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SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental journey To renew old memories. -Performed by Doris Day, Sept. 1944 So a few weeks ago our kids Jessie and J.T. devoted a weekend to showing us the wonders of the new Brooklyn. Forget that both my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht, and I were born in Brooklyn, four miles apart in distance and God knows how far apart financially. My kids now live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Williamsburg went from being a poor Polish community to looking like as much of a college town as Cambridge, Mass. To begin with, no one walking the streets of Williamsburg is over 26 years old. And being young, they have different eating habits than most of us. The time they eat dinner is closer to that of Spain than the United States. Go to any restaurant in Williamsburg at 11 PM and it will be packed to the rafters. We went to a Chinese restaurant called Kings County one Saturday night and at 10:45 PM there was a one-hour wait for a table.
Did I say Chinese? Yes, the food was delicious, and very Chinese, but there wasn’t a single Asian in sight. Waiters, cooks, owner, kitchen help – all Caucasian. On Sunday the kids decided, “We want to see where you grew up.” So with Jessie driving, we headed to East 17th Street near Avenue H, where Judy grew up. The houses are still large, stately and beautiful. The ethnic make-up of Judy’s old neighborhood is Hassid Here, Hassid There, and on some blocks, Hassids Everywhere. Then we headed for the home where I grew up a hundred years ago, on West 7th Street in the Gravesend section. My old neighborhood, once completely Italian, is now a mixture of Italian and Chinese, going heavier on the Chinese every time an old Italian dies. The houses, all attached the length of West 7th Street, are all tiny. As it turned out, 2240A West 7th Street, the house my parents rented for $22 a month, was for sale, and there was an “Open House” sign. Quickly we all piled into the house, which was only 950 square feet. We all started to feel like Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians, as each room was 7-feet by 8-feet or smaller. There was only one tiny bathroom.
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The topsy-turvy world of Southampton Town politics took an unfathomable turn in November with the abrupt resignation of Councilman Brad Bender. Friday the sordid tale of a community leader turned addict and dealer reached the inevitable culmination: Bender is going to jail. Bender admitted in court to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone pills, a powerful narcotic opioid alkaloid that has been attributed to scores of overdose deaths on Long Island. Michael Troyan, a Riverhead physician’s assistant, and Bender’s co-defendant, has agreed to serve
nine years in prison, prosecutors said, after pleading guilty last week. He will not appeal the verdict as part of the deal. Bender was one of Troyan’s distributors and had obtained “several thousand pills” over three years, according to Assistant U.S. District Attorney Allen Bode. Bender was sentenced to two years Friday morning by Justice Arthur D. Spatt. He has until September 15 to turn himself in and also agreed to pay a $5000 fine. Bender will be on probation for three years after his release. Troyan agreed to forfeit $710,000 in illegal profits though his attorney said he did not have the full amount
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The Golden Age Of Rock ‘N’ Roll By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
A two part exhibit, “The Golden Age of Rock ‘N’ Roll” will be held at The Studio in East Hampton and The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton this weekend with paintings and photographs of past and present music icons on display. Part one is at The Studio. The grand opening will take place on Saturday and features a book signing for Punks, Poets, and Provocateurs: New York City Bad Boys, 1977–1982 by Marcia Resnick from 5 to 6 PM. An opening reception will follow from 6 to 8 PM. This iconic photography exhibit’s narrative is drenched in imaginative storytelling, with glimpses of rare images of the top icons in the music industry, onstage and behind the scenes. The show features photographs by Chris Foster, Karen Bystedt, Marcia Resnick, David Gamble, Steven Pike, Susan Wood, Lori Pavsner and Steve Joester. The show will mark the debut of an exclusive limited edition from the estate of photographer Jack Mitchell. This limited edition is a 17” x 22” photographic enlarged print of a session proof sheet with John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s markings in grease pencil, indicating their selections for publication, made November 3, 1980. This was the only time The New York Times ever allowed a subject photo approval. Mitchell photographed Lennon and Ono on November 2, 1980 – and it turned out to be a historic session. It was the first time in five years that Lennon had been photographed professionally, and the last comprehensive photo session of his life. Tragically, just weeks later, Lennon was murdered. Part two will be held at The White Room Gallery and will feature paintings and photographs by Bonnie Lautenberg, EJ Camp, Laura Benjamin, Evad, Adoni Astrinakis, Steve Joester and Jason Poremba. An artists reception will be held on Sunday from 5 to 7 PM. The show runs through June 5. Using mixed media, Poremba and Joester capture the essence of
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Airport Curfews Crash & Burn By Kitty Merrill
Last week officials touted a reduction of violations at East Hampton Airport, and an over 99 percent compliance with curfew regulations. Four days later, the curfew laws crashed and burned. On Friday the Second Circuit Court of Appeals struck down three town laws designed to curtail noise at the busy facility. Adopted in 2015, the three laws enacted overnight curfews and limited landings and takeoffs for craft deemed noisy to once a week. Friends of the East Hampton Airport sued, looking to overturn the legislation and Federal District Court Judge Joanna Seybert enjoined the one-trip-per-week legislation rule, allowing the other two to stand pat. The curfews have been in effect since the 2015 July 4 holiday weekend. Reviewing the three measures, the Court of Appeals agreed with the court’s decision on landing and takeoff limitations, but also found the curfews were not adopted in compliance with the Airport Noise and Capacity Act. The curfew laws were enjoined as well. As adopted,
the measures banned all takeoffs and landings from 11 PM to 7 AM, and extended the ban from 8 PM to 9 AM for aircraft deemed noisy. Town officials and community members underwent “historic efforts to engage public comment, study aviation noise issues and find balanced solutions” in crafting the legislation, according to a statement made by Town Attorney Michael Sendlenski Friday. Statements made by the Federal Aviation Administration to thencongressman Tim Bishop formed a basis for the belief that, wrote Sendlenski, “The Town was not required to engage in the lengthy FAA bureaucratic review and approval process under the Airport Noise and Capacity Act (ANCA) but could instead, as proprietor of the airport, adopt reasonable noise restrictions.” The court disagreed and, said the attorney, “usurped” the town’s authority in contradiction to assurances given to Bishop, making ANCA review and FAA approval mandatory for any aviation noise regulations adopted by an airport proprietor. Additionally, town officials
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felt that if they quit taking FAA money for the airport, the agency’s regulatory abilities would diminish. Apparently not. ANCA preempts local laws, the court found. Locally-generated noise restriction is allowed “only if” procedural requirements of the Act are met, regardless of federal funding, according to a summary of the court decision. The court offered a slender glimmer at the end of the din, stating, “The lack of FAA approvals in the past does not mean the FAA would not approve restrictions in the future.” If the process is burdensome, that was Congress’s choice, according to the decision summary. “The Second Circuit ruling will surely incentivize the new ‘Say No to KHTO’ movement,” Kathleen
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Cunningham, chair of the Quiet Skies Coalition said Monday. (The group formed earlier this year, bent on closing the airport altogether.) Closing the airport is not a position QSC supports or embraces, Cunningham continued, “But, unless something is done to reverse this ruling, the logic to Say No’s position will attract ever more public support.” “This is a huge loss for airport noise-affected communities islandwide. I’m stunned, to be honest,” Cunningham said, adding, “I never imagined that the right to home rule could be so undermined by the federal government. We’ll have to go back to the drawing board to begin working on real solutions to the environmental challenges this airport causes.”
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The East End is a breeding ground for creative minds, but much more it breeds compassion. Artist Will Ryan is the result of these two concepts. Living in Amagansett, near Lazy Point, Ryan walks to the beach or bay side with his flute to regenerate his soul, enjoying the heartwarming marine blues that surround him. However, not everything in Ryan's life has been a symphony of tranquility and beauty. In 2015, he was diagnosed with Amyloidosis, a form of cancer that creates malformed protein cells in the bone marrow, which can shut down any organ in the body. Upon receiving this news, Ryan searched the Internet for any information he could. Time and time again the word 'fatal' popped onto the screen, prompting him to see a doctor at NYU Hospital. Though the chemotherapy made him sick, in his efforts to remain positive Ryan booked a trip to Europe. When he came home fatigue and heart failure took over and he soon found himself at The Amyloidosis Center at Boston University School of Medicine, a center dedicated to Amyloidosis research and treatment. Doctors recommended Ryan undergo a stem cell transplant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York to prevent further spreading of the disease.
His doctor, Dr. Heather Landeau, performed the operation and even did a heart biopsy. "If the doctor was in I was in. We did it and I just tried to stay positive. I didn't want any kind of depression overcome me, it wouldn't do any good." Ryan claims Buddhist training helped his attitude during the whole process. That, along with the help of supportive family and friends who kept informed. "I knew I was going in for basically the battle of my life, the main event," Ryan's optimism overcame the fear. With ten million stem cells being transplanted from his bone marrow into his blood stream in February 2015, Ryan endured five to six weeks of hospital visits undergoing tremendous amounts of chemo aimed to kill his immune system in order to regenerate his body. "I really had a great life. I could let go, but the choice [to live] was mine." One night during Ryan's sleep, a week or so after the transplant started, he had a vivid hallucination of a young, fourteen year old self visiting him. "Fourteen year old Will said, 'We're not done yet,' and I was like, 'We're not?' He said, 'No, we have a lot of work to do.'" And with a sigh of relief adult Will Ryan was ready
to take on whatever was ahead. Over a year later, slowly gaining the weight back from his arduous journey, Ryan focuses every day on gratitude and compassion. "Every moment is precious, may I be awake in this moment and realize that." Through all the pain has come an artistic awakening. Introducing East End Duets, an art show that will run Thursday through October 9 in which Will Ryan collaborates with over 30 artists. "I learned a lot in collaborating with people. When to yield and when to hold your ground. Respect the other person." As the summer has come to an official close, Ryan looks back at everything with a big smile on his face. "It's one of the best summers in my life, and I've had some good summers," he laughs. "Playing with
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They’re not the voracious maneaters sensationalized “events” like Shark Week make them out to be. “People have nothing to be afraid of,” said Greg Metzger, “I hate Shark Week, all it does is instill fear . . . There are lots of sharks on Long Island, have you ever heard of a shark attack? It’s not because we don’t have them. Sharks here are not a threat to people. They’re not interested in eating people or biting people or interacting with people at all.” Contrary to its bad rep, “The shark is a very shy animal. It’s inquisitive and it’s definitely not out to eat you. It’s an amazing, majestic
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July 27, 2016 Metzger informed, “and almost nothing is known about threshers. Those two species are of interest to the team.” Metzger grew up fishing in fresh water in western New York. He came
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Celebrity and charity. The two words are synonymous with the East End during the summer season. Appearances carry a certain allure with bold face names being tied to individual events. In a competition of the causes, it can be difficult to decide where to lend one’s time on a given weekend. For the avid reader, the winner is Authors Night. The chance to spy countless celebrities at an event is not unusual in The Hamptons. But at Authors Night, guests get an opportunity to truly meet them up close while supporting the East Hampton Library. Honorary Authors Night cochairs this year are Eric Ripert, Christie Brinkley, Robert A. Caro, Dick Cavett, Mary Higgins Clark, Nelson DeMille, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Now in its twelfth year, Authors Night, held this Saturday from 5 PM to 7:30 PM under the tent at 4 Maidstone Lane in East Hampton Village, allows literati and casual readers alike to exchange words with their favorite authors and the chance to get a personal inscription as a memento of the experience. New writers arrive each year, adding to Authors Night’s unique charm. But while each genre is equally represented, it’s the familiar faces that sell out first. Repeat authors this year include Robert A. Caro, Nelson DeMille, and Dick Cavett. Despite the beach reading vibe of summertime, here on the East End, the most popular books are about timely topics headlining the news. Sheila Rogers, East Hampton Library Board President and Authors Night Committee Chair, noted, “People want to know the latest information and authors are coming to provide that information. We have serious readers and an intellectual group of people who want to hear
about things firsthand if they can.” Rogers loves the conviviality of Authors Night, especially the chance for attendees to interact with authors they admire. “It’s a phenomenal opportunity to meet someone you’ve read and followed for so many years.” Those who want to prep for those meetings can find a list of authors, their biographies and books on the library’s website, then go in feeling confident and in the know. Reads to keep an eye out for are Michael Weiss’s ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, Steven Lee Myers’s The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin and Christopher R. Hill’s Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir. Or, for those
6 August 10, 201 interested in a more humorous spin on politics, Ted Rall’s Trump: A Graphic Biography. Ina Garten’s most recent cookbook, Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Con-
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Come as you are. That’s the motto at the Montauk Brewing Company, an East End brewery where locals and visitors alike gather for good conversation, good times, and of course, good beer. Last weekend, The Independent traveled out to The End to chat with the three guys responsible for bringing awesome ales to the East End of Long Island for the last threeplus years. Located on Erie Avenue, a few blocks north of Main Street, Montauk, the brewery and the three childhood friends behind it, pride themselves on being dedicated to keeping the no frills beverages and sense of community alive. “It’s all about celebrating,” said Vaughan Cutillo, one of the brewery’s founders who also serves as marketing director. And the founders of Montauk Brewing Company certainly have plenty to celebrate. The company has grown exponentially since its inception in 2012. The brewery’s product can be found practically everywhere, from local dive bars to upscale eateries.
And the popularity doesn’t stop at the Shinnecock Canal. Late last summer Montauk Brewing Co. became available in all five boroughs of New York. For three locals born and bred in Montauk and East Hampton, graduates of EHHS, it’s been quite a ride. The guys originally started home-brewing beer back in 2009 upon returning to Montauk after graduating college. Eric Moss, the company brew master and co-founder, was the first to embark on the beer-making journey, having initially attempted it while a student at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Cutillo, a graduate of Villanova, and cofounder and president Joe Sullivan, a graduate of Hamilton, soon followed suit. Once settled back at home here on the East End, the guys began experimenting with brewing as a group, originally making beer for their friends for fun. Then, it happened. “Someone said, ‘This is good. You guys should do something with this,’” said Moss. “So we did.” With their combined savings, the
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for everyone. “There’s a time and place for every beer,” Cutillo reminded. “That’s the beauty of craft.” The staples: the Driftwood Ale, the first beer crafted and the most widely distributed. Find it anywhere from backstreet, hole-in-the-wall pubs to the swankiest eateries around. Then there’s the Offland IPA, Session India Pale Ale, and Hop Blonde Ale. Seasonal ales include the Summer Ale, served during (you guessed it) summer months, and its counterpoint, the Arrowhead Red Ale, available during winter months. During Indy’s visit to the brewery, the tasting room was lively for what seemed like a quiet weekend in January. Some of the patrons even Continued on Page 30.
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Firemen & Leather & Rose, Oh, My! By Kitty Merrill
I picked the helmet with roses one it. It had a feminine, yet badass, vibe. But not for long, the badass vibe. Badasses don’t have the helmet on backwards. Apparently bikers don’t walk around wearing them, either. They put them on when they mount their Harleys and other cool rides. “It’s just like getting on a horse,” one helpful Red Knight said, as I peered nervously at Bob Jarvis’ big bike. “What makes you think I ever rode a horse?” went through my mind. “Put your foot in the stirrup and swing your leg over.” The “stirrup” was a shiny metal footrest that seemed pretty high off the ground. The “swinging” was hardly graceful, but I didn’t injure Bob and that felt like victory. With a deafening rumble and a smell of exhaust, Bob and about three-dozen other riders started their motorcycles, and the sixth annual Donald T Sharkey Memorial Community Fund charity ride hosted by the Red Knights Chapter 25 bike club commenced. According to Chapter President
Michael Davis, the Red Knights is comprised of firefighters who want to promote a positive image of motorcycling. It’s an international organization with a focus on charitable work. Locally, the Knights have hosted the DTSMCF ride since its inception. “I knew Don from a long time ago,” Davis informed. When organizer Tina Piette suggested a charity ride, “I said ‘Absolutely.’ It was an easy yes.” Back then, Piette, who worked on the ride with Kristine Gaudy, informed, the ride raised $2500 for the fund, paying for the first scholarship it awarded. This year, it almost doubled the amount. In addition to the annual ride, the Red Knights Chapter 25 participates in a variety of charitable events each year. Next week, Davis will represent the Knights on an Honor Flight bringing vets to Washington, D.C. Members hail from both forks, with over 100 bikers coming from as far west as Eastport and Riverhead. Two who have moved to Texas and Arizona still maintain their membership. The Red Knights was founded
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in 1982 and boasts more than 300 chapters, with 9000 members throughout the world. F i r e f i g h t e r Ke l l y G a n g o f Southampton has been a member for about a year. She joined because she finds it better and safer to ride in a group. So, too, do members of the Women in the Wind, a female bike club that participated in the ride Sunday morning. Those ladies know their way around a motorcycle. This one does not. My frontman for the trip from
the Bridgehampton Fire Department out to the lighthouse, Bob Jarvis, has been riding since he was a child astride a minibike in East Hampton. He was involved in racing and when he landed two championships, retired from the circuit at the age of 33. He’s used to the vibration from the Harley Davidson Ultra Classic we’re riding. I feel the shaking from my feet to my face as we set off behind a Bridgehampton Fire Department escort. Continued on Page 50.
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On Saturday, September 10, and Sunday, September 11, the surf therapy non-profit organization, A Walk On Water, will hold its second annual event in Montauk from 9 AM to 3:30 PM at Ditch Plains Beach, presented with support from John
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living ocean; and, in the process, showcasing the best of surf culture. Families interested in participating in the event are asked to preregister by Sunday and can do so by visiting www.awalkonwater.org. Additionally, The Montauk Beach House will be hosting a fundraiser for AWOW family and friends on Saturday, September 10, from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, co-produced with Community Collaboration. Hosts will include Julie Gilhart, Lisa Spellman, Jack Luber, and Leilani Bishop. Guests will enjoy cocktails, a silent auction, music provided by a DJ and live band, an awards ceremony for the athletes of the day, raffle tickets to win stellar packages, and a special AWOW presentation.
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Fifteen-year old Ariana DeMattei is incredible. The Westhampton Beach High School sophomore is responsible for providing immense resources for her school community, earning praise and recognition for her efforts. As a community service project back in 2012, with the help of her mom Nancy, DeMattei founded Backpacks For Fellow Students, providing elementar y school children whose families have been affected by today’s difficult economy the basic school supplies needed to start off the school year. And now, four years later and
with over $100,000 raised, DeMattei is showing no sign of slowing down. This year’s goal is to help a minimum of 500 elementar y students and to reach $15,000 in this year’s Annual Giving Campaign. “I know that’s an ambitious goal, but I feel that we have the tools in place to help make this happen,” she said. “I feel like this is something that’s important. I really wanted to help children in need in my community.” The mission of BFFS is to invest in local kids by creating a level playing field and maximizing the opportunity for educational success. “I saw how much time, effort and money my teachers spent providing
April 6, 2016 for kids,” DeMattei said. “I started organizing this to help my peers.” The Westhampton Beach school district already provides assistance to children of struggling families through such programs as a lowered school lunch cost, something that planted the seed for the backpack project, DeMattei noted. Poised and well-spoken, the highly intelligent youngster, full of ambition, promise and hope, has
already provided her community with over 750 backpacks. She hopes to fill over a thousand by the end of this year. DeMattei is also responsible for helping to organize the fundraisers necessary to obtain the backpacks and supplies. “In October, we do a 5K, in the spring we do a Spring Splash, which is essentially a polar plunge,” she explained. “Throughout the school year we host movie nights.” Last year, DeMattei earned a Leaders of Tomorrow Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, earning the title of number 1 team philanthropist. She was the sole recipient on Long Island. In December, BFFS became a 501(c)(3), gaining another boost in the non-profit organization world. What’s next for Ariana? The science lover wants to pursue marine biology and forensics. She’s currently enrolled in honors-level chemistry at Westhampton Beach High School and is looking forward to her college career. Still, DeMattei said she wants to keep BFFS and her efforts close to her heart. “I don’t want to leave this behind,” she said. “I want this to go all over the nation.” Those of us here at Indy have no doubt it will.
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The twelfth annual “A Hamptons Happening” will take place Saturday at the home of Maria and Kenneth Fishel in Bridgehampton. This year celebrates the 40th anniversary of the founding of The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Center. Honorees include American television chef and author Sandra Lee, founder and owner of Surf Lodge Montauk Jayma Cardoso and CEO of Lafayette 148 New York Deirdre Quinn. In addition, the event will honor lead chef couple Fernanda Capobianco and François Payard. Brazilian native, Fernanda Capobianco previously managed and owned The Payard Restaurant and Pastry shops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before developing all-natural, organic recipes with the freshest ingredients for her own desserts and sandwiches. Having lost her dad to diabetes at a young age, she understood the American health crisis. Upon her move to New York in 2009 she became a board member of the New York Coalition of Healthy School Foods. Capobianco affirmed that “Vegan or not, everyone will opt for healthier options in the near future,” as she founded the Vegan Divas baked goods and dessert brand in 2012. Her products are currently sold throughout the U.S. with a flagship location on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In addition to her successful health conscious products, Capobianco launched her book The Vegan Divas Cookbook in 2014 and has monthly columns in Isweet Magazine and Organic Spa Magazine.
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Her husband, François Payard is a third generation pastry chef from France who moved to New York in 1990 upon taking his first position at the three Michelin starred restaurant Le Bernardin. Years later, in 2009, the François Chocolate Bar opened in New York City. It has been described as “a chocolate jewelry shop.” In 2010 the causal bakery, FPB (François Payard Bakery), opened on West Houston Street in downtown New York City. The year of 2012 proved to be a very successful year for Payard with two additional openings of FPB, a patisserie at the Plaza Hotel in the Todd English Food Hall and his first flagship store on the Upper East Side. In addition to his culinary success, Payard is the author of popular cookbooks Bite Size: Elegant Recipes for Entertaining, Simply Sensational Desserts, Chocolate Epiphany: Exceptional Cookies, Cakes, and Confections for Everyone, Payard Desserts, and Payard Cookies. This year at “A Hamptons Happening” guests can expect a sweet surprise from Payard. He’ll be sharing his Parisian macarons and limited edition chocolate collection, which is 70% Dark Chocolate called “Gran Cru” from the company Valrhona, located in the small French village of Tain L’Hermitage. When he comes out to the East End, Payard goes straight to the market stands to gather vegetables and fruit, quality that far surpasses that of any grocery store in the city. And, of course, he likes to pick up some wine from the local vineyards. “I really love a deep red wine with dinner or a white wine to go with
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July 6, 2016 a summer fish.” As a culinary power couple there are bound to be some differences between Fernanda and Francois, especially with such individual cooking styles. Payard explains, “We like to eat healthy -- regardless of the occasion! Fernanda’s vegan and not a sweet eater. I’ll whip up some fresh grilled vegetables and she’s happy.” As for the outlook of the culinary arts for the upcoming years, Payard predicts more locavore and farm to table cooking. “A move towards a healthier lifestyle where we create great flavor combinations without compromising the freshness of the ingredients. Simplicity is key.” At this year’s event featured chefs, restaurants, caterers and spirits from New York City and the Hamptons include 230 Elm and Back Bar Grille, Carol Ann Daly; 251 Lex, 273 Kitchen & 8 North Broadway, Constantine Kalandranis; Antico Noe; Arlotta Food Studio, Mario Pecoraro and Chris Arlotta; Bareburger, Misha Levin; Hampton Jam Company, Joe Cipro; Creative Edge Parties, Carla Ruben; Culinaria Group, Greg Grossman; Delicatessen, Michael Ferraro; The East Hampton Grill; Endless Sum-
mer Group, Peter Ambrose; Esca, Dave Pasternack; Hurricane Grill & Wings; Lobster Grille, Randy Reiss; My Sister’s Chef, Emily Costa; Noah’s, Noah Schwartz; Old Stove Pub, George Gounelas; Union League Club, Russell Rosenberg; Saaz Indian Restaurant, Sameer Mohan; Seafood Shop, Paul Labue; The Surf Lodge, Chris Rendell; Tully’s Seafood Market, Gary Lattanzio. For dessert Nounos Creamery, John Belesis and Steven Ioannou; Edible Encores, Alissa Cohen; and Erica’s Rugelach, Erica Kalick. To sip on, Chopin Vodka, Hampton Coffee Company, Liqsshot, Mezcal Dona Sarita, Montauk Brewery Co., Montauk Hard Label Whiskey, Muddling Memories, Palm Bay International, Plain T Boutique Tea Company, Saratoga Water, Shannon Stiggins, Stroh Rum, and Ubons Bloody Mary Mix. In addition, Champagne Taittinger will host a Bubble Cabana and will have a Champagne Tower on the stage to toast the Foundation and Dr. Samuel Waxman. You can follow more stories from Nicole Teitler on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat as Nikki On The Daily.
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Hospital, College To Join Forces By Rick Murphy
They don’t know where it will be or when it will be there, but a new Southampton Hospital will be built somewhere on the Stony Brook Southampton campus. A formal agreement to proceed will be finalized in Januar y, according to Hospital President and CEO Bob Chaloner. “We are very excited,” he said. The idea has been bandied about for years, but the details have yet to be worked out, said Marsha Kenny, the Director of Public Affairs at the hospital. “They are putting aside 15 acres but we don’t know where. There was some work done on this four or five years ago,” Kenney said. “Right now we are doing all the paperwork that goes with a partnership like this.” State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., and State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle are both on record as supporting the move. Both were instrumental in brokering a deal between Long Island University and SUNY to purchase the Southampton campus. Chaloner said the new location
would be ideal for the hospital. He said ambulance traffic is about “even” coming in from east and west, but that a lot of employees come from the west. Though ambulance volunteers have long complained about the drive time to the hospital from Montauk Chaloner said there is a plan in place to alleviate that problem. “We have plans to open a satellite in East Hampton,” he pointed out. The central location of the college campus has its advantages, he said. “The LIRR once had a train station there and I’d love to have that,” Chaloner said. There have been no talks concerning the matter with LIRR officials at this juncture, he added. There is no time frame for the completion of the project, Kenny said. “We are weighing a number of scenarios. We haven’t put a date down when construction would begin.” The current hospital building, with 125 beds, on Meeting House Lane in Southampton Village, opened in 1909. The hospital engaged Stony Brook University
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A l l a n a n d To t m o v e d t o Southampton when she became ill. It was their first time visiting the Parrish Art Museum in Watermill, and, as it turned out, the first time since her infirmity that Tot, a pastel artist, picked up the implements of her craft, and drew. It was Connie’s fourth time at the Parrish participating in the Paint at the Parrish program. During her initial visit last March, she was hesitant. Last Wednesday her eyes sparkled as she asked for colored pencils and methodically drew sailboats, using glue to create sails out of sandpaper. Fashioned after the Meet Me at MOMA program designed for people with Alzheimer’s Disease, Paint at the Parrish is a collaboration between the Parrish and the Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center. Each month since March, patients and their caregivers have been art students for a day, touring the museum, learning about selected works, then creating their own art based on a specific painter or exhibition. Paint at the Parrish started with just 15 people
and on Wednesday boasted up to 30 participants from all over Suffolk County. “Students” were separated into three groups. As one toured the exhibits, another group worked in the classroom, while a third listened to a lecture by the docent. The benefits of the program are plentiful. It offers caregivers and patients alike a stimulating outing, relieving caregivers of the burden of conjuring activities for their loved ones and providing a measure of respite. For the patients, art projects provide a sense of accomplishment and purpose as well as an outlet for self expression. A study from New York University and the Museum of Modern Art evaluated the Meet Me at MOMA program to assess how viewing and engaging in making artwork effects people with early-stage dementia. The results revealed fewer emotional problems during the week following a visit to the museum program, along with elevations in mood, an increase in social support, and increased selfesteem. In a December, 2014, article in the Washington Post, author
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Celebrate the 4th or July with R&B/soul duo Lion Babe at The Surf Lodge in Montauk. Last week Lion Babe dropped their new mixtape, Sun Joint. The 11-track mixtape is the twosome’s first material since their debut album, Begin, which was released earlier this year. It invokes a feel-good vibe and features the band’s signature technicolor pallet of sounds, including soul, funk, and electronics. The first single off the project, “Endless Summer,” has received acclaim from the likes of The FADER, Stereogum, VIBE, Pigeons, and Planes. Lion Babe is a New York duo formed of singer/songwriter and performance artist Jillian Hervey and instrumentalist/producer Lucas Goodman – aka Astro Raw. They draw on an eclectic mix of influences for their sonic and stunning visuals, which mirror the rich melting pot of cultures that New York has to offer. The two cite groups like A Tribe Called Quest and Sergeant Pepperera Beatles as having a major impact on them both in their formative years. They identify with a generation brought up on the internet, having access to music of all genres, places, and eras, just a click away. Sun Joint takes Lion Babe back to
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A Frigid Arrival, But Warm Future By Kitty Merrill
The mood on board the jet was stoic. Kate McEntee sat with a big German Shepherd that stared out the window the entire trip from Puerto Rico. “It’s almost like he knew.” In below zero temperatures, with the wind howling, the weather at Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach was a far cry from the 80-degree humidity the plane’s occupants left behind on Saturday morning. Still, despite the cold, the sky was clear blue and rescuers were optimistic their charges would find a warm life in the north. They were passengers on what’s been called “the Freedom Flight.” In collaboration with the Animal Rescue Fund in Wainscott, Monmouth SPCA and Atlantic County Humane Society of New Jersey, the Southampton Animal Shelter last week flew to Humacao on the East Coast of Puerto Rico to rescue dozens of dogs from an overcrowded shelter. McEntee spearheaded the mission, her third in the last six months. A friend who works with Animal Lighthouse Rescue alerted her to what McEntee described as “a re-
ally horrible problem.” Puerto Rico is overpopulated with hundreds of thousands of stray dogs. No one spays or neuters animals and “backyard breeding” is common. Additionally, a huge industry surrounds purebred breeding, meaning the island is home to hundreds of puppy stores as well. Sadly, those purebred puppies grow up and can often end up on the street along with mixed breed “satos.” Manhattan-based Animal Lighthouse Rescue operates El Faro de los Animales, a sanctuary for street dogs. Part-time Sagaponack resident David Brownstein is a member of the El Faro board and was the underwriter of last week’s mission. In Puerto Rico, shelters euthanize 95 percent of the dogs they take in, McEntee reported. Some 500 dogs are put down every day. Because there are so many dogs, adoption locally is rare, despite the satos’ remarkably friendly and affectionate temperaments. El Faro can hold about 100 dogs and its staff is constantly trying to make room for more, with help from rescuers up north. News of the government-mandated closure of a nearby shelter brought a sense
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of urgency to shelter workers both in Puerto Rico and the U.S. El Faro needed to clear out space to take in the shelter’s dogs, who would otherwise face certain death. Princessa, a sweet, three year old black lab mix was one of the first animals McEntee carried off the Gulf Stream cargo jet on Saturday morning. She, along with about 120 other animals, would have been killed at the government shelter. Blanca, a female who breeded so often her nipples never retracted was “so skinny, and so sick, I couldn’t leave her down there,”
McEntee said about another pup she carried down the jet’s stairs. The marketing director for the Southampton Animal Shelter described each trip as emotionally exhausting. Last September McEntee, SAS Clinic Director Dr. Teri Meekins, and Brownstein spearheaded the first mission to Humacao. During that trip, McEntee said, “Our plan was to take dogs that were long time residents of the shelter. Older dogs that had been passed over. We wanted to give them a chance.” According to McEntee, people do Continued on Page 53.
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Stuart Vorpahl, 76 “With the loss of Stuart we have lost a part of the fabric of our history that cannot be replaced. We have lost our memory and our conscience.” So said fellow historian and Amagansett native Hugh King upon learning of the passing of local legend Stuart Vorpahl. He died Thursday at Southampton Hospital after a battle with cancer. He was 76. An unwavering defender of fishing rights, the authority of the town trustees and the Dongan Patent, Vorpahl lived his life on the water – working as a bayman, a
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stood shoulder to shoulder fighting for the same issues, and other times we stood toe-to-toe and disagreed.” Vorpahl never balked at giving elected officials his opinion – and criticism, if it was warranted. But, according to Assemblyman Fred Thiele, he could disagree without being disagreeable. Cantwell concurred. “Even when you knew he was coming to give you a tongue lashing, you still smiled when you welcomed him. You couldn’t get
mad at him.” A story by Thiele reveals a statement that was “classic Vorpahl.” Back in the ‘80s the assemblyman served as planning board attorney for East Hampton. At a crowded public hearing on the potential for motels on Duck Creek, a speaker urged the audience to keep politics out of the discussion. “Stuart Vorpahl strolls up to the podium and says, ‘Politics is in Continued on Page 43.
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Continued from page 18. book to enjoy a good meal. After the book signing cocktail reception, guests can continue on to intimate dinner parties held at private homes of library supporters. Each private dinner features a selected author as the star. Those who dine can expect an evening of anecdotes, readings, and an overall insight into the author themselves. For those passionate about a particular work or writer featured, this is the perfect opportunity to connect on a level that’s rarely available. Authors Night raises around $300,000 -- ten percent of the library’s budget – each year. Dinner party hosts underwrite one hundred percent of the event. Proceeds from the fundraiser help support an array of programs at the library. Publishing houses do-
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Long before the The Swamp, even before the Millstone Tavern, there was a gay bar in the Hamptons, back in the early fifties no less. In those days the words “gay” and “bar” didn’t even go together; the Elm Tree Inn in Amagansett
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including more than a few boldfaced names – yes, the Hamptons were a place where celebrities gathered even back then. And if there was an occasional orgy in one of the 30 cabins on the property it was handled discreetly. Kathryn and Rick Liss, brother and sister, have vivid memories of the childhood years they spent there, some good, some not. Their parents, Sam and Terry Liss, were controversial figures at the time but through no fault of their own. They opened the tavern in the building that later became Martels, Tomatoes and Ocean’s. The building eventually burned down. Rick Liss was just a young boy during the days of the inn, but the memories linger. His parents both worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Just two years from retirement and a pension, both parents became a victim of the anti-communist paranoia of the McCarthy era. “My parents were not communists,” Rick Liss recalled. They were, though, passionate about politics and world affairs. “My mother was raising money to overthrow Franco in 1951. They landed on the House Un-American Activities List.” Liss was born in 1951. “I was too young to remember the anxiety of the blacklist and the FBI hounding our family by telephone,” he recalled. “There were letters to the East Hampton Star falsely accusing my parents of being Communists which they never were, in their words they were ‘humanists’ a label which only today is starting to gain acceptance.” “We knew that Dad had been blacklisted,” remembered Kathryn,
Rick’s older sister. “We knew that the day that Rick was born, Dad was celebrating with his best friend, Herb Benjamin, a known Communist, and they were followed by FBI agents.” Kathryn, five years older than Rick, felt the sting of being different. “My parents had a gay bar, we were Jewish, and I had an Asian brother,” she recalled. “I was a pariah. I was an outcast.” The Lisses decided to move out east where Sam’s brother Joe was ensconced. The plan was to open a children’s camp, and the Elm Tree Inn was the only available property that fit the bill. Joe’s friends – he was a writer in the burgeoning television industry -- were an eclectic mix to be sure, and they were to become regulars at the bar. As were Arthur Miller and Harold Rosenberg. Before long, Sam and Terry Liss counted them among their friends and they included Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson, and Jimmy Ernst, Miller and his wife, Marilyn Monroe among many more. Two of the celebrities Liss still remembers fondly were Monroe and Pollock. “They would look you in the eye. Most adults don’t do that to children. They treated me like a person.” The Elm Tree Inn prospered in its heyday and the Lisses ran it for five years, from 1953 through 1957. “It was considered a gay friendly bar but it was much more than that,” Rick said. “There was a serious mixed crowd of artists, writers, actors, show people, political people and civilians.” Many were gay. “In those days to cater to and accept the homosexual community was Continued on Page 40.
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Continued from page 38. extremely unpopular to the status quo of East Hampton in the age of McCarthyism which was the catalyst for my parents opening the bar in the first place,” said Rick. There were some awkward times. Kathryn did not enjoy her days in the Amagansett School. “I was teased in school not only because my father ran a bar and restaurant which was mostly patronized by gay men,” Kathryn recalled. “There was this little group of people and I didn’t belong. I’ve spent the rest of my life trying to overcome the hurt I felt.” Some of the locals were more vocal than others when it came to the Lisses, a polarizing family through no fault of their own. “There was talk that even when he applied for a liquor license and again when he applied for a real estate broker’s license, there were letters to the editor asking why these were being given to a ‘Communist,’” Kathryn said. Kathryn said she sometimes hitched a ride to school with Robert Q. Lewis, who was openly gay. “I also remember being very confused that the children I went to school with would say Robert “Queer” Lewis, but when he drove into town in his Rolls Royce and stopped to talk with me, they wanted his autograph,” she remembered.
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The cottages, between 24 and 30, created a whole social scene of their own. “My favorite anecdote from the Elm Tree Inn days was my mother apparently saying, ‘Oh Tennessee (Williams) had another orgy in the back last night.’” Rick related, “I feel very lucky to have had such visionary parents to have been so nonchalant and un-judgmental about that concept in the mid 50s.” Both siblings knew Monroe and Miller well. “I remember when Arthur came out and Dad arranged for him to rent a place. He drove up with Marilyn Monroe in the car and I got to shake her hand. Mr. Miller was concerned about listing his phone number, and Dad told him that there were dozens of Millers in the area,” Kathryn said. They were wonderful years for the family. The Inn was located directly behind the flagpole just east of the Amagansett Firehouse. At first the family lived in the front house on Gansett Green. In 1957 they erected a saltbox next door to the Inn. But the McCarthy witch hunt, and the fact that East Hampton circa 1957 was still a small-minded place, conspired against the Lisses. “The bar was closed because they lost their liquor license which was a reaction to the gayness of the bar,” Rick asserted. “The technicality for losing the liquor license was for serving minors.”
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Terry Liss had just about had enough with the whisperers and critics. Vibrant, passionate and politically active, she was glad to return to New York City when the liquor license was rescinded. “My mother was just as happy to move -- too little intellectual stimulation, no opportunity to be involved in progressive politics,” Kathryn said. Sam Liss stayed out in East Hampton for a year, but the family reunited. They continued to spend the summers in Amagansett in the house, which Rick just tore down. “My father died in a Democratic Party meeting when he was 66,” Kathryn related. “My mother lived for another 13 years till she was 75.” Terry Liss was a founder of the Amagansett Library. She befriended Adelaide de Menil and sold her a barn. That barn is now part of the East Hampton Town Hall complex, which de Menil donated to the town decades later. She died in the house there. “My mother didn’t have many people to share her politics with. She didn’t have intellectual stimulations in Amagansett,” her daughter opined. The Inn was sold after the license was lost, but the owners never paid off the full price. Rick Liss, drawn to the site and the memories, was never able to say goodbye. He moved in the day his mother died.
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everything but very deep sleep,’” Thiele recalled. “He had a way of saying things. No one cared about East Hampton more than Stuart.” “He said what he thought and he did what was right,” lifelong friend Elaine Jones said Friday. She and her husband Les scalloped together with Vorpahl when they were young. He served as chair of the Independence Party, as a town trustee for several terms and most recently as town historian. “He fought for the trustees,” Jones said. “He was a defender of the Dongan Patent, wrote a lot about it, and was the only one in the Town of East Hampton who knew what it stood for. He understood it. He read it and he could quote it,” she explained. Cantwell described Vorpahl as a libertarian. He didn’t recognize the authority of the State of New York and refused to obtain a fishing license. “He never ever got a New York State fishing license,” Jones said. “His license was the Dongan Patent.” “Nobody knew the Dongan Patent better,” Thiele agreed. “It was the last thing we talked about when I saw him just before Christmas.” When Vorpahl had fish taken illegally by the DEC, Thiele took up the cause along with Vorpahl, who fought a legal battle over the taking for close to 20 years. Just last year he got a check reimbursing him for the fish. The fight, said Thiele, was “testament to his persistence. I’m glad he got that satisfaction before he died.” While fishing was his focus, Vorpahl was never reticent to opine on any matters before the town board. Last fall, he appeared at the podium wearing a medical mask to ensure elected officials knew of his opposition to the rental registry law. “He stood for local tradition and the rights of the common people,” Cantwell said. Born December 2, 1939, in Southampton, Vorpahl was the son of Stuart Bennett Vorpahl and Helen Bengston Vorpahl. He attended Amagansett grade school and graduated East Hampton High School. After graduating high school, he joined the Coast Guard. Stationed in New Bedford, he left after about four years to help his father, who’d had several heart attacks, at the family
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Area police – EHVPD and EHTPD – and Amagansett Fire Department members close off intersections to let our convoy pass. I wave gingerly, hoping I don’t upset the whole biker/passenger equilibrium. Bob’s Harley has a fancy Star Trekesque console of dials and gauges. He explains them as I try to listen above the din of motors and the mantra in my head: “don’tfalloffdon’tfalloffdon’t falloff.” Bob does all his own maintenance on the big machine and recently travelled 3300 miles on a trip down south with a buddy. He just bought his wife a bike, so he’s used to having a passenger. The sun comes out as the group travels along the highway, bound for the Point. There, it’s time for a
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Guild Hall in East Hampton presents Season Spectacular featuring acclaimed comedian Kathy Griffin on Saturday at 7 PM. The two-time Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian brings her feisty, “pull-no-punches” brand of comedy to the John Drew Theater. A benefit dinner catered by Sonnier & Castle immediately follows with guest of honor Griffin at a convenient private location just a short walk from Guild Hall. Griffin’s Bravo reality show “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List” became a ratings hit for the network and earned her two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Reality Program. Griffin has released six comedy albums, all of which received Grammy Award nominations. Her 2008 debut album, “For Your Consideration,” made her the first female comedian to debut at the top of the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart. In 2009, she released her autobiography Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, which topped The New York Times Best Seller list. Griffin has taped numerous standup specials with HBO and Bravo. For the latter network, she has recorded 16 television specials, breaking the Guinness World record for the number of aired TV specials on any network, by any comedian in the history of the genre. In 2011, she also became the first comedian to have four televised
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Sharks CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16. haystack,” Metzger informed. So far this summer there have been only a handful of confirmed catches between the Jones Beach and Shinnecock Inlets. Metzer relies on social media and phone calls from “a growing network of people” for information about where white sharks are being caught – they can be as near to shore as the wave break sometimes. “We’ve been seeing a progression from west to east,” he explained. During May and June more sharks were found near Fire Island Inlet, then the last two weeks, they’ve shown up near Shinnecock. Metzger takes students out on the water after school beginning in the spring, then daily once school’s out. “We’re on the water every day
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that weather allows,” he said. The team uses different types of tags to fit the situation and the fish. Most often, they use the NOAA Apex Predator Tags that come from a cooperative shark tagging program begun between recreational fishermen and the National Fisheries Service in 1962. When he’s not on the water doing research with students, college interns, and other scientists, Metzger operates Reel Science charter service, offering research opportunities and expeditions to fishermen. Passengers on Metzger’s 21-foot pilothouse Parker become “active participants in the science of sharks, experiencing both shark fishing and data collection” he explained. “I love to teach them about the real shark, not this misrepresentation they see on TV.”
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like adopting older animals. Charlie was 11 years old when he came to New York. He’d lived in a Puerto Rican shelter for 10 years. “He was the first one adopted when we got here,” she reported. A second mission in November brought 58 dogs north to forever homes. Last Saturday’s effort rescued another 97 dogs and cats, saving double that number of lives by creating space for Faro to take in more animals from the closing kill shelter. McEntee predicted that 10 days from now, the phone will ring and another overcrowding crisis will loom; there are simply that many animals. Once brought to their respective quarters here, the dogs are thoroughly checked and given medical care. In Puerto Rico, besides malnutrition, many of the dogs suffer skin conditions attributed to dirty, humid conditions. Although the frigid air was definitely a shock to the meek creatures on Saturday, once they’re acclimated, said McEntee, skin problems clear up and “They love it. It’s like a wonderland.”
Continued from page 49. sure. Fletcher’s watched generations of families pass through the door. “A father, his son. The son’s son. It just keeps going on,” he said. Haircut trends and competition are of little consequence to the Albany-born barber. “Every so often, a customer dies or moves away. But it seems like, when one leaves, a new one comes right out.” There are a number of shops offering haircuts nearby, but Fletcher doesn’t waste time thinking about rivals. “To me, it’s not competition that I can see. It doesn’t bother me.” He eyes the ebb and flow of customers with a charming confidence.
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“Everybody ventures out. They try it out and complain and come back.” Occasionally one of Fletcher’s sons will come in to help, but the shop is primarily a one-man show. He sees between 20 and 25 clients a day. “Some days, I’ll only see 10, then they all pile in on Friday and Saturday.” He credits his longevity in the business to smart budgeting. “What you make, don’t spend it all, and you can make it.” When he’s not at the shop, Fletcher keeps busy with a handful of hobbies. He loves to buy junk cars and restore them and is a self-taught musician, playing jazz and blues on the saxophone and
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