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Bridget Moynahan has co-written “Our Shoes, Our Selves,” with Amanda Benchley, published by Abrams. Independent/Melanie Dunea
complished women — from Misty Copeland to Bobbi Brown to Katie Couric — share memories and stories through their stilettos and sneakers, combat
boots or slippers. The result is an insightful series of interviews and portraits proving that sometimes the soles of our feet are somehow connected
to, well, our souls. It also explores the human connection with inanimate objects, how we hold on to sentiment, and Continued On Page B16.
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Plans are afoot to Housing Crisis In attend EH Library’s Author’s Night The Hamptons Bridget Moynahan is best known as an actress (“Blue Bloods,” “Sex and the City,” “Coyote Ugly”) and former cover model, but now she is dipping her toe — so to speak — into the world of books, with “Our Shoes, Our Selves,” co-authored with journalist Amanda Benchley and featuring photography by Melanie Dunea. Moynahan, an East End resident, will be one of the writers participating in the East Hampton Library’s Authors’ Night on Saturday, August 10, in the “555” field in Amagansett. The local library’s largest annual fundraiser offers up about 100 authors — some worldfamous, some up-and-coming — talking to guests and signing copies of their books. “Ask any woman about her favorite pair of shoes, and the answer may surprise you,” teases the back cover of “Our Shoes, Our Selves.” Inside, 40 ac-
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Letters Tawdry Preener? Dear Editor, I just read that Sister Mary Beth Moore, unflagging advocate for more and more unlawful immigrant migration, was arrested for protesting conditions allegedly faced by children at border facilities. She seems to have her sensibilities exquisitely tuned to the alleged “plight” of immigrants caught at the border, trying to enter the USA illegally, but her sense of logic and common sense seem to have fled her head. By dint of her “logic,” she would advocate for leaving a water faucet running in a kitchen and then complain that the house is now flooded. Our border facilities, as they have been up to now, were not designed to accommodate families with children — much less families with children who are not proven to biologically belong to the adults who brought them (meaning risked their lives). If Sister Moore wish-
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News & Opinion “These large business entities create economic kill zones within the surrounding economic community,” CAC member Julie Bermeister said.
A concept plan put together of the proposed total 27,000 square feet of buildings for an Equinox Gym and other structures, along with 432 parking spaces, on Montauk Highway across from Bridgehampton Commons. Independent/Courtesy Araiys Design
Sweating In Bridgehampton Potential for gym across from Bridgehampton Commons has residents outraged By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
A proposal for a 27,000-square-foot gym across from Bridgehampton Commons has residents worked up over the potential consequences. Equinox Fitness, an American luxury fitness company that oper-
ates several separate fitness brands: Equinox, PURE Yoga, Blink Fitness, and SoulCycle, is looking to use 4.4 of the 13 acres owned by Carol Konner, who is looking to subdivide the parcel into three lots. Plans not yet filed
will call for two 5000-square-foot restaurants on a 1.5-acre lot zoned for highway business use on an adjacent lot, and eventually an assisted living facility on 2.2 acres zoned residential, Konner has said. In fact, conceptual site-plan sketches created by Araiys Design in Southampton show seven buildings in addition to the two connected gym structures that would take up an additional 50,695 square feet of space. There would be 432 parking spaces on the parcel on the south side of Montauk Highway east of the Carvel ice cream store. But for the gym to operate out of its two proposed structures — one 13,000 square feet connected by a breezeway to another 14,000 square feet — Konner needed to apply for a variance to nearly double the 15,000-square-foot limit. The zoning board of appeals voted in March to declare the planning board the “lead agency” for the gym project’s
state environmental quality review. In April, the planners voted to classify the proposal and its associated subdivision a “Type 1” action, which means it requires an environmental impact statement because it could have “significant adverse impact.” Members of the Bridgehampton Citizens Advisory Committee quickly lined up to comment. “I do not object to a property owner’s development of his or her property by right, but I’m seriously concerned about the likely impact of greatly increased traffic on Montauk Highway inconsistent with the character and sustainability of our hamlet,” John Kriendler said. “I oppose this variance request.” The year-round resident said it took him 45 minutes to drive the 6.4 miles from his home to Town Hall to attend a 6 PM public hearing on the matter on Thursday, July 25. “And that’s without any additional traffic from the agreed enlargement of T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s, and that’s without the cars that will result, in all likelihood, from the 432 parking spaces for the Equinox development,” he said. Continued On Page 34.
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The Apollo Theater: 85 And Still Growing
Apollo marquee. Independent/Apollo Theater Archives
Hamptons fundraiser celebrates a decade of support By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
Although it’s only a tree trunk, its roots run deep. The last, famous remnant of the Tree of Hope — a stately elm which grew in front of another Harlem theater a few blocks north and was touched for luck by the performers there — stands in the wings of the Apollo, its top smoothed and burnished by a million optimistic fingers. It has been touched by Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, by Ethel Waters and Eubie Blake, and that was while it was still standing in front of the Lafayette Theater. When Ralph Cooper moved his Amateur Night in 1935 from the Lafayette to the new, more sociallyprogressive Apollo Theater (which had reopened under its new name only a year before), the tree was being removed, chopped down to make way for progress. He brought a piece of it with him to be ritualistically rubbed before performances by “amateurs” like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday,
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Ella Fitzgerald was one of the first Amateur Night winners. Independent/Apollo Theater Archives
Sarah Vaughan, and Jimi Hendrix, all winners of Amateur Night. Although the Tree of Hope remains indomitably dormant, its location is anything but. At 85 years young, the Apollo Theater continues to grow; its performances, its educational programs, and now, for the first time in over eight decades, its physical footprint. The Apollo is undertaking the
Updated Apollo Marquee. Independent/Courtesy Sanden Wolff Productions
initial phase of transforming into the Apollo Performing Arts Center, through two new theaters within the Victoria Theater Redevelopment Project, right next door at 233 West 125th Street. Scheduled to open in fall 2020, the two new theaters at the Victoria space will allow the nonprofit Apollo Theater, which will operate the spaces, to increase the number of programming, educational, and commu-
nity programs it offers. They will also house the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Harlem Arts Alliance, and Jazzmobile, the cultural partners designated by Empire State Development, enhancing Apollo’s advocacy for African American, African-diasporic, and Harlembased artists and culture. Apollo’s vice chairman Ronald O. Perelman, with his good friend Continued On Next Page.
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Contestant rubs the Tree of Hope before competing on the Amateur Night stage at the Apollo. Independent/Shahar Azran
Continued From Previous Page. Jon Bon Jovi, started Apollo in the Hamptons as a way of helping the grande dame of Harlem reach her yearly financial goals, and he does it with a super-exclusive, one-nightonly annual fundraiser, this year on Saturday, August 3. The event, since its inception in 2009, has raised approximately $24 million. The funds have been funneled into the non-profit Harlem hotspot, supporting the artistic, educational, and outreach programs, and continuing to provide a cultural anchor worthy of its legacy. The private dinner and concert at Perelman’s The Creeks in East Hampton is the Hamptons distilled to its finest hour of celebrity, nature, and charitable giving. Imagine an intimate music event featuring performers like Jennifer Lopez, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Bon Jovi, and Lionel Richie — all past performers. This year’s lineup includes The Black-Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews Band, Maggie Rogers, Gary U.S. Bonds, and The Isley Brothers — winners of Amateur Night in the early ’60s — along with some special guest stars as yet to be divulged. Tables at Apollo in the Hamptons start at a cool $100,000, going up to $250,000. “The staff, community, students, and artists of the Apollo Theater appreciate Ronald Perelman’s outstanding generosity and commitment to the organization,” said Apollo Theater president and CEO Jonelle Procope. “Apollo in the Hamptons has helped the Apollo’s education program to expand significantly and we look forward to its continued expansion as we prepare to open two new theaters at the Victoria in fall 2020.” “The theaters at the Victoria will expand the Apollo’s artistic programs, allowing the theater to work with more emerging and established
artists from Harlem and around the globe. The Apollo will also have the opportunity to increase its educational programs for thousands of NYC school students, and its communitywide programs for its neighbors,” Procope continued. “The Apollo is in discussions with local arts organizations, to program performing arts presentations, workshops, and artistic collaborations throughout the year, and offer space to additional non-profits to use. This will ensure an active, vibrant cultural center,” she said. And how is the Apollo celebrating its 85th birthday? “The Apollo was the subject of a major documentary which will air on HBO starting November 6,” Procope said. “‘The Apollo’ opened
the Tribeca Film Festival a few months ago and we are excited to share the history and the future of the Apollo on a global scale. We will be showing a special advance screening at the Apollo in October,” she said. Past events this year included a special walk of fame ceremony honoring The Temptations in June. The Temptations now have a walk of fame plaque outside of the Apollo, joining legends like Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson. “We couldn’t have been more pleased to have the last living original Temptation Otis Williams with us on that special day,” Procope said. The core of the Apollo, according to Procope, is “in defining and repre-
senting African American culture; as a place to entertain as well as galvanize. The Apollo provides both a stage and a mirror within the community as well as a platform and, when needed, a bullhorn to foster dialogue.” And still, the Tree of Hope stands expectantly at each performance at the Apollo — which is like a tree itself; its roots sunk deep into culture and community, its branches of music, performance, educational outreach, and programming stretched toward the sky — waiting to see which act will get cheered or booed off the stage (which is the time-honored and acceptable way here), waiting for the new great performer, waiting to sow the seeds of hope in the next generation.
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Highest Percentage Of Ticks With Lyme Found In East Hampton Data released from Suffolk’s first multi-year tick surveillance study By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
East Hampton has the highest percentage of Lyme disease-infected adult deer ticks among Suffolk County townships, according to the results of the county’s first ever multi-year tick surveillance study that collected and analyzed infection rates of ticks for known pathogens in Suffolk County. In East Hampton Town, the study found that in 2018, 66 percent of adult deer ticks tested positive for the bacteria that causes Lyme. For nymph deer ticks in the same year, it was 42 percent. Comparatively, the Southampton Town por-
tion of the study found that, in 2018, 24 percent of adult ticks and 28 percent of nymph ticks tested positive for the bacteria that causes Lyme. “The Town of Southampton has been working in conjunction with the county to collect and analyze data to better understand the risks and develop strategies for the prevention of tick-borne illnesses,” said Southampton Supervisor Jay Schneiderman. In East Hampton, the study also reported that in 2018, 34 percent of nymph deer ticks had the bacteria responsible
for babesiosis. In adult deer ticks, eight percent tested positive for the same bacteria. Twelve percent of adult ticks in East Hampton were also found to carry the pathogen that causes anaplasmosis. Four percent of nymph ticks found to have the same bacteria. In previous years, total rates of infection among both adult and nymph deer ticks in East Hampton have been lower. Across the county, data collected from the study found that adult deer ticks infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease totaled 46.7 percent. Among nymph deer ticks, that percentage was 27.1. “Over the last four years, working with entomology lab chief Dr. Scott Campbell, and his staff, has served to enhance our educational mission by helping us to reach even more residents and visitors, furthering our core mission of public education, and the facilitation of access to the diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne diseases,” said Karen Wulffraat, administrative director of Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center. The results of the study show that tick-borne pathogen infection rates in all of Suffolk’s 10 towns are within the normal range set forth by New York State. The release of the new data, which was collected by the Suffolk County
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Department of Health Services over a three-year period, began in 2016 in collaboration with New York State Department of Health and looked at ticks and associated pathogens that cause human disease such as Lyme disease, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and ehrlichiosis. Earlier this year, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone launched the SuffolkShare Public Health Partnership under the Suffolk County Shared Services Initiative to provide a platform for local governments to work together to combat ticks and tick-borne illnesses. The tick surveillance study is ongoing and data will be updated periodically.
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EH Secures Dead Humpback Whale Photo by T.E. McMorrow Humpback whales were spotted in at least two different locations off the coast of the East End last week, and it seems like one of them didn’t make it back out to sea. The Town of East Hampton towed in the whale carcass late in the morning on Friday, July 26, in a joint effort with the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, and U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk. The whale was towed to a secure location along the shore near South Eaton Road, and was removed, with the beach being reopened on July 27. The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society conducted a necropsy on the whale.
Judge Shows Hand On Duryea’s Settlement? Justice Reilly decision: Settlement may stand despite no board vote By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com Whether or not the controversial stipulation of settlement between the Town of East Hampton and Duryea’s, owned by billionaire Marc Rowan, should be nullified will likely be determined by “the question of what town officials knew, and when they knew it,” according to New York State Supreme Court Justice James Reilly, in a three-page decision dated July 15. That decision was made public late on Friday, July 26. The settlement agreement for the Montauk property on Tuthill Road facing Fort Pond Bay was entered into in January by the town’s attorney at the time, Michael Sendlenski. He has since opened a private practice at the same street address at Rowan's attorney on the matter, Michael Walsh, at 860 Montauk Highway in Water Mill. Sendlenski signed the agreement, dated January 24, both as town attorney and as its official representative as respondent. Besides Walsh’s signature, Rowan’s is on the document as well. It was in settlement of three article 78 lawsuits Rowan had launched against the town the year before, with a fourth being filed this year. According to Rowan, East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc had
encouraged him to press the lawsuits, saying it would provide “political cover” to allow a settlement to go forward. The settlement would allow Rowan to maintain a restaurant on the site and install a state-of-the-art septic system across Tuthill Road on a property Rowan owns that the town claims is zoned residential. “What town officials knew, and when they knew it” was put front and center by Reilly in his July 15 decision. The town claims that the settlement is null and void because the East Hampton Town Board never voted its approval. Reilly sees things differently. He writes that the appellate division of New York State, which supersedes the state’s Supreme Court, found, in a case out of Southampton over a decade ago, that “the town board may approve a settlement by its knowledge and actions.” He goes on to write “the respondent’s conduct is in issue regardless of whether or not the January 24, 2019 stipulation required a formal vote of the town board.” Rowan’s legal team had asked for a “detailed and comprehensive documentation in the form of communications between various members of the town government,” related to the case, Reilly
On Marc Rowan-owned land opposite Duryea’s Lobster Deck restaurant on Tuthill Road, billboards have been put up to show what is increasingly looking like the before and after future for the property. Independent/ T. E. McMorrow
wrote. On July 15, Reilly ordered both sides to proceed with the discovery process “in light of the need for a hearing on this matter.” While the communications between town board members regarding the settlement have not, as of yet, been made public, Van Scoyoc has made statements on the matter. On February 21, after details of the settlement were made public, Van Scoyoc and Councilman Jeffrey Bragman had a heated back and forth during a town board meeting, with Bragman criticizing the settlement. “Four of the five of us worked very hard on this,” Van Scoyoc responded, seemingly referring to himself and the other three members of the board, Sylvia Overby, Kathee BurkeGonzalez, and David Lys. On March 11, Van Scoyoc told The Independent, regarding the stipulation, “Absent a settlement, the judge would have decided the fate of this property on the merits of the case. The town feels that the outstanding issues are resolved in a way that will bring the property in compliance with
the town codes and policies. The settlement doesn’t grant any expansion of the use, and all future changes will have the full scrutiny of the planning board and the community through the special permit process. In addition, the settlement will result in better treatment of septic waste through the required installation of a low-nitrogen septic system.” On July 11, four days before Reilly released his decision, Gayle Pollack, one of the myriad attorneys working for Rowan on the case, made the now seemingly prescient announcement to the East Hampton Town Planning Board that the only discussion to be had regarding the future of Duryea’s would be based on the settlement, and the settlement alone. Reilly scheduled August 16 for a hearing, at which time the fate of the settlement could be decided. On June 20, the town board agreed to increase the potential payment to the law firm hired in April to help reverse the settlement, as well as handle all matters pertaining to Duryea’s, Sokoloff Stern, to $270,000.
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There Goes The Neighborhood The region’s punishing housing crisis is driving many lifelong East Enders into exile. Here are some of their stories.
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Bernette Schoenster of East Hampton finally decided to move to Florida after realizing that her husband, an electrician, was going to have to work until he was 77 if they stayed. “I’ve seen a lot of people work until they’re 77,” she said. “And when they retire, they die.”
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To grow up on the East End of Long Island is to grow up with money in the ether. Whether you have it or not, it’s as much a part of the place as the damp, heavy air and the fabled light. In East Hampton, you can see the watermarks of the different eras of wealth that have washed over the town: the stately colonial-era houses along Main Street, the shinglestyle mansions of the summer colony, the modernist trophies of the Wall Street elite, and the gargantuan lot-gobbling estates of today’s global titans. Like many who hail from the East End, Barbara Fiore’s life and livelihood have been entwined with those of the very wealthy for most of her 73 years. She was born on the North Fork and raised on Shelter Island, largely by her grandparents, who worked at Sylvester Manor and the Hench Estate in the 1940s and ’50s. Fiore remembers the smell of cut grass and gasoline at the manor, the orchards and woods, making a house under a tree, playing in broken-down boats, and skating on ponds with her sister until her grandfather whistled them home; it was so quiet then, she says, the sound of a whistle would carry a mile. Occasionally her grandmother would dress them up in pinafores and they’d go to visit the main house. “Once in a while — not very often — they’d make ice cream sodas for us in the butler’s pantry,” she said. “We went to school with the owners’ grandchildren.” As an adult, she ran a custom upholstery business, sewing drapes, pillows, and lampshades for palatial summer cottages like Kilkare in Wainscott; she upholstered everything from high-end sofas to walls, ceilings, and the seats of pleasure boats. “I grew up around money, so it was nothing new,” said Fiore. “I learned that people are just as
happy with money as without it. But then it started to get difficult — not to make a living, but just to find a place to live.” She was never short on work. In fact, when she had a store in Sag Harbor she had so much of it she would sometimes shut down for weeks at a time just to catch up. She even owned a house once, a long time ago, but lost it in her second divorce and was never able to buy another. For a long time, it didn’t matter all that much. She’d find places through word of mouth, and even through the real estate boom of the 1980s, she never had any trouble. She lived in Sag Harbor, Amagansett, Riverhead, East Hampton, Bay Point, North Sea, and, for more than a decade, in a lovely old house in North Haven that she liked so much she made the mistake of telling the landlord that she might like to buy it. He had it appraised, found out it was worth more than a million dollars — far more than she could afford — and sold it to someone else. For the last few years, Fiore and two other women have rented a three-bedroom house in Hamptons Bays for $2600 a month. It was a great deal and they knew it, but it was also a financial stretch for all of them. She couldn’t work like she used to and her retirement wasn’t enough for her to stay if she didn’t. So, at the end of June, she moved to North Carolina, where one of her daughters lives. It is the first time in her life she hasn’t lived by the ocean, and she’ll miss its moods and calming presence. “I’ve thought about it for a long time and knew that this was something I’d have to do, but it’s still hard,” said Fiore last spring, before she left town. “I wish I could stay but I can’t. This is what I have to do if I want to stop working.”
“I knew that this was something I’d have to do, but it’s still hard,” said Barbara Fiore last spring, before she left Hampton Bays. “I wish I could stay but I can’t.” “It’s my choice,” she said. She had started to cry and paused for a moment to brush away the tears. “But it’s a forced choice.” • • • There has always been money on the East End, but so, too, have there always been nooks and corners and crevices not touched or claimed by it. For every mansion-lined Hither or Further lane, there were middle-class Capes on streets like Maidstone Avenue, old Bonacker farmsteads in Springs, and modest little houses along the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike built by African American families who came to work the potato fields and stayed on. There was Montauk and the North Fork, places where fishermen and farmers had lived for centuries. But over the years, those nooks and crannies
“I grew up around money, so it was nothing new,” said Barbara Fiore, who lived her entire life on the East End. But the cost of living there finally caught up with her: In June, she moved to North Carolina.
Feature have all but vanished. Increasingly, so have the people that used to live in them. The average home sales price in the Hamptons is $1.8 million. On the North Fork, heralded in the New York press as the low-key alternative where bargains can still be found, it’s $831,000, according to real estate agency Douglas Elliman. Even with a median household income of $92,516 in East Hampton town, about $33,500 more than the national figure, few can afford to buy property anywhere out here. Year-round rental housing is costly and hard to come by, ranging from 12 to a little over 20 percent of the housing stock by town, according to U.S. census data. The economic calculus is almost inevitable: Why rent out your house for $30,000 a year when you can get $10,000 a month in the summer season? Where there was once a balance between the wealthy and the locals, people will tell you, the balance is gone. Along the way something fundamental changed. Maybe it was the construction of the Long Island Expressway or the Reagan tax cuts or the Wall Street boom or the flush baby boomers who started buying up second homes as their careers took off in the 1980s and 1990s. It might have been 9/11 or the ability to work remotely or rising housing costs or the growing income gap. Maybe social media and Airbnb were the nails in the coffin. Or maybe, as a lot of people suggested, it was as simple as greed. “It’s a tale of two economies,” said Dave Kapell, the former mayor of Greenport, and now a consultant with the Rauch Foundation, a progressive family philanthropy based on Long Island. “You have the Wall Street economy, which controls prices, and the Main Street economy, which dictates what people can pay — and they’re at war with each other.” • • • “I think what happened is, we’ve killed the golden goose,” said Denis Carr. He and his wife Lori MillerCarr were sitting in the living room of their house, located in a small neighborhood off Springs Fireplace Road in Springs. When I came in, Miller-Carr apologized for the construction mess; they were in the midst of renovations they were undertaking, in part, to will themselves into selling the place so they could afford to retire. “Everybody loves it out here — the beaches, the weather, the celebrity factor,” Carr continued. “When I came out here for a job in the 1980s, I couldn’t believe it was real. It’s like paradise. It really is.” But there’s only so much of paradise to go around. As suburban development pressed eastward across Long Island in the decades after World War II, there was legitimate concern in many East End towns that they, too, might fall victim to the sprawl and overdevelopment that had overtaken central Long Island, eroding the charm and rural character of the area. Many towns passed laws that mandated larger acreages per dwelling unit; as a consequence, multi-family development essentially stopped. At the same time, low-density zoning meant that farms, fields, and forests turned into subdivisions and single-family homes, threatening environmentally sensitive lands. This, in turn, spurred open-space conservation programs in a number of towns, including a two percent real estate transfer tax in the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold that has, to date, preserved more than 10,000 acres. “I always said the better job you do of preserving the community, the more it becomes desirable
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Denis Carr and Lori Miller-Carr’s son has already left Springs, and they fear they’ll need to do the same. “The only piece of Miller land left,” said Miller-Carr, “is what we’re sitting on.”
and drives up prices,” said Tom Ruhle, the director of housing in East Hampton town, which is now about 40 percent open space, wetlands, or otherwise protected land. That certainly proved to be the case on the East End. Because while those open-space conservation programs were well intentioned, widely popular, and, from an environmental standpoint, absolutely critical, they had the unintended consequence of making developable land scarcer and therefore more valuable. And when you factor in the growing income gap — the share of national income that has flowed to the top one percent since 1980 has more than doubled, according to the Journal of Quarterly Economics — the local market had all the makings of a perfect storm, with the richest Americans enjoying a growing share of the buying power and, increasingly, determining the prices. Suffolk County also has about 37,000 second homes, one of the densest concentrations in the country, according to the Suffolk Planning Commission. All of which means that the Carr-Millers’ generation of middle-class locals is likely to be among the last to buy or build homes here. Carr used to be the photographer for the Sag Harbor Express; Miller-Carr was the secretary for the Town Trustees. They also owned Reed’s Photo Shop in town, from 2006 until it closed in 2013. They married in 2003 and that same year used money from the sale of a house Miller-Carr had bought for $115,000 in 1998 through a low-income mortgage program to buy their current home for $415,000 — about the going-rate these days for a vacant half-acre of land. Both are semi-retired; Miller-Carr stayed on part-time with the trustees and Carr works for East Hampton’s ordinance enforcement office three days a week in addition to doing some freelance photography. Hence, the renovation. With prices rising in less expensive East End locales like Riverhead and Hamptons Bays, in part due to the influx of people like them coming from points East, they feel that they’ll have to sell soon if they want to stay in the area.
“I don’t want to move. I hate to do it. I’m 13th generation,” Miller-Carr said. “But we have to take advantage of the housing market.” Miller-Carr’s father, Milton Miller, was a bayman and a coast guardsman who grew up in a cottage by Atlantic Beach and used to hang out with whalers — his mother would chase him down with a broom for neglecting his chores. At one point, Miller said, her family owned a big percentage of Old Stone Highway to Louse Point, “but they sold it off because they didn’t know the value. The only piece of Miller land left is what we’re sitting on.” Miller-Carr also wants to stay close to family in the area, including her daughter, who lives with her in-laws along with her husband and three daughters. Her son, however, is already gone, having moved to North Carolina with his wife and son in December. He’d been working as a mechanic in Amagansett during the day and repairing taxis at night, working 12 to 14 hours a day. “He just turned 35 and he already has carpal tunnel. He was tired, tired of working two jobs. They just wanted a better life where he wasn’t working all the time,” she said. Now he has a better paying job and a four-bedroom colonial on more than an acre of land; one of the other mechanics at his old shop is thinking about moving down as well. “He had to leave,” Miller-Carr continued. “Well, he didn’t have to.” “Well, he did,” said Carr. “Once one goes, it starts a trend. We’re constantly hearing about this person left, that person left.” “If they have the means to go, they go,” said Miller-Carr. “They could stay, but they’d have to work themselves to death.” • • • “If we didn’t have this living situation, I don’t know what we’d do,” a 34-year-old farmer told me back in March. He was living with his fiancée and their two-year-old daughter in a one-room cottage behind her parents’ house in East Hampton, traveling each day to Amagansett to work on an organic farm. His fiancée, whom he met on the farm, has been living in the cottage since graduating from college; it was
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Median Household Income in East Hampton
$104,531 $1,567,700 Median Property Value
a great space for one, good for two, and fine for two and a baby, but less than ideal with a toddler. “When I first started coming out here to work on the farm,” he continued, “I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford a place to stay, so I lived out of my car a lot of the time. It was a fantastic way to save money and I did it for about six years. Even now we’re minimalists, but we’d like two rooms.” They’d been looking for a little house or cottage for a few months without much luck — the most they could afford to spend was $1100 or $1200 a month, about double what they were paying her parents, thanks to a sweetheart deal, but about half the market rate. By early May, he still hadn’t found anything and they were thinking, quite seriously, about leaving the area. He asked me not to use his name lest his employer learn he might not be around too long. “We both love it here; it’s beautiful. But there are times when you get jaded, when you just see such opulence and you’re just scraping by,” he said. “You know the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett?,” he continued. “A few times a year they’ll hold a fundraiser to help a family pay their medical bills. We’re funding medical bills through benefit parties. And meanwhile, down the road you see someone is putting a huge extension on their house. That’s an indication that the system is messed up.” As common as it is out here for adult children to stay at home until their 30s or even 40s, not everyone wants to live that way. And with the younger generations increasingly unable to make the numbers work, the population on the East End is, not surprisingly, aging: In East Hampton town, the median age has gone from 40.1 years in 1990 to 51 years in 2017, according to census figures. Towns complain that they can’t keep teachers or firefighters, nurses, or even doctors. Route 27 is dotted with signs from the volunteer fire departments looking for recruits. Pam Balserus, the Bridgehampton Fire District secretary, said it isn’t a problem recruiting firefighters in their early 20s, “but as soon as they get a little older and we’ve trained
them, they leave. How can you tell a 28-year-old who wants to get married and start a family that it’s going to cost $800,000 to buy a house?” she asked. Some do commute in from the less expensive towns to the west, but with the traffic on Route 27, it’s a draining prospect, one that tends to leave both the people and the East End towns where they work feeling depleted. “There’s a sense of loss when people like your teachers and nurses don’t live there anymore, when the nurse can’t go back in if there’s an emergency or the teacher can’t stay to see the school play at night,” said Jay Schneiderman, the Southampton Town Supervisor. “The community kind of loses its soul in a way.” Bonnie Cannon, the executive director of the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center, described it as “kind of a ghost-town feeling when all the local people are living up-island.” And with multiple generations living in the same house or property, a parent or grandparent’s decision to relocate often displaces younger generations as well. Bernette Schoenster, in East Hampton, told me that she’d made the decision to move to Ocala, Florida after looking over her family’s finances and realizing that her husband, an electrician, was going to have to work until he was 77 if they stayed. “And I’ve seen a lot of people work until they’re 77 and when they retire, they die,” she said. Schoenster’s retirement plans will, however, displace all four of her adult sons. One lives with her, in the house her husband built in the 1990s on Three Mile Harbor Road, when the neighborhood was still, as she put it, “all clammers and scrappers and people without.” The other three men live in her deceased mother’s house on Springs Fireplace Road. “They don’t pay me rent and they couldn’t afford to,” said Schoenster. “I’ve told them to put in applications for low-income housing because when I sell, they’ll be homeless.” “I think the financial struggle has pushed a lot of the original heritage families out,” she went on.
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“My kids are never going to be original Bonackers and have a little house in the woods. All that’s left is millionaires and low-income, striving families.” Her son, Devon Grisham, 28, a custodian with the East Hampton school district, said that he has no plan for what he’ll do if his mother sells the house. “I really try not to think about it,” he said. He started his custodial job five years ago at her urging — it offers full benefits and a retirement plan. Before, he’d been working as a mechanic at a motorbike shop, which he liked, but it paid $14 an hour. In the summers, he also picks up landscaping jobs and works as a commercial fisherman in Montauk; if he has to move west for cheaper rent, he’d have to give up the fishing because of the long commute and the early hour the boat pushes off from the dock. “Catching fish, the fight of it, never knowing what’s going to bite, especially off Montauk, I love it,” Grisham said. “The town is trying to build affordable homes, but to me it’s like segregation. You have to live by these laws, you can’t do this or you can’t do that in your driveway. I like to work on my boats and listen to music. I don’t know that I’d be able to do that there.” Younger locals with their own houses are so rare that I heard of only two in the course of reporting this story. I met one of them, Mark Barylski, at the Townline BBQ in Sagaponack. Barylski, who is 27 and works for his father’s surveying company, told me that going out for a beer after work wasn’t a normal thing for him; if he wanted a beer, he’d buy some on the way home and drink it there to save money. “My fiancée and I love going to the movies, but we’re already paying $10 a month for Netflix, so we watch that and cook,” he said. But while thrift certainly helped him on the path to home ownership, the route he took there was so singular and superbly timed — a multi-tiered plan that involved buying an old trailer for $80,000, rehabbing it and re-selling it at the peak of the trailer market for $205,000, convincing his uncle to sell him a half-acre of land in Springs for $250,000
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(about $100,000 less than it would’ve fetched on the market), then buying a modular home from Pennsylvania to sit on the land (building one locally would have been more expensive) — that it seemed unlikely many of his peers would be able to repeat such a feat. Almost all of his other friends live at home, aside from a few who got good deals on foreclosures and a few who inherited their grandparents’ houses. “Most of the places we survey, it’s great we have the work, but about twice a week, we see a little house, a two-to-four bedroom house, a normal house a little family could live in, and they’re tearing it down, or putting up big additions, patios, pools,” he said. “We see a lot of beautiful houses, but sometimes you’re like, ‘It’s piggish.’ We have a saying about the huge houses people build on those kinds of lots: 10 pounds of shit in a five-pound bucket.” • • • The receding prospect of middle-class home ownership wouldn’t be such a problem if there were viable alternatives, but the local rental market has a tendency to be both capricious and cruel, characteristics that seem to have only been heightened by the arrival of Airbnb. “Year-round rental housing has been in crisis for quite some time, but just a few years ago for $2500 a month you could get three beds and a bath in an older rental or Cape in Sag Harbor,” said Simon Harrison, a broker and founder of Simon Harrison Real Estate. “Twenty-five hundred doesn’t get you much anymore. You might get an occasional twobedroom apartment for that.” Now that three-bedroom cape rents for closer to $3500 a month; a family would need to make a household income of more than $125,000 a year to qualify. In Montauk, the average percentage of income spent on rent is 37.5; in Southold it’s 44.8
percent. Anything over 30 percent is considered rent-burdened. But, Harrison added, the increased rental price wasn’t necessarily greed on the part of the landlord: higher sales prices mean bigger mortgages and carrying costs, which are passed on to renters. And because so many locals now rent out rooms in their houses or clear out entirely during the summer, using the seasonal windfall to manage what would otherwise be unfeasible mortgages, it’s hard to disentangle the various markets. Besides being expensive, rental housing in a seasonal economy is often precarious; I talked to many people who’d had wonderful, reasonably priced places until the owner decided to sell or turn it into a seasonal rental. And desperation can make renters vulnerable to scams and deceptions. Several people described being rented homes they later discovered were going through foreclosure. Eimmy Torres-Vasquez moved into her cottage in Montauk on the day she got married, July 28, 2018. It was $1500 a month and about as much as they could afford to pay, but she and her husband felt so lucky to find it. They had a one-yearold son and they’d never lived together as a family before — neither of their relatives had space for the other to move in. “Then we found out it was in foreclosure, we weren’t even supposed to be living here, and there were heat problems,” she said. “The boiler wasn’t working last winter, so we set up space heaters and ended up with a $600 electric bill.” Another woman, Sue Alioto, who’d grown up in Sag Harbor, told me she’d been renting an illegal basement apartment in an elderly couple’s Jamesport home for eight years. After they died, she hoped their son would allow her to stay at $850 a month. But he never contacted her; over time it became
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When her landlords died, Sue Alioto’s illegal sublet vanished with them. Now she’s on a waiting list for affordable housing, but worries she can’t even afford that. “I have to save,” she said, “but every time I save something happens.”
clear that he’d stopped paying the mortgage and the house went into foreclosure. “One day, the electricity shut off, but I stayed an extra two weeks. I didn’t want to leave. It was my home, I was walking around with a flashlight,” Alioto said. “I couldn’t bring myself to leave.” Her daughter finally said, “Ma, you can’t live like this. No electricity, no heat.” She’s been living with her daughter and sonin-law in Riverhead ever since and is on the waiting list for an over-55 community there, but worries she won’t have the money when her number comes up. “It’s $1099 for a one-bedroom plus electric. I have to save, but every time I save something happens,” she said. “In December it cost $2000 to fix the car
Median age in East Hampton town: In 1990
Percentage of Long Island households that own their home: In 1970
In 2017
In 2010
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Percentage of Long Island 20-to-24 year-olds living with their parents or older relatives
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81% 79%
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Average home sale price on the North Fork: In 2009
Percentage of 25-to-29 year olds
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engine and then on Monday I needed a new exhaust. It’s a situation I have no control over. All I can do is work and wait and save my money.” • • • Though towns have been building affordable housing since the early 1980s or ’90s, it’s been at a far slower pace than the rate at which working class and middle-income housing has been lost. “I hate telling people the time on our waiting list,” said Ella Engel-Snow, who works at East Hampton’s Whalebone Village apartments, the first family affordable housing on the East End, which opened in 1989 (the year after she was born). “We tell them it’s about eight to 10 years, but honestly I think it might be longer by now.” “Recently my co-worker and I have started looking online at places like Bonac Rentals on Facebook to try to help find places, but that’s really not part of our job,” Engel-Snow said. “And there’s really nothing.” There is, at this point, broad consensus on the East End that new development is the only way out of the affordability crisis. And a number of units are currently planned or under construction, among them a 38-unit development on Montauk Highway in Amagansett, 50 units on North Road in Greenport, 38 units by the Speonk train station, and 116 units on East Main Street in Riverhead. That’s not remotely sufficient to solve the problem, but every bit helps. There are other encouraging signs, as well: A bill proposing to add a 0.5 percent transfer tax on property sales to fund affordable housing construction passed the state legislature in June and is now awaiting the governor’s signature. In Southampton, a new accessory apartment law targeted at the least affordable parts of town passed this spring, reducing the acreage required to build an accessory apartment (to half an acre, down from three-quarters) if the apartment meets affordability requirements. And in an attempt to address some of the symptoms of the problem, if not the problem itself, a new train and
shuttle commuter service launched in March to relieve congested rush hour traffic on Route 27. Still, even with the majority of residents now acknowledging the need for affordable housing, Schneiderman said people often fight every single particular of a project and insist on such low density that it can’t be built without substantial subsidies. With Speonk Commons, for example, which is currently under construction, the town found a developer willing to build 51 units, but “the community went wild, they were really upset about the density,” said Schneiderman, who eventually convinced the project’s opponents to accept a 38-unit development. But the project then required a $1.5 million subsidy because it had fewer apartments than what the developer needed to break even. There is a sense that with things so bad, something will change, if only because it has to. Michael Daly, an Elliman broker in Sag Harbor who’s also on the Southampton Zoning Board of Appeals, told me that he’s developing an East End YIMBY, as in “yes in my back yard,” to educate people about affordable housing and make sure they come to meetings to stand up to what he refers to as the “CAVE people” — citizens against virtually everything. “The problem is, most people support affordable housing, they see it on the town agendas and they say, ‘Oh good. It’s about time they put it on there,’” he said. “And then they sit home watching ‘House of Cards’ in their footsie pajamas during the hearings while all the NIMBYs run out.” Kapell, the former mayor of Greenport, said that towns on the East End should be doing everything in their power to change their zoning to allow for more density, more rental units, and the creation of municipal sewer districts and other infrastructure to support that density. “In cases where affordable housing is being developed, there are enormous public subsidies to bring down the cost. What you have is the taxpayer subsidizing bad zoning,” Kapell said. “To think it’s going to solve things is whistling Dixie.”
“It’s a tale of two economies,” said the former mayor of Greenport. “You have the Wall Street economy, which controls prices, and the Main Street economy, which dictates what people can pay—and they’re at war with each other.”
It will also require moving from the home ownership model to the rental model, he added, a point echoed by a number of other affordable housing advocates. Only a handful of Long Island communities have more than 30 percent of homes occupied by renters, according to a report from the Regional Plan Association, and those rentals are concentrated in the same areas they were 40 years ago. Still, re-aligning economic incentives isn’t easy. In his 2005 book “Living and Working in Paradise,” affordable housing expert William Hettinger wrote about the efforts of Aspen, CO, to devise a strategy to keep the middle and upper-middle class, as well as low-wage workers, from being priced out of the market. The first affordable housing development opened in 1978 and by the mid-’90s the town had imposed an extra sales tax and instituted a real estate transfer tax to fund affordable housing. But today, Aspen, for all its good intentions, still only houses approximately 40 percent of its workers. And in towns like Vail, Breckenridge, and Telluride, a much larger share of the workforce lives out of vans or makes hours-long commutes over snowy mountain passes. “What’s happened in the last 15 years is the problem has gotten worse and it’s spread from some resort communities to all resort communities,” Hettinger told me. “Cities that didn’t think they had problems, now have problems.” And that isn’t just true of desirable, land-constrained cities like New York and San Francisco and resort towns like those on the East End. It is a crisis that’s now affecting large swaths of the country, including unlikely spots like Plano, TX. Wages simply haven’t risen nearly fast enough to keep pace. “The housing market has reached an affordability ceiling,” said Cheryl Young, a senior economist at the housing website Trulia. “After the recession, we basically stopped building and a lot of people left the construction industry. What characterizes the housing market right now is undersupply.” But while home ownership may be beyond the grasp of a growing number of Americans, it remains one of our most compelling aspirations. It’s the most common way for the middle class to build equity — all the more important in an era of diminished work benefits and social programs — and it represents not only the freedom to paint the walls and work on your boat in the driveway, but to stay or leave on your own terms. One of the questions on Trulia’s housing survey is whether owning a home is an important thing to do. Almost everyone, said Young, answers “Yes.” • • • Freedom was something that came up a lot in my conversations with East Enders: the way you used to be able to ride a horse on the bridle paths from East Hampton to Montauk, the way locals teenagers used to party at the beaches before it got banned because enormous flash mobs of tourists were pulling up in Ubers, the way you used to be able to grab a boogie board and cool off on a hot day without someone taking a photograph and trying to sell it to you as a souvenir of your “surfing experience.” Even in a best-case scenario, in which the towns managed to meet 100 percent of the affordable housing need, it seems unlikely that much of what has been lost could be restored. It used to be that Labor Day was when locals would reclaim their towns, when all the slights and mistreatments, feeling put upon and looked down on, would end, at least until the next summer. Now tourists come deep into the
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shoulder seasons and the strain is evident. One man told me that he liked Montauk best in January, the only month when it reminded him of the way it was when he was growing up. Many people who’ve moved away described it as an almost magical experience, like being freed from a spell they hadn’t realized they were under. Dina Ricker, whose dad, Joe Ricker, was the voice of WLNG in Sag Harbor, told me about all the years she and her husband were always just scraping by, working multiple jobs, moving to dumpier and more expensive rentals every few years, having to rely on the food pantry after they had their daughters, and working opposite shifts to avoid using day care. One day, she walked into a Sag Harbor bookstore and saw an ad in the Sedona Journal for a retreat in Mount Shasta, CA. “I don’t know what it was, but something drew me in.” Tight as money was, she went to the retreat and the next year, 1997, she and her husband decided to move. “We never looked back,” she said. “It was the best thing we ever did.” Kathryn Bermudez, 29, was born and raised on the East End, the daughter of Colombian immigrants who were among the first wave to work in the area, but last year she and her husband moved with their seven-year-old daughter and two-yearold son to a town in central Long Island. They’d been paying $2000 a month for a studio and after nine months of searching couldn’t find anything bigger for less than $3000 a month. They were on the verge of accepting her father’s offer to come and live with him in Colombia for the summer when they got a call from the owner of a small ranch house in a subdivision Bermudez had reached out to three months before. The first six months were hard, she admitted. She missed being able to run over to her mother’s apartment in Amagansett for a home-cooked meal or childcare. “I knew everyone there and everyone knew me,” she said. “But moving from the Hamptons has opened up our life in a variety of ways,” she said. Her husband found a job at a car dealership, making much more money than he had doing pool maintenance. Their house, while still $2300 a month, has three bedrooms, a playroom, and a yard. She literally saves hundreds of dollars a month on groceries. “Being a native of Amagansett, we’d love to own there. It’s beautiful. But I can’t buy a $5 million house and I can’t afford to rent a $3500-a-month three bedroom. I’m very happy that I’m still close to our hometown, but I am also living in a place with a new beginning.” Ron White, a real estate agent with Saunders who grew up in Bridgehampton, the great grandson of a migrant worker, said that the story he most often hears people tell about leaving isn’t one of despair, but of opportunity. “Many of us locals were in the first or second generation who had the ability to go to college,” he said. “After you have the education, you’re making money, and you see how far your money goes somewhere else, it makes no sense to come back.” Of course, many are determined to stay, come what may. Mike Martinsen has been working as a commercial fisherman in the area since 1994. When he and a partner launched Montauk Shellfish Company, an oyster farm in Montauk Harbor and Block Island Sound, in 2009, it seemed a perfect example what a conscientious local business should be: tied
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to old traditions and industries while embracing new techniques and environmental realities, poised to take advantage of the tourism economy without being dependent on it. It didn’t work out that way, though. The company had investors, good press, multiple farm sites, and was training and hiring people en route to raising 10 million oysters a year. But in the end, they just couldn’t find enough workers for what they could afford to pay — about $20 an hour. Martinsen doesn’t blame them: even $25 an hour wouldn’t be enough to live in Montauk. So two years ago, Martinsen bought out his partners and has been trying to run a much-reduced operation with his son in the hope of turning a profit this year. “I’ve been working solo all winter, trying to figure out how to make it work,” he said. He has larger dreams for a future in aquaculture and Montauk, 120 miles out into the Atlantic, is the perfect location. “Right now I’m farming the bay, but my dream is to be farming the ocean,” Martinsen said. “Even if I can’t make this work, I’ll go back to commercial fishing. I’m very strongly committed to the community, I love the town, I’m in the fire department, and I have a lot of friends here.” But that commitment isn’t an easy one to keep. A few years ago, he had to move into a tent with his
girlfriend and their three kids after the landlord of the house they were renting called them on Mother’s Day to tell them they’d need to clear out by June for a summer rental. After trying and failing to find another rental, a friend offered to let them pitch a tent behind her house. It seemed like one of life’s low points, but in fact, “one of the fondest memories I have is living in the tent with my kids,” said Martinsen, who now lives in another Montauk rental, which he said he only has by the grace of god and the kindness of the community. “We’d have a campfire at night, we’d read, we’d recognize the different sounds of the birds as they flew by, the swans and the herons. When we finally spent a night indoors during a storm in October, it was like putting your hands over your ears.” “A lot of people out here have been through something similar,” he added. “Every home now is a private rental for the summer. I’ve thought about buying a house, but the only way I can is if I rent it out for the summer — and go live on a boat.” Kim Velsey is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and has also written for Crain’s, Surface magazine and Architectural Digest. She was formerly a senior editor at the New York Observer and a staff writer at the Hartford Courant.
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Another Deepwater Remnant Gone Ørsted’s Jeffrey Grybowski steps down from CEO position By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com Deepwater Wind, which brought the nation’s first wind farm online and planned to become a major player in the industry, is gone – sold to foreign
interests. Now its infrastructure is dismantling. On July 23, Ørsted, the company that purchased Deepwater Wind,
announced that co-CEO Jeffrey Grybowski has stepped down from his role at the Danish oil and gas giant, which is 50 percent owned by the government of Denmark. The company said in a statement, “Since Ørsted acquired Deepwater Wind in November 2018, Jeff worked with Thomas Brostrøm, CEO of U.S. Offshore Wind and President of Ørsted North America, to integrate the people and projects of the leading U.S. offshore wind development company into the larger Ørsted global operation.” With the initial integration of the two companies now complete, highlighted by Ørsted’s winning bids for offshore wind in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, Grybowski leaves the company after more than a decade in the offshore wind industry. Ørsted, since acquiring Deepwater, has sold a 50-percent stake in the company to Eversource, a New England power company. The new company announced earlier this week plans to build 100-plus wind turbines under the Sunrise banner. The energy will ship west via a cable that makes land in Brookhaven Town and then travels via underground cable to Holbrook. “Jeff is one of the pioneers of the offshore wind industry in the U.S., and
his achievements are respected across the industry,” Brostrøm said. “He built an outstanding company at Deepwater Wind and we thank him for his contributions in helping Ørsted build the leading offshore wind platform in America. We wish him great success in the next phase of his journey.” “A decade ago, I started on this quest to establish a prominent place for offshore wind in America’s energy future. Rhode Island provided the leadership with the first project, and I’m proud to say that offshore wind’s time is now here. I am honored to have played a role in making that happen. Ørsted is a world-class company and one of the leaders in creating a green energy future for our world. With Ørsted’s leadership, offshore wind in America has a bright future,” said Grybowski. Grybowski said he’ll take time off before figuring out his next move. He plans to live in Rhode Island and eventually return to the energy business in some capacity. Brostrøm assumes the title of president of the revised company, and CEO of Ørsted. David Hang, named head of project development, was a senior vice president for D.E. Shaw, the hedge fund that helped finance Deepwater. Claus Bojle Moller is the chief operating officer.
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Three “Private Property: No Trespassing” signs have replaced the several “Private Parking, Violators Towed At Owner’s Expense” signs in recent weeks. Independent/T. E. McMorrow
Reworded Signs Go Up At Hero Beach Bar cited during SLA/Town PD sweep for alleged improper storage By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com The “Private Parking” signs posted outside the Hero Beach Club resort in Montauk, claiming, according to the Town of East Hampton, public land as private property, have finally come down. They have been replaced by signs worded “Private Property: No Trespassing” along most of the head-in parking spaces along South Eton Street. Only, according to the town code, a small percentage of each space is actually on land belonging to Hero Beach. All this has been a bone of contention between Jonathan Krasner, a restaurant developer who is the face of the Hero Beach franchise, and the East Hampton Town Planning Board. Krasner is trying to get site plan approval for a bar on property he has already built, and for which he has a liquor license. The license allows up to 499 people to be served on the property. The site is lacking the required on-site parking spaces, according
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It’s going to have a negative impact on the environment, on Kellis Pond, and our quality of life. I think it should be rejected.”
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In October of last year, the planning board voted 6-0 with one abstention that Marshall’s 17,000-squarefoot plan to join with T.J. Maxx would not need an extensive environmental review. Kriendler and other CAC members at the meeting, like Peter Feder, took issue with creating even more congestion and chaos at the light into Bridgehampton Commons, where residents already have a tough time entering and exiting when the light turns green during peak hours. They said having cars also turning onto Montauk Highway from across the street would only compound the problem. With SoulCycle’s classes on Butter Lane maxing out at 80 people a class, and typically sold out according to Feder’s family members that attend, for every hour that passes from opening to close, that’s 80 cars entering and exiting the highway. With the average length of an SUV being 17 feet, that equates to roughly 3/4 of a mile for all 80 cars, or from Citarella to Carvel. “I think this proposal is not what was intended for highway business,” Feder said. “It’s too big. It’s too large.
Environmental Impact Pamela Harwood, chair of the CAC, questioned how many toilets, sinks, showers, washing machines, and dryers the gym was going to have. “Everyone talks about how we have wonderful nitrogen-moving systems, and certainly such a complex like this would have those, but these nitrogen-removing systems do not remove bleach. They do not remove detergent. They do not remove very strong chemical cleaning products,” Harwood said. “What are we going to do about that?” “Each year the amount of impaired water bodies increases,” added Larry Penny, East Hampton’s former natural resources director. “Kellis Pond already is one.” Concerned with energy use, Harwood also questioned how many treadmills, bikes, and lights would be used daily by the gym. All of the nearly dozen residents who attended the work session or wrote a letter had the same issues: traffic, environmental impact, and degradation of character.
Shira Kalish, a former CAC chair, said she was involved in the planned development district and superstore law that limits the maximum building size to 15,000 square feet. She asked that the board not back down from that policy change. “This is simply greed at the expense of the community,” she said. “You’re creating a real fervor getting to these timed classes, and we also have emergency vehicles coming through every hour.” CAC member Peter Wilson didn’t see the design being in line with the community, pointing to its proximity to the highway leaving little room for foliage or a buffer, a 120-foot-long façade, and metal building finishes. “Appropriate scale and rural contextual character should be primary objectives for this development, not big-box architecture and large parking lots typical of suburban communities,” he said. “It is not clear to me how the Equinox program and design meets that requirement at all.” While those representing Konner have said the gym will not harm small businesses, everyone at the meeting thought differently, knowing Equinox fitness centers have juice bars, snack shops, and retail shops that sell clothing and fitness equipment.
“These large business entities create economic kill zones within the surrounding economic community,” CAC member Julie Bermeister said. “I use a number of fitness centers for my health, and I would hate to see them impacted.” President of Group for the East End Bob DeLuca says the board’s job is, under SEQRA law, to “rationally balance the environmental, economic, and social interests of the community in rendering a determination.” CAC member Carey Millard thought the proposal goes against what makes the East End different from other communities. “We live in an area of incredible natural beauty, which we keep fouling up with development,” she said to the board. “I urge you to keep in mind open space. We really don’t need any more gyms. What we need are areas for wildlife and for humans who wish to still enjoy the natural beauty of the East End.” Residents have until Friday, August 2, to let their comments be known. Chairperson Jacqui Lofaro asked community members be as specific as possible so the detailed issues can be considered before the final version is presented and adopted August 8.
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Residents Still Split On Overlay District Will plan lead to opportunity or overdevelopment? By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
A Hampton Bays overlay district is being viewed as a potential blessing and a curse. The downtown plan would divide the hamlet into four distinct zoning districts: central downtown, transitional, edge, and open space. Several dozen residents came out to express their opinions of the proposal at a public hearing Tuesday, July 23, at the Hampton Bays Community Center on Ponquogue Avenue. The design parameters for some of the zoning, Southampton Town officials say, would encourage a variety of retail stores, restaurants, offices, hotels, and living facilities.
Some at the meeting in favor of the proposal said the plan would also provide more opportunities to keep younger generations from leaving the area, with the potential for more affordable housing along with a walkable main street and outdoor dining scene, as seen in Westhampton Beach, Sag Harbor Village, and Southampton. “A plan like this is only going to benefit the community,” said Paul Wexler. Hampton Bays resident Kevin McDonald had said previously he was all for café-style dining outside on large sidewalks. “If you have a coffee shop where you can sit outside, and not up against a car
The boundary lines of the Hampton Bays overlay district shows Good Ground Park to the north, the Hampton Bays train station to the south, Springville Road to the east, and Ponquogue Avenue up to Montauk Highway and around to Squiretown Road to the west. Independent/Southampton Town
Southampton Town’s Hampton Bays pattern book, presented last November, detailed what residents would like to see down and around Main Street, including types of businesses and their appearance, as part of the revitalization project which includes zoning changes. Independent/Desirée Keegan
grill but up against something pleasant, or you had a view overlooking the park — that’s what we’re hoping for,” he said. “Maybe even a micro-brewery like they have in Patchogue.” Those opposed have argued the plan is inconsistent with the vision hamlet residents agreed upon. The community met with members of the town last November to look over the final overlay district pattern book, which detailed the types of businesses and housing residents would like to see, as well as the look and feel of Main Street along Montauk Highway. A corridor study, approved by the town board in 2013, was done years prior to surveys leading up to the pattern book. All residents at last November’s meeting agreed they’d like to see a downtown like Patchogue, Babylon, or Farmingdale. But resident Gayle Lombardi argued the current plan allows for firstfloor residential units in the transitional district and a 200-unit assisted living facility that were “never discussed” with the community. When the pattern book was presented, residential apartments were only on the second floor, mainly above retail space. “It’s a completely different concept,” she said. Bruce Doscher, a resident respon-
sible for creating the committee that tried to incorporate Hampton Bays, began the discussion of modeling other Main Streets at the meeting last year, asserting then he thought more housing was needed, geared more toward millennials. “They put in huge apartment complexes. That is what is driving the economic activity to make it all happen,” he said. “There needs to be some economics being generated. More density is the only way.” Chairman of the Hampton Bays Citizens Advisory Committee, Ray D’Angelo, said he sided Lombardi’s opinion that an increase in density would put a strain on the neighboring school districts, as well as traffic. Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said a nearly 50 percent increase in property values in Hampton Bays will help lower taxes. He added more people buying retirement or summer homes in the hamlet will also decrease the number of children entering the school district. “The area is changing,” he said. “I think the plan is good. I have to carefully consider the comments that were made, but I’ve heard ‘move forward’ and ‘tweak it if you need to tweak it.’”
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Police Manhattan Real Estate Mogul Busted Again Futterman charged with driving high, possession of chewables By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com
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“He is a danger to this community,” Southampton Town Justice Barbara Wilson said about former Manhattan real estate mogul Robert Futterman, as he was being arraigned Wednesday, July 24, on a felony charge of driving while under the influence of drugs. According to the Southampton Town police, Futterman, 60, was behind the wheel of a 2019 Ford 150 pickup on Montauk Highway when it collided with and T-boned a 2008 Nissan Altima that had entered the intersection at Newlight Lane a little before noon on Tuesday, July 23, in Bridgehampton. The driver of the Nissan, Erica Beremeo Palacios, 31, and her three-year-old child were medevacced to Stony Brook University Hospital with what were later determined to be minor injuries, the police said. Inside the cabin of Futterman’s
Ford, police allegedly found cannabis vapor sticks and cannabis candy, along with a quantity of marijuana, leading to two misdemeanor possession charges. Southampton Town police brought in what they called a “drug recognition expert” to conduct field sobriety tests at the scene of the accident, which they said Futterman failed. The expert reported that Futterman’s ability to drive was impaired by drugs. During Futterman’s arraignment, prosecuting attorney Rudy Migliore said that Futterman was on a strong antidepressant, besides being high on THC, at the time of the crash. Migliore also said that Futterman refused to have blood drawn to test the level of drugs in his system at police headquarters. After his arrest July 23, Futterman was detained overnight, before being brought in to face Wilson. The new charge is a felony due to a 2012 felony conviction for driving while intoxicated with children in the car. Futterman was represented by Edward Burke Jr., who had a lot of legal knots to untangle with Wilson. Seven days before this latest arrest, Futterman was arrested in Sag Harbor on a charge of boating while intoxicated. According to the police, a little after noon July 16, Futterman was operating a 2019 Tiara Yacht in the harbor at Sag Harbor when the Tiara struck and became entangled with the anchor chain of the 157-foot-long superyacht “Crili.” Police at that time said that Futterman was impaired by drugs. He was held overnight and released after posting $1000 bail. The judge in Sag Harbor, Lisa Rana, was familiar with Futterman, since she also arraigned him recently in East Hampton Town Justice Court on two misdemeanor charges of driving a car without having a required ignition interlock device installed. Those charges were incurred during separate arrests
Robert Kenneth Futterman is facing a felony charge in Southampton, along with a boating while intoxicated charge in Sag Harbor. Independent/ Courtesy SHTPD
which happened within a 15-hour period, between May 26 and May 27. On May 28, he received a speeding ticket in Southampton. Futterman also is facing a possession charge in Texas. On April 30, he was taken into custody at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport after authorities reported finding chewable cannabis candies in Futterman’s bag. During Futterman’s July 24 arraignment, Justice Wilson said about his string of arrests, “He just keeps coming back, and back, and back, like an Energizer Bunny.” Wilson first inquired about where Futterman currently lives. Burke said Futterman was renting a residence in Montauk for the summer season. According to an online real estate site, the house was renting for $83,000 a month. She asked about his employment. Futterman was once considered a commercial real estate guru, having helped spark the revitalization of Manhattan neighborhoods like Union Square, Times Square, and the Meatpacking District. His company eventually opened offices in LA, Las
Vegas, Miami, and San Francisco. RKF was founded by Futterman in 1998, using the initials from his name, Robert Kenneth Futterman. “It was acquired,” Futterman said. Newmark Knight Frank acquired RKF last year, closing the deal in early September for a reported $60 million plus stock shares. Futterman was named chairman of the RKF division of Newmark Knight Frank. That lasted until May 28, when, after his arrest in Dallas, and the two arrests in East Hampton Town, and reportedly bizarre behavior at the office, he was fired from the company that bears his name. Migliore asked bail to be set at $50,000, after running through the litany of recent arrests for Futterman. “He has shown a disregard for others, as well as for the rule of law.” Burke asked for a much lower amount, saying that the recent arrests for not having an interlock device on his vehicles were caused by a Department of Motor Vehicles error. That requirement, Burke said, was supposed to sunset six months after his 2012 conviction. Burke said that he was personally working with the DMV to clear that mark off of Futterman’s record. Wilson pointed out that Futterman was allegedly high on drugs when the crash happened. Burke said that Futterman has a prescription for certain drugs. Wilson said she was surprised the District Attorney’s office hadn’t asked for higher bail, as she set it at $60,000. Migliore asked that Futterman be required to wear a GPS bracelet if he posted bail. “He is a danger to the community,” Wilson said. Burke said his client would immediately be posting bail. “That’s wonderful,” Wilson responded. “He will be wearing a GPS bracelet.” Futterman posted $60,000 in cash and was released.
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SLA, Police Make Charges In Montauk Bars Sweep emphasized bars which employed members of drug ring, chief says By T. E. McMorrow t.e@indyeastend.com
Shagwong, along with other bars named last year, were visited by SLA and East Hampton Town police, who were checking on business procedures involving alcohol. Independent/T. E. McMorrow
The State Liquor Authority made a sweep in Montauk, checking on the business practices of various bars, with a particular emphasis on the same bars that employed members of the Montauk cocaine distribution ring that was broken up in a massive raid in August 2018. At the time, District Attorney Timothy Sini said, “A multi-agency investigation beginning in March 2018 revealed evidence of an alleged conspiracy by the defendants to sell narcotics, including cocaine and oxycodone, to patrons in bars and restaurants in the Montauk area. The commercial establishments in-clude Swallow East, Six-Six-Eight the Gig Shack, Shagwong Tavern, Liar’s Saloon, and O’Murphy’s Pub & Restaurant.” Managers and owners of the first
four restaurant/bars were charged with misdemeanors regarding the storage and/or record keeping of liquor on hand, after being visited Wednesday, July 17 by an agent from the SLA, who was accompanied by an East Hampton Town police officer. O’Murphy’s had since closed. None of the owners or managers of the restaurants named by the DA were charged in connection with the drug distribution ring. Christopher Shanbrom, 29, of Bayville is a manager at Swallow East, in the Montauk dock area. The officers checked the establishment on July 17. The complaint they filed charges that he was unable to produce records accounting for alcoholic beverages on hand, called an “on premises record keeping violation,” a misdemeanor, as
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well as storing alcohol outside designated areas covered by Swallow East’s liquor license, also a misdemeanor. Racheal Peters, 30, of Jeffersonville, NY, a manager at Gig Shack, was also allegedly unable to produce records of purchases of alcohol on hand, as well, and, in addition, was charged with improperly displaying the establishment’s liquor license. That is also a misdemeanor. The officers said that the license was not displayed in a frame behind clear glass as required. That violation, too, draws a misdemeanor criminal count. Also visited was Liar’s Saloon on West Lake Drive. There, one of the owners, according to the police, Vincent Carrillo, 53, of Montauk was charged with improperly storing alcohol in an
unlicensed area. Finally, there was Shagwong on Main Street, right by the Gig Shack. There, a manager, Richard Cintron, 30, of Montauk was charged with improper record keeping of the alcohol on hand, as well as improperly displaying the liquor license, which police allege was posted behind a flat screen TV. “The SLA conducted inspections on several locations,” East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo said last week, “as they have done in years past, and in this particular case, several of the businesses which employed members of the narcotics distribution ring were the subject of ongoing review by the SLA.” All four will be arraigned in East Hampton Town Justice Court August 15.
East Hampton Town police made four arrests this past week on DWI charges, with two of the defendants charged at the felony level. A Springs man is facing three felony charges, including aggravated driving while intoxicated, after his arrest by East Hampton Town police early Saturday morning, July 27. Arnold Rivas-Ovalle, 22, was driving a 2010 Mazda when he was pulled over for doing 55 miles per hour on Springs Continued On Page 66.
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Terroristic Threat Made From TD Bank Flanders man charged with felony By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com A Flanders man was arrested by Southampton Town Police on Wednesday, July 24, after police said he threatened to set fire to the TD Bank in Hampton Bays. At approximately 11:04 AM, a man identified as John Hudson, 55, of Priscilla Avenue called the bank’s central call center and made the threat. Employees inside the West Montauk Highway branch were notified and began locking down the bank. But Hudson was inside with them. An employee who recognized
Hudson called Southampton Town Police, who responded. After a brief investigation, Hudson was taken into custody and charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony. Police said Hudson had two rifles and ammo outside in his vehicle. Hudson spent the night in jail; he posted $400 bail at his arraignment the next morning.
Eagle Still Missing The bounty for the safe return of Sam is now $20,000.
The TD Bank in Hampton Bays was the scene of a terrorist threat, police said. Independent/James J. Mackin
The Bald Eagle was stolen in the middle of the night from the Quogue Wildlife Refuge on July 16, sending shockwaves through the staff and his legion of loyal fans that visited him regularly. Sam has been at the sanctuary for 31 years and is unable to fly. Suffolk police said an arrest has to be made for a reward to be collected.
Refuge officials stressed they are not looking to prosecute anyone who brings Sam back unharmed. He was bird-napped sometime 3 and 4:15 AM. Two men are seen on a surveillance camera in the parking lot cutting open a fence enclosure to get to Sam. One man was carrying a large object. Refuge staff and police said they cannot identify who is in the footage.
Tanger Shoplifters Sought By Police Man and woman targeted Abercrombie and Fitch, police said By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com
Pair wanted for shoplifting at Tanger Mall in March. Independent/Suffolk Crimestoppers
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Riverhead Town Police are looking for a man and a woman who police say stole $800 worth of men’s shorts from the Abercrombie and Fitch store at the Tanger Outlets on March 5. Police released the security camera images of the two suspects wanted in this crime.
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220TIPS, or texting “SCPD” and your message to “CRIMES” (274637). All
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Affordable Housing: The Status Quo As this week’s special report amply illustrates, it’s one fine mess we’ve gotten ourselves into. The East End, and especially the Hamptons, is in dire need of affordable housing, thousands of units. It’s not just low-income housing — though our municipalities have a deplorable record of providing affordable units for those folks. The middle class can no longer afford to buy or rent here, and that is driving out locals, especially retirees and young adults coming out of high school and college. The result is what we really have, though politicians are loathe to come right out and say it: a seasonal population ruled by the wealthy. There is enough blame to go around, but there is also the convergence of events that led to this unforeseen outcome. For example, when the Community Preservation Fund was created, we preserved thousands of acres of land and the price for developable parcels skyrocketed; the expected reaction. Unfortunately, our municipalities own little of the remaining developable land, so undertaking an affordable project first means acquiring a suitably large parcel: an anathema to “affordable.” Then we have, of course, our “Not In My Back Yard” contingent — folks have a negative view of affordable housing, and the reason is real: it will, in most cases, decrease the value of their properties. Even our school districts get in the act, often opposing affordable housing, warning it will result in building expansion and more hiring. These are public schools mind you — whose sole function by law is to educate the children who live in their districts. There are models for affordable housing that work elsewhere — East Hampton flirted with the Horne Rose model 20 years ago. Basically, the ideal affordable housing project would allow increased density beyond current zoning, would be within walking distance of Main Street or a large shopping district, and be within walking distance of public transportation. Since we don’t allow buildings higher than three stories, and since the little vacant land around our villages is worth a fortune, implementing this type of plan out here would be difficult — not to mention our ludicrous lack of public transportation. An even worse idea championed by East Hampton was to buy single substandard lots around the town and build single-family homes on them. Miles from the village, each adult in those homes, and possibly their teenagers, would need a car. Or, continue the status quo — a modest project a couple of times a decade, and talk about how important it is to do more without actually doing more. And then complain when our kids and neighbors are forced to leave town.
I told you, no politics. You do our cartoon. Not our editoral.
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Kevin They have all these great rides out back. I especially liked the bungee jumping rides. That was definitely my favorite.
Skye There was this giant jump rope called the sky jump rope. I loved that. It was that the first time I ever did that.
James My favorite was the bouncy house. My cousin and I went on it together. It was very funny. We had a lot of fun and we were laughing so much when we finished.
Joe There was this wheel that two people sit in together. It starts to spin and then it spins faster and faster and faster! That was so much fun!
Cartoon. Rainbows. Bunnies. Smiling faces. End of story.
Is it just me? © Karen Fredericks
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Karen was chosen Best Cartoonist by the New York Press Association in 2017 and again in 2019. She’s the recipient of multiple awards for her illustration of the international bestseller How To Build Your Own Country, including the prestigious Silver Birch Award. Her work is part of the permanent artist’s book collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
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Arts & Entertainment Sole Searching With Bridget Moynahan Plans are afoot to attend EH Library’s Author’s Night By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com Bridget Moynahan is best known as an actress (“Blue Bloods,” “Sex and the City,” “Coyote Ugly”) and former cover model, but now she is dipping her toe — so to speak — into the world of books, with “Our Shoes, Our Selves,” co-authored with journalist Amanda Benchley and featuring photography by Melanie Dunea. Moynahan, an East End resident, will be one of the writers participating in the East Hampton Library’s Authors’ Night on Saturday, August 10, in the “555” field in Amagansett. The local library’s largest annual fundraiser offers up about 100 authors — some worldfamous, some up-and-coming — talking to guests and signing copies of their books. “Ask any woman about her favorite pair of shoes, and the answer may surprise you,” teases the back cover of “Our Shoes, Our Selves.” Inside, 40 ac-
Bridget Moynahan has co-written “Our Shoes, Our Selves,” with Amanda Benchley, published by Abrams. Independent/Melanie Dunea
complished women — from Misty Copeland to Bobbi Brown to Katie Couric — share memories and stories through their stilettos and sneakers, combat
boots or slippers. The result is an insightful series of interviews and portraits proving that sometimes the soles of our feet are somehow connected
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to, well, our souls. It also explores the human connection with inanimate objects, how we hold on to sentiment, and Continued On Page B16.
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Mym Tuma
Georgia O’Keeffe was her patron Sole Exhibition at Janet Lehr Fine Arts Friday, August 9th 5:30-8:30pm
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In 1964 Mym graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Painting and Philosophy and wrote to Georgia O’Keeffe who invited her to her Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. Georgia was most pleased with her art and became a financial patron and told her “I want you working free in your mind.” Mym has 20 letters from over an eight year period. They were shown at auction in the 1990’s at Sotheby’s. Mym met Henry Geldzahler, the first curator for 20th century Art at the Met Museum of Art. He introduced the work of Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Larry Rivers, Andy Warhol, David Hockney and Roy Lichenstein and brought them to prominence. Henry met Mym in Bridgehampton in the 1990’s. He stated that she had taken O’Keeffe to a new level. Concerning Mym’s art, he said, “you made them live with a light from within.”
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When Stars Collide Red Cross supporters to help provide disaster relief at Water Mill event By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com
American Red Cross supporters will come together on Thursday, August 1, at Calissa in Water Mill, for the inaugural “When Stars Collide” summer fundraiser. Funds raised will help the Red Cross provide urgent humanitarian relief, globally and locally, to commu-
nities impacted by disasters large and small, here on Long Island and across the country. “The American Red Cross is such a vital and powerful community partner to Long Island and to communities impacted by disaster around the country,”
said Neela Lockel, the CEO of American Red Cross on Long Island. “The scope and impact of our work touches so many lives each and every day.” “When Stars Collide” is sponsored by The Independent and Simple Vodka. It’s hosted by the Young Professionals of Long Island, an American Red Cross volunteer, donor, and networking group. The American Red Cross on Long Island, made up of more than 1000 volunteers, responds to more than 200 local disasters a year in Nassau and Suffolk counties, providing emergency assistance in the form of shelter, food, financial assistance, relief supplies, emotional support, and more. When the need arises, many of these same
volunteers deploy far from home to lend a hand following large-scale disasters outside our region. The Red Cross also works to build resilient and strong communities by installing thousands of free smoke alarms in at-risk neighborhoods, by teaching water safety and first aid, and by empowering families with vital disaster-preparedness skills. Additionally, the Red Cross collects lifesaving blood and provides unwavering support to Long Island service members and their families. The event will be held from 6 to 8 PM. Tickets to the event are $75 and include cocktails, provided by Simple Vodka, and bites by Calissa. For tickets and more info, visit www.redcross.org/ whenstarscollide.
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Stepping Up To The Plate A son remembers growing up with a post-WWII artist father By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com Life was cut short at only 47 years old for Walter Plate, an American abstract painter who emerged after World War II. Plate served in the marines before settling in Woodstock, NY, where he’d have his studio and achieve fame in the 1950s and ’60s. His solo exhibits included the Stable Gallery, five Whitney Annuals, and group shows at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., and more. Plate (1925-1972) and his family would visit his brother, William, in East Hampton annually. These visits contributed to his artistic style. The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs will show a selection of 11 paintings on paper by Walter Plate (1925-1972) from August 1 through October 31. The exhibit’s fully illustrated catalog will feature an essay by Plate’s son, Marc, as he offers insight to his father’s background. Indy recently caught up with Marc for an interview.
What was the dynamic like at home? I saw how hard he worked. It was interesting because my mother was an art teacher in the elementary school system, so she supported his work and the family in the ’50s and ’60s. As an artist, particularly in those times, there was a lot of isolation. He secluded himself in the studio, like many of his artist friends, all day, most of the night, working on whatever. He told me: never be an artist or get married. I took his advice for a long time. And then I ended up doing art in New York for 18 years and got married at 34, had a family.
What do you remember about your childhood visits to East Hampton? I remember going out there with my brother, father, and my mother to my
“Georgica” by Walter Plate.
Uncle Bill’s place. He had a house a block away from the ocean. He and Herman Cherry introduced my father to a lot of the artists in the area. Every summer we would go, there’d be a lot of socializing at night. From mine and my brother’s point of view, it was all just emotion oriented. All we did was just play by the shore and do a lot of events there with other kids.
ally every painting is a blue, horizontal body. The greens and oranges segue into each other that became more defined blues, reds, beachy with a very different light. He was definitely very influenced by his natural environment.
What do you think influenced your father’s paintings?
He taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute three, four days a week, so we would have models come to the studio. And my brother and I would wonder what he does with these women that come into the studio for hours at a time. One day, I went into the studio to see what he was doing after one of them left. On the easel was a big piece of paper with all of these abstract lines that didn’t make any sense. Totally abstract. I thought it was going to be a realistic picture of a reclining woman, but it was just these majestic lines.
When he was in Woodstock, in the ’50s, he was immersed in the mountains and the greenery for most of the year. And that was what was distilled in his paintings. His studio was right there, with a beautiful, panoramic view of the mountains. His paintings were very rich greens, oranges, and red tints. They were easily recognized. Then in the late ’50s and ’60s, he went back to the water more. My father grew up with water. It’s represented so clearly in his abstraction. It’s probably the most realistic part, the backdrop of the ocean. Virtu-
Do you have a distinct memory of him you could share?
How would you describe his style? He kept with abstract, quasi-abstract
impressionism. Seeing these paintings come in and out of the house and the studio, I had no idea what they were. For years, even after I was told there were clues in those paintings, I would try to figure it out. Finally, at a certain belated age, I would see them. Some a little more obvious than others, such as one on Georgica Beach.
Which is your favorite painting? There’s a picture of my father holding me in front of a painting back in 1955. It was called “Spring.” It was very reminiscent of the Catskill Mountains in the spring, all those colors. Perfectly done, very abstracted. There’s a color reproduction in the catalog. That’s my favorite painting. It’s bright, colorful, optimistic. Having taken his first son to a big show, two years running in a stable gallery, he felt good, and it comes through in that painting. The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center is located at 830 Springs-Fireplace Road in East Hampton. Learn more at www.pkhouse.org.
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‘Animals With Attitude’ At Duck Creek RJT Haynes’s one-man art show highlights livestock By Joan Baum RJT Haynes should consider himself unusual. Starting Saturday, August 3, and running for three weekends thereafter, “Toby,” as he’s familiarly called, will have that rarity of rarities on the East End — at the height of the season, yet — a one-man show. It will be at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs. The U.K.-born-and-bred figurative and representational artist could also claim recognition for what’s now become signature subject matter — farm animals, particularly sheep and cows (pastels, watercolors, oils). If you chat him up and don’t get sidelined by his quirky humor and deadpan wit, you may find out why (or not). Haynes owns up that the title of the exhibit, “Mugshots,” is “mischievous.” But, as viewers will see, he can also create lovely, limited-palette com-
positions of coastal areas and, at times, illustrate a young woman charmingly caught at various domestic chores. There’s also going to be a bonus in the exhibit — a selection of Haynes’s poetry, sometimes related to an art work, sometimes not, but reflective of his belief that “words and images cross-pollinate in unpredictable ways.” When he’s not working in East Hampton or in the city, Toby Haynes lives part of the year in a remote cottage in Cornwall, where his neighbors are mostly animals, and where he once went for 17 years without electricity, an experience that made him “more attuned to seasons, climate, the quality of light, and atmosphere.” His animals have attitude — their own and his. Neither sweet nor symContinued On Page B16.
52nd Annual Springs Artists Invitational Art Show Ashawagh Hall, Springs Curated by Peter Spacek Opening Reception Friday, August 2, 5-8 pm
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Todd Snyder Teams With Moby’s For Apparel Line Chic, comfy casual wear for beach to barbecue By Heather Buchanan The new version of once upon a time is, “So I got a DM on Instagram.” The kindred spirits of Moby’s East Hampton restaurateur Lincoln Pilcher and designer Todd Snyder connected when Snyder tracked down Pilcher to see if he would be a model for his Summer 2019 menswear catalogue. Snyder said, “We wanted to have an influencer who is real with a great style, and Lincoln fit the bill. Soon after we did the shoot, we said, ‘Let’s do more.’” That started them down the road to create the new Todd Snyder New York x Moby’s Collection. The resulting pastel-hued, premium fabric casual wear, from tees to hoodies, is the chic and comfy answer for seaside adventures to beach barbecues or early morning surf trips. “We met, and we got along like a house on fire,” said Pilcher. “Then I said I needed uniforms for Moby’s, and we collaborated on those, and then we thought, let’s do merchandise apparel. Todd has an affiliation with Champion and that was my pick, because Champion did the best quality hoodies. It
was serendipitous. We sat in his office in the city and sketched out some ideas, and we both clicked design-wise. And Todd is like me — he makes things happen. We launched the collection last week online and it was a huge hit.” Along with being offered online at www.toddsnyder.com, Moby’s offers the limited-edition collection at the restaurant in East Hampton Point Resort. The line could just as aptly have been called Two Cool Dudes Design. Australian-born Pilcher is an avid photographer and surfer and also has successful restaurants in New York, Los Angeles, and the Hamptons. He brings his natural Aussie warmth to all he does. Snyder is known for his collaborative design spirit, “Part of my brand is collaborating with people I’m inspired by — whether it’s art, music, food, sports, or culture.” His summer catalogue also includes rocker Gerry Beckley and fitness guru Adrian Maurice. Of his design style, Snyder said, “I have a clean minimal style that can flex from the city to the Hamptons with just
a few tweaks.” Both men had recent ticks off their bucket list: Pilcher just returned from surfing at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch in California, while Snyder just custom designed his own TS Edition Toyota Land Cruiser FJ43 complete with interior leather courtesy of Red Wing. “FJ is based out of Miami and they started by rebuilding their grandfather’s truck and driving it around, and people were saying, ‘I want one of them,’” said Snyder. “The Land Cruisers are all one-of-a-kind, and it’s that ultimate pampering-meets-luxury.” In true Hamptons style, a restaurant patron of Moby’s wanted to buy it on first sight. In its second summer, Moby’s is going strong, its waterfront setting, stunning sunsets, coastal Italian cuisine, and live music and hip DJs are drawing in an admiring crowd. Pilcher joked that it took him two seasons just to figure out all the lights on the large property which includes a restaurant, bar, waterside terrace, and upstairs private event space and terrace. You
can even arrive via boat to the marina at East Hampton Point. Transient slips can be booked via www.dockwa.com. “There’s something at Moby’s for everyone,” said Pilcher. “You can bring the kids and come to Reggae Sunday, or we have a DJ every Saturday night playing ’70s music, and we have a happy hour 5 to 7 on Monday to Thursday with a bar menu and drink specials.” His personal favorite on the menu is the fluke crudo — “insane” — and he has added everything from vegan pizza to a Porterhouse steak for two. The event space is a favorite of the fashion and art world, with Rachel Zoe and Tory Burch holding private gatherings. It’s also perfect for celebrations, almost makes you want to get married . . . again. Snyder knew it was the perfect launch point. Moby’s is his first stop in the Hamptons for a glass of rosé. “The whole vibe Lincoln’s created here is perfect,” he said. “For me, it’s my summer ritual. I’ve been everywhere from the South of France and Italy, and this is still my favorite place to come.”
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HAMPTON DAZE By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
Art, Music, & Comedy The Watermill Center and C.U. Out East jessica@indyeastend.com @hamptondaze
"Bocanadas" by Graciela Saca at The Watermill Center. Independent/Chloe Bellemere
The Wallflowers
Each year I look forward to the Watermill Center Summer Benefit. It’s always a special night, filled with spectacular displays of art. This year’s event was titled Tabula Rasa, and the dress code: “More Till There Is No More.” It was held on the Watermill Center’s grounds, and the evening honored supporter Katharine Rayner and artist Carrie Mae Weems. The Watermill Center hosted more than 1000 guests to experience a world
conceived by founder and artistic director Robert Wilson alongside over 100 international artists. The event brings together the worlds of art, performance, music, theatre, design, architecture, and fashion to raise funds to support The Watermill Center’s yearround artist residency and education programs. Attendees explored the wooded grounds while taking in performances and works curated by Noah Khosh-
bin and Ivan Cheng. Works by Brian Belott, Billy Bultheel and Alexander Iezzi, Bianca Casady and Ira Anufrieva, Jacky Connolly, Megan May Daalder, Humberto Diaz, Jakub Falkowski, The Daxophone Consort (Daniel Fishkin, Cleek Schrey, and Ron Shalom), Stina Fors, Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya: LEIMAY, Liz Glynn, Özgür Kar, Masha Kechaeva, Taeyi Lim, Lance de Los Reyes, Maria Louizou, John Margaritis, Jokubas Nosovas, Flavio Pezzotti, Tony Piazza, Playlab, Queen of Krump, Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa, John Riepenhoff, Graciela Sacco, Santiago Sierra, Dorian Šilec Petek with Johan Bark and Cristian Petru Simon, Jay Tan, Gillian Walsh, and Dena Yago were interspersed throughout the event in what can be described as an enchanted forest of art. Following the Watermill Center, I headed to a concert by The Wallflowers, along with comedy by Colin Jost of “Saturday Night Live,” at The Celiac Disease Center at Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s benefit “C.U. Out East” at Guild Hall in East Hampton. Prior to the performance, there was a VIP cocktail reception. VIP ticket holders sipped on bespoke cocktails by Simple Vodka, and enjoyed locally
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The First Saturday In August And the women who make Stony Brook Southampton’s Summer Party a tradition By Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com Photos courtesy Stony Brook Southampton Hospital
The annual Summer Party to benefit Stony Brook Southampton Hospital is a tradition 61 years in the making, held each year on the first Saturday in August. For the past six decades, women have played a vital role in fundraising over $100 million in support of the hospital through this glamorous summer fête. And today it’s all about preserving the past while looking toward the future. The party, which for all intents and purposes is not just a party, but a gala, is ingrained in the fabric of Southampton. I sat down with some of the Summer Party’s biggest supporters — Cindy Willis and Laura Lofaro Freeman, who will chair this year’s event, and Jean Shafiroff, this year’s honoree. Each of these ladies has been involved in the hospital’s fundraising efforts for years.
At the home of Cindy Willis, we engaged in a roundtable discussion. We sipped delightful iced tea in the even more delightful Southampton Village living room. The women reminisced about past parties. We looked through photos and past journals and relished the memories. They discussed the reasons they work so hard, and how strongly they believe in the mission of Stony Brook Southampton. Willis has been involved in the hospital for 20 years. It was her move to the East End that prompted her to become involved, to be a part of the community. She attended her first Summer Party in 1992. “I invited the only eight people we knew in Southampton, and six of them are still at our table,” she said. “We are still very close friends with that original
group of people.” For the Willises, it’s always been a family affair. Her husband Ladd is also on the board and her daughter Haley, who is now 28, is interested in joining the next generation of those involved in the hospital. “Haley was selling raffle tickets at the age of six,” she said. She discussed how the hospital has been there for her though various phases of her life. “What started out as a way to become a part of the community became a very important part of raising a child. Haley developed very severe allergies. She was in the emergency room three times in anaphylactic shock. They saved her life at least twice,” Willis recalled. “I really didn’t think much about health care
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until I was a mother. And then I was the daughter of older parents,” she said. “I really didn’t give it much thought. Because when you’re in your teens and 20s, you’re going to live forever. Your loved ones are going to live forever. If you’re lucky, you don’t have to think about it.” It was a woman by the name of Jean Remmel Little who got Willis involved in fundraising efforts at the hospital. “She was very much the grande dame of the whole operation,” said Willis. Little has been instrumental to the success of the summer party for decades. She was an event chair back in 1983. “I’ve done the raffle committee, I’ve done the silent auction committee, the arrangements committee, the invitation committee,” said Willis. She chaired the event for the first time in 2005. The theme was “Summer Safari.” For Freeman, one of the reasons for her involvement is the need for good health care in the community. “I come from a family of physicians,” she said. “If you live here, you know the need for health care.” Freeman has chaired the event twice. She has owned a home on the East End for 25 years, and is the owner and CEO of her own executive search firm in the financial services sector. Even with a busy career and family, it’s still important to her to find time to give back. She referenced the hospital’s advances, like the stroke center, which she said was a “game changer for the hospital.” “It was a cottage hospital,” she said. “I think that where Southampton hospital is today, compared to where it was, is outstanding. They can hold their own with a New York City hospital.” She also complimented the hospital’s bedside manner and noted that the head of EMT, Darin Wiggins, was “one of the best.” Freeman described the group as “women who banded together to get things moving.” “What started all of this, at least for me, is you, Cindy Willis,” she said, looking at Willis who sat across the table. “I believe it was 2003. I have such incredible respect for this woman and what she’s accomplished. She really is an inspiration.” The three women all compliment each other’s involvement, as well as those who couldn’t attend the discussion, like Little and Melanie Wambold. “It’s a good team,” said noted philanthropist and this year's honoree Shafiroff (see interview on the following page). “Jean Remmel asked me to chair the gala in 2010. I asked a lot of people to buy tables.” “If we don’t have a good hospital, no one will want to live in this community full time or come here in the summer,” said Shafiroff. “We’d like to see more people that have homes out here involved in giving to the hospital. We want to all work as a team.” “They need it,” she said of the fundraising efforts. “Charity needs to be run like a business. It’s give, get, or get out,” she said with a laugh. They also discussed how “the service to the community goes beyond health care,” said Willis. As part of the Southampton Garden Club, and chair of its annual flower show, the hospital donated its Parrish Hall as the venue. “The hospital was so generous to let us use the venue because it was free and open to the public. It’s a perfect example of how the hospital is part of the fabric of the community,” she said. Shafiroff mentioned how the hospital offered its
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grounds to the Southampton Animal Shelter’s Unconditional Love gala, which was just held on July 20. There’s no doubt that fundraising in the Hamptons has changed over the years, with more and more benefits popping up each summer. “When I first got involved there were three things you did in the summertime,” said Willis. “Parrish Art Museum, Fresh Air Home, and Southampton Hospital. And everything else you did all summer fit around those three dates.” While there may be more benefits, one thing is certain, tradition and commitment to the community live on at the Stony Brook Southampton Summer Party. The event will be held on Saturday, August 3, starting at 6:30 PM, and will benefit The Jenny and John Paulson Emergency Department. Honorary chairs include Georgina Bloomberg and Stanley and Fiona Drukenmiller. The emcee for the evening will be Chuck Scarborough. For tickets and more info, visit www.southampton.stonybrookmedicine.edu.
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The Belle Of The Board Stony Brook Southampton Hospital honors Jean Shafiroff and her husband, Martin By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com This year, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital’s 61st annual Summer Party will honor Martin and Jean Shafiroff. This comes as no surprise, as Jean’s name has become synonymous with philanthropy across the East End and in New York City. The larger-than-life gowns she often wears in photographs bring awareness to a specific charitable cause she’s supporting. Her life is glamorous — that’s part of the allure — but behind each photograph stands a woman on a mission: to better the world around her.
How did you become involved with Southampton Hospital? I chaired the galas in 2010, 2011, and 2013. Those years we raised a combined total of $5.4 million. I was the only chairwoman. I went out and raised a lot of money for them by selling tables at all different prices. I additionally donate $50,000 every year I chair. This year I joined their board, the Southampton Hospital Association Board.
What is ahead for the hospital? We’ve decided to build a new hospital with a budget of $340 million. That will probably be in the next five years, and we will have plenty of naming opportunities for a cost of $150 million or maybe a little less. We’re confident that we will receive funding. Beyond that, there are outposts in East Hampton, in Montauk. We now have a whole new cancer care unit, the Philips Family Center. We have a heart center, a breast center, a wellness center. The LGBT Center was renamed the Edith Windsor Center. We really are equipped to service the entire community.
How do you feel about being honored this year? My husband is shy about these things, but I convinced him. I said yes, we should do it. He’s also very involved; obviously, we donate together. I think my biggest role with the hospital has
been in fundraising for them, and getting the word out, and my enthusiasm for the hospital and the importance of it in the community. So, this year, we’re going to give $100,000, and this year I’ve raised about $300,000 with that and gifts.
You’re involved in many causes. Why do you choose Southampton Hospital year after year? I’m on eight charity boards. But the hospital really holds the community together, because without a good hospital, a community changes very drastically. This hospital serves everyone. We have many underserved people in the Hamptons; we have a big immigrant population, we have people that live at or below the poverty level. And the hospital doesn’t turn anybody down — that’s very important. We see about 25,000 people walk through the emergency room every year. The majority of cases are young people. Without that hospital, I think a lot of people wouldn’t want to be in the Hamptons. I read about people that go to certain islands for vacations and something happens, a young person gets sick. Sometimes they drink too much, or they party too much, and they end up dying because there’s no place for them to get medical care. When people think of hospitals, they think of old people, but take a look at our emergency room and you’ll see a whole different picture. This hospital is a very strong epicenter of the community.
What have you learned about fundraising? I truly believe that those that have resources, financial resources, have an obligation to give. I wish everybody felt that way. We waste our lifetime if we don’t get involved in the giving back process. When God gives gifts to people, I think he expects them to share them. Philanthropy is vitally important. There are so many people that have so much hardship, and it is our obligation to do something.
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I feel blessed to be able to do it. I think I would feel very idle if I didn’t do it and feel pretty useless. It’s been a great thing for me and it’s very exciting to be involved with these charities, the planning and then rallying up enthusiasm. It’s so nice to see how many people really are interested in these causes.
You’re known for arriving in your gowns. What do you do with them? I like clothing. It’s a hobby of mine but I’d never buy a dress and not give. If anything, I’ll give first and then get the dress. But my big gown collection is being archived. Right now, I’m still experiencing wearing the gowns, but at one point I’m going to donate it all to a museum. I haven’t decided which museum, but it’ll happen. The Summer Party gala will take place in the fields at Wickapogue Road and Old Town Road in Southampton on Saturday, August 3.
Philanthropy is vitally important. There are so many people that have so much hardship, and it is our obligation to do something.
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"Ladurèe Macarons and Milk” by Sarah Lamb in “School’s Out” at Grenning Gallery.
School’s Out Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor presents “School’s Out.” An opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 3, from 6:30 to 8 PM. The show runs through August 18. The display features dynamic realist painters, Sarah Lamb, Anthony Ackrill, Ramiro, Melissa Franklin Sanchez, and Rachel Personett, who will exhibit alongside impressionist painters Tim McGuire and Tina Orsolic Dalessio. The show will also feature sculpture from Chad Fisher.
Artists Studio Tour The Artists Alliance of East Hampton, AAEH, is presenting its 32nd annual Artists Studio Tour on Saturday, August 3 and Sunday, August 4. The show features the work of over a dozen artists in their own work spaces. It will showcase paintings, drawings, sculpture, and photography. Visit www.aaeh.org.
Abstract Climates The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents “Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown,” an exhibition that highlights Frankenthaler’s exploration of the relationship between landscape and abstraction through key examples of work that was produced in or references Provincetown, MA. It is on view August 4 through October 27, and features 30 paintings and works on paper dating from 1950 to 1969. Visit www.parrishart.org.
Schorr At The Seashore “Schorr at the Seashore” will be on display at The Spur in Southampton through August 18. The show is a collection of paintings from New York artist Mitchell Schorr. The event will feature a wide variety of pieces, from his iconic
ice cream truck and street art series “Da Race,” to his new deconstructed abstract paintings. The pieces will be hung at The Spur as part of its Summer Art Series. Visit www.thespur.com.
Searchers + Messengers Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor presents “Searchers + Messengers,” with works by father and son Franklin Engel and Christopher Engel. A reception will be held on Saturday, August 3, from 5 to 6:30 PM. The collection of work includes both abstract and figurative images, and is on view through August 15. Visit www. kramorisgallery.com.
Interstellar Southampton artist, author, and celebrated curator Art Donovan is premiering “Interstellar,” his latest collection of handmade, illuminated art, sculptural lighting, and iconic Steampunk creations at The Maidstone Hotel. There will be an opening reception on Friday, August 2, at 6:30 PM. An artist’s talk and book signing will be held on Thursday, August 15, starting at 6:30 PM.
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Greenport First Fridays Folioeast presents its Greenport Village First Fridays Art Walk on Friday, August 2, from 6 to 9 PM at Beall & Bell, featuring the work of Dennis Leri and Lesley O’Brock. Visit www.folioeast.com.
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Springs Artists Invitational The Springs Improvement Society presents its 52nd annual Springs Artists Invitational Exhibition at Ashawagh Hall. The show is curated by Peter Spacek. An opening reception will be held on Friday, August 2, from 5 to 8 PM. A curator’s tour is on Sunday, August 4, from noon to 2 PM.
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Cool Ideas Grow On Trees From Adam and Eve to Willis Carrier, apples inspire exploration denishamill@gmail.com Ideas do grow on trees. Consider the apple, a low-hanging fruit of invention. Sir Isaac Newton came up with the theory of gravity by watching an apple fall from tree to ground. The apple with a bite missing is the symbol of the company created by Steve Jobs, whose team perfected the home computer and the iPhone. And it turns out that a simple apple cut into quarters and eighths was the genesis for the human blessing called air conditioning.
Last month when the first heat wave hit, I sped to the appliance store and bought two new air conditioners, one for the living room and one for the bedroom. They weren’t cheap, but not as costly as a bail bond, criminal lawyer, or shrink that sometimes come with humid summer heat in New York. I remembered covering the great blackout of 1977 when no one could plug in their air conditioners and the sweaty city dissolved into looting and lawlessness. Twenty-five years ago, I interviewed a young Spike Lee on the
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Brooklyn set of “Do the Right Thing,” about an inner-city neighborhood that short circuits along race and class lines on the hottest day of the year. The movie has become a classic because everyone can relate to what 100-degree humidity can do to a par-boiled brain. So, as I sat last week in front of my new 12,000 BTU AC that blew cold air like the frosted-breath Hoor, blind son of Odin from the frozen north, I got to wondering: Who should I be thanking for inventing air conditioning? I knew Henry Ford gave us the automobile. That the Wright brothers flew the airplane into our lives. That Alexander Graham Bell rang in the telephone and Marconi short-waved us into the world of radio. Thomas Edison charged us with electricity to fuel all our gadgets including the air conditioner. But nobody in school ever taught me about the man who invented the air conditioner. Maybe because none of my schools were air conditioned. So, I looked it up. Turns out that in July of 1902, a guy named Willis Carrier quite by accident designed the first air conditioner for the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Co. in Brooklyn, not far from where Spike Lee shot “Do The Right Thing.” And a few miles from where I grew up in a sweltering tenement from which we found relief from summer humidity dodging street traffic in the crazy summer spray of an open fire hydrant that we called a Johnny Pump. Willis Carrier grew up in Angola, NY near Buffalo, where as an only child of working-class parents, he struggled at school with fractions. Until age nine when his mother Elizabeth Carrier cut an apple into quarters and then eighths to show him what the abstract theory of fractions looked like in the real world. Carrier claims that simple lesson from his mom was the most important one of his life because it unlocked the importance of intelligent problem solving. “She opened up a new world for me and gave me a pattern for solving problems,” Willis Carrier said. “In one half-hour, she educated me. Fractions took a new meaning and I was very proud. No problem would be hard for me after that. I would simple break them into something simple and then they would be easy to solve.” That cut-up apple led young Willis to an engineering scholarship to Cornell University, where standing six-foot-six he also played football and basketball and excelled in swimming. According to the Carrier Company website, Willis Carrier stood on a foggy Pittsburgh train platform in 1901 staring through the mist “and realized that
he could dry air by passing it through water to create fog. Doing so would make it possible to manufacture air with specific amounts of moisture in it.” Within a year, Carrier completed his invention to control humidity — “the fundamental building block for modern air conditioning.” In Brooklyn in the summer of 1902, it was so hot in the Sackett & Wilhelms printing plant that the colored ink would bleed off the paper because of the humidity. In lumbered Willis Carrier, a big man with a bigger idea that he patented as “The Apparatus for Treating Air” that blew air over coils cooled by a refrigerant, drawing out the humidity. Soon Sackett & Wilhelms printers were able to print without the paper expanding or shrinking or the ink running. The amazed workers found that an added side effect of Carrier’s invention was that the air in the square block factory grew magically cooler. Talk about doing the right thing. Carrier’s Apparatus for Treating Air machines were steadily installed in other businesses and factories. The Carrier Company was formed in 1915 and air conditioning soon blew across the land. A few blocks away, in my part of Brooklyn, I first experienced air conditioning in the RKO Prospect movie theater where my mother was a cashier. Most of the theaters boasted banners with snowy arctic blue letters that read: AIR COOLED. People flocked to the movies on blistering summer nights to get cool on hot dates, sometimes paying to see the same movie two or three nights in a row, creating summer blockbusters. A few weeks back I read about a great white shark off Montauk, and last weekend a 12-foot shark invading Penniman Creek off Quogue. I read of people dying of flesh-eating diseases from swimming in polluted lakes, rivers, and oceans. When last week’s heat wave broiled us like human burgers on the grill, the only safe refuge was retreating to the great indoors and the cool miracle of Willis Carrier’s Apparatus for Treating Air that had evolved to the modern air conditioner, with WiFi remote controls. And so, on Sunday, July 21, as temps hit 110, I was cool as a penguin as I walked to the fridge and grabbed an apple. I put it on a plate and cut it into eighths in honor of Mrs. Elizabeth Carrier who taught her son Willis the magic of fractions that he somehow square rooted into that air conditioner jammed in my window. Some 117 years after the invention of the Apparatus for Treating Air I bit into one-eighth of my apple, thankful that ideas grew on trees.
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Hamptons Trunk Show United Jewish Association ties fashion to philanthropy By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com The UJA Federation is committed to solving pressing problems faced by the community, with over 50,000 donors who pool their resources. It’s been bringing the Jewish community together for 100 years, responding to crises at home, in Israel, and nearly 70 other countries. According to the UJA Federation New York website, it’s the world’s largest local philanthropy. Together with hundreds of nonprofits, UJA touches the lives of 4.5 million people each year. Since 2007, the UJA invested more than $81 million in urgent relief to those affected, with 30 relief missions for Hurricane Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Houston. It additionally distributed $1.6 million in disaster relief funds and hand-delivered $4 million worth of donated humanitarian supplies. The 2018 report reads 9.6 mil-
lion meals were served in NY; 577,000 elderly cared for in NY, Israel, and the former Soviet Union; 16,000 kids across the state participated in Jewish summer camp; 440,000 mental health counseling sessions were provided in NY; 17,000 local college students stayed connected to the Jewish community through 15 campus Hillels; and 100,000 New Yorkers received free legal services. Adrienne Tanner, executive director of UJA Women at UJA Federation NY, said, “We’re responding to rising anti-Semitism here in New York by ensuring security enhancements for Jewish organizations and synagogues throughout local communities.” All of this generosity is compounded with a new angle, fashion. On Thursday, August 1, from 10 AM to 4 PM, the UJA Federation NY will host the annual Hamptons Trunk Show at
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Bridgehampton Historical Society. The trunk show began 13 years ago in a private home with only seven vendors. It has since grown to include over 60 vendors and nearing 1000 people in attendance. “We love working with designers who share our passion for philanthropy and our mission to care for those in need. Aligning ourselves with generous yet hugely talented designers who our guests will enjoy is a great synergy,” said Tammy Brass, director of UJA Women at UJA Federation NY. Returning names include Jennifer Miller, Lissa Fine Jewelry, and Jodi
Rose. New vendors this year expected to be a big hit include Modern Wick, Ever After, and Tenet. It’s a place for designer clothing, jewelry, accessories, and home decor surrounded by music, refreshments, and all in a tented outdoor space. Tanner continued, “The fashion industry in general has been a tremendous supporter of UJA, hosting private events and engaging with our work to help Holocaust survivors and help send kids to Jewish camp. The trunk show combines the best of fashion and philanthropy by exposing designers to UJA Continued On Page B16.
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Continued From Page B1. how that affects us. “It all started with me cleaning out my closet,” Moynahan said. “I had more than a few heels that I was never wearing and felt it was time to donate them. I put them into piles and found myself quietly pulling them out of the bins, unable to part with them. I sent Amanda photos of the chaos and of me crying over each pair, questioning — why was it so hard to part with items I get no use out of?” Benchley and Moynahan had “met years back through a mutual friend,” said Moynahan. “We clicked on many levels, from our need to eat every few hours to our belief in girls’ weekends. We turned out to be a great fit!” After talking together, Moynahan continued, “We broke it down to memories. Each pair was attached to a special moment or event in my life. We thought that if I had this attachment, then most women would too.” This proved correct, as the duo started talking to other women. The idea for the book was formed. But whose stories would they tell? “We were focused on having a broad spectrum of women in the book of different ages, backgrounds, and professions,” said Moynahan. “We took special care of searching out that balance, and the most inspiring women.” Moynahan herself was inspired by former First Lady Barbara Bush. “Barbara Bush always held a very special place in my heart,” she said, “I was incredibly grateful to her for sharing her
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Continued From Page B6. bolic, they ironically dare us to be nostalgic for a time and place most of us have probably never known. Beautifully painted or drawn, their quiet, sturdy presences curiously prompt thoughts about their care, their owners, their destiny as livestock. “I’m not so much interested in fleeting impressions,” the artist said, “as in what’s underneath them; everything we see is full of cultural and personal references.” “Materials and subject have a say in what becomes of them,” he added, and painting is “always a form of negotiation or collaboration between us.” By “us” he means not only himself and the animals, but also any inanimate objects that may catch his fancy to be fixed on canvas: a colored-pencil drawing of a vintage workbox, for example, that belonged to his father, a sign painter who introduced the artist to the smell of paint and turpentine. Or a mixed-media drawing of an old
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story with us. Her husband was in the hospital at the time. She snuck away to speak with Amanda and do a quick photo shoot with Melanie, and went right back to the hospital. Her story shows a very fun and playful aspect of her personality.” Rosie Perez is another intimate portrait in the book, which doesn’t tiptoe around delicate issues. It took about a year for Moynahan, Benchley, and Dunea to cover the
ground necessary for the first run of the book, which has received very positive reviews since its April release. What’s the takeaway Moynahan wants readers to get from “Our Shoes, Our Selves”? “It’s been so exciting to see how people have reacted to the book. Everyone we have met has found at least one story that resonated with them. Either they shared a similar experience in their own lives, or they were moved by learning some-
suitcase that incorporates the owner’s initials in gold leaf, taken from the case itself. “I’ve always loved the alchemy of line and color, and hunting for the spark that ignites an image,” he said. But he will change his technique or palette “if everything starts to feel too familiar and comfortable.” And he does, leaving the sheep and cows for a figure seen in an everyday pose, sometimes as through a mesh screen. But oh, those sheep and cows! He’s intrigued, he writes, by their “edgy ambivalence” as farm property enhanced with a suggestion of “theriomorphism.” Haynes’s resume evidences many award-winning invitational and juried shows in the U.K., the U.S., and Europe, but before that, he worked for several years “on real pick and shovel projects” for Britain’s largest conservation charity, the National Trust, and also studied German and philosophy at Oxford. In other words, his playful, offhand invocation of literary references draws on a
substantial live stock (so to speak) of intellectual source material. Duck Creek’s historic barn, with its gorgeous vaulted wood ceiling and wooden walls, seems a natural fit for Haynes and for community artists of all genres. Originally an 18th-Century homestead that included a farmhouse belonging to the Edwards family (original settlers of the Maidstone Colony), the site was bought by East Hampton Town in 2006, and with the generous support of the Willem de Kooning Foundation, the HILO Foundation, and a growing number of local individuals, became a free, open-to-the-public, notfor-profit corporation licensed by the town, with a mission to “perpetuate the goals and the spirit of artist John Little,” the late abstract expressionist and fabric designer who purchased a parcel of the original farm in 1948. The center is open between May 1 and October 31. “Mugshots,” paintings, drawings, and poetry by RJT Haynes will be on view at Duck Creek Farm, 127 Squaw Road, East Hampton, from August 3
thing new about someone they felt they knew,” she said. “Amanda and I have both been so grateful to all the people we have met on the book tour who have then shared their stories with us. The book has opened up conversations between people about their own shoes and more importantly, their stories.” For tickets to the East Hampton Library’s Authors Night, visit www.authorsnight.org. (opening reception) to August 25 on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, or by appointment.
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Continued From Page B15. supporters and using a portion of proceeds to help people in need.” Twenty percent of proceeds of all sales benefit the UJA Federation NY. The event is rain or shine. Bridge Hampton Historical Society is located at 2368 Montauk Highway. Registration at the door is $60, $30 of which is tax-deductible. The UJA’s next event scheduled is Supplies for Success on August 22 at the Bridgehampton Community House, where hundreds of volunteers will fill new backpacks with school supplies for low-income children on the East End. Anyone interested in learning more can email suppliesforsuccess@ujafedny. org. For more information on how to donate or volunteer, visit www.ujafedny.org.
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For my birthday, I was wishing for both a sexy beast and a sunset boat ride. My manifestation was a two-in-one special. The lesson: if you are going to dream, dream big. After all, those are a hell of a lot of birthday candles to blow out. I have always been more of a classic sailboat sort of gal, but when I had the chance to do a sea-trial for the new Pershing 9X, the answer was, after only the briefest of pauses, “Yes.” Part of the Ferretti Group of fine yachts, the Pershing is the panther, known for its sleekness and speed. And of course, the Italians do chic design better than anyone, and its luxurious interior and four cabins are polished modern. I’m in. Ready to leave the dock, you walk up to the huge top deck and arrange yourself, lounging on cushions, waving down at the mere mortals in the marina below as you ease out into the harbor. It’s kind of like walking down Main Street with Brad Pitt. My inner princess felt completely acknowledged. A gentle cruise past the breakwater was just the precursor to the pedal to the metal when the captain gave a heads up to hold onto your tiara because we were going to experience the full power of this watercraft. I can only describe the sensation as going from a Big Wheels to a Ferrari. The Pershing reaches top speed of 42 knots — think Nantucket in four hours. I thought about the rich history of Sag Harbor in the whaling era where it would take so long for the boats to venture out and return that often a sailor would come home to find his wife gave up on him and remarried. No such problem with this yacht, where you arrived at Sunset Beach before you can say “Aperol Spritz” — not even enough time for that wife to flirt with the butcher. Water represents emotion, and leaving the grounding of land to be immersed on the sea taps into a reservoir normally trapped by work, anxiety, limiting beliefs, and “Game of Thrones” withdrawal. Each care, disappointment, loss, and poor past decision can be tossed to the wind and absorbed into
the deep blue depths. If you are thinking anything other than “how lucky am I?,” you are missing the experience or need to seriously put away your phone. When I went back down to the cockpit, the captain offered to show me the signature Pershing rooster tail. (I like roosters, unless they insist on waking you up in the morning.) You think for a moment about wanting to water ski on this frothy wake until it rises up like a gorgeous geyser. The fountain of youth. At first, I thought of this Pershing as very masculine, but when I observed the cabin coffee table book “Ultimate Toys for Men,” I thought, Hey, boats are “she,” right? Why can’t this powerful creature be feminine? More cougar than panther? It is designed with stabilizers for smooth sailing and ease of docking, perfect for entertaining or escape (handsome captain not included). And for a woman whose prerogative it is to change her mind, she can move her floating palace from port to port depending on her mood. She can be a sexy beast too. The only problem with this sort of a ride is when it ends. I asked the captain his stowaway policy and would gladly walk the plank if I could just find a place to hide and go on one more trip. Seriously, I only left my purse behind by mistake . . . Ahoy!
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RICK’S SPACE By Rick Murphy
Running Hot And Cold We all work for The Man — unless it’s too hot out rmurphy@indyeastend.com
I did my share of bitching and moaning about the cold spring, but that didn’t stop me from complaining about last week’s oppressive heat. The weather isn’t merely a topic of conversation to me — it’s an opportunity to get out of work and still get paid. I’ve been honing this craft, not coincidentally, since my first job as a caddy at Maidstone Golf Club in East Hampton. Me: I think I’m suffering from heat stroke. Eddie the Caddie Master: So, go home. Me: Will I still get paid? Eddie: Yeah, with my boot up your butt. I realized then I had to take it to the next level and I would publicly like to thank Lyme Disease for that opportunity. From the moment I heard the symptoms, I knew this was a disease I had to have. Yes, I was lethargic all the time, then and now. And I used to always be tired, and I’m tired today. And I still require constant naps. The best thing is, no one questioned it. Once it
was established you had it, the sky was the limit. “Mildred, tell the boss my Lyme is acting up today. I need to take it easy.” “You poor thing. OK. Get well soon. Take the week if you need to.” I was the boy who screamed “fire” in the crowded theater. As it turned out, I really did get Lyme’s disease, and really did get lethargic, but by then, my bosses had decided I was faking. The only surefire way to get a day off from work is to suffer from “lady problems.” I know I’m a sucker for it. “Rick, I won’t be able to make it to work today. I’m having lady problems.” Me: “OK. Take the day off.” Her: “Let me tell you the awful symptoms.” Me: “NO! Take a month off.” We are working stiffs. We work for the man. We toil all day and, if we’re lucky, we get a bottle of hooch and a mattress for our labor. We signed on for the American Dream and we got Amerika. I got sucked into a dead-end job
that drained my soul and shattered my dreams 20 years ago. (Oops, that was when I started at The Independent.) And that’s when I started exhibiting the symptoms. I was lethargic. I had a headache. My body ached. I needed a nap (I know, it sounds suspiciously like being hung over). It seemed only fair I get paid to stay home and watch TV and get pizza delivered. To recuperate. Anyhow, back to the heat. I felt just like I had lady problems, I mean, Lyme Disease: lethargic, tired, body ache, etc. Here is a scene that can only play out in the Hamptons: Man: Christ, it is hot. Wife: Take a dip in the pool, dahling. Man: It’s too freakin’ hot to go in the pool. Wife: Last week you said it was too cold. Man: I have a lady problem! The whole thing reached a crescendo when my hot, tired self was dragged to the new “in” restaurant, the one where zucchini caviar costs more than caviar caviar. “What are the specials?” I asked gingerly. We have gazpacho this evening, the Waitron Person (or whatever the politically correct term is these days) replied. That, to me, meant either they were serving a Mexican bandit or some Nazi SS guy. “No sir, it’s cold cucumber soup.” Oh. I may not be professional chef, but these things I know: There is tomato soup. There is chicken noodle soup. These are your only pure American soups. And they come piping hot with little bags of stale crackers. Let’s face it, cold cucumber soup is salad. She called it summer soup. “And the fish is today’s catch of the day, Red Snapper.” “Is the fish served cold?” I asked.
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“Oh no sir, it’s cooked in our pretentious wood-burning stove. We get 50 bucks for that charred piece of rubble.” “But it is summer,” I pointed out. “Shouldn’t it be served cold, with the cucumber?” I opted for the chicken instead. “Is it cold?” I asked. She just glared. By the way, there isn’t a Red Snapper within 1000 miles of here. If they are catching them on the day boat, they are dropping line off Puerto Rico. But I digress. All I know is the next time we plan on going out to eat, I’m going to feel really lethargic and get a pizza delivered instead. Rick Murphy is a six-time winner of the New York Press Association Best Column award as well as the winner of first place awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Suburban Newspaper Association of America, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee.
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Indy Snaps An Evening Of Enchantment Photos by Rob Rich/ www.societyallure.com, Nicole Teitler The Ellen Hermanson Foundation hosted “An Evening of Enchantment” on Saturday, July 27, at Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton. This year’s event honored BNB Bank for its commitment to the East End community and Senator Kenneth LaValle for his advocacy for access to breast health care.
Hayground Chefs Dinner Photos by Lisa Tamburini The 15th annual Hayground Chefs Dinner was held on Sunday, July 28. Jon Snow, co-founder of the school, was this year’s honoree. The farm-totable event began with hors d’oeuvres followed by dinner.
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Indy Snaps 123rd Annual LVIS Fair Photos by Richard Lewin Traditional fun for the family was the theme of the day, as always, on Saturday, July 27, at the 123rd Annual Ladies’ Village Improvement Society Fair in East Hampton. Shopping, live music, a food court, pony rides, a petting zoo, bouncy castle, a carousel, and more, offered something for everyone.
Tabula Rasa: Watermill Center Photos by BFA/ Neil Rasmus and Ryan Kobane On Saturday, July 27, the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation presented Tabula Rasa: The 26th Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit and Auction. Held at the foundation’s 10-plus-acre sprawling grounds in Water Mill, the evening honored Katharine Rayner, philanthropist and early supporter of the Center, and Carrie Mae Weems, artist and recipient of Watermill’s 2017 Inga Maren Otto Fellowship. The Watermill Center hosted over 1000 guests to experience a world conceived by founder and artistic director Robert Wilson alongside more than 100 international artists representing a wide range of artistic disciplines.
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Indy Snaps Clothesline Art Sale Photos by Richard Lewin Since 1946, Guild Hall in East Hampton has supported our East End artists by holding the annual Clothesline Art Sale. At a preview cocktail party, held the evening of Friday, July 26, early buyers had the opportunity to choose first in a relaxed atmosphere, before the weekend sale.
Week Of Hope Launch Photo by Rob Rich/ www.societyallure.com The Week of Hope launched on Thursday, July 25, in Southampton Village, outside of Ralph Lauren. Throughout the week, up to 200 local business owners, including Michael Kors, Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, The White Company, the Southampton Arts Center, the Southampton Chamber of Commerce, and Southampton Town Hall have had two-foot-wide yellow statement balloons (environmentally safe and re-usable) placed by their front door to symbolize hope and their commitment to raising awareness of depression and mental health.
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Indy Snaps Green Beetz Day Photos by Darian DiCianno/BFA.com Green Beetz Day was held on Saturday, July 27, from noon to 3 PM. The family-friendly event, hosted by Anna Chapman and Ronald Perelman, took place on the grounds of The Creeks in East Hampton. The day included food and cooking demonstrations, eco-friendly activations, and arts and crafts. Green Beetz is a non-profit organization that empowers elementary and middle school students to navigate the modern food system, and to make healthy and sustainable food choices. Through hands-on activities and innovative media, Green Beetz takes a holistic approach to teach kids about: Food and the Environment, Food and the Body, the Big Business of Food, and Cooking Basics and Culture of Food. Green Beetz currently serves more than 3,000 students and in over 100 classrooms across New York City’s five boroughs, focusing on underserved communities.
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Entertainment Guide By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com
COMEDY Jay Pharoah The Paramount in Huntington welcomes Jay Pharoah on Thursday, August 1, with showtime at 8 PM. Visit www.paramountny.com.
David Sedaris Guild Hall in East Hampton welcomes author and performer David Sedaris on Friday, August 2, at 8 PM. Buy tickets at www.guildhall.org.
FILM Westhampton Beach Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will screen “All is True” on Wednesday, July 31, at 7:30 PM. Then, on Tuesday, August 6, will be a screening of “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” at 7:30 PM. For tickets, go to www.whbpac.org.
Grey Gardens The Amagansett Free Library will have a screening of “Grey Gardens” on Thursday, August 1, at 6 PM. See more at www.amagansettlibrary.org.
Ben-Gurion Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor will have a special screening of “Ben-Gurion, Epilogue” on Thursday, August 1, at 7 PM. Learn more at www.templeadasisrael.org.
Southampton Arts Center will host a conversation with John Kurdewan and Stephen Stolman on working with Bill Cunningham. Independent/Courtesy John Kurdewan/New York Times
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Southampton Arts Center presents an Outdoor Film: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” on Friday, August 2, at 8:30 PM. On Sunday, August 4, will be “Artifishal: The Road to Extinction is Paved with Good Intentions” at 6 PM. Then, on Tuesday, August 6, at 7:30 PM will be Southampton Jewish Film Fest: “Moritz Daniel Oppenheim — The First Jewish Painter.” Learn more at www.southamptonartscenter.org.
Sag Harbor Cinema continues its Really Funny series with “A New Leaf” on Sunday, August 4, at 6 PM. See more at www.sagharborcinema.org.
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5 PM. On Saturday, August 3, at 5 PM will be authors in conversation featuring Alafair Burke, Laura Lippman, Alison Gaylin, and Cristina Alger. On Sunday, August 4, at 11 AM join Esme and Calista Washburn, with “20 Recipes Kids Should Know.” Go to www. bookhampton.com for details.
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The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton presents “If Beale Street Could Talk” on Sunday, August 4, at 2 PM. Visit www.myhamptonlibrary.org.
BookHampton in East Hampton welcomes Zibby Owens, interviewing authors Eva Hagberg Fisher and Lauren Gershell on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 PM. Tonne Goodman, author of “Point of View: Four Decades of Fashion,” in conversation with Wendy Goodman will take place on Friday, August 2, at
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Surf Movie Night The Surfrider Foundation presents Surf Movie Night XVII, a benefit for clean water and healthy beaches, at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Wednesday, July 31, at 7 PM. Go to www.guildhall. org for tickets.
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On Thursday, August 1, at 5 PM, the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will host a talk and book signing with author Michael Shnayerson and Parrish director Terrie Sultan on the book “Boom, Mad Money, Mega Dealers, And the Ride of Contemporary Art.”
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— Friday, August 2, at 8 PM Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
— Sunday, August 4, at 6 PM The Surf Lodge, Montauk
— Friday, August 9, at 6 PM Jones Beach, Wantagh
— Saturday, August 17, at 6:30 PM Solè East, Montauk
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Canio’s Canio’s Cultural Cafe welcomes Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Colson Whitehead as he reads from “The Nickel Boys” on Thursday, August 1, at 6 PM at Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse. Richard Rabinowitz will give a talk at Canio’s Books in Sag Harbor to celebrate Herman Melville’s 200th birthday on Saturday, August 3, at 5:30 PM.
Working For Bill Southampton Arts Center will host a conversation with John Kurdewan and Stephen Stolman on working with Bill Cunningham, titled "In the Presence of Genius," on Thursday, August 1, at 7 PM. Go to www.southamptonartscenter.org.
David Salle On Friday, August 2, at 6 PM, Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will host a gallery talk with collection artist David Salle. Visit www.parrishart.org for more information.
Grace Schulman The Amagansett Free Library will have a reading with poet Grace Schulman on Saturday, August 2, at 5 PM. See more at www.amagansettlibrary.org.
Bob Roth On Saturday, August 3, at 11 AM East Hampton Library will welcome Bob Roth, author of “Strength and Stillness.”
Frank Strausser On Saturday, August 3, at 6 PM, critically acclaimed playwright Frank Strausser will read his debut novel “Plastic” at Spur at the Station in Southampton.
Guild Hall Guild Hall in East Hampton will host “Stirring the Pot: Tom Colicchio,” hosted and interviewed by Florence Fabricant on Sunday, August 4, at 11 AM, followed by Midsummer Night Conversations on Creativity with Questlove at 7 PM. Then on Monday, August 5, at 7 PM, Hamptons Institute presents a talk on the youth climate movement. Go to www.guildhall.org for tickets.
Lecture Series The Watermill Center welcomes Isabella Rossellini on Tuesday, August 6, at 7:30 PM. See more at www.thewatermillcenter.org.
THEATER KidFEST Guild Hall in East Hampton will host KidFEST: FLY Dance Company on Wednesday, July 31, at 1 PM, 4 PM, and 5 PM. Visit www.guildhall.org to learn
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The North Fork Community Theatre Youth on Stage presents a production of “Pippin” through August 4. Visit www.nfct.com for full show dates and times.
The Gateway The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport will have “The Sound of Music” through August 17. Visit www.thegateway.org.
Annie Get Your Gun Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun” will be at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor through August 25. For tickets and times, go to www.baystreet.org.
Opera al Fresco LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton will present Opera al Fresco, on Friday, August 2, with a performance at 6 PM. Visit www.longhouse.org.
MUSIC The Clam Bar The Clam Bar at Napeague hosts live music every Wednesday starting at 4 PM.
Stephen Talkhouse Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett jams out to Juliet Garrett on Wednesday, July 31, at 8 PM. Thursday, August 1, kicks off with Conga Cartel at 8 PM followed by LHT at 10 PM. Friday, August 2, at 7 PM will be Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real followed by Faces for Radio at 11 PM. Saturday, August 3, Glenn Tilbrook takes the stage at 7 PM, and then Lead of Foxes at 9 PM, with Hello Brooklyn closing out the night beginning at 11 PM. On Sunday, August 4, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real returns at 8 PM, followed by Winston Irie at 10 PM. Monday, August 5, at 8 PM, will be Brett Dennen and then DJ Snoop at 10 PM. Tuesday, August 6, will be Brett Dennen again at 8 PM, and then Hello Brooklyn at 10 PM. See more at www.stephentalkhouse.com.
BH Chamber Music Festival Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church will host a concert on Wednesday, July 31, at 6:30 PM, titled “Summer Winds.” On Sunday, August 4, at 6:30 PM, will be “Mozart, Brahms & More.” Then, on Monday, August 5, at 6:30 PM will be a special concert at Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill with a Focus on Frankenthaler titled “American Dreams.” Tickets are sold at www.bcmf.org.
The Paramount Theater The Paramount Theater in Huntington hosts The Wallflowers on Wednesday, July 31, with showtime at 8 PM, and Gavin DeGraw on Tuesday, August 6, with showtime at 8 PM. Buy tickets at
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day, August 5, at 7 PM will be Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich in concert. Learn more at www.southamptonartscenter.org.
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The Jam Session of The Hamptons will perform at Union Cantina in Southampton every Thursday at 7 PM. See more at www.thejamsession.org.
The Surf Lodge in Montauk brings to the stage Hurray For The Riff Raff on Saturday, August 3, at 6 PM and Thievery Corporation on Sunday, August 4, at 6 PM. Head to www.thesurflodge. com for more.
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New Moon Cafe in East Quogue presents open mic night every Thursday from 8 to 11 PM. Check out www.newmooncafeeq.com.
Gurney’s Gurney’s in Montauk will have Alfredo Merat by the fire pit on Thursday, August 1, at 6 PM, followed by Phresh at 9 PM. On Friday, August 2, at 12:30 PM, Nicole Leone will be at the Beach Club, then at 6 PM, Jamie Hartmann and Empire Sound will play at the fire pit followed by DJ Klutch, who will close the night at 9 PM. Saturday, August 3, at 12:30 PM, Nicole Leone returns to the Beach Club, with Blues Alley Ensemble at the fire pit at 2 PM, followed by The Rakiem Walker Project at 6 PM, and Rick Wonder at 9 PM. Sunday, August 4, will have Anastasi Boo at the Beach Club at 12:30 PM and Cafe Wha at 6 PM by the fire pit.
Guild Hall Guild Hall in East Hampton welcomes Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on Thursday, August 1, at 8 PM. On Saturday, August 3, at 8 PM will be Linda Eder at 8 PM. Visit www.guildhall. org for more information.
The Clubhouse On Thursday, August 1, will be Potter/ Tekulsky; Friday, August 2, will be Rum Hill Rockers; Saturday, August 3, will be Glass Bottom Soul; Sunday, August 4, will be The Highest Degree; Monday, August 5, Jettykoon. All performances begin at 6 PM. Visit www.ehitclubhouse.com for more.
Westhampton Beach Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center will have Herb Alpert and Lani Hall on Friday, August 2, at 8 PM; ABBA the Concert on Saturday, August 3, at 8 PM; and Postmodern Jukebox on Sunday, August 4, at 8 PM. For tickets, go to www.whbpac.org.
Southampton Arts Center Southampton Arts Center will have an Outdoor Latin Music Concert with Mitch Frohman and the Bronx Horns on Saturday, August 3, at 7 PM. Sunday, August 4, at 2 PM will be World Music on the Steps: Iris Ornig Duo. On Mon-
Suffolk Theater in Riverhead will have a celebration of the music of Joni Mitchell on Saturday, August 3, with a showtime of 8 PM. Tickets? Go to www.suffolktheater.com.
Concerts On The Green On Monday, August 5, Montauk Village Green free outdoor concerts continue with The Dogwatchers at 6:30 PM. Visit www.montaukchamber.com to learn more.
The Feeling Good Tour Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor will host Music Mondays. With Lachanze presenting The Feeling Good Tour on Monday, August 5, at 8 PM. Tickets are at www.baystreet.org.
Pianofest Pianofest in the Hamptons continues at the Avram Theater in Southampton on Monday, August 5, at 5 PM. Visit www.pianofest.com for tickets.
Annie Get Your Tickets
Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is offering an updated version of the classic Irving Berlin musical “Annie Get Your Gun,” the story of the sharpshooter Annie Oakley, as the final mainstage production of the summer season. With famous songs like “Anything You Can Do,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and “I Got the Sun in the Morning,” it’s a show where the audience walks into the theater humming the tunes. Helmed by acclaimed director Sarna Lapine, this version offers “a fresh, modern approach to the story, incorporating elements from Dorothy Fields’s original book to create the strongest and most revolutionary Annie Oakley ever seen,” according to a press release. The show is already in previews, opens Saturday, August 3, and runs through August 25. Tickets are available at www.baystreet. org, or by calling the box office at 631-725-9500. BL
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READING OUR REGION By Joan Baum
A Pocketful Of Poseys Edith Lester’s new booklet ‘whispers’ about Springs scandal Decades back, when I was relatively new to the East End and chatting up a local whose roots, he said, went way back, I referred to him admiringly as a “Bonacker.” His wide-eyed, “O”mouth response was immediate. “I’m a Posey!” What did I know? He did live in Springs and had Bonacker friends, but history ruled — the Poseys settled mainly in Amagansett while the Bonackers spread out largely in Springs, though both groups still like to identify themselves by referring to particular areas: the Round Swamp Poseys, the Devon Poseys, the Pantigo Poseys. The Poseys, legend has it, took their name from a 19th-Century ancestor who liked to walk around the streets of Amagansett with a flower in his lapel. Or so say folklorists who now include the remarkable 65-year-old Edith Lester, from “Poseyville” (Cross Highway, near Brent’s). In her new little book, she refers to herself as “an artist and writer, mostly of short stories passed down from family or from my memories growing up.” Her first outing in print, in December 2015, “A Gift from the Attic,” comprised stories in the form of letters she found in an old trunk after her mother, Lottie Wood Lester, died in 2011. Most
were to her mother from her maternal grandmother and told about life in small-town, working-class America — before the East End became the Hamptons. The takeaway from Edith Lester’s new venture, “Only Told In Whispers: A Story Based On An Actual Court Case From East Hampton, NY in 1861” is a reminder of the hardscrabble life of this area, going back 150 years. The new booklet also shows Edith as a justifiably proud researcher, marrying truth and sympathy. She got hold of a story that was known only “in whispers” but that had been recorded as court transcripts. It was about her Pantigo Posey great-grandmother Catherine (Kate) Sophronia Lester (b. 1845) and her great-grandfather Nathan Lester, Catherine’s cousin, who fathered Kate’s “bastard” child but didn’t own up. Without moralizing, Edith finesses the change in mores over time. “Now as we all know, young ladies in the 1860s where [sic] expected to act in proper ways.” Enter young Nathan Lester, “a restless spirit with strong determination,” one of the Lester boys who could be strong and cocky. “Not unlike the Lester boys today. Some traits do travel down through the generations.”
Kate toys with him and he is attracted to her. Rape ensues but he denies what Kate says. She becomes pregnant and her parents hired a lawyer — the trial, a hope “of recovering some of Kate’s honor,” if not support. “Nathan and Kate have started the separation of the Lester family. Leaving in their trail a devastation felt by others for years to come.” In prose that is unadorned and untutored and, for that matter, authentic — a voice that doesn’t bother at times with the niceties of grammar — Edith talks about her ancestors, particularly the young who were often worked to death before their time. Yet they loved, were loved, and were family. The simplicity of her presentation, with home photos, gives the book a feel of the Real Deal. “Yes, things happened, people were hurt. Life went on and low [sic] and behold we survived.” Kate married Claudius Hamilton, but alas he came back from the Civil War changed, and left her, now with three young children. Meanwhile, cousin Lester who had fathered her child married Mary Conklin Bennett in 1867, while Kate farmed out their son, Nathan, at the age of seven to work (Kate would later marry John Mulligan). In time, young
Nathan grew to be an industrious fisherman, got married, continued to work bays and ocean and was eventually known as Captain Posey, living on land in Pantigo that is still in the family today. Kate was, for sure, flirtatious and given to fantasy. “She has heard tales of the big city filled with excitement and women that stroll in parks wearing fancy dresses,” but because of her family’s need, she was “delivered to George Miller’s house” in even more remote Springs to live and “do boarding house laundry.” But she “will be damned,” Edith writes, “if she will let any of them know she was hurting.” She sneaks out at night, even though “tongues were flapping and the whispers began.” Title and chapter headings in heavy Gothic font give the slim book a kind of official imprimatur, as Edith recounts her tale about her greatgrandmother. In an inspired move, she tells the story as “historical fiction,” importing facts about the people and times, but also reimagining in the present tense what Kate may have been thinking and feeling in those heady days growing up poor but high-spirited, a young, hardworking girl caught between ignorance and desire.
Sweet Charities Compiled by Jessica Mackin-Cipro jessica@indyeastend.com
Carriage House Thrift Shop The Southampton History Museum completed the restoration of the historic 1890 Nugent Carriage House last month after funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Plan and the Village of Southampton. The house now is home to a thrift shop, to raise funds for its always-free education programs for seniors and children. A grand opening will be held on Thursday, August 1, from 4 to 6 PM.
UNCF The United Negro College Fund will host its annual “A Mind Is . . .” Hamptons summer benefit on Saturday, August 3, from 5 to 9 PM at the home of Nancy Silberkleit in East Hampton. The event will honor Sharlee Jeter and R. Donahue Peebles. UNCF is the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization. For more info, visit www.uncf.org.
The Southampton History Museum Carraige House Thrift Shop. Independent/Courtesy Southampton History Museum
Solving Kids’ Cancer Solving Kids’ Cancer’s summer benefit luncheon will be held on Monday,
August 5, starting at 12:30 PM at Tutto il Giorno in Southampton. For tickets and more info, visit www.solvingkidscancer.org.
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Half-Summertime Report Still plenty of people to meet, dishes to eat
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Events To Look Forward To Southampton Hospital’s 61st Annual Summer Party: Saturday, August 3 Southampton Hospital’s 61st annual Summer Party is an evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing to benefit the Jenny and John Paulson Emergency Department. Celebrity event planner Larry Scott of Lawrence Scott Events will produce the event, providing the décor and cuisine. Philanthropist Jean Shafiroff and her husband Martin will be this year’s honorees. www.southamptonhospital.org
Can you believe we are at the midpoint of summer? As the old saying goes, time flies when you are having fun, especially on the East End. However, the season is far from over and there are still plenty of people to meet, events to attend, and dishes to eat. Here are some things to look forward to the second half of the summer.
Allen Salkin, along with co-author Aaron Short, has released a new book, “The Method to The Madness: Donald Trump’s Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired — and Inaugurated.” Salkin and Short have written an objective, nonpartisan oral history devoid of anonymous sources. Russian Samovar Restaurant and Piano Bar hosted a literary star-studded party to celebrate the book’s release. Salkin has reported on media and culture for Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Post, and New York magazine. www.allensalkin.com A man of many talents, Brent Feinberg is an integrative healer, reiki master, certified BodyTalk practitioner and yoga teacher, as well as bestselling author of “Freeing Freddie The Dreamweaver,” an inspirational book for children and adults endorsed by Deepak Chopra. With Love From Freddie uses his material and content as the tools for the work they do. These are all aimed at pinpointing a person’s fears so they can let go of them, live life with intention, and learn how to build their dream life, creating individual goals and uplifting others. www.withlovefromfreddie.com Ann Liguori is a polymath. She’s a radio and television golf commentating phenomenon, president of Ann Liguori Productions, and owner of Sports Innerview Radio & Television, an archive collection of interviews Liguori did with sports legends and entertainment stars. She is the author of “A Passion for Golf: Celebrity Mus-
law at a prestigious firm in Manhattan before launching a successful beverage company, Macchu Pisco, with her sister Melanie da Trindade-Asher. She has been keenly involved with social equality issues for women and is often featured in publications aiming to discuss women’s progress and equality. She also serves as one of the youngest board members of the non-profit Save Venice. Asher recently co-hosted the Parrish Art Museum’s annual Midsummer After Party. www.macchupisco. com
Apollo In The Hamptons — A Night of Legends: Saturday, August 3 The 10th annual Apollo in the Hamp-
ings About the Game.” In addition, Liguori is a champion of charitable activity through her Ann Liguori Foundation, with the mission to raise funds and awareness for not-for-profits that work in the field of cancer research, prevention, and cancer care. Liguori is also a strong supporter of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation. www.AnnLiguori.com
Peruvian-born philanthropist, activist and entrepreneur Lizzie Asher graduated magna cum laude from Duke University and earned a degree from Harvard Law School. She practiced
tons will be held at the home of Ronald Perelman in East Hampton’s “The Creeks.” This upward of $15,000 event draws entertainment ranging from Chris Martin and Jon Bon Jovi to Jamie Foxx and Christina Aguilera. Guests such as Barbra Streisand, Jack Nicholson, and Paul McCartney have attended previous years. www.apollotheater. org/giving Northwell Health’s Summer Hamptons Evening (SHE): Saturday, August 17 The first Summer Hamptons Evening (SHE) presented by Victoria MoranFurman, and Iris & Saul Katz will benefit the Katz Institute for Women’s Health. The highly anticipated inaugural event will be produced by celebrity event planner Larry Scott of Lawrence Scott Events. There will be a special musical performance by Alexa Ray Joel.
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Enticing Delicacies Founded by restaurateur Keith Davis, the Golden Pear Café is known for many specialties, especially its coffee. From its signature house blend to flavored cappuccinos like mocha, caramel, and hazelnut, the freshly brewed cups will indulge your senses. All are available iced or blended, and can be enjoyed at any of its four East End locations. www.goldenpearcafe.com Silver’s offers a combination of European and American cuisine in a casual setting. Each meal is prepared with the finest and freshest ingredients available. Try the Silver BLT with grilled slices of Eli’s Tuscan Bread and layered generously with crisp, sweetsmoky bacon, ripe tomatoes, Romaine lettuce, and mayo. www.silversrestaurant.com Hampton Coffee Company is a 24-year-old local family-owned chain of cafés and espresso bars located in Water Mill, Westhampton Beach, Southampton, and on the North Fork in Aquebogue. Each cafe features a fresh bakery and juice bar with homemade hot breakfast and lunch served from 6 AM to 7 PM. Although they consider themselves a coffee company first, since they have their own coffee roastery in Southampton, Hampton Coffee Company is equally well-known for their Lean N’ Green breakfast wrap, blueberry muffins, and rotating lunch specials. www. hamptoncoffeecompany.com The summer season is also ice cream season, and Scoop Du Jour is a must for ice cream and sweet lovers alike. With several flavors and toppings to choose from, and generous portions, Scoop Du Jour is the perfect place to cool off during the last of these long, hot, summer days. www.scoopdujour.com.
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Dining Palak Patel Tells Her Story With Food A memoir passed on in sweet and savory servings By Hannah Selinger The sky is cotton-candy pink when I pull up to the potato farm on Scuttle Hole Road in Water Mill. When people hear you’re a food writer, they assume all manner of perks, but the brutal reality of any food writing — any kind of writing, really — is that the actual work of it takes place in solitary confinement, at a computer, in pajamas, far from the rolling hills and Hamptons light that make dinner parties in July so magical. And then, every once in a while, the heavens open, and you think: Oh, right. This is why. I had come to the home of Christine Prydatko of Simple Vodka in Water Mill for dinner with Palak Patel, a powerhouse (and fellow French Culinary Institute alumna) who won “Chopped,” who beat Bobby Flay, and who appeared on too many television shows to count. The dinner, titled “Indian Summer,” was hosted by Simple and The Independent. Her food is both delicate and forceful, both nostalgic and pensive, both expansive and familiar. Under an Edison bulb-lit pergola, where strolling diners clink foamy glasses of sparkling things, Palak tends to a grill nonchalantly. If she breaks a sweat, I don’t see it. While the lights change from soft white to heartthrob red, she presents indistinct, edible globes. Vegan empanadas, she says, but they are so much more: Puff pastry shrouding sweet peas and daubed with date and tamarind sauce. Salty, crunchy, sweet. Should a snack be anything else? Food appears family-style (the way I prefer it, in case you were won-
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dering), and, since we’re in the thick of the greatest season for eating, it is color at its finest. If winter feels like an homage to beige and brown, July is green and yellow and red and purple and orange, a symphony of nature’s braggadocio. Before us are potatoes dusted with coriander powder and chives, a “lightened potato salad”; a traditional Indian raita — a cooling condiment — made with cucumber, banana, pomegranate, and “a secret ingredient from my mother”; spoon-soft grilled eggplant, lashed with cumin, garam masala, habanero, shallot, and coriander; corn, charred on an open fire and composed in a salad with pickled onions; and the most perfectly seared halibut you have ever seen, served with a delicate mustard dressing. Ingredients come from Balsam Farms in Amagansett, where, our chef confesses, she stood at the farm stand, hoarding corn in the morning sun. We
are here, in the Hamptons, but somehow transported, to wherever Palak Patel is when she’s making this. We are on her journey now. This is her trip, and we are just along for the ride. She cooks her memories, in the same way that I write mine. Her history is on display, right here, for anyone who wants to see it. Here is a whisper of her grandmother, of her mother. Here is the vision of her childhood that she carries with her now. Her food is her, she says. She says this without saying it at all. The cotton candy sky fades to indigo, and then an inky black. A custard appears, and my willpower dissolves. With a heat wave on the horizon, we are all susceptible to the delicious impulses set forth by Palak, our gracious host. I don’t ask for seconds, but maybe I should. The writer Ruthie Ackerman conducts a memory activity, urging us gluttonous eaters to recall our first-ever
food memories. Palak tells us about a time in India, with stalls of street foods. In the moment, I can’t write down a single thing about my first food memory, but later, in the dark of my bedroom, I am haunted by a Cookie Monster cake at my fourth birthday, and of a memory of my father that I can’t shake. That cake was nothing to speak of, but everything about that moment is gone now — the sugary cake, the Colorado sunshine, my father. I can see why Palak telescopes the past through food, why it’s so important. It’s a window one can climb into, a ladder back in time. Eventually, we all have to go home. The potato field is dark and otherworldly, shrouded. When I pull up this memory in five or 10 or 15 years, what will I recall? Will it be the piquant onions, crunching through the sweetsinged corn? The last gasp of coriander on a July evening? How will I rewrite the memory? How will food hold time?
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Raising Spirits For 50 Years Park Place Wines & Liquors celebrates milestone anniversary By Nicole Teitler nicole@indyeastend.com
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Donald McDonald purchased an empty lot in East Hampton in 1969 on Newtown Lane, long before the days of luxury retail stores. A high school teacher at the time, McDonald built a discount liquor store, a party store, and the offices above it, all after the dismissal bell rang, and throughout the summer months, to open up his family business that very same year. Today, that discount liquor store has become better recognized as Park Place Wines & Liquors. “For us growing up, the family business was there and the whole community came in. Especially around Christmas time. Everybody knew everybody else,” said Donald’s daughter, Donna McDonald. Her brother, Tom McDonald, chimed in, “It was almost better than the local barber shop.” The McDonalds are a family rooted into East Hampton from the ground up. Donald was born in East Hampton, in a house, not a hospital. He later met
his wife, Alice, while he was lifeguarding at Main Beach, a marriage that would last 54 years. Although Donald had begun to delegate responsibilities to their children around 2008, it was in 2011, after Alice passed away, that both Donna and Tom took over management of Park Place. Donna handles the staff and Tom handles accounting. Together, they’ve refreshed an old family business into a thriving business model for the future. At 89 years old, Donald still comes into the store on a daily basis. “He’s an old fixture in the community. He has a mindset where he cares about people and East Hampton,” said Donna about her father. It’s become a synchronized routine, both endearing and lighthearted, as the staff pulls all the bottles to the front of the store and leaves them out so Donald can see them upon arrival. While Donald has stepped back, he certainly hasn’t tired out, she said. “It’s been such a wonderful expe-
rience to work with my brother,” said Donna. She moved to San Francisco in 1996, but still spends her summers in East Hampton and during the holiday months, where she always sees Tom, who has remained a local. She said she relishes “the joy of having people come in, and the cultural experience of not just meeting people, but helping them with the history of a wine, how it pairs.” Park Place has evolved from a discount liquor store into more of a wine shop, with sommeliers and industry experts that bring knowledge and value into the area. There’s even a tasting table in the store where patrons can partake in sampling different products before buying, from wine to tequila, whiskey, and more. As the McDonalds, and the entire East Hampton community, commemorate 50 years of Park Place Wines & Liquors, it’s also a celebration of life and the family that has brought moments of happiness to those around
them. A bottle of wine, or liquor, is more than the alcohol by volume listed on the label. It symbolizes a gathering of friends, family, and perfect strangers. It’s date night at home, toasting to a new promotion, sipping while watching beach sunsets, a barbecue, a Tuesday night, a memory. “When my dad was courting my mother, who was in New Jersey at the time, he would drive to her from East Hampton. This is before the Long Island Expressway was built. He would take Sunrise Highway all the way to the G.W. Bridge, just to have lunch with her family on Sundays,” Donna said of her maternal side of the family, who were all from Italy. “Italians had lunch on Sundays after church, and they’d all drink Manhattans, or Negronis. So, we drink those two things to remember my mother.” Park Place Wines is located at 84 Park Place in East Hampton. See all they are up to at www.parkplacewines.com.
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ture, you can start to finely dice the onion and celery. When the celery and onion are ready, heat half of the butter in a large sautÊ pan over medium heat. Slowly cook the vegetables until they are translucent. Deglaze with the white wine and let it reduce for another five minutes over medium heat, or until the alcohol is cooked off. When it’s finished cooking, set the onion and celery aside to cool while you tend to the lobsters. Cook the lobsters in the boiling seasoned water for four minutes. Be sure to have a large ice bath with ice and water ready to cool the lobsters quickly after the four minutes is up. Once the lobsters have cooled, you can break the tails off, then break off the claws. Reserve all the claw and knuckle meat to mix into the stuffing
4 2-lb lobsters 2 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning 1 bay leaf 3 lemons 1 c panko breadcrumbs 2 egg yolks 1/2 onion 1/2 head of celery 1 c white wine 1/2 lb butter 2 Tbsp thyme (picked) 2 Tbsp tarragon (chopped) Salt and pepper to taste
Directions Begin by bringing a large pot of water to a boil. Add the bay leaf, Old Bay seasoning, salt, and lemon. This will be the cooking liquid for the lobsters. While that is coming up to tempera-
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while carefully removing the tail. When the tail is removed, split it down the middle and remove the shell. To assemble the stuffing, mix together the cooked vegetables, egg yolks, breadcrumbs, herbs, and cooked knuckle and claw meat. Stuff each tail with an equal amount of filling and
bake in a 425-degree oven for 35 minutes. While the lobsters are baking, warm the rest of the butter in a small sauce pot and skim off the white foam that rises to the top to clarify the butter. When the tails come out, you can spoon a small bit of clarified butter over the top.
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Why? “This is a great dish for the summertime due to the acidity from the lemon,
balanced out by the fragrant garlic and chili. The bottarga adds a light seafood freshness and complexity to the dish. It is important to use the pasta water so the starches help to make an emulsified sauce.”
Ingredients: 1 package bucatini, dried (preferably rustichella d’abruzzo, or gragnesi) 1 clove garlic, sliced into slivers 1/2 tsp chili flake 2 c pasta cooking water 1 Tbsp breadcrumbs 1 lemon, zested (save for juice)
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Bridgehampton’s gem of a sushi restaurant hides in plain sight By Hannah Selinger
I’m not sure there’s such a thing as a Hamptons secret anymore, and anyway, can you really be a secret if you exist in plain sight? Yama-Q is Bridgehampton’s most visibly invisible restaurant. It occupies prime real estate. (Main Street, right down from Bobby Van’s, where you’ll find the street’s most expensive steak.) Its façade is distinctive. (Bleached Japanese wood.) And on a strip dedicated to western cuisine (Almond, Pierre’s, and, yes, Bobby Van’s), it’s decidedly eastern. Still, between the hours — YamaQ is not open every day — and its lack of pretention, Yama-Q is one of those places that fades seamlessly into the background, until you remember how much you love it. It opened in 1997, the project of Hisao Shiroyama, which means that, among other things, it has survived the test of time. Two decades later, the restaurant is a family affair. The fish comes from Gosman’s, Braun’s, Cor-J’s, and, on occasion, Japan. It’s the quality — and not the visibility — that matters. Shiroyama has been in the sushi restaurant business since some of us, ahem, were just out of diapers. He was a founding partner of Sen, though he has long-since left. These days, his work is of the no-frills variety. Light, fish-based food, heavy on the straightfrom-the-boat ethos. It’s sushi, sashimi, or, sometimes, seared scallops. The menu itself is slim. It’s barely existent. Peruse online and you’ll find
yourself thinking what are all these people ranting and raving about? But there are always blackboard specials, tucked into a corner of the restaurant. And anyway, does a menu always betray a place’s greatness? But that blackboard. It changes daily, according to what’s available at the market. There are cooked and raw dishes advertised, sometimes soups, often a dessert. Shiroyama grew up in Kyoto, an area of Japan renowned for its fine white and brown rice and stir-fries. That’s why, at Yama-Q, you will find more than just sushi on the menu. Here is an actual best-kept secret: Yama-Q caters. I have yet to understand fully the rhyme or reason to this establishment’s catering menu, which includes an assorted wrap platter, chicken quesadilla platter (free-range chicken, pepper jack, chipotle puree, scallions), burrito platter (free-range chicken, black beans, pepper jack, onions, peppers, sour cream, guac, and salsa), dumpling platter (pork and vegetable), summer roll platter (lettuce, avocado, cabbage slaw, beets, mango, cucumber), stir-fry platter, crab cake platter, duck quesadilla platter, chicken teriyaki platter, steak teriyaki platter, salmon teriyaki platter, seared tuna platter, vegetarian risotto, red Thai stir-fry platter, sushi bar for up to 24, sashimi “samurai” platter, vegetarian roll platter, tempura platter, salad bar platter, and more —
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but maybe these things are better left accepted, and not understood. Secret is a buzzword. Yama-Q isn’t really a secret. It might feel secret. It might feel like a relief from the Hamptons. It is not frenetic, or scene-y, or moneyed. And yet . . . is that (insert favorite celebrity here)? The people who know about Yama-Q have known about it for years. The people who are smart enough to have sought out lunch — a
sneaky, inexpensive respite from the Hamptons scene — have done so for years. There are not many places left in the Hamptons where you can shed the pretension at the door. And there’s no telling how long such places will remain. As the Hamptons continues to change, the Yama-Qs of the world will be edged out. Or maybe they won’t. Here’s hoping that Main Street forever retains its true gem.
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EAST END TASTE By Vanessa Gordon
Al Fresco Dining Good morning! Dining al fresco is one of my most favorite things to do during the summers out east. We are very lucky to have so many great choices, but I have narrowed it down to the three dining destinations I most enjoy visiting with my husband and our two children, particularly the restaurants that are most favorable for families, including one scenic spot that is the ideal escape. We go out in the morning, so we like to choose a spot where we can grab, sit and eat, and be off. One of these is Marie Eiffel Market on Shelter Island. We have been spending full days on Shelter Island and oftentimes park and take the North Ferry to Greenport. Marie Eiffel is a short walking distance to the North Ferry, and its selection of sandwiches, soups, drinks, tarts, and
more is great for taking on the ferry or sitting in the outdoor seats in front or in the back with views of the sailboats. Our favorites include the organic egg on a roll, and the house-baked croissants. Also on Shelter Island is Ram’s Head Inn. Its new menu this season is so spot on, you cannot go wrong with any dish you select. Some of our favorites include the Spring Pea and Leek Soup with lobster sausage and maitake mushrooms; and Crab Remoulade with red pepper coulis, corn cake, and celery leaves. There is plenty of space for children to run about and meet others their own age. There is a swing, bocce ball court, full play set, a large sand box, and spacious backyard. You can easily
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spend the entire afternoon there and I love that the outdoor seating has perfect views of the backyard so you can watch your children at all times. For dinner, Topping Rose House has been our staple for many years. We also love its extensive outdoor garden and we love to sit and eat on the verandah. I also appreciate that Topping Rose House has events happening throughout the summer so there is always something to do on the property.
Some of my favorite dishes include the Crispy Salmon Sushi and warm chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream. Classic, chocolatey comfort on a cool summer’s night. Where do you love to eat in the Hamptons? What are your favorite dishes? Share and tag @eastendtaste #EastEndTaste on social media. Share your Instastories using those tags/hashtags and I may share your content!
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ustin Marinoff meets us at his latest build at 163 Old Farm Road in Sagaponack on a bright July day. The home is listed by Patrick McLaughlin of Douglas Elliman at $5,195,000. From the outside, the six-bedroom home has the atmosphere of a modern barn with its expansive windows and a style that is both contemporary and traditional. The “Hamptons Hybrid” trend has taken off so much on the East End — its identifying walls of glass invite the landscape in, a look that fits right into the scenery without being stodgy. It’s a style that has attracted summering New Yorkers for the last decade. As we move to the back, where a large pool glistens in the intense sunshine, the pool house is being finished by workers. It is a thing of modern art. “I drew that on a napkin one night and knew it was perfect for this house.” Instead of a roof, it features an open-air space, though a barn-door will be installed to close it from the front where it faces the pool. To the left is a modern-tiled shower and a changing room to the right. It might be something you would see in a glossy magazine that features uniquely beautiful spaces. We spoke as we got a tour of the sweeping 7500-square-foot home.
You come from a long line of builders. Can you tell us about this? I’m a third-generation builder. My grandfather and father specialized in restoring homes and buildings that were damaged by fire, water, and general disrepair. I’ve been around construction sites since I was a little kid. The progression of me building custom homes was gradual, but inevitable.
Where did the name “Mercer Built” come from? My first apartment with my wife, Faryll, overlooked Mercer Street in downtown Manhattan. We spent a lot of time there, and if you haven’t been there, the area is really creative and the opposite of cookie cutter. Cookie cutter is a taboo word in custom building,
and is everything I try to avoid in my projects.
How would you describe the style of your homes and work? Clean, modern, uncluttered, and relatable. I try to create spaces that are modern and cutting edge, but I always keep in mind that styles and trends change. I want things to have a long lifespan — that in 20 years, someone doesn’t laugh and say “Wow, what were they thinking?”
Do you ever spec-build? I do. But I always want my spec homes to feel like custom homes as soon as a homeowner walks in. I completely understand that inserting your own creativity may not align with some potential buyers, but the ones that love it realize they aren’t buying a cookie-cutter new construction home.
How have you been marketing your firm? We recently completed a sky writing/ blimp campaign. It worked out great! Just kidding! My clients have found us almost entirely by word-ofmouth and social media. Social media for me started out as somewhat of a joke a couple of years ago. I was just posting regular photos. I did a project for someone who is extremely successful in the social media space and she gave me the advice to be completely authentic. If your photos are authentic, clients and potential clients see that. In construction, it’s not all glossy edited photos in magazines.
Do you work with specific architects or is it a bidding situation? Or a combination depending on the job? I do work closely with a couple architects that share the same style and aesthetic as I do. I do also work with clients’ architects that they already have on board.
Does your team specialize in
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anything such as millwork or green building? All of our millworkers are in-house. We absolutely enjoy taking those parts of the build to the next level. We avoid doing the same thing twice (one project to the next). In the age of Instagram, it’s really easy for clients to come up with initial ideas and visions, but we try and take that idea and make it our own.
Speaking of green building, have you been incorporating this movement into your projects? Absolutely. Our last couple of projects have had solar power systems. My fa-
ther is on his second Tesla. He has not stopped talking about it for four years, so now we put in electric car-charging stations.
When meeting with homeowners, how do you suggest incorporating their lifestyle goals into your build or is this done through the architect? Custom building and renovation projects have so many components. I understand and appreciate how much of a financial investment they are making. Oftentimes, clients are locked up with anxiety over what they need and want and they’re afraid of making wrong de-
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cisions. I try to relay the feeling that it’s a home and to try to enjoy the process. We come up with the real needs and the end-goal of each space. We always create something special through the process.
websites or periodicals you follow for inspiration?
Do you have a project you’ve built of which you’re particularly proud? From the beginning of this project, at 163 Old Farm Road, we wanted to make it a special home. It’s a spec home, but we wanted to exceed the expectations of potential buyers in this price point. Nothing is overdone, every inch is really well thought out. The cabana feels like something you would see in a hotel versus a suburban home.
What are some trends that you’ve taken note of that you can share with us? I really like the unexpected mixing of materials right now, and that less is more. I especially love using natural materials because it adds subtle but natural textures to the space.
Do you have any favorite
Zillow. I like to look at all homes across the East End. But I really love spending an hour looking at homes across the country. I spent an hour yesterday exploring Palm Desert, CA. It circles back to being authentic. Seeing real-life designs and then having a vision as to how to incorporate them is incredible.
What are some of the reasons why you love the East End? Everything about it is designed and built for a laidback lifestyle. The homes, the restaurants, the shopping.
What do you do for fun when you’re not working? My family and I ski as much as possible. And tennis! Go to indyeastend.com/real-estate to view the full gallery of 163 Old Farm Road. To reach Marinoff or inquire about his properties or a custom build, call 917-797-3964 or email justin@mercerbuilt.com.
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Is the real estate market about to take off? By Rick Murphy rmurphy@indyeastend.com Those of us in the business will tell you realtors are the biggest optimists on the planet. But a recent stagnant spell on the East End hangs over the industry like a storm cloud, and after another lackluster quarter of sales reports, doubt is creeping into even the cheeriest demeanors: is the extended market correction actually the new normal? Here’s a resounding “no” from Ernie Cervi, regional senior vice president of Corcoran’s East End division, and plenty of other experts agree. First of all, there’s the economy, stupid. Democrat or Republican, the numbers don’t lie: with the GNP churning upward, there are people on the sidelines ready to jump back into the game. “Interest rates are near an alltime low. We know what happened in the past. We don’t know what is going to happen. But I think we are beginning to see more activity,” said Cervi. Cervi cautioned that in an election year, the market often develops a wait-
and-see approach. This year, however, the building blocks are in place — and at multiple price points. “We’re seeing activity on both ends of the market,” Cervi reported, “but more so on the lower end right now.” In a sense, the incredible market boom of past decades was short-circuited by the national banking crisis. Is it possible there is still a residue? Cervi thinks not. “We saw people come back in. The sellers are motivated. Corcoran just sold a house in Southampton Village for $27 million.” One real estate trend in the Hamptons is condos, and Cervi noted a sharp upswing in construction and sales. “Watchcase in Sag Harbor sold out. Bishops Pond in Southampton — people are more interested in condos now,” Cervi noted. On the North Fork, Harvest Pointe is a new condo development by Kenilworth Equities and Rimland Development currently under construc-
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tion at 28200 Main Road, Cutchogue. Pricing for available units ranges from $720,000 to over $835,000. Harvest Pointe has a total of 124 units. Sizes range from 1600 to 2000 square feet. It is the most ambitious condo project ever on the North Fork, “and that’s for people 55 and over,” Cervi pointed out. Cervi thinks the time is right for a surge, and Corcoran, as usual, is ready
for action. “We are well positioned. This is a full-time job and those who work hard do well.” Technology has taken over the industry, as it has so many others. “Business is more complex. The people are more in tune,” Cervi noted. It is, for the moment, still a buyer’s market. “Look around. The sellers are motivated. When prices are lowered, there is a lot of action.”
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$2,500,000 - It’s all about the location at 144 S. Essex Street, sited close to village and ocean beaches, this one acre lot with existing 3BR, 2BA home sits on a hill with ocean and pond views. Renovate or build anew. Room for pool.
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Price
Location
AMAGANSETT
Westwood Wainscott
FEM Building & Dvlpmnt
6,300,000
121 Hand Ln
AQUEBOGUE
O’Gorman, T & D
Cordova, L & D
771,000
167 Tuthills Ln
BRIDGEHAMPTON
23 Kellis Way LLC
Trachtenberg, B
4,400,000
23 Kellis Way
CUTCHOGUE
Isaac, M & Coster, E
Rimor Development LLC
778,100
Harvest Pointe, Home #81
EAST HAMPTON
Aroesty, J & K Acuna, F & Vilar, M CitiMortgage, Inc Schiff, B Ordonez San & Nieves Gui Dongan Properties LLC Thompson, M & Fanning, L 405 Hands Creek Rd Rovira, D Jaya, W & Calle,M Heredia, J & Salazar, S Riera, E & Espinoza, B Woolcott, R & R XPL LLC
Theobald, R & S Trusts Clark, R Hagony, S & L by Ref Briar Patch Realty Kalman, K by Exrs Fleckner, S Sands, S Rothman, S & C Sherry, L & B Trusts Accabonac Holdings Co Gutierrez, J & Marles, H 2 Ocean LLC Johnson, T 10 Pondview Lane LLC
1,400,000 900,000 568,711 725,000 585,000 1,308,888 1,433,300 1,170,000 660,000 575,000 805,000 544,000 1,450,000 3,800,000
16 Milina Dr 690 Hands Creek Rd 102 Gardiner Ave 35 Old Stone Hwy 178 Gardiner Ave 17 Dongan Way 24 Wolf Way 405 Hands Creek Rd 39 Springy Banks Rd 634 Stephen Hands Path 14 Queens Ln 2 Ocean Pky E 55 Toilsome Ln 10 Pondview Ln
EAST MARION
Zuckerman, J & L
Bertodatti, W & G Trust
536,000
1510 E Gillette Dr
EAST QUOGUE
Alvarado, A & J Caggiano, T & M
Chatterjee, N Trust Souther, S
590,000 630,000
79 Lewis Rd 9 Rosebriar Ln
FISHERS ISLAND
Doyen, T & M
Lamb, D & K
630,000
1867 Whistler Ave
HAMPTON BAYS
MTGLQ Investors LP Chi, H Donato, A & E Shinnecock Vacation
Morrissey, J by Ref Macchiesi, R & Cheung, J De Cruze, C by Ref Holgado, F
740,718 490,000 525,000 380,000
13 Ginny Ln 42 School St 35 Bay Ave 7 Liberty St
MONTAUK
MA-II LLC Ronen, R Maguire, T & Vellante, K
Granau, C Tiss, J & K Balcuns, D & J
1,200,000* 1,750,000 825,000
525 W Lake Dr 38 Kettle Hole Rd 30 Fleming Rd
QUOGUE
Messina, N Powers, D & L Dune Design LLC
Lane, D Irwin, D & J 38 Quogo Neck LLC
900,000 1,475,000 3,300,000
3 Blueberry Ln 15 Woodedge Trail 38 Quogo Neck Ln
REMSENBURG
Hill, T & E Downing, T
Miller, D Trust Historic Barn Liv Trust
990,000 660,000
21 Dock Rd 128 South Country Rd
RIVERHEAD
Goodman, M & C
Harbes, P
535,000
33 Circle Dr
SAG HARBOR
Dezso, A Kakerbeck, K Mori, F Taylor, R Schechter, J & Wallach
42 CPL LLC Wallingford, D Water Street Dvlpmnt Wilson, J & Huberty, K Vela, R & Julian, M
550,000 848,500 3,815,200 4,005,000 2,925,000
42 Cedar Point Ln 75 Round Pond Ln 21 West Water St, #PHA 5 Green St 60 Hempstead St
SOUTHAMPTON
Town of Southampton Town of Southampton Sree Holdings Inc Darmanin, E & K de Mendonca, M & G Fitzgerald, T Sheridan, J & J 237 Gin Lane LLC
Kahoud, Ghalili & Khoda Khodadadian, Ghalili& Cohen, D & Johann,S Schlein, M 119 Magee Street LLC Fitzgerald, J Frost, D Wright, G
177,500* 700,000* 555,000 1,695,000 3,405,000 567,541 660,000 10,350,000
Scrub Property & lot 33 Landlocked 50 Hubbard Ln, #34 9 Landsdowne Ln 119 MageeSt &900-158-2-27 10 Willow St 570 Hampton Rd, #26 237 Gin Ln
SOUTHOLD
Crisci, P & E
Cosenza & Knollmueller
500,000
450 Rambler Rd
WADING RIVER
Bank of America NA Kitz, C & L County of Suffolk
Dellicarpini by Ref Simone, G Guyder, P by Exrs
654,205 468,000 1,170,628
37 High View Dr 446 Remsen Rd 1127 Wading River Mnrvl
WESTHAMPTON BEACH
Yang, R & Kenney, C KS Trust LLC 71 Sunset Ave Realty First Dunes Dvlpmnt
129 Beach Road LLC Bieber, D & F Sterling National Bank Viskovich, G
1,640,000 2,940,000 1,000,000 2,400,000
129 Beach Rd 3 & 4 Old Meadow Bend Ln 71 Sunset Ave 839 Dune Rd & lot 19.001
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Are you as tough as a Navy SEAL? Bonefrog has held 40 events Bonefrog, the world’s only Navy SEAL across 13 states, with a home base in obstacle course race, comes to Long New England. Now, it will anchor in Island Sports Park in Calverton on Calverton for its fourth event in New Saturday, August 17. You will sweat, you York State. “We know it’s not easy for will be challenged, you may even think racers to travel off the island, so we about giving up, but you will succeed finally decided to come to them,” said and come out a victor. Carney. Brian Carney began Bonefrog in Each event draws between 3000 2013 as he was transitioning out of and 5000 people, growing in size each the SEAL teams. As a service-disabled year. Navy SEALs will be at the starting veteran exiting the Navy as a Special line to fuel the energy, along the race to Operations Chief, he had an idea. “I motivate, and at the finish line placing was searching for something that the medals around each individual would allow me to still work with my racer’s neck. It’s an event based on SEAL brothers but not in a straight teamwork and camaraderie. office setting,” Carney said. Each obstacle is designed after At the time, obstacle course an obstacle real-life SEALs trained on racing was just getting big, with several for combat. Familiar, less intimidating courses falsely claiming they were obstacles include cargo nets and low military-style obstacles. “I found none crawls in the mud. The more advanced, of these companies had any owners technical obstacles include Black OPs, who were in the military and, in a 10-foot wall using a rope to platform essence, they were just business men above, and monkey bars ascending trying to re-create military courses 24 feet above the ground in front of a without the authenticity.” Thus, Carney tremendous American flag and over a the world’s only authentic Navy safety net. ed Fabrics,created Slipcovers, Cushions, Pillows, Draperies, Valances, Cornices SEAL OCR, owned and operated by Then, there’s The Chopper, & Delivery,Navy Window Treatments by Hunter Douglasspinning monkey bars with pegs SEALs. $
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in a few races before the big day and focus on upper body and grip strength “to help traverse the obstacles with ease.” “At Bonefrog, finisher medals are earned and never given. So, the choice is up to you if you want it bad enough. This race is a chance to try something fun that will test you physically and give you a small glimpse into what SEALs go through for training. At the end of the day, nobody will make you do anything. We also are a solid choice for those that want to see what they’re made of,” said Carney. A large amount of the proceeds benefit the Navy SEAL Foundation and the UDT/SEAL Association. To date, Carney and his team have donated more than $200,000 to charity. To sign up, go to www.bonefrogchallenge.com and look for the Long Island Event.
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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC., Plaintiff, vs. JOSHUA HORTON A/K/A JOSHUA Y. HORTON, ET AL., Defendant(s).
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Salt & Sea Opens In Mattituck Chef Allison Fasano offers flavorful, feel-good fare By Gianna Volpe gianna@indyeastend.com One Friday afternoon this June, Campagne House owner Don Schiavetta rode his bicycle over to what is now known as Detective Brian Simonsen Way in Jamesport from his boat docked in Meetinghouse Creek. Schiavetta was looking to lunch at one of his favorite local spots, the former Bay Breeze Bistro turned chophouse, but what he found was an opportunity to open a new restaurant alongside growing celebrity chef, Allison Fasano, within David and Donna Perrin’s eight-room inn on the Peconic Bay. The Perrins also own and operate the Cedar House on Sound bed and breakfast in Mattituck. “I really wanted to be in the space, but we decided we weren’t going to be the ones doing it again because between running Cedar House as one business and the inn as a second business, the restaurant was a third business, and it was getting too tiring and overwhelming with two young kids,” said Donna Perrin, adding she fielded a number of offers from folks outside the restaurant industry before meeting Schiavetta and Fasano. A lease was signed two weeks after that. “Don was really the angel I was praying on. It was definitely a weight lifted, but it’s also really exciting.” Perhaps most exciting is the East End’s introduction to Fasano, whose culinary resume is second only to her sense of humor. One of the first
female chefs on Long Island to garner three stars, as she did at Harley’s in Farmingdale, Fasano has worked for Joe and Lidia Bastianich at Del Posto and as Bobby Flay’s sous chef at GATO. She faced down her mentor on “Beating Bobby Flay” and appeared on “Chopped” and “Restaurant Hunters,” and she will also be featured on another Food Network TV show this month but couldn’t disclose details because of a non-disclosure agreement. “Growing up, I wanted to be a comedian,” said Fasano, who was first inspired to get into the kitchen at 11 years old by watching Rachael Ray on television. “Now I just cook and tell jokes for free.” One thing that isn’t a joke is Fasano’s menu, which she describes as being “nonna-style,” complete with handmade pasta and other flavorful feel-good fare. “It’s bold with layers of flavor,” she said of her cooking. “It’s food that gives you a hug on the inside. Right now, we’ve got a refreshing summer seasonal menu I’ll change in September, but even the pasta isn’t too heavy for summer. It has a saffron broth, crab, a little pop of butter, anchovy bread crumbs, and lemon zest.” Fasano’s penchant for citrus, evident not only in her summer pasta dish, but watermelon crab gazpacho blending watermelon, tomato, and basil with crab Continued On Page 82.
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on November 30, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, NY on August 30, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., premises known as 727 1st Street, Greenport, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Greenport, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 1001, Section 002.00, Block 05.00 and Lot 033.007. Approximate amount of judgment is $553,586.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 066279/2014. Robert A. Caccese, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, INDEX NO. 607745/2019 CAROL RESSI DI CERVIA, (Mortgagors) Plaintiff, -against- SIRO ZANINI,(Mortgagee) Defendant, SUMMONS, To the above-named Defendant: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance, on Plaintiff's attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to answer or appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the notice set forth below and in the Complaint. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, INDEX NO. 607745/2019 CAROL RESSI DI CERVIA, (Mortgagors) Plaintiff, -against- SIRO ZANINI,(Mortgagee) Defendant, VERIFIED COMPLAINT, Plaintiff, by and through her attorneys, The Law Office of William D. Shapiro, as and for their Verified Complaint: AS AND FOR A FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION 1.This Action is brought pursuant to the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (hereinafter “RPAPL”) Article 15 to secure the cancellation and discharge of record of the below-described mortgage which encumbers the below-described premises. 2 Plaintiff is an individual residing in the State of New York, County of New York, with an address of 350 East 79th Street, Apartment 10C, New York, NY 10075. 3 Upon information and belief, Defendant Siro Zanini, is an individual engaged in the transaction of business throughout New York State and more particularly within Suffolk County, having an address of Via Navegna 2D, P.O. Box 2040, CH-6648, Minusio, Switzerland. 4 Plaintiff is/was the Owner of certain real property known as 8 Gansett Lane, Amagansett, Town of East Hampton, County of Suffolk, State of New York, Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0300-172.000-10.00-009.000 (hereinafter the “Premises”). 5 Plaintiff sold the Premises in 2017 to an uninvolved third party but was unable to obtain a satisfaction or discharge of mortgage for the below-described mortgage from the Defendant before the date of closing of title, and thus Plaintiff maintains an “interest in the property” pursuant to RPAPL §§1501(4) & (5) 6 In order to induce the uninvolved third party to close title to the Premises, Plaintiff deposited – pursuant to a written Deposit Agreement – the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) DOLLARS from the sales proceeds with the title company who insured the transaction in order to ensure the discharge of the below-described mortgage. 7 The insuring title company requires an Order Discharging/ Cancelling the Mortgage in order to release the escrow funds to Plaintiff. 8 On March 31, 1992, in connection with the Premises, the above-said Plaintiff, as Mortgagor, executed and delivered to Defendant, as mortgagee, a note whereby Plaintiff promised to pay the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) DOLLARS with interest on the unpaid balance of the debt (hereinafter the “Note”). 9 As security for the payment of said Note, Plaintiff duly executed and delivered to Defendant a mortgage in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) DOLLARS, which mortgage was dated March 31, 1992 and recorded in the Office of the Suffolk County Clerk on May 20, 1992 in Liber 17670 Page 498 (hereinafter the “Mortgage”). 10 Per the terms of the Note and Mortgage, “[a]ll sums owed under the Note are due no later than March 31, 1997.” 11 Accordingly, because all sums owed under the Note and Mortgage were due no later than March 31, 1997, the sixyear Statute of Limitations for brining a action to foreclose on the mortgage pursuant to CPLR §213(4) began to run at the latest on March 31, 1997. 12 Consequently, the six-year State of Limitations for bringing an action to foreclose on the Mortgage pursuant to CPLR §213(4) expired on March 31, 2003; six (6) years after the due date stated in the Note and Mortgage. 13 At no point in time did the Defendant, or Defendant’s successor(s)-in-interest, if any, gain possession of the Premises. 14 Upon information and belief, all parties are known, and none are an infant nor mentally incapacitated. 15 The judgment will not affect a person or persons not in being or ascertained at the commencement of the action, who by any contingency contained in a devise or grant or otherwise, could afterward become entitled to a beneficial estate or interest in the property involved. 16 Every person or persons in being who would have been entitled to such estate or interest if such event had happened immediately before the commencement of this action is named as a party thereto. 17 As a result of the foregoing, Plaintiff by reason of its interest in the property, demands the cancellation and discharge of said mortgage pursuant to RPAPL §1501(4). WHEREFORE, Plaintiff Carol Ressi Di Cervia hereby demands, pursuant to Section 1501(4) of the Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law, judgment against the Defendant cancelling and discharging the Mortgage held by Defendant and encumbering the Premises located at 8 Gansett Lane, Amagansett, Town of East Hampton, County of Suffolk, State of New York, Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0300-172.000-10.00009.000, together with such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: the object of the above-captioned action is to discharge a mortgage securing the sum of $200,000.00 and interest, recorded on May 20, 1992 at Liber 17670 Page 498 covering the premises known as 8 Gansett Lane, Amagansett, New York. The relief sought is a final judgment adjudicating enforcement of the mortgage as barred by the Statute of Limitations. Suffolk County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The Law Office of William D. Shapiro, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: William D. Shapiro, Esq., 34 E. Montauk Hwy. - Ste. 3, Hampton Bays, New York 11946, (631) 377-1168, WDS@WilliamDShapiroLaw.com.
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Adam Miller Group Opens Office In Sag Harbor Adam Miller Group, a real estate law firm with a main office in Bridgehampton, is opening a new office at 34 Bay Street, Sag Harbor. Dennis Downes, a Sag Harbor attorney, who joined the Adam Miller Group in April, will head the office. The Adam Miller Groups also has an additional office in Miami. “Sag Harbor is such a special place because of its proximity to the water and its maritime history,” Miller said. “There is no one more knowledgeable about this area than Dennis, who already has a strong base of clients there. Sag Harbor is one of the busiest real estate markets on Long Island, and we’re very excited about having a presence there,” said Miller. For more information, visit www. adammillergroup.com.
Bridge Bank Reports Solid Second Quarter The Bridge Bancorp, parent company
of Bridgehampton Bank, this week announced second quarter results for 2019 and the report was encouraging indeed. The company’s second quarter 2019 net income showed $10.7 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, and was considerably higher than the $6.7 million, or $0.34 per diluted share reported a year earlier. Net interest income for the 2019 second quarter increased $1.2 million over the 2019 first quarter to $35.5 million, with a tax equivalent net interest margin of 3.30 percent. Total assets of $4.7 billion at June 30, 2019, were seven percent higher than in June 30, 2018. Loan growth also grew significantly. The company declared a dividend of $0.23 during the quarter. “Our continued growth as measured by an expanded customer base, and higher loan and deposit balance reflects the strength in our markets and our ability to attract clients to BNB Bank,” said Kevin O’Connor, president and CEO.
Adam Miller Group, a real estate law firm with a main office in Bridgehampton, is opening a new office at 34 Bay Street, Sag Harbor. Independent/Courtesy AMG
Yogi-Dog Debuts In The Hamptons Yup, it’s yogurt for dogs, and it helps canine companions maintain healthy gut flora, just like in humans. Yogi-Dog is partnering with local Hamptons animal shelters — Southampton Animal Shelter and Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons — and donating its product to dogs in need. To spread the word, it is also hosting pop-up stands in partnership with local businesses to get the buzz out and give residents (and
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Public Safety Is Making A Move
reached the end of its life, with a cost to replace it coming in at $9100. Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said Town Hall is often oversubscribed, so having another place to meet would be beneficial. It also helps the board reach residents west of the canal. Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni said enforcement officers could use the large gathering room to host tabletop training, and fire commissioners and fire chiefs can use it to host monthly meetings. The space, accounting for almost half the building, was divided into a large meeting room, a handful of classroom-sized ones, and several smaller offices when it was being used by a church, and before that, a bank. The $330,000 plan is to rework the offices to fit all members of the public safety department, and maintain a large meeting room that will have a movable dais, furniture, and chairs to host town board meetings of the same size as in Town Hall. The floors will be redone, and a dropped ceiling added. The electrical and fire alarm systems will also be updated. Because the building previously housed a bank, some of the foundation for that is already in place. Zappone said there will also be audio and video equipment permanently housed in the building, to negate the
Town talks reworking space at Hampton Bays Community Center By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
With Southampton Town going from leasing to buying the Hampton Bays Community Center building comes the addition of 4000 square feet of space, and new opportunities. Figuring out what department could benefit from a move while better serving the community out of the location on Ponquogue Avenue was a main objective during reconfiguration talks, according to Deputy Supervisor Frank Zappone. With the public safety department currently split between Town Hall (ordinance enforcement and director offices) and a building on Jackson Avenue (fire marshal and
animal control) it seemed like an obvious choice. For Public Safety & Emergency Management Administrator Steven Troyd, the move would be a huge relief. There’s big benefits to having his staff all in one location, especially when it comes to intercommunication, he said. Town Director of Municipal Works Christine Fetten said taking this route is better than remodeling the department’s headquarters on Jackson Avenue. The roof on the prefabricated metal building is leaking, and after replacing one of two main HVAC systems earlier this year, the other has
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need to transport it. The civic and beautification committee, which also meets in the building, will continue to share the space. Zappone asked the board, as commissioners, to have a meeting with the Hampton Bays Water District, which operates out of a building nearby, to work out a deal to share parking space for public safety town vehicles. He’s also hoping the department can secure a spot in the water district’s garage to house a hazardous material truck. The board unanimously approved Fetten and Comptroller Len Marchese to move forward with making the renovations and the move happen. Marchese said no resolution is needed because money has already been appropriated. Contractors will just have to fit the work into their schedule. Schneiderman suggested that the pair look into hiring as much in-house help as possible to cut costs. Fetten said most work will be done with companies the town has existing contracts with. She’s hoping to get the work done sooner than later, since Town Hall’s meeting room will be out of service once the west wing of the HVAC install is complete, and work moves to the eastern side of the building.
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OLD DOGS NEW TRIPS By Vay David & John Laudando
The Beautiful Cotswolds & Where A History Began A week in Cirencester and a visit to an historic birthplace, Blenheim Palace Bibury, which William Morris called the most beautiful village in England. Independent/John Laudando
olddogsnewtrips@gmail.com We’re off to the Cotswolds, an area of 790 square miles of rolling hills — or wolds — and ancient villages in upper southwestern England. Our home for a week will be in Cirencester, often referred to as the Capital of the Cotswolds. Over 80 percent of the landscape we see is agricultural, sectioned into fields of barley, field beans, oilseed rape, and wheat. And sheep — lots of sheep. The drive there is beautiful, and we stop several times to photograph our surroundings. And we aren’t the only ones preserving what we see. More than 350 Cotswold Voluntary Wardens look after the vistas and remarkable buildings throughout the area. The region’s classic look comes from the oolite (meaning egg stone) rock that most structures here are built of. In the northern Cotswolds, this stone, which on close examination resembles the fish eggs it’s named for, is mostly honey-colored. Further south, we’ll learn that it’s paler and creamier. The area also boasts 3000 miles of public footpaths, including two national trail walks, and is the largest one of 38 designated Areas of Outstanding Beauty in England and Wales. Rightly so. Cirencester’s population is about
19,000, and it was the second largest town in Britain during Roman times. In later years, it was a very prosperous medieval wool town. For us, it was also close to several cities and sights that were on our list of places to visit. After wending our way there and getting settled in our well-located and cozy Airbnb, we wandered a bit and found — surprise — a place that sold meat pies, ale, and cider for our dinner. The next morning, it was time to explore our “new” village. After a delicious breakfast at Toro Lounge (we kept going back!) just around the corner from our lodgings, we walked through the shopping district to the town marketplace. The Parish Church of St. John the Baptist, where construction began around 1115, dominates the horizon. From the hurch, we strolled through charming Cirencester Park — filled with the scent of lilacs abloom everywhere — and past its small Roman amphitheater. There we also marveled at a downed tree that had been imaginatively carved into a bench that resembled a fallen totem. Next on our list was Blenheim Palace, and on our way there, we spied the quintessential Cotswolds village of
Bibury. William Morris, the influential leader of the Arts and Crafts movement, dubbed it the “most beautiful village in England.” Originally built as a 14th-Century monastic wool store, in the 17th Century, it was converted into the weavers’ huts that today are occupied by National Trust tenants. Picturesque is an understatement — it’s even featured in British passports. Although it’s a tiny village, it offers several spots for visitors to eat and drink. There’s even one vacation cottage that can be rented through the National Trust. On to Blenheim. Queen Anne had Blenheim Palace built in the early 18th Century as a gift to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, to thank him for his victory in the battle of Blenheim in 1704. A 134-foot column, in the distance and aligned to the palace’s front door, is topped by a statue of him dressed as a Roman general. And Blenheim is the only non-royal home in England allowed to call itself a palace. But its modern-day claim to fame is as the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Though he was not a duke and never lived at Blenheim, much of today’s palace features rooms that tell the story of this legendary politician’s life. The walls of the room he was born
in are filled with his own paintings. Our visit to the massive ground floor, which is part of the general admission, was hurried because we were trying to keep ahead of a very large group of students that entered at the same time we did. We took the optional added tour of the upper floors, where royalty and heads of state have slept for centuries. These floors are also home to the 11th Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and the Duke was in his office while we were there. We didn’t see him, but the delightfully English gentleman who led our tour pointed out the Duke’s dog, lying down in a hallway that was off limits. Sadly, photos of the rooms were also off limits. After the opulence of the palace, we meandered through the gardens we had seen from its windows, admired how beautifully the palace is situated on the banks of the River Glyme, and made the acquaintance of some very sociable pheasant. Then back to our digs in Cirencester. (A side note to anyone using maps programs to reach popular tourist destinations — be sure to ask for the Visitors’ Entrance. Twice our maps programs took us to back gates where we were not allowed to enter — Blenheim included.)
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IT'S ONLY NATURAL By Melanie Meade
Wild Turkeys On The East End Struts and noticeable snoods The Eastern Wild Turkey is a native of Long Island. Once nearly gone from our area, it has since been reintroduced, and today East End turkey populations are thriving. Wild turkeys are social birds that travel in flocks by walking on the ground. Their bodies are large with black shiny feathers, wide tails, and small heads on long necks. Male turkeys are called toms or gobblers and are larger than females or hens. Males and females travel together during mating season, separately the rest of the year. Hens group together with their young, called poults. Turkeys have a dewlap, a flap of skin under the neck. Adult males
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Other predators, raccoons and snakes, eat wild turkey eggs. The long-term success of this reintroduction, however, will be dependent on habitat availability. The continued preservation of our local woodlands is critical to the survival of wild turkeys, providing shelter, food, and nesting habitat. Melanie Meade, marine biologist, naturalist, and educator is the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton.
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The only tick disease you need to worry about is Lyme disease.
One tick can carry multiple pathogens. It is entirely possible to be infected with more than one of these diseases all from the same tick bite! And, it’s important to know that not all of these diseases are treated with the same antibiotic.
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addition, his latest arrest could mean a violation of his current probation, Rana said. Bail was posted. Another man in very similar circumstances is Ernesto Pulla-Vizcho, 34, who was arrested at about 7 AM on Sunday, July 28. He, too, had a prior DWI arrest in 2016 in East Hampton. Pulla-Vizcho was pulled over on Springs Fireplace Road for a traffic infraction, police said, leading to his arrest. At headquarters, his breath test produced a reading at .22, the police said. He was charged with the same three felonies as Rivas-Ovalle; aggravated drunken driving based on the breath test, DWI based on the arresting officer’s observations, and aggravated unlicensed driving. Both men are also facing a misdemeanor charge of driving a vehicle not equipped with an ignition interlock, which turns the engine on only after the driver takes a breath test. Bail was set at $5000, which was posted. The other two men arrested by town police were charged with DWI at the misdemeanor level. The driver of a 2016 Tao Tao moped was charged with after falling off the vehicle near the intersection of West Lake and Old West Lake Drives in Montauk around sunset on Thurs-
Continued From Page 40. Fireplace Road, where the limit is 40, the police said. Failing sobriety tests, he was arrested on a DWI charge. Because his breath test at headquarters was reportedly over .18, the charge was raised to aggravated. In 2016, East Hampton Village police arrested Rivas-Ovalle in the parking lot of the Blue Parrot, after he had ridden his motorcycle on the Main Street sidewalk. As a first-time offender, he was charged with DWI as a misdemeanor, albeit at the aggravated level, as his BAC was .20. He took a guilty plea in May 2017. In 2016, when he was arrested, he did not have a driver’s license, according to the charges at the time. After his 2017 conviction, Rivas-Ovalle’s ability to get a license in the first place was revoked and had not been restored as of his most recent arrest, leading to a felony unlicensed driving charge. In addition, East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana again revoked his license during his arraignment July 27, meaning that his license is now suspended or revoked three times over. “You cannot drive,” Rana warned him, before setting bail at $7500. In
day, July 25, town police reported. A concerned witness dialed 911, bringing an officer to the scene. Wayne Kelly, 60, of Lindenhurst, was ultimately charged with aggravated DWI as a misdemeanor, after a breath test at headquarters produced an alleged reading of .21. He was released after being arraigned the next day without bail. A Hampton Bays man told police he was using his GPS, headed to points east, when, in Amagansett, he followed it, veering from Montauk Highway onto Cranberry Hole Road Friday night, July 26. Leonardo Gonzalez Cruz, 28, said in the report that he tried to swing the 2005 Infiniti Suburban he was driving back onto the highway, but lost control. The vehicle rolled over, ending up on the grassy island at the fork in the road, the police reported. He was arraigned on a misdemeanor first time DWI charge the next morning and was released without bail.
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veered into a utility pole on Sound Avenue shortly after 9:30 PM. Officers found the vehicle occu-
pied by an unconscious male operator and a conscious female passenger, according to the report. CPR was in progress as police and EMTs arrived on scene, police said. The driver, badly injured and unconscious, was rushed to Peconic Bay Medical Center by a Wading River Fire Department Rescue ambulance where he was pronounced dead. His female passenger suffered minor injuries. Police did not release the name of the victim or provide any further information about the incident. The Riverhead Police Department detective division is investigating the crash. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Anyone that may have witnessed the incident is asked to call the Riverhead Detective Division at 631-727-4500.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: He’s Really Out There Astrophysicist lands on East End By Bridget LeRoy bridget@indyeastend.com
Carl Sagan made the universe, the space/ time continuum, and other vast theories, accessible to us regular Joes. But Neil deGrasse Tyson made it fun. Tyson, the astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, is also the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,” and host of StarTalk Radio and the four-time Emmy-nominated “StarTalk” TV show on the National Geographic Channel. He also hosted the sequel to Carl Sagan’s landmark “Cosmos” series, and just gave a talk at the Spur’s East Hampton location on Friday, July 26, to celebrate the centennial of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity which was confirmed 100 years ago. He took a few moments to speak with The Independent.
eclipse? The stars come out. And Sir Arthur Eddington, who confirmed the theory, looked to the locations of the stars that are right near the Sun — as in, their path of light moves near the Sun, since obviously the stars are much further away. He made a careful measurement of where those stars are, on a map. And then he observed those same stars six months later on a map, when the Sun was not there. And what he discovered was that the location of the starlight had shifted in the vicinity of the sunlight. So, this was evidence that the fabric of space and time curve measurably near the Sun. Sir Arthur is generally considered the first astrophysicist, the first to marry both astronomy and physics together. And luckily for Einstein and everyone involved, the theory was confirmed only three years after he had advanced it.
First of all, tell us about the importance of the 100th anniversary of the confirmation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
But that’s incredible! There are dozens of other scientists whose theories weren’t capable of being proven until sometimes centuries after their death.
It took a total solar eclipse to affirm this. One of the predictions of Einstein’s theory of relativity was that the fabric of space and time curves in the presence of matter and energy. I mean, that’s just completely freaky. (Laughs.) He published his theory in 1916, but the world was in a bit of a tizzy, since the Great War was underway. So, there were no resources or transportation for something as frivolous as a science experiment. At that point though, people started saying, “Oh my gosh, this crazy idea of how the universe was put together may be real!” But they had to wait for the next total solar eclipse, which was in 1919. Total solar eclipses aren’t as rare as people make them out to be. They’re actually quite common. You get total solar eclipses every couple of years, somewhere in the world. They occur more often than presidential elections. Have you ever seen a total solar
Neil deGrasse Tyson, giving a talk. Independent/Spur East and StarTalk
You are the face of astrophysics — if not globally, at least in this part of the world. As a kid, you met Carl Sagan, you talk about it in the first episode of “Cosmos.” And you were hooked. And you have this very large personality, which is what makes your talks so engaging. Were you like this as a kid?
would hold dinner parties a couple of times a month, and even though we were kids, we were there, so I saw how sociable adults conducted themselves. My father was in city government — I grew up in the Bronx — so I saw how he interacted with government officials, friends. So, there was that exposure, but that doesn’t always mean that things come out that way. In fact, there’s an interesting emergent fact in the field of psychology that says that parents have very little influence on the temperament or personality that their kids ultimately grow into. It’s much less influence than anyone wants to believe. So, I don’t know how much I absorbed, or how much was talked to me, but I do remember running for class president in the fourth grade. This wasn’t for the whole grade, mind you. Just our homeroom class. But I had to have slogans, and talk, and campaign, and I remember really liking it. I liked talking to other people. I’ve always been comfortable in social situations. And since then, it’s just a prerequisite for me to be friendly. I mean, the sciences are generally not a hotbed of extroverted social people. I mean you don’t find TMZ going, “We’re coming up on a party being held by the astrophysicists!” My hope is that I can have a positive effect on people’s hopes and ambitions, the way other people, and educators, had an effect on me.
You know, no one’s ever asked me that. My parents were highly sociable — they
You have a new book coming
Exactly! They just sit there as an interesting thought. Now, there are things that Einstein predicted that weren’t discovered or proven until even just a few years ago. But that was one of the more important, fundamental tenets of the general theory of relativity. And it made Einstein incredibly famous in his own lifetime.
out that’s a little different than your other works. Tell me about that. It’s called “Letters from an Astrophysicist,” and it’s a compilation of some of the letters I’ve received over the years, and my answers. Total strangers, who write to me with questions, and decisions, about their lives. They’re at a crossroads, and they don’t know what to do, and they want to get a bigger picture. And the assumption is that if they write to me, I can bring a cosmic perspective that might help illuminate a path for them to follow. There are letters from prisoners, from people just diagnosed with terminal cancer, there’s a middleschool kid who’s being bullied who wants to be an astronaut, but he has seizures — there’s some really heart-wrenching stuff in there. But there’s fun stuff too.
You come out here fairly often. What do you make of the East End? In East Hampton, you can still see the Milky Way. It’s about 100 miles from Boston, and 100 miles from New York City, you’re sort of at the optimal distance from both Boston and New York, at an angle out in the ocean. So, you can still see a stupefyingly beautiful sky. And I don’t want East Enders to take that for granted. Support all of the dark sky lighting ordinances that you can. Because it’s one of the last, great natural treasures — the unadulterated night sky.
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Moon Talk At Ross The Montauk Observatory will host Carter Emmart’s talk on “The Moon Revisted: 50 Years After Apollo, A Gateway to Mars” at the Ross School on Saturday, August 3, at 2 PM. Emmart is the director of astrovisualization at the American Museum of Natural History. The event is free but donations are appreciated. Seating is limited. To register, visit www. emmart.eventbrite.com.
Take A Hike The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society will have a 2.5-mile hike to the Camp Hero Bluffs and a two-hour Goose Creek Paddle on Saturday, August 3, at 9 AM and 9:30 AM, respectively. The society will join the Shelter Island Group for Trail Preservation for a short walk in Old Linda Bean Field on Sunday, August 4 at 12 PM. The 3/4mile walk will visit the newly-opened preserve, which was formerly both a farm and nursery. Volunteers can join the society for their maintenance hikes every Tuesday at 8:30 AM. New volunteers are always
welcome, even without experience. For more information, visit www.ehtps.org.
The Hampton Library TIME journalist Alexandra Sifferlan and Dr. Robert Hirten from Mt. Sinai Hospital will discuss “Revolutionary Medicine: Phage Therapy — Using Viruses to Fight Bacterial Infections” at the Hampton Library on Saturday, August 3, at 1 PM. Continuing “Le Cinéma! Foreign Film Screenings,” the international film series, the library will screen “Custody,” a French thriller, on August 3 at 2:30 PM. The library will also screen “If Beale Street Could Talk” on Sunday, August 4, at 2 PM.
Nancy Kelley At JCOH Nancy Kelley, director of The Nature Conservancy’s Long Island Chapter will offer a talk at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, on Sunday, August 4, at 10 AM. For more info, see www.jcoh.org.
Mengele Survivor Speaks Jona Laks, a survivor of Dr. Josef Mengele’s experiments during the Holocaust, will speak at the East
Annual Mary O. Fritchie Art Show The annual Mary O. Fritchie Outdoor Juried Fine Arts Show will return for its 47th year on the Great Lawn in Westhampton Beach on Saturday, August 3, from 10 AM to 6 PM, and Sunday, August 4, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Hosted by the Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce, show will feature more than 65 artists, chosen through a competitive selection process, who are working in oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, mixed media, wood and metal sculpture, and photography. In conjunction with the art show,
the chamber will also host its first Summer Sidewalk Sale on August 3 and August 4 from 11 AM to 6 PM on Westhampton’s Main Street. Began informally in the 1950s, the art show was taken over by the chamber in 1972, who named the event for then-chamber director Mary Ocame Fritchie. Having grown since then, the show now provides scholarship funding to graduating Westhampton Beach High School seniors who display a talent in the fine arts. GK
The Sag Harbor Lions Club held its annual scholarship awards dinner at the American Hotel on July 24, where it dispersed $40,000 in scholarships to three Pierson graduates. Paige Schaefer, who will be attending Lehigh University in the fall, and Ella Knibb, who will attend Cornell, were both present. The third honoree, Emily Hallock, is currently volunteering in Kenya, and will be attending Duke University. Independent/Liza Bigger
Hampton Library on Sunday, August 4, at 11 AM. Laks will talk about her experience as one of a set of twins who endured experiments. Tickets are $25. The Chabad of the Hamptons will also host “CKids Club: Popcorn, PJs, and Prayer” for children ages four through 12 on Monday, August 5, from 5 to 6:30 PM. Tickets are $15. For more information or tickets, visit www.jewishhamptons.com.
Rogers Memorial Library There will be a five-hour DMV course at the library on Saturday, August 3, from 11:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Attendees will receive the MV-278 certificate upon completion. Participants must bring their learners permit and $68 in cash. The library will also host Dungeons and Dragons with Harry Mikkelson for people ages 17 to 35 on August 3, August 17, and August 31 from 2 to 4 PM. Reporter and columnist James Barron will talk about his life at The New York Times at the Rogers Memorial Library on Monday, August 5, at 5:30 PM. He will discuss the most memorable stories he has covered during his fourdecade long career. Author Kathleen Bradley will give a talk on “Awaken to the Love You Are” at the library’s Cooper Hall on Tuesday,
August 6, at 5:30 PM. Bradley will discuss techniques for setting boundaries and releasing negative energy. A teen chess club will be held at the library on August 5 and August 12 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. All levels are welcome to play. For more information, visit www. myrml.org.
Varicose Vein Screening Stony Brook Southampton will offer a free varicose vein screening on Tuesday, August 6, from 1 to 4 PM. The 15-minute screening will offer a brief ultrasound of the leg veins and an assessment. For more information, visit www.stonybrookveincenter.com.
Community Band The Sag Harbor Community Band will offer its sixth annual performance of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” with musket fire on Tuesday, August 6, at 8 PM, outdoors at the American Legion on Bay Street in Sag Harbor. Members of the Third New York Regiment, in Revolutionary War apparel, will take the part of the cannon in Tchaikovsky’s score to make for a thrilling event. Also on the program will be marches, songs, and other favorites. Admission is free, and the audience is encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
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Sports MLB’s Carlos Beltran More Than A Ballplayer For outfielder it’s not just about big leagues, it’s even bigger things By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
Carlos Beltran’s adjustments to and within the Major Leagues were a challenge, but for the 20-year ballplayer and World Series champion, pushing through those struggles, and the opportunities the sport afforded him, meant so much more than his storied and potential Hall of Fame career. During his final years, when he wasn’t preparing for games or traveling in the playoffs, he spent hours on the phone coordinating trips to take supplies to Puerto Rico to help in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria. In 2017, he was honored for this work through his Carlos Beltran Foundation, which he founded 15 years ago, with the Sports Illustrated Hope Award. He is currently helping build homes for seven families in Puerto Rico thorough his nonprofit. At a Bridgehampton Benefit event titled “Operation Rise Up” at the Southampton Arts Center Saturday, July 27, it not only celebrated the MLB player’s 2017 retirement, but continued to raise funds and awareness for his foundation, as well as for Operation International, which provides free medical care to people in need in countries around the world. Growing up in Manatí, Puerto
Rico, Beltran had the opportunity to spend a lot of time in the ballpark as the son of a ballplayer, who watched his older brother, uncles, and cousins take to the diamond. But things became difficult quickly when the then-18-yearold signed with the Kansas City Royals in 1995. “It was a big challenge,” Beltran said. “I come from a super humble family in Puerto Rico, and didn’t speak any English when I first got to the States. It was a different culture. It was hard for me to adapt, to adjust.” He said showing up at the ballpark for his first practice, he immediately understood what he was in for. “I couldn’t understand a word the coach was saying,” Beltran said. “While it was a struggle, I knew that to be successful in life I’d have to push through the struggles. In my case, I was able to focus on the English, learn the language so I can continue to improve my game. When I overcame those moments, I understood that it made me stronger.” Then came his first at-bat when he reached the big leagues in 1998. Again, he was overwhelmed. “I was nervous. Maybe even scared,” Beltran said, especially be-
Carlos Beltran with wife Jessica Lugo. Independent/Ed Shin
cause he’d skipped Triple-A to get to The Show. “I got a hit, and I was able to breathe again, relax. I told myself ‘Now it’s time to get out there, have fun, and enjoy the opportunity,’ because at the end of the day, when you get that call and you get that chance to play in the big leagues, you don’t know how long you’re going to play, how many years your career will last.”
Beltran ended up having 20 of those, being productive even in the later years. The outfielder is touted as being as consistent as they come — finishing his career with a .279 average on 2725, with 435 home runs (fourth most by a switch-hitter), 1587 RBI, 312 stolen bases, a .350 on-base percentage, .486 slugging, and five seasons with a Continued On Page 74.
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Scenes from the seven different events at the 33rd annual Main Beach Lifeguard Tournament in East Hampton July 25. Independent/Desirée Keegan
East Hampton Men Win Lifeguard Competition Town’s A Team takes Main Beach tournament with one point over Smith Point By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com The sun was shining on the East Hampton Town men on their home beach Thursday, July 25. The A Team won the rescue relay and the run-swim-run relay, and placed second in the distance swim, landline rescue, and sprint relay, to take a onepoint win over Smith Point, 56-55, in the 33rd annual Main Beach Lifeguard Tournament. “East Hampton always battles with Smith Point, but Jones Beach could come up as strong team, too,” said chief of the East Hampton Town lifeguards, John Ryan. “Smith Point has won our tournament more times than we have.” Smith Point placed first in the distance run, landline rescue, sprint relay, and beach flags. Jones Beach placed third overall with 49.5 points, taking first in the distance swim and second in the rescue and run-swim-run relays. “It’s a nice night,” Ryan said. “It’s a wonderful experience to watch. It takes a lot of effort, but we’re good at it.” Smith Point’s women though
snagged first again this year, but did so this time in historic fashion, with wins in every single event. “It’s an amazing thing,” Ryan said. “They came in with a full team of 12 and won all seven events. It’s unique, very unique. That’s a great crew down there.” The East Hampton Town women’s A Team took second, coming runner-up in the distance swim, distance run, runswim-run relay, and beach flags. As co-founder of the Hampton Lifeguard Association — who also coordinates junior training, and heads the education committee for the Volunteer Ocean Rescue Squad — Ryan said what he loves most is the friendship lifeguarding brings. For him, it’s also been all in the family. Of his nine kids, seven have been heavily involved in lifeguarding and teaching, with his girls going on to offer swim lessons. He was also instrumental in the formation of the East Hampton Hurricanes swim team. “There’s a lot of camaraderie,” Ryan said. “Some girls play basketball, some boys football, but the Hurricanes
swim team has 100 kids age six to 18. It’s terrific. The parents are much more involved with the team in a very supportive way. We stick together, and it’s nice.” The former chair of the Water Safety Committee, who said the water at Main Beach drifts west from Spain
making it colder, but cleaner, said the ocean has always felt like home. “I’ve always felt comfortable on it,” he said. “Lifeguarding is not a job, it’s a lifestyle. I like the responsibility, and this is a beautiful place to be a lifeguard, too. Our beach is remote here. It’s pretty special.”
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Hamptons Residents Paddle For Pink Businesses also beam yellow this week for Race Of Hope By Desirée Keegan desiree@indyeastend.com
Paddle for Pink hosts standup paddleboard races that raise money to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Independent/Paddle for Pink
The eighth annual Hamptons Paddle for Pink to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation will take place Saturday, August 3, at Havens Beach in Sag Harbor. The fundraiser features a morning multi-skill, World Paddle Associationsanctioned paddle board race to support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s mission to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world’s most promising research. Participants can sign up for the three-mile recreational or six-mile elite paddle race. A 1/4-mile kids race will also be available. The races will begin at 8 AM. The Coast Guard, under new law, now requires all paddlers need a life vest or waist belt life jacket and a leash on his or her board to paddle. For the adult races, registration is $200, and for the kids, $150. Paddle boards are available for rent for $75.
Over the past seven years, the Hamptons community and Paddle for Pink have helped raise $10.5 million for breast cancer research. Learn more at www.bcrf.org.
A Week Of Hope A week of hope will be culminating with a race to raise awareness of depression and mental health Sunday, August 4. Southampton resident Audrey Gruss’s Hope for Depression Research Foundation’s annual Week of Hope turned 200 shops yellow, along with Southampton Arts Center, the Southampton Chamber of Commerce, and Southampton Town Hall, for the foundation that funds cutting-edge scientific research into the origins, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of depression and its related mood and emotional disorders. On Thursday, August 1, from 4 to
6 PM, stores including Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, J. McLaughlin, Geary Gubbins Sports, and others will offer shopping discounts and donate a percentage of sales to Hope for Depression Research Foundation. Geary Gubbins Sports will host a Race of Hope kick-off party where attendees can register for the race and pick up gear if already registered. There will also be live music and raffles, and refreshments will be served. American model, actress, and businesswoman Christie Brinkley’s grown children Sailor Brinkley-Cook and Jack Brinkley-Cook have been named grand marshals for the Race of Hope, which kicks off 8:30 AM August 4 around Lake Agawam. In 2018, more than 500 participants of all ages helped raise more than $250,000, with every dollar raised going directly to research. To sign up or learn more, visit www.hopefordepression.org.
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United States Marine Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter was in the hearts of many Sunday, July 28, as they crossed the finish line of his memorial race. Jordan’s Run, the third annual 5K run/walk around Sag Harbor, is in honor of the solider who was killed in action in Ramadi, Iraq in 2008. At 19, the Sag Harbor native was the first lost on the battlefield from the village since World War II. Haerter was deployed to Joint Se-
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After a grueling week at the 148th Open Championship in Northern Ireland, spending some time with family on the East End is exactly what the doctor ordered. The East End . . . my happy place. There’s certainly no mystery as to why the wealthiest people on the planet flock to the Hamptons each summer. An hour can feel like a day, a day like a week, and a week like a month. Last Saturday I was treated to something so special that no amount of money could ever buy it: what has
become “the annual Bubka Beach Party” orchestrated by my daughter, Robin Helgerson, on the magnificent Long Beach, was truly one to be remembered. Living and vacationing in a location that is often dominated by the weather, planning a beach outing for 30 of your best friends and relatives can be a little nerve-wracking, but the weather gods were on Robin’s side and it turned out to be the most perfect day possible. It simply could not have been better —
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bright sunshine, gentle breezes, and the most glorious sunset, and the best company possible. Robin’s meticulous planning assured that the beach barbequed food (so ably managed by Jarrett) was as exceptional as the guest list. Since I don’t spend as much time on the East End as I’d like, getting together with family and long-time friends is such a treat, and this was one for the record books. My brother, Tom, and his wife, June, as well as my sister, Nancy Josslyn, and her son, Todd Jacksima, were there as were all my children, Robin Helgerson with her son Jarrett, Robert Bubka as well as Lane and Kim Bubka, and their children, Truman and Wrenley. Then, all the grandparents plus two of the finest Golf Club pros in the business and friends of mine for over 50 years, Bob Joyce and Bob DeStefano. My partner both in work and life, Janis Self, was there and was very helpful especially to the entertainment for the night — the East End Legend, Doug Dwyer and his wife, Pat, who are also on the 50-year friend roster. There were so many people that are or have been friends to me over the years all together in one special place.
It was absolutely magical. I have been blessed to work at a lot of fantastic locations, but this is always home, and there is nothing at all like spending time with family. It was also a special week on the Champions Tour. Tom Watson, who is revered all over Great Britain and Ireland, said his farewell to the Senior Major Championships last week as he finished playing in his 18th Senior British Open Championship (he made the cut in all of them) at age 69. Watson has won a total of eight major championships including five British Opens and six senior majors, including three in Great Britain. The only Scottish course where Watson didn’t win was St. Andrews, and that has always been one of his greatest regrets. There is no doubt that Watson is an adopted favorite son all of the British Isles. He has always loved playing links golf and would often go to Ireland the week before the Open championship to play the great golf courses there, so it was no surprise that while at Royal Portrush covering the Open Championship, I found Watson stopping by our broadcast location just to say hello. Such a classy guy and one of my all-time favorites.
“Cannabis in Modern Day Wellness,” hosted by Mike Sill and Beau Schmitt, co-founders of the full spectrum CBD product line Sunday Scaries, will begin at 11 AM. Their mission is to destigmatize anxiety. The pair will be teaming up with other notable businesspeople in the industry to discuss the uncertainty in running a cannabis brand, industry regulations, anecdotes vs. science, where the industry heading, and how to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive market, along with an array of other topics around each of the panelists’ brand stories. Sunday Scaries also has a petfriendly extension, FOMO Bones,
attendees can learn about. Sagan Schultz, MD, MBA, cofounder and CEO of WellWell, a plantbased beverage line, will be moderating the panel. Other speakers include Hilary McCain, founder of Sweet Reason, a hemp CBD-infused sparkling water line; a representative from Toast CBD, an all-natural hemp extract additive; and a PAX panelist, from the company that creates loose leaf, concentrate, and extract vaporizers. To RSVP, email sundayscaries@ covetpr.com or alexandra@ thesurflodge.com. The Surf Lodge is located at 716 Montauk Hwy Suite #3 in Montauk.
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Golden Glove winner, and AL Rookie of the Year, before the postseason to ask about how to handle the playoffs. “I said, ‘You’re one of the best postseason players in the history of the game,’” Bregman recalled. “‘I want to know what makes you successful in the postseason.’ And he said, ‘The biggest thing during the postseason is to stick to your approach. Stick to what you’re trying to do. Don’t let the moment get too big. And if you’re a guy who is a line-drive hitter, be a line-drive hitter. You don’t need to be anything extra in the postseason. Just stick to your plan, what’s worked for you.’” Beltran said going from a quiet Kansas City team to being under a microscope in a state like New York — playing seven years for the New York Mets and three for the Yankees — taught him to be more accountable. A low-key type of player, he never sought attention, but also knew how to lead a clubhouse. Because of all he’d brought to the Houston team from those experiences, both with his knowledge and as a motivator, the Astros wanted to help Beltran end his career with a piece of hardware he hadn’t yet received — a World Series ring. “It’s something we’d talked about,” Correa said. Beltran had made it as far as the World Series — in 2013 with the St. Louis Cardinals — and ended up falling to the Boston Red Sox. “He had done a lot for us. He’d done a lot for me. We wanted to help him win this.” Beltran said he had decided on retiring before the 2017 season even began, and felt the World Series title win was God’s way of rewarding him for being patient, for his professionalism, his job as a role model, for the work he’d done, and work he has not finished.
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5 or more WAR — not only because he practiced, but because he studied.
Teaching Himself, And His Teammates First, Beltran trained his eye to see the details. “You’re training your mind, your brain to process information differently and find the information that matters in that moment,” said astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Southampton event on Saturday. He said ballplayers have just four-tenths of a second to hit the ball. “If you don’t know, let’s say, what pitch is coming to you, some of that time is wasted figuring it out, and then thinking about how you’re going to hit that pitch. That extra fraction of a second, with prior knowledge, he’s all on it,” deGrasse Tyson said. It took away the element of gamble, but so did reviewing film. Beltran was behind the tapes, and he brought that habit he created with him to the Houston Astros, the last team he played for before retiring in 2017, the year they took the World Series. It’s a routine he instilled in his teammates like Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, and AJ Hinch. “Just his presence made us better,” Hinch told Jenny Dial Creech of the Houston Chronicle. “He had so much to add, he has so much experience. And he’s a great player. It makes a world of difference to have someone like that in the clubhouse.” Alex Bregman said he went to Beltran, a nine-time All-Star, three-time
Correction Adam Conglianese, who is the track photographer at Saratoga, took the picture of the horse Accabonac Harbor published in last week’s edition.
Forming A Foundation Beltran said having those like deGrasse Tyson, former Met and San Francisco Giants World Series champion Andres Torres, musician Bob Mar-
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“It was a big challenge,” Beltran said. “I come from a super humble family in Puerto Rico, and didn’t speak any English when I first got to the States.” that time has more value than money.” Months after retiring, Beltran began work in the Yankees front office as a special advisor, writing his version of scouting reports and counseling players within the organization. He’s worked with current Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres, and minor league center fielder Estevan Florial — the team’s top prospect who broke his right wrist during spring training. “Baseball is like the game of life, and I feel I can approach life differently because of baseball,” Beltran said. “We have to grind, we have to have faith, we have to motivate ourselves, be strong, be positive. Baseball has taught me those values I now use. When I think about legacy, it’s not about the numbers I put up when I played or the awards that I’ve won, it’s the lives I’ve been able to touch. We have to think about how we want to be remembered when we’re not here.”
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heard of it. What? Hovering incommunicado in outer space? Despite warnings from multiple DOJ sources, they proceeded. It was sad to see that the two ring master buffoons, Nadler, who had a long personal feud and Schiff, whose “apparent incontrovertible evidence� against Trump was never produced, used Mueller as a spectacle, knowing he was ill prepared and totally unaware of the contents. Weissman, whose path is littered with reversals based upon withholding exculpatory evidence, did all the hiring of biased lawyers, one of whom worked for the Clinton Foundation. Mueller admitted he was unaware. This embarrassment, orchestrated by the two clowns that wasted $25 million. Yet they beat their chest. And are proud of the duplicity shown. Our Congress, missing in action, dancing down the yellow brick
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Low-Hanging Fruits Dear Editor, I eagerly awaited and watched the Mueller Report hearings and witnessed a sad debacle. “The Wadler� and “Shiftless Schiff� used a pathetic unprepared witness, who mumbled, stumbled, and showed beyond a reasonable doubt that #1, he didn’t write the report, #2, was unaware what was in it and made it quite apparent that he never even read it. Exactly what was he doing during the twoyear jar of confetti report? No doubt, from his somewhat avoidant dance answers, he was clueless, by refusing to answer basic questions. Fusion GPS, the mantlepiece of the entire saga from day one, and Steele, whose name is at the top, he admitted he never
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