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“If you're not alarmed, you're not paying attention!” fumed Christie Brinkley, renowned super model, fashion icon, and life long environmental activist. Clad in a tall headdress boasting the slogan, “Make Every Day a Good AIR Day,” Brinkley was one of hundreds of people gathering at the windmill on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor on Saturday afternoon to participate in
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their version of the People’s Climate March. That day, millions of supporters took to the streets across the nation to raise awareness of climate change, mirroring the main People’s Climate March on Washington, D.C. At least 150,000 joined the march near the Capitol that ended in front of the White House. In Sag Harbor the procession stretched along Main Street’s sidewalks with renowned drumming group, Escola de Samba Boom, leading the charge. "Pollution is non-partition," Brinkley told The Independent, "We need to think about our children's future." During President Trumps' first 100 days, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faced drastic budget cuts and rollbacks, notably those related to fossil fuel regulations. The Keystone XL pipeline will be built on sacred Native American land in North Dakota, after the current administration overturned the Obama administration’s actions. People on both sides of the aisle are in an uproar on the lack of funding and education about
climate change. "We are past the point of sitting by, climate change is the main reason we are approaching the doomsday clock," marcher Maria O'Rourke, of Sag Harbor, said. Former East Hampton Town Councilman Job Potter joined the throng Saturday. Asked why he came out for the March, he referenced the afternoon’s unseasonably sultry temperatures and quipped, “We’re melting.” Taking a serious tone, Potter asked, "What is our vision for the future of our planet?" Frank Quevedo, executive director of the South Fork Natural History Museum, described the impetus for his attendance. "In order to educate, we must be a part of these events." Based in Bridgehampton, SoFo hosts an array of environmental education events every week. Last summer, its second annual Climate Change Symposium focused on sustainability. Whether the planet can be sustained was a key focus of the march. Posters carried by marchers spoke to a myriad of environmental issues of concern – pollution, the
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they were going to have to call on “the jaws of life” to extract him. Death is too good for the inventor of the double pull-tab zipper. I say we strip him naked in a Minnesota winter and watch him try to put on a double pull-tab zipper coat before he freezes.
PARANOID THINGS I BELIEVE THAT YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH I believe all those yellow signs meant to slow down motorists that I see posted on trees all over the Hamptons – where they show a heroic picture of a deer with the words “DEER CROSSING” – I believe those signs are secretly being put up at night by the deer themselves. One deer holds the sign against the tree; another deer drives in a nail with his hoof. Sneaky bastards. ************************************ I believe the zippers in my closet were conspiring against me this past winter. In the winter, if you listen near the closet door, you can hear the zippers on your coats talking to each other. Last November I heard one zipper say, “I just got the weather report. It’s going to be below 20 degrees. You guys know the drill when it’s that cold.” “Right,” chanted all the other zippers in the closet. “NOTHING LINES UP.”
I remember when zippers didn’t talk and knew their place. The good old days when there was one slider, so when both halves of the zipper were meshed together you had one pull-tab slider, which you pulled up and – presto! – you were warm and happy. Then some fashion maniac decided that it would look better if two pull-tabs were on top of each other. This involves an operation where everything must be lined up perfectly. You must hold down two pulltabs in your left hand and try to get the little metal/plastic part on the end in your right hand to mesh perfectly. For someone as clumsy as me it’s like Stevie Wonder trying to thread a needle during an earthquake. And it’s not just me. Last January, at Michael’s restaurant in New York City, the entire staff was trying to help some poor soul whose zipper obviously had gone up on a bad angle, and he was trapped in a heavy coat. For a while it looked as though
************************************ I am not by nature a violent man. Except when I’m in a hurry in a supermarket, standing on the “10 items or less” line. I may have just one or two or even three pathetic items in my basket and the greedy, nasty, cheating, creepy, unscrupulous person in front of me has a basket filled with 20 or 30 items. Here’s all I ask of the King Kullen in Bridgehampton, and every other supermarket in The Hamptons. Place a platform near the ceiling near your “10 items or less” register. Hire a marksman with a rifle. The next time a person tries to invade the “10 items or less line” with a full basket, shoot them. Now let me make a plea for some restraint here. If a person has 12 or even 13 items, I ask the marksman not to go trigger-happy on us. But if they are standing there with 20 or 30 items I say, “Wing ‘em.” Shoot them in the arm or the knee. We don’t want any deaths here – we’re reasonable people. And let’s face it, when the first transgressor goes down from a gunshot, people will get the message for the next 100 years. ************************************ Now you all know I’m a reasonable man because I don’t
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To Target The Toxin
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It’s not entirely dire. Last week The Independent reported the toxic potential carcinogen, 1,4-dioxane, has been found in Long Island water systems. While samples showed Long Island water suppliers have the highest levels of the toxin in the nation, just one public well on the East End tested with high levels of contamination. Of course, many homes on the Twin Forks are served by private wells. How contaminated individual wells are is more difficult to determine. There’s hope for improvement from two sources and in two ways. Senator Charles Schumer is calling upon manufacturers to use a special “vacuum stripping” technology to remove the chemical from the numerous every day bath products consumers use. B e c a u s e 1, 4 - d i o x a n e i s a contaminant created when common ingredients mix together, it’s rarely mentioned on ingredient lists. (See last week’s cover story for an idea of what to look for by visiting our website, www.indyeastend.com, and clicking on the archives.) The toxin is generated by a process called ethoxylation. Ethylene oxide is added to other chemicals to make them less harsh. Trouble is, ethylene oxide is a known breast carcinogen and the process of adding it creates 1,4-dioxane. Vacuum-stripping can remove 1,4-dioxane from an ethoxylated product. Although it’s not an expensive process, getting manufacturers to change may take some doing. In the meantime, the Suffolk County Water Authority has embarked on pilot projects designed to rid water of so-called legacy waste. “There was a very successful small pilot project and now they’re expanding it to a full scale project,” Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, explained. “They told me it looks very, very promising.” SCWA received approval from the state health department to build and utilize New York’s first fullscale Advanced Oxidation Process. In Advanced Oxidation Process, raw groundwater passes through a reactor, where hydrogen peroxide reacts with ultraviolet light to form a high energy oxidant, or hydroxyl radical. The hydroxyl radicals are responsible for the destruction of 1,4-dioxane. "We’re proud to have taken a leading role in this effort to
address a contamination concern, both through the development of treatment technology and through efforts to bring the potential threat of 1,4-dioxane to the attention of regulators," said SCWA Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey W. Szabo in a release announcing the move. "Though the cancer risk of 1,4-dioxane when digested through drinking water appears to be low, it is imperative that regulators make a determination quickly as to the potential danger and set a regulation, particularly given that the chemical does not appear to respond to already approved forms of treatment, such as Granular Activated Carbon."
In The Independent’s cover story last week we alerted readers to a potential carcinogen lurking in the lather of everyday bath products. This week, we detail efforts to remove the toxin.
The fullscale system can remove approximately 97 percent of detected 1,4-dioxane from groundwater. What’s left post AOP will then be treated with GAC to
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The fight to rebuild Main Street has begun, according to members of the Sag Harbor Partnership. Comprised of a group of community members, SHP was poised to purchase the Sag Harbor Cinema right before it was destroyed in the fire that ripped through Main Street last December. This week the group kicked off an urgent capital fundraising campaign designed to fulfill needs articulated in the group’s recently announced purchase agreement. The SHP needs to raise $6 million by July 1 to secure the contract. Following that, an additional $2 million is needed by December 31, 2017, to take ownership. “If the community falls even a dollar short of the $8 million needed by the end of the year, the agreement will be voided,” partnership members declared in a release announcing the campaign. The SHP has secured nearly $1.5 million since the property was placed in escrow on April 6. The partnership hopes to continue the Cinema’s long tradition of exceptional programming, preserved
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The LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, a 16-acre reserve and sculpture garden, officially opened on Saturday for the 2017 season with its annual “Rites of Spring.” The day was filled with wonderful surprises as the reserve unveiled the newest installations to grace the LongHouse landscape, including “FROSTYDICKFANTASY” by John Chamberlain, “Accretion” by John Crawford, “Almost Like the Blues” by Marylyn Dintenfass, “The Fish Bench” by Judy Kensley McKie, “Three Indeterminate Lines” by Bernar Venet, and “The Mete of the Muse” by Fred Wilson. The permanent collection of sculpture (including works by Buckminster Fuller, Yoko Ono, and Willem de Kooning, to name a few) was also on view, as was the newest “LongHouse Collects” exhibit of textiles, pottery, furniture, and more, curated by LongHouse Founder Jack Lenor Larsen.
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Classrooms Closed For Lead Control By Kitty Merrill
Parents whose children attend religious education or Pre-K classes in Most Holy Trinity Church’s building in East Hampton were alerted to “lead hazard control activities” poised to commence in some classrooms. In an April 21 letter sent to congregants, Larry Faulkenberry, Director of MHT’s Faith Formation program, wrote, “As a precaution we will not be utilizing those classrooms until the activities have been completed. Thus, the Faith Formation Program at the school will conclude immediately and parents are advised to home school their children for the remainder of the program year.” Springs School district parents whose children attend the Pre-K received a similar letter. However, those classes were not canceled while the work is under way. Instead, children were moved to classrooms that didn’t have the contamination. Springs School Board of Ed President Barbara Dayton reported lead was found in the paint on some chalkboards during a health inspection. The Springs students were moved to a classroom that has no chalkboards. According to the EPA, the most common lead hazards in schools are lead-based paint, lead dust and contaminated soil. Other lead sources are older plumbing fixtures, vinyl mini-blinds, painted toys and furniture using lead-based paint. Lead is highly toxic and exposure can be dangerous, especially for children six or younger. Low levels of lead in blood have been associated with behavioral problems, learning disabilities and impaired growth. Very high blood lead levels can cause severe neurological problems such as coma, convulsions and even death. While lead was banned in a number of products in the U.S in 1978, including house paints, cookware, and children’s products, lead paint is still widely used in
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Squash pro Mohamed Nabil will oversee the SYS Squash Open featuring top ranked players from around the globe. By Camila Tucci
Deep within the Southampton Youth Services in North Sea lies the Elmaleh Stanton Squash Center. Practicing his backhand to the sound of loud dub-step music is 25-year-old Mohamed Nabil, a professional squash player who runs the squash program at SYS. Starting next Tuesday and
running through May 14, Nabil will also oversee the SYS Squash Open 2017, which will feature professional and amateur players. Some of the top ranked players in the world will compete, including Nabil. “It should be amazing,” said Nabil. “We are going to have players from India, England, and of course, my home country Egypt.” Growing up in Alexandria, Egypt, Nabil was always around squash. His father ran the local squash center, but according to Nabil he never played. “He would organize tournaments and oversee the whole program, but he never picked up a racket. I was always at the squash center watching people play and learning how to play myself. At seven years old I thought, ‘I really want to be better than them.’” And so from then on Nabil would spend hours on the court practicing. “I became obsessed with the sport. I wanted to spend all my time on the court,” said Nabil. When Nabil was 18 his father decided to move to the United States. “He asked me if I wanted to come. I said ‘I want to stay and pursue squash.’” Nabil got his first taste of America in January of 2011 when he competed on the professional circuit. Two years later Nabil moved
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to the United States as an assistant at the Pyramid Squash Club in Tuckahoe, New York. When his contract with Pyramid Squash Club ended, Nabil received a great offer from SYS to coach and run their squash program. “It was bit challenging at first because squash was not really popular in The Hamptons. Although there was a lot of uncertainty, squash has given me so much in my life and I want other people to experience that as well.” Squash originated in Harrow S c h o o l i n E n g l a n d i n 18 3 0 . According to worldsquash.org “Pupils discovered that a punctured Rackets ball, which “squashed” on impact with the wall, produced a greater variety of shots and required much more effort on the part of the players, who could not simply wait for the ball to bounce back to them as with Rackets.” This discovery by the English students became popular over time and the first squash courts were built in 1864. 1864 was a great year for squash because not only were the first courts constructed, but squash also became an official sport in England. Squash came over to the United States in 1882. James P. Conover, a
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headmaster for private schools in New Hampshire, initially played it in Canada and decided it would be a great game for his students at St. Paul’s School in Concord. “It is the universal experience for health and for the highest perfection in the game, the average boy or man should play but one rubber a day,” wrote Conover. From its humble beginnings in a primary school in England, squash has grown to a sport enjoyed by twenty million people in 185 countries. The same type of growth can be seen at SYS. When Nabil arrived in Southampton there were just seven adults and a couple of kids playing at the squash center. Two years later squash center members now include 40 adults and 20 children. “I love seeing new faces on the courts and giving them pointers on their game.” said Nabil. Along with playing professionally and running the Elmaleh Stanton Squash Center, Nabil has a passion for coaching. “I think all coaches can agree that teaching someone something new and seeing them improve is the greatest feeling.” said Nabil. When I walked in for my lesson with Nabil, he was coaching two little girls, ages six and eight. They walked off the court out of breath and I immediately wondered what I had gotten myself into. I had never played squash before and was nervous about how hard it would be to learn. Fortunately for anyone who has never played, it is straightforward and easy to learn. Squash has the same strokes as tennis: forehand and backhand. The court has two boxes where you serve from and out of bounds lines. The main objective is to hit the ball after one bounce in a direction that would be difficult for your opponent to hit back. Squash has one attribute that takes some getting used to. The ball is small, about the size of a snitch from Harry Potter, and barely bounces. This made it difficult to judge where the ball would bounce and I guess that is why the Harrow School students found it so exciting. This game is fast paced and unpredictable with every play. I left the court after being crushed by Nabil in our first game, out of breath, sore, but wanting to play one more game. Nabil smiled and said, “It’s addicting, right?”
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Dems Pick Hopefuls, GOP Picks Vorpahl By Kitty Merrill
Traditionally, the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee plays it close to the vest, refraining from releasing its list of candidates for town offices until the formal convention in May. This year, however, they’re jumping out with a list of nominees early. In a release distributed Monday morning, co-chairs Jeanne Frankl and Alyssa Meyer reported the committee’s screening committee undertook “a long and competitive” process that began in February and was ready to put forth a list of nominees the entire committee can formally approve at the convention. "This year was amazing and I have to believe it has something to do with people's outrage about the current president and the state of affairs nationally,” Frankl said. “We had ten qualified candidates interview for the Town Council positions and only two spots to fill. Our interviews and deliberations have taken over two months but we are extremely happy with the outcome and believe we have
qualified, experienced people who know the issues and know how to formulate policies to deal with those issues." For supervisor, it’s Peter Van Scoyoc. Currently a town board member, he’s been the whispered frontrunner since Supervisor Larry Cantwell announced he wouldn’t seek another term in office. Incumbent Kathee Burke Gonzalez joins her colleague on the ticket. That, too, was expected by insiders. The surprise candidate for town board is local attorney Jeff Bragman. Often the bane of the town planning board, for decades he’s represented applicants, as well as opponents protesting projects, before the planners. With a 30-year breadth of land use and zoning knowledge, he’ll be able to hit the ground running, if successful in November. Bragman’s work included litigation by local residents seeking to impose local airport noise controls. He has served as counsel to the Town of East Hampton Architectural Review Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning
Board. He was also counsel to the North Haven Zoning Board of Appeals and village attorney. He is a member of the Community Preservation Fund Advisory Opinions Bureau. Elected in 2013, Burke-Gonzalez has four years of service on the town board and nine on the Springs School Board, the last two as president. “She is a compassionate voice leading the Town Board in providing mental health services for youth; accessibility to Town facilities for people with disabilities and a new community center for seniors,” the screening committee extols. The committee also recommended four incumbents to run for reelection – Carole Brennan for Town Clerk, Steve Lynch for Superintendent of Highways, Justice Court Judge Steven Tekulsky, and Town Assessor Eugene DePasquale. Leading the trustees slate will be incumbents Bill Taylor, Francis Bock, Rick Drew, Tyler Armstrong, and Brian Byrnes. Newcomers include fishery specialist John Aldred, wildlife rescue specialist and nature
photographer Dell Cullum, water conservationist Susan McGraw Keber, and environmental writer and radio host Francesca Rheannon. In news from the other side of the aisle, East Hampton Town Republicans announced Monday that that Susan Vorpahl, daughter of Mary and the late Stuart Vorpahl, will be a Republican candidate for trustee in the coming election. Chairman Reg Cornelia said her decision to run means that the EHTRC now has a full slate of trustee candidates. The slate will be officially designated at the next regular meeting of the committee, scheduled for Wednesday, May 10. “We are extremely proud to have Susan on board,” Cornelia said. “Everyone knows the contributions her father made to keeping the Dongan Patent a living breathing document and a continuing guarantee of the rights of the citizens of East Hampton. Without his efforts, it might have ended up as a historical artifact in a museum. I’m sure that as a Trustee Susan will make her father proud.”
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Dr. Scott Commins, Dr. Erin McGintee and other experts were on hand at the Southampton Inn Friday to discuss the Alpha-gal Meat Allergy, which is caused by the bite of a Lone Star tick. By Rick Murphy
The Hamptons is fast becoming the Epi-Pen capitol of the world as a severe meat allergy spreads relentlessly on the East End. The Alpha-gal Meat Allergy, contracted from the bite of a Lone Star tick, can cause an allergy so severe that the victim’s breathing passages swell, a condition known as Anaphylaxis. A shot of epinephrine, administered via the Epi-Pen is often needed to save the life of the victim. And, some experts warn, the
coming season may be the worst ever as far as tick infestation goes. Dr. Scott Commins, an allergist and immunologist then associated with the University of Virginia, was interviewed in this newspaper in 2009 after a local man, Ivan Peill, developed a severe allergy to meat after he was infested by Lone Star tick nymphs at Cedar Point Park in East Hampton. Commins was one of the first researchers to pinpoint the allergy. He was in Southampton to speak
about the matter Friday. Technically speaking the Alphagal allergy, also known as meat allergy or Mammalian Meat Allergy (MMA), is a reaction to galactosealpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal). “The body is overloaded with immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies on contact with acarbohydrate” transferred to the victim by a tick. A delayed allergic response which is triggered by the consumption of mammalian meat products, occurs up to eight hours after consuming
the meat according to researchers. Commins said Thursday that he has been researching the allergy for nearly a decade, with shocking results. “At first we thought it was only the Lone Star but now we’re seeing it in Australians and Europeans, in places where there are no Lone Star ticks.
They Need Blood The Lone Star, “lays up to 1000 eggs at a time” called “seed ticks,” Continued on Page 17.
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disease will boom this year,� Kelly explained. “Acorns are a food source for animals such as squirrels, deer and mice. The abundance of food means a population explosion of small mammals is looming and therefore, a dramatic increase in crawling, questing ticks.� The twin terrors -- Lyme disease and the meat allergy caused by the saliva of the Lone Star tick -are becoming especially common because it is so easy to be exposed.
“The summer of 2017 is going to be a horrendous tick season on the East End,� Brian Kelly, the owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control warned. That means visitors and residents alike need to take preventive measures to avoid insects that can cause serious illness and disease. “This past fall was a monumental season for acorns, by sheer numbers, and unknown to many, it is a telltale sign that ticks and Lyme
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Studies show about 70 percent of afflicted people encounter the tick in their own backyards. Kelly’s company offers a number of spraying programs to minimize the problem, including organic solutions, but prevention is a necessity. Towards that end, Kelly has started a program to educate children. “I have young kids. I know what it’s like,� he commented. Kelly’s company partners with Southampton Hospital to produce “Tick Wise,� an education program designed to teach young children and their parents how to prevent tick bites and what to do if bitten. Kelly said by the time they reach the fifth or sixth grade, kids
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are beginning to understand the dangers. But younger kids need to learn. “I’ve hired a schoolteacher. We go into schools and camps and educate the kids. So far we’ve reached about 700 youngsters.� The tick population has exploded on the East End and is multiplying in other parts of Long Island as well. “There are lots of theories about why. Some people think it is global warming, or that it’s there is plenty of food out there for them,� Kelly said. Kelly and his team partnered up with then-county Legislator Jay Schneiderman a couple years ago to make a prevention tape. It’s available on YouTube or by request. The stakes are high, as the numbers of affected people rise. Some people are afraid to go outside. “I’m hearing more and more of that, and worse,� Kelly commented. “I’ve had people say to me that they are selling out and moving away from the area.� Tick Wise is presented in conjunction with Southampton Hospital’s Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center, with expert assistance from Rebecca Young, RN, a nurse taking calls on the Center’s Advice Hotline (631-726-TICK), Kelly, and April Nill-Boitano, a certified Early Childhood and Elementary Education teacher. East End Tick & Mosquito Control has become an expert in the field of ticks and for good reason: the dramatic rise in tick-related diseases and illnesses borders on epidemic. Kelly lives by the mantra, “Prevention is better than a cure.� Indeed, statistics show most people are attacked by ticks in their own backyard – and some don’t even know it. Kelly recommends using repellent when going outdoors but notes household animals are especially susceptible to ticks. “Keep pets confined to your landscaped lawn and never allow them to enter the woods or woods edge,� Kelly suggests. Because mice and other rodents are carriers, a professional rodent control program around your home will reduce the number of ticks on your property. Remind kids of the dangers of going into the woods and uncharted territory. “Kids have to learn if they kick the soccer ball into the woods, don’t go in after it.� Keep a tick removal kit ready so you are well prepared if you do come across an embedded tick. Southampton Hospital’s TickBourne Disease Center is giving out free kits (see the hotline number above). Kelly can be reached at 631-2879700 or visit the company website, tickcontrol.com
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The month of May is dedicated to spreading awareness of the prevalent, yet preventable illness, Lyme disease. Once the weather begins to warm, the threat of tickborne illness escalates. B r i a n K e l l y, t i c k c o n t r o l expert and owner of East End Tick & Mosquito Control strives to educate East End residents of the looming threat to help decrease the number of tick-related illnesses in our communities. See the accompanying article for more about Kelly.) Commins, who is now associated with the University of North Carolina, said in most cases the meat allergy begins to weaken after 18 to 24 months. “It will fade or go away, but more tick bites will rekindle it.” Commins said it is also possible to “load up” on Benadryl or Allegra to “minimize the reaction.”
which resemble poppy seeds. The seed packs are normally on leafy substances, and not in the deep forest – rather, they are left in populated areas. They need a blood meal before they will molt. Commins flew north Friday to speak at a packed gathering at the Southampton Inn along with other experts. Doctor Erin McGintee, the goto allergist in the area, can attest first hand to the meteoric rise in victims. She reportedly is treating 370 patients affected by the allergy. Lone Star ticks feed on the blood of various animals (domesticated and wild) as well as humans. The tick was first considered a nuisance, as it does not transmit the etiological agent of Lyme disease. But more recent studies have shown that this species can transmit various other pathogens to humans and other animals, such as those that cause ehrlichiosis, rickettsiosis, tularemia, and theileriosis.
Not Just Steak Worst of all, the body’s rejection of meat goes well beyond steak or roast beef. “I used to think if you avoided meat you would be fine. What we’ve learned is you can have an adverse reaction to a lot of things, like dairy products,” Commins said. (See accompanying box for a list of some of the things that contain meat byproducts.) It should be pointed out that many people are bitten by Lone Star ticks and do not develop the meat allergy. “We also have people who have had no allergies their whole lives develop the meat allergy. We think it’s a matter of the wrong tick at the wrong time,” Commins said. The Lone Star isn’t the only tick causing havoc in these parts. According to the Centers For Disease Control the number of reported cases of Lyme disease have gone up 10-fold over the past decade.
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Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migraines, according to the CDC. Lyme Disease is an acute inflammatory bacterial infection that has been nicknamed “The Great
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Imitator” because its symptoms are similar to that of many other diseases, affecting any organ of the body, including the brain and nervous system, muscles and joints, and the heart. The CDC estimated 50 percent of ticks on the East End are infected with the disease. As recently as 2010 CDC data suggested 22,500 confirmed cases of Lyme and 7500 suspected, the latest estimate is 300,000.
Where’s The Beef? Folks stricken with the Alpha-gal Meat Allergy have a lot more to worry about than a medium rare filet mignon. Dr. Scott Commins is an allergist and immunologist who has been studying the allergy caused by the bite of a Lone Star tick for nearly a decade. He acknowledged that initially he believed if those stricken avoided meat they would be OK – until he learned how many other edible products contain meat and meat byproducts. “Dairy is a key one, but meat is also used a lot for flavoring,” he said. One of the problems is manufacturers often don’t identify the products on labeling. “Ingredients change and if it is less than two percent of the ingredients, it may not be listed,” Commins said. At least one local man learned the hard way when ingesting medication in a gel tab rekindled the allergy. In fact, gelatin often contains meat, as do many types of candy, Jell-O, marshmallows, and flavored potato chips, just to name a few. According to published reports, margarine, pies, spreads like pate, and dumpling mixes may also contain meat or meat byproducts. One woman said at a symposium Friday attended by Dr. Commins that she became ill after using Colgate toothpaste – and learned later it contained meat byproducts. R.M.
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BHS, Elliman Release Quarterly Reports By Rick Murphy
Two of the area’s leading real estate agencies released their first quarter sales reports this week, confirming the findings of earlier reports: it was a slow going indeed. The number of East End sales dipped 9.2 percent compared to 2016’s 1st quarter. Prices averaged $1.1 million in The Hamptons during the 1st quarter, 15 percent lower than the same quarter a year earlier. The Median Price, however, increased 15 percent over the same time period. Cia Comnas, Executive Managing Director, Hamptons, for Brown Harris Stevens, pointed out the
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The New Chief The new Southampton Town Police Chief was sworn in Monday. Chief Steven E. Skrynecki was selected by the Southampton Town Board to replace Chief Robert Pearce, who retired last September. Chief Skrynecki becomes the fifth Police Chief since the Southampton Town Police Department was founded in 1951. Before coming to Southampton, Chief Skrynecki was Chief of the
data analyzed reflected sales that took place in 2016, most in the last quarter of the year. “Not surprisingly, the first quarter of this year shows a decrease in both number of sales and dollar volume over 2016,” Comnas said. “This reflects the fact that the transactions closing in the first quarter are for the most part the culmination of activity that took place in the last quarter of 2016 when the market was more uncertain.” While the number of sales over $10 million declined significantly over the same period last year, the $5-10 million range showed over
a 14 percent increase in sales, and certain areas such as Southampton Village, Montauk, East Quogue and Westhampton showed increases all around. The Sag Harbor area also showed significant increases while Sag Harbor Village experienced a decrease – supporting the overall dominance of sales under $2 million. Jonathan Miller of Miller Samuel Inc. prepared the Douglas Elliman Quarterly Report. Though the report confirms sales took a downturn in The Hamptons, Long Island in general continued what has been a rewarding run: the most first
Department in Nassau County from 2010. He started as a patrol officer in Nassau County in 1974 and worked his way through the ranks to Commanding Officer of the Robbery Squad, Vice Squad, Narcotics Squad, Internal Affairs, Chief of Detectives to Chief of the Department. He had served as a part time consultant for the Southampton Town Police Department since January until he was free to assume his new role. “We welcome Chief Skrynecki to the Town of Southampton and look forward to working with him,” said Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. “He brings with him great experience and keen insight into law
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with .08 the threshold determining intoxication. Arraigned before Judge Lisa Rana, Armstrong was released without bail, but his license was suspended pending the adjudication of the misdemeanor DWI charge. He returns to court on May 25. Armstrong was elected to the town’s oldest governing body in 2015. He’s finishing up his first term and on Monday the East Hampton Town Democratic Committee listed him among five incumbents running for re-election. Prior to his election to public service, Armstrong worked as a nature educator and is a founding member of East End Climate Action Network. Last February, he was crowned Mr. Amagansett at the pageant that raises money for the Donald T Sharkey Memorial Fund. A poem he read about the unique spirit of the community clinched the title.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute spring 2017 exhibition, “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between,” opens to the public tomorrow. In celebration of the opening, The Met’s Costume Institute
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that year’s Costume Institute exhibition. The exhibition also sets the tone for the formal dress of the night. Vogue Editorin-Chief Anna Wintour oversees both the benefit committee and the guest list. This year’s co-chairs included Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, and Wintour. The event is The Costume Institute’s main source of annual funding. The exhibition features approximately 1 5 0 e x a m p l e s o f K a w a k u b o ’s womenswear designs for Comme des Garçons, dating from the early 1980s to her most recent collection. The exhibition is The Costume Institute’s first monographic show on a living designer since the Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in 1983. “Rei Kawakubo is one of the most important and influential designers of the past 40 years,” said Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute. “By inviting us to rethink fashion as a site of constant creation, recreation, and hybridity, she has defined the aesthetics of our time.” The Independent attended a press
preview of the exhibit on Monday morning. Speakers included Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Met, Caroline Kennedy, former US Ambassador to Japan, and Bolton. “Rei does it better than anyone,”stated Kennedy during her speech. Bolton also proclaimed that the designer “has tought us the body has no bounds and the potential of clothing is limitless.” Pieces are organized into eight expressions: Fashion/Anti-Fashion, Design/Not Design, Model/Multiple, Then/Now, High/Low, Self/Other, Object/Subject, and Clothes/Not Clothes. According to Kawakubo, “I have always pursued a new way of thinking about design . . . by denying established values, conventions, and what is generally accepted as the norm.” The exhibition and gala will be featured on the Museum’s website, as well as on social media via #MetKawakubo, #CostumeInstitute, and #MetGala. The exhibition will run through September 4.
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The seventh annual "Taste of Tuckahoe" fundraiser benefiting the Tuckahoe School was held on Friday at 230 Elm in Southampton. Once again, restaurants and wineries from the East End came together under one roof to highlight their culinary talents for the community to enjoy.
The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill hosted its annual “Spring Fling” on April 22. The evening of food, music, and fun provided guests the opportunity to meet up with friends and make new connections, dance all night to electrifying live music by NOIZ, enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres and an open bar, and bid on unique Hamptons experiences and items. Visit www.parrishart.org for more information.
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“John Graham: Maverick Modernist” will be the first comprehensive retrospective in 30 years of the provocative artist’s work. The exhibit will be on view at The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill beginning Sunday. Graham, born in Ukraine in 1886 to a family belonging to the hereditary Polish nobility, served with the Czar’s forces in World War I. It was in 1920 he made his way to New York to fulfill his dream of becoming an artist. Once in New York he studied at the Art Students League with Ashcan painter John Sloan. Through his work and his writings, Graham is credited with influencing a generation of New York artists including Stuart Davis, Dorothy Dehner, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning,
Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, and David Smith. The show features over 60 paintings and a selection of important works on paper from Graham’s influential fourdecade career, providing insight into the development of the artist. Featuring works from 1923 to 1959, the exhibition explores how Graham became a significant figure in the development of the American approach to art-making during the first half of the twentieth century. His continuous self-reinvention mirrored the attempts of American artists to define a new direction. Alicia G. Longwell, Ph. D., the Parrish’s Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator organized the exhibition. “In many ways Graham has been a hard artist to pin down, eluding as he does the oft-told narratives of
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modernism. His protean career as painter, theoretician, and polemicist is long overdue for reconsideration and it is the aim of ‘John Graham: Maverick Modernist’ to show how this artist remains relevant today,” said Longwell. “Maverick Modernist” illustrates, chronologically, Graham’s style beginning with his cubist-influenced still lifes, nudes, landscapes, and portraits of the 1920s, followed by more abstract works in the 1930s, to his radical stylistic change in the early 1940s. In the 40s Graham veered from abstraction, instead producing portraits inspired by Renaissance and 19th-century French artists. The exhibition opens with SelfPor trait, 1923, painted during Graham’s first year of formal art study. His first solo exhibition came in 1928 at a Left Bank gallery when he was living in Paris. The year 1928 was a prolific year for the artist. Ten paintings from 1928 will be exhibited, including Coffee Cup (La tasse de café). From there, Graham’s style went on to become more abstract. During the 1930s, Graham
continued to push abstraction with still life paintings. Graham’s complete stylistic reversal in the 1940s was dramatic to say the least, following his decades-long dedication to abstraction in both his writings and his work. Through the paintings and works on paper from 1942 to 1950, the exhibit reveals the shift from his allegiance to Picasso and Matisse to the figuration in the mode of Raphael and Ingres. Striking depictions include three important portraits from 1944: Two Sisters, Celia, and Marya (Donna Ferita, Pensive Lady). The exhibition concludes with late works from the 1950s that reflect Graham’s eclectic interests including mysticism and the occult, as in the mixed media on paper portraits Head of a Woman, 1954, and Donna Losca, 1959. There will be a reception on Sunday at 11 AM for members of the Parrish Art Museum. The public is invited to the Museum on the day of the reception but pre-registration is suggested. The show will run through July 30. For more information visit www.parrishart. org.
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de Kooning & Friends: A Tribute To The Past
Montes’ “DeKooning on Bicycle,” charcoal, pastel, and oil on Paper.
By Nicole Teitler
Mary Montes, a rural New Jersey native, grew up enamored with the New York art scene with countless memories visiting with her uncle. A New York artist during the mid-late 20th century, her uncle would paint a visual image, detailing stories of hanging out in Greenwich Village bars with the likes of Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock. The more she
listened, the more intriguing this artistic lifestyle became. Decades later, Montes displays her solo exhibition titled “de Kooning and Friends” at the Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum with an opening reception this Saturday from 6 to 8 PM. The show is her expressionistic tribute to the painters of the New York School era, an era that provides continued inspiration to many artists today.
“It’s really centered around [Willem] de Kooning . . . he’s someone I naturally connected with years ago. My energy as an artist is similar to his,” Montes detailed. “But it’s almost like Leo Costelli pulled it together . . . he’s a common thread.” Costelli was an art dealer whose gallery showcased contemporary art for five decades. de Kooning was an abstract expressionist who lived for many years in Springs. “Interchange” by de Kooning and Pollock’s “Number 17A” recently broke records when they sold for $500 million. From rags to riches, these notable figures are presented in Montes’ abstract expressionistic figures. “It feels like it’s important, the art history of America,” Montes explained. “The women started coming into it . . . they’re now as important as the men in the show. It’s about finding out what happened to the women who were
involved.” The women, some artists themselves, include Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, and Ruth Klinsmann. These women provide inspiration for Montes’ exhibit. Now living in Miami, Montes offers a large contrast in her artistic styles -- from the colorful, playful, lightheartedness of the south, to the historic, serious tones of New York. Visiting her daughter Mary Stadnick, a Sag Harbor resident, Montes appreciates the individual influences from both locations. C u r r e n t l y, M o n t e s i s a l s o represented by Quogue Gallery as well as Michael Findlay Gallery. Recent artists that Montes admires are English contemporary artist Tracey Emin and the American artistic duo of Eric Fischl and April Gornik. You can follow more from Nicole Teitler on Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram as Nikki On The Daily.
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“The Last Baymen of Amagansett” photography by Michael Ruggiero.
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Watercolors
The Amagansett Free Library presents Kenneth B. Walsh “Watercolors.” In the 1950s, Walsh came to Montauk from New York City to paint seascapes, catch fish, sing of nature’s beauty, put down roots, and later, develop a style of painting all his own. An opening reception will be held today from 6 to 8 PM. The show will be on display through May 28.
Abstract Anarchy
The White Room Gallery presents “Abstract Anarchy” opening this weekend. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 PM. The show will feature artists Barbara Bilotta, Jessica
Singer, Melissa Hin, and June Kaplan. The show will run through May 29.
Music Sheets
“Music Sheets,” paintings by Haim Mizrahi will be on display at Ashawagh Hall in Springs this weekend. A reception will be held on Saturday from 4 to 9 PM. On Sunday there will be a poetry reading by local poets. The show is sponsored by Janet Lehr Inc.
Ossorio, Costantino Nivola, and John Graham. The exhibition will feature 20 of these images, shown here for the first time, including a previously unknown color portrait of Pollock. The show will run through July 29.
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“The Last Baymen of Amagansett,” photography exhibit at the Amagansett Library with photography by Michael Ruggiero is on display. These images reflect the hard-working class of fisherman known as “Baymen” who are disappearing from the end of Long Island. A reception will be held tomorrow from 6 to 8 PM. The show will run through May 30.
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Pollock-Krasner House in Springs presents “East End Art World, August 1953: Photographs by Tony Vaccaro.” In August of 1953, Look magazine sent Tony Vaccaro on assignment to East Hampton to photograph Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner for a feature article. The piece was killed, but Vaccaro kept the black and white images, a group of which was shown at the Pollock-Krasner House in 2010. While in The Hamptons, Vaccaro also photographed several other artists, some in their studios and others at the home of the art dealer Leo Castelli in Georgica. Missing for six decades, the negatives and contact sheets were recently discovered during a move. A m o n g t h e p e o p l e Va c c a r o captured at work and in social settings are Willem and Elaine de Kooning -- who had studios at the Castelli house that summer -- Harold and May Rosenberg, Fairfield Porter, Wilfrid Zogbaum, Larry Rivers, Alfonso
ONGOING Guild Hall in East Hampton presents its 79th Annual Guild Hall Artist Member Exhibition. The Artist Members Exhibition is the oldest non-juried museum exhibition on Long Island. Artists from every level participate in this exhibition to show their support of Guild Hall and its role in their community. The show will run through June 3. For more info visit www. guildhall.org.
Deceptive Spaces
Sarah Slappey debuts “Deceptive Spaces” at Roman Fine Art in East Hampton. The solo exhibition of new paintings by Slappey marks her first major solo exhibit. “Deceptive Spaces” features a collection of new oil paintings. Slappey has described her painting style as having roots in the Southern Gothic aesthetic, an amalgamation of Bible Belt superstition, ghost stories, swamp lore, and mysticism. The show runs through May 21. For more info visit www.romanfineart.com.
Spring Flowers Art
The 6th Annual Spring Flower Show is on display at Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor. Featuring a variety of styles from realism to impressionism by local and regional artists, the show runs through May 25. Contributing artists include Liz Gribin, Joyce Brian, Joan Tripp, Barbara Groot, Romany Kramoris,
Muriel Hanson Falborn, Hazel Shearer, Thomas Gray, Ghilia Lipman-Wulf, Pingree Louchheim, Veronica Mezzina, Richard Udice, and Lois Bender. For more information call 631-725-2499.
East End Collected3
Southampton Arts Center presents “East End Collected3,” curated by Paton Miller. The show is on view through May 29. Artists include Stephanie Brody-Lederman, David Bunn Martine, Arthur Carter, Jennifer Cross, Janet Culbertson, Franco Cuttica, Josh Dayton, Eric Dever, Adriana Echavarria, Christopher Engel, William Falkenberg, Brian Farrell, Terri Gold, Lautaro Keudell, Mary Lambert, Laurie Lambrecht, Gerson Leiber, Judith Leiber, Brett Loving, Lynn Matsuoka, Dinah Maxwell Smith, Jonathan Morse, J. Alan Ornstein, Pamela O. Ornstein, Simon Parkes, Gabrielle Raacke, Olivier Robert, Maria Schön, Eileen Dawn Skretch, Neill Slaughter, Susan Tepper, Diane Tuft, Sarah Jaffe Turnbull, and Frank Wimberley.
Neva Setlow
East Quogue artist Neva Setlow presents a new series of wood constructions and paper collages at the Southampton Town Hall. The exhibition is on view through May 30. As in much of Setlow’s work, color is a dominant feature. Her work is celebratory, positive, and joyful. Her collages are alive with color and freefloating images. For more info visit www.nevasetlow.com.
Monika Olko Gallery
The Monika Olko Gallery in Sag Harbor presents artwork by artists Paton Miller and Brett Loving. The show runs through May 9.
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New Hope Rising
New Hope Rising presents an evening with world renowned Psychic Medium Josephine Ghiringhelli on Friday at 6:30 PM at the American Legion Hall in Eastport. New Hope Rising’s Har mony House Sober Living and Outreach Programs have helped hundreds of individuals and their families. Admission is $45 and tickets can be purchased online at NewHopeRising.BrownPaperTickets. com or $50 at the door.
Giddy-Up 5K
The “CTREE Giddy-Up 5K Race” will be held on Saturday at 8:30 PM. The race starts at Sagg Main Beach in Sagaponack to benefit the Center for Therapeutic Riding of the East End. The race features a beautiful seaside course, awards, refreshments, and a Chinese auction. To register visit www. ctreeny.org.
ARF Celebration Day
ARF Adoption Center in Wainscott presents ARF’s Pet Celebration Day and Alumni Reunion on Saturday from 10 AM to noon. For more info visit www. arfhamptons.org.
Girls Rock It!
I-tri presents “Girls Rock It!” at Guild Hall on Saturday from noon to 4 PM. Celebrate the potential of girls and women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) with a special screening of the acclaimed film Hidden Figures and a panel discussion with five inspirational women, moderated by Dr. Max Gomez, Emmy Award-winning medical reporter for WCBS-TV. A marine biologist, psychologist, biochemist, planetary geologist, and exercise physiologist will share their career choices, challenges and more. Tickets are $10 in advance at www.itrigirls.org and $15 at the door. Proceeds to benefit i-tri.
ARTworks Spring Gala
East End Arts presents “ARTworks Spring Gala” on Saturday from 6 to 11 PM at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead. The event will honor Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, Reverend Maryanne McElroy, and Peconic Landing. Festivities include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, dinner and dancing with Trevor Davison Orchestra, and a live and silent auction. Tickets start at $225 per person. Proceeds from this fundraising event help support the mission to build and enrich the community through the
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Mother’s Day Plant Sale
The Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center presents a Mother’s Day Plant and Gift Sale from May 11 to 14, from 10 AM to 5 PM, at the center in Hampton Bays. The center is a not-for-profit dedicated to the rehabilitation of wild animals impacted by encroachment of humans on their habitat. The center is a full-time professional wildlife hospital staffed by licensed rehabilitators, biologists, animal behaviorists, and volunteers.
Seeds Of Hope
This year Seeds of Hope Tanzania will hold its 11th Annual Chinese Auction on Thursday, May 11, at St. Mark’s Church on Main Street in Westhampton Beach. Doors open at 7 PM and auction begins at 8 PM. Many great prizes have been donated. Dessert and coffee will be served. Help support the orphanage project and a pre-k/kindergarten school the charity helped complete this year and help provide for the educational and medical needs of countless children in Arusha, Tanzania. Seeds of Hope is a local charity started by Debi Mazura eight years ago. She and her friends have raised over $30,000 and brought clothing and school supplies on their trips to Arusha. One hundred percent of the proceeds go to the orphanage, the school, and to improve water resources for the region around Arusha Tanzania. Contact Debi Mazura at 631-8012269 to donate an item or basket for the auction.
Evening Of Comedy
An Evening of Comedy to benefit Kent Animal Shelter will be held on Friday, May 12, from 7 to 10 PM at Hotel Indigo in Riverhead. Guests will enjoy comedians Joe DeVito and Tommy Gooch of Omnipop Talent Group. There will be hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, Chinese auction, raffle, and more. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. For tickets visit www. kentanimalshelter.com.
HUGS Spring Fling
HUGS, Inc. presents its 15th Annual “Spring Fling” Bowling Fundraiser on Saturday, May 13, at 7 PM at Wildwood Lanes in Riverhead. Tickets to attend the event are $40 each and there are additional sponsorship oppor tunities available. Human Understanding & Growth Services,
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Volunteers Needed Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is in need of volunteer ushers for the Mainstage Season, Concerts, The Comedy Club, Music Mondays, Play Readings, and special events. A meeting for those interested in volunteering will be held on Thursday, May 11, at 6 PM in the Bay Street Theater lobby. Light refreshments will be served. Meet the staff and learn about the upcoming season and how to become a Bay Street volunteer. Volunteers are responsible for distributing programs to audience participants entering the theater, checking their tickets, directing them to the correct seat and assisting in navigating the theater space. All ushers are treated to complimentary seating to the shows (as long as seats are available) and are welcome to attend invited dress rehearsals. If you like to volunteer and have lots of energy and a passion for quality entertainment, enjoy meeting and greeting people, then becoming a Bay Street Theater usher may be for you. For more information contact Barbara Oldak at Barbara@baystreet.org.
Inc. is a non-profit youth development agency that has been serving teens throughout Suffolk County since 1981. Providing innovative and effective drug and alcohol prevention education programs, HUGS, Inc. signature program The Long Island Teen Institute, is a 48-hour long conference held at Camp Quinipet on Shelter Island.
Psoriasis Foundation
The National Psoriasis Foundation will hold its second annual “Team NPF Cycle” event on Saturday, May 13, starting at 6:30 AM at Duck Walk Vineyards South in Water Mill. This fun, family-friendly fundraising event is dedicated to connecting those affected by psoriatic disease in an effort to find a cure. Participants will have three beautiful scenic routes to choose from (10, 24, and 70 miles) through The Hamptons. A light breakfast, lunch, music, wine tasting, and more will be available for riders and supporters. For more information and to register visit www.teamnpf.org/ hamptonscycle.
Wild Things!
“Wild Things!” fundraiser to benefit Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center and Quogue Wildlife Refuge will be held on Saturday, May 20, at 6 PM at 230 Elm in Southampton. Ticket price is $55. There will be a silent auction, Chinese auction, live animals, and an exhibition of works by Dean Andrews. Visit www. wildliferescuecenter.org.
Dock Diving Pet Expo
Greenport Harbor Brewing Company’s location in Peconic will be transformed into a dog dock diving
pet extravaganza on Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21, from 9 AM to 5 PM. Harbor Pet and Greenport Harbor Brewing Company have joined forces to bring DockDogs to the North Fork by co-hosting the first Annual “North Fork Dock Diving Pet Expo and Fundraiser Event.” DockDogs is the largest and most diversified presenter of dock diving dog performance sports in the world. For more information contact Kim Loper of Harbor Pet at 631-477-1518 or email Info@Harbor-Pet.com or contact Greenport Harbor Brewing Company at 631-477-1100. The official website for the event is www.TheGivingTank.org/ NorthForkDogDockDiving.
Northwell Walk
Peconic Bay Medical Center Northwell Health presents the “Northwell Walk At East End” at Tanger Outlets in Riverhead on May 21. Registration opens at 8:30 AM. Funds raised go directly to Peconic Bay Medical Center to serve the wellness needs of the East End community. For more info visit www.northwellhealthwalk.org/event/ eastend.
Environmental Council
North Fork Environmental Council’s 45th Anniversary Celebration will be held at Case’s Place in New Suffolk on Sunday, May 21, at 4:30 PM. There will be a special tribute to past president Howard Meinke. Starting in 2017, two memorial scholarships will be awarded in his honor. There will be a buffet dinner, cash bar, and a picturesque view from the deck. Tickets are $75 per person. Visit eventbrite.com for tickets.
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Music String Concert
The Bridgehampton Chamber Musical Festival presents its final BCMF Spring concert on Saturday at 6 PM at the Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church. This concert will feature a program of string sextets by Dvorák and Brahms. Tickets range from $40, $50, and $10 for students. To purchase tickets visit bcmf.org or call 212-7429403.
Songwriters Share Concert
Gene Casey from the Lone Sharks will perform at the “Songwriters Share” concert series on Friday at 8 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Bridgehampton. The “Songwriters Share” concert series features local artists that share the proceeds of the show to a charity of their choice. Gene Casey will donate to East End Hospice. Casey will be accompanied by Tricia Scott. Admission is $15 and it includes a complimentar y reception. Visit genecasey.com for more information.
Artists-InResidence Guild Hall in East Hampton will present a Meet The Guild Hall Artists-In-Residence on Saturday at 6 PM. There will be a discussion with the five residents Lucia Davis, Curatorial/Critical Studies; Tanya Gabrielian, Performing Artist; Lydia Hicks, Visual Artist; Judson Merrill, Literary Artist; and Walter Price, Visual Artist. The event is free. For more info visit www.guildhall.org. J.M.
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The Perlman Music Program presents the Stires-Stark Alumini Recital Series with violinist Kenneth Renshaw on Saturday at 2:30 PM at Perlman Music Program Campus on Shelter Island. Renshaw will perform music from Bach, Mozart, Schumann, and Kreisler with pianist John Root. Admission is $25 per tickets and free for students. On Sunday at 2:30 PM it’s the Works in Progress Concert. Perlman students and alumni will perform with John Root. This event is free and open to all. For more information visit perlmanmusicprogram.org.
Water Mill Contra Dance
Join in on the Traditional New England Contra Dance on Saturday at 8 PM at the Water Mill Community House. An introductory lesson will be held at 7:45 PM. No partner is necessary and beginners are welcome. Dave Har vey, the caller, will be accompanied by live music from Dance All Night. Admission fee is $14 for adults, $7 for students, and children up to 16 years are free. Call 631-7253103 for more information.
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 beginning at 10 PM.
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T h e S t e p h e n Ta l k h o u s e i n Amagansett presents Outrageous Open Mic Night on Thursday at 8 PM. On Friday night at 8 PM it’s Lynn Blue and Band. Inner Roots is set for 10 PM. LHT is set for Saturday at 8 PM. Visit stephentalkhouse.com or call 631-2673117 to purchase tickets early or for more info.
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival presents a program of string sextets by Brahms and Dvorák.
Townline BBQ
Townline BBQ in Sagaponack continues Karaoke Nights ever y Saturday from 8 PM to midnight with a special food and drink menu as guests sing their favorites. Come for free pool and pub quiz night at 7 PM every Thursday evening and come hear some “smokin’ hot tunes” live alongside a happy hour menu every Friday from 5 to 8 PM. For more info call 631537-2271 or visit the Townline BBQ Facebook page.
Words Conversation Series
Wa r r e n S t r u g a t c h ’s “ O u t o f the Question” conversation series opens tomorrow at 7:30 PM at the Southampton Arts Center. This series encourages audience participation in discussions about national and local issues together. The series opener features realtors Pamela Liebman, Joseph Farrell, Zachary Vachinsky, and Peter Turino. A light reception in Southampton Arts Center’s East Lawn follows.
Garden and Bug Talk
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Theater East Hampton Library
Story Salon, a live storytelling venue based in Los Angeles, takes place at the East Hampton Library with Story Salon East on Saturdays from 11 AM till noon. Each week seven people from the group will each tell a story of up to seven minutes long. Story Salon East is hosted by Steve Sobel, an East Hampton resident. Coloring, Coffee, and Conversation is set for every Thursday from 1 to 2:30 PM. To register for these events call 631-3240222, ext. 3.
Film Twelfth Night
Guild Hall hosts a National Theater Screening of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in Friday at 7 PM. Admission is $18 and $16 for members. Call 631324-4050 for tickets or for more info.
Lion Screening
The East Hampton Library hosts a free screening of BAFTA Award Winning film Lion on Saturday from 1 PM to 3 PM. Lion follows Saroo as he tries to find his lost family in India by using only a handful of memories and Google Earth. The film stars Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, and Rooney Mara. Call 631-324-0222, ext. 3 to register.
Last Summer In The Hamptons
The Hamptons International Film Festival presents a screening of Last Summer In The Hamptons on Saturday at 6 PM at the Southampton Arts Center. The film will be shown as part of HIFF’s Twenty-Five Years in Cinema series. Tickets are $12. For more info visit www.hamptonsfilmfest.org.
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Springs Mystery Art Sale
By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
Imagine purchasing a piece of art by an artist such as April Gornik, Eric Ernst, Randy Rosenthal, Bill King, Dan Rizzie, Sydney Albertini, Gabriele Raacke, Paton Miller, or Peter Dayton, with just a $20 price tag. Next week there’s a good possibility you may score one of these works at the “Springs Mystery Art Sale & Festival Of The Arts,” being held May 11 through May 13 at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. Artwork by professional artists will be hung alongside the art of Springs School students as well as students at Angela Landa Elementary in Havana, Cuba. Now in its third year, the event has attracted hundreds of artists. They donate varied 5x7” pieces of art and over 1000 pieces of artworks will be for sale. All of the artwork will be signed on the back and sold anonymously for $20 each throughout the show. The buyer won’t know which artworks are by a professional artist, offering a rare opportunity for art lovers to acquire original art for a tiny price, all while supporting art education. Doors open on Thursday, May 11, at 4 PM. The “mystery” of whose work an art collector has bought will be revealed at the end of the closing party. The closing party will also feature both a silent and live auction. A live Mystery Art auction will commence, hosted by charismatic auctioneer Lucas Hunt. Live music and food will also be provided. In conjunction with the Mystery Art Sale there will be an inspirational and educational “Festival Of The Arts” on Saturday, May 13, on the grounds of Ashawagh Hall. This event provides the public an opportunity to take free art workshops with a selection of some of the areas finest local artists in a variety of mediums, from visual arts to the performing arts. The Parsons Blacksmith shop will also be open with sculptor James DeMartis holding a forging workshop. Money raised will go to support the Springs School Visiting Artist Program and other arts initiatives. The goal of this program is to support projects that will enrich the lives of the students, facilitate the interaction of artists and
students, augment the curriculum, and foster the school’s reputation as a place where the arts are vital and diverse.
The hours of the Springs Mystery Art Sale are May 11 from 4 to 7 PM, May 12 from 4 to 7 PM, and May 13 from 11 AM to 7 PM. The closing party
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East Hampton WEDNESDAY 5•3•17 • The East Hampton Town Marine Museum at 301 Bluff Road, Amagansett will be open until Columbus Day weekend, October 8, on Saturdays and Sundays and some holidays, too. SATURDAY 5•6•17 • See The Lion at East Hampton Library at 1:30 PM. • Stop by the Amagansett Library at 3 PM for Saturday Storytime and a special activity. • Hike the Amsterdam Beach Trail at 10 AM with the East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. Meet at a small parking lot on Rte 27 about three miles east of Montauk Village and across from Deep Hollow Ranch Stables. Leader: Carol Andrews 632-725-3367. SUNDAY 5•7•17 • The Jewish Center of the Hamptons hosts a Mindfulness Workshop from 1 to 3 PM with worldrenowned Mindfulness in Education teacher Dr. Nimrod Sheinman. This is a rare opportunity for parents,
teachers, therapists, grandparents, and anyone else who wants to learn the life changing practices of mindfulness-based meditations in educating, raising, or working with children and young adults. Tickets are $36 per person for the public (with pre-registration), $45 per person walk-in, and free to members of the JCOH. RSVP by calling or emailing the JCOH office at office2@jcoh.org.
Southampton THURSDAY 5•4•17 • Join local musicians and fans for an informal jam session at Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton at 7 PM. Bring your own instruments and enjoy their excellent acoustics, or simply bring your ears and listen in. All styles of music and all levels of experience are welcome. If you want to play but can't bring an instrument, a Steinway piano and microphones are available. Light refreshments will be served. FRIDAY 5•5•17 • Teens in grades six to 12, can learn how to make tacos in a bag and avocado banana pudding at two upcoming programs at the Westhampton Free Library. The Taco in the Bag program will be held tonight at 7:30 PM and the Avocado Banana Pudding cooking session will take place on Tuesday at 3:30 PM. For more information and to register, call 631-288-3335 or visit
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the library website at www.westhamptonlibrary.net. SATURDAY 5•6•17 • Gardener Roxanne Zimmer discusses “The Birds ‘n the Bees: A Pollinator Garden” at Quogue Library at 11 AM. Register for this free lecture by calling 631653-4224 ext. 101. • Jessica Walliser, author of Attracting Beneficial Bugs to your Garden: a Natural Approach to Pest Control lectures at Marders on Snake Hollow Road in Bridgehampton at 10 AM. • Kim Tetrault of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s SPAT (Suffolk Project in Aquaculture Training) Program describes the fascinating history of the oyster in New York at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton at 5 PM. For more info and reservations call the South Fork Natural History Museum at 631537-9735. • Check out “From Ship to Shape, a monologue on mental health” with Walker Vreeland at 2:30 PM at the Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton. The program is sponsored by the Towns of Southampton and East Hampton for East End Mental Health Awareness Day. • Accompany Group For The East End on a midday wildlife search along Dune Road in Hampton Bays beginning at 10:30 AM. Among the animals you can expect to see are Great and Snowy Egrets, Great Blue Heron, Glossy Ibis, American Oystercatcher, Willet, and Greater Yellowlegs. Binoculars are required. For reservations or more information,contact Steve Biasetti at 631-765-6450 ext. 205 or sbiasetti@ eastendenvironment.org. • Enjoy a talk on chocolate, along with a chocolate trivia game and, of course, a tasting during Hampton Chocolate Factory: A Taste of Decadent Artisan Chocolates at 1 PM at the Hampton Bays Library. There will be a table offering great gifts for purchase just in time for Mother’s Day, or any other occasion, with 10 percent of total sales going back to the library. SUNDAY 5•7•17 • Marders on Snake Hollow Road in Bridgehampton hosts weekly gardening lectures Sundays at 10 AM. This week, roses are the focus. Then, from 1 to 3 PM, the Quogue Wildlife Refuge presents birds of prey. • The Friends of the Rogers Memorial Library present The Omega Ensemble with cellist Gabriel Cabezas, pianist Stepanova, and violinist Itamar Zorman at 3 PM. The trio will perform the chamber music of Tchaikovsky, Paganini, Debussy and Mendelssohn. A reception will follow. There is no charge for this program, made possible by gifts from Anne-Marie Sapse and the Friends of the Rogers Memorial Library. Register
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at www.myrml.org or call 631-283-0774 ext 523. • At 1 PM Winifred Rule, the author of Born to Destroy, will give a talk at the Westhampton Free Library. Her work on female psychopaths has been featured in libraries and curriculums of major universities around the world. For more information, call 631-288-3335 or visit the library website at www. westhamptonlibrary.net. • This Sunday’s service at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike @ Scuttlehole Rd. features Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson, Minister, speaking about "Hard Times Require Furious Dancing." She’ll explore the healing powers of movement and dance during a multigenerational service at 10:30 AM. All are welcome. • There’s Sunday Jazz at the Quogue Library at 4 PM. The Dennis Raffelock Duo will perform. TUESDAY 5•9•17 • Hampton Bays Library presents The Life of Grace Kelly: Legendary Actress and Princess of Monaco at noon. In this presentation, led by Marilyn Carminio, you will follow the life of Grace Kelly, from her days as a shy, insecure schoolgirl to legendary Hollywood stardom, and her final role as the beloved princess of Monaco. • Meeting at 4 PM, Teen Cookie Club at Rogers Library in Southampton offers a Community Service opportunity. Make bookmarks for homebound patrons, along with other community service activities, and discuss how to improve your Teen Department, all the while munching on local bakery cookies. For those in grades six to 12. To register use online code RMT144. WEDNESDAY 5•10•17 • The Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt and South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo) host a one-hour, leisurely paced hike through open-field trails at 8:30 PM during the Full Flower Moon. Call SoFo at 631-537-9735 for meeting place, admission, and registration info. • At 9:30 PM, it’s time for citizen science. Take part in a horseshoe crab survey at Pike’s Beach in Westhampton Beach with Gina and Mark Cappiello, Horseshoe Crab Survey Site Coordinators for Pikes Beach, Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Suffolk County and Melanie Meade, South Fork Natural History Museum Nature Educator. In past years, from about midMay to the first week of June, thousands of Horseshoe Crabs have gathered at Pike’s Beach. It’s an incredible sight to see—made more so by the light of the full moon. Join SoFo and Cornell to assist in collecting information, while you witness one of nature’s most astounding wildlife events. Call SoFo at 631-537-9735 for meeting place, admission, and registration info.
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Independent Dining Here are a few recipes that work well for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Dishes include grilled corn with cilantro butter, chicken and black bean quesadilla with mango and avocado salsa, and guacamole.
Grilled Corn With Cilantro Butter Ingredients (serves 4)
Chicken & Black Bean Quesadilla
8 ears of corn (shucked) 4 tbs butter at room temperature 2tbsp crème fraiche 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp mayonnaise ¼ c grated parmesan cheese 1 tbsp lemon zest 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp black pepper ¼ c chopped cilantro 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp curry powder
With Mango & Avocado Salsa
Ingredients (serves 4)
2 lbs chicken breasts (cleaned) 1 package corn tortillas 2 tbsp red onion (minced) 1 mango (diced) 1 avocado (diced) 2 plum tomatoes (diced) 1 can black beans (washed) 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp paprika 1 tbsp chili powder 1 clove of garlic 1 lime juiced 1 handful cilantro (chopped) 3/4 c olive oil 1 c cheddar cheese (shredded) salt and pepper to taste
Method
Begin by preheating your grill.
Blend the garlic, cumin, chili powder, paprika, salt, and half cup of olive oil together to make a marinade. Cover the chicken in the marinade and let it sit in the fridge for 20 minutes while you dice your vegetables for the salsa. Once the mango, avocado, tomato, cilantro, have all been chopped mix them with a touch of salt, and the limejuice. Now that the grill is hot, grill each of your tortillas on one side for about 20 seconds just to crisp them up a bit. Cook your chicken. When the chicken is cooked slice it into strips. To assemble the quesadillas sprinkle a bit of cheese on the uncooked side of each tortilla followed by some beans and chicken. Fold them in half and bake in a 400 degree oven for five minutes. Top with the salsa and enjoy a tasty treat.
Method
Begin by heating the grill to medium heat. A gas grill should be set around 350 to 375 degrees. Place the shucked corn on the top roasting rack of the grill. Mix all other ingredients together in a bowl until thoroughly incorporated. Brush the buttery mixture over the corn and shut the grill cover. Rotate and brush corn with cilantro butter every 3 to 4 minutes for 30 minutes. Enjoy.
Guacamole
Ingredients
4 avocados 1 lime 1/2 shallot (minced) 1/2 cup cilantro chopped 1 tbsp salt 1/4 cup olive oil
Method
Scoop the avocado from its skin and discard the pit. Place the avocado in a mixing bowl with the juice of the lime and all the olive oil and smash together with a fork. When you have reached your
desired consistency, mix in the shallot, salt and cilantro. Pair with your favorite chip and enjoy.
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Calissa To Open In Water Mill By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
Rice, who has worked in kitchens such as Narcissa, and Jean Georges, the menu emphasizes heritage Cycladic ingredients seen in the Southern Aegean. The menu features a variety of small and large shareable plates, highlighting Long Island seafood and vegetables. Diners have the option of enjoying traditional, large format Greek dishes like salt-baked striped bass, lobster bucatini, or “thieves’ lamb.” The locale also offers modern interpretations of Greek standards such as corn croquettes with spicy feta, chilies, and cilantro yogurt and tarama with salt cod, salmon roe, and vinegar crisps, and rocket salad with louza, black mission figs, and kefloteri cheese. The wine program aims to offer the largest selection of large format bottles on Long Island, as well as over 30 wines by the glass, and the highest quality rosés. Three full time sommeliers will assist guests with a 150 bottle list that highlights wines from popular Mediterranean vacation destinations such as Santorini, Crete, Corsica, Sardinia, and St. Tropez. To complete the Mykonos beach chic feel, Calissa’s design features a 25 foot open air bar, a bohemian lounge area, and indoor and outdoor spaces
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Calissa, a new Mediterranean restaurant located at 1020 Montauk Highway in Water Mill, will open its doors this Memorial Day weekend. The restaurant’s cuisine and design are inspired by the Greek Island of Mykonos. Calissa will mark the newest venture from the team behind Amali, Il Cantinori, and Periyali in New York City. The concept for the restaurant was initially created by managing partner James Mallios, who has been traveling to Mykonos for nearly two decades. In 2015, he brought the core Amali team to the island. Inspired by the architecture, beauty, and simplicity of Mykonos, the idea for Calissa was born. “We’re excited to expand our family of restaurants and officially open Calissa this summer,” said Mallios. “The Hamptons and Mykonos have been long regarded as top summer destinations and really set the standard for summer dining and nightlife worldwide. At Calissa we marry the two.” At a preview dinner in April The Independent was invited to experience the restaurant first hand and the menu did not disappoint. The dinner was held at sister restaurant Amali. Created by Executive Chef Dominic
A preview dinner for Calissa was held at Amali in April.
that flow into one another in classic Mediterranean style. Calissa will be open for dinner seven days a week and in true Greek style the kitchen will stay open until 2
AM. The restaurant will be closed on Tuesdays in May, June, September, and October. For more information visit www. calissahamptons.com.
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Kentucky Derby Celebrations
By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
This Saturday marks the famous Kentucky Derby horse race. And while you may not be donning a Derby hat
while sipping mint juleps in Louisville, the East End has a few events that could be considered the next best thing. Since The Hamptons is no stranger
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to big hats and signature cocktails, it provides the perfect location for a Kentucky Derby themed event. Here are a few ways you can experience “The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports” when the first leg of the triple crown comes to a TV near you on Saturday. The Shelter Island Historical Society is hosting a Kentucky Derby Members’ Party on Saturday from 4 to 6 PM at the Havens Barn. Guests are encouraged to wear their ascot or favorite Derby hat. The event is free to historical society members. Not a member? Join for $50 by visiting www. shelterislandhistorical.org.
The Montauk Beach House is hosting a “Lucky In Kentucky” Derby Day Party on Saturday from 1 to 6 PM. Derby attire is encouraged and there will be a prize for the best dressed. The race will be live on the big screen and mint juleps, champagne, and southern fare will be offered. For more info visit www. thembh.com. For those hosting a soirée at home, the opportunities are plentiful for you to style your event with race day tradition. In true Kentucky Derby fashion, be sure to serve your guests mint julep cocktails. The mint julep, an iced drink consisting of bourbon, mint, and a sugar syrup, is the traditional beverage of the race. (See below for our mint julep recipe.) Ladies, be sure to dress in lavishly accessorized outfits with large, elaborate hats. Race day also gives men an excuse to be equally decked out. According to kentuckyderby.com, “The modern Derby man possesses an unparalleled color palette. Sundrenched, tropical colors in bold stripes or busy plaid and bright pastels steal the limelight.” Decorate with many roses at your Derby party. The Derby is frequently referred to as “The Run for the Roses,” because of the lush blanket of 554 red roses that is awarded to the winner each year. The tradition originated in 1883 when New York socialite E. Berry Wall presented roses to ladies at a post-Derby party that was attended by Churchill Downs founder and president, Col. M. Lewis Clark. This gesture is believed to have led Clark to the idea of making the rose the race’s official flower.
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Harbor Grill
Harbor Grill in Springs hosts a twofor-one taco dinner night every Tuesday from 5 PM to close. Guests may choose from four different taco dinners while
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Prime Time at The Palm in East Hampton takes place Sunday through Friday from 5 to 7 PM with half off “Prime Bites” at the Palm Bar.
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of one. Wednesday is Ladies Night with draft and drink specials in the taproom starting at 10 PM. Thursday is Open Mic Night showcasing East End musicians hosted by David Kirshy starting at 8 PM, along with an 8 PM Happy Hour. In the dining room Thursday offers a three-course prime rib dinner. Friday is all night Happy Hour from 4 PM on with DJ Dory starting at 10 PM. Saturday night is DJ JetSet starting at 10 PM. Saturday and Sunday brunch takes place from 11 AM to 3 PM for $18 per person. Monday to Friday is happy hour from 4 to 7 PM with beer, wine, and drink specials. For further information visit www.publick.com or call 631283-2800.
Indian Wells Tavern
Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett offers half-price bottles of wine every Thursday and Sunday night. On Thursdays diners may enjoy half-price bottles of wine alongside their prime rib promotion which includes a soup or salad to start, followed by prime rib served with baked potato and vegetables for $29. On Sunday, diners may enjoy half-price bottles of wine alongside a la carte Chef Specials that will change weekly.
Phil’s Waterfront
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Almond Restaurant in Bridgehampton presents Meatless Mondays, where the restaurant offers a three course meatless menu for $35 all night. For reservations contact Almond at 631-537-5665.
Monday Night Paint
The Salty Canvas presents Monday Night Paint Parties at Townline BBQ in Sagaponack happening from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Cost for the evening is $45 and includes one complimentary Happy Hour drink. To participate guests must register at www.saltycanvashamptons. com within 24 hours of the event.
Nick & Toni’s
Nick & Toni’s in East Hampton has introduced its own variation of “Nonna’s Sunday Sauce.” Ever y Sunday, diners may enjoy slow-cooked “Sunday sauce,” served over pasta. Cost for the dish is $20 per person. Spaghetti squash will be available as a gluten-free substitution for pasta. Call Nick & Toni’s at 631-324-3550.
Buckley’s Inn Between
Happy Hour weekdays at Buckley’s Inn Between in Hampton Bays runs from 4 to 7 PM. On Thursdays, it’s Buckley’s famous wing night with $15 all you can eat wings and all you can drink Miller Lite from 10 PM to 1 AM and music by DJ Pauly.
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Cinco de Mayo At Union Cantina
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Lieb Cellars Thursday is locals night. Show your ID for 20 percent off glasses and bottles. Noah’s food truck will be on hand serving up awesome tacos while Mother Nature delivers sweet sunsets. 4 to 7 PM. On Saturday there will be live music featuring Cassandra House from 3 to 6 PM. www.liebcellars.com. Raphael The Lucky Tones perform from 1 to 4 PM on Saturday. On Sunday, it’s Barely Acoustic from 1 to 4 PM. www.raphaelwine.com.
Baiting Hollow Farm Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard presents 2EZ from 2 to 6 PM on Saturday. The vineyard will also host The Denice Given Trio from 2 to 6 PM on Sunday. www.baitinghollowfarmvineyard. com. Wölffer Estate Vineyard Stop by for Candlelight Fridays every week from 5 to 8 PM in the Tasting Room. This week, Ludmilla performs. www.wolffer.com
Castello di Borghese Vineyard There will be a winemaker’s walk, vineyard tour, and wine tastings every Saturday at 1 PM. $20 entrance fee. Call to reserve your spot or sign up online. www.castellodiborghese.com.
and tomatillo pico de gallo. For libations, some of the highlights include a White Peach Sangria, an Oaxaca Old Fashioned (Don Julio Reposado, blood orange puree, agave nectar, and bitters), La Fresa (muddled strawberries, Avionics Blanco tequila, rose and agave nectar), Mezcalita (Mezcal, jalapeño and cilantro infused pineapple puree, and fresh lime juice), and El Coco Loco (Don Julio Blanco tequila, coconut puree, and fresh lime). For more information visit www. unioncantina.net.
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Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery Clovis Point Vineyard and Winery will feature Barely Acoustic from 1:30 to 5:30 PM on Saturday. At 7 PM, Long Island’s funniest comedians roll in for a night of stand up comedy. Call 631471-6335 or visit eventbrite.com for tickets. They’re $18 online and $25 at the door. www.clovispointwines.com. Shinn Estate Vineyard Shinn Estate Vineyards hosts self– guided vineyard walks all weekend. Reservations are required. www.shinnestatevineyard.com.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Friday at Union Cantina in Southampton. The popular eatery will be offering an array of delicacies to celebrate the holiday. From 4 t o 7 P M , d u r i n g H a p p y H o u r, complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres will be served, along with a variety of drink specials available, while diners are entertained by live music in the bar area. The drink specials will not only be offered at discounted prices, but feature Union Cantina’s new summer cocktails. During dinner service, in addition to offering guests a sneak peek at some new summer menu dishes, Union Cantina will be offering a special three course prix fixe dinner menu. The prix fixe is available this week through Saturday. A few of the notable new dishes will include a sharing favorite, spicy guacamole with tortilla chips and veggies, a blackened Mahi-Mahi taco with mango pico de gallo and pickled jalapeños, and a spicy duck taco with braised savoy cabbage
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RICK’S SPACE Screwed I am not a handy man. As I see it, as a scholar I felt it was more important to enrich my mind than to learn how to fix things. This was the great lie second generation Americans lived by. Make sure your children graduate from college. Get that degree! It seemed like a good plan. I gathered up college credits and went off to face the world armed with a degree and $40,000 worth of college loan debt. I remember scouring the help wanted ads. “Thirty five thousand plus benefits to the right candidate!”
they would promise. I remember my first job interview. “So tell me Rick, what skills do you bring to the table? How can you help us here at Acme?” “Well. I speak Latin,” I said. “Or should I say, Linguam latinam narrow?” “Son, we fix trucks here. What do you know about trannies?” “Well, My Uncle Frank once lost a bet and had to wear a bikini to Jones Beach and liked it way too much!” “We’ll call you.” “OK but I am going to need five weeks vacation and green M&M’S in my dressing room.” “By the way, my cosine said this would be a good day if I didn’t go off on a tangent. Get it?” The guy shook his head sadly. Needless to say, the call never came, nor did countless others. While me and the other smart kids languished in the schoolyard, Tony, Ralphie, Paulie and the like – the kids we thought were dumb – grew up and became rich. Tony is a builder. Ralph is a mechanic. And Paulie – jeesh! Paulie is a plumber. He’s like, a millionaire. But there are very few openings for linguists, or Trig or Physics majors. The truth is I never had a shop
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class. Being in Catholic School, it was more important for us to learn about things that we could use in our grown up years, like how many thousands of hours you have to spend in purgatory if you get caught stealing cigarettes from Murray’s Candy Store. I have told this story many times and no one believes me but it is true. I thought a Phillip’s Head screwdriver was Billy Head’s father’s screwdriver, just as I thought Stanley’s screwdriver was my father’s. I always wondered why none of the stores carried Rick’s screwdrivers. Armed with this knowledge, I attempted to fix the broiler element on my GE stove last week. I made the decision only because our appliance man retired and now lives in the South of France with several starlets half his age. “Just Google it” one of the guys told me. Yeah, that was easy. They wanted to know the model number of the stove. They wanted the part number of the broiler element. They want to know if the thing was gas or electric – God help me! As scholarly as I am, it IS possible to stump me. “Karen, do you ever smell gas?” I asked my wife, who frankly, was more than a bit dubious I could fix the damn thing. “Yeah, every night when we go to bed,” she answered earnestly. Based on that information I ordered the wrong thing, of course, and yelled several curse words in Latin and called her one really nasty French word I can’t repeat here. It took two weeks to get the right parts. Now came the challenge – the installation. “Pull the unit away from the wall and open the back panel” the directions read.
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I stared at the stove. On its right was a cabinet, flush against it. The dishwasher was right next to it on the other side. I couldn’t get my hand in between to move the damn thing. When I finally yanked the thing out away from the wall I climbed behind it and went to remove the rear panel. You guessed it. The screws were not the Phillips shape I had so recently mastered. They were not regular screws. They were square. Honestly, Now I’ve been on this earth for six decades and I have never seen a screw with a square head. Even Phil Head would have been baffled, and he’s like the Father of the Modern Screwdriver. While I was mulling over my next move, wedged into this tiny spot between the kitchen wall and the stove, one of the great conundrums of American life surfaced. “Karen,” I said, “if the stove is flush to the dishwasher on one side, flush to a cabinet on the other, and flush to the back wall, how did all that food fall behind it and rot?” Within moments, Karen was vacuuming the floor where I was standing and the vacuum head was slamming into my ankles and ripping flesh off my legs. “Quid agis infernum!” I screamed, adding the French word I use to describe her (It means ‘pumpkin,’ I told her). I ended up ordering a new stove, but I must confess I am a bit worried wondering what is going to actually be delivered because I ordered in Latin. Might as well use the language – it cost me 40 grand to learn it. Rick is a six-time winner of the New York State Press Association Best Column Award.
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and reflect on accomplishments. Here at Indy, we’re proud of the things we do for the community. It gets us juiced to know we’ve helped an individual or community organization, that we’ve celebrated a student’s success or given readers the 411 on information they need to know. But there’s a part of being Indy our readers may not know, and it’s one of our favorites. This week we feature the work of the two newest editions to our staff, Camila Tucci and Elizabeth Vespe. Both budding journalists are graduates of East Hampton High School. Camila will be attending Temple University this fall and Elizabeth is finishing up her senior year at SUNY Old Westbury, where she’s pursuing a major in media and communications. We’re thrilled to have these talented and enthusiastic young women on board and grateful for the opportunity to guide them at the outset of their careers. Over the years, The Independent has been proud to mentor dozens of local young people. (And we do sometimes call them “our little chickens,” because they need to know the world isn’t always PC.) It’s especially heartening to hear from former interns and young reporters and see where the path they started in our newsroom took them. We look forward to watching Camila and Elizabeth blossom and hope, when you see them out at community events, you wish them luck.
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Dear Editor, The proposed wind turbines are bad for the East End. A month ago Deepwater began their campaign to convince residents that it will be beneficial to support their Wind Turbine farm on Cox’s ledge and their underwater cable through Napeague and East Hampton ultimately ending in some storage facility where the promised cheaper cleaner electricity will be stored. The problem is no one talked to the fishermen. Perhaps Deepwater does not realize that as fishing continues to be the subject of stricter government regulations, fishermen have learned to educate themselves on issues like these. The truth is that this a plan that will result You need more soap on those dishes.
in mortality to one of the most productive fishing areas we have in our near offshore waters. The benthic creatures that provide the basis of the food chain will be ripped from their habitat by plow driving for the massive wind turbines. The juvenile cod now making a long awaited comeback will lose their traditional habitat. Endangered marine mammals, whales and sea turtles become disoriented from the vibration during pile driving and risk death by collision with boats. So far no one has shown any upside for our local community from this plan. Only a few jobs may be created permanently. For these reasons there is no choice but to say no to the Deepwater plan. But, as I am running for East Hampton Town Trustee I hope you say yes to me since I am for the protection and navigational maintenance of our waters, bays, harbors, and creeks in every sense. I ask you for your support. JULIE EVANS
Ed Gifford Deepwater Questioned Dear Editor, At the Trustees’ meeting last week, a representative of Deepwater Wind was questioned by Bonnie Brady, Executive
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Director of the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association. Ms. Brady exposed the numerous complicated issues and questions of which East Hampton residents must be made aware regarding the proposed wind Continued on Page 40.
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Continued from page 39. turbines that Deepwater is to construct 30 miles off of our shore. She highlighted for all to see Deepwater’s lack luster responses, a job the [East Hampton] Town Board should have done months ago, but did not. Deepwater Wind, originally rejected by the Long Island Power Authority, is being aggressively pushed by Governor Cuomo. The governor, already under investigation for possible corruption with his “Buffalo Billions” project, has received campaign contributions from Deepwater’s hedge fund owners. The Town Board happily jumped on Cuomo’s Hedge Fund Wind Express. Poised to be constructed on Cox’s Ledge, a spawning area for cod fish and swarming with other aquatic life, fishermen are rightly worried that this will be the nail in the coffin for their industry. The industry is already besieged by onerous federal and state laws and regulations, that make an already difficult and dangerous job, far more complicated. It is time for this project to vetted by the people of East Hampton. The Republican candidates for Town Board and Trustees have environmental, fishing, and water bona fides unlike any team vying to occupy Town Hall. These men and women are experienced, knowledgeable and successful and are prepared to take on and find real world solutions to power and energy problems without destroying our vital fishing industry and the environment.
Family Fun Expect exhibits, programs, and hands-on activities as the Children’s Museum of the East End (CMEE), Peconic Land Trust, South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo), Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt, Amber Waves Farm, Group for the East End, Quogue Wildlife Refuge, Southampton Animal Shelter, and other environmental organizations collaborate to host the eighth annual Peconic Family Fun Day Saturday from 10 AM till noon at CMEE in Bridgehampton. In addition to all the wonderful activities at CMEE, SoFo will host two easy-paced nature walks across the street at the South Fork Natural History Museum to see the blossoms, birds, butterflies, turtles, frogs, and myriad plant and animal life that call Vineyard Field, the field behind the museum, home. They take place at 10:30 and 11:15 AM. Call SoFo at 631-537-9735 for details.
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How would you describe your mother? Amy Cole I can hardly talk about her without tearing up. She’s so wonderful. She’s the most generous, loving person and I can only hope to emulate her in my life.
Eliza Damark My mom is an extremely generous person and she has a huge heart. She’s a very selfless person and she is very forgiving.
Vadim Karchemkin My mom is a very kind person and she always helps me out even with things that are complicated to talk about. I’m here from Russia for school and it’s such a pleasure when I get to see her after having been away for a few months. Bobby Zisk I miss my mother. She was my best friend. Now I’m getting choked up. She was the best mother in the world and she did everything she could to make sure I had a good life. She was behind me all the way, no matter what it was.
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Blessing Of The Bikes Red Knights New York 25 invites the public to show support for the Suffolk County Volunteer Firefighters Burn Center Fund by attending the 12th annual Bike Blessing Sunday at the North Sea Fireman’s Memorial Field on Noyack Road. Registration and check-in runs from 9 to 11 AM, with breakfast available for all bikers and a free barbecue at the conclusion of the day’s events. Expect food, music, raffles and prizes. Rain date: June 4. Admission is $20 per rider, $10 per passenger.
during the work week I advocate two hour lunch breaks. Yes, a period of the day where-in one can read his favorite material to socialize with one’s peers or just do nothing. A well rested person is a happy person. ANTHONY J. COLLETTI
Job Fair The Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the John Jermain Library present a Job Fair on Monday from 6 PM to 8 PM at the John Jermain Library in Sag Harbor. The Job Fair is an opportunity for high school students looking for a summer job and great for local businesses looking for potential employees. The Job Fair is open to all Sag Harbor Chamber member businesses. If you are interesting in participating in the Job Fair email David Brogna at vp@ sagharborchamber.com.
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Medication Take-Back The Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth in partnership with the DEA National Take-Back Initiative, Pec on ic B ay M ed ic a l C e n te r, Riverhead Police Department, and the Riverhead Youth Coalition collected 135 pounds of medication on Saturday at the Peconic Bay Medical Center. “The safe disposal of unwanted and expired medication is one of the coalition’s critical focal points in its multifaceted approach to prevent prescription drug addiction and overdose, in addition to heroin abuse.” said CAP Community Prevention Specialist Kelly Miloski. The take-back events and the permanent drop box collected a total of 3000 pounds of medication. The take-backs and permanent drop boxes are tools in an effort to tackle the prescription drug abuse epidemic in the United States head on. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States, especially among teens.” In Riverhead CAP installed a permanent medication drop box in the lobby of the Riverhead Police Department at 210 Howell Avenue. CAP will continue their work with their next take-back on Saturday, May 13, at the Highway Department from 8 AM to 3 PM. Protect Plum Island Congressman Lee Zeldin has reintroduced his bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives to prevent the government’s sale of Plum Island to the highest bidder. This bill, The Plum Island Preservation Act, will help create a plan for the island in regard to conservation, education, and research. The bill will also suspend laws passed in 2008 and 2011 that mandated the public sale of Plum Island. “In Congress, one of my highest local priorities has been to protect Plum Island, one of our greatest local treasures in the First Congressional District. Plum Island is beloved by our local community because it a critical cultural, historical, and natural resource,” said Congressman Zeldin.
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Mattituck-Laurel Library Tomorrow at 11 AM there will be a Senior Singles Meet and Greet: Finding at Friendship at Your Community Library. This event is free and registration is required. On Friday at 1:30 PM a free screening of Lion will take place. The Teen Advisory Board will meet on Friday at 4 PM. Minecraft for grades 2-3 is on for 4:15 PM. On Sunday at 2 PM it’s the American Voices Concert. On Monday at 6 PM the Library Board
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The Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth collected 135 pounds of unused, unwanted, and expired medication at Peconic Bay Medical Center.
of Trustees will meet. This meeting is open to the public. Call 631-2984134 to register.
Nature Events Downs Farm Preser ve and Group for the East End present a bevy of nature themed events this week. Environmental movie night is set for Monday at 6:30 PM. The movie that will be screened is
Queen of the Sun, by award-winning filmmaker Taggart Siegel. The Family Full Flower Moon Hike will take place on Wednesday, May 10, from 8:45 PM to 9 PM. Join one of the Group For The East End naturalist for beautiful, crisp moonlit walk through the trails of Downs Farm Preserve. Visit eastendenvironment.org for more information.
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Students from the Hampton Bays School district participated in the Southampton Town Great East End Cleanup on April 22. More than 50 students and staff collected over 25 bags of garbage and litter surrounding the Ponquogue Beach.
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Westhampton Beach Elementary School students celebrated Earth Day by participating in a number of activities. Students created recycled art projects, wrote Earth Day pledges, planted trees, collected pennies to help animals and each received an Earth Day water bottle from the school’s environmental club.
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Pulaski Street Science Fair participants Liam Levesque, Jack McCormick and Caden Lesiewicz with their winning experiments. These young scientists will now enter their experiments in Brookhaven National Labs’ annual science fair.
Guest Speaker At LWV Minerva Perez, executive director of Organización Latino Americana of Eastern Long Island, will be the guest speaker at the 40th Annual Meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons on Sunday at 2 PM at the Southampton Town Senior Center in Hampton Bays. She’ll discuss OLA’s civic engagement initiative. Following the talk will be the business portion of the meeting, which will include the adoption of the budget, election of officers and directors, and adoption of local programs. For more information call 631-324-4637 or visit lwvhamptons.org.
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The Bridgehampton National Bank’s annual Apple Campaign culminated with distribution of funds totaling $47,000 to Long Island Cares, Island Harvest, and over 20 local food pantries. Last month BNB President and CEO Kevin O’Connor formally presented Long Island Cares and Island Harvest each with a check for $10,000. “Food pantries do a tremendous job providing meals for people in need,” he said, adding, “Giving back to our local community is a vital element of the BNB philosophy. We are pleased to be able to support hunger relief efforts across our footprint.” The program runs annually from early November through the end of January. Each year the amount contributed to the pantries has grown and has raised nearly $200,000 to date. The campaign is a joint effort that includes employees, customers and friends of the bank, as well as the bank itself. Branch locations serve as collection sites for both funds and food. The Apple program began with
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a conversation initiated by the East Hampton Food Pantry. The “apple” was a creative means of recognizing donations. At that time, BNB had 20 branches and wanted to roll the program out bank wide. Today, the program has become an annual holiday tradition with customers and employees enthusiastically participating throughout BNB’s branch network.
Montauk firefighters held a drill at Montauk Public School. “It gave us the opportunity to not only rehearse truck placement around the school in case of a fire, but more importantly, to give our members an opportunity to tour all sections of the school, invaluable in case of a fire," Chief Vincent Franzone explained.
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Southold Baseball Team Confronts Destiny
By Rick Murphy
Make no mistake about it, what is happening in Southold this season is an epic story that could reach historic proportions. The boys’ baseball team is undefeated after 15 games, and that is a big enough story on its own. But of historic importance is how the Settlers are winning. Their opponents, simply put, most times cannot even score a single run. Which makes the Settlers pitching staff one of the best in the history of Suffolk County. Consider: the locals have allowed six runs, the entire season. No opponent has scored more than twice. Friday’s dismantling of Stony Brook (4-8 in League IX) on the loser’s field was the latest example, a 12-0 shellacking with Dylan Clausen leading the offensive parade with three hits in as many at bats and three runs batted in. But the bigger story was Pat McFarland’s shutout. It was the 11th of the season for the Settlers, and sixth in a row, during which the locals have outscored their opponents 55-0. Thursday it was Luke Hansen on the hill, and the results were as usual: a 10-0 whitewash during which the lefty recorded 15 strikeouts - including the first 11 -
allowed only one hitter, and did not walk a single batter. Clausen had two more hits and two more ribbies. The three game series began on April 24 with Clausen on the hill. He hurled a three-hit shutout, struck out 11, and allowed only three hits as the Settlers prevailed 9-0. Once again it was Clausen wielding the hot bat -- three more hits, two RBI, and two runs scored. Did anyone say Suffolk Player of the Year? Hansen, like McFarland a potent hitter as well as ace pitcher, went 2-4 with two runs scored and two RBI. Southold, a Class C team, is a virtual lock to capture the County C title. But there is a lot more on the plate – a run at the State Class C title is in the cards, and five more games remain to finish undefeated. The Settlers are no strangers to success – they were 15-0 last season before falling to Mattituck and have made postseason trips upstate three years running. Port Jefferson comes to town today at (4:30 PM), and Pierson/ Bridghampton plays tomorrow at the same time. The powerful Whalers are now 12-3 on the season (4:30 PM) and are riding a nine-game winning streak as of press time. It’s the Game of the Year in Suffolk County.
From there Coach Mike Carver’s charges travel up the road to Greenport Monday (4:30), get Stony Brook at home next Wednesday and finish up the regular season at Port Jefferson on May 11. The League VIII title will go down to the wire with Mattituck and Southampton slugging it out. Both squads sit atop the standings with 12-3 records. The Tuckers are coming off a three-game sweep of Mercy (3-12), winning the opener on April 24 5-1 at Mercy, clubbing the home team Thursday 11-1, and prevailing in the finale at home 4-1 on Friday. Brendan Kent and Tyler Williams combined for a three-hitter in the opener, as Matt Heffernan delivered the key hit, a two run single in the third inning. Bryce Grathwohl earned the win Thursday, striking out eight and hurling a four-hitter. Chris Nicholson went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and three runs and Grathwohl
drilled three hits and knocked in five runs. Ryan McCaffrey earned the win Friday and Heffernan and Grathwohl had the key hit. The Tuckers play at Babylon (7-8) Thursday and Hampton Bays (1-14) Friday. Southampton kept pace, using its strong pitching to sweep a three game series with Babylon. On April 24 Jem Sisco fired a one hitter and struck out eight as the Mariners prevailed 2-0. Johnny Navan drove in both runs. Thursday Aaron Krzyzewski, an All-County candidate, did the honors, smothering the Tigers 4-2 behind the timely hitting of Thomas Gabriele. The Mariners pulled off the sweep Friday thanks to the red-hot Gabriele, who drilled two homers. The locals get Hampton Bays today at home (4 PM) and get tested by a strong Center Moriches team tomorrow, also at home. First pitch is slated for 4:30 PM.
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It’s been a tough season for local softballers thus far, but the Westhampton Lady Hurricanes are a welcome exception. The locals are off to a 6-2 start in rough and tumble League IX, putting them squarely in the Class A playoff picture. Last Wednesday’s 11-3 loss to Miller Place was not indicative of what has transpired in the early season, when the locals reeled off a four-game winning streak. A 9-0 whitewash of East Hampton on April 10 was more in line with what the team does best. Jess Ferrick hurled a complete game four-hitter, and the offense peppered the field - and the stands – with hits. Brooke Walter went three for three, two of them dingers, exploding for six ribbies and three runs scored. She also tripled. Lauren Ramos contributed three rocks and also scored three times. Incidentally, Walker and Ramos lead the county in home runs with
five each. Ferrick is among the league leaders in wins with four. The locals play at Glenn (2-6) today and get Islip (5-1) at home tomorrow. The rest of the League IX local teams have struggled. East Hampton is 3-5, Southampton 2-5 and Hampton Bays 1-7. The Lady Bonackers play at Islip (5-1) today and get Sayville (5-2) at home tomorrow. Mattituck, competing in League X, is 3-3 thus far. The Lady Tuckers play at Southold/Greenport tomorrow. Pierson, Bridgehampton (0-3) and Shelter Island (0-5) are winless so far this season. The Lady Whalers try to break the schneid at Babylon (7-0) tomorrow; Shelter Island gets Center Moriches (5-0) at home tomorrow. Southold/Greenport (3-2) comes to the Island Friday. Riverhead is 1-6 in League III; the Lady Waves host Patchogue/Medford (1-5) tomorrow.
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