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Merchants Make The Season Bright

By Kitty Merrill

Credit department store icon R.H. Macy. During the 1870s he conceived the notion of creating elaborate holiday window displays to entice shoppers during the Christmas season. The subtle advertising tool became a tradition for families who, to this day, bundle up and tour the city to view the extravagant exhibits.

Credit an inventor by the name of Edward Johnson who, working under Thomas Edison, created the first string of electric Christmas lights. In 1882, he lit the first tree in New York City with them and by 1900 most big stores included electric lights in their displays.

Credit merchants and Chambers of Commerce in villages across the East End who are carrying on those

long ago traditions and making the season bright for Hamptons visitors and residents.

In Sag Harbor, Chamber Vice President Alan Fruitstone is the picture of civic pride when discussing his group’s holiday efforts. The chamber decks the village with Christmas trees and wreaths and hosts the annual lighting of the windmill.

Shopkeepers adorn their store windows and, according to Fruitstone, “People really get into it. Last night as I left the village, it was after dark and it’s just so pretty. It’s nice and conveys an atmosphere of warmth. You don’t get that at a shopping mall.”

Tara Fallo from the Southampton Chamber of Commerce agrees. In her village, it looks as if merchants CONTINUED ON PAGE 34.

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For me it’s the best day of the year. It’s about food and family. I cook until I’m ready to drop. But at one point of the evening I stop and think of what it was like when I was a kid. I reprint this column every year because I will never forget . . .

CHRISTMAS EVE IN BROOKLYN It wasn’t about Christmas Day for us. Christmas Day was about turkeys and hams and cranberry sauce. That wasn’t our food.

The holiday ads of the time showed illustrations of waspylooking, Norman Rockwell types bowing their blond heads in prayer before they chowed down the traditional Christmas Day fare. This wasn’t us.

It’s not that we had anything against this. It’s just that our parents and grandparents were still desperately holding on to Italy and the Italian customs they brought to this country. We knew we had little

in common with the people who owned this country, but Christmas was the one holiday equalizer. It was something we all shared. We just chose to celebrate the birth of Christ the night before Christmas instead of on the day itself.

So my memories are Christmas Eve reminiscences, and they’re sweet and pleasant to recall.

I remember my grandmother starting to prepare the Christmas Eve dinner in early October by pickling cauliflower and onions and peppers and anchovies . . .

The sweet smell of chestnuts as they burned until they were ined-

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ible (we forgot them in the oven every year) . . .

My mom haggling with the man who sold Christmas trees on Avenue U . . . She would buy the tree on the night of December 24.

She always wanted to pay 50 cents.

He would always hold out for a dollar. “You won’t be able to sell it in a few hours,” she would taunt.

“I’d rather burn them,” he would reply. Every year they would settle at 75 cents . . .

I remember eels being cut up in little pieces, dipped in egg, and dredged in flour. Then after they were tossed into a skillet in hot oil, the pieces would start to wiggle. It was right out of a horror movie. It made me wonder about life after death . . .

I remember how I would sneak into our tiny kitchen and sweettalk my grandmother into giving me a taste of the mountain of food she had cooked for our family. The meal started with pinkiesized, crisp little nameless fish that were fried and were to be eaten whole. Then came the polpo (octopus), which was cooked in a garlicky tomato broth. There was a rich, briny, clam sauce waiting to be tossed with linguini; shrimps baked, fried, breaded; baccala (cod), which had been bought dry and soaked for days, now rested in a platter, smothered with fried onions and capers. A fish salad with every delicious fish in the sea, swimming in garlic and lemon and olive oil. Today, so many, many years later, I marvel that the memory can still make my mouth water . . .

All of our Christmas Eve meals started at 7 PM, when my father came home from work. At 11 PM – four hours of solid eating later – it was time for dessert. There was fresh fruit for the faint of heart, but the diehards would dive into the white cardboard boxes that were filled with dozens of Italian pastries with wonderful names like cannoli, pasticciotto, sfogliatella. We wouldn’t stop eating until the boxes were empty. Each morsel, every crumb, was a way of holding on to the holiday for a few minutes more . . .

I remember one year my grandfather, perhaps a little tipsy from the combination of food and drink, helped me to set aside a glass of red wine for Santa. It was empty when I woke up the next day . . .

We were pretty broke, but somehow Santa managed to bring me everything I ever wanted. The best present I ever got was a new Schwinn bicycle. It shows you what a trip to Beneficial Finance could do to make the spirits bright ...

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with my dad one Christmas Eve in search of phonograph needles so we could play an old-fashioned phonograph and listen to some ancient Italian records. We found the needles in a little shop near Coney Island. When we rushed home and tried to play the records, we discovered that the phonograph motor was worn down and Enrico Caruso sounded like he was on Quaaludes. Not that anyone ever heard of Quaaludes in those days.

The only drugs we knew were called Luckys and Camels and Chesterfields . . .

When I was 16, my parents bought me a 45 rpm record player and gave it to me on Christmas Eve. That night, I had just one 45 record (Doris Day singing “Secret Love”). I listened to the same song over and over and over and fell in love with the blond, freckled singer. I still can’t hear that song without thinking of that night . . .

Then there was the Christmas Eve night that Manlio “Junior” Fossatti (age 11) decided to tell me (age nine) that there wasn’t any Santa Claus. He told me while we waited in the 86th Street station of the Sea Beach line for our fathers to come home from work. While he was at it, he also told me about sex. You lose one, you win one, I always say . . .

The Christmas tree ornaments were mostly handmade and had been around since the 1920s. My favorite was a little porcelain Betty Boop character. I realize now it was as close to a family heirloom as we got . . .

Every Christmas Eve at midnight, Mrs. Calabrese from across the street (I was born on the second-floor apartment of her house – she was the midwife) would bring us a platter filled with hot zeppoli, which was simply fried puffs of dough covered with honey.

My brother Joe and I would burn our fingers and tongues racing to be sure to get the last piece.

The night before Christmas on West 7th Street in Brooklyn was always the best night of the year.

The food was so delicious, it will always exist in our memories. It was a time when the language spoken was Italian with just enough English thrown in to remind us where we lived. It was a time when young couples walked past our windows as they went to midnight mass at St. Simon and Jude Church or Our Lady of Grace Church. It was a time when life was easy.

The night before Christmas on West 7th Street in Brooklyn. It’s with me at this time every year.

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Steve Lynch: Leaves It To The People

By Kitty Merrill

If it doesn’t snow this winter, “it wouldn’t hurt my feelings,” Highway Superintendent-elect Steve Lynch said with a grin last Friday.

If it does, he’s ready, with a couple of new strategies he’s eager to try out. “We’ll be in good shape,” Lynch predicted, reporting he’s put together a list of snowplow drivers that includes subcontractors who have traditionally plowed, as well as workers in other town departments eager to expand their resumes.

“This year we may use other drivers in other departments that have the CDL licenses.” Union officials, Lynch said, support the idea, because “these guys want to work.”

Removing the white stuff may

have a green component under Lynch. He’s studied the use of a salt brine and beet juice mixture that could replace the traditional salt used to limit snowfall on roadways.

Popular in high snowfall areas like upstate and out west, the mixture’s freezing temperature is much lower than salt’s, meaning hardpack is eliminated. It won’t blow off the roads, doesn’t stain and is totally safe. “It’s green. You could drink it, but I’m not gonna do it; I don’t think it tastes too good,” he said.

Looking ahead to next spring, Lynch plans to work with experts in the town’s planning department when it comes to roadside maintenance. For years, some residents CONTINUED ON PAGE 25.

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Highway Supe-elect Steve Lynch.

According to insiders, morale has improved immensely in a department once riddled with accusations of racism and employee abuse. Morale has improved because, they say, embattled, and eventually ousted Highway Supe Scott King has left the building . . . and, did so immediately after his Election Day trouncing.

King resigned as Commissioner of Public Works on November 9, a move that could have had inconvenient repercussions if officials weren’t wary. They were, and were able to ensure tasks King was supposed to complete as Commissioner of Public Works – like arranging contractors to plow public parking areas – and didn’t, were attended to by the town board.

Elected officials are on the honor system, in terms of vacation time and the number of hours they work each week, town budget officer Len Bernard informed. In the last six weeks, King’s collected over $9000 in pay, by year’s end and the official end of his term, he’ll take in a total of $12,560 since he stopped coming to work on November 9.

Meanwhile, “The guys are doing a great job in the absence of the Superintendent of Highways,” King’sIndependentNovNORTHAd_18.pdf successor Steve Lynch1 pointed out last Friday.

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Saving Topsoil With Stones In Southampton

By Emily Toy

Farmers in Deerfield may have a few stones in their boots this coming planting season.

Last Friday afternoon, the Southampton Town Board discussed ways to prevent stormwater runoff and flooding along Deerfield Road, specifically on the farms bordering Mill Pond in Water Mill.

The area surrounding Mill Pond has been a longstanding problem with regard to flooding, yet hasn’t seen much action.

“We all know Mill Pond has a

major issue,” said Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst. “What’s the culprit here? Is it septic issues? Whatever it is, we all see it and it’s dramatic.”

Christine Fetten, Director of Municipal Works and Town Engineer, was on hand to discuss the issue.

Fe t t e n , a l o n g w i t h N a n c y Lenz from Cashin Associates, a Hauppaugue-based company specializing in engineering, construction, planning and environmental management, recommended the installation of field sedimentation traps. These traps would be small

stones set at different intervals throughout, for example, a farm, to trap sediment and hinder the loss of topsoil during heavy rainfall.

By using the sedimentation traps, topsoil cannot only be saved, but reused as well.

“This recommendation will help in fixing the problem structurally,” Lenz said.

Fetten stressed that seasonal harvests are what may ultimately suffer if no action is taken.

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these types of issues will be encountered again and the farmers are the ones losing assets every time it rains.”

Lenz and Fetten, along with Assistant Town Engineer John La Rosa and stormwater manager Michael Collins, urged the town board to take action in controlling the area’s flooding and sediment runoff.

“The amount of sediment coming off with rainwater is significant,” Lenz said.

Lenz said that an estimated 90 percent of rainfall equates to about 1.3 inches of sediment runoff.

“It’s mostly topsoil that they’re losing,” she added.

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County Homeless Motel Continues To Create Controversy

By Rick Murphy

Suffolk County Commissioner of Social Services Greg Blass is passionate about his commitment to provide housing for the homeless, and has little patience for those who stand in his way, particularly politicians. But he has his critics to be sure.

Several emerged this week after The Independent published an interview with Blass during which he discussed what he said was a successful conversion of the Hidden Cove Motel on West Tiana Road into homeless housing. Blass said at the time that the motel was being sold and the residents evicted anyway.

But several people disputed that claim.

“The motel has been `for sale’ for five years, and there are no buyers. The reason is the landlord was asking a ridiculous amount of money,” one critic with knowledge of the motel operation charged.

Blass also has drawn the ire of Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne Holst, who charged the county keeps local municipalities in the dark when choosing where to house homeless.

“We are after all better familiar with the neighborhoods, schools and facilities that may be impacted and where there may be better choices than meets the eye from the county’s more distant and less familiar perch,” Throne Holst said.

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Fueled By Town Plan

By Kitty Merrill

They’ve argued it’s dangerous, both to people and the environment.

They’ve argued it’s economically unfair. And last Thursday night local marina owners argued with . . . almost no one, during a hearing on the proposed ban of the delivery of fuel to vessels from trucks parked at any town marina or dock, with the exception of the town facilities on Three Mile Harbor in Springs.

Most who spoke hail from Montauk where marina owners and operators have complained the fuel trucks pose an environmental and safety hazard to the public and unfair competition to them. Carl Darenberg, for example, detailed a lengthy list of safety precautions he was required to install at his marina at a cost close to $1 million. Richard

Janis of the Star Island Marina spoke of seeing a truck-to-boat spill and “the rainbow was unbelievable.” By the time authorities arrive on the scene of such fuel spills, he noted, “The truck’s gone, the boat’s gone.”

The towns of Riverhead and Southold both prohibit truck-to-vessel fuelling, Janis pointed out.

Stuart Vorpahl was the sole speaker opposed to the ban. He said he didn’t think the town should be “mucksing around” with private enterprise.

Several speakers questioned why the fuelling would be completely banned in Montauk, but still permitted in Three Mile Harbor. Supervisor Bill Wilkinson explained that Montauk offers ample opportunities for boaters to find fuel, whereas such sources are less readily available in Springs.

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Marina owner Lynn Mendelman believes the measure is a positive step.

Favoring the notion of making better use of town docks, she wondered if the town wouldn’t consider expanding uses there to include amenities like rest rooms and perhaps spaces for the movement of items and even people.

“Are you using the F word?”

“Are you using the F word?” Wilkinson asked, the F word in this case being “ferry.”

Wilkinson asked, the F word in this case being “ferry.” Mendelman didn’t respond amidst laughter from the audience. She simply reiterated interest in promoting town docks for public usage.

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to the existing contractors licensing law. Town officials softened the proposal from an earlier iteration that targeted almost anyone who did any kind of home maintenance.

The code change heard last week encompasses those whose gross income from home maintenance exceeds $10,000. Only first time applicants for the license have to take continuing education classes.

Speaking on behalf of the East End chapter of the Long Island Builders Institute, Pat Trunzo looked askance at the educational requirement reduction. He also complained that his group was not invited to participate in discussions that led up to the crafting of the code change.

The law expands the scope of current legislation to include additional trades and occupations, such as landscaper. However, it speaks only of LIBI standards.

Standards related to appropriate disciplines ought to be added, Trunzo said. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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By Rick Murphy

In response to readers’ queries The Independent has been filing for information concerning the East Hampton Airport. The following questions were asked by readers and answered by Arlene Salac from the FAA External Communications department.

1. Can we confirm that three grant assurances expire in 2014?

Only three expire - 22.A and 22.H. and 29A. 2. Can we confirm that the other grant assurances will expire in 2021 if the airport does not get any more AIP funds?

Most other grant assurances expire in 2021, 20 years after the last airport grant that East Hampton received in 2001. However, the following grant assurances do not expire as long as the airport remains an airport: Grant Assurance 23, Grant Assurance 25, and Grant Assurance 30.

3. What is the annual traffic count for the airport?

The annual traffic count is 31,000 (with 85 based- aircraft plus 4 based helicopters).

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Lots To Say About . . . Lots

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By Kitty Merrill

Visitors to East Hampton Town Hall had lots to say about lots last Thursday night, as the town board spent its last formal meeting of the year tackling an array of issues.

Two public hearings – related to Urban Renewal lots and parcels that comprise a nature preserve – drew speakers to the podium.

First up in the hours long end of year effort was a hearing on

a local law amending the town’s nature preserve registry to remove three parcels in the Beach Plum Park subdivision located along the ocean on the south side of Montauk Highway on the Napeague stretch in Amagansett from the registry.

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RICK’S SPACE The Worst Of Rick’s Space 2011 Surviving The Big One Part I In my case the hurricane taught me to keep a lot of tuna fish around the house, to cope with warm beer, and to loot the large appliance stores early before all the cool electronic stuff has already been stolen.

Reliving The Sixties Yeah, that big pile of tie-dyed shirts was mine.

No, I’m not regressing back to the sixties. I honestly thought they would look good on me. I soon realized, though, that I’m not as svelte as I used to be. Put another way, when I tried one on I looked like a giant half-orange, half-lime Fruit Cake from Sesame Street. In other words, instead of looking cool I looked like a giant stuffed parrot. One guy derisively called me “Moby Grape.”

Hi! Everyone . . . what a surprise,” she said, yet we could also see the trembling lower lip.

“We need to talk to you,” I said sternly.

“About what?” she replied weakly.

“Your problem,” I said gently, my hand on her lap. Karen burst into tears. “I can’t help it!” she wailed through a flood of tears. “You think I want to live like this? You think I enjoy this? I can’t help myself!” she sobbed, head in hands.

We gathered around her, holding her, kissing her, reassuring her. The first step is to admit it, and she had.

“Karen, look me in the eyes.

Karen, please don’t take this personally, but we need to say it aloud.” We did so in unison.

“Karen, you don’t drink enough.”

God Hears All Sinners The Intervention Consider any given Sunday mornAway for the Winter-INDY_Quogue Sinclair 10/19/11 1:28 PM Page 1 We walked in together. “Oh, ing. People are draped over altar

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rails all over the world, weeping and praying. “Help me, Jesus,” “Save me Lord,” ”Hear my prayer,” “One more chance, Jesus, please, just one more,” “Oh Lord, give me the money back I lost on the Super Bowl before my wife notices it is missing” – umm, let’s forget that one – and so on. But Jesus isn’t hearing the desperate pleas of the sinners.

“Do you hear something, Peter?” he’ll ask.

“A bunch of gnats.”

“Man, they are really buzzing this morning!”

“We should get some spray!”

Then, having marginalized every sinner in the universe with a twominute conversation, Jesus turns his attention to what REALLY matters.

“Hey Pete, wanna play some golf?

Muammar Gaddafi’s Family Surfaces in U.S. Disgraced former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s family has surfaced – in an illegal basement apartment in Springs. Gaddafi’s seven sons and about a dozen relatives settled into the one-room basement, using crude handmade wiring to hook up a stove. Mattresses, some touching the gas heater, line the floor. In other words, Gaddafi said, “It like luxury hotel in Libya!”

There is even a hose “with real water, not poopy water,” the dictator exclaimed. He intends to place several relatives in Springs School including his son Muhammad, age 33. “He make second grade for sure,” Gaddafi said proudly.

The family is living on welfare and food stamps. “They better than oil!” the dictator said. He said he hopes to tour the area shortly, and wants to visit a food pantry. He recently signed up for Meals On Wheels. “I tell them more pita bread

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Surviving The Big One Part II God forbid a real crisis ever befalls us. The online “newspapers” just couldn’t resist reporting on the Big One. First, the facts: There was a moderate sized earthquake in Virginia.

Tremors were apparently felt up in this neck of the woods, though I was walking on the street and didn’t feel a thing. Still within an hour it was as if a catastrophe occurred.

One woman felt “shaken,” another “traumatized,” the newspapers reported with due gravity. A man felt he was having a heart attack. One woman claimed she was “queasy for 30 minutes” after the two-second mini-ripple. One said there was a “ripple” in her tea – jeez, that must have been a harrowing moment.

The Express wrote, “As Sag Harbor citizens return to their daily activities, many are returning to their normal activities.” Oh. The tremor took two seconds. Did they really have enough time to go somewhere and return again? Are their daily activities different from their normal activities? Do they get credit for somehow finding the strength to go on in the aftermath of the treacherous earthquake? Should we hold a benefit for ourselves at Bay Street Theatre? (And isn’t theatre spelled t-h-e-a-t-e-r?)

The best recounting of The Day The Big One Hit (And I Lived To Tell About It) was the lady on Patch who said the “pendulum on her grandfather’s clock was swaying back and forth.” How very odd.

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Enjoy The Holidays!

This is our last regular edition of 2011 – next week will be a cover page retrospective.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our many readers and advertisers for a great year, and all the candidates who stuck their necks out to run for public office. It’s not easy to put yourself out there to be criticized and scrutinized, but it is the true essence of local government – every day people rise to the calling, and that’s how democracy works. We especially owe our thanks to the many volunteers who serve on the civic associations – and of course our volunteer firemen and ambulance workers.

Please remember, especially during the holiday season, to shop local, contribute to our food pantries, and give the greatest gift of all to an orphaned pet – a home.

Police Overtime We were more than a little aghast at the cavalier attitude some Southampton Town Board members displayed when they heard the news the police department is running overtime costs up far in excess of what has been budgeted -- $38,000 in one week and almost $500,000 for the year.

The board was told the money went partly for training costs. We can only hope it’s not going to pad hours for soon to be retiring personnel, a tried and true gimmick to raise retirement pay in more than a few police forces around the state.

The nonchalant reaction was troubling because the board went outside the department to hand pick a new police chief. Perhaps the kid gloves reaction was because the board didn’t want to publicly criticize the new guy, having alienated some of the force by selecting him to begin with. Perhaps the new chief, Bill Wilson, wanted to spread out a little good cheer to win the rank and file back.

Let’s tell it like it is – East End cops are among the highest paid in the country. Some make triple the state average. Like the rest of us, they’ll have to learn to live within the financial guidelines laid out for the department. We can only wonder what would have happened had another department head, say Highway Supervisor Alex Gregor, came in with the same disturbing news about being over-budget.

The board told Wilson to write a memo explaining the overtime costs. We have a better idea: tell him to stop spending taxpayer money we can’t afford to shell out. Memo to town board members (we should note Jim Malone voted against authorizing the overtime payout): take the kid gloves off.

Questions About Homeless Motel To hear Suffolk County Commissioner Greg Blass tell it the deployment of a motel

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Thanks To Town Board Dear Rick, Thank you Town Board for your unanimous decision in accepting Federal

Aviation Administration funding and your bipartisan efforts regarding the airport, a valuable Town asset.

Rejection of FAA funding is not a yellowbrick road to local carte blanche control of the airport as touted by a handful of individual airport opponents. Federal Regulations usurp that false notion. The airport has been, is and will always be subject

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in Hampton Bays for use to house homeless people went off without a wrinkle.

Southampton Town, which wasn’t notified, and some nearby residents aren’t so sure. An article appears about the matter elsewhere in this issue.

Blass told The Independent the Hidden Cove Motel was being sold, and all its current residents would be forced to leave.

Not true, said one person close to the scene, who said the motel has been up for sale for years with no takers. Blass said there is “not one” undocumented immigrant in the Suffolk County shelter system, yet the emergency help line gives detailed instructions Independent / James J. Mackin – in Spanish.

Far from the model citizens portrayed by Blass, a nearby resident said there were six 9-11 calls to police when the first eight or nine units of the 32-room complex were handed over to county homeless participants, including an assault case. Worse, those evicted just a few weeks before the holiday season “were given no help finding another place” by the county. “We’re just a step away from being in the same position” as the homeless.

The landlord’s not complaining. He may rake in as much as $500,000 from the county, probably almost double what the motel was yielding before the switchover. The guy next door probably isn’t too happy though. “What do you think happens to your property value?” one neighbor asked.

The town is debating suing to stop this. By all means get a restraining order so the whole truth comes out before displacing any more people. to Federal Regulations and Constitutional obligations. To claim otherwise is just downright misleading and disingenuous to everyone who supports the airport and wants real noise abatement programs implemented.

It’s clear from the Town’s expert council and leading authority on aviation law, Mr. Peter Kirsch, that the Town’s ability to

address safety and noise issues is directly affected by the degree the FAA is willing to cooperate with the Town.

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abatement programs. They’re still at it with an Article 78 proceeding against the Town challenging the recently approved ALP/ Master Plan. They ill-represent those who truly desire sound solutions without ulterior motives of airport closure or go on personal attacks, like bullies do, aimed at pilots, airport users or a 30 plus year-old aviation association that is simply trying to promote safety and achieve true noise compatibility operations at a properly maintained airport.

This Town Board is actually working and doing their jobs and have zeroed in on short and long term solutions to the noise issues.

The Town Board has realized that a good working relationship with the FAA is vital in accomplishing the end goal.

To set the record straight here are facts to keep in mind: 1. Pilots and airport users HAVE paid fees to generate a $1.5 million surplus (which is currently paying for another three-year noise study so that’s why this surplus won’t cover expenses for a perimeter fence and repairs...), 2. Pilots HAVE paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last few years as a fuel surcharge when they fuel their airplanes, 3. Pilots HAVE paid tens of thousands of dollars in leases and tie-down fees, 4. Pilots DO pay Fixed-Based Operator payments and aircraft storage, ground leases and real estate taxes, 5. Transient day or overnight pilots DO pay landing and parking fees. Any suggestion that pilots don’t pay their fair share is just nonsense.

As pilots and community members ourselves who also want to attack noise issues, it has everything to do with taking care of business at the airport, which translates into substantial rewards for the entire community in safety, operations, meaningful noise reduction and obviously, finance.

One thing that is certain is that continued special interest-airport opponents’ litigious reactions are costly to taxpayers (hundreds of thousands if not millions over the years).

We all deserve goals, efforts and Town dollars focused on a well maintained, safe, secure and noise compatible airport We need to work together to implement solutions. Cooperation with the FAA is key.

MARGIE SAURENMAN V.P. East Hampton Aviation Association

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Will Santa be coming to visit you this year?

Nikita Klebnikov You bet! I like the man. He’s my present giver. I woke up once on Christmas Eve and heard “Bang! Bang! Bang!” on the stairs. So I ran into my bed and pretended to fall asleep.

Matthew Quiero Santa is going to come visit me. He comes down the chimney late at night when I’m sleeping. But once, I heard him coming down and it woke me up.

Johanna Criollo Yes he will. I love Santa. My family is always together on Christmas and we always bake cookies for him. And they’re always gone in the morning when we wake up.

Leon Khanin I’m Jewish but I think Santa is definitely a good thing for kids.

We have followed the controversy surrounding funding for the maintenance and improvements at the East Hampton Airport and are gratified that the town has finally and sensibly approved FAA funding for this necessary project. The town’s approval and vote has our full support. That approval was a considered one, rendered after a December 1 public hearing in which all interested parties apparently had a chance to participate.

What seems to have been lost in the kerfuffle is the understanding that the town lacks the funds derived from its own already inflated tax revenue necessary to accomplish the needed improvements.

The town now has difficulty maintaining its dilapidated road system. How could it be expected to maintain the Airport?

In other words, absent federal funding, there will be no modernization and less safety at East Hampton Airport. Who can rationally oppose the modernization program?

If federal funding for modernization were not to be accepted, the airport on which our lives in certain circumstances may depend, will surely close, just as Runway 4/22 at the Airport was closed some time ago due to neglect and failure to maintain.

Our airport infrastructure in the United States is a national disgrace. Former National Security adviser Zbigniew

Brzezinski recently flew from Beijing to Dulles, and said that the experience was like going back in time 30 years. To fly into East Hampton Airport today is like going back in time 50 years.

The Town should resist political pressure from special interests and accept the funding without further inquiry, understanding that the improvements are in the public interest and a necessary step forward for our East Hampton community.

JAMES D. ZIRIN

Suffering For Schumer To the editor, Senator Charles Schumer is the personification of the Nanny State. His latest cause is requesting that the Transportation Security Administration hire “Passenger Advocates” at hundreds of airports around the nation to assist those who may have problems with airport security. A handful of people each day may have problems, while millions of other Americans put up with this inconvenience in the name of our national security.

Schumer, as usual never mentioned how many millions of dollars will have to be found to pay for training and reassigning hundreds of TSA employees. Next step, will be to hire hundreds more who can speak Continued on page 17.

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foreign languages. Voters need a “Taxpayers Advocate” assigned to Schumer 24/7 considering the frequency of his standard Sunday news conferences and introduction of Congressional bills, which continue to pick our pockets for even more money to fund his many useless proposals. With a $15 trillion long-term debt at $48,000 per citizen or $134,000 per taxpayer -- haven’t we suffered enough?

LARRY PENNER

Quieting The Noise Letter to the editor, As a private pilot and a resident of Amagansett I support the maintenance of a safe airport, but I am appalled by the amount of unnecessary noise created by aircraft over residential areas. This noise can be mitigated by a cooperative effort between the flying community, Airport Management, the FAA and residents most affected by the noise. We know this because it has been done effectively in thousands of communities all over the Country. Voluntary curfews supported by residents and pilots do work. Community requests for aircraft

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to fly higher and on routes designed with residents in mind can work.

Unfortunately this cooperation cannot take place in the hostile environment created by those who have hidden financial and other interests that would be served by minimizing or eliminating airport traffic. These people disingenuously raise environmental issues and use procedural and bullying tactics to try to choke the financial lifeline of the airport.

They falsely claim that the expiration of grant assurances will allow them to make local rules that they can’t make now. This is simply not true. In fact, waiting for four years (or 20 years) will give them no more authority than they have now. All it will do is delay the realization of the noise control that they say they desire.

In this season of good will a coming together of all parties with honest motives to create mutually beneficial solutions is completely possible and would be welcomed by all. It would be a wonderful way to quiet all of this “noise” about East Hampton Airport.

STEPHEN M BECKERMAN

Growing Wealth Gap Letter to the editor, There was a letter in your 12/14 Indy, “Flat Lined” by Zizelis was very poignant and in fact raised questions that I also

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had queried. Why in the world would those who are also victims of the vast inequity between them selves and the one percent feel the need to champion and legitimize their deviously gotten gains. Obviously it is as the writer suggests; transference. They enjoy fantasizing that they are somehow related to the one percent, which they deem successful because they have accumulated great wealth, regardless of how it was accrued. OWS has recognized the damage being inflicted on our country by the one percent and their claques and are acting on it throughout the United States.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) just released its “Society at a Glance 2011” report

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and when it comes to income inequality, the United States is looking poorly indeed. Out of all the countries gauged, only three — Turkey, Mexico and Chile — have a more unequal income distribution than the United States.

The United States also has an unusually high amount of people in poverty (17.3 percent, compared to the OECD average of 11.3 percent) for its relative wealth, with an average household income of $31,000, second highest in the world. Even that does not look great when you consider things like the cost of healthcare and education make that $31,000 barely enough to get by for a large portion of the population. It has consistently been proven that such income Continued on page 18.

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percent of the national income doesn’t bode well for the country’s future economic prospects and political stability.

Another problem is that while two of the countries ahead of us, Chile and Turkey are steadily reducing their income inequality, their economies grow, whereas the wealth gap in the United States is actually expanding every single year. Don’t

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At The Crossroads Letter to the editor, Finally our troops are out of Iraq without the oil, which precipitated the phony invasion, and without the lives of our 4,000 boys and girls unknowingly fighting and dying for it. We eradicated the Equalizer in the region, Saddam Hussein, we made Iran powerful and victorious, we allowed our War in Afghanistan to languish and it only took nine years.

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still feels there is profit to be made from this fiasco since he wants us to stay there, as does his Mini-Me daughter. If Cheney thinks it is wrong to leave Iraq, judging from his past misjudgments, it must be right.

Let us hope that come 2012, voters remember the “Comedy (read: Tragedy) of Errors” that out present administration inherited from the previous. We have the opportunity to end the futile struggle in Afghanistan, save our country from the disaster of an ever increasing inequity of wealth, closing loopholes, insure fair share tax implementation and eliminate a host of other destructions heaped upon our country by that previous administration.

The alternative is continued tax breaks for the wealthy on the backs of the middle class, bye-bye Medicare, Social Security and Education Aid, all programs necessary for the middle class to rise. We are at the crossroads of our country’s future. Either we relinquish all to the benefactors of today’s version of the Republican Party and the Conservative Supreme Court’s invention of the “Corporate People” or stand firm for the real “People, People.” The choice is in the hands or more accurately, the votes of the Middle Class.

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National Security Threat Letter to the editor, This letter liberally references Brig.

Gen. Jim Cash’s article entitled “Another Government Cover-up” in the January 2011 edition of Military. I agree with his assessment that the contrail observed off the coast of California in November 2010 resembled a missile launch contrail, not an aircraft contrail.

In the 1980’s Brig. Gen. Cash was a command director and assistant director of operations for the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). NORAD is responsible for the detection and reporting of aircraft and missile threats to the President for action. Brig. Gen. Cash was a USAF fighter pilot for over 25 years.

Why did the Obama administration put out information that the contrail recorded off the California coast was made by an aircraft? My initial reaction was the contrail came from an inadvertent launch of a missile by one of our Navy’s surface ships or a submarine. Although this continues to be a possibility, I believe the likelihood of this event is somewhat remote because of the number of people who would have been aware of this occurrence. The other possibility is the launch came from a foreign submarine, probably Russian or Chinese, which went undetected across the Pacific Ocean to our coastline.

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It should also alert our President, the Secretary of Defense and Congress to the increasing capabilities of foreign militaries,

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especially Chinese and Russian armed forces, and the need to maintain a strong U.S. military establishment. We should not be cutting back our military forces in the face of a threatening environment.

I agree with Brig. Gen. Cash. The integrity of our administration is under scrutiny and “once again the leader of this nation chose to disguise the truth and keep the American people in the dark on an issue that possibly constitutes a major threat to the entire U.S. population.”

DONALD A. MOSCOWITZ

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A Slow Boil Dear Rick, A friend who is also concerned about losing freedom at the hand of government used the cooking frog analogy to describe our present predicament. Put a frog in boiling water and the frog will jump out of the pot. But if you put the frog in the water and heat it gently, the frog will not realize what is happening and only too late will it realize its peril.

As far as American freedom is concerned, we are in hot water. Whether doing the peoples’ bidding or its own, the federal government has a reach into our lives that would surely dismay our Founding Fathers.

They would understand that what is gained in authority by the government is a lost in freedom for the people.

Freedom is precious and it can be lost.

Do you know, really know, that our precious freedom can be lost? We have taken it for granted for so many decades; we do not even recognize that it is being killed by the slow boil method. How could citizens who call themselves Democrats and liberals so want all of us to give up more of our freedom and the government to continue to grow at our expense? Seems like treason to me, fair reader, seems like treason to the founding principles of our country.

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ZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR

Southold Town ZIPCODE 11939 - EAST MARION

ZIPCODE 11944 - GREENPORT

ZIPCODE 11952 - MATTITUCK

ZIPCODE 11957 - ORIENT

ZIPCODE 11971 - SOUTHOLD

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DEEDS

BUY Stanzione, D

SELL Betz, F

PRICE 750,000

LOCATION 19 Leeton Rd

Bull, G & Bengels, J Richards, E Korwek&Bello &Martin Bodian, R & J Ziccardi,A &Malloy,K Kontogianni, A Zeldin, A 36 McGuirk StreetLLC Eliasek,M & Waltz,T 33 HBTP LLC

Calia, C Press, J by Exr Search, F by Exrs Dematteo, J & D York, J & D Burns III,L &Longo,M Washburn, A Trust Levine, S & H Patrick III, W & J Woodward, S

30,000* 580,000 310,000 2,000,000 1,381,000 331,000 463,000 875,000 5,800,000 16,750,000

13 3rd St 69 Oyster Shores Rd 2 Nevins Pl 9 Old Orchard Ln 147 Three Mile Harbor Rd 118 Queens Ln 27 Blue Jay Way 36 McGuirk St 36 Fithian Ln 33 Hwy Behind The Pond

Chimpoukchis Family Zarou, S Farrell, P & C Schild, T & D

Credit Shelter Trust Barry, C & H Whitting,D & S III Montauk Homes LLC

3,300,000 1,225,000 775,000 1,250,000

470 West Lake Dr 35 Surfside Ave 72 Davis Dr 104 Bryan Rd

18 Hampton StreetLLC

Winship, H

525,000

18 Hampton St

SchulmanTrst&Wallace

Woodard,T&Greenstein

8,250,000

54 Beach Ln

Boyd, W & T Eagan Environmental

Waltz, B Ledogar, R & E

250,000 25,000*

210 Sound Rd&9 Emmetts Ln &lots10,11,15,18,19,26

Dellasparanzo Jr,V&D Gusmano, J & A Eastern Property Inv EasternPropertyInvst County of Suffolk Eastern Property Inv

Johnsen,R by Rep Gallo, D & C 28 Peconic LLC County of Suffolk EasternPropertyInvst NF Management, Inc

85,000 385,000 300,000 1,976,000 1,976,000 550,000*

3 Oak Dr 115 Hubbard Ave 28 Peconic Ave 28,30&40PeconicDvlpmntAg 28,30 &40 Peconic Ave 40 Peconic Ave

O’Regan, A

Meegan, F & L

225,000

3109 Bluffs Dr S

Rabito, P

Marshall, C

581,000

12 Dickerson Dr &lot 84

121 SummerfieldLane Karaz LLC

Schreger, I & E HSSR III, LLC

2,800,000 11,995,000

121 Summerfield Ln 144 Meadowlark Ln

Herschell&MillerHers Mir,C & Digiacomo,E

Herman, D Hibner,R by Guardian

800,000 920,000

129 Malloy Dr 20 Sunset Ave

Sharma,R & Pittman,T Barilli, R & D Guarno, P Ferrarotto, P & P C & C Entities LLC Robert, V RevocTrust Orlando,D &Sobczyk,R

Chen, D & Lin, K Merenstein, L Etman, A & L Rocafort, P Roth, C Malaer, L Dunn, J & A

520,000 305,000 407,000 391,000 450,000 725,000 342,000

3 Indian Rd 17C Oakhurst Rd 7 Beachdale Rd 27 Bittersweet South ext 11 Maidstone Ln 2 High Rd 42 Maryland Blvd

Hofing,M & Rubin,B

Bichler,S &Adelson,W

690,000

15 Sandys Ln

Gluck, S

Khaleel, R& D

3,400,000

113 Farm Ct

Bauhaus, LLC

Suskind, D

2,100,000

48 Madison St

Mark,M & Jendresky,L

Safina, L by Exr

352,800

2940 The Long Way

Gerdts, R & K & A Flannigan, E & R Torkelsen, S & L

Kontokosta, M & D Brokaw, B Markarian, D & V

350,000 359,810 620,000

300 Bailey Ave 61475 CR 48 19 Stirling Cove

Mackey &Tully-Mackey Kohn, B

Gwydir, D & S Anshutz & McCaffery

447,500 230,000*

1145 Grand Ave 1805 Laurel Way

DeFiore, P

Williams Jr, T

315,000*

110 Soundview Rd

Gerchak, R & M

Adler, F

430,000

520 Lakeside Dr

23 Windmill Lane, LL Scalia, J & L

Source: Suffolk Research Service, Inc., Hampton Bays, NY 11946

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1,100,000 1,850,000

115 Main St 72 Surf Dr

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Historical Society Gets Rare Painting The Southold Historical Society on Monday announced the acquisition of a large double portrait depicting the Stephenson brothers, who were some of the first summer residents of Orient, NY to come from Brooklyn. The painting, which dates back to 1841, measures over four and a half by five and a half feet and is one of the largest children’s portraits related to eastern Long Island ever discovered, according to the society’s director Geoffrey K. Fleming.

Upon arrival to the society, the portrait was in poor condition and was extremely dirty, but has since been cleaned, repaired and relined. It is now available for viewing by the public in the society’s Prince Building.

“It is a very important work and we are delighted t o h a v e r e c e i v e d i t ,” Fleming said.

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Topsoil

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10.

To fix the problem and install the sedimentation traps would be “relatively inexpensive,” according to Lenz, costing approximately $30 per linear foot. Each trap would be placed 20 feet apart and 3 feet deep.

It was uncertain at the close of the discussion exactly how many traps would be installed.

Collins added that individual landowners could install the traps themselves, with most areas requiring them resting on private property.

Councilwoman Bridget Fleming expressed concern over the installation plan.

“When the field is not planted, you’re adding to the asset (topsoil), but if the field is not planted then you’re losing crops.”

Steve Lynch

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8. complained about prior highway superintendents who directed staff to mow roadsides, often obliterating pretty beds of wildflowers. “I want to work with the planning department so we know which areas to save. I’ll work with them and we won’t cut down the wildflowers as long as they’re not blocking the line of sight. I don’t see why we should, everybody likes them.”

When it comes to fall cleanups, Lynch wants to take the leaf program question to the people. During his campaign for office, he broke with the Republican ticket helmed by Supervisor Bill Wilkinson who shut down the leaf pickup program for budgetary reasons. Political opponents swore they’d reinstate the program if elected. Rather than endorse the end of the program, or promise its reinstatement, Lynch favored letting voters decide for themselves. He envisions putting a proposition on November’s ballot.

But before such a move can be taken, the supe-elect wants to see a full and true accounting of the cost of the program. “The first thing to do is figure out the real cost to the town,” he said. Lynch wants to see not just the cost to the highway department, but also the expenses incurred at the recycling center where leaves are handled and sometimes trucked off site.

During a previous administration Lynch’s predecessor Scott King was the first to complain of the cost of the leaf pickup program. He favored a bag program and even handed out some of the paper receptacles for a pilot project. The project never took off. As financial scandal gripped East Hampton, it was one of many initiatives that fell by the wayside.

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leaf pickup program – detailed vastly different costs, that is, depending on the political climate. Lynch is hoping to get the 411 on the true cost. “All the numbers I saw, I don’t know if it was creative accounting,” he said.

He doesn’t know yet if anything else creative awaits his formal installation in the office. King has not provided any transition assistance and according to town hall sources, hasn’t been to work since he lost to Lynch by over 1000 votes. kmerrill@indyeastend.com

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4. Can the airport stop helicopters from landing after the assurances expire in 2014?

If the airport adopts a restriction on helicopter operations after 2014, the issue will be whether the restriction is consistent with limitations under federal law. Those limitations continue to apply even after the grant assurances expire. In other words, taking an airport improvement program grant (or not) makes no substantive difference in terms of an airport’s proprietary authority to restrict operations.

Airports have limited authority to issue reasonable non-arbitrary and nondiscriminatory regulations that establish acceptable noise levels for the airport and its environs.

After December 31, 2014, two things

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would change at East Hampton Airport: (1) there would be no enforcement of the access assurance under 14 CFR Part 16 and (2) the FAA would not initiate a lawsuit in court relating to the access assurance. However, the operators could still sue the airport in court for a ruling on whether the ban complies with federal legal requirements that are independent of federal funding.

5. Can the airport raise landing fees at will or is the airport subject to some regulations?

As long as they are not discriminatory and do not result in any revenue surpluses that exceed the amounts to be used for the airport system in accordance with Grant Assurances 24 and 25, and the FAA’s Policy and Procedures Concerning the Use of Airport Revenue.

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Board watcher David Buda conducted extensive research of the history of the subdivision, learning that during the planning process measures were taken to ensure the land was dedicated to the town. The goal was to protect a public sand trail that provided ocean access. The developer agreed to dedicate the property to the town. In 1989 a deed was given to the town.

An intervening mortgage foreclosure put a spanner in the works. A town board resolution d a t e d M a y 2 011, s t a t e s t h e preserved lands were “affected by the foreclosure of certain properties within this same subdivision, and now title is uncertain because these properties were part of a mortgage default by the previous owner, and the

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three lots may have been given to a third party.”

That can’t occur legally, Buda asserted, as did two additional speakers, Zach Cohen from the town’s Nature Preserve Committee, and attorney Rick Whalen, the town’s former land use expert. By law, preserved lands can’t be given to for-profit entities, they said. Rather than remove the lands from the nature preserve list, the town should take measures to correct the record.

Also in favor of ensuring the land remain – or return, depending on legal viewpoint – in town hands was David Lys from the group Citizens for Access Rights.

Although Councilman Dominick Stanzione said there’s a consensus on the board to pursue the title, Supervisor Bill Wilkinson and Councilwoman Theresa Quigley said they’d need to discuss the matter further at a work session.

It’s not ready for action.

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A group of neighbors approached Assemblyman Fred Thiele, and Wilkinson looking to see what it would take to bring the road into the town system. Officials determined it would cost about $915,000 to do the job and each landowner would have to chip in. Those with vacant lots would be assessed an estimated $23,000, while those with improved lots who paid into road improvements when they built their homes would have to contribute about $3800. The town would bond for the project and

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property owners would pay it off over the course of 15 years.

Joyce Daniels doesn’t want to.

She was among several speakers who said, a la baseball legend and malapropster Yogi Berra, “include me out.” Daniels owns one small, unbuildable sliver of land. She wanted to know if the town would consider buying her parcel. Other speakers opposed to the notion complained their property already fronts on town roads. “I’m against this, for me,” Laura Nelson of Old Northwest Road said. It’s an encumbrance to pay more taxes for roads that don’t affect her, she added.

Henry Ditmer said he owns most of the vacant properties and unbuildable lands in the subdivision and has since 1965. He said he can’t afford the increased taxes the plan would prompt and will have to sell off pieces of land. He predicted he’d have to sell at lower values, which could decrease property values in the whole subdivision. Bob Norell said he doesn’t think it’s fair that he should have to pay more money for an amenity most town residents enjoy. However, it was noted that most people who buy lots in UR maps pay less for their property than those who don’t.

Ronnie Cohen who lives on Mulford Lane said she’s been trying to get the roads improved since 1988. Retired teacher Myrna Weiss, along with area residents Elizabeth Massin, Michael Mott and Daniel Weaver espoused support for the plan.

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“It is well documented that the existing situation has already created increased crime and disturbances on West Tiana Road,” one neighbor wrote to Blass.

The commissioner aggressively challenges his critics. He agreed that the motel wasn’t about to be sold, but said, “It is true that the motel had been for sale on and off for the past five years, and

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in fact, several deals involving condominium conversion were in the works.”

Critics contend that people living in the motel were evicted to accommodate the county homeless. “The 20 or so working poor who were unceremoniously evicted from their minimally decent, affordable housing have NOT been heard from,” one letter writer stated. “Blass has seen fit to ignore their needs -- coming as a result of his agreement with Lami Realty (the landlord) -- because it doesn’t serve his purposes to think about these displaced people.” The critic in effect, said Blass created a new group of homeless people -- who don’t have county financial aid -- by throwing them out of the motel and replacing them with county homeless.

Blass disputed the charge. “The owners planned to close this winter due to the difficult tenancy, with many pending evictions due to non-payment of rent and the high cost of energy (oil and electricity).” Those close to the situation claim that is not true -- that the cash windfall given the company by the county was simply too lucrative to pass up. “There is no doubt the property owner is benefiting greatly from this program,”

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Throne-Holst said.

The Southampton supervisor is giving indications that she may fight the motel use on another front -- that it doesn’t conform to town zoning. She sent Hidden Cove a letter on December

“Only a few days ago, the supervisor falsely argued that year round tenants at the motel were being unjustly forced out to make way for the homeless.”

7 stating in essence that motels are for “transient” stays, up to a week, “but in no event more than one month in one calendar year.”

That would make permanent homeless housing at the Hidden Cove against town code. Blass said Throne-Holst sent it to a number of motels in Southampton.

“Only a few days ago, the supervisor falsely argued that year round tenants at the motel were being unjustly forced out to make way for the homeless – no concern for their length of stay,” Blass countered.

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When one owner of a nearby motel suggested to Blass that the motel would cause “increased crime and disturbances” Blass fired back a letter, stating “I would submit that no such documentation exists, and that such remarks have prejudice as their basis.”

But when The Independent queried about police reports at the location we were privy to, Blass acknowledged, “There was one domestic dispute. However, some of the other calls involved existing tenants, and since October, the incidence of such calls has diminished to well below the previous use and occupancy.”

One letter writer, who asked that his name not be used, said “Blass has been quoted as having a personal animus for Anna Throne Holst as justification for not telling her what he was doing. The reason for the sneakiness is simple to discern: The expected pushback from the community . . . it’s a homeless shelter plopped down in the middle of a residential area.”

According to Blass, New York State Social Services law requires that the location of homeless facilities remain confidential and prohibits disclosure of housing sites for the homeless. Blass said local officials are “fully aware” of the rule of confidentiality.

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reflective of holiday nostalgia.

And that ambience attracts shoppers, too.

This year East Hampton Village has seen an up tick in holiday visitors, according to Marina Van, executive director of the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce. “This year we’re getting a lot of day trippers who come out to look at how beautiful East Hampton is,” she said. This season, starting with the Santa parade at the beginning of December, the village has been “festive and jolly. Many stores have carolers and music and serve cookies and cider,” Van reported. The chamber’s annual holiday house tour boasted more visitors than in previous years

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and store displays are, she said, “really exceptional.”

In Montauk, the store displays are festive, exceptional, and competitive.

For the third year, the Montauk Chamber held a contest to discern which shop crafted the best holiday decorations. J&P Pools won first place this year in a stiff competition that saw judges driving around several times in an effort to decide just one grand prizewinner. Fort Pond Native Plants, which boasted an American flag made of lights came in second and White’s Department store placed third. Its window, according to Laraine Creegan, rivals any display you’d see in the Big Apple.

Beyond the individual shop windows, a variety of civic groups get involved in dressing up the Lighthouse district. Chamber members meticulously decorate each of the 75 trees along Main Street, and, of course, the annual lighting of the historic Montauk Point Lighthouse has become a family tradition drawing thousands out to start the season on the East End. A festive fact: When he was just seven years old in 1887, a boy by the name of Joshua Cowen built his first model locomotive, fitting it with a steam engine he devised. When he was 19, he took the motor from an electric fan and fitted it to a toy flatcar and set the invention up on a circular brass track. He offered the set to a New York City novelty shop and by 1921 his company sold more than a million electric train sets. Never heard of Cowen? Folks are more familiar with his middle name – Lionel.

Toy train sets are still among the most popular Christmas gifts today, even though many kids have never ridden a train. Some say it’s their parents who derive the most pleasure from the sets, which can be as simple or elaborate as the imagination allows.

Out at Gurney’s Inn in Montauk, the imagination runs at full steam.

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Play Bridge This hand is interesting because declarer has two separate lines of play that he can pursue. The first one that most players think of is to set up the heart suit. However, with seven hearts in the hands of the opponents, it is a dangerous plan although many declarers will try it.

The second approach is to try a crossruff which should work unless the wrong opponent has the ten of clubs and is able to win one trick. As with all effective crossruff plans, declarer should first take his top winners in the side suits. In this case South wins the first trick with the ace of diamonds and cashes the ace and king of hearts, discarding the two little diamonds from his hand. Next comes the ace of spades and the crossruff begins. Note that all eight trumps must win a trick.

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Pay Attention To Trades There was a blockbuster trade in major league baseball recently.

That in itself is major news to us nerd types, particularly so for Fantasy and Rotisserie baseball players.

Trading is at the heart of Fantasy sports, because it adds to the excitement. But Fantasy players must learn to pay attention to real-world trades and understand how they affect Fantasy leagues.

This was the trade: the Cincinnati Reds acquired Mat Latos from the Padres for first baseman Yonder Alonso, right-handers Edinson Volquez and Brad Boxberger and catching prospect Yasmani Grandal.

Latos, only 24, is one of the top young guns in the National League.

But he has only compiled a 27-29 lifetime record, and only won nine games for the San Diego Padres last year, with a 3.47 earned run average. But San Diego is a pitcher’s park, and the Padres have a lousy team. That means Latos should win more games in Cincinnati, but his

ERA may go up as well.

Alonso is a first baseman who hit well in a brief stint with the Reds last year. But Joey Votto, a superstar at first base, blocked him so the Reds tried him in the outfield. What do we as Fantasy players learn from this trade? First, the Reds intend to sign Votto to a long-term contract, so pay accordingly when drafting him if you have a keeper league. Second, Alonso can’t play the outfield, so the Reds traded him for a much needed pitcher. That means the Pads intend to make Alonso their first sacker.

But wait a second – what becomes of Anthony Rizzo, who was acquired from the Red Sox in last winter’s Adrian Gonzalez deal?

Gonzalez, also a first baseman, is a legitimate superstar. Now, a year later, Dickey is the extra cog on the wheel. What becomes of him?

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going to go out on a limb here and guess Chicago will let Pena go and trade for Rizzo. Why? Because Theo Epstein, the Cubs general manager, used to be the Boston GM. Guess what? Epstein drafted and signed Rizzo to begin with, and MLB front office types do not think they are capable of being wrong – rest assured, Epstein likes Dickey.

Grandal, a good-looking young catcher, needs to move up on your Fantasy radar -- the Pads will bring him up to The Show soon enough.

Devin Mesoraco, another young catcher who is a budding star, blocked him in Cincinnati. Now we know what the Mat Latos Reds are thinking – they traded Grandal and let Ramon Hernandez, last season’s starting catcher, go as a free agent.

That means young Mr. Mesoraco is being handed the catcher’s job, so draft accordingly.

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too long ago that the Reds acquired Volquez from Texas for a young slugger with drug and alcohol problems – Josh Hamilton.

Hamilton went on to lead Texas to the World Series and win the American League Most Valuable Player Award. What it means to Fantasy players is we need to downgrade Volquez – obv i o u s l y, h e isn’t recovering well from his assorted arm troubles, or the Reds wouldn’t have let him go along with three other players. Why? At his prime his stuff was ever y bit as electric as Latos’s is now.

Who got the best of the deal? We think the Pads, because they get three and possibly four starters down the road. On the other hand, the Reds want to win now, and they get a top-of-the-rotation type to anchor their pitching staff. As for Skippy, I’m the big winner – I have Mesoraco and Grandal.

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PGA is still searching for its future.

While a Tiger Woods win in Augusta next April would generate massive ratings, it might simply put a band aid on the problem.

At age 36, is it realistic to think that Tiger has that many quality years ahead of him? Probably not, but he remains in fantastic shape. And can you think of any athlete with greater mental toughness?

If countless hours of instruction and practice can overcome age and injury, then don’t count Tiger out.

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Tiger Woods, Vegas And Golf The PGA Tour is now in its off-season, and as we discussed previously in this column, ratings were a dud for the majority of the year. Many attribute the poor ratings to the loss of Tiger Woods for three months due to an injured left leg, as well as uninspiring play when the sticks were in his hands. But Woods did end the season on a high note. He finished third at the Australian Open, helped the United States win The Presidents Cup, and closed the season by stroking a six foot birdie putt to win the Chevron World Challenge.

While Woods’ finish was exciting, it was still his first win in a two - plus year period that spanned 26 tournaments.

Despite all this, Woods is the early favorite, at 11/2 odds, to win the 2012 Masters. Does that say more about the state of the PGA Tour or the quality of Woods’ recent performances?

At 11/2, that means the odds makers give Woods an 18 percent chance of winning the Masters. Rory McIlroy is second at 8/1. It’s amazing that Vegas believes Woods has such a great chance. Even though the Masters typically has a smaller field than the other major championships (because it is an invitational event), there are still close to 100 participants each April.

If these had been the odds heading into the 2001 Masters, when Woods had won the previous three majors, an 18 percent chance would make sense.

Since Woods won his last major, the 2008 US Open, the story in golf has been parity. The ensuing 13 majors have seen 13 different winners, from eight different countries and four different continents. With this kind of parity, Tiger may have been the odds on favorite to win the 2012 Masters had he just made the cut at the Chevron World Challenge and the Australian Open.

The argument can certainly be made that Woods is playing as well has he has since 2008. Woods and swing coach Sean Foley are finally starting to click. And Tiger’s personal life appears to be as stable as it’s been in over two years (or at least he’s doing a good job of staying out of the public eye).

Since no one player has dominated the game since Tiger’s demise, I can almost buy Tiger as the favorite. But, isn’t this a little like naming the Boston Celtics the favorites to win the 2012 NBA Finals?

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The Celtics are a very good team but, their best years are behind them.

Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen are a year older and the team is over three years removed from its last NBA title. There are plenty of younger, up and coming teams that the Celtics can’t beat consistently. Yes, they sport the sixth best odds to win the Championship, but behind younger, more energetic teams like the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and Chicago Bulls.

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to hunt for its future. It could be a college player we haven’t yet heard of or it could be McIlroy, Johnson, Bradley, Hass, Rose, Fowler or some combination thereof. But, it’s entirely possible golf fans are longing for something that will not exist anytime soon. Most likely, Tiger spoiled us.

Maybe the future of golf won’t look anything like the last 15 years.

Pete is a lifelong Montauk resident and former sports talk host at 88.7FM WEER. He can be reached via email at Peterfmundo@gmail.com.

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Absolut

Sobieski

Mag.

34.99 Liter $ 99 24. Fifth $ 19.99 Leather Edition $

18.99

$

11.99

Belvedere

59.

35.99 $ 29.99

17.99 $ 11.99

Skyy

Mag.

21.99 $ 16.99

Mag.

23.99 $ 18.99

$

Liter

Liter

Smirnoff Vodka

Grey Goose Liter

36.99 $ 29.99 $

Mag.

2 FOR

42

750 ML

Stolichnaya

Pinnacle Vodka

Mag.

32.99 $ 21.99

Liter

$

Bacardi $

Mag.

18.99

Malibu

Mag.

24.

99

2 FOR

$

42

Tanqueray

25.

$

Mag.

99

Hennessy VS Cognac

Mag.

37.99

$

Liter

750 ML

Svedka

$

99

$

Liter

$

Mag.

$

Mag.

$

Liter

$

Wodka

$

Mag.

Mag.

64.Liter $ 39.75099 ML $ 99 32. $

99

Wine Magnums

Glen Ellen PG, Chard or Merlot ......... 3.99 St. Francis Merlot ............................... 17.99 Ruffino Santedame ............................ 19.99 Ruffino Tan Label ............................... 22.99 Ruffino Gold Label ............................. 39.99 Zeta Brunello ...................................... 29.99 Antinori Tignonello ........................... 99.99 Ruffino Il Ducale ................................ 14.99 Villa Pozzi Nero D’avola ................ 3 for 21 Il Giordano Pinot Grigio ............... 2 for 14 Sterling Vinters Chardonnay............... 8.99 Primal Root Red Blend ...... 9.99 or 2 for 18 Chat. St Jean Chardonnay ................. 12.99 Caymus Conundrum ......................... 19.99 Hess Chardonny ............................ 3 for 30 Kendall Jackson Chardonnay 3 @ 12.99 ea.

Santa Margarita Pino Grigio ............. 21.99 Simi Chardonnay ............................... 14.99 Simi Cabernet Sauvignon .................. 22.99 Simi Merlot ......................................... 17.99 Clos du Bois Chardonnay .............. 2 for 22 Sterling Napa Chardonnay ................ 13.99 Clos du Bois Sauvignon Blanc....... 2 for 20 The Show Cabernet Sauv ................... 12.99 BV Coastal Sauvignon Blanc ......... 3 for 21 BV Coastal Chard / Cab / P. Noir .. 3 for 24 Beringer White Zinfandel.................... 6.99 Blackstone (all varieties) ............... 3 for 30 St. Francis Cabernet ........................... 17.99 Rodney Strong Cabernet ................... 14.99 Charles Smith House Wines ................ 9.99 Agua di Piedra Malbec....................... 10.99 Francis Coppola Cabernet ................. 13.99 Rosemont Shiraz .................................. 8.99 Lindemans (all varieties) ............... 2 for 12 Sterling Napa Sauvignon Blanc ........... 9.99 Crane Lake All Varieties ...............2 for $10 St. Francis Chardonnay ......................12.99 Frog’s Leap Chardonnay .....................24.99 Kriss Pinot Grigio ...............................12.99 Punta Finale Malbec ...........................10.99 Navarro Carreas Malbec .......................9.99 Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio ..................19.99

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Mag.

25.

1800 Silver or Anjeo

Chivas Regal

Korbel Brut .................. 3 for 11.99 ea.

10 @ 10 ea.

Cristalino Brut............................. 7.99 Veuve Clicquot........................... 37.99 Cinzano Asti ...............................10.99 La Marca Prosecco......... 6 @ 10.99 ea.

Louis Perdier Brut Rose ...............9.99 Ruffino Proseco ..........................11.99 Martini & Rossi Proseco ........ 2 for 20

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Liter

29.

99

50

$

Cutty Sark Scotch

Mag.

28.

99

$

Seagrams 7 Whiskey

31.99

$

21.

$

Patron Silver

Mag.

99

$

3 at $10ea.

$40

Baileys Gift Set 750 ML

22.95

$

Ketel One Gift Set 750 ML

25.99

$

Old New England Egg Nog

Pennsylvania Dutch Egg Nog

21.

750 ML

Johnnie Walker BLACK

Mag.

Mag

35.99

$

.

69.99

$

Johnnie Walker BLUE 750 ML

175

$

Liter

Mag.

18.99

Mag.

99

Johnnie Walker RED

Mag.

Mag.

$

99

Jack Daniels

Clan MacGregor Whiskey

14.

7.

99

49.99 $ 30.99

$

HALF PINT

2 for

Jameson Irish $

Patron Anjeo

HALF PINT

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Herradura Silver

99

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Canadian Club .

19.

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Mag

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