up trucks. Town board members Peter Van Scoyoc, Dominic Stanzione and Sylvia Overby (top, center) showed their silly sides donning goofy gear, topped only by shirtless Mr, Amagansett 2013 Matt Schmidt in his (bath)robe(second row, right), as parade and chamber of commerce founders Patty Collins Sales(top, right), Lee Satinsky (left, center) and Michael Clark(second row, left), plus Grand Marshal Htun Han(top, right), schmoozed spectators. It was, last Saturday, a fun-packed thirty minutes filled with fez-tivities and shenanigansetts.

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New Member of Housing Authority The Town of Southampton Housing Authority Board of Directors announced Curtis Highsmith, Jr. has joined the board.

Highsmith is the Chairman of the Southampton Village Board of Historic Preservation & Architectural Review. He was recently appointed Vice-Chair of the Southampton Community Housing and Development Corp, the not-for-profit arm of the TSHA. Curtis is involved in the Rotary International and is also a member of the Southampton Chamber of Commerce and the Long Island Builders Association.

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He is a graduate of Riverhead High School and holds a degree in Business from Bryant University.

Curtis lives in Southampton Village with his wife and 2 teenage children.

“We are happy that Curtis has joined our team. We look forward to tapping into his years of real estate and finance experience as we work to provide safe and affordable housing for the residents of the Town of Southampton,” said Richard Blowes, Executive Director of the Housing Authority.

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Water, Water Everywhere Hamptons Water Company has inked a deal with Eastern Distributors that means thirsty shoppers will be able to find the electrolyte infused vapor distilled spring water in over 100 locations from Montauk to Manhattan.

The official water sponsor of Montauk Rugby Club, Hamptons Water Company is getting ready to celebrate its one-year anniversary this month. It’s been a busy year for founder and CEO Romaine Gordon.

“In the last year, we sponsored over 28 foundations and events,” she reported. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds of every bottle is donated to the Max Cure Foundation to help fight pediatric cancer.

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March 1 was a great day for the Riverhead Animal Shelter and for Chester, too. The town contracted the services of the NFAWL (North Fork Animal Welfare League) a local non-profit humane organization to manage the facility and other animal control functions.

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Miller Lane Change: Not Enough

By Kitty Merrill

Maybe it was the three-hour wait before she could speak that threw gasoline on Julia C. Mead’s fire. Last Thursday night the East Hampton Town Board held a lengthy hearing before she got her chance to testify on a separate matter. (See coverage of the hearing elsewhere in this edition of The Independent.)

When she finally got her time at the podium, Mead, who’s been at the forefront of the push to address traffic on the Miller Lanes, unleashed a torrent of ire at the lawmakers.

For years residents of the area have complained about being beset by motorists using their neighborhood as a shortcut to avoid summer gridlock on North Main Street.

With Mead the most persistent complainant, homeowners urged town officials to mitigate what’s become a neighborhood nightmare of speeding cars and congestion.

Last summer the town board held a hearing on a proposal that, if adopted, would have transformed the roadways, bordered by Oakview Highway, Cedar Street and North Main Street, into a de facto private subdivision, with thru traffic

prohibited. The proposal caused a stir, with both the town’s current and former highway superintendents expressing opposition.

Officials went back to the drawing board and planned last Thursday night to adopt two measures. One would prohibit left turns from Indian Hill Road onto North Main Street and the other would disallow heavy trucks from using the shortcut.

Mead was decidedly not pleased.

Making sure to disavow the de facto private road plan, claiming it was neither the idea nor desire of area residents, Mead rebuked the two proposals as failing to address the problem of speeding in the neighborhood. Additionally she looked askance at the revisions being made without including input from affected residents.

Two additional speakers, area homeowners George Cafiso and Bobbie Saylor, took exception to the proposal for Indian Hill Road. Saylor said that traffic backs up on the small lane already. Prohibiting the turn could result in an even greater traffic jam, with homeowners unable to exit their own driveways.

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“disillusioned” that the board failed to deliver a comprehensive solution to the neighborhood’s problems.

Supervisor Bill Wilkinson offered that the notion of prohibiting left turns onto North Main Street was part of the original plan, prompting a high volume disagreement with Mead, along the lines of ‘no, it wasn’t / yes, it was.’

He allowed that the proposed solution was less than optimal, but added, “this is what we can do.”

Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc seemed nonplussed by the intensity of Mead’s anger. He noted that to compile a comprehensive approach would require undertaking a study of the area in cooperation with Suffolk County -- North Main Street is a county road. Wilkinson eventually cut the discussion off, warning Mead that the town could enact the proposed solutions or choose to do nothing at all.

Board members agreed to table the measure for further discussion.

Also last Thursday night, a resolution appointing David Lys to the town zoning board of appeals

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sponsored by Van Scoyoc passed by a vote of three to two. Wilkinson voted against the measure and Councilwoman Theresa Quigley abstained. She had proposed appointing realtor and developer Karen Benvenuto to fill the slot and withdrew her resolution after Lys’s appointment was approved. Quigley complained that with the vote, the town board convened an all-male zoning board instead of opting for a more gender–diverse body.

Quigley recently opposed the re-appointment of Sharon McCobb, who is a woman, to the ZBA. For much of the rest of the evening, Quigley voted in opposition to resolutions presented by board members -- Van Scoyoc, Sylvia Overby, and Dominick Stanzione -- who approved Lys. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Town of East Hampton Bock, J Rosenberg, N & M Sacco,R&Dutcher,S Kenner, N

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Bergeson, K Benzer, B & S DeMarco,R & Butler,C Marine BoulevardRlty

635,000* 1,680,000 2,450,000 1,300,000 3,631,500

p/o 114 Fresh Pond Rd 10 Gilbert’s Path 168 Bluff Rd 11 Beach Ave 57 Marine Blvd

Ratinetz&Mills-Ratin Seiden, S & D Hulse, J Similon,P&von Muecke Reznik, A & Y Whitney, F Ferraro, C & I Gribetz, A Greenberg, F Narvesen,J & Wolk, M

Witty, H & A & G Zecca, A & C Clarke III, A Finger, W & C Goldberg, R & A Magrath, M NewSunshineCstmBldrs Whitmore,C&J&Jackson BAZ Partners LP Malcolm & Schleuning

460,000 470,000 455,000 1,100,000* 600,000 550,000 675,000 3,700,000 2,648,000 2,950,000

57 Lion Head Rock Rd 167 Waterhole Rd 4 Waterhole Rd 4 St Regis Ct 1 Spy Glass Ln 43 Winding Way 119 Middle Highway 467 Further Ln 38 Dayton Ln 30 Darby Ln

Town of East Hampton 193 East Lake Drive Merseburg, L & A

Foti, F & C Densen, M Pirrone, T

225,000* 1,550,000* 599,000

117 N. Greenwich St 193 East Lake Dr 10 Duval Pl

Urban Books Realty Leupold, S

Rainford,A&Holt,C Kimper, R by Exrs

375,000 622,000

66 Meredith Ave 45 Lincoln St

Town of East Hampton Mnuchin, V

Beebe,Pratt, etal Peissis, E & M

600,000* 6,850,000

Town Line Rd 45 Town Line Rd

Cook, R & J

Ruggiero, T & M

220,000

104 Longview Rd

Thomson, J & C Repnitsyna, S

Stoneleigh Woods RH Dieterich, D

414,854 225,000

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Berger, J

Callaway, A

340,000

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Clements, S & R

Batyr, A & L

625,000

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Seahorse 2012 Trust Fischer,D&Bareikis,A

Kahn, F Trepeta Living Trust

3,190,000 1,350,000

81 Ram Island Dr 13 Wheeler Rd

375 Brick Kiln LLC Fleming, M & A Binghampton Highland Meadowlark Highland

Bjornen,J&Cornetta,J Haigood, H & K Grossman, S Kane,R&Solomon, etal

1,550,000 1,400,000 3,891,000 11,109,000

375 Brick Kiln Rd 41 School St 240 Meadowlark Ln 228 Meadowlark Ln

Weissbard, B & R Sarg, M & K

Hamptons MeadowHomes Field, T & R

418,000 500,000

1 Sherwood Rd 172 Bay Ave

Town of Southampton Moore, E & M

Bayberry Quogue Corp Penniman Properties

1,200,000* 2,500,000*

16 Arbutus &lots 35,36,37 5 Pen Craig

Sgalardi, R & R

Stern, R & J

1,500,000

23 Ring Neck Rd

CYHamptonsProperties Kelly Hamptons Prprt Robert, S Puccinelli,S&Mariani

Oliver, A & L Oliver, A & L 832 Sagg Main LLC Burger, L & S Trusts

17,500,000 3,000,000 9,500,000* 3,995,000*

250 Sagaponack Main St 204 Sagg Rd 832 Sagaponack Main St 181 Ericas Ln

Dunn, P Avedon, J McLean, C & E Zelanko,M & Weiner,R Chu, E

NL Housing LLC BRRRubin LLC Page, J Brommund, M Messina Associates

795,000 1,900,000* 450,000 999,000 2,950,000

400 Ruggs Path 7 Checkered Path 25 Carroll St 348 Sprig Tree Path 18 Gardiners Path

Island Creek Prprts Cow Neck Holdings Foster, J & R McCulley, R & L Cow Neck Holdings Island Creek Prprts Island Creek Prprts Gerrymander Holdings Island Creek Prprts Schlachet, D Caruso,J & Guarino,M Wong,H & Kong, J Tenaglia &Libedinsky Smith, N

Allende LLC Allende LLC Dempsey, L & P Bertrand, F & R Allende LLC Allende LLC Allende LLC Allende LLC Allende LLC Holdsworth, D Fagan, P & H Lambert,P&Begelfer,C Lynch, G Naughton, M & M

350,000* 2,800,000* 525,000 400,000 100,000* 375,000* 375,000* 500,000* 500,000* 425,000 875,000 1,225,000 1,275,000 21,632,455

164 Scott Rd 1835 North Sea Rd 51 Cove Rd South 47 Straight Path 38 West Neck Rd 221 Millstone Brook Rd 283 West Neck Rd 259 West Neck Rd 232 Millstone Brook Rd 519 North Main St 341 Canoe Place Rd 30 Center St 193 Elm St 466 Gin Ln

Bencar Building Corp 112 Olivers CoveLane EH2, LLC 383 Rose Hill Road 395 Rose Hill Road Kidd Construction Co

Deer Run Farms Inc Conrad, R Halsey &Bayview Four Cohen, S Cohen&Scone Invstmnt Stein, E

1,100,000* 3,600,000 5,750,000 13,000,000 7,000,000* 2,761,125

14 Deer Run 112 Olivers Cove Ln 41 Halsey Ln S 383 Rose Hill Rd 395 Rose Hill Rd 110 Summerfield Ln

Carrick, J

Davis, M

267,800

9 Depot Rd

Franzese, F & M Franzese, F & M 223 Montauk Highway Imundo, J & B

Schapiro, D & M 55 Alden Lane LLC Never Easy Corp Lustgarten, L & L

995,000 2,772,000 925,000 2,400,000

29 Alden Ln 55 Alden Ln 223 Montauk Hwy 34 Westbridge Rd

Burnham III, R Burnham II, D

Burnham II, D VanVoorhis, etal

980,000 664,000

Row Off Peninsula Rd Hedge St

Rusty NY, LLC

McCall, C

373,333

10140 New Suffolk Ave

Hollid, C & J

Andrews, A & V

365,000

415 South St

Heslin, J

Diller, J

719,000*

60 Great Peconic Bay Blvd

Small Fork Farms Island Estate Group Norris, S Norris,S & Latham,S

Peconic Land Trust Sobering, G Smith, H by Devises Anderson, S

330,678 165,000* 850,000* 50,000

4050 Soundvieiw Ave 5375 Sound Ave 75 Terry Path 563 Terry Path

Foster,T &Seiver,D

Reeves,Newman, etal

400,000

Young’s Ave

Polcari, J & J Delsignore, R & P McNamee, J Barabas, A Fam Trust

DKS Ltd Partnership Worhle, M by Exr Catravas, M by Exrs Daly, C

660,000 400,000 250,000 999,900

315 Albacore Dr 955 Lake Dr 2555 Youngs Ave 550 Town Harbor Terr, #7B

Source: Suffolk Research Service, Inc., Hampton Bays, NY 11946 * -- Vacant Land

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S chool D ays Montauk School Springs resident Richard M. Kostura in persona as Michael Galileo entertained and enlightened students, parents and teachers last Friday with a colorful presentation.

Using props that included different versions of his invention, Real Time Earth Clocks - time telling devices that reflect the true occurrence of time around the world and ping pong ball sculptures that illustrate time as a spatial entity, Michael Galileo demonstrated that the size of each second is approximately 18.5 miles long based on the movement of the earth orbiting the sun.

East Hampton High School On March 5 the first meeting with BuildOn, an organization that builds schools around the world in underprivileged areas was held in Priscilla Campbell’s classroom.

Fifteen students will be chosen, out of the 50-plus that attended the meeting, to accompany BuildOn in July and assist in constructing a school in Senegal, West Africa.

There was also a first meeting on Friday to discuss a new school mural, designed by artist Camille Perrottet.

The mural will celebrate inclusion, tolerance and diversity, and Kristine Swickard, the organizer, invited representatives from the school’s clubs to help brainstorm ideas.

The freshman class is in the middle of Challenge Day, a nationally recognized program with the goal of building community and helping to stop bullying and alienation. “The overall desire is to make every student feel safe loved and celebrated,” read part of a letter that went home to parents. E.H.H.S. has been holding Challenge Day now for over four years.

Crab races, Bonac Idol, and other fun will dominate when March Madness begins on Monday. The school-wide event ends with an evening of activities on March 21.

Tuesday Maria Ceballos, social worker for the Suffolk County Health Department, will be coming to provide information about teen suicide awareness for parents and students. The meeting, which will take place in the library at 6 PM, will be conducted primarily in Spanish; all are welcome.

Deb Mansir, the school-to-work counselor, is still on the lookout for local businesses to sign up for the job fair, which will be held at the school on March 27. For business owners hiring for the summer who

Picket Fences Day Care, an East Hampton mainstay for the last 15 years, helped the Ross School learn how to make shelters out of natural materials, by letting them harvest the bamboo stand that grows on the property.

can’t attend the job fair in person, applications can be dropped off with Ms. Mansir prior to the date.

East Hampton Middle School A sports and bingo night for all grades – featuring activities, food, and fun – will take place on Friday in the school gym from 7 to 9 PM. Parents and guardians are asked to be punctual in picking their students up at the end of the event.

A whole new world takes the stage when the Middle School presents Aladdin Jr. next Wednesday evening at 7 PM. The performance is free and open to the public.

John M. Marshall Elementary School Kindergarten registration takes place on March 20 and 21, from 1 to 6 PM. Parents or guardians need to bring their child’s proof of age in the form of a birth certificate or passport, proof of residency (deed, lease, or tax bill), and a complete immunization record.

March 22 is the PTA-sponsored fourth-grade bowling night. From 6 to 8 PM. JMMES fourth graders can rent shoes, bowl, eat pizza, and socialize for free as long as they have brought a signed permission slip to school.

Ross Lower School Students celebrated the 100th day of the school year with activities like solving 100 two-digit subtraction problems, creating lists of 100 people they know, 100 foods they like and jumping for 100 seconds.

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Curators Talk The third of four tours through the Bridgehampton Historical Society’s popular whaling exhibit, “Bridgehampton Whalers – A Farmer’s Life at Sea,” will take place Thursday, March 21 at noon, at the William Corwith House Museum on Main Street. It will be led by the society’s curator, Julie Greene.

This exhibit celebrates greater Bridgehampton area men who went to sea to hunt whales and later returned to retire as farmers.

Using excerpts from whaling logs, art work by Claus Hoie, furniture once belonging to whaling captains, scrimshaw, and exotic mementos brought back from around the world, the danger, excitement and rewards of hunting the whale is revealed.

Fifteen original Hoie works have been donated to the museum out of the generosity of the Helen and Claus Hoie Charitable Foundation and are beautifully arranged throughout the exhibit. A son and grandson of whaling captains, Hoie’s watercolors bring a breathtaking artistic component to the entire presentation.

Excerpts of correspondences by whaling captains and their wives provide personal insight to this exciting time during the whaling era. The tour is free and open to all. The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 10 AM to 3 PM except for holidays. For more information call 631-537-1088 , email bhhs@optonline.net, or visit www.bhmuseum.org.

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Rotary Dinner The 29th Annual Rotary Club spaghetti dinner is slated for April 7 and tickets are on sale now - $17 adults, kids under 12 $10, and early-bird seniors, $12. The daylong event (noon until 9 PM) will take place at the Villa Paul restaurant

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Blood Drive The Southampton Fire Department blood drive will be held on Tuesday at the new Southampton Fire House on Hampton Road and Narrow Lane. Blood donations can be made from noon until 7 PM. Drink lots of fluids before donating. Please bring identification. For further information, call Jim Frankenbach at 631-283-2431.

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Boater Safety Course Montauk Marine Basin is pleased to sponsor an eight-hour course for boating safety. This school will allow boaters, 10 years and older, to comply with the new requirement for operators of boats to have a New York State Boater’s Safety Course certificate, needed to operate a boat on Suffolk County waters.

The eight-hour classroom course will be held on Saturday at the Montauk Library Meeting Room.

School session will begin at 9 AM sharp and end at 5 PM with time allowed for extra help. A short break will be held, with lunch provided for all participants.

N e w Yo r k S t a t e C e r t i f i e d Instructor Dale Petruska will conduct the class, and give the required exam. Officer Petruska is an East Hampton Town Marine Patrol Officer under the direction of the Town Marine Patrol Division headed by Edward Michels, formerly of the United States Coast Guard Station Montauk.

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Indy Sales Exec Tim Smith was soaking up the sun in Puerto Rico over the weekend when he befriended young Jordan Spieth. Smith, a golf fanatic, had just watched Spieth finish second in the Puerto Rico Open at the tender age of 19. The Dallas born Spieth, who turned professional only three months ago, electrified the crowd by nailing a holein-one earlier in the event. His paycheck for the weekend: $308,000. Spieth is the only golfer in history other than Tiger Woods to win multiple U.S. Amateur championships.

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My partner, Larry Hillel, and I played this hand ♠- K4 in the recent ACBL ♥- 1098 tournament held ♦- 43 o n J a n u a r y 17 ♣ - 1098732 in Rye, NY. After South opened the ♠- 5 N ♠- J983 b i d d i n g w i t h a ♥- AQJ2 W E ♥- 7 preemptive bid of ♦- KJ1072 S ♦- AQ965 2 spades, I made ♣ - AJ6 ♣ KQ4 a rather routine ♠- AQ10762 takeout double, ♥- K6543 asking Larry to bid ♦- 8 his longest suit. My ♣ - 5 double promised an opening hand Dlr: S and support for the Vul: Both Opening lead: Ace of spades three unbid suits.

After North S W N E passed, Larry bid 2S Dbl P 4D 4N P 5D four diamonds P 6D All Pass which turned out P to be a key bid promising at least 10 high card points. With my 19 instead of three, which guaranteed points (16 high card points and three the extra points I needed to think points for my singleton spade), I there was a possible slam.

Any comments or questions can could guess that we had an excellent chance to get to slam. As a result, I be sent to gaman13927@aol.com. bid 4NT, asking for aces, and Larry If you would like to learn how to promised one. I was quite confident play the world’s most challenging and exciting card game, we are that he could make the slam.

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F r o m O c e a n N a v i g a t o r, 3/16/2010 I read everything about the sea that I can get my hands on – hard copy, electronic, notes in bottles.

Back in 2010, Ocean Navigator magazine published a story by Fredrick Gary Hareland about this same subject and I saved it as an object lesson.

Mr Hareland recounted in his story the following about the crew of a 57-foot vessel making way from Hong Kong to Phuket when disaster struck: “In closing, I must inform

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you that our crew and passengers on board that 57 footer were all rescued thanks to the master’s back-up PLB. Turns out the EPIRB failed to deploy, but that little handheld PLB got the alert through and the victims are toasting it and each other while retelling their recent adventure.”

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Back In The Day The old model EPIRBs transmitted on dual frequencies of 121.5 and 243 megahertz (MHZ). This was hopefully picked up by passing planes and satellites. It could take four to six hours for someone or something to pass overhead before it reached the USCG. Also, the footprint that you were within could be as much as 12 square nautical miles. That is a square that is 12nm long and 12nm miles wide. That is a lot of water to cover. On the USCG website it says that the 121.5/243MHZ devices are “no longer recommended.”

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Trained In Saving Yourself Last week, we wrote about the various locator devices and how they were evolving. One of those devices, the “PPIRB” (pea-purr-b) is a Personal EPIRB. This is what we now call a “PLB” or Personal Locator Beacon. You wear it on your person. It also has the built-in GPS. When you attain a coxswain rating in the USCG Auxiliary (the person responsible for the boat, the crew and the mission), the USCG gives you a PLB. “Even if you go hiking, take this with you. If you get lost, we’ve got too much invested in you not to come get you!” Be aware that there are private companies now that offer devices that can locate you while you are underway and offer rescue notification services. I have no fully formed opinion of them, pro or con, but if I am not registering myself and my device with NOAA (http:// www.beaconregistration.noaa.gov/), then I have to figure that my call for help has to pass through at least one additional set of hands.

simultaneously on 406MHZ and 121.5MHZ. The 406 reduces the footprint to one square nautical mile.

The 406MHZ is heard by satellites all over the world and, within an hour, the USCG RCC will have commenced coming to your aid. And the rescuers will also be looking for your EPIRB’s 121.5MHZ signal with their RDF gear. In heavy seas, that may very well be the difference between passing right by you while you are in the trough – or knowing that you are just over the next wave.

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The Personal Locator Beacon – It Locates You! When the perfectly calm day sneaks up on you while you are day-dreaming and turns into a snarly, life-stealing beast, all your training rushes to the front of the “screen.” But sometimes, all your skill isn’t going to get you home.

And sometimes the boat itself is what betrays you as she threatens to slip away beneath you. You are going to be hard to find – unless you are sending a personal signal to a satellite that will call the USCG for you. As a follow-up to last week’s column, this column is about that.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7. to safety currently created by the popularity of Cyril’s. Colleen Rando presented pictures of a scene that included 400 drinkers crammed into one section of the parcel. She noted cars park “a quarter of a mile in either direction” along Montauk Highway. Betty Mazur described the property as “a season-long hazard,” while a representative of the Sea Crest and Driftwood co-ops reported the need arose to hire security staff to keep Cyril’s patrons from blocking residents’ driveways Other speakers testified about potential environmental impacts of the proposal. Responding to questions from Councilwoman Theresa Quigley Eric Schantz from the planning department noted the building is “in the worst location it could possibly be in . . . in a

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wetland.” Taking that wetland away would be a “huge loss,” 12 year-old Una Darrell offered, speaking on behalf of her parents, who have a home in the neighborhood. Britton Bistrian read extensive comments highlighting the natural beauty of Napeague. She noted that a change of zone on an environmentally sensitive property should only be enacted if it benefits the community.

In this case, she argued, only the business owner will benefit.

Quigley persisted in questioning Schantz, underscoring the fact that the bar is a legally pre-existing non-conforming business. It was noted that, while the use is legal, thanks to myriad code violations, operations have not been legal.

A new septic system, designed to handle 92 people is “designed to fail,” considering the site sees “500 hard drinking people” on a busy weekend night neighbor

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Wilson Ervin offered. The downzone would not be consistent with the neighboring area, which is open space, Rando said.

If the land surrounding the property is pristine, Reg Cornelia countered, “Then Roseanne Barr is a virgin.” He pointed out the property is adjacent to the highway on one side and the railroad tracks on another. Cornelia and Chuck Morici both felt compelled to come to town hall after watching comments -- or, rhetoric, as Cornelia called them -aired live on television. “If we don’t let them fix it up,” predicted Morici, “It’s gonna be a slum.” Suzanne Ryan described herself as a personal friend of Cyril. She said she would cry if he closed his business.

Christine Gaudy also spoke in support of the zone change request, as did Tom Connors, and several others. They said it was an important first step towards easing

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traffic congestion and protecting the environment. Engineer Hugh Chrysler has been hired to work on the project and said his client is “doing his due diligence to keep his business in operation.”

“Nobody wants what’s currently there,” Le Verrier said. “Everybody wants to fix it and this is the first step in fixing it.” The property owner’s attorney admitted the current parking has been called “a drop in the bucket,” and contends that the zone change would permit the construction of additional parking. It would also allow the upgrading of a “subpar” septic system. “The environmental benefits of an improved septic system cannot be dismissed,” she said.

After members of the public offered testimony, the hearing took on the tenor of a town board work session. Supervisor Bill Wilkinson invited Le Verrier back to the podium, where she spoke at length refuting opposing viewpoints, in addition to answering question from members of the town board.

She and the applicant’s engineer, Drew Bennet, were given nearly 30 minutes of additional time at the podium, a courtesy rarely seen at public hearings, when speakers are generally permitted to testify for just three minutes.

The evening was not without the verbal fireworks that have become a signature of the Wilkinson administration’s public sessions.

Frequent foe, former Councilwoman Deb Foster, sparked the supervisor’s ire as she offered her concerns about the board’s “mentality” that more commercial zoning is better.

The pair sparred until an audience member called out “move it on.”

Wilkinson turned on the audience member stating, “If you don’t like it, you can leave or you can get elected.”

The hearing was held open for written comments until March 21. kmerrill@indyeastend.com.

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