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Big Trouble In Little Fresh

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Maybe they should change the name to “not so fresh pond.” With a full summer’s sampling of water bodies in Southampton Town on the books, Little Fresh Pond in North Sea consistently tested for high levels of entero bacteria. In fact, there hasn’t been a week this summer when samples from the pond haven’t tested in excess of the EPA threshold. Volunteers

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Finest Kind Falls

By Kitty Merrill

A Brooklyn native and life-long summer visitor, Mark Penkower decided to take up fishing one summer when he came out to stay at his parents’ Springs home. He remembered how he met Billy Havens.

It was the end of the summer of 2015 and Penkower was at the dock on Gann Road. “I was trying to pull in a fish and I lost it at the last second. I started screaming, cursing.

Really loud.”

Havens and a friend, William Jacobs, got out of their trucks and approached him. Said Jacobs, “We were watching you and we thought you were a city guy with weak character. But when you started throwing those f-bombs, we knew you were an okay guy.” Havens explained to Penkower why he

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lost the fish. Then “he went into his tackle box and gave me some leaders and some lures. He wouldn’t accept any money in return. He showed me the right way to tie it

and that’s how I met Billy Havens.”

The two would go on the form a strong, if brief, bond.

As Penkower’s love of fishing grew,

“Billy told me where to go fishing, all the good spots. We kept in touch and he was always available by text and email for advice. One

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Jerry’s Ink

by Jerry Della Femina

MY NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE My feet hurt.

They ache and I feel like I’m walking on rocks.

Fortunately, my feet are in the hands of Dr. Rock Positano, the single best foot doctor in the world.

He told me to ice my feet for 20 minutes, twice a day. When I came home and reported this to my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht, she said, “Listen to Dr. Rock, and for God’s sake don’t do the idiot thing you did that time when you almost killed yourself.”

“It was an accident. And it was 15 years ago. Don’t you ever forget?” I protested. “Do you always have to bring up every stupid thing I do?”

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I almost died the most embarrassing death imaginable. . .

At first I was calm. I actually started to laugh at the ridiculousness of my predicament.

But slowly, ever so slowly, I began to panic. At one point I tried to struggle and lash out with my arms.

But then breathing clearly became a problem and I started to think, this could be the end. What an incredibly stupid way to go.

How would my family explain it?

The obituary was going to be a disaster.

It all started when I had a pain in my knee while I was playing tennis.

My wife, the beautiful Judy Licht, noticed me hobbling after the

“Why don’t you take a nice hot bath? It’ll make you feel so much better,” Judy said. So at 5 PM, fresh from having lost a small fortune betting on college football, I ran a bath.

First thing I noticed was a giant carton of CVS Epsom salts resting next to the bathtub. The directions called for a cup of salts. Since I love excess, if one cup was good, six cups would be better. I poured the entire carton into the hot water.

Now I must confess I love bubble baths so I found this bottle of Nature’s Way almond honey bubble bath and, ignoring the directions for two capfuls, I poured the entire bottle into the bath. Then I noticed a half-full bottle of bubble-gumpink raspberry-kiwi fragrance bubble bath. I added it. I then spotted a bottle of bubble bath, unopened, with this nifty picture of a lemon. Showing unusual restraint, I only added half of this bottle to the bath.

Now came the big mistake. I found this plastic bag filled with lavender bath oil beads. I tossed in half the bag and, finally, as the piece de resistance, I emptied a three-ounce bottle of orange bath oil into the mess. I climbed into the bath.

The bubbles were pretty high.

Absentmindedly I reached over and turned the Jacuzzi jets on. What a mistake. Within 10 seconds the bubbles were over my head. “I’ll

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just sit up,” I thought. Wrong! The bath oil and oil beads had made the tub incredibly slippery. Instead of sitting up, I slipped below the water with only my eyes above the water line. That’s when the suds, which had reached over six feet high and were slowly covering a good portion of the bathroom, came cascading down on my face, covering me.

That’s when I started to panic. The more I squirmed, the more I slipped into the water. The bubbles were in my nose and mouth and I couldn’t reach far enough to turn off the Jacuzzi. “Oh my God,” I thought, “I’m going to be smothered to death by these bubbles.”

What a humiliating way to die.

Death by frigging bubble bath.

I then decided to try to save myself by turning over and trying to stand up. I made it over but I couldn’t stand. So I started to crawl under the bubbles, holding my breath because I was choking and coughing. I made it to the end and reached out to where I remembered a towel rack used to be. The rack, of course, was covered in bubbles.

I gripped it and pulled myself up. I climbed out of the tub. The entire bathroom was filled with bubbles, touching the ceiling. I could not find the door and for a second I imagined the bubbles going into the wall sockets and that I would suddenly be the first person in history electrocuted by bubbles.

I finally found the doorknob, turned it, and Judy couldn’t believe her eyes. I had turned into Bubble Man, a monster covered from head to toe with bubbles. I fell out of the bathroom and collapsed to the floor laughing hysterically.

When I told my family of my neardeath experience, they took one look at the bathroom, which was in shambles. “We would not have been able to have a funeral for you, because we would not have been able to stop laughing,” said Judy.

My son JT said nothing. I could read his mind: “Why did I wind up with such a jerk for a father?” My daughter Jessie summed it up. “If you had died by being smothered by bubbles I don’t know if I could ever face my friends again.”

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Fall Fests In Full Effect

Independent / Joanna Froschl, Kitty Merrill Pumpkins and spice and everything nice: these young ladies hit Pumpkintown in Southampton last week for a taste of fresh fall air and fun.

Compiled by Kitty Merrill & Justin Meinken

Who says it’s dead on the East End after Labor Day? Once the parade of black SUVs head west, the fall fun begins, with festivals and special events galore to ring in the shoulder season. Check out some of our faves.

Montauk’s 36th Annual Fall Festival is sponsored by the Montauk Chamber of Commerce Saturday and Sunday on the Green in downtown Montauk.

New this year are two free trolleys operated by North Fork Trolley Co. to take festival goers between downtown and the Montauk Lighthouse, Harbor, and LIRR station, (10 AM to 6 PM).

Additionally, Hampton Jitney will run free, local, intra-town service to help people park further west in Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton, and Amagansett and travel to Montauk.

(Reservations are required, call the Jitney at 631-283-4600.)

The festival kicks off on Saturday with the “Famous Clam Chowder Contest” at 11 AM, with a variety of unforgettable chowders from local restaurants available “until they run out” which is around 1 PM. Food personalities judge and present awards for the best New England and Manhattan chowders. Winners are announced at 3 PM that day on the Chamber’s Facebook page and posted at www. montaukchamber.com.

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Sand In My Shoes

by Denis Hamill

HIFF IS THE WIDE WORLD IN MICROCOSM Imagine the worst of the world.

Imagine if you lived in the world’s most closed society where you knew next to nothing of the rest of the world. And then you got a peek at the Hamptons International Film Festival that opened your eyes to the whole wide world.

My favorite tweet last month came from a former Navy Seal named Jocko Willink who had seen military action in all the world’s worst hot spots. When asked how he would handle North Korea Willink tweeted, “Drop 25 million iPhones on them and put satellites over them with free wifi.”

Perfect.

We could probably defuse nuclear Armageddon if we beamed a live stream to North Korea from next week’s Hamptons International Film Festival. Those cloistered souls would see a sampling of movies and conversations and parties at HIFF with some of the most talented filmmakers from all over the world right here on the East End. If they want to know what a free society looks and sounds like, beam the North Koreans the live HIFF talk with Rob Reiner, who first came into our American living rooms as Michael “Meathead” Stivic in “All in the Family,” a sidesplitting 1970s TV show that satirized a bigot named Archie

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Reiner moved onto a brilliant career as a film director of When Harry Met Sally, Ghosts of Mississippi, Stand by Me, This is Spinal Tap, Misery, A Few Good Men, The Bucket List, and LBJ.

Reiner can be found every day on Twitter inveighing against the autocratic excesses of Donald Trump the same way the Meathead railed against Archie, except now Archie’s alter ego is the real-life President of the United States of America. If those citizens of North Korea could tune in on their airdropped iPhones they would realize that this is still a free society where we air our own dirty laundry, where we can say what we want even about our own unstable leader with bad hair who acts like a spoiled child threatening to blow up the world.

Then the North Koreans could follow Long Island native Alec Baldwin as co-chairman of HIFF, who just won an Emmy for hilariously impersonating Trump on “Saturday Night Live.”

“On our 25th anniversary, the film festival is in great shape,” Baldwin tells me. “Its reputation and its influence have grown with every year. We are indebted to Stuart Suna and Michael Lynne [who founded HIFF], as well as all of our staff, for this milestone.”

Then the North Koreans might enjoy a HIFF conversation with the great Annette Bening, see the legendary Julie Andrews accept a Lifetime Achievement Award for her unforgettable performances in

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Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor Victoria, and hear Patrick Stewart talk about the thespian life after accepting the Variety Impact on Acting Award.

Those denizens of hermetically sealed Pyongyang could then sample a universal smorgasbord of films including the documentary 11/8/16 in which director Jeff Deutchman offers interviews from across the USA on the stunning night Trump was elected; 15: A Quinceanera Story in which directors Matthew O’Neill and Thalia Sodi explore 15-year-old Zoey, aided by her trans-madrinas (godmothers), preparing for her Quinceanera celebration that the older women were never able to enjoy; After Louie, starring Alan Cumming as a gay NYC artist suffering from survivors guilt after the 1980s ferocious AIDS epidemic; Arrhythmia, a portrait of a broken Russian marriage directed

by Boris Khlebnikov; The Darkest Hour, a bio pic with Joe Wright directing Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill.

Plus North Koreans who know little of the world beyond their borders would see films from China, Iran, Poland, Cuba, Italy, Romania. All presented in the theaters and screening rooms of the gorgeous autumnal Hamptons where next week they can find the wide world in microcosm.

“The task now is to extend our schedule and our locations around the East End,” Alec Baldwin says. “More screenings and events in Montauk, Southampton, and Bridgehampton. And more educational programming overall.”

Jocko Willink’s ingenious idea could change the world if North Koreans got to watch on their iPhones as film lovers from all over the world pack into the bars, restaurants, parties and streets and theaters of East Hampton, Southampton, and Sag Harbor. It might even inspire them to topple a repressive regime that keeps them from experiencing the rest of the world as we will next week at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Where instead of the worst of the world we can imagine the best of it.

To comment on Sand in My Shoes, email denishamill@gmail.com.

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Blue-Green Algae Widespread In The Pond

By Kitty Merrill

Sampling performed by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed the presence of new cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue–green algae, at Fort Pond in Montauk, Poxabogue Pond in Sagaponack, and Sayre Pond and Coopers Neck Pond in Southampton.

The algal bloom has recurred in Fort Pond; tests came back positive for cyanobacteria earlier this summer. Town officials posted signs, which subsequently disappeared. Similar to Lake Agawam in Southampton, the algal bloom at Fort Pond is described as “widespread.” So, too, is the bloom at Sayre Pond.

Poxabogue Pond’s bloom is “large” and “localized,” meaning the bloom affects many properties within an entire cove, along a large segment of the shoreline, or in a specific region of the water body, according to the State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The blue-green algae at Coopers Neck Pond is listed as small and localized.

Harmful Algal Blooms have been detected in an estimated 300 water bodies in New York State since 2012. Nearly 50 on Long Island have undergone HABs monitoring this summer. While the exact cause of HABs is not fully understood, blooms occur most often in waters high in phosphorus and/or nitrogen.

Last month Senator Charles Schumer called on Congress to quickly pass the “Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act.” Ecological hypoxia is the depletion of oxygen in the water and the most common cause of fish kills. Schumer says the bill would help combat the recent rise in toxic algae found in Long Island waterways. He warned that, left unchecked, these toxic blooms could contaminate drinking water for Long Island residents, as well as damage the local economy dependent on fishing and recreation.

“Knowing there is a federal effort that requires the approval

of Congress to help Long Island combat dangerous algae and bloom spreads demands an effort to act,” said the senator. “If we pass this plan, we will help protect marine life, bays, estuaries, and drinking water while continuing to seek out new dollars and resources exclusively for Long Island.”

The bill would authorize $22 million a year for five years (20192023) to help conduct research on harmful algal blooms and continue

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From Swamp To Open Space

By Kitty Merrill

a $2.5 million mortgage lien on the site. The bank holding the mortgage would have to agree to the decreased purchase price.

Additionally, when the town uses CPF money to purchase properties, the landowner traditionally covers the cost of razing any structures on the land. (With revenue derived from a two percent tax on most real estate transactions, the CPF is a dedicated fund geared toward the preservation of open space, historic properties, and farmland, with strict guidelines. Among the rules is a provision requiring land purchased for open space be devoid of structures.) The building is completely derelict so the cost of demolition would likely be minor.

The story of the Swamp is “the story of how people’s taste and values have changed,” author Steven Gaines, perhaps presciently, told the New York Times in 2001.

Home to a gay men’s club during the hedonistic 1970s and ‘80s, the property could soon be open space or a park.

Tomorrow night the East Hampton Town Board will hold a public hearing on the $2.1 million proposed purchase of the oneacre parcel that was once home to the disco. The plan to acquire the land through the Community Preservation Fund, with a $300,000 contribution from the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation, is not a simple one.

Complexities aside, the acquisition is unlikely to generate opposition.

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Independent / Kitty Merrill From The Swamp to Club Swa to the Star Room to an overgrown eyesore to a proposed car wash, this property in Wainscott may be transformed into open space if a public/private partnership acquisition comes to fruition.

During meetings about the hamlet’s future, community members weighed in in favor of creating a greenbelt at Wainscott’s gateway. By contrast, public hearings on proposals to develop the land as a car wash were met with impassioned opposition.

Traffic from such a high volume business would clash with already congested conditions on Montauk Highway in Wainscott. The noise such a use would generate, and concern about chemicals that could contaminate nearby Georgica Pond were other sticking points.

Executive director of the Friends of Georgica Pond Foundation Sara Davison said Monday, “We’re just delighted the town sees fit to purchase this property as open space, and to be a small part in making the purchase happen.”

The group has gotten support from Ronald Perelman and Anna Chapman as well as Ronald Lauder.

Transforming the property into natural woodland, open space, or a

park, Davison said, represents good planning.

It took a different kind of planning, celebrity, and no small amount of charm to get into the Swamp during its heyday. Opened in 1977, it sat on the highway next door to a competing club, The Attic. Both were wildly popular hot spots and drivers trying to make their way east at night navigated through a sea of cars parked along both sides of the roadway, sometimes stretching all the way back to Town Line Road. The parking lots of both clubs were often as active as the dance floors indoors.

In 1995, the Swamp was sold to a syndicate of buyers. The name remained the same but the vibe changed and the club’s deterioration loomed. Club Swa took over, but didn’t last very long.

The Star Room was next, in 2001.

It closed in 2008, with beleaguered neighbors likely heaving sighs of relief. The property has been vacant ever since.

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In Depth News

By Rick Murphy

Tuckahoe Road Takeover

When last heard from Drew Pickett, the president of Shinnecock Golf Club, offered Southampton Town and Tuckahoe School District millions of dollars to close a portion of Tuckahoe Road that runs through the golf course by building two roads around it.

The idea was met by near universal opposition from the public.

Apparently undeterred, the course hierarchy intends on implementing the first part of the plan anyway – and get the United States Golf Association (USGA) to pay for it.

Tom Neely, the Southampton Town Transportation and Traffic Safety director sent a letter to the Town Highway Department referencing earlier communications with two USGA officials, Charlie Howe and Timothy Lloyd.

The document refers to, among other things, a plan to cut two 30-foot-wide asphalt roads. One would detour traffic from the golf course east to St. Andrews Road and run parallel to the railroad tracks. The other would go from St. Andrews north and reconnect to Tuckahoe Road east of the golf course. It would entail opening a paper road, Montrose Road, that lies between Shinnecock and the National Golf Course.

The work would be have to be completed in time for the US Open next June.

However, it is nearly identical to the more ambitious plan Pickett and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a member of the golf club, championed that would permanently close the portion of Tuckahoe Road that goes through the golf course and make the proposed detours permanent.

Alex Gregor, the Southampton Town Highway Superintendent, noted that there have been two prior US Opens held at Shinnecock. and the road changes proposed now weren’t needed for either.

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“They are using the Open to get a foothold. There’s no site plan review, and no public input,” he said.

A public hearing was held on the proposed permanent closure of Tuckahoe Road last year. Most of the speakers denounced the plan, especially those who live on or near St. Andrews Road.

Joe Gazza spoke at the meeting.

He said he built the Montessori School for his wife, who ran it for 34 years. “This will ruin the road around the school,” he said.

“Right now there is a little plastic white fence. We’ll need a fence with barbed wire.” Gazza pointed out that the proposed new road is pointed directly at the school’s front driveway. “You’re putting the school in crosshairs,” he said.

The Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons is on 111 St. Andrews Road. The rerouted traffic would adversely affect the neighborhood and parishioners, Fr. Constantine Lazarakis, the presbyter, said at the meeting.

“If they are sliding this under the table it is disturbing,” he said in an interview Friday. “The neighbors must have a say.” Father Lazarakis said both sides should keep an open mind and have a civil discussion about the plan. “But they shouldn’t try to ram this thing through,” he added.

“They are using the USGA to do their dirty work,” Gregor said of the golf club hierarchy. “I am denying their [the USGA] application. It doesn’t give enough information and it bypasses the planning process.”

In a letter date Sept. 28 Gregor told Lloyd and Howe as much, noting, “The Shinnecock Golf Course is the correct party to submit the request to open several unopened town roads that border the golf course.”

Bloomberg personally pitched the project to Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, who said he was intrigued by the prospect of receiving funds from

the golf course. One wild card is the relocation of Southampton Hospital onto the Southampton Stony Brook campus on Tuckahoe Road across Route 39 and south of the golf club, which means ambulances and increased traffic at an already dangerous intersection.

But Pickett and other club members who spoke at the meeting said safety was their primary concern, that traffic through the golf course is increasing to the point that accidents are inevitable.

About one-half mile of the current

Tuckahoe Road will be shuttered during the golf tournament, as it was in 1996 and 2004 when the Open was held at Shinnecock – from CR 39, north past the clubhouse and through the course.

The stretch provides striking panoramic views of the bays and the ocean.

“We are going to lose another vista,” warned James Ding at the meeting. “It’s another vista we’re not going to be able to see. The town has made this place ugly.

Think about the beauty.”

USGA Says Roads Temporary

By Rick Murphy

Charlie H.R. Howe IV, the director of the 2018 US Open, said this week he is aware of the controversy between Shinnecock Hills Golf Club and Southampton Town.

(See accompanying article.) The club has proposed that a portion of Tuckahoe Road that runs through the course be permanently closed and offered to pay the costs of building a traffic bypass.

This week though, The Independent learned the golf club has proposed part of the bypass be paid for by the United States Golf Association.

“The Club’s proposal was and is completely separate from ours, being that our proposal is for temporary roadways to provide the USGA the ability to logistically conduct the championship,” Howe said Friday. One road would run east parallel to the train tracks just north of County Road 39 and come out at St. Andrews Road and another north to hook up with Tuckahoe Road east of the golf course.

The Open has been held at Shinnecock four times, in 1896, 1986, 1995, and 2004.

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Superintendent Alex Gregor said this is the first time the club hierarchy and the USGA claimed the additional roads were needed.

“After the championship, we would be returning the property to its current state. Because this is temporary and only for the conducting of our championship, the USGA covers the costs,” Howe said.

Gregor said according to the plans he’s seen, the proposed roads would be permanent, because it would be impossible to return them to their current state. In fact they are to be paved with asphalt.

The Open is scheduled to be played at Shinnecock again in 2026.

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A Stunning Reversal of Fortune

they were set to move forward to the PDD vote.

The Discovery Land Company’s plan to build an 18-hole golf course and 117 luxury homes in East Quogue, which seemed to be on the verge of becoming a reality, now seems to have one foot in the grave.

As for town board members Julie Lofstad and John Bouvier, it’s anyone’s guess. “I don’t understand their concerns,” Schneiderman said. “I believe there is widespread community support. Taxes will go down.”

At a Southampton Town Board meeting on September 26 the board was widely expected to “accept” a “findings statement” prepared by planners, the final piece of a tedious environmental review of the plan.

A week earlier the board approved the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) prepared by Discovery, which included public comments, when it was deemed “complete” by the board by a 5-0 vote.

The September 26 meeting was supposed to be a formality but the meeting, at the East Quogue School, was packed nonetheless – The Hills has proven to be one of the most divisive developments plans in the history of the town, as well as one of the largest.

The findings statement was not released prior to the meeting, which drew some complaints. Then two Democratic board members, John Bouvier and Julie Lofstad, abruptly announced they would vote against accepting the statement. After a discussion involving the public and an affirmation that the final piece of the puzzle had not been released to the public, the matter was tabled.

“Two members indicated their opposition to the findings statement last night casting serious doubt on approval of the resort golf course development,” Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said Thursday.

Had it been accepted by a simple majority, the town was set to vote on the Discovery planned development district on October 19. A super majority (four votes) is needed to pass. At that point, Discovery would have been free to begin construction.

“We cannot vote on the PDD without a positive findings statement. The findings statement must be based on the FEIS. The FEIS was already deemed complete and accepted

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The Hills in East Quogue, pictured in a rendering made the developer, may have to be revised again.

unanimously,” Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said.

The supervisor, clearly disappointed, had given hints over the last several weeks that he was in favor of the project. He confirmed as much this week. “I support the findings statement, which is based on science.”

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postponed no matter what, since the Suffolk Planning Commission has to chime in if and when the findings statement is approved, if ever.

Discovery, meanwhile, is rumored to be preparing for any contingency.

The company is reportedly in contract to buy a golf course nearby and already owns the Dune Deck in Westhampton. If Discovery can find a marina to buy it can offer potential homeowners at the Hills a boating, dining, and golf experience without building a golf course in East Quogue.

Two Republicans on the board, Stan Glinka and Christine Scalera, have yet to make their intentions known, but insiders were guessing

But that doesn’t mean the 600plus acres will be spared from development. “They can build 160 houses, and they will be bigger than the ones they are proposing now,” Schneiderman said.

to go forward. “We negotiated in good faith. Julie lied to my face. It smacked of some kind of political deal,” he added.

and concerns for the aquifer and nearby bays. “There is zero chance of that happening. Zero,” Hissey said.

It has been suggested Southampton Town will attempt to buy the property to stave off development

See the accompanying article for more on The Hills.

“Kick In The Teeth”

Mark Hissey, a vice president of Discovery Land, said he was blindsided by the decision of two Southampton Town Board members to withhold support for his company’s planned development district in East Quogue dubbed The Hills.

“It felt like a kick in the teeth,” Hissey said.

Julie Lofstadt and John Bouvier abruptly announced their decision at a board meeting September 26, which was held to accept a findings statement authorizing the project

Hissey said the project will “absolutely move forward,” even if the pending application is denied.

Discovery can build up to 160 homes by right. Hissey said his company will buy a nearby golf course if need be. “All the benefits we were prepared to provide will be off the table,” Hissey warned.

Lofstadt is up for reelection. “She badly miscalculated,” said Hissey.

“There has been a tremendous groundswell of support since the meeting. East Quogue is very upset.

This is a long way from over.” One option is for Discovery to vote Lofstadt out of office by backing a candidate that supports The Hills.

“Why shouldn’t I?” Hissey asked.

It’s That Spooky Time Again!

The Independent’s BOO! Short And Scary Story Contest is underway again!

Students are invited to submit Halloween-themed artwork and spooky essays to The Independent and possibly be awarded a trophy – or even have their submission read on the radio!

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She was found on the shoreline of Hubbard County Park around 3:45 in the afternoon, police said.

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LIQUOR Authority Stings 30 Southampton Town Police Community Response Unit, in conjunction with the New York State Liquor Authority, conducted an SLA operation, in response to the New York State Governor’s Initiative to combat underage drinking near college campuses.

Underage agents were used to attempt to purchase alcoholic beverages from licensed premises near SUNY Stony Brook, Southampton Campus and Suffolk Community College, Riverhead Campus.

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wooded lot in Manorville that belonged to Guichard, after a raid on the place September 19. The Sheriff ’s department had been investigating Guichard for a month according to a press release and obtained a search warrant after developing evidence he was selling his product.

The raid uncovered a significant stash of marijuana in various stages of drying, totaling more than 30 pounds, the sheriff ’s office said.

The grow house was covered by a utility storage building, and was not visible to the naked eye.

Investigators did not say how they learned of its existence.

Guichard was charged with criminal sale of marijuana in the first degree, a class C felony, criminal possession of a weapon, and other offenses, according to the press release. He is being held at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility on $50,000 cash bail or $100,000 bond.

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A fisherman walking along a Hampton Bays beach found the body of a woman Friday. She was subsequently identified as Kristy Westerlind of Flanders.

The deceased was 40 years old and a preliminary investigation by the Suffolk County Homicide Department found no evidence of foul play. Police would not elaborate on the cause of death.

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In all, 18 establishments were checked, 16 of the 18 establishments were compliant

with New York State Laws and refused to sell alcohol to the underage agents without proper identification. This is a significant increase in compliance compared to an earlier operation conducted

by Southampton Town Police this summer, when a similar operation found seven premises not in compliance.

Two subjects were arrested and charged with Unlawfully Dealing with a Child, First Degree, and Prohibited Sales to a Minor, both charges are Misdemeanors. One, an 18 year-old man from Calverton was arrested at Marta’s Deli in Riverside, and the other a 27 yearold Flanders man who was working at the Hampton Deli in Flanders.

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time fishing upstate I had a reel and the line was caught and I couldn’t figure out what to do. I texted Billy a picture and he told me how to fix it,” he recalled.

“It was great knowing him. He told me stories how his family had been fishing since the 1600s. I got to know a little Bonacker fishing history because of him.”

Billy Havens died last week in hospice in Florida. He had relocated to Sebastian from Bonac recently, another of the region’s colorful characters to head south, another of Amagansett’s sons lost.

Handsome, kind, friendly, and funny, Havens was quick to help a stranger, as evidenced by the friendship that grew from a short encounter with Penkower on the dock. Photogenic and charismatic, he was featured in the music video for Billy Joel’s “The Downeaster ‘Alexa,’” an ode to the hard life of commercial fishermen, and in Peter Matthiessen’s Men’s Lives, which chronicled baymen in 1986. That year, Havens was interviewed by the New York Times for an article

entitled “Baymen Face Toughest Winter.” It was a harbinger of the end of haulseining.

At the time of the piece, Havens had quit the dying art of pulling nets to the shore from the surf after 20 years and was tending bar at Harry’s Hideaway. But he didn’t stray far from the water, as recent photos and his newborn friendship prove.

Helping strangers like Penkower wasn’t anything new for Havens.

In 2012, in an article about the 20-year anniversary of the stage adaptation of Men’s Lives he told author Bridget LeRoy that he recalled listening to the actors’ first read-through of the play. He took the script home and taped all the lines so the players could “get our Bonacker lingo.”

Obituary and services information wasn’t available at press time.

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Traveler Watchman

By Kitty Merrill

Goldie Applauds Mindfulness In Riverhead Schools

Statistics about the increases in school violence and bullying, youth depression and suicide, combined with the persistent failure of the education system to help children cope and flourish prompted actress, director, and producer Goldie Hawn to found The Hawn Foundation and create the MindUP program.

With the motto, “the brain is command central,” MindUP is comprised four “pillars.” It’s grounded in neuroscience, inspired by positive psychology, activated by mindful awareness, and a catalyst for social-emotional learning.

MindUP provides students with strategies to calm their minds and improve their focus.

Hawn’s program is serving nearly one million children across the globe, including the kids at Phillips Avenue Elementary School in Riverhead. Last week, Hawn made a surprise visit to the school.

During the visit, Hawn applauded the school’s new mindful curriculum, launched this school year and modeled after her own 13-year-old program.

During the 2016-17 school year, Phillips Avenue School teachers, led by Principal Debra Rodgers, were trained by MindUP representatives and worked over the summer months to adapt the program to the school’s individual needs.

Now in full swing, the Phillips Avenue program infuses mindfulness lessons into students’ daily routines. The simple, handson lessons inspire students to be mindful of things they taste, smell, and hear. The lessons also include brain-brakes, songs, breathing, and stretching exercises. Students are also taught how their own brains work. In total, the curriculum includes 25 lessons, complete with videos and worksheets related to mindfulness.

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There are always a ton of fun and interactive events happening on the North Fork, here is a list of our favorites. Got news? Email us at news@indyeastend.com.

Garden Tours On Saturday, the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program shares two private gardens with the public in Cutchogue and Shelter Island Heights. The Open Day is rain or shine, and no reservations

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Visitors may begin at any of the following locations: Birdhouse Garden, 3A Wesley Avenue, Shelter Island Heights, 10 AM to 4 PM or Garden of Arnold and Karen Blair, 4560 Vanston Road, Cutchogue, 12 PM to 4 PM. Admission is $7 per private garden; children 12 & under free. Call 1-888-842-2442, or visit www. opendaysprogram.org for more information.

Independent / Courtesy Garden Conservancy The Garden Conservancy hosts North Fork Open Days garden tours on Saturday. Above, Birdhouse Garden, Shelter Island Heights

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Toy Trains The Railroad Museum of Long Island in Riverhead hosts wooden toy train play days Saturday and Sunday from 11 AM to 3 PM. Check out the Thomas wooden railway, plus Brio, and Melissa and Doug wooden railways.

Indivisible North Fork On Wednesday, October 10, at 6:30 PM in the Riverhead Public Library, Indivisible North Fork will sponsor a forum on the merits of the Election Day proposition to hold a New York State Constitutional Convention.

The forum will be moderated by the League of Women Voters. It will follow traditional debate procedures with pro and con arguments, subsequent rebuttals, and the acceptance of written questions from the audience.

Laura Leever of PEER/ NYPAN will provide a brief historical overview of the NYS Constitutional Convention. Paul Pecorale, second VP of NYSUT, will stake out the “con” position, and Art Chang who is co-chair of the Citizens Union campaign and a member of the Committee for a Constitutional Convention will represent the “pro” side.

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Revolutionary War Encampment Step back in history to the year 1775 and spend the day with Revolutionary War patriot soldiers at Southold Historical Society’s Museum Complex on Saturday and Sunday. A living history encampment will be set up by the reenactors from the Third New York Regiment the night before, with tents and everything soldiers would need to live on as they travelled to join up with General Washington and his troops. The reenactors immerse themselves and their visitors in a well-researched experience of what it was like to spend the day in a military encampment.

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In honor of the Feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals and the environment, Sunday was designated “community pet blessing Sunday” at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton. The Very Reverend Denis C. Brunelle invited both people and their pets for a “Blessing of Pets and Holy Eucharist Service.” Dogs of every breed, size, and age, and other species, took their turn at hearing supportive words for our animal friends and companions.

Visitors will experience 18thcentury camp life, including demonstrations of firearms, military drills, authentic music and song, cooking demonstrations, and other daily tasks. The encampment will be open to visitors from 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday and from 10 AM to 3 PM on Sunday.

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Tax Rate Down In Southampton

By Kitty Merrill

Sustaining operational levels, addressing quality of life issues, and improving town infrastructure.

Those are the top three priorities Southampton Supervisor Jay Schneiderman articulates in his 2018 tentative budget message.

For the second straight year, the supervisor has proposed a modest reduction in the tax rate, at one percent. He’s able to provide a rate reduction, Schneiderman said, due to factors described by Moody’s Investors Service in its recent rating report: “Strong financial management practices and policies.”

Included in that description is the town’s ability to maintain and grow its fund balance (reserves) which have increased over 40 percent over the past 10 years and this year stands at $29.5 million.

“Of equal importance to our strong financial position is the aggressive approach the Town has taken over the past several years to reduce its outstanding debt. In this case, a nearly $5 million debt reduction

last year alone. From 2014 to 2018, the outstanding long term debt has decreased by approximately 13 percent,” Schneiderman’s message informs.

An indicator of the town’s fiscal health is its total assessed value.

Since 2013 that has increased from $55 billion to $63.7 billion and this year, for the first time in a decade, the valuation has increased across all the school districts in Southampton. Schneiderman calls that “a very strong economic indicator.”

The 2018 budget funds all ongoing programs including all contractual and promotional salary adjustments and over $1 million in pay-as-you-go funding, a fund critical to controlling the amount of the town’s annual borrowing; however, the budget also provides for increases where necessary and consistent with town priorities.

The proposed budget includes a $225,000 increase in the Parks Maintenance budget in large part dedicated to the replacement

Independent / Courtesy Supervisor’s Office Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman presents his tentative budget for 2018.

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Speaking to quality of life issues, Schneiderman notes in his message, “The addition of new leadership in both the police department and, more recently, in the public safety department, are both significant strategic steps. Both of these two leadership positions will bring more strategic coordination between all public safety-related town departments. The new chief of police has already taken steps to bring those strategic changes into the department.

“Southampton is geographically a very large town and its public safety needs vary from east to west,” the message continues. “Strategic deployment of the Town’s resources is critical to effective operations.

These measures are beginning to show quantifiable improvements.

Major crimes, such as burglary, grand larceny, felony assault, and rape, are down town-wide by 13 percent. Code enforcement statistics also indicate a meaningful impact on code violators. In 2017, so far, we have seen a 19 percent increase in notices of violation over a similar period the year before.

The added officers and the new leadership will assure that this trend will continue.” The budget calls for one new code enforcement officer and two more police officers, bringing staffing of fulltime officers in STPD to 97.

Turning to infrastructure and capital projects, Schneiderman’s budget calls for an investment of $3.1 million in the remodeling of the Ponquogue Beach Pavilion, the repair and improvement of the Old Ponquogue Bridge fishing station, improvement to the Shinnecock commercial fishing dock, plus upgrades to existing sports fields and other recreational facilities.

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Old Dogs New Trips

by Vay David & John Laudando

DON’T SKIP THE DESERT! the JutLand peninsuLa We did a lot of desert on our latest September trip out west. The most varied was Joshua Tree National Park. It is gigantic – nearly 800,000 acres – and if you’re looking for true desert wildness, you’ll find it here.

Named for the Joshua tree that dots the landscape nearly everywhere you turn, the park is the meetng ppoint of two distinct desert

ecosystems, the Mojave and the Colorado. Fascinating variety of plants and animals live in this land thst has been so incredibly sculpted by wind and rain. Its elevations range from 900 feet to over 5000 feet above sea level, and the park is home to biological communities that closely coexist nowhere else.

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Independent / John Laudando the charming church and churchyard of overby.

One morning, our Danish hosts and we headed to the ferry for the Jutland Peninsula, the mainland that is actually the largest part of Denmark geographically -more than twice as large as the better-known Copenhagen, which occupies the island of Sjælland. Yet Copenhagen’s metropolitan area accounts for about one-third of the country’s nearly six million people.

En route, we stopped in Overby at what may be the most adorable church on the planet. And we admired the look of the cemetery, where natural rocks were used for most of the headstones and fit so well into the gentle landscape.

ship…different and delicious!

About 75 minutes later, we arrived at Aarhus, the second-largest city in Denmark. It was initially a stronghold for the Vikings, and like Copenhagen, it has lots of people riding around on bicycles.

Even better, it’s loaded with little street cafes full of people chatting, drinking, smoking, and having fun.

We could have done without the smoking -- something you see lots more of in Europe than at home -- but loved the look of Aarhus, with many modern buildings set amongst a backdrop of ancient edifices.

Our day ended in an Airbnb in Ebeltoft -- a quaint, quiet Then onto a very large car ferry, the village where we strolled around, Mols Linien from Sjaellands Odde wondering where everyone was. It to Aarhus -- I mean LARGE! seems we were there at the tail end We’re most accustomed to the ferry from Orient Point to New London, of their tourist season.

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Service, “ sand dunes, dry lakes, plant we see in local landscaping, Independent / John Laudando flat valleys, extraordinarily rugged that one that features long, wide one of the many scenic settings of den gamle By, Jutland’s living museum. mountains, granite monliths, leaves and a tall, spiky, flowering and oases cal all be found here.” center. Otherworldly is a good market town, and is full of people We found no oases, but we word to describe the Joshua’s andremarkable no coffeemaker at all in Prague, idiosyncratic enacting characters of the past, saw plats and vast form. Spiny, twisted, we found great accommodations, Weorwandered through landscapes. short tall, the variety of their sizes living and even at the last minute. We booked shapes rooms and kitchens and sampled boggles the mind.

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The most engaging exhibit it Danish is quite steam different fromJylland. the yucca longest wooden ship in the world, for us was the Danish Poster it’s been dry-docked and turned Museum. Why? We met when into a museum. And it has lots of we both worked in Manhattan at mannequins taking the positions a theatrical ad agency, and we’ve of crew and passengers -- some been involved in creating some of vignettes were realistic enough Broadway’s most famous theater to give me a start as I wandered posters. And the Danes have belowdecks. created some stunners. I was sorry there wasn’t a shop to buy some of Next, on to one of Denmark’s the great ones we saw. biggest attractions, Den Gamle By -- Old Town Museum -- in I got a special kick out of using an the Aarhus Botanical Gardens. old typewriter in a reconstructed En route, we stopped at Poskær 1970s office, a reminder of when Stenhus, a stone circle dating from I worked as a secretary, typing 3300 BC. It’s the largest round lengthy and important documents barrow in Denmark and, like any on one of those old clunkers; it also other stone circle, is a bit magical. reminded me of how happy I was to leave that job. Today’s computers It didn’t have quite the mojo that make life for anyone who has to Stonehenge did for me back in the type so much easier. day when you could wander for hours inside it, but Poskær Stenhus We stayed at an Airbnb in Jerlev was pretty special. Its 23 giant that night and had a sumptuous stones weigh about five tons each late dinner at the Jerlev Inn. except the capstone, which is about Despite the fact that we were the 12 tons. And it sits right out there only customers in the restaurant in the middle of rolling hills in the at that hour, they treated us like lovely Jutland countryside. royalty -- someone from the kitchen even ran across the street to After lunch at an open-air get more lettuce when I ordered a restaurant overlooking an ancient salad. And the food was fantastic. If fort, we continued to Den Gamle you’re ever in Jerlev, go there!

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collection, reminiscent of the colors and energy of downtown New York City, Dietz maintains that she is “forever a New Yorker.”

Abroad, Dietz collaborated on limited edition skirts with Parisian boutique Aoshida, expanding her line from bags to clothing.

It was another gorgeous, warm, sunny day in Westhampton Beach. Main Street was alive with beachgoers, shoppers, and residents strolling through town.

I was on my way to meet Kasia Dietz, Westhampton native turned Parisian handbag designer. At an outside table at Beach Bakery Café, there she sat in a white dress, picturesque like the season. After being connected through famed artist Kevin Berlin, who used Dietz as a model in one of his paintings, I came to learn of her many travels which inspired a successful business.

“I started my bag business [in Paris], which I did a bit on the side in New York. And then I started designing,” Dietz, who lived in New York City for 12 years, explained.

With labels made in Paris, her prints are from Holland. Each bag is reversible, fun, and funky- and they fold up! “The beauty of the bags is that they’re really good for traveling.” Fittingly so, as Dietz finds inspiration through countless countries.

After quitting her job in advertising, Dietz visited 32 countries in 13 months in 2016.

“I’m always inspired by the tiles in Spain or the colors in Italy.”

Her visit to the Andalusian region of Spain, the southern part of the country, created prints like the Cordoba, Granada, and Seville. Drinking our coffees, we

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However, it was love that galvanized a permanent move to Paris. Upon meeting her now husband on the streets in SoHo over eight years ago, it took a mere five months for an Italian man to convince an American woman to go on a lifelong adventure.

“Coming from New York you have that kind of ‘I can do anything’ attitude. I love Paris, it’s an amazing city.”

Walking along the Seine river has become a source of insight for Dietz, sitting alongside the water with paper and pencil during the warmer months. The city of love

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Kenya will be the inspiration behind an upcoming collection, where a portion of the proceeds from sales will go toward saving the elephants in the region. For 2018, fashion lovers can expect more larger totes in stock in addition to expanding her hand-painted collections, incorporating leather as well.

and lights reveals itself in its evolving neighborhood of the North Marais, awakening her creativity.

With small collections ranging 15 to 25 pieces each, her bags are comparable to art work, “they sell out and then they’re gone.” Having just launched her new Downtown

You can purchase your own Kasia Dietz handbag on the East End at Hope Around the World located at 124 Main Street in Westhampton.

Or shop online at www.KasiaDietz. com.

Read more about the fascinating life of this designer abroad at her blog www.loveinthecityoflights.com You can follow more stories from Nicole Teitler on Facebook and Instagram @Nikki on the Daily.

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Welcome, HIFF!

The Hamptons International Film Festival turns 25 this year, and so does The Independent. We’re proud to have grown together, and we’ve watched the HIFF blossom into a world-class festival.

The Hamptons are an international vacation resort, but we feel the film festival brings a different type of visitor.

Film aficionados bring a cinematographer’s eye to the arena.

They are trained to appreciate the hues and shading of the gorgeous natural light that permeates the East End.

Take some time to visit our ocean beaches. Try to catch a sunset over one of our bays or drive through Sagaponack, its unique light framed by verdant farm fields.

Find time to visit the miles of virgin woodlands, preserved forever.

They are home to dozens of plant and animal species that thrive unaffected by man and his follies.

Then of course, there is the buzz

that permeates the weekend’s proceedings. Locals love to mingle with visitors, and our streets abound with celebrities and colorful characters.

The HIFF has launched the careers of dozens of stars and featured scores of Oscar-winning films.

Our guide is designed to be a companion while you traverse your way around the Hamptons during this fabulous weekend. Take it to the movie theaters, read it while you’re waiting on line or grabbing a bite. We’ll tell you what’s playing, where to grab a bagel, and where the good Chinese takeout is. It’s a fun read.

Here at The Independent every week is special, and there is a brand new edition every Wednesday.

Best of all, our publication is free – pick one up on the newsstands or visit www.indyeastend.com to read the paper in its entirety no matter where you are – and what film festival you are attending!

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Chernick’s biopic explores “the ways in which Perlman’s passion for music allowed him to find a platform for personal expression against tremendous circumstances,” according to a HIFF press release.

Perlman was struck with polio at the age of four, and is as well known for his generosity and humor as he is for his astonishing talent and will to survive.

The Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island, started by Itzhak’s wife, Toby Perlman, in 1994, offers musical training during the summer to young string players of exceptional talent, and Itzhak is an important member of the faculty there, teaching with great dedication every summer since the program began.

The Perlmans will be in attendance at tomorrow’s inaugural HIFF screening at Guild Hall at 7 PM. Itzhak will also be shown at the East Hampton UA Cinemas tomorrow at 8:30 PM, and on Saturday at 10 AM at the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.

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AA Milne On Film

By Bridget LeRoy Friday’s big offering from the Hamptons International Film Festival is the North American premiere of Simon Curtis’s Goodbye Christopher Robin, a look at the life of Winnie the Pooh’s creator, AA Milne, and his sometimes-strained relationship with his son, the eponymous Christopher Robin.

The film follows Milne’s return from the frontlines of World War I and his subsequent PTSD-inspired move to the country with his wife and son. Domnhall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant) portrays Milne, with Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Suicide Squad) as Daphne Milne, Christopher Robin’s mother and Alan’s wife. Carter Burwell, HIFF honorary board member, composed the film’s score.

Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) presents a look into the complicated relationship between Milne and his son (newcomer Will Tilston), whose collection of toys and stories were the starting point for successful playwright AA Milne’s foray into children’s literature.

When the adventures of Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and the rest of the denizens of the 100-acre wood capture the hearts and imaginations of a traumatized, post-war world, the family – including the nanny, Olive, played by Kelly Macdonald (“Boardwalk Empire,” No Country for Old Men) – suddenly finds themselves swept up by a frenzy of international attention, and the family begins to pay the price that accompanies sudden fame, while Christopher Robin copes with the abrupt loss of his childhood.

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Independent/Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures A still from Goodbye Christopher Robin, HIFF’s Friday night centerpiece.

With great empathy, Goodbye Christopher Robin explores the complexities of family, war, and

celebrity.

The film will be screened on Friday at 7 PM at the Southampton

UA Cinemas, and Monday at 10:45 AM at Guild Hall of East Hampton.

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Star-Studded Saturday

Independent/Fox Searchlight Films Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand in a scene from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, HIFF’s Saturday centerpiece film.

By Bridget LeRoy

The East Coast premiere of writer/ director Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is the choice for the Film Festival’s Saturday night centerpiece, and for good reason.

McDonagh is known for his sense of dark comedy with films like In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, and the film features Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (Fargo, “Olive Kitteridge”), Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Green Mile), and Woody Harrelson (who plays

the title role in another HIFF feature, LBJ, directed by Rob Reiner).

The film tells the story of a woman in conflict with her local police department in an attempt to solve her daughter’s murder. With the cops no closer to finding a culprit in the months following her daughter’s killing, Mildred Hayes (McDormand) makes a statement of her own when she posts three signs leading into the town with a blatant message for the town’s chief of police (Harrelson) and his

rough-hewn second-in-command (Rockwell), and highlights a divided community simmering with tension and ready to blow.

Early reviews point to McDormand’s nuanced performance, but also give major props to Rockwell, who plays the dim-witted, sometimes violent Jason Dixon. According to Variety, “It’s Sam Rockwell who really punches through the ensemble with a dramatic arc and a reminder that the journeyman actor can be one of the best tools in a director’s

arsenal.”

Look also for Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent, “Game of Thrones”) in a tragic romantic role.

The film recently received the Venice Film Festival award for best screenplay for McDonagh, and only last week won the Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice for Best Film award.

Three Billboards will be screened at Guild Hall on Saturday at 8:45 PM, and again on Sunday at Bay Street Theater at 7:45 PM.

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Romance Rounds Out HIFF

Independent/BleeckerStreetMedia.com Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy in Breathe, director Andy Serkis’s HIFF Sunday night centerpiece film.

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Working together to both create a sustainable condition for Robin, the two began a groundbreaking campaign for the disabled in the late 1950s.

With the help of Diana’s twin brothers and the innovative ideas of Teddy Hall, Robin Cavendish became the first “responaut,” as he and Diana raised their young son, traveling and devoting their lives to helping other polio patients around the world.

Written by two-time Academy Award nominated writer William Nicholson, and shot by threetime Academy Award winner Robert Richardson, Breathe is a heartwarming celebration of love and human possibility.

The film will be screened on Sunday at 5 PM at Guild Hall, and on Monday at 3:45 PM at Bay Street.

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Tonya Harding Pic Closes HIFF

By Bridget LeRoy

For those who thought that Columbus Day Monday would be a slow day for HIFF, as the Jags and Jeeps begin their slow roll back to the Big Apple, think again. The film festival is offering up the US premiere of I, Tonya – the story of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan – on Monday night.

In the grand tradition of Charlize Theron and other actress who have “de-glamorized” for a meaty role, Margot Robbie heads up the noteworthy cast as Harding, who famously attacked fellow figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in the leadup to the 1994 Winter Olympics, cementing her legacy as one of the most iconic villains in sports history.

Co-star Sebastian Stan (Captain America, “Gossip Girl”) took some guff over the past few weeks, and publicly apologized, for posting a meme of Harding delivering the famous whack to Kerrigan with the caption, “Back when ‘taking a knee’ meant taking a knee.”

Director Craig Gillespie’s at turns hilarious and tragic look at the life of Harding (by the way, Robbie also stars in HIFF’s Friday night centerpiece film, Goodbye Christopher Robin) flips the script on this sensational narrative – following her from the tumultuous relationship with her abusive mother, played by Allison Janney, to the absurd moments that led to that fateful night in Cobo Arena.

Robbie is already receiving mucho kudos for portraying Harding from ages 15 to 47 in what Vanity Fair calls a “gripping and forceful” performance. Robbie, who is also a producer of the film, has admitted that when she first read the script, she didn’t know who was Tonya Harding was, but still was drawn in by Steven Rogers’s words. Craig Gillespie is already well-known for giving audiences a both hilarious and cringeworthy look at obsession in Lars and the Real Girl.

Fueled by a razor-sharp script that doesn’t let anyone in Harding’s orbit out of its sights, I, Tonya is an

Margot Robbie stars as iconic villian Tonya Harding.

outrageous and surprising look at the players behind the notorious

scandal.

The film will be screened at Guild

Hall at 7 PM on Monday, and again at 7:30 PM at the UA East Hampton Cinemas.

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The Hamptons International Film Festival is hosting three “A Conversation With” talks this year – with Patrick Stewart, Rob Reiner, and Annette Bening – and a special conversation about Get Out with director Jordan Peele in attendance.

Stewart is one of the most acclaimed and beloved performers working today, with numerous and varied roles on both stage and screen, earning Golden Globe, SAG, Emmy, and Tony Award nominations.

Stewart is a three-time Olivier Award winner and an honorary associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2001, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Patrick the order of the Officer of the British Empire (OBE), and in 2010, he received a knighthood for his services to drama.

Moderated by Steven Gaydos, vice president and executive editor of

Film Talks Galore Variety, the conversation begins at 1 PM on Saturday at the East Hampton Middle School.

Two-time Emmy Award winner Rob Reiner first came to fame as an actor on the landmark television series “All In The Family.” He went on to become an acclaimed director of some of the most popular and influential motion pictures of the last 35 years.

From This is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, and When Harry Met Sally to Misery, A Few Good Men, The American President, and Ghosts of Mississippi, Reiner has shown versatility in tackling different genres.

His latest film, LBJ, is part of this year’s HIFF roster.

Reiner is also known for his political activism. In California, he led the passage of Proposition 10, a tax on cigarettes that generates more than $500M/year

for early childhood development.

In addition, Reiner and his wife Michele were founding members of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which led the first federal lawsuit against California’s discriminatory Proposition 8.

AFER’s victory in the US Supreme Court paved the way for marriage equality nationwide.

Moderated by Alison Willmore, a critic at BuzzFeed News, Reiner will be at the East Hampton Middle School at 1:30 PM on Sunday.

Annette Bening will talk with actor, director, and HIFF board member Bob Balaban on Sunday at 7:30 PM, also at the East Hampton Middle School. Bening is a four-time Academy Award nominee, two-time Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award winner. She was last seen in A24’s 20th Century Women (HIFF 2016), directed by Mike Mills, for which

she received her eighth Golden Globe nomination, as well as Warren Beatty’s Rules Don’t Apply.

Bening received a Tony Award nomination and won the Clarence Derwent Award for Outstanding Debut Performance of the Season for her role in Coastal Disturbances.

Also on Sunday, at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, HIFF will host a special event for Universal Pictures’ breakout hit Get Out, from writer/director/producer Jordan Peele. The critically acclaimed speculative thriller tells the story of a young African-American man who visits his white girlfriend’s family estate and becomes ensnared in a more sinister real reason for the invitation.

The event will explore scenes from the groundbreaking film and welcome a conversation about its themes, as well as their relevance to today’s political and cultural climate.

Peele, fellow Get Out producers Jason Blum and Sean McKittrick, and stars Daniel Kaluuya (one of 2017’s Variety 10 Actors to Watch honorees) and Allison Williams will be in attendance.

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Dame Julie Andrews.

HIFF Honors Abound

Sir Patrick Stewart.

Dick Cavett.

This silver anniversary year, HIFF venerates three legendary multifaceted performers with evenings of accolades and awards.

On Saturday night, HIFF will present Andrews with a Lifetime Achievement Award with a showing of Victor Victoria followed by a Q&A with HIFF co-chairman Alec Baldwin, who recently appeared on “Julie’s Greenroom,” a Netflix series where Andrews encourages children to explore the arts. Both have deep roots in the local community.

Profiled by Bridget LeRoy in The Independent last spring, Julie Andrews said she is “pleased and honored” by the accolades. She and Baldwin are good friends and she’s looking forward to their onstage interview. “He’s a delicious guy,” she said. “And I know he will ask all the right questions. He’s truly interested in film.”

Well known for her defining roles on stage in My Fair Lady and Camelot, and her classic screen performances in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, the multitalented and award-winning actress is a Kennedy Center honoree (2001), a Disney Legend inductee, and the recipient of the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award.

“Julie Andrews is a true icon and captured the hearts and imaginations of children and adults alike the moment she first appeared on screen in Mary Poppins,” said Baldwin. “Since then she has never ceased to amaze and stands as a true role model and inspiration.

We are proud to honor her at the festival and celebrate her incredible career.”

HIFF and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will co-present a special screening of Victor Victoria on Saturday at Guild Hall in East Hampton. The event runs from 1:30 to 5 PM, with a reception afterward. Tickets can be purchased through the film festival website.

Make it so. HIFF partners with

Julie Andrews receives a Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday.

Variety to honor Patrick Stewart, “the more handsome, talented” actor as he jokes in the TV ad with Mark Wahlberg. Described

by HIFF officials as one of the most renowned and talented actors in the industry. “He has shown incredible versatility with different roles throughout his career in film, television and on stage,” said HIFF executive director Anne Chaisson.

“Of course, when it came time to create an award on behalf of those in our industry who have supported artists and the arts in unique and indelible ways, we realized we not only had to name the award after Dick, but also give our first award to him. Cavett’s television program

was a showcase for artists like no other, and his work with HIFF over the years is something we are most grateful for,” said Baldwin of the long-time Montauk habitué.

Tickets for this, and all HIFF events, are available at www. hamptonsfilmfest.org.

The honoring occurs in conjunction with a conversation with Stewart on Saturday at 1 PM at the East Hampton Middle School.

This year HIFF revealed a brand new annual award, the Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award. The inaugural award will be given to Emmy Award winning television personality and former talk show host Dick Cavett himself at the opening night of the 25th Festival tomorrow. The award will honor a person who throughout his career has continued to support the arts and has made a significant impact and contribution within the industry.

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HIFF Has Long History With Oscar

By Rick Murphy

Make no mistake about it – attendees at this year’s 25th Hamptons International Film Festival are going to see future Academy Award-winning films. The HIFF has historically showcased dozens over the years.

in circulation, Dunkirk and Wonder Woman are Indy picks for Best Picture nominations. But the HIFF has several legitimate contenders on

The Independent’s Oscars forecast has also proven to be deadon. Last year, for example, Goodbye Christopher Robin we chose La La Land and display this weekend. featured it on the cover of our special “Insider’s Guide To The One film that Indy thinks will HIFF” section. The film led all garner multiple nominations is nominees with 12 and took home a HIFF spotlight film that has five statues. Manchester By The Sea, already begun to generate serious also pegged by Indy as a serious Oscar buzz, Guillermo del Toro’s contender, earned six nominations The Shape of Water. and won twice, including Best Described as a “strange and Actor Casey Affleck. soaring love story,” Shape features Both films were screened at the an electrifying performance by HIFF. It’s not necessarily because Sally Hawkins and one that will the local festival has a nose for winners, though the HIFF has pulled some unknown gems into the spotlight over the years.

In many cases the major studios make their Oscar hopefuls available to any and all festivals, oftentimes a year The Meyerowitz Stories in advance to gather Oscar buzz. undoubtedly earn her a Best Festivals like Cannes and Sundance Actress nomination. The film get to pick and choose the crème wowed audiences at the Telluride de la crème for debuts. The other Film Festival and was called “del festivals line up behind them. But Toro’s best film in years” by Variety. make no mistake about it, the That covers a lot of territory, reputation of the HIFF as a star including the three Hobbit films. maker is growing.

Goodbye Christopher Robin, one of Oscar favorites come in two the HIFF centerpiece films, is an flavors: films that have already interesting movie that may attract been released, and films that will Oscar voters. It’s a behind-thebe released between now and the scenes look at the life of author end of the year. Of those already AA Milne and the creation of the 34

Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son CR Milne. The film stars Domhnall Gleeson and Margot Robbie, who will attend the festival and is also the star of the HIFF’s closer, I, Tonya.

The Darkest Hour, a spotlight film making its East Coast premiere, may be a player come Oscar time.

It checks a lot of the hot buttons: it’s a bio – think Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Margaret Thatcher, and so many others. It is directed by an Academy favorite, Joe

is bound to get some nom-nods come Oscar-time.

There are three significant documentaries screening this weekend. Itzhak by Allison Chernick is about the life and music of Itzhak Perlman, a long time resident of East Hampton who runs a music camp on Shelter Island. Jeff Deutchman’s 11/8/16 makes its world premiere – it’s about Election Day and the climate that existed in the country that set the stage for Donald Trump’s implausible upset victory in the US

The Shape of Water

Wright (Pride & Prejudice and Atonement), and it features a sizzling performance by one of the industry’s better actors, Gary Oldman, who may well take home the Best Actor trophy for his portrayal of Winston Churchill.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, with Oscar winner Frances McDormand and directed

by Hollywood fave Martin McDonagh, is sure to create a buzz, but maybe not where you’d think. It’s Sam Rockwell, in a supporting role as an alcoholic and dim-witted Killer Bees small town cop, who already has critics predicting that the character actor will finally get his due from the Academy.

And Rob Reiner’s LBJ with Woody Harrelson in the title role (he also plays the sheriff in Three Billboards)

presidential race.

Our favorite documentary, though, and a not-to-be-missed, is Ben and Orson Cummings’ Killer Bees, about the local high school basketball team trying to repeat as state champions in the face of overwhelming odds.

The bottom line is that there is something for every movie lover in this year’s festival, and beginning tomorrow the love fest begins. Get on line and enjoy.

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The HIFF: Where To Eat

baked treats and hearty sandwiches and soups for lunch. Eat all the sugary stuff you want, just make sure you put some kale in your smoothie and wear your gym clothes and you’ll convince everyone at the theater you are still diligently working out.

What a grand entrance the movie star makes! He’s tall, handsome, and what a smile!

And look at her! She is radiant!

This is going to be great!

What film are we talking about?

We’re not taking movies. The biggest stars and the hottest names attending the Hamptons International Film Festival will almost surely go to the place where they are bound to be seen: John Papas Café (631-324-5400), also celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

By the way, the Golden Pear on the other side of the street is another good place to grab a bite in a hurry.

Call 631- 329-1600 to place an order.

Located in the west end of the parking lot behind Main Street in East Hampton, John Papas has been, from the get-go, the epicenter of the festival. There’s lots of seating, and it serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Stay or take it with you. Hobnobbing with the rich and famous is not just limited to this weekend, either. Alec, Jerry (Seinfeld, that is), Sarah Jessica Parker, Liv Tyler, and many more stars are in there all year long.

Our faves? Challah bread French toast, chicken souvlaki (all the Greek dishes are sensational), and the dinner specials – try the prime rib, a steal at $23.

If you are new to the Hamptons, here is our little secret: Route 27, Woods Lane, East Hampton Main Street, Pantigo Road, and Montauk Highway are the same road.

Know this, and you’ll know how to get to Bostwick’s Chowder House at 277 Pantigo Road (631-3241111). One of the oddities of East Hampton is that there are very few places to enjoy the kind of fare you expect from a seaside fishing community, and Bostwick’s fits the bill, and at reasonable prices.

The lobster roll is to die for – also try the fried oysters and fish tacos.

The traditional fish and chips rise to new heights under Kevin and company. Eat outside or in or order takeout. It’s worth the hike – about a mile east of the movie theater on the north side of the road. (Oldtimers will remember when it was A&B Snowflake.)

Some HIFF attendees don’t realize

Independent / Courtesy Bostwick’s The lobster roll at Bostwick’s is one of the best around.

we have an authentic pizzeria right in East Hampton Village that is as good as any Brooklyn has to offer.

It’s Fierro’s (631-324-5751), right across the alley from Stop & Shop on Newtown Lane. They are pros – they’ll get you in and out quickly yet everything is made fresh. Hint: you can also buy candy for the movie there.

There are a terrific variety of slices or whole pies, hot and cold heroes, and a lot of stuff you wouldn’t expect, like salads and wraps, and even paninis. There are tables inside, or get it to go. They even have those neat little bottles of Chianti you can smuggle into the theater.

Across the street next to the school, hidden down the alley next to the Middle School, is an authentic Chinese take-out place, oddly enough named Chinatown (631324-1999).

We love the Pu Pu platter for two and the sweet and sour chicken.

There is no place to eat inside but the park is right across the street.

They also deliver.

If you are heading east on Main Street you’ll see the Dutch Motel on the right, Chen’s Garden (631329-0333) is right next-door, and the take-out is excellent. It’s at 478 Pantigo Road, which is really Montauk Highway, which is . . . well, you know.

Best Taste (631-267-8801), next to Brent’s as you enter Amagansett, is another standout Chinese take out, and if you’re going out to Montauk, don’t forget Brent’s (631267-3113). It has the best selection of hot to-go lunches and dinners around. Breakfast sandwiches and burgers are great, too.

If it’s bagels you want, Goldberg’s (100 Pantigo Place, 631 329-8300) east of East Hampton Village, is a treat, and also offers hot breakfast and tables to sit, some outside.

Mary’s Marvelous (631-324-1055) on Newtown Lane has all the favorites from the Amagansett store, including delicious home-

Head west to get to Southampton (don’t worry about what road you are on). La Parmigiana (631-2839752), on Hampton Road, a short walk from the theater, is another authentic Italian restaurant with pizza to go – or sit down and grab a hot meal and have a glass of wine or two. Sip’n Soda (631-2822800), right down the block, is the quintessential luncheonette, and has been for generations. And yes, Gary Cooper ate there (note for movie trivia quislings -- he’s buried in Southampton). Citarella is right down the block (there are also branches in Bridgehampton and East Hampton).

Hampton Coffee in Water Mill (631-726-2633) at 869 Montauk Highway is a filmgoer’s paradise.

The coffee is the best around, there’s fresh-baked muffins and scones, a smoothie bar, and breakfast and lunch served all day. There’s also one in Southampton next to the BMW dealership at 749 County Road 39A (yet another name for Route 27 and Montauk Highway).

Look for their mobile unit as well.

Corner Bar (631-725-9760) is right across the street from Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor. The burgers are great, the drinks flow, and the patrons are friendly. Just down the block is Conca D’Oro (631-7353167), across from the historic Sag Harbor Cinema. There is a Golden Pear there, as well as on Newtown Lane in East Hampton and Main Street in Southampton.

Just south, on Madison Street, sits Il Capuccino (631-725-2747), a sit-down Italian restaurant that has been doing it for almost 50 years.

They should make a movie about the garlic rolls – they are that good.

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Town Guide: Anne Chaisson

By Zachary Weiss

ANDREA’S FAVORITE SPOTS: Quail Hill Farm’s annual farm-totable dinner is one of my favorite nights of the year. Quail Hill brings the best in life all together in one perfect evening – bounty from the Earth beautifully prepared by local chefs, poetry, and music, all under stars and twinkling tiny lights.

WHO: Anne Chaisson, executive director, Hamptons International Film Festival INSTAGRAM: @annie_chas

Accabonac Harbor in Springs is the most beautiful spot in the world for “quiet” water sports like kayaking and paddle boarding, walking the dog, or fires with friends on the beach.

ABOUT ANNE: Anne Chaisson has been the executive director of the Hamptons International Film Festival for five years.

She specializes in fundraising and development for entertainment non-profits, and has garnered awards as an independent film producer with her company Dirty Rice. Chaisson produced Jesse Eisenberg’s first feature film, Roger Dodger, which earned awards at the Venice and Tribeca film festivals and honors from NYFCC, National Board of Review, the Gotham, and Independent Spirit Awards.

Chaisson also produced Newmarket Films’ PS starring Laura Linney, and Magnolia Pictures’ Diggers starring Paul Rudd and Maura Tierney.

Chaisson co-founded an independent film school, The Reel School, in the mid-‘90s, and created student film workshops for HIFF while co-chairing the advisory board. Chaisson is a founding member and board treasurer of Film Festival Alliance,

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It was a one-night-only affair at Ashawagh Hall in Springs Saturday with the group show “Faces & Places,� featuring works by eight artists.

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Ultimate Elvis In Riverhead

Independent/Courtesy of Jamie’s Rock and Roll Legends Justin Shandor, known around the globe as the Ultimate Elvis, performs on Friday at Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.

By Bridget LeRoy

August 16 of this year marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, and yet the King still lives in many forms – in albums, concert videos, and in those who choose to pay tribute through impersonation.

Elvis impersonators have almost become a joke, and yet audience members who go to the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead on Friday to see Justin Shandor won’t be laughing.

The resemblance is eerie.

In fact, his likeness to Elvis is so close that Graceland (Elvis’s estate) once emailed a casino where Shandor was performing and informed them could not use a real picture of Elvis to advertise Shandor’s event. It was, in fact, a picture of Shandor.

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And when he opens his mouth to sing, it’s like being in the presence of the King again.

Justin has been making a living impersonating Elvis since he was 16 years old.

“My grandmother used to call me Elvis when I was like nine years old,” Shandor told The Independent. “’Here’s my Elvis,’ she’d say. I didn’t know who she was talking about back then. But then I heard a tape of his music, I started to listen, and it was really different from everything else I was listening to.”

It brought him, Shandor said, a sense of nostalgia. He started to wear his hair like Elvis, and “even the teachers at school started to call me Elvis,” he said.

When his parents split up, young Justin’s mom moved to Las Vegas,

the epicenter of Presleydom, and brought her teenage son with her.

“I came up in Detroit,” Shandor said. “It was a rough school. I got sick of being teased, there were a lot of bullies. I didn’t want to go back to school – I wanted to learn about performing arts and jazz music. I wanted to be like Elvis.”

His mother, he said, was completely supportive of his dream. And a trip to the Elvis-A-Rama Museum in Paradise, Nevada, was a lifechanger.

“There was a show room in the back, with Elvis impersonators.

They did about nine shows a day there, and I wanted to be on that stage. I kept calling the guy who ran it, but he wouldn’t take my calls. Finally he picked up, really aggressively and said, ‘What do you want!?’ I told him I just wanted an audition. Well, I got halfway

through ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ and he hired me on the spot.”

The first time he performed as Elvis, at 16, in front of a crowd, Shandor said, “It was exciting.

That feeling – it’s like your first kiss. Euphoric. I felt cool. I felt validated, after being bullied for so many years.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

In August of 2010, Shandor won the Ultimate Elvis contest in Memphis, securing an endorsement from Graceland. His show features some of the best Elvis musicians in the country with horns, gospel backup singers, and a spate of talented musicians.

And then there are the fans, some of whom saw Presley at his peak.

There is screaming, and tears of happiness. Shandor has played

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Halstead Giving Back Photos Courtesy Halstead Real Estate

Halstead Real Estate sponsored the 2017 East Hampton Open Golf Outing on September 13 at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton. The golf outing supports the collective community efforts of both the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce and the YMCA East Hampton RECenter. Pictured is Halstead branding at the event, which included golf cart decals, tablecloths, and signage.

On September 9 Halstead Southampton agents Janice Hayden and Maritza Jimenez sponsored the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation’s eighth annual benefit at Boardy Barn in Hampton Bays. This year’s fundraiser welcomed over 500 attendees. Halstead Real Estate was honored to partake in raising money for the non-profit organization dedicated to placing stray dogs in loving homes. With offices in both East Hampton and Southampton, Halstead and its agents are proud to give back to the communities in which they work.

Steve Celebrates Silver Photos by Bridget LeRoy, Ben Sneed

Everybody cool is celebrating a 25 anniversary year – The Independent, the Film Festival, and Steve Haweeli’s successful PR firm WordHampton.

Steve marked the milestone Thursday night at Town Line Barbecue. He’s seen above with buddies Mark Smith, Jill Fleming, and Lynn Blumenfeld. th

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Gallery Walk

by Kitty Merrill Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@ indyeastend.com.

Lagache At Christy’s Christy’s Art Center in Sag Harbor presents Evan Sebastian Lagache with “Abpsyche,” a new exploration of abstract expressionism.

Artist Evan Sebastian Lagache describes his work as a performance with his canvas. This concept grew out of three ideas; by patiently balancing the wet acrylic color blazing the canvas frame, chasing the timing of the paint, and by planking beneath its cover. His technique grew out of using moving body parts to organically guide the direction of the flowing wet colors. The exhibit is on view through October 17.

internationally-renowned artists VP Dedaj aka VIC 161 and Domenick S. Vetro aka TAG. At the opening reception they will create a new piece on a 6’ x16’ canvas. TAG and VIC 161 meld influences of cartoons, animation, surrealism, abstraction, and pop art into their oeuvres. For this exhibit they present art from the ‘80s through 2017.

Space is limited and seating will be granted on a first come first serve basis for this event.

Admittance is donation based, and all donations will benefit Inspiration Plus.

Mostly Abstract

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In keeping with the rich and storied tradition of abstract expressionist exhibitions at Ashawagh Hall in Springs, a diverse group of artists will present “Mostly Abstract 5.” The artists investigate a wide variety of mixed media. The participating artists are Beth Barry, Barbara Bilotta,

Group Show

Also at opening at Christy’s on Saturday, an exhibition of newly presented photographs by Bert Stern of modern icons including Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe, Kate Moss, Ray Charles, and more, with a reception from 6 to 8 PM. The show runs through November 8.

Women Painting Women RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton presents its fifth annual “Women Painting Works by Evan Sebastian Lagache are on view Women: A Voice with at Christy’s Art Center in Sag Harbor.

Vision” show, with a meet the artist opening Saturday from 6 to 8 PM. Anahi De Canio, Anna Franklin, Katherine Hammond, Mary Milne, Live Graffiti Bo Parsons, Sheila Rotner, Lieve White Room Gallery hosts “Up Thiers, and Mark Zimmerman. from the Underground,” a live The show opens Saturday with graffiti exhibit, opening Saturday reception from 5 to 7 PM and runs from 6 to 9 PM and on view all weekend through Monday. through October 22. It features 40

A one-hour demonstration by artist/printmaker Dan Welden will be performed in silence, at the Golden Eagle barn in East Hampton tomorrow at 7 PM. The performance will be a “never seen/never done/never rehearsed” action happening of a work entirely conceived, created, and manifested on location in the barn behind the Golden Eagle.

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exhibition features original works by artists Nick Cordone, Cynthia Padgett, and Randall DiGiuseppe, inspired by the night sky. The opening night reception will include a local wine and cheese tasting, a “meet the artists,” and a live chamber ensemble. Following the reception, view the stars through the new Zerochromat telescope and other telescopes on site. The exhibit will run through November 5.

Beauty and the Beast

Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor presents a group art show featuring the work of Lianne Alcon, Joyce Brian, Muriel Hanson Falborn, and Sonia Grineva.

The exhibit will be on display through October 19. Alcon is an expressionistic painter who paints Check out a live graffiti show at the RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton this weekend. Above, Dead Man’s images viewed by Hand by Domenick S. Vetro aka TAG. an experienced, discerning eye The Sag Harbor Whaling & for the essential. Brian is an Historical Museum presents Cindy accomplished artist and teacher Pease Roe’s “Beauty and the Beast.” and has been an artist since the The show is designed to enlighten, age of two. Her inspirations come delight and engage people through from the landscapes and light of Roe’s paintings and sculptures that Italy as well as from the eastern celebrate the beauty of the ocean end of Long Island. Falborn, artist and the beast, marine plastic litter. and landscape designer, has seen The show runs through October 31. hundreds of gardens, parks, and For Sale By Owner? homes whose scenes have inspired Sacred Rivers Rentals? her by their vitality that will StephanieLetJoyce, Susan Newbold us build an Ad for You resonate with viewers. and Heidi Lewis Coleman will in our Grineva is an internationally be exhibiting their Real Estate collaborative Section distinguished plein air painter who “Sacred Rivers,” ink on mylar has traveled extensively and drawn with metal leaf paintings, through Ad design with inspiration for her art from many of the purchase of November 25 at the Unitarian advertising space. the world’s iconic sites.

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

Music Stephen Talkhouse Tomorrow night, enjoy an “Outrageous Open Mic Night” beginning at 8 PM. Friday features the Como Brothers at 8, followed

by Revel in Dimes at 10. The Garden Weazles come to the stage on Saturday at 8, with LHT afterward at 10 PM. On Monday, it’s the Nancy Atlas Project at 8, with DJ Hanzi following at 10 PM. Visit www.stephentalkhouse.com or call 631-267-3117 to purchase tickets or for more info.

Smokin’ Hot Tunes Townline BBQ continues live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. Townline BBQ is located at 3593 Townline Road in Sagaponack. This Friday, it’s Tom Wardle. For more information, call 631-537-2271 or visit www. townlinebbq.com.

Wednesday Night Live Ray Red and Mike Rusinsky host “Wednesday Night Live,” a weekly open mic at MJ Dowling’s in Sag Harbor from 8 to 11 PM. Performers include musicians, poets, comedians, and singers. Sign up starts at 7 PM. Performers get a free soft drink or tap beverage.

Every Friday, it’s karaoke night beginning at 10 PM. HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN’ LOVE Justin Shandor, the Ultimate Elvis, will be bringing a full Elvis concert to Riverhead on Friday. Check out the story in this week’s Arts & Entertainment section.

Doors, bar, and restaurant open at 6:30, with the show at 8 PM. For

more information, contact Suffolk Theater at 631-727-4343 or www. suffolktheater.com.

ALUMNI RECITAL SERIES at PMP The Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island offers an inspired performance on Saturday by two of its alumni – violinist Niv Ashkenazi and pianist Matthew Graybil.

The duo will perform sonatas by Brahms and Dvorak. After the concert, meet the artists at a special reception.

The performance is at 5 PM at the Clark Arts Center. Tickets are $25, those 18 and under can attend for free. For more information, visit www.perlmanmusicprogram.org.

The boys from Brazil Brazil guitar duo João Luiz and Douglas Lora, 2006 winner of the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, will be strumming the strings on Sunday, courtesy of the Shelter Island Friends of Music. Called “unmatched in their execution of intricate Brazilian rhythms” by Paulo Bellinati, Brazilian guitarist-composer, the pair is returning to the Shelter Island Presbyterian Church after their last successful visit.

The concert begins at 3 PM; there is a reception afterward. Admission is free, although donations are appreciated.

Words steampunk costumes In conjunction with the current art exhibition, “Odd Beauty,” the Southampton Arts Center hosts a talk by Paige Gardner, steampunk costume designer extraordinaire, on Saturday. Follow Gardner through the galleries throughout the day as she changes costumes and characters, and then learn the methods, ins and outs, and wonderful foibles of the unusual art of costume design at a 5 PM talk

in the theater. The galleries are free, there is a $10 ticket to hear the talk.

On Sunday, tour the exhibit with the show’s curator and steampunk artist Art Donovan. The tour, which takes place at 1 PM, is free.

For more information, visit www. southamptonartscenter.org.

A Recovered Life This week is Mental Health Awareness week, and to honor that the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton will host a talk by internationally recognized life transformation speaker Eric Arauz.

Aruaz’s talk will use art, science, literature, and personal narrative to travel with the audience through his “unbelievable but not unlivable” life’s journey, from near lethal child abuse and numerous psychiatric hospitalizations to a medical school faculty appointment, multiple national advocacy awards and creating the first statewide trauma training for child welfare workers in New Jersey. Eric survived his mental illness and uses his experience to assist others.

This free event begins at 6:30 PM tomorrow night; all attendees will receive a free copy of Arauz’s book, An American’s Resurrection.

Publisher Talk Robert Gussin, CEO of Oceanview Publishing, is coming to speak at the Amagansett Free Library this evening at 5:30 PM.

As one of the fastest growing independent publishers in the US, Oceanview is recognized as one of the country’s preeminent independent publishers of original mystery, thriller, and suspense titles.

For information and reservations, call 631-267-3810 or register online at www.amaglibrary. org under “Listing of Events.” The talk is free.

One Little River On Saturday at 1 PM, author Robert G. Giffen will be discussing his book, One Little River: The Story of the Connetquot River and the Southside Sportsmen’s Club at the Suffolk County Historical Museum in Riverhead.

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its Native American roots to its use by wealthy gentlemen of the Southside Sportsmen’s Club, to the Nicoll family and the US presidents who visited. Members free; nonmembers $5. Includes wine and cheese, and book sale and signing.

RSVP Requested: 631-727-2881 x100.

Art Lectures at Southampton A series of “Art in Focus” lectures on the Stony Brook Southampton campus continues on Tuesday at 7 PM in the library lecture room.

Featuring renowned experts sharing their insights, and co-sponsored by the Pollock Krasner House and Study Center and the Stony Brook Southampton Library, the week’s event is “The 2017 Venice Biennale,” by Katy Siegel, Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw endowed chair in modern American art, Stony Brook University.

Siegel will discuss Mark Bradford’s site-specific installation for the US Pavilion, which will be on view through November 26.

The talks are followed by a reception with the speakers.

Admission is free but registration is recommended by visiting the website www.library.stonybrook.edu or calling 631-632-5171.

Film Caligari set to Music The Dave Harrington Group will be performing its mesmerizing live improvised score to the 1920 German expressionist cinema masterpiece – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The series of cinema/live music performances are presented by the Patron Hosts Art and Music Lounge, in association with the Southampton Arts Center, on Sunday at 7PM and Monday at 2PM.

The Dave Harrington Group will take the audience on a sonic odyssey transcending the time between Caligari’s 1920 original creation as an iconic classic cinema masterpiece of the silent era - to a timeless contemporary free jazz, drone, ambient musical expression replete with haunting sonic imagery designed to resonate with today’s audiences.For more information, visit www.southamptonartscenter. org.

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

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FRIDAY 10•6•17 • The Montauk Farmers Market on the green moves to Friday. It starts at 9 AM and runs till 2 PM. SATURDAY 10•7•17 • The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society hosts “Northwest delight” at 10 AM. The leaders invite you to explore some of their favorite woodland paths and beaches in this scenic and historic area. Meet at the schoolhouse plaque on Northwest Rd, about 3/10 of a mile from the intersection with Alewive Brook Road. Leaders: Nick Bryan and Jeri Wellman, 917-225-4145 or 917453-7403.

SUNDAY 10•8•17 • Walk the seal haul-out trail at 10 AM. After hiking through a tranquil beech forest studded with holly and laurel, emerge at Block Island Sound. Though they usually arrive later in the fall, an occasional seal may be seen hunting for fish or basking on the rocks offshore. Meet in Montauk on Camp Hero Road off Route 27, about one mile east of Deep Hollow Ranch. Park with all wheels off the pavement. Leader: Carol Andrews, 631-668-5429.

Southampton THURSDAY 10•5•17 • The Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt and the South Fork Natural History Museum sponsor a full moon hike in Vineyard Field at 7:30 PM. Meet in the SoFo parking lot. Leader: Jean Dodds, 42

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• Head over to the Hampton Bays Library to join Elena Florenzano of Thinking Italian, an Italian language school located on Long Island, for a discussion of the most popular Italian wines, along with breathtaking photos of the different regions and wineries where these wines are produced. Although the program does not include actual wine-tasting, participants will learn how to order Italian wine in a restaurant, read an Italian wine label, and pair Italian wine with different foods. 7 PM. FRIDAY 10•6•17 • There’s a Mad Hatter Tea Party from 4 to 5 PM at Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.

If you love all things Alice in Wonderland, celebrate your very merry un-birthday on National Mad Hatter Day at the library.

Enjoy the traditional tea party fare of hot tea, finger sandwiches, and cookies, along with Alice in Wonderland games and crafts. For those in grades 6-12. To register online, use code RMT563.

SATURDAY 10•7•17 • The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons hosts a round table program, moderated by Pamela Harwood at 10 AM. Topics will include: 1) Voles! Since it has been the gardening and lawn topic of the summer, many calling it a cyclical epidemic, they will begin with a discussion of how to get rid of them as well as other pests. 2) A Summer Look-Back: successes and challenges. 3) Questions from the floor. Location: HAH Library ground floor of the Bridgehampton Community House/School Street side of building.

• Friends of the Hampton Bays Library hold a “Twice Sold Tales” bookstore in the lower level of the library from 9 AM to 3 PM every Saturday. Peruse gently used books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles.

• The South Fork Natural History Museum presents Andy’s annual Salamander Log Rolling, a family walk. On this annual walk with Andy Sabin, aka “Mr. Salamander,” you’ll discover some unusual creatures that live in the leaf litter under the rotting logs on the forest floor; in particular, the Bluespotted, which can be found in its purebred form only in Montauk and the Four-toed, whose tail drops off when it is grasped by a predator.

This walk is particularly popular with children. Call 631-537-9735 for admission and registration information.

• Meet the Peconic Land Trust at Bridge Gardens at 1 PM for a workshop led by the professionals at Summerhill Landscapes, and learn how to properly design with -- and plant -- a variety of bulbs that will provide early to late spring color in your garden. Presentation will include information on sourcing, selecting, and planting bulbs. Every attendee will receive some bulbs to take home. Workshop is in partnership with Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons. $10/person, Free for Bridge Gardens and HAH members. Space is limited, prepaid reservations required. For more information and to reserve, call 631-283-3195, or email to Events@ PeconicLandTrust.org. Rain or shine.

• Meet the author of War Widow: How the Six Day War Changed My Life at 1 PM at Hampton Bays

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Library. The memoir of Dr. Ziva Flamhaft is a story that could have developed with similar characters anywhere in the world. The plot is unique but its themes are universal.

The narrative begins in Poland and Lithuania, and moves along to Palestine, Israel, and the United States, depicting a bygone period of nation building, with its intense love and tragedy, and lives forever changed by conflict and war.

SUNDAY 10•8•17 • Marders in Bridgehampton hosts weekly workshops designed to help you improve your garden at 10 AM. This week, it’s all about bulbs. Don Tyson of Netherland bulbs is the guest speaker.

• Biologist Dr. Keith Serafy leads an interpretive nature walk in Sagg Swamp Preserve for adults and children age eight and up at 10:30AM. Sponsored by South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo). Advance reservations are required for all events. For more info, reservations, and directions to meeting places, call the museum at 631-537-9735.

• Weekly drop-in classes at Kadampa Meditation Center-The Hamptons in Water Mill are held at 10:30 AM. Talks and guided meditation with emphasis on Buddha’s teachings.

• Just a few more weeks left to shop super local at the Southampton Farmers Market located on the grounds of the Southampton Arts Center on Jobs Lane. 9AM

Behind The Fence

by Kitty Merrill

Behind The Fence Gallery on County Road 39 in Southampton launches a global online sales opportunity for buyers interested in antique reproduction home furnishings and accessories this week. “Everything but the House,” an online auction marketplace, offers a full-service online estate sale experience.

They will host the online home furnishings sale for five days only beginning tomorrow at midnight and ending Tuesday night. Register online as a bidder www.EBTH.com by October 5th to participate or follow the sale.

All bids begin at $1 and there is no minimum or reserve. Plug in shipping zip code on each listing for instant quote; large furniture pieces only are also available for free pick up at the store in Southampton. Shipping by EBTH listing of the winning items only.

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A benefit concert to raise funds for hurricane victims around the country emceed by Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman was held Sunday at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor. Musicians included Joe Lauro and the Hoodoo Loungers and Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks. All ticket and raffle proceeds benefit hurricane relief efforts through the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

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ELIH Walk/ Run A Success

By Kitty Merrill

Eastern Long Island Hospital’s inaugural 5K Walk/Run raised close to $16,000, with over 150 participants crossing the finish line at Breeze Hill Farm and Preserve located in Peconic. The proceeds from the event benefited Behavioral Health Services at Eastern Long Island Hospital.

“We embrace those who are considering treatment for substance use and/or mental health challenges,” says Paul J. Connor III, president/CEO. “For many, this choice is the beginning of a new life. We congratulate such courage.”

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“ELIH’s inaugural 5K Walk/Run was a spectacular day filled with family fun and support for our local community hospital,” states Christopher Pia, owner of Breeze Hill Farm and Preserve. “We are extremely grateful to all of the participants and local businesses that stepped forward to establish a new event for Eastern Long Island Hospital.”

This year’s 5K Walk/Run event included a timed 5K run, a walk/ run, a kids’ fun run, and an awards ceremony with medals for first, second, and third places. Jason Leonard of Southold took first place with a race time of 20:14.98.

Tara Wilson of Cutchogue finished second with a race time of 20:49.46.

Third place went to Brian Wolfe of Cutchogue finishing at 21:51.35.

Families participated in a wide variety of pre- and post-race activities including warm-up exercises by CrossFit North Tribe of Southold, face painting, puppy and kitten adoption from North Fork Animal Welfare League, and enjoyed food donated from many local establishments. A special appearance was made by Breeze Hill Farm & Preserve’s very own Dolly Llama, “Santana.”

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by Kitty Merrill Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com.

Historical Society A fundraiser dinner for the Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society will be held at O’Malley’s Restaurant, 44780 Rt. 48 in Southold tomorrow from noon to 8 PM. Eat in or take out a complete dinner (includes salad and dessert) of salmon, roasted half chicken, or vegetarian dish. Tickets are $25 (gratuity included). For tickets and info call Lauren 631-298-8431.

Tickets will also be available at the door.

FIsh Dinner For 9/11 The Sons of the American Legion are raising money to create a 9/11 memorial on the grounds of their property on Montauk Highway in Amagansett. They’re hosting a fish dinner on Saturday night at from 5 to 7 PM at the Legion. The tickets are $20 each with $10 for children under 10 years old. It will include salad, tuna kabobs or fried fish, with sides and dessert. Take outs are available. Tickets are available beforehand at the Legion, or at the door.

Paws on Parade Paws on Parade is a fun-filled family celebration with pets on Saturday at 9:30 AM. Participants will stroll Southampton from the Rogers Mansion to the Bathing

Corporation beach, a 23-minute walk one way. St. John’s Church will host its “Blessing of the Animals” and act as a water station. Explore family-friendly activities on the Southampton Historical Museum grounds including contests, an agility course, auctions, photo ops with Bay Street’s Frankenstein Follies Halloween cast in character, face painting, and more.

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Ties & Tails Ties & Tails, a cocktail party with a Jazz Era theme, will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 PM at the Rogers Mansion in Southampton.

Enjoy furnishings and music from the 1920s and ‘30s, as well as an open bar with hors d’oeuvres in the period rooms of the mansion developed during Southampton’s Gilded Age.

The Mansion is managed by the Southampton Historical Museum who shares proceeds with the Southampton Animal Shelter, Southampton Village Fire Department, Southampton Village

Ambulatory Corps, and SYS’s Stages Children Theatre Group.

Tickets are $125 until October 4, and $150 from October 5 to 7.

Tickets to Ties & Tails also include two tickets to Paws on Parade.

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Stroll to the Sea ARF’s 2017 Stroll to the Sea Dog Walk will be held on Saturday in East Hampton. The event features food, pet-themed vendors, contests, and a two-mile charity walk to the ocean and back. The annual event is held on the grounds of Mulford Farm in East Hampton from 9 AM to noon. For more details visit www.arfhamptons.org/events/ dogwalk.

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Your participation in the Purple Purse campaign will help raise much-needed funds for survivors of domestic abuse. To become a Purple Purse Team Member, visit www.theretreatinc.org, our Facebook page, or call 631-3294398.

Annual Auction The Lioness Club of the Hamptons is holding its annual auction fundraiser on Thursday, October 12, from 6 to 9 PM at 230 Elm Street in Southampton. Chinese Auction, 50/50 raffle. Advance ticket price of $25 ($30 at door) includes assorted hot and cold hors d’oeuvres, cash bar. For more information or for purchase of advance tickets call 917-913-1215 or message them on Facebook at Lioness Club of the Hamptons.

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CHRISTINA‘S GUESTWORTHY RECIPE: Roasted Rack of Lamb with Delicata Squash and Maple Vinaigrette

ABOUT MAXWELL’S CHOPHOUSE: The ultimate female owned and operated steakhouse in Manhattan’s hip NoMad district starring the finest in-house aged meats, signature accompaniments, as well as fine seafood served in trademark generous family-friendly portions and complemented by a 500+ wine list set within a welcoming unmatched high-design space. Known as the “Queen of Steak,” proprietors Babette Haddad and daughter Melissa Haddad Malaga, along with executive chef Christina Scifo, are carving a notable niche in the traditionally male-dominated steakhouse landscape.

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WHY? “Delicata squash usually only starts to come around at the beginning of fall. It always makes me feel like it is time for these autumn flavors. Lamb for me is in the middle of summer and winter and is simply delicious with a simple roast.”

INGREDIENTS:

½ c + 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (approx.)

Nob of butter

1 tbsp cinnamon 1 clove garlic

1 sprig rosemary 1 sprig thyme

1 bunch arugula

½ c + 1 tbsp canola oil

1 rack of lamb

Pepper (to taste)

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

For the squash – Split squash long

1 whole Delicata squash

Salt (to taste)

¼ c maple syrup

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ways and scoop seeds out with a spoon. Slice the squash in half-inch rings and place in large mixing bowl. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, one tablespoon of olive oil, and cinnamon. Place on baking sheet and bake at 350 for 25 minutes. Let cool.

For the rack of lamb – Season lamb with salt and pepper. In a cast iron pan, heat until a small amount of smoke appears. Use one tablespoon canola oil in bottom of pan and then gently place lamb in pan. Roast in oven at 350 for eight minutes. Place garlic, rosemary, thyme, and butter in pan and place back in oven for three extra minutes. Allow lamb to rest for five minutes.

For the maple vinaigrette – Place maple syrup, apple cider vinegar, salt, and pepper in bowl and whisk.

Slowly add half-cup of canola oil and a half-cup of olive oil.

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Recipe of the Week

by Joe Cipro

Potato Gnocchi With Braised Short Rib Ingredients (serves 4)

4 baking potatoes

1 lb beef short rib 2 egg yolks

1 1/2 c all purpose flour 3 c. red wine 1 carrot 1 onion

1 bay leaf

2 sticks celery

2 oz. shaved Parmesan cheese 3 oz. butter

salt and pepper to taste Method Begin by setting an oven to 325.

This recipe takes time so you will need to devote a good part of the day to getting it right.

Start by heating a large deep pan to braise your short ribs. Rough chop the carrots, onions, garlic, and celery, and begin searing the short ribs on each side to form a crust.

Add the chopped vegetables along with the bay leaf, wine, and demi glace.

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Bring to a boil and braise in the oven at 325 for three-and-a-half hours. At the same time allow your potatoes to bake in the oven for two hours.

When they are done, begin to boil a pot of water, then split the potatoes with a knife and push the inside of the potato out leaving the skin behind. Dust a large flat surface with the flour, place the potato on the flour, and mix the egg flour and potato together with your hands and kneed like dough.

When you have a nice, uniform ball of dough, cut it into four equal pieces. Roll each piece out into a long tube and cut into one-inch pieces. When this is done, cook the

gnocchi in the boiling water for two minutes. When they are done cooking place them directly into an ice bath. Strain the gnocchi and hold in the fridge until the short rib is done.

When the meat is done remove it from the liquid and strain all the vegetables out of the liquid. Heat the butter and one cup of water in a sauté pan. Once it boils and becomes a nice thick buttery liquid, add the gnocchi and let them sit in the salted butter liquid. Spoon some gnocchi and liquid into a bowl. Shred the short rib and place on top of the gnocchi with some of the braising liquid and some shredded Parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

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The vineyards are arguably better to visit during the brisk, autumn months. Sure, the sun sets earlier but the temperatures drop just enough to where taking in the sunlight goes from intolerable to enjoyable. As many vineyards and tasting rooms still keep the food trucks and live music going well into November, some welcome guests with special events that are indicative of fall freshness. Here’s our list of upcoming happenings between the vines.

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Bedell Cellars, located at 36225 NY-25 in Cutchogue, will host an End of Harvest winemaker dinner at Hellenic Restaurant in Greenport on October 14, located at 5145 Main Road in East Marion.

For $150 partake in an evening with Richard Olsen-Harbich, Bedell’s winemaker, guitarist Russ Amenson, and vocalist Isabel Alvarez. There will be a cocktail hour with Peconic Gold oysters and jumbo shrimp paired with a sparkling rosè 2016, in addition to four courses and dessert. For more information visit www.bedellcellars. com or RSVP at 631-477-0138.

Martha Clara Vineyards hosts their Merlot Masquerade party on October 10 from 7 to 10 PM. Held at the vineyards located at 6025 Sound Avenue in Riverhead, guests will be given masks to complement their outfits. Tickets start at $65 and include passed hors d’oeuvres, two glasses of wine, and live music.

For more information visit www. marthaclaravineyards.com.

One Women Wines at 5195 Old North Road in Southold will have a two-part Tasting under the Stars, Friday, and again on October 14 from 6 to 10 PM. Free to the public, this event features bonfires, candlelight, and outdoor movies. Skygazers can look into the telescope to see the heavens above. Bringing your own food is encouraged. Visit www.

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Sannino Vineyard, located at 1375 Peconic Lane in Peconic, hosts several Vine to Wine tours given

by Anthony Sannino himself.

Cheese plates and special discounts provided. Times are noon to 1 PM for the cost of $50. For a complete list of dates go to www. sanninovineyard.com.

Roanoke Vineyards at 3543 Sound Avenue in Riverhead will host “Over the Falls; Wines from the Niagara Frontier,” with Lenn Thompson on October 21 at 5:30 PM. Tickets are $45 and can be found at www.roanokevineyards. net.

Wolffer Estate celebrates fall at their annual Harvest Party this Saturday from noon to 5 PM between the vines and lawn of its estate at 139 Sagg Road in Sagaponack. Live music will be performed by Hopefully Forgiven, Palo Santo provides fresh new dishes along with Pizza Luca and Fresh Flavors. Other activities include barrel-rolling, a winemaking relay race, grape-stomping, pony rides, hay rides, and more.

For more information visit www. wolffer.com.

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three consecutive shows to crowds topping 15,000 in Santiago, Chile, and to over 25,000 in Collingwood, Canada. When he performed on “Late Night with David Letterman” in 2013, Letterman ran over after Shandor’s performance of “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and enthusiastically exclaimed, “Wonderful, wonderful! One more!

Do one more!”

As recently as last year, Shandor was honored with the Elvis Impersonator of the Year award in Las Vegas, as well as the Heart of the King award.

And yet with all of these accolades, Shandor’s favorite memory of his performances is more private.

“Elvis always used to take his band out after the concerts, and then they would sit around the piano and have these jam sessions,” Shandor said. During a gig in Sweden, several of Presley’s original band members came to see his show. “And we did the same thing.

We sat around the piano after the show, singing gospel and old-time classic country, just like they did with Elvis. These were the same guys that I used to watch on TV. It was exhilarating,” he recalled.

brah hand signal. I really wanted to do something that would make people feel like they were back there, in Elvis’s Hawaii of the ‘60s and early ‘70s.”

And what if the real Elvis, as some propone, was still alive and showed up at Shandor’s door?

“I would say thank you for everything you’ve done. Thanks for making a life for people. He would never imagine how many lives he’s touched, what a beautiful thing he did just by being himself.”

Tickets to see Justin Shandor, the Ultimate Elvis, can be obtained by visiting www.suffolktheater.com or calling the box office at 631-7274343. As always there is row seating and cabaret seating available, doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 8 PM. And for Elvis-loving couples, have your vows renewed in a special Hawaiian wedding ceremony presided over by Elvis himself for an added fee, according to the Suffolk Theater’s website. Find out more by calling the box office number, listed above.

This particular show on Friday at the Suffolk Theater pays tribute to Presley’s fondness for our 50th state. “Elvis so loved Hawaii,” Shandor said. “He filmed Blue Hawaii there in the early ‘60s, he did his biggest concert there by satellite. He always ended his concerts with the ‘hang loose’ shaka

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Keyes,A & McCarthy,M Donati, Irwin, etal Coe, R & S Greene, G by Ref Greenstein, C, etal Sherrill, M Trst D’Auria, J & J MMR Real EstateHldng

800,000 1,675,000 3,600,000 720,000 970,500 4,125,000 4,750,000 25,925,000

101 Kings Point Rd 93 Gerard Dr 18 Three Mile Harbor Dr 20 Wheelock Walk 32 Royal St 3 Hither Ln 39 Buells Ln 81 N Briar Patch Rd

30 Beach Plum Road Giglio, R Cranata,J & Bacchi,T

Mullan, A JPMorgan Chase Bank Ottimo, M

499,000* 125,474 850,000

30 Beach Plum Rd 236 Edgemere St, #210 28 Agnew Ave

Swainson, V

Wilson, W Trust

770,000

4 Wildwood Dr

Vecchio, T

Wood, J Trust

375,000

6346 N Country Rd

Moskeland, K & B Perez, J & E Brown, P Federal NationalMrtg Zajac, B US Bank Trust N.A.

Maier, S & A Muratore, M & M Trojanowski,B by Exr Schaller, B by Ref Pevney, J Nason &Curley by Ref

765,000 325,000 319,000 724,911 309,278 340,616

32 Waterview Ct 704 Willow Pond Dr 3701 Amen Corner 212 Trout Brook Ln 922 Ostrander Ave 1453 W Main St

Imbrosciano, M Zdanowicz and SonLLC Quinn, M & M Sarah Michael LLC

Fisher, M & R Pelis, J All Phases Painting Creter Vault Corp

395,000 330,000 483,400 2,000,000

402 Fox Hill Dr 4018 Middle Country Rd 55 Jakes Ln 1812 &1828 Middle Rd

Shults,R&J &Nguyen,F

Brown, R & J Trust

1,175,000

3 Cedar Ct

Andrew, R & T

Dreher, D

385,000*

9 Margaret’s Dr

Velez, C Mitev, R Alvarez, W

Booker,S&Patterson,B Deutsche Bank Nat MTGLQ Investors

225,000 174,814 360,000

33 Van Houton St 739 Flanders Rd 52 Fanning Rd

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Daly, J

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91 Lumber Ln

Cain, S & A Daniels, M & C

Sturmer,E & Sultan,A Dressler, C & M

700,000 670,000

38 Walker Ave 18 Weesuck Ave

Drachman, D Amini, J Rutka,P &Silvia,T Hamptons MeadowHomes

Zuckerman,D &O’Brien Dilsaver, K by Exr Ng, J Hadzaj, H

875,000 329,000 329,000 240,000*

8 Pepi Ct 21 East Tiana Rd 62 Canoe Place Rd,511&512 57A Bay Ave West

Abel, K

Field, M

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10 River View Dr

Berkery-Hausen Trust Davis, C Town of Southampton Insource East Prprts 14 John Street LLC

Elliott, L Schoels, K Gornik, A Carter, A by Admr Cutler 2012 Trust

4,480,000 870,000 1,400,000* 775,000 5,175,000

21 Peconic Ave 22 Oak Dr 41 Fresh Pond Rd 9 Tyndall Rd 14 John St

185BP Watermill LLC Goshen Mortgage REO IMDM, LLC Furman, S Codrington, E & T Palazzi,G & Niceta,A

Cohen, R Florence, J by Ref KBK Partners LLC Harvey, R & J Jackman, I & Welsh,K Upton, R

999,000 502,092 6,000,000 1,735,000 1,400,000 2,350,000

185 Bridies Path 42 Shore Rd 355 David Whites Ln 23 Kenwood Rd 26 Ocean View Ave & 8.004 53 Leland Ave

89 Cobb LLC

Prashker, B

1,900,000

89 Cobb Rd

BIA REO LLC Morciniec, M Romarlin Co & Realty Koutsoyiannis&Sakoul Gonzalez,D &Friedman

Hoey Trust by Ref Yusshuk, S by Ref 35 Montauk Highway Hoffmn, S & P Whelan, J & M

943,600 280,001 1,500,000* 575,000 680,000

9 Quarter Court 10 Sea Gate Ave 35 Montauk Hwy 15 Deborah Dr 1 Sweetgrass Rd

Strebel, J&H Trust

Ammaccapane, L

785,000

274 Sunset Ave

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these upgrades,” the supervisor’s message relates.

Upgrades at Town Hall and the Jackson Avenue complex, plus additional projects, are listed in the $17 million capital project spending plan, $7 million of which will come from grants and other sources.

Schneiderman’s proposal calls for

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$99.4 million in appropriations, almost $33 million in revenue, the use of $2.4 million of reserves, and a tax levy of just over $64 million.

“I’m proud to deliver a budget that continues to reduce taxes while maintaining and improving vital services to our residents,” he said.

Two public hearings will be held on the budget -- October 24 at 6 PM, and November 14 at 1 PM. The final adoption of the budget is scheduled for Monday, November 20, at 11 AM.

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identified quite a few of them even before we entered the park.

We got lots of tips from the affable park ranger at the Twenty-Nine Palms gate where we entered, so we drove off to find some specific sights. One, the Keys Overlook, unfortunately was most memorable for the haze that filled the view, generated by smog from the Southern California cities further west.

It’s a big park, and a long drive. But we kept stopping to take a closer look at a plant or some extremely cool rocks. The rock pictured here cried out to be photographed— especially since we wondered if it might fall at any moment! The park has plenty of places to turn out for that closer look.

Our ultimate objective was to get to the Cholla Cactus Garden at photography’s “magic hour,” and the park is so big we weren’t certain we’d make it. But, as the photo here clearly shows, our timing was perfect. And the cacti were the icing on the cake, especially with the sun at that charmed angle that made them glow like large, spiny candles. I was particularly enamored of the tiny baby chollas gathered about the feet of the larger “parent” plants.

Once magic hour was over, it was time for us to hit the road, find dinner at one of the numerous Mexican/Southwestern restaurants we feasted in, then head further west to our beds for the night. And

that trek out of the park seemed like the longest part of the trip! At home, we always say the trip back feels shorter than the one headed out. Not so in the desert, nor on California’s Highway 1, where we wound up at the lovely hilltop wedding that culminated this trip west. Ah. . . a story for another time.

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been airing footage of NFL fans

By Rick Murphy expressing their disapproval of the

In New Orleans a state lawmaker said he would introduce a bill to stop the state from paying the New Orleans Saints stipends because the team owner approved of the protests. It seems Louisiana, according to an article in Forbes last week, has pledged $400 million to keep the Saints in the state.

Meanwhile Tom Benson, the team owner, gets to keep all the profits the Saints generate. If the state goes through with the threat what do you think will happen?

“Take A Knee” protest by burning the gear and tickets they bought for their teams.

RICK’S SPACE

by Rick Murphy

On One Knee I know my football. I probably spend more time analyzing data and film than most fans.

Naturally, the events of last weekend were disturbing.

This all began last season when Colin Kaepernick, a reserve NFL quarterback, refused to stand up during the national anthem as a protest, citing, “the oppression of people of color in the country.”

He garnered national attention, most of it negative, and he found himself out of a job at the end of the season, cut by the San Francisco 49ers.

It is notable that other NFL players did not follow his lead, or that his team’s ownership didn’t back him up. Then again, the 49ers stunk and Kaepernick was playing poorly.

Let’s get one thing straight: Kaepernick was black-balled this season by NFL owners. Kaepernick led his team to the Super Bowl in 2012; he is only 29, and he is sixfour and weighs 230 pounds, the perfect size for a quarterback. Did he regress after 2012? Yes. Could

he help an NFL team right now?

Of course.

So when hundreds of NFL players chose to protest during the national anthem last week it is important to ask yourself: Where were they last year when Colin Kaepernick was hung out to dry?

This is America. If it were a law that we had to stand during any rendition of the national anthem we wouldn’t be much of a democracy. If we chose not to put our hand on our chest and mumble the words half of us have forgotten that’s our business. I can remember a moment at a basketball game right after 9-11 when an ugly mob almost turned on a young man who sat during the anthem. Funny how times change.

Apparently our president pissed off a lot of athletes when he called those who protested “sons of bitches.” So the groundswell began in earnest and the NFL owners, sensing mutiny, by and large decided to stand behind the protesting players.

I am going to tell you: Benson will order the players to stand at attention and cut any players who defy him using the “conduct unbecoming” clause in the player’s contract. Think another NFL team will sign those players? Think again.

Last week it seemed the players were getting a lot of support.

Rest assured there are millions of Americans, servicemen and their families, law enforcement personnel, or just fans who love their country and consider themselves patriots. The inevitable counter protests are about to begin.

The owners will realize the fan protest is costing them millions, especially if the fans stop watching the games on TV. As teams start losing, the fan boycott will intensify.

Then the players will begin to bicker among themselves.

According to the Wall Street Journal, DirecTV typically does not offer refunds once the season has started, but is making exceptions for people who cite protests as the reason they are cancelling.

Several major news outlets have

In Denver one car dealership that was paying Von Miller to hawk his cars fired Miller after Miller protested during the anthem.

Miller had every right to protest.

The folks who own the car dealership have every right not to want Miller representing them.

Now multiply that scene 100 times over, where the huge advertisers pay countless millions to athletes to hawk their products to Middle America.

Kaepernick is a highly intelligent individual who has earned respect with his courageous actions.

Stephen Curry, an NBA star, did likewise when he said he didn’t want to visit the White House. He is a thoughtful spokesman and a natural leader.

Then the floodgates opened and the clowns took over. Is there seriously an argument to be made that some jerk on steroids with a history of violence toward women gets to voice an opinion and the President of the United States does not? Are you kidding me?

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

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The Riverhead Central School District is woke. Kudos to leaders there for making the “out of the box” decision to implement Goldie Hawn’s MindUP program. It’s designed to help kids learn how to cope with stress and maintain focus.

Over 20 years ago an Indy staffer and parent brought a CD, Mozart for the Mind, to her child’s teacher at Springs School. The class was poised to take annual standardized tests, and the willing teacher chose to play the soothing music before kids raised their pencils. She reported the effect was amazing in terms of the sense of calm that descended on the room once the music played.

More and more we’re seeing schools weave heretofore hippy-dippy strategies for coping, relaxation, and focus into students’ days. How wise, and how different might our societal mood be, if today’s adults had these same strategies inculcated early on.

These are times that try men’s souls. Not a day goes by when national news isn’t a lightning rod for stress that often expresses itself as anger or despair. Our collective conscious is, to use an education system catchphrase, at risk.

These are times to take a page out of area schools’ books and practice our own (healthy) methods of coping.

And where better, when better than this holiday weekend? Stop by any one of our growing centers for staunching stress – take a yoga or meditation class, or even spend time in our local salt cave. The weather forecast promises our signature golden autumnal glow, let’s get outside and experience it – at area festivals galore, or at any one of our gorgeous beaches or verdant forests.

We’re blessed here in God’s country. Let’s take a breath and remember that.

Broken Bays To the Editor,

My name is Gary Glanz and I am a candidate for Southampton Town Trustee, the oldest continually elected board in the United States that was working 90 years before

Is it just me?

Best wishes to all our readers for the New Year!

our Revolutionary War.

Ed Gifford

I have been sailing, surfing, clamming, and crabbing in the ocean and Shinnecock and Peconic Bays for 54 years. I am the founder of the Polar Bear Plunge which has raised $1 million for local families

since 2004 and a cofounder of the Conscience Point Shellfish Hatchery which has raised one million oysters and ½ million clams.

My lovely wife Diane and I have

been married for 41 years and we have two sons, two daughters-inlaw, and five grandchildren living in Southampton. Our daughter is the city administrator for Salisbury, Continued On Page 56

May you be written in the Book of Life this year.

In bold and italic!

And underlined!

© Karen Fredericks

Karen was chosen Best Cartoonist by the New York Press Association in 2017. She’s also the recipient of multiple awards for her illustration of the international bestseller How To Build Your Own Country, including the prestigious Silver Birch Award. Her work is part of the permanent artist’s book collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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Joselin I’m so glad to see my friends again, especially the ones who weren’t around to hang out with during the summer. Favorite subject? Math class. We’re studying algebra. Sometimes it’s easy but sometimes it’s not, and I like a challenge.

Brian I'm glad to be back. It's good to see all my friends again after the summer. I'm glad to get back and have the opportunity to learn a lot of different things. My favorite subject is social studies. Our teacher makes things fun. He did a song about the five themes of geography.

But there is good news! We have $11 million to spend on water quality projects in Southampton Town using CPF funds over the next 85 days left in 2017. The Town will have $350 million of your money, and likely much more, to spend over the coming decades to fix our bays, lakes, and ponds.

But our Board of Trustees has been making bad choices. The Trustees have chosen not to spend their limited resources on high-return projects that will improve our water quality in the shortest time, for the least amount of your money; instead, our Trustees have chosen to spend millions fighting with our local villages​losing lawsuit after lawsuit, whose rulings have diminished the very power and influence they sought to maintain.

This election is critical. All of us have an obligation to restore our bays so that our children, grandchildren, and another 20 generations beyond can enjoy healthy bays teeming with life. ​To do so​we need to refocus the role of the Southampton Town Trustees to: become the conscience of town, county, and state government by insisting that the hundreds of millions of dollars spent ​on water quality be done ​in a smart, fair, and effective way, promote Trustee water improvement projects that bring ​you ​the most bang for your buck, fight to maintain our historic rights to beach access in a thoughtful, strategic way that does not further diminish Trustee power and influence.

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Candidate for Southampton Town Trustee Positions Outlined Last week I outlined all of my

By Karen Fredericks

What’s the best thing about going back to school and what’s your favorite subject?

For 20 generations, our town has enjoyed healthy bays with abundant ​salt hay, seaweed, fish, and shellfish. But in 2017 our bays are broken. Our lakes and ponds are toxic. Our Trustee incumbents are suffering a communication breakdown, and money - your money - is being wasted.

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Evolett I like learning about the things my teacher talks about. And I love art classes. We’re making a peace sign for National Peace Day.

Alexa I’m in second grade and it was great to come back and see my friends. I like math best.

Because you can learn stuff. And I love when we go to computer library and play a special game on Google that teaches you about computers. positions on the issues that East Hampton residents considered of “serious concern” based on the study performed by an independent study company. These positions involve: Water quality improvement and preservation, beach erosion, the local opioid epidemic, housing solutions for our legal workforce, high school graduates, and our seniors. Many of these solutions will require leadership to implement. We cannot afford to spend four more years waffling on these matters. I’ll get things done. I won’t waffle.

Paul Giardina

Candidate for East Hampton Town Board 2017 The Hills Dear Editor,

A newly-promised benefit of a proposed PDD to build a golf course resort in East Quogue known as The Hills is the installation of advanced septic systems for the resort and for the local school. Additionally, the developer has promised to install

private septic systems for select homeowners.

However, back in November 2016, East End voters elected to spend up to 20 percent of CPF funds for water quality improvements including septic rebates to qualified homeowners. Therefore, it’s unclear how a private developer would interact with public funding earmarked for water quality.

It would seem to me that a perfect use for CPF funds would be the installation of advanced septic systems in every school. Allegedly these systems might have hidden maintenance costs that might have to be budgeted by the school. So it’s unclear whether a developer would fund ongoing maintenance.

As for the installation of septic systems in private homes, the question of patronage arises, i.e, who determines whether the developer’s funding is spent fairly?

Will the developer be allowed to use a different set of selection criteria than the town? Will town

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“The young men and women being named commended students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their

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academic development, is vital to the advancement or educational excellence in our nation. We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”

Independent / Courtesy WHB School District Westhampton Beach Elementary School students raised more than $21,000 for their school through their second annual Hurricane Fun Run. Independent / Courtesy of the Hampton Bays School District Hampton Bays Elementary School second graders have been working to collect crayons for a Texas school affected by Hurricane Harvey. From left are students Skye Patino, Connor Bullinger, and Anais Perez.

Hampton Bays To assist fellow classmates in need, Hampton Bays Elementary School second graders in Kristen Webber’s class have been collecting boxes of crayons to send to a school in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Over the past several weeks, the students received donations of hundreds of crayons that will be sent directly to Elizabeth Kotey, a fourth-grade teacher at Burnett Elementary School in the Pasadena Independent School District. The crayons will be sent along with letters from Ms. Webber’s students.

Tuckahoe Tuckahoe staff and students are pitching in to support disaster relief in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Staff members are cutting flowers, herbs, and greens from their home gardens and donating vases and ribbons. Beautiful table top arrangements are being made by volunteers and purchased by generous contributors.

Very young Tuckahoe students are

coloring paper Mexican and Puerto Rican flags, which are glued on popsicle sticks and offered for a $1 donation.

Ross School Ross School head of high school William J. O’Hearn III announced today that Finn Li ’18 has been named a commended student in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship program. A letter of commendation from the school and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which conducts the program, will be presented to this scholastically talented senior.

About 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2018 competition for National Merit Scholarship Awards, commended students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2018 competition by taking the 2016 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Independent / Courtesy Tuckahoe School Sally De Los Santos (left) and Angelie Pino pitch in to support disaster relief in Mexico and Puerto Rico. Kids at Tuckahoe School are raising money by crafting floral arrangements.

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“Although we’re finding high bacteria levels at these bodies of water, I’d like to say that generally our open ocean and bay beaches are clean,” she continued. “That is particularly important at Sagg Main where people have the choice between swimming in the pond or the ocean. Out of 57 samples pulled at Sagg Main, only two have been over the EPA limit.”

Henn informed, “The same goes for Scott Cameron and Mecox Bay. We’ve taken 56 samples at Scott Cameron and not one has resulted in high bacteria levels.” Meanwhile, the bay shows up with high scores repeatedly. The point, Henn said, is “Mecox Bay is polluted - you should swim in Scott Cameron at the ocean site. Sagg Pond is polluted, but Sagg Main’s ocean site is not. So when you have the choice, choose the open ocean beach rather than the enclosed pond.”

Also showing samples testing positive for entero during the summer were Circle Beach in Noyac (twice), Marine Park by the Old Ponquogue Bridge in Hampton Bays (three times).Tiana Bay Park In Hampton Bays, Long Beach in Noyac, and Weesuck Creek in East Quogue also appeared on the spreadsheet, each testing high for enterococci once.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s website, enterococci are typically not considered harmful to humans, but their presence may indicate that other disease-causing agents could be. Significant amounts of the bacteria in the water can have a negative effect such as beach closures, swimming and boating bans, and closures of

fishing and shellfishing areas.

Locally, such closures have been rare, but upisland the presence of fecal bacteria has routinely closed beaches in western Suffolk County.

The other disease-causing bacteria that may be present alongside enterococci can sicken swimmers or those who eat raw shellfish and fish.

Potential health effects can include diseases of the skin, eyes, ears, and respiratory tract, according to the EPA.

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an interagency working group to advance the understanding of hypoxia and HABs. Additionally, the bill requires the task force to submit a scientific assessment of harmful algal blooms in US coastal waters and freshwater systems to Congress at least every five years.

Schumer said these kinds of dollars and resources, once enshrined in the law, should be used to help combat the rise of algal blooms on Long Island.

Health officials ask residents not to use or swim or wade in waters testing positive for cyanobacteria and to keep their pets and children away from the area. Advisories remain in effect until the concentration of blue-green algae chlorophyll-a meet the New York State threshold and the water is not visibly discolored for at least 24 hours.

Though blue-green algae are naturally present in lakes and streams in low numbers, they can become abundant, forming blooms in shades of green, blue-green, yellow, brown, or red. They may produce floating scums on the surface of the water or may cause the water to take on a paint-like appearance.

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Contact with waters that appear scummy or discolored should be avoided. If contact does occur, rinse off with clean water immediately.

Seek medical attention if any of the following symptoms occur after contact: nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea; skin, eye, or throat irritation; or allergic reactions or breathing difficulties.

Russia meddled in our election for president, and continues to hack into US and European government and industry systems.

Also, Russia occupies eastern Ukraine.

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Iran is involved in the Syrian War and is a backer of Islamic terrorist organizations. It keeps challenging our naval forces in the Persian Gulf and continually threatens to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. A dictatorship in Venezuela is causing instability in the country.

To report a suspected blue-green algae bloom, contact the Division of Water at New York State DEC: 518-402-8179 between 8 AM and 4 PM or anytime via email at habsinfo@dec.ny.gov.

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employees who administer the septic rebate program be required to work with the developer or with the individual homeowner?

Also of interest is what appears to be a serious omission regarding water quality. The proposed Hills PDD is located on a street where water mains have been installed on both sides of The Hills property.

A gap exists precisely in the location along the street where The Hills is concentrating all of its development. Yet in spite of a significant increase in traffic generated by the resort with all of the attendant increases in gas, diesel, and oil emissions, The Hills has not offered to extend the water main even though installation of water mains is standard practice in all new development.

Susan Cerwinski

Tweeting Away The Presidency

China laid claim to the South China Sea and is constructing bases on islands claimed by other countries. The Chinese military has confronted US naval vessels and aircraft. North Korea tests ballistic missiles which are capable of reaching the US. It is working on developing ballistic missiles outfitted with nuclear warheads by 2018.

Given these situations, what are Trump’s priorities? He is focusing on repealing Obamacare, building

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face painting, pumpkin decorating, crab races, a free 30-horse carousel, and more. There is live music by the Lynn Blue Band on Saturday, 2 to 5 PM; raffles; delicious Oktoberfeststyle food, clams and oysters; Long Island wines and beer. The Montauk Farmers Market is open on both days. On Saturday, under the tent, is a sports memorabilia auction and a display of local artists’ works. On Sunday, the 3B’s band performs, noon to 4 PM and there is a Chinese auction under the tent. To round off the weekend, Montauk Chamber’s annual cash catch drawing is held at 4:30 PM Sunday with cash prizes up to $20,000 awarded.

The Fall Festival is the major annual fundraiser to benefit the Montauk Chamber of Commerce, a not-for-profit organization. In turn, it donates to local not-for-profits such as the Montauk Food Pantry, the July Fourth and Fall Fireworks Fund, the Frank Cappozola Scholarship Fund, and others.

In Amagansett on Saturday from noon to 4 PM at the firehouse, check out the “Gears & Grease” car show. The fourth annual Tyler Valcich Memorial promises music by the 3B’s and the Roses Grove band, raffles, food, drinks, awards and, of course, super cool cars.

All proceeds benefit the Tyler Project which provides counseling, educational services, and classroom programs for students and young adults.

Moving to Hampton Bays, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church will be holding a Fall Festival this Saturday from noon to 5 PM. The festival will feature face painting, pumpkin decorating patch, miniature pony

cart rides, children’s games, arts by local vendors, and food and beverages. The festival will take place rain or shine. For additional information call 631-728-0776 or visit www.stmaryshb.org.

Also on Saturday, it’s the 19th annual celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt. Enjoy guided trail walks, play games, make crafts, and participate in a wide variety of activities provided by local environmental and community organizations including: Children’s Museum of the East End, Peconic Land Trust, Group for the East End, Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, and more. At 10 AM hike with naturalist and birder Jim Ash. Meet the animals of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center at 11. Search for reptiles with snakeman Chris Chapin at noon. Complimentary ice cream and refreshments for all. FREE! The Celebration will be held in Vineyard Field, behind the SoFo Museum at 377 Bridgehampton/ Sag Harbor Turnpike. For more information and to RSVP, contact FLPG at 631-745-0689.

Wait, wait. There’s more. This weekend is a shopper’s paradise as sidewalk sales are held in downtown Sag Harbor and Westhampton Beach. The respective chambers of commerce sponsor these opportunities to browse bargains.

Park on October 13. The next two days play host to free concerts, a chowder contest, stagecoach rides through the village, a harvest fair, art shows, vendors, and more.

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Adult Ed Program Seeks Instructors

By Kitty Merrill

The East Hampton Union Free School District is committed to continuing the tradition of the Adult Education program. The Board of Education sees the program as a way of giving back to the East Hampton community, of providing space for talented citizens to share their gifts, and as a way for everyone to enjoy school facilities under the auspices of the district’s main directive: Excellence in education.

This fall, the classes (maximum of nine sessions) will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from October 9 through December 9, between 5 and 9 PM. Anyone wishing to offer a class must contact Debbie Mansir no later than today at dmansir@ehufsd.org or 631-329-6462. Include name, address, phone, email, dates you would like, and course descriptions.

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Independent / Gordon M. Grant East Hampton may be winless so far this season but the Lady Bonackers are showing signs of life. (This page, top) Paige Cordone comes tantalizingly close to scoring; (bottom) the goalie Lucy Short, only a ninth grader, is one of the most improved players on the team. (Next page) Yeymi Chavez advances the ball, Valeria Marin gets the best of an opponent, and (bottom) Short finds an open teammate.

North Fork Teams Advance In Girls Soccer

By Rick Murphy

League VII is where the action is when it comes to girls high school soccer, and the East End’s North Fork teams are in the thick of it.

Mattituck and Southold/ Greenport keep winning, and they keep waiting for unbeaten Babylon (9-0) to blink.

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that seems always to be on the offensive.

Friday Mattituck traveled to Stony Brook but the Lady Bears (5-6) were no match for the locals. Halle Foster was on fire, finding the net three times and Sarah Santacroce was her brilliant self, turning away nine attempts. Amber Rochon also scored for the winners.

Two days earlier the Lady Tuckers took to the road again and took out Smithtown Christian 4-1.

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Once again the pressure came from the entire front line, with Alire Gatz, Maggie Bruer, MacKenzie Daly, and Rochon netting goals.

Smithtown Christian fell to 2-6-1 on the season.

Now comes the hard part: Mattituck and Southold/ Greenport/were to play yesterday; the Lady Tuckers travel to Babylon today, which means any of the three teams could be in first place by day’s end.

The Lady Settlers drummed Mercy Saturday 6-0 as Grace Syron put on a show, ripping three goals and assisting on another. Jillian Golden added a pair of goals and an assist. Lucy Showalter also scored for Southold/Greenport. Mercy dropped to 2-8 on the season. It was the third game in three days for the locals, and the third straight

shutout by the net minder Saira Bachez and the talented Settlers defense.

Friday Pierson/Bridgehampton, playing on the North Fork,

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exploded for four goals and five points. The Lady Settlers are in Sag Harbor today to take on Pierson at 6:15 PM and get Stony Brook at home tomorrow at 6 PM.

The East Hampton Lady Bonackers are having a tough time of it, falling at home to East Islip 3-0 on Thursday in League V action.

Make no mistake about it, though – the locals, despite dropping to 0-8, are on the improve. The Lady Redmen are 3-2-1 on the season but lost both games by a single goal and have allowed only three goals all season. East Islip has tied undefeated Islip (7-0-1) and beaten second seeded Hauppauge, yet East Hampton gave the powerhouse a run before succumbing. Next up for the locals is Islip tomorrow at home for a 4:30 PM tiff.

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Football Action

By Rick Murphy

Coming off a thrilling but grueling 42-35 win on Saturday, Westhampton was a tired team when it took the field against East Islip Wednesday. Dylan Laube, who rushed for 430 yards Saturday, must have felt fatigued as well, though you would never know it -- he repeatedly tells his coaches he feels great even when they attempt

to give him a rest.

Luckily, there is plenty of talent on this squad as it mounts a serious charge towards the Suffolk County playoffs and a shot at a Long Island championship. Laube had what for him was a veritable vacation, carrying the ball only nine times.

Not that he didn’t make the most of it – the senior picked up 155

yards and scored three times as the Hurricanes coasted to a 42-19 victory to run their Division II record to 4-0.

Laube opened the scoring with a 50-yard run and teammate Tyler Nolan scampered 44 for a score later in the first quarter.

Laube scored on a one-yard plunge to open the second quarter.

Quarterback Clarke Lewis only attempted three passes in the game, but he made them count. He found Nolan Quinland for a 39-yard scoring strike in the second stanza to make it 28-0, and the rout was on.

Nico Antieri scored on a 20-line romp in the first quarter for the winners. Quinn Smith scored on short burst in the fourth in what proved to be the winner. Shawn Stelling hit Micah Snowden to set up a five-yard run by Aaron Napier Jr. for the Mariners only score.

A furious rally late in the fourth stanza fell short.

Hampton Bays, 2-2 in Division IV, plays at home Friday against Port Jefferson (-2). Kickoff is slated for 7 PM.

Nolan ended up rushing for 102 yards in only seven carries and Joe Sarno ran for 93 and a score as the Hurricanes ground game ran up.

Quinlan and had six tackles and a sack on defense. Charles Fee went 6-for-6 extra point kicks and had seven tackles. Westhampton plays at Rocky Point (1-3) Friday evening at 7 PM.

The East End football rivalries aren’t what they once were but a few remnants of the good old days remain. It used to be Southampton and East Hampton competing for the Hamptons Bowl most every season, but East Hampton doesn’t even field a football team anymore.

Little Library Kickoff

By Justin Meinken

Hampton Bays and Southampton, however, still play for the Mayor’s Cup though the games are intermittent nowadays. Thursday Hampton Bays won for the fourth straight time (over a nine-year span), coming into Southampton and leaving with a 14-7 victory and the cup.

Ryan Fowkes of East Hampton ran down a field of national 5K champions to win the Boys Small School Varsity title at the FLrunners.com International in Lakeland, Florida, last Friday.

East Hampton High School also had three boys compete in the JV race. Nicolas Villante came in 9th place in the 5K race. In the varsity race, there were more than 30 schools and over 300 runners. Fowkes’ winning time was 17:14. His teammate, Geo Espinoza, finished 7th in 17:42.

The Westhampton Free Library will hold its ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new little free library at Ria Del Bene Memorial Playground on Saturday at 10:30 AM. While the event will focus on promoting literacy, the ribbon-cutting will also feature lawn games, popcorn, and cotton candy for the kiddies.

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MFD Honors Its Own Photos by Richard Lewin

On Friday evening, under a big tent on the grounds of the Montauk Fire Department, members and their families and friends honored those among them who had given special service to the department in 2016. Chief Vincent “Vinnie” Franzone, First Assistant Chief David Ryan, and Second Assistant Chief Mitchell “Mickey” Valcich hosted the annual Inspection Dinner. Company No. 5 won Company of the Year, and Michael Martinsen was 2016 Firefighter of the Year. A prayer and moment of silence were held for Ex-Chief Richard McGowin, who had passed away the previous day. East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell and Daniel Shields, chairman of the Amagansett Fire District, presented a proclamation honoring MFD Past Chief (two terms), and past Commissioner of the Montauk Fire District, Lawrence “Larry” Franzone, who also recently passed away. Larry, the father of the current chief, was a passionate supporter and innovator in firefighting. He was elected the first chairman of the EH Fire District Training Center committee.

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Retreat to KNOWhere A retreat on a three-day weekend?

That’s right. Breakers Motel in Montauk is hosting two nights of wellness Friday through Sunday, in a “Retreat To KNOWhere.”

Marisa Hochberg, wellness branding expert at MJH Wellness, is the event’s master curator. Her debut retreat at Breakers was developed after playing with the creative hospitality brand name “Knowhere,” which took on Breakers as its first large-scale project.

“The idea is that you are going to nowhere,” Hochberg explained.

“But in actuality getting to KNOW your body through Physique57 classes, mind through meditative sessions at the Montauk Salt Cave, food through a special session with nutritionist Stefanie Sacks of Reboot Food, and getting to know others on the retreat by sharing farm to table dinners and getting to know Montauk’s bucolic settings during the most gorgeous time of the year out East.”

Hochberg’s been spending time in Montauk her entire life. During her personal weight transformation journey a little over a decade ago, she turned to the destination that felt most encouraging. Seventy-five

pounds and an entirely new lifestyle later (congratulations, Marisa!), she’s welcoming others to share their stories and enjoy her program based off of personal experience. All in line with her mantra “aspire to Inspire.”

As Long Islanders, we know the fall months are idyllic on the East End. Beachgoers have dwindled, the air is crisp, and the leaves are inspirational in color, all leading to a wonderful kickstart combination for starting anew. “This retreat in particular seeks to hit every area of health and wellness from food to exercise to meditation, and I hope that by gaining insightful knowledge, guests can really take what they have learned over the inspiring couple of days back to the City life with them and have it inspire them enough to make their own positive changes,” Hochberg said.

So what’s included?

Tanya Becker, co-founder of Physique57, will hold daily classes A luxurious wellness goodie bag upon arrival

Farm-to-table breakfast, lunch, and dinner in addition to healthy snacks Panel discussions aimed to engage

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and inform by leader in the wellness industry An optional massage and/or visit to Montauk Salt Cave Personal time for R&R

Local fall, farm-fresh essentials in a beautiful take-away basket

Since the weekend also coincides with popular events like the Hamptons International Film Festival and Montauk Fall Festival, maybe you’d just like to drop in. Luckily, there’s an option to participate in Physique57 classes while enjoying a smoothie provided

by Daily Harvest and drinks by Drink Treo. Head off to your next event with a swag bag of Physique57 gear, you may even be tempted to come back the next day.

This is expected to be just the beginning of a wellness future at Breakers (a Spring retreat is already in the works for 2018).

Whatever your fitness goals or wellness lifestyle may be, Retreat to KNOWhere aims to connect likeminded individuals. It’s not what you lose but what you gain.

Breakers MTK is located at 769 Old Montauk Highway. For more information and pricing visit www. retreattonowhere.splashthat.com

For more information about Marisa Hochberg and her company visit www.MJHWellness.com or on Social Media as @marisahochberg or #MJHWellness You can follow more stories from Nicole Teitler on Facebook and Instagram @Nikki on the Daily.

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Tarantella In The Rain Photos by Justin Meinken

Even with threating skies and passing showers, a crowd came out to enjoy the San Gennaro Festival of the Hamptons last weekend. Right across from the Long Island Rail Road station on Good Ground Road in Hampton Bays, the festival held a vast collection of booths with traditional Italian food, wares, art works, and much more.

Complete with an amusement park section and live musical performances, the San Gennaro Festival was an incredible celebration of Italian culture.

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