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by Edwards Avenue, Grumman Boulevard, and Wading River Manor Road located north of the Long Island Expressway and south of Middle Country Road was the scene of the massive effort by firefighters to extinguish a conflagration that began Monday afternoon.

Two fires were initially to blame – one that began on the north side of Brookhaven National Labs in Upton and another that started in Manorville. As the hours wore on, the two merged into one giant fire Independent / Ben Sneed deep in the Pine Barrens.

Smoke was visible from Long Wharf in Sag Harbor Monday evening.

Some homes in Manorville were evacuated and early Monday evening a volunteer effort was NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION quickly cobbled together to remove AMAGANSETT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT horses at farms in the area. More TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK than 150 horses were evacuated, many in trailers lent by community NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a budget/public hearing of the qualified voters of the Amagansett Union Free School members.

District, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Amagansett Union Free School District, 320 Main Street, Amagansett, New One firefighter was seriously York, in said District on May 8, 2012 at 6:30 PM prevailing time, for the presentation of the budget document. injured on Monday when the brush AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said vote and election (Annual Meeting) will be on May 15, 2012 truck he was in became trapped between the hours of 2-8:00 PM, prevailing time, in the gymnasium of the Amagansett School, at which time the polls will be open to and he had to, according to Bellone, vote upon the following: literally fight his way through the fire. The county executive visited 1.

To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2012-2013 and to authorize the requisite portion the firefighter around midnight thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

Tuesday at the burn center at 2.

Shall the existing contract with East Hampton Union Free School District for the education of the District students in Stony Brook University Hospital, grades 7 through 12 for a term of four years effective July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2015 be approved and ratified pursuant reporting he was in great spirits to Section 2040 of the New York State Education Law. and “a testament to the heroism of 3.

Appropriations of necessary funds requested for Amagansett Free Library and authorizing the levy of taxes therefor. firefighters working to protect their 4.

To elect one (1) board member of the Board of Education for a three year term commencing July 1, 2012 and expiring on June 30, 2015. neighbors.”

Bellone repeatedly spoke of the AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be re“great pride” he felt observing quired to fund the School District’s budget for 2012-2013, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours bevolunteers and personnel from a ginning May 1, 2012, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the District Office, Amagansett Union Free School District, 320 Main plethora of emergency agencies Street, Amagansett, New York. coming together. On Tuesday AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that petitions nominating morning, one of their tasks was candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said District at the Business Office in retrieving a half dozen brush trucks Amagansett Union Free School District, 320 Main Street, Amagansett, New York, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, not that were stuck in the brush and later than Monday, April 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, prevailing time. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, speat times marshy areas in the Pine cific offices; candidates run at-large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the canBarrens. didate is nominated. Such petitions must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least (25) twenty-five qualified Dry and windy weather conditions voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. were a major contributing factor to AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during busiboth the fire’s start and the difficulty ness hours from the District Clerk; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the in fighting it. By Tuesday morning, election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. it was described as “contained,” Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on May 15, 2012.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 though not under control. of the Education law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the EducaBellone said the fire didn’t tion Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he/she is eligible to vote at this move significantly overnight, but election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he/she is also eligible to vote at this election. continued to burn heavily. At about All other persons who wish to vote must register. eight yesterday morning, he said crews were preparing to re-enter The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Educathe brush with an aggressive effort tion Law at the Amagansett Union Free School District, on May 9, 2012, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in the Amato get ahead of the fire before the gansett School to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be winds kick up in the afternoon. entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is New crews were arriving on known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the the scene, in some cases replacing register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the volunteer teams that spent eight Amagansett Union Free School District, 320 Main Street, Amagansett, NY and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of hours battling the blaze through the District beginning on May 10, 2012, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, prevailing time, and each day thereafter and the night Monday. He was optimistic prior to the day set for election, except Saturday when it will be available by appointment, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 12:00 about the use of water drops to Noon and Sunday, and at the polling place on the day of the vote. The Board of Registration shall also meet during the said annual defray the flames before afternoon meeting at which time individuals may register to vote in subsequent annual and special meetings. winds kicked up.

Dated: March 19, 2012 Cheryl E. Bloecker, District Clerk Amagansett Union Free School District The American Red Cross was

Over 100 fire companies from across Long Island, including all of Suffolk County’s companies.

Some 2000 acres imperiled, 500 ablaze. Just a handful of firefighters injured and about a dozen homes and businesses damaged. County Executive Steve Bellone called it “as serious as it gets.”

As The Independent went to press Tuesday morning, fires continued to rage in the Pine Barrens in Ridge and Manorville, and teams prepared to initiate water drops from the air. A tract of forestland bordered

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EASTER PARADE

No Jew, other than Jesus, loves Easter as much as my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht.

Judy and my daughter Jodi planned this year’s Easter’s festivities with as much care as Eisenhower planned the Normandy invasion during World War II. It was a glorious day in the Hamptons.

The weather was perfect and I must say, with not even a shred of modesty, that the food I cooked was beyond delicious. The mood of the day was perfect.

A family day where everyone in the family loves each other as much as we do is a gift.

At noon we had our annual Easter egg hunt, in which my granddaughter Annabel, her brother Charlie, her baby sister Maggie and about 28 of their little friends chased down and found over 200 colored eggs that the Easter Bunny had hidden.

Judy shops for weeks to find the perfect prizes that the children could

win as a reward for finding the most eggs: The Golden Egg, The Silver Egg, etc. This is great training for the kids, many of whom, when they grow up, will go into investment banking anyway.

The prizes led to a loud, silly tiff Judy and I had in aisle three of our local CVS. Judy had already bought over $145 worth of plastic eggs for the party. You have to understand the plastic eggs are a sore spot for me.

We have two Easter egg hunts at our house. The first Easter egg hunt comes when we both search the house for the plastic eggs we had put aside after last year’s festivities. We never find them.

Now Judy was eyeing some stuffed toys that CVS had on display. Stuffed monkeys, rabbits etc. The prices started at $8.95 and went up.

Judy started to say, “These would be great gifts for . . .” when I interrupted her with a loud, “NO!!

I know where we can get the same stuffed toys for $4.95 apiece.”

“Where?” she asked.

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Shop in Amagansett, where we go to buy a stuffed toy every week for Shlomo,” was my reply.

Now Judy’s voice went up two octaves. “Are you crazy? You want to buy these kids stuffed toys meant for dogs?” “ What’s the difference?” I answered. “A stuffed toy is a stuffed toy. The kids will never know the difference.”

“But an hour after we give Shlomo a stuffed toy he bites into it and all the stuffing comes out,” said Judy.

“That’s because Shlomo takes the stuffed toy in his mouth and then shakes his head fiercely to kill it.

That’s the law of the jungle, or at least the law of East Hampton. Trust me, none of these kids are going to put the stuffed toy in their mouths and shake their heads from side to side to kill it.”

My voice trailed off and I muttered, “Maybe one or two of them would, but we’re dealing with baby teeth . . .”

Needless to say I lost the argument and we paid top dollar at CVS for the stuffed toys that we gave away as prizes.

Shlomo, the world’s greatest dog and the love of my life, had the best time at the Easter egg hunt, and I suspect he ate more candy than the little kids.

I’m a little concerned because he hasn’t pooped for three days.

On the long, long ride home, I kept looking in the rear-view mirror at the back seat, where my marvelous pooch was nestled in Judy’s arms, both of them sound asleep.

I remember when our son J.T.

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went off to college. Our dog Oreo died, and we were faced with our first true empty nest.

“Should we get another dog?”

Judy asked.

“Absolutely,” I answered. “In order to stay young, you must always have something annoying under your feet at all times.”

When your kids grow up you have to switch to a puppy. You have to make sure the puppy behaves, and is housebroken, and you must walk it until both you and the puppy are exhausted.

In the end it’s not that different than raising kids, except you don’t have to help with homework or attend those boring, horrible parentteacher conferences.

How much do I love Shlomo?

Last Easter when Shlomo was just a ball of fluff, on the ride back from East Hampton my daughter Jessie suddenly started choking and coughing.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“I don’t know,” was her answer.

“I’m having an allergy attack. Do you think I might be allergic to Shlomo?”

“That would be terrible,” was my answer. “If it turns out you are allergic to Shlomo, I want to assure you that your mother and I would hate to do it, but Jessie, we promise to give you away to a nice loving family.”

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owners will also have to “address” the pile of fill. He said officials had received calls from the public about the work and that the massive pile of dirt was “hard to miss.”

This isn’t the only time the project has given Preiato, and others, pause. According to Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, an early proposal sought a building

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permit to construct a lounge with a long “indoor/outdoor” bar that ran to the pool.

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Town officials issued a stop work order at the Ronjo Motel last Wednesday. This photo was taken Friday morning.

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The hits keep coming for Chris Jones and Larry Siedlick, the two businessmen attempting to transform the Ronjo Motel in downtown Montauk into a luxury resort.

T h e town ’s c hie f b u i l d i n g inspector Tom Preiato issued a stop work order last Wednesday after he learned of an alleged illegal excavation at the site. The Montauk Beach House was given permission to raze one of the buildings on the property located on South Elmwood Avenue, but no permits were given allowing the excavation. They weren’t supposed to store all the dirt from the dig on site, either.

That’s prohibited in a Central Business Zone.

There’s more.

It appears laborers continued to toil at the site despite the restraining order. Speaking briefly to The Independent on Monday, Chris Jones said it was incorrect to say the workers violated the stop work order. He said the order only related to a portion of the work that was underway at the site.

That doesn’t quite jibe with what Indy witnessed. Preiato was heard speaking to agents for the Beach House from his office Friday. He said, “They’re working there today.

Stop work means no work . . . You’re getting written up.”

Twenty minutes later painters were still on ladders, other workers were in the pool and visible throughout the property. Via phone, Preiato’s office reported that code enforcement was visiting the site.

By noon, indeed, the workers were seen exiting the construction site.

Apprised of the chain of events, Jones declined to comment further.

By Monday Pat Gunn, the town’s public safety division administrator reported the stop work order had been modified to encompass only the excavation work for which no

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More Secure Zoning For Colleges In Southampton

By Emily Toy

“I want to assure everyone that the campus will stay.”

So said Assemblyman Fred Thiele in an interview Monday afternoon concerning the new zoning district for college campuses in Southampton Town.

For the past several months, Thiele, Senator Ken LaValle and Southampton Town Supervisor

Anna Throne-Holst have been developing a plan to establish a new University-25 Zoning District in Southampton that would insure the Stony Brook Southampton and Suffolk County Community College (located on Southampton Town soil) campuses remain dedicated to higher education.

A press conference, which was scheduled for yesterday morning

at the Stony Brook Southampton campus, featured the lawmakers presenting their plan.

“The public really wanted it to stay, and we’re assuring that that promise will be kept,” Thiele said.

“This is all part of the overall plan for the future of the campuses.”

The assemblyman, along with LaValle and Throne-Holst, drafted the new zoning legislation modeled

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after a similar instance in Ithaca, New York, concerning Cornell University and Ithaca College.

“We’re working hard to resurrect the Southampton campus,” Thiele said.

For the past several years, the f u t u re o f St o n y Bro o k ’s Southampton campus, located in Shinnecock Hills, was uncertain.

With plans for the land to be sold for housing and/or commercial uses looming, the lawmakers are taking no chances with clearly outlining what the intentions are for the campuses.

“I think this is a timely and well pointed move,” said Throne-Holst.

“This protects the campus forever in terms of usage.”

Throne-Holst also added that having educational opportunities, for young and old alike, is extremely important for the community.

“Students have been very active, interested and enthusiastic over this,” she said. “People have felt very strongly about the use for that spot.”

The supervisor said Monday she hoped to set the matter for public hearing at last night’s town board meeting and is planning a further discussion in a work session on Friday.

Thiele said he expected the town to approve the zoning amendment.

“This is a bipartisan effort,” he said.

Thiele added that the campus is expected to be implementing several new programs for the future such as an expanding art program, a new marine science building and a new hospital on campus.

“There are lots of new things going on and we really had to finish the land use part of it,” the assemblyman said.

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Sound Off About Music

By Kitty Merrill

Community members will have the chance to make noise about music. Next month the East Hampton Town Board will host a public hearing on Councilwoman Theresa Quigley’s zoning code amendment addressing outdoor music.

At least one opponent believes the idea is “not fully formed.” Last Thursday night Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc voted against hosting the hearing. He was overruled by his colleagues on the board.

Van Scoyoc believes that the measure comes with “a lot of potential for unbridled expansion and will codify all the excesses we have seen.” Spurred by the volume of complaints about throngs of revelers partying outdoors at several Montauk venues last summer, the measure, if adopted as is, calls for allowing outdoor occupancy limits not to exceed one person per every seven square feet.

Van Scoyoc, and other opponents have noted the amendment doesn’t address parking or septic issues for the outdoor occupants. Some believe the amendment permits businesses to expand outdoors, without having to undergo review for additional parking or additional septic strain.

The councilman believes it could even “give those who took advantage grandfathering.”

The hearing will be held on May 3.

In other town board business, members of the Springs Concerned Citizens continued to press the town board for a public forum on illegal housing. Frequent board critic Carol Buda displayed photographs of homes in East Hampton that exceed the number of cars currently allowed to park at residential sites.

The problem of overcrowding is not just a Springs issue, was her point.

Buda also noted that “some” members of the town board suggest a racial bias may be behind the SCC’s efforts. “That’s not what we’re

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about,” Buda said, adding, “You are flaming the fires of hate speech.”

Fred Weinberg agreed on the need for a summit. Speaking directly to Supervisor Bill Wilkinson, he said he could host the forum or, “You can stonewall through the rest of your term and leave a shabby legacy.”

Also on Thursday night, homeless advocate Kenneth Churchill asked the town board to consider setting aside town owned property for homeless people. A “homeless land reservation” would allow people who are already “existing on the land” to have an organized place to go, he said. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Still Pushing For Trailer Removal

By Kitty Merrill

It’s been years now. But South Fork Legislator Jay Schneiderman is starting to see a light – if faint – at the end of the tunnel. And, although his bill calling for the removal of the trailer used to house homeless sex offenders on county property in Westhampton was tabled last month, he believes there could be a resolution on the horizon.

Looking back at the odyssey that the path to a solution has been, Schneiderman noted that during the prior administration, then-county executive Steve Levy “vetoed every bill” designed to share the burden of housing homeless sex offenders fairly across Suffolk.

Currently, two trailers are used to house the homeless offenders. Both are located in Southampton Town – on county property in Westhampton and on the grounds of the jail in Riverside.

The legislature adopted a plan to craft “mini shelters” to house no more than six of the homeless offenders each, but, according to Schneiderman, Levy put up “roadblock after roadblock” to the establishment of the program.

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The pressure is on to remove a trailer used to house homeless sex offenders.

Now, a private firm has been found to operate the mini shelters and a contract has been crafted. It awaits signatures. Schneiderman reported the company is concerned that lawsuits will ensue once it tries to build the shelters and wants the county to indemnify against them.

He believes county officials, including County Executive Steve Bellone, have finally agreed to the indemnification.

Since the trailers first popped up about five years ago, Schneiderman has repeatedly filed bills looking for their closure. “I want to keep the issue on the front burner,” he said Friday. He believes he was able to get the most recent measure, calling for the closure of the trailer in Westhampton to the floor, “because

other legislators are concerned about its proximity to 200 units of housing.” There was more support for the Westhampton removal, he theorized, because the trailer in Riverside is perceived to be in a more secure location.

The lawmaker said he plans to keep the pressure on, so the mini shelter program will move forward.

Schneiderman said he’s been pleased by how well Bellone’s new administration has been working, in the interim, to move the trailer deeper into the county property, away from homes that abut the site.

“It’s in the same vicinity, but it will be further away from people, as a show of good faith,” the legislator reported. He said he’s reached out

to neighbors and “They see it as an improvement.” The existing trailer is just 50 feet from the nearest residence.

Both trailers are full, Schneiderman reported. During the Levy administration, a second, new trailer that could house even more men was placed at the Westhampton site, but never fully commissioned.

It’s still there, though uninhabited.

Schneiderman this week lauded Bellone’s “unwavering support and commitment to solving this problem.”

In some ways the problem was self-created. Over the years, different municipalities crafted legislation designed to isolate homeless sex offenders from other victims of homelessness. They can’t stay at regular homeless shelters and varying laws prohibit them from finding housing near schools, community centers, libraries and the like.

Still, state law requires the Suffolk County Department of Social Services to provide shelter.

The men are transported back and forth between the trailers and their communities of origin each day.

Meanwhile, Schneiderman is looking to rally supporters of the closure bill for an appearance at the next session of the legislature in Riverside on April 24. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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Dozens of families gathered along Main Street in Sag Harbor for the Annual Easter Bonnet Parade on Saturday afternoon.

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There’s something in the water.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced last week that hot spots for shellfish harvesting in the Town of Southold are closed due to the detection of a marine biotoxin called saxitoxin.

Although shellfishing areas were supposed to stay open until next Monday, the DEC determined the shellfish samples collected from a monitoring site in Mattituck Creek tested positive for the marine biotoxin, which can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. Saxitoxin is one of the most toxic non-protein substances around.

In past years, people that have consumed shellfish contaminated with saxitoxin very quickly succumbed to the effects of the toxin, which reportedly can cause

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Darius Weems is turning a grim medical diagnosis into a life-affirming mission – and East Hampton Middle School students are along for the ride.

Weems had never been outside his Athens, Georgia hometown, and the 15-year old victim of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy hadn’t seen much of that town, either. Much of it is not wheelchair accessible – including most of his home.

His prognosis is dim: DMD is the number one genetic killer of young people in the world. In fact, DMD took the lives of Darius’ uncle and brother, Mario.

Rather than passively accept his fate, Darius opted on a different tack, one that would take him across country, make him an MTV and movie star, a recording artist, and garner the support of thousands of people –including a group of local students captivated by his grit.

Scores of local youngsters and their advisors are taking the “Goslabi Challenge” – which undoubtedly clears their heads: it’s a fancy way of saying they intend to eat a teaspoon

of Wasabi sauce for charity.

Credit goes to Lynn Rudolph the student association advisor who has watched the movement grow and excitement spread.

For those who do not eat sushi, Wasabi is a powerful, burning relative of horseradish; indeed, a tad will do. The kids’ task is to find sponsors who will pay to watch the mass ingestion take place.

Weems, who just signed a record deal and recorded his first songs (which are on iTunes) will be visiting the Middle School on May 18 during the day, and doing a rap concert for the community at night. Tickets for the rap concert will be $10 (proceeds go to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research).

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EDITORIAL Rezoning Southampton College A proposal to rezone the former Southampton College campus (now owned by Stony Brook University) has its merits -- and its shortcomings. State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, who authored the legislation, has taken a hard line against Stony Brook since it scaled down the use of the campus. Though we fall short of using the word vendetta, it is obvious that Thiele and State Senator Ken LaValle envision a thriving campus with dormitories and myriad educational opportunities. The new legislation will mandate the land only be used for educational purposes. It sounds like a good idea, but is it?

For one thing, the state university system, of which Stony Brook is a part, is a huge entity with a lot of clout. Right now, LaValle, as the Chairman of Senate Higher Education Committee, is an integral part of the process. But he’s nearing retirement.

What might happen if down the road the state system – specifically SUNY Stony Brook -- loses more funding, suffers a decline in enrollment, or faces unseen retirement and health benefit costs and can simply not fund the kind of operation Thiele and company envision on the local campus?

The aging dormitories aren’t far removed from being decaying, abandoned buildings. The campus itself, compromised by playing fields, parking lots, and numerous outbuildings, can never regain its once pristine state.

Wouldn’t it be more prudent to allow the legal owner of the property to subdivide it into a blend of five-acre residential parcels, affordable housing (re: the dorms) and commercial uses that make use of the existing office space?

Stony Brook paid $35 million for the 82 acres, which sit strategically in the heart of the Eastern half of town. The university should have some flexibility – and some

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Dear Rick, Your Editorial “Under Siege” about [East Hampton Town] Councilwoman Quigley being “hell bent on easing restrictions, limiting the powers of our Planning Department and Board . . . “ was spot on and is at the root of the problems we are having about our lighting code. For one, Quigley wants to repeal the simple requirement that businesses submit information to the planning department about their lighting prior to installation.

It is to the benefit of businesses to have their lighting reviewed prior to installation because changing poorly

implemented lighting after the fact is much more expensive than getting it right the first time. Check out the gas station at night on North Main and Springs Fireplace/ Three Mile Harbor roads. Had they gone to Planning, they would have ended up with much safer and much less expensive lighting and lower energy costs. Quigley’s lighting law drops all the reviews that make our town safer at night and more attractive.

And, it is written in such a way to cause major consequences, increasing “light pollution” (glare, light trespass, energy waste, and skyglow) in our town.

I’m trying to figure out who benefits from Quigley’s two-year effort to repeal our 2006 Smart Lighting Code. It is not the people of the town, nor our visitors.

We have an alternative to the extreme measure of repealing our code. Amendments have been prepared

by Councilwoman [Sylvia] Overby, in

say – in what happens in the future. After all, pressure was exerted on SUNY Stony Brook to buy the campus to begin with.

Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst is on board with the legislation, and on the surface she should be. However if things get ugly it’s the town, and not Thiele, the university will go after. And if the campus is allowed to deteriorate, it’s the town that will be stuck with the albatross.

In The (Recycled) Bag We admit to being skeptical about the plastic bag ban imposed by Southampton, and then East Hampton, villages. Having lived through the first confusing weeks, however, it appears shoppers and storekeepers have adjusted quite nicely.

It’s time for Southold, Shelter Island, East Hampton and Southampton Towns to consider similar legislation. (We’re giving Riverhead, a shopping Mecca, a pass on this one.) Yes, it can be inconvenient, and the laws need to be tweaked – for example, one local specialty food shop puts every purchase in two plastic bags without violating the code.

Whatever the case, studies show an inordinate number of bags find their way into the water. Some communities, like Los Angeles, are mulling banning both plastic and paper bags, the theory being banning plastic will result in the production of more paper bags, which leads to deforestation. Using a recyclable bag will become mandatory somewhere down the road—it would be a feather in our cap for our local townships to lead the way.

consultation with businesses and people experienced in writing lighting codes, that deserve to be supported. These Amendments address all the legitimate concerns expressed by commercial property owners and updates the code to meet new developments in technology.

SUSAN HARDER

Housing Needed Dear News Editor, I found your story concerning the Ronjo Motel and the suggestion by its new owner that Section 8 housing was a possibility (More Montauk Motel Morass, April 4, 2012) to be offensive to those in need of affordable housing on the East End. The use of the words “threatens” and “specter” (things causing terror or dread; Scott, Forseman Advanced Dictionary, 1979) suggest that Section 8 housing and

tenants are to be feared by a community.

In a community such as Montauk, which is quickly becoming another playground for the rich, the lack of affordable housing is reaching critical mass not only for the working class, but also for the children of families who have lived and worked in Montauk for generations. Finally, it should be noted that at a time when the population of homeless veterans is continuing to rise, some relief can be found in the Section 8 HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program.

JOHN R. MCGEEHAN

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businesses obey zoning laws. Those few who need to create an apartment do so discretely. On the other hand, it appears only a small number create multi-family dwellings and those dwellings can function as profit centers for opportunists.

Examples exist of homeowners who have built multi-occupancy housing while owning other property. Because, it appears that anybody can buy in Southampton with the secret intention of building a multi-occupancy dwelling, it’s difficult to accept the argument that such a practice be legalized.

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It’s Time To Act Dear Rick, Gas prices are at all time highs for this time of year, closing in on previous numbers. Food prices have risen about eight percent. Everywhere we turn, from property taxes to our transportation costs to unemployment (true numbers are about 16 percent unemployment, counting the people who have given up after running out of benefits), our wallets are being emptied at increasingly alarming rates.

Do you or your readers find it as interesting as I do that while Texas and Florida are doing quite well economically, California and New York are teetering on bankruptcy? Just since the turn of the millennium, back in 2000, the former two states have had their populations increase by 24 percent and 20 percent, respectively, while the two latter states have each gone up by only 11 percent and a mere three percent.

A n e a sy ex p l a n a t i o n fo r t h i s phenomenon? There are NO personal income taxes in either Texas or Florida and both states go out of their way to encourage businesses to open there.

There are also right-to-work laws, a lower minimum wage for starters entering into the job market and a lot less red tape to get any needed permits. That is not the case, however, in either the Sunshine State or the Empire State.

On the national level, now that Japan just lowered its own corporate tax rate, the United States has the highest rate in the world! Exactly how does that encourage companies to move here - or stay, if they are already here? Thus, we have seen a huge outflow of jobs to overseas locations where it is more economically feasible to do business.

President Obama and Congressman Tim Bishop could do much more to make job

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What is your all time favorite movie?

Leslee Eberhart Midnight Cowboy, a wonderful movie about someone struggling, for so long, with a disability, and the friendship between Hoffman and Voight, who stood by him till the end. I sobbed when they were on the bus. I thought, oh no, don’t tell me he’s gone!

Jeff Phillips Batman. I think that it was a very successful translation from a comic book to a movie.

Christian Bale was great and the settings in New York were fabulous. My son and I watched it together and now we’re both looking forward to the sequel.

Michael Nathanson Citizen Kane. I saw it when I was a kid. I just loved it. I loved Orson Welles and all the other actors. I loved the story. I loved the cinematography. I’m an actor and I wonder if maybe the movie even had something to do with my becoming an actor.

Francoise La Fleur The Godfather. It had an amazing cast of actors and so many of them went on to become mega-stars. Marlon Brando made a great comeback in the movie. It was wonderful how it showed that there was no morality in the Mafia but the family values were very strong.

creation succeed in America by dropping some of the outrageous taxes that are killing workers’ opportunities. We are being inundated with regulations that keep corporations, small businesses, farmers and fishermen from making a decent living.

Insane zoning laws make it expensive and difficult to build on our properties or sell them (note the new tax on home sales coming in 2013) and, making it more expensive to live.

It is time for Tim Bishop to stop being a “yes man” and a rubber stamp to President Obama’s anti-business agenda. It is time to stop the “stimulus spending” that benefits unsound investments and it is time for the government to get out of our personal lives and let us go back to the economic freedoms that led to over 50 years of prosperity. I do not want my children and grandchildren to live a life that is so much less than mine. The time to act is now.

LYNDA A.W. EDWARDS

Subjugating Women Letter To The Editor, Conception, Personhood and Women’s Rights For some, the birth of a “Person” is constantly getting earlier. It seems they will not be satisfied until their personal notion of “Person” begins with the gleam in the eye of the participants.

Doctors and knowledgeable people have agreed that conception is divided into

three semesters; first second and third.

First, it commences with the ceasing of the menstruation cycle and lasts for 1-12 weeks, The second with the formation of a fetus lasting 13 -26 weeks and the third with the further development lasting 27-42 weeks followed by the delivery. Once it has taken place, its first breath, announces the arrival of a living being. That was before our religious zealots decided they were to be self appointed judges and that they and only they were the interpreters of the will of God; delusional arrogance.

As if trying to surpass the idiocy of our 5/4 Supreme Court deciding a corporation is a person, these geniuses decide that their “person” is created when during ovulation a released egg is penetrated by a single sperm creating a singular nucleus called a “Zygote.” In their eyes this Zygote is a “person.” Watch out . . . next they may deem a “Person” is created upon insertion or ejaculation or intention or possibly contemplation or other–tions or that gleam in the eye, being a “Person.” Does that make the routine disposal of the eggs from a Petri dish with hundreds of eggs, a mass murderer?

I am not a woman but I find it inconceivable that any real woman and not a mere lacky of her husband would not, in this day and age, be insulted, mortified and even outraged at the arrogance of a group of men neglecting the wants or needs of Continued on page 19.

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a woman; inject themselves in what is a woman’s most difficult heart wrenching decision. Has anyone told these guys that women can now also vote? Are they waging a war on women? You bet they are.

Note: For those who claim their God told them: check out Genesis 2:7, 33:4, Ezekiel 37:5&6, Exodus 21:22. Life begins at first breath and an aborted fetus is not considered a human being. But I’m sure that will not make a difference in those subjugating women.

NICK ZISSOU

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spending their entire lives imprisoned in the dark barns of the Amish Puppy Mills; where in stacked cages, were never allowed to see the light of day; where after years of neglect, abuse, torture and suffering, were brutally killed for the crime of being too old to produce any more puppies. How very sad, that in their entire lifetimes, they never experienced a kind word, or a gentle touch!

Despite attempts to change the laws, these abominable dog breeding operations STILL continue today, for the money it brings to all those involved, those who might be considered “human,” were it not for their massive voids of compassion.

And so, our special creatures come back now, soaring over the Pennsylvanian skies, finally enjoying what GREED took away from them their first time around.

LINDA STROME

To The Editor, A List Of Firsts Curiosity Brings Them Back They fly high in the skies, the Goldens, Dear Editor, Obama’s PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS: the Labradors, the Bernese, the Wheatons, The best I could assemble from the net. along with the little ones, the Shih Tzus, First President to apply for college aid the Lhasa Apsos, the Tibetans, and the as a foreign student, then deny he ever Pekes, all converging over the fields of was a foreigner.

Pennsylvania’s Amish Country.

First President to have a social security Fields that are mostly bare . . . for there number from a state he has never lived in, is but one important “crop” these projected a legal impossibility.

“Holier than Thou” farmers care about, and First President to preside over a cut to that “crop” is their puppies! the credit-rating of the United States.

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First President to spend a trillion dollars on shovel-ready jobs when there were no shovel-ready jobs and no shovels.

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First President to demand a company hand over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

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First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke-out on the reasons for their rate increases - results of the requirements of Obamacare.

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BUY East Hampton Town ZIPCODE 11930 - AMAGANSETT

AmericasCapitalAdvsr

Marziano, T ZIPCODE 11937 - EAST HAMPTON

Dellalfar&PerskyTrst

Vincequerra, M

Forst, J

Ferrone,D&Starobin,A

Town of East Hampton

Margules, E

Feliciano, M

Ruffo, J & S

Dickey Family Trust

89 Lily Pond LLC ZIPCODE 11954 - MONTAUK

White Family D LLC

Fagerland, T & K ZIPCODE 11975 - WAINSCOTT

Shohet, Z Riverhead Town ZIPCODE 11792 - WADING RIVER

Everitt, M & Moran,K ZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD

Lydon, S

Jedi Group LLC ZIPCODE 11931 - AQUEBOGUE

Labial, R ZIPCODE 11933 - CALVERTON

Quagliata, A & S Shelter Island Town ZIPCODE 11964 - SHELTER ISLAND

Bass Creek Indians Southampton Town ZIPCODE 11901 - RIVERHEAD

Malone, D ZIPCODE 11942 - EAST QUOGUE

Deutsche Bank Nat ZIPCODE 11946 - HAMPTON BAYS

Pena, F & W

Owens, B & J ZIPCODE 11962 - SAGAPONACK

Pembroke Ventures

AOG, LLC ZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR

O’Connor, D

Kelley, S

Williams, R & A ZIPCODE 11968 - SOUTHAMPTON

Bishop, M

Finnrose12 LLC

Cheers Hotel Apts

Lucy Dove LLC ZIPCODE 11977 - WESTHAMPTON

Nelson,W & Riggio, G

Scott&Morgan-LaPlace

Remetta,L &Tevis,N&J ZIPCODE 11978 - WESTHAMPTON BEACH

Dowd, R Southold Town ZIPCODE 11952 - MATTITUCK

Smith, C ZIPCODE 11971 - SOUTHOLD

Breen, P & Nelson, D

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Sears, T & L Sears, T

600,000* 600,000*

97 Cross Hwy To Devon 99 Cross Hwy To Devon

Joslin Lion’s Head I 218 Treescape LLC Krom, E & M Goldfinger, I by Exr Wade,C & Loewen, C Carr, L Town of East Hampton 32 Sherrill Road LLC Cookinham&BunimTrust Gracie Pond LLC

600,000* 1,400,000 415,000 945,000 887,500 1,800,000 5,000 1,200,000 3,550,000 20,000,000

154 Isle Of Wight Rd 218 Treescape Dr 9 Sea Bright Ave 46 Bull Path 3 Red Spring Path 6 Pine Close 34 Blue Jay Way 32 Sherrill Rd 18 Egypt Close 6 Gracie Ln

Kennedy, N & G Knoblach, H & J

1,500,000 401,000

20 Talkhouse Ln 22 Roosevelt Rd

Shapiro, R & P

1,800,000

6 Merriwood Dr

Dirks Jr, J

252,500

162 Sylvan Dr

Chew, Nodine &Martin 259,500 Smalling, T 125,000

1906 Cedar Path 972 Roanoke Ave

Alejo, J & N

300,000

65 Fox Run Ln

Beal, S

415,000

85 Northgate Cir

Two Eds, LLC

413,000

3 North Ferry Rd

Burke, R & A

180,200

349 June Ave

Poulard&Tilus by Ref

1,166,254

12 Blueberry Ct

Romita,P & Volkova,E Farrell Jr,J&Payne,C

400,000 640,000

16 Bay Dr 22 Fortune Cookie Ln

Beeton,W & Hubbard,J 2,140,000 SGC - Panther 82 11,125,000

298 Merchants Path 232 Parsonage Ln

IH Group & JCR Group 700,000* Martin, D 482,500 Cassidy, M 760,000

52 Noyack Bay Ave 22 Oak Dr 15 Club Ln

Hemingway, J Torrington, A & L Flodin, D by Exr Bruce NagelArchitect

360,000 1,900,000 800,000 640,000

78 Widener Ln 127 Coopers Farm Rd 67 Meeting House Ln 49 Culver St

Timber Ridge at WHB Helfant, J by Exr Zoller, R & J

542,160 650,000 880,000

28 Kimberly Dr 44 Jagger Ln 71 Baycrest Ave

Poillon, A by Exrs

825,000

65 Stevens Ln

Buonaiuto,A heirs

270,000

2450 Wickham Ave

Gilrain, M

581,500

205 Pine Ave

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

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One Man Crime Wave Caught

By Emily Toy

The wave has finally broken.

A man whose last residence was in North Sea was arrested and indicted in Central Islip on March 25 for 19 felony counts of robbery and burglary that occurred over the past five months.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced last Thursday that Ronny Lacaliano,

29, was responsible for at least five robberies and 14 burglaries of retail outlets and professional offices in the Central Islip and Brentwood areas. The crimes took place between mid November of 2011 and March 25 of this year.

Lacaliano pleaded not guilty to the charges and was held on $200,000 cash bail.

Lacaliano, originally from Honduras, is charged with five robberies of a nail salon, a bakery, a chiropractic office, a tax service office and a phone store. Police say during each robbery the defendant entered the premises with a starter pistol and demanded money.

“Mr. Lacaliano was a one man crime wave for five months in Brentwood and Central Islip and during his robbery and burglary spree, he stole a total of over $13,000 in cash from over one dozen victims,” Spota said. “There are written confessions to four of the burglaries and oral confessions to the other 10,” he added.

Lacaliano told detectives he would use the stolen money to buy alcohol and crack and would occasionally wire money to family in Honduras.

Surveillance photos were obtained from some of the locations and forensic evidence has been submitted to the Suffolk County Crime Lab for comparison and analysis.

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Last October, an RSVP Outreach volunteer came upon two dogs chained at a construction site. They had old scars and fresh wounds, were dehydrated with nothing to eat but rancid food, living in the worst imaginable squalor. They had been abandoned there and somehow survived for two years.

Both were given medical attention and eventually, Herbie was adopted and Hannah was placed in foster care. Hannah, despite her unfortunate past, is a wonderful companion pet who adores children.

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The East End Women’s Network has chosen Regina M. Calcaterra, Chief Deputy Suffolk County Executive, its 2012 Woman of the Year. She will be honored on April 25 at Giorgio’s in Baiting Hollow.

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“Not only did Regina Calcaterra meet all the criteria for our Woman of the Year award, but it was the combination of her career success, overcoming great adversity in childhood, and dedication to giving back to her community through volunteer activities that sparked our interest and set her nomination apart,” board member Ceil Carpenter said.

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Plastic Bag Initiative Moves Forward In Southampton

By Emily Toy

The solution is in the bag.

At least that’s what Southampton Town believes.

As spring weather and Earth Day move closer, town council members Christine Preston Scalera and Chris Nuzzi are launching the “Greener Southampton: the Solution is in the Bag” campaign, according to a press release last Thursday, where plastic bags are planned to be significantly reduced in use.

“I really tried to take on the educational aspect of single use plastic bags,” Scalera said.

Scalera said that a committee, the Town of Southampton Plastic Bag Education Task Force, has been formalized for the reduction of single use plastic bags, which includes input from the Southampton Business Alliance and the town’s Sustainability Committee.

Top priorities of the effort are to reduce plastic bag use, increase recycling by 15 percent over the next year, and to encourage the public to bring their own bags to retail stores.

A 100 percent reduction of single use plastic bags in the environment

and landfills is the ultimate goal.

On April 21, Earth Day, kick-off events will be held at King Kullen in Bridgehampton and Stop & Shop in Hampton Bays, at 9:30 AM and noon, respectively. During designated hours, shoppers and merchants can “take the pledge” to promote the reduction, reuse and recycling of plastic bags.

Each store will sponsor activities for children, have free giveaways, and provide shoppers with a free reusable tote bag with a $10 purchase. Customers will also receive five cents off their total for each reusable bag they bring in the future.

Unwanted plastic shopping bags can be returned to designated bins located at any of the four town transfer stations, as well as any major grocery store, or a retailer who participates in “A Greener Southampton.”

Scalera also said that the effort includes involving local schools to see which one can collect the most plastic bags.

For more information, or to sign the plastic bag pledge, visit www. southamptontownny.gov or call the town council office at 631-287-5745.

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Independent / Deb Heusser, Kerry Connelly

Smoke filled the skies above (top) LIE exit 69 near Wading River and (bottom) in Manorville Monday evening.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4. on the scene Monday and Tuesday, offering aid to both the firefighters and those who were forced to leave their homes in Manorville. The SPCA collaborated with the Red Cross, providing shelter for pets of evacuees. Riverhead Town set up a shelter in Jamesport.

Bellone reported the Suffolk County Police Aviation unit was in force, with helicopters flying over the scene, helping to find stranded firefighters and offer continual assessment of conditions. The conflagration called to mind, for many, the 1995 Sunrise Wild Fires that ignited in the Pine Barrens south of the current blaze near the Riverhead campus of Suffolk Community College and scorched as many as 3200 acres. And, as happened in the 90s, fortune smiled a little, since the fires were located in predominantly isolated

areas featuring forest, but few homes. Bellone noted that many fire companies who fought the Wild Fires, confronted this emergency with experience gained in the earlier battle.

At a press conference Monday evening Steve Gray, the first assistant chief of the Ridge Fire Department said he wasn’t sure how long it would take to extinguish the fire, but volunteers were “giving it everything they’ve got.”

L I PA c u t t h e p o w e r t o a transmission line through the area, and as of Monday night over 200 homes were without power. Busses replaced trains on the Ronkonkoma to Greenport line and there were scattered road closures near the fire, including the eastbound HOV lane on the LIE. Isolated showers predicted on Tuesday and today, were hoped to help knock down the flames. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

An MVA on County Road 58 in Riverhead Saturday night claimed the life of 50-year-old Julio Velez of Mastic. According to Riverhead Town Police, just before 8 PM they responded to an MVA on CR 58 just east of Oliver Street.

A head-on collision involving two vehicles in the westbound lane had occurred.

A 2008 Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV was traveling westbound on 58 when a 1991 Saturn sedan that had been in the eastern lane crossed over and collided with the SUV. The operator of the Suzuki, a Riverhead woman, and her two passengers were treated at the scene by members of the Riverhead Ambulance corps and taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center with minor injuries.

The driver of the Saturn, Velez, was extricated from the vehicle by emergency responders and pronounced dead at the scene.

Cops say an investigation revealed Velez had been involved in two earlier accidents west of the Route 58 locale and fled the scene of both.

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Strictly Business Hospital’s Palliative Care Service Expands Southampton Hospital’s Palliative Care Service has been available for patients and their families a full year now. The service provides comprehensive care and management of physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs to patients who are seriously ill and/or experiencing a life-threatening illness. A new dimension of this service has been added: bereavement support groups.

This spring, the Palliative Care Service will offer two bereavement support groups for those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. This dramatic loss creates significant change in a person’s life and it is usually followed by a period of grief. Grief has no pattern - how long or severe, each experience differs for each person.

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therapists and facilitators, will lead the bereavement groups.

Each has a unique background in working with grief, trauma and death. The first group, led by Zachary, will begin tomorrow at 5:30 PM and will continue for six weeks.

The second group, led by Peterson, will begin Wednesday, May 9, at 5:30 PM and will also continue for six weeks. For more information please contact: Jane Edelman, RN, OCN, Clinical Coordinator Palliative Care, Southampton Hospital at 631726-3200.

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No Fuss, No Muss – Free Vessel Exams In the springtime, the saying goes that a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love. This may be true but just about everyone I speak to lately has had it with “cabin fever” and wants to get back out on there! And, fitfully, spring is nearly here. When

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But experience tells me that when the regulars are faced with two boats, and one has passed our exam and the other hasn’t, the other guy had better hope that he has no reason to worry.

How to get one?

In an out-reach program started a few years ago, the USCGAux flotillas “Out East” created “Vessel Exam Days” with a number of marinas and dock masters. Some throw BBQs for their customers. Some set up tables with fresh sets of flares (the most common reason for a boat not to get its decal) and other necessary items like fire extinguishers or air-horns, etc. So, check with your dock master and, if he or she isn’t planning to sponsor a “VE Day,” email me below and I will follow up directly. Or, you can go online to www.cgaux.org and click on Vessel Safety Checks. Follow a few simple prompts and you will be asked for your zip-code. The computer will then list for you, closest first, where the Vessel Examiners are and you can email them automatically.

Or just email me and we’ll get it set up for you.

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Believe it or not, the first thing that the Examiner will ask for is your registration. The registration, not a copy, is required by law to be on the boat. If it isn’t there, the examiner will still conduct the exam to see if there are any other show-stoppers but the VSC decal cannot be awarded without a valid registration on the boat. It can be in your wallet as long as you are on the boat!

An important reason for the registration to be in hand is that right on it is the length of the boat as it is known to DMV. USCG safety standards are size-dependent. For example, a boat over 39.4 feet shall (must!) have a copy of the Navigation Rules (the COLREGs you’ve seen so much on here) on the boat. Twenty-six feet or more? Where’s your Pollution placard? Trash placard? At least two “B-1” fire extinguishers aboard?

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Well, as I noted above, the most common reason is expired flares.

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K.M. still good after the expiration date?

Almost without a doubt, they are. But the Examiner cannot give you your decal unless you have at least three day and three night “pyrotechnic devices” aboard in an un-expired state.

What else can go wrong? Well, before you get nervous, with over 100,000 exams as the basis, 75 percent of all boats pass on the first pass.

And it is not a regulatory event if it doesn’t. You get specific advice from the Examiner on what you need. And likely his or her cell phone number to schedule the re-exam. And, oh yes, it is free. Both times.

Does every boat need to pass every item? Not at all. If you don’t have a marine sanitation device (a “head”) aboard, the Examiner just checks “N/A.” But if you do, it must meet federal standards for safe and secure operation. Does your 20’ Seahunt need a set of Nav Rules aboard? Nope.

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It was a good day in Bubbyland Monday as East Hampton bombed Amityville in a doubleheader sweep, 10-0 and 10-1. Brady Yusko on the move (top and insert); Deilyn Guzman dives back to first and (insert above) lashes a hit.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16. and also having the largest goslabi eating team ever,” Rudolph said.

She currently has 100 people signed up to do the challenge (see the list below).

Weems noted that the Jerry Lewis telethon that raises money for Muscular Dystrophy research plays to an older crowd. He said he “wanted a new strategy to spread awareness among a younger generation— among which there might be an individual who will one day find a cure.“ And so he set out from Athens to Los Angeles, accompanied by a small group of friends.

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A movie of his journey, Darius Goes West, is available on DVD. The film has won numerous awards around the country and been featured in 25 film festivals.

Rudolph said so far about 45 kids of her team have physically ingested the spice; some of the others have never tasted it --yet. “Just like Darius we’re looking for a few generous people to sponsor our spoons,” she said. Every sponsor will get a copy of the movie.

Rudolph, a sixth grade English language arts and social studies teacher said, “I first heard about Darius four years ago. I had received a DVD in the mail. It was a documentary about him. I was just so

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affected by who he was and what he did.“ Those interested in taking the challenge can sign up at the website: just Google goslabi East Hampton. Anyone wanting to make a donation to the fundraiser can send a check made out to Darius Goes West at the following address: East Hampton Middle School c/o Student Association Advisor 76 Newtown Lane East Hampton, NY 11937 The local participants are Lynn Rudolph (Captain), Lisa Cotter, Jairo Buestan, Jack Healey, Rudy DeSanti, JP Palacios, Grace Dreher, Michelle Lopez, Desiree Rowe, Polly Byrne, Victoria Von Frank, Maddie Smullen, Sammy Duarte, Jacarra Stephens, Vanesa Betancur, Dylan DiSunno, Eros Elizondo, Brandon Baez, Nick Arkinson, Kevin Montano, Matthew Verity, Johann Criollo, Rebecca O’Sullivan, Erin Gray, Jack Reese, Antione Petty, Aspen

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“This was a family operated kind of place,” Overby said. “They had kitchenettes, they didn’t have a lot of need for hotel type services.”

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Jones refused to comment when asked about the lounge concept.

Meanwhile, across the campus in town hall, speakers at last Thursday night’s meeting hectored town board members they feel are doing favors for Jones and Siedlick, a Republican contributor.

A petition calling for a referendum on the sale of a portion of a town alleyway that had been incorporated into the Ronjo property through encroachment garnered over 600 signatures. The petition drive was triggered by Supervisor Bill Wilkinson saying he picked the sale price of $35,000 “out of the air.”

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Jeanne Frankl, Democratic Committee chair reported that her group commissioned an appraisal from Clark & Marshall, a firm used by the town itself. The appraisal listed the value of the parcel at $184,000. A second appraisal commissioned by the property owners listed the sliver of alleyway at $22,500. The vast disparity between the two should be reason enough to reconsider the sale, Frankl reasoned.

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Wilkinson said that as the contract of sale is discussed, the two appraisals will be considered.

However, he said the assessments should be reviewed with thought given to the fact that the property is unbuildable. “Let’s call it what it is,” he said.

The supervisor also said whether the purchasers will be required to provide public access will be discussed during contract negotiations. ”I would think you would want the terms figured out before you agree to the sale,” Democratic Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc offered. “I’m sure you would,“ Wilky responded.

He had similar sarcasm for a community member who chastised him for giving the property away. “I don’t know why you’re so belligerent about getting more money for the people,” Leni Salz said. When she accused Wilkinson of simply “giving it away,” he countered, “That’s silly.“ Wilkinson pointed out that the petition carried by Democratic Committee members bore signatures from residents that were, for the most part, not residents of Montauk. Ninety percent of the signatories live outside the hamlet, he reported. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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