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may end up like Susan Cole, a Denver woman who was charged with perjury after she bragged to a radio station that she pretended to be mentally ill to get out of jury duty. Cole told deejays that last summer she showed up for jury selection in hair curlers, wearing mismatched shoes, reindeer socks and a t-shirt that read, “Ask me about my best seller.” She was dismissed after she told the judge that she gets confused in the morning and suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder. Unfortunately for Cole, the judge happened to be listening to the show, remembered the incident and turned her in. So, she’s going back to court after all. Only this time she’s the defendant…

or exercise did better than the control group, but not as well as the group that had both. The findings were presented to the delegates at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2012. Love bacon? Now you can be one with it for eternity. A company has

created a bacon coffin. Unfortunately, the coffin itself is not actually made from bacon, but it’s painted to look like a savory strip of bacon and the baconscented air freshener inside the coffin will make it smell like the real thing. There’s also a “bacon memorial tube”, though we aren’t quite sure what that means. This isn’t the weirdest product from J&D Foods, a company that specializes in bacon. That title would go to the bacon-flavored lubricant (yes, A new study suggests that the that kind of lubricant). ANYWAY, the combination of caffeine and exercise coffins are available for $2,999.95, plus can lessen the risk of developing skin shipping… one police officer, Foley would pick out cancers caused by exposure to the sun. attractive women from the company’s Researchers put mice into four groups The next time you want to complain database of worker profiles, then relieve exposed to UVB radiation. One group about how disgusting your coworkers himself on their chairs during offwas a control, one was given caffeine, are, be grateful you don’t work at Farm hours. The security cameras were set another was given an exercise wheel and Bureau Financial Services. Raymond up after the women complained about the last had both caffeine and exercise. Charles Foley, an IT worker at the suspicious stains on their chairs. (Side They found that after 14 weeks the last company, was allegedly caught on note: how did they not smell it?) Last group had 62 percent fewer melanoma surveillance video urinating on four week Foley was caught peeing on all skin cancer cells than the other groups female co-workers’ chairs over a period four chairs. Those women must be so did. The groups that used either caffeine of at least five months. According to pissed off…

Not only will I be shining a spotlight on the best that Broadway has to offer, but hopefully I’ll score some free house seats to a show—or five!” —actor Neil Patrick Harris in a statement announcing he will be back for his third turn hosting the Tony Awards on June 10. In this Feb. 12, 2012, photo, Neil Patrick Harris arrives at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

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Letters To the Press College Grads Need Not Apply Kevin Ryan’s article in the Long Island Press was very true [“Major Concern,” March 29]. Many of the young people worked hard and are going nowhere. The student loans are so large, I feel bad for them. One thing I am concerned about is all the added teachers who are still working, if you call it that. The subs do a lot of their work. Age should be considered. When you get a nice pension and social security, make room for young people in the workforce. And why should people be working at age 82? Give young people those jobs. The author did not get all the details of what should be considered in employing people. If you don’t know someone, you won’t get through the door. Many people are hired because of who they knew, not what they know. Name withheld Take a Chance on Belmont In reply to Spencer Rumsey’s article [“A Shinnecock Casino at Belmont? Don’t Bet on It,” Jan. 26], why not have some experts survey this matter of what takes place in this community and surrounding areas? If a multi-mega convention center is built there, what will happen to it? Surely some studies have been done. Before an environment is changed forever, let’s see what takes place so we can decide whether to proceed. Yes, there is controversy, but things are always changing. Just think about all the money people have to spend. Perhaps there could be a happy

medium for all. Perhaps not a mega convention cecnter, but to be in the game, and keep our money right here. On some level. Somewhere. We don’t have to be No. 1 in casino gambling, but let’s see if we can get a piece of the pie. This is a business like any other. Before we reject this proposal, let’s study it fully. Do we want to send our money elsewhere and wave goodbye to it? Sincerely, Diane Balducci New Hyde Park Defending King In response to Ms. Judith Zinn’s letter regarding Congressman Peter King [“Letters to the Editor,” March 29], I would ask her to venture away from Laurel Hollow for a guided tour of lower Manhattan so she can see the results of the work of the people she claims Rep. King targets unfairly. Then, on the way home, she can stop and thank Peter King. Robert Palermo Seaford

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Mali Coup Leader Mali hasn’t been heard from much since Ry Cooder teamed up with its top musician, Ali Farka Touré, on the Grammyaward winning album “Talking Timbuktu”— and with good reason. The land-locked African country near Senegal and the Ivory Coast has been a peaceful democracy for two decades. But the news out of there this week sounds like a broken record: A military coup by a bunch of disgruntled soldiers. Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo took over on March 21, and the duly-elected president has been in hiding ever since. The US, France and the European Union cut all but essential humanitarian aid. This week Sanogo defied an economic embargo imposed by the Economic Community of West African States that he restore civilian rule within 72 hours. About 15 million people live in this nation about twice the size of France, and because of the tightening squeeze on their borders they face the prospect of “no gas, no electricity, no food” during the hottest month of their year. They need relief but all they’ve gotten so far is a promise from Sanogo that he’ll hold a national convention to cure his country because “our Mali is sick in the depths of her being.” He’s the malady, not Mali. Sanogo, you’ve got to go. Hang up your uniform, you two-bit despot, you’re fired.

FDA—off target Although plastic-hardening chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) is found in the bodies of 90 percent of Americans due to the substance leaching out of food and beverage containers, the Food and Drug Administration rejects a petition to ban BPA from all food and drink packaging, citing insufficient scientific evidence to justify the restrictions. Hey, just because we’re all full of plastic-hardening chemicals doesn’t mean it’s bad for us!

Yahoo—off target The one-time Internet giant lays off 2,000 employees, roughly 14 percent of its workforce, as the first stage of new “streamlining” initiatives. Well what’s their business model nowadays? Hosting fantasy baseball leagues and relying on people to be too lazy to abandon their @ yahoo.com email addresses? Strip Searches—off target The Supreme Court rules 5-to-4 that officials may strip-search, without reasonable cause, people arrested for any offense, no matter how small, before admitting them to jails. Two thoughts: (1) This is a total abomination of justice! And (2), if only Bernie Madoff could have been subjected to it before getting locked up! Pink Slime—partial score The controversy over “lean, finely textured beef ” has claimed its first corporate victim: AFA Foods, a ground beef processor in Pennsylvania, is seeking bankruptcy protection, citing media coverage of pink slime as the cause. That’s what we’re here for! Ashton—partial score An indie biopic on the life of Steve Jobs is scheduled for filming next month, and Ashton Kutcher has signed on to play the part of the late Apple founder. Thank God, Steve Jobs isn’t here to witness this.

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— Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin to NBC’s Matt Lauer on Today, during her stint as guest host, opposite Katie Couric’s week-long hosting gig on Good Morning America on ABC.

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4. WATCH THE SHANNAN GILBERT EPISODE OF DISAPPEARED: The dramatic Investigation Discovery series comes a little closer to home in its next episode “Footprints in the Sand,” which focuses on the mystery surrounding Gilbert’s disappearance from Oak Beach and the even bigger mystery of her body’s discovery across the street from the bodies of 10 others found along the beachfront Ocean Parkway. The episode airs April 9 on Discovery ID at 9 p.m. 5. AUDITION FOR ANTHEM IDOL: Have you ever dreamed of singing the national anthem in front of thousands of baseball fans? Well, now’s your chance. The Long Island Ducks, in conjunction with 106.1 WBLI, will hold their annual Anthem Idol with contestants vying for six anthem openings in front of Ducks on-field host Paul DeGrocco, WBLI personality Syke, and a Ducks player. Following Anthem Idol, the Ducks will host tryouts for on-field host and public address announcer positions (start time is approximately 12 noon). For more information, call 631-940-DUCK or visit www. liducks.com. If you want to be Quacker Jack, sorry, that job’s taken!

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2. LOOK FOR SEA CLIFF NATIVE ON SNL: The newest addition to the Saturday Night Live cast, 28-year-old Kate McKinnon, makes her debut on April 7. McKinnon is not only from Long Island but is making SNL history as the first out lesbian on the show in its 37 years on air. She has previously starred on The Big Gay Sketch Show and is part of local improv group, Upright Citizens Brigade.

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1. GOOGLE “BAD EASTER PHOTOS”: If you think about it, putting a baby in the arms of a giant rabbit with glasses and a neon vest could be bordering on child abuse. But it’s an annual tradition for many of us, one we look forward to every year. And while some kids love the Easter Bunny, others—not so much. Check out this gallery compiled on the Ellen Degeneres Show website featuring dozens of the latter. It just may be the best thing you see all week.

The Book IN THE WATER THEY CAN’T SEE YOU CRY BY AMANDA BEARD At the age of 14, Amanda Beard walked onto the pool deck at the Atlanta Olympics carrying her teddy bear, Harold, and left with two silvers and a gold medal. She competed in three more Olympic games, winning a total of seven medals, and enjoyed a lucrative modeling career on the side. At one point, she was the most downloaded female athlete on the Internet. Yet, despite her astonishing career and sex-symbol status, Amanda felt unworthy of all her success. Unaware that she was suffering from clinical depression, she hid the pain. With no other outlet for her feelings outside of the pool, Amanda expressed her emotions through self-destructive behavior. In her late teens and twenties, she became bulimic, abused drugs and alcohol, and started cutting herself. Her low self-esteem led to toxic relationships with high-profile men in the sports world. No one, not even her own parents and friends, knew about the turmoil she was going through. Only when she met her future husband, who discovered her cutting herself, did Amanda realize she needed help. Through her renewed faith in herself; the love of her family; and finally the birth of her baby boy, Blaise, Amanda has transformed her life. In these pages, she speaks frankly about her struggles with depression, the pressures to be thin, and the unhealthy relationships she confused for love. In the Water They Can’t See You Cry is a raw, compelling story of a woman who gained the strength to live as bravely out of the water as she did in it. Beard will sign copies of and speak about her memoir on Thursday, 4.5 at 7 p.m. at the Book Revue in Huntington.—Daphne Livingston

1 Trillion The amount of student loan debt in the U.S. The average debt per student recently hit $25,000, a 25 percent increase over the past decade.

B-List B-Day SHANNEN “I REALLY AM A WITCH!” DOHERTY April 12, 1971 Known for her lead roles in shows like Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed—as well as being a royal pain in the toukas on every set she’s every entered—Shannen Doherty is an Aries, a fire sign with a quick temper. Doherty was written off Beverly Hills, 90210 after constantly clashing with the cast and crew. She was later killed off Charmed due to tensions with co-star Alyssa Milano. But her temperamental attitude isn’t the only thing this Aries is known for… She’s also bounced more than 70 checks, pulled a gun on her ex-fiance, been hit with DWI charges, and done nude spreads in Playboy. Her most recent work is replacing that super annoying rapping waitress in the Education Connection commercials.

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The Book of Morgan In the beginning, there was oil. Well, not exactly oil but its ingredients. Once-living organisms became one with the planet upon their deaths, eventually breaking down and congealing over millions of years to form the lubricious substance we know today as oil. Time, heat and pressure created the necessary conditions to concoct this lifeblood of modern human existence. Today, as we stare at the rising price of gasoline with bewilderment, we wonder how it came to be that something so ubiquitous could be so expensive. For the past few years I have written a great deal on this very subject and have come to the conclusion that while peak oil is a real phenomenon not just a theory, our ingenuity has held this reality at bay for the time being. Furthermore, the forces that cause price spikes and volatility in oil and the commodities markets as a whole have little to do with actual market conditions such as supply and demand. The investment banking industry, with the assistance of the federal government, has surreptitiously hijacked the oil business over the past decade and caused the price of oil to skyrocket. But this is rarely the story that is told in the media. And because the subject matter is so dense, it’s difficult to

The story itself is an age-old chronicle of greed and corruption filled with intrigue and dirty dealings. It illustrates how Morgan Stanley, among others, took the hidden world of commodities trading from a $10 billion industry to a $450 billion business by maneuvering through generous loopholes created by Congress. It shows how Morgan Stanley not only dominates the trading arena but how it has become a full-fledged Big Oil company from transportation to terminal storage to having an ownership stake in the very exchange

www.longislandpress.com/bookofmorgan explain. It’s complicated and boring. No way around it. So instead of banging the oil drum here for the umpteenth time to no avail as I watch pundits butcher the subject and politicians lie through their teeth to the American people, I have decided that a change of venue is in order. To properly explain why oil prices are so high, I enlisted the support of my friends Doug Wood and Rob Bellon to help me tell the story a little differently. In lieu of my normal offering in Off The Reservation, we have produced an 8-minute video called “The Book of Morgan,” which tells how investment banking giant Morgan Stanley came to rule the oil world.

that half of the world’s oil is traded on. So with that, I invite you to watch the video and judge for yourself why the price of oil has skyrocketed. The purpose of presenting it this way is to open more eyes as to how rotten our system truly is and to elevate the dialogue about one of the most crucial economic elements of our daily lives. In the next several months we will be bombarded with finger pointing and accusations with respect to gasoline prices as the presidential campaign heats up. But few of the arguments you will hear will resemble the truth. For the truth, my friends, can only be found in the gospel according to Wall Street−and “The Book of Morgan.”

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Liz O’Shaughnessy read a Long Island Press cover story in 2008 about the plight of Hispanic day laborers and decided she had to do something to help them. She collected her son’s clothing that he’d outgrown, and went to the dilapidated trailer near the Freeport Home Depot where the men gathered each day hoping to find work. The Merrick mother of two—with a son now in college and a daughter in high school—had no trouble finding the trailer even though it is located in

a heavily industrialized area off Sunrise Highway and out of public view. At the time Catholic Charities was operating the site so the men would have a safer place to connect with contractors than congregating beside the busy highway. “It was a cold November day and the trailer was packed with men,” recalls Liz. She knocked on the door and a priest welcomed her inside. He told her, “Just treat the men with dignity.” “I walked in and it just resonated with me,” Liz remembers. She began volunteering at the trailer three times a week and organized an ESL class, even though she didn’t speak Spanish herself. Liz was more than disappointed when Catholic Charities lost its funding for the hiring

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site and had to shut it down. The Next Fortune 52 Liz was determined to get the Networking Event trailer reopened, so she contacted will be Monday, JUNE 25, 2012, at TANGER every organization she could think of OUTLETS AT THE ARCHES from 6 - 8pm. to be a part of this evenT, email Beverly at who might help. Finally, she got some bfortune@longislandpress com. key advice from Sister Jean Kelly, who /////////////////////// runs the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN). To keep the workers occupied, Liz “She told me to form my own non- procured a few donated laptops loaded profit and take over the trailer,” Liz says. with Rosetta Stone software so they Even though she had no experience can learn English. operating a non-profit, her financial “We teach them how to use a background helped get her through the computer and then we can’t get them red tape and paperwork that launching to stop using it,” she smiles. To further a non-profit entails. With a grant their language skills, Martha Herrera from the Hagedorn Wong, a volunteer, Foundation and teaches ESL at the assistance from site once a week. her parents, Liz On a recent founded CoLoKi, visit, some men were Inc. (a contraction outside having a of “compassion, friendly and spirited love, kindness”) soccer match while to oversee the they waited for operation. contractors to hire Since Liz took them. over, the surround“To have this ing area has been area available where cleaned up and the they can have games trailer has had a and get exercise is major facelift, both so important,” Liz inside and out. says. With spring With its exterior underway, they now painted bright were readying a plot red with white trim, it is a welcome behind the trailer for an organic garden sight to local undocumented workers and were eager to start planting. looking for a day’s pay. “These men have hours of Previously, the man with the boredom,” Liz says. “They miss their highest poker hand would decide who family.” would be first on the jobs-wanted list. A lot of activity goes on inside Liz implemented a new system and this 50-foot trailer. Besides being a now the men have a sign-in sheet and respite for the 75 to 100 men who are selected in the order in which they come for a hot meal and a job, it serves arrived. The early arrivals get the top as a classroom, a dining room, a family spots, not the best poker player. room and an office. To many, it’s the But being an early bird doesn’t closest thing they have to home. guarantee a job. Work is still scarce. “Keeping them fed and occupied Because the men don’t qualify for keeps them off the streets,” Liz unemployment, health insurance, food explains. “We want them to come to stamps or any other government assis- the trailer.” tance, they have almost no safety net for Liz hopes that spring will bring emergencies. CoLoKi more jobs. Until then, can’t offer financial assisshe’ll continue to tance, so the group does provide a safe place for what it can to help them them to congregate. 2011 Column of the Year in other ways. “The moment I “We open at 5:30 a.m. so they can stepped inside here, I never wanted have a hot meal before they start their to leave,” she says. “I know these men day,” Liz says. just want to work.” Liz usually arrives about 8 a.m. and stays until her work is done. She For more information or to volunteer tries to keep the trailer open as long as possible, especially in the winter when or donate, contact Liz at Lizosh@ymail. the men have no other respite from com or call 516-442-0955 or go to www. CoLoKi.com the cold weather.

...A priest welcomed her inside... he told her, “Just treat the men with dignity.”

If you know a super woman who deserves good Fortune—and a profile— e-mail your nominations to Beverly at bfortune@longislandpress.com.

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How much did that JetBlue pilot going bonkers scare you? Let me tell you, it has me petrified. But if I know JetBlue, they are going to turn our fears of getting on a plane with a loony pilot into a profit center for their airline. Ever notice how, when you fly JetBlue, they charge you for everything? Earphones are $2. If your luggage is overweight by a few ounces, there’s a “fat luggage” charge. If you want to sit in a comfortable seat instead of being scrunched up like a dog, there’s a new JetBlue charge called Even More™ Space seats, which you pay extra for extra legroom, early boarding and early access to overhead bins. What do you want to bet that in the future JetBlue will add an additional charge? When you buy your ticket, they’ll ask: Would you like to fly with a sane pilot who has been examined by a licensed psychiatrist? Or do you want to take a chance on someone who we’ve noticed has been acting strange lately? Sane pilot flights will only cost $50 more per person, which is better than getting on a plane whose pilot has reported seeing tiny naked men dancing on the wings of his plane. Flying has become a nightmare. Have you been on a plane recently? How much worse can they treat passengers? Aren’t we covered by the Geneva Convention? Take your shoes off … Take your belt off … Take your jewelry off … Remove all liquids from your bag … Open your computer … Then a bell goes off and the next thing you know you’re getting felt up by an unsmiling TSA security agent. (You would think that just once they would take your name and send you flowers the next day after touching the most intimate parts of your body.) Once you’re on the plane, that’s when the fun begins. If you are sitting in seat 3A or B, or 39A or B, you’re screwed. You open the luggage compartment over your seat and it’s filled. Why? Because that’s where the flight attendants store their luggage. Once, when I took down a giant bag over my seat and replaced it with my luggage, I had an irate flight attendant scream at me, “Now, where am I going to put my luggage?” It took every ounce of decency in my body to keep myself from telling her where she could put her luggage.

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Bill Painter simply wanted the truth. About four years ago, the now 50-year-old bayman pulled his skiff near one of the flags delineating shellfish beds the public can harvest in Oyster Bay and those leased from the town by Frank M. Flower & Sons, a commercial shellfishing company, and dug for clams. “Working the line,” he says, unfailingly attracted security boats and inspections of his haul. Like clockwork for the next several days, Flower’s hydraulic suction dredges worked the exact same spot, though with a slight difference, according to Painter, one of roughly 70 remaining baymen who still literally scratch a living raking hard shell clams and oysters from the bottom of the harbor. “The lines always looked different,” he says. Convinced the oyster company had moved the flags separating the grounds—Flower is not permitted to harvest naturally occurring shellfish from public grounds—Painter hailed one of its ship captains and explained his plight. “‘You know, Billy, you’re right,’” he recalls the captain telling him. “‘[But] if I call the office right now and tell them to come out, you’ll probably lose more grounds.’” Painter then appealed to the town’s bay constables, who police the harbor and monitor whether baymen are poaching clams or oysters from Flower’s beds, issuing hefty fines to violators. Painter figured a quick check of the marker’s official GPS coordinates would prove his case. Problem was, he soon discovered, the bay constables didn’t even have the coordinates. Thus began Painter’s quest for the critical data, until just recently, when one of several New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests he filed with the town in 2011 was finally answered. Well, sort of. Painter says the numbers are inaccurate, but supplied them to the bay constables, anyway. His struggle to obtain the coordinates sparked an ongoing $750 million lawsuit filed in June 2011 on behalf of the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association against Flower, the Town of Oyster Bay and the State of New York, alleging a laundry list of fraud, illegalities, noncompliance and misdeeds spanning the past two decades, after a settlement was hammered out to resolve a 1991 lawsuit filed by baymen alleging many of the same claims made in the most recent complaint. The current litigation paints an unflattering portrait of a company and town perhaps best known for their popular annual oyster festival, which last year drew more than 200,000 people. Flower and Sons, the last of the old, big oyster companies that once dominated the Eastern Seaboard and the only one left in operation not just on Long Island, but in the state, provides the oysters. For a Complete multimedia look at Clam Wars Go to LongIslandPress.com/ClamWars

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hijinks on the high seas: seagulls feed as one of frank m. flower & sons’ hydraulic suction dredges vacuum oysters from the bottom of oyster bay harbor. (bottom) two flower employees repair a damaged flag marking the boundary of a leased shellfish bed. BOTH ACTIVITIES ARE THE SUBJECTS OF A LAWSUIT BY THE NORTH OYSTER BAY BAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION.

Among the baymen’s more damning claims: that the mammoth Flower has been illegally harvesting naturally growing clams and oysters from both leased underwater lands and those that are lawfully only open to the public; that its fleet of hydraulic dredge boats and hydraulic suction dredges have been wreaking havoc on what is recognized as a National Wildlife Refuge; and that the only party privy to the actual coordinates of leased shellfish boundaries, until

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recently, was Flower, which has also been staking the boundaries of the very territory it leases. Besides restitution, the baymen’s suit seeks that leases of underwater shellfish grounds between the town and Flower be declared null and void. It seeks an immediate end to Flower’s use of hydraulic dredges until an environmental review analyzes the techniques’ ramifications to the marine ecosystem, and it is deemed safe to continue. It seeks that Flower adhere

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to the mandates of a 1992 settlement last year announced a shellfish aquaculagreement from their original litiga- ture program in the Great South Bay tion and demands an end to Flower with leases available for $750 an acre. employees’ alleged practice of replacing If Flower was charged similar fair and marking their own shellfish beds, market rates for their leases, argue the which the complaint argues under state baymen, the additional funds could go law only certified land surveyors are to any number of taxpayer subsidies, permitted to do. such as lowering property taxes. By The complaint also demands the their reckoning, Oyster Bay would town comply with multiple FOIL get $1.4 million for the same acreage requests for information filed by that Flower now pays an estimated Painter that seek, among other data, $40,000—that’s with a more than 50 details of the town’s current lease percent rate hike since 1994 factored arrangements with the company for in. the lucrative shellfish beds—which In a recent interview, Oyster Bay net the company between $20 and Town Supervisor John Venditto, who $50 million annually, according to was the town attorney that represented Manta, an online business directory the township in the baymen’s original and network—as well as details of its litigation, referred all further questions lease with Flower for a roughly 6-acre regarding the baymen’s latest lawsuit prime parcel of town-owned water- to Jim Moriarty, his spokesman. Subfront property known as Oystermen’s sequently, a detailed list of questions Dock. The baymen want to know for Venditto was sent to Moriarty— exactly how much Flower is paying including requests for much of the per acre and how much the company information sought by Painter as well has been paying for lease of the dock, as a follow-up interview with the superwhere it stores its fleet. visor—but the town did not respond as On that topic, a FOIL request of press time. came back saying: “The results of our Questioned about the dispute two search reveal there are no such records,” months ago by a Press reporter, the which the baymen interpret as the supervisor said: town giving prime waterfront public “Flower is the sine qua non,” lands to the corporation, for free. which roughly translates to “without The 1994 lease between Flower which not.” and the town—which Berger and the “What I think the bottom line baymen dispute the on the answer’s going legitimacy of, since to be is that there’s this it was signed by image of Flower that Franklin B. Flower somehow they have and by neither of the monopolized the seed company’s current harbor arrangement,” owners—states the Venditto explained. “I yearly rent due as understand that. The $14.47 per acre for other side of the coin is 1,829.8 acres through if it weren’t for Flower, September 2024, with I don’t know if there adjustments every would be any oysters. three years “to reflect “I don’t know if increases in the cost of we would be able to oyster bay town supervisor living.” In comparimaintain the harbor john venditto son, the Town of Islip

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and make it as productive as it is without Flower,” he added. “I believe that’s the bottom line.” Flower deferred all questions for this article to their attorney, Gary Ettelman, founding partner of Garden City-based Ettelman & Hochheiser, P.C., who categorically denied and dismissed all the baymen’s claims, as well as the legitimacy of their latest litigation. “We’re confident that the claims that they’ve asserted—since they’re the same claims that they asserted 20 years ago—were resolved 20 years ago, and involved issues that were completed by the Flower Company and town over 20 years ago, and were done,” says Ettelman. “So we expect it’ll be dismissed. “The fact is this is pure and simple harassment,” he adds. “Total harassment.” Painter and fellow baymen Jim Schultz, the baymen group’s president Bill Fetzer, Fred Menges and Craig Oddo—all named as plaintiffs in the current litigation—profess that what the whole dispute really boils down to is protecting their way of life for the next generation of baymen. “Flower says they put the oyster back in Oyster Bay, but they put the oysters on their own leases for themselves. They don’t put any back to the public,” says Schultz. “There’s millions and millions of dollars’ worth of shellfish coming out of this bay and it goes into the three owners’ pockets. You’ve got a good, clean, productive bay here. There’s 70 licensed baymen that work on it, part-time, full-time, that deserve a better shake than what’s going on.” “This is David versus Goliath,” adds the baymen’s Huntington-based attorney Darrin Berger.

‘The Office’ Painter’s days on the water have been starting exceptionally late in recent months due to his constant trips to Oyster Bay Town Hall to file and follow-up his many FOIL requests, but a clam-digger’s morning typically begins several hours before sunrise. On some days, Oyster Bay Harbor resembles an otherworldly place, where heaven touches the water and the sky and sea are transposed atop the smooth, shiny glass like a mirror. Miles upon miles of its breathtaking surface spread out as far as the eye can see, bending along sandy shorelines and lapping the private beaches of multi-million-dollar mansions that dot its Gatsby-esque landscape. The estuary has been a prime spot for shellfishing for several hundred years, with the Town of Oyster Bay tracing its ownership back to colonial times. Once the waters were teeming 16

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“The Bald Eagles are doing better than we are. We are definitely on the endangered species list, all fishermen.” —Bill “Duckman” Fetzer, North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association

scratching out a living: (clockwise from top) north oyster bay baymen’s association president jim schultz and members bill painter, bill “duckman” fetzer and fred menges hand rake the bottom of oyster bay in search of clams and oysters they can sell to restaurants, every day, all year long. among other demands of their lawsuit, they seek more shellfish lands for the public.

with hundreds of small commercial clammers, oystermen and fishermen, while large shellfish companies similar to Flower plied the waters of many of LI’s other plentiful clam and oyster grounds—the Great South Bay and Northport Harbor were just two. Once-bountiful beds became more and more poisoned by stormwater runoff, chemical contamination and nitrogen pollution from human wastewater. Then mammoth dredges stripped the harbor bottoms of naturally occurring shellfish, marine life and vegetation. Now, the centuries-old tradition of shellfishing off the Island has trickled down to small pockets of hangers-on. In that respect, Oyster Bay offers a glimpse back in time, as Flower and Sons remains the

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last of the big oyster companies, having been in operation for more than 100 years. Their farming and harvesting, along with the take of the baymen, constitutes up to 90 percent of New York State’s annual oyster crop and up to 33 percent of the state’s hard clam crop, according to nonprofit Friends of the Bay—a group that has also come under fire from the baymen for their silence on Flower’s dubious dredging practices. Thus, the colorful band of baymen so vocal now represents what has been a vanishing livelihood. Clam and oyster digging is hard, back-breaking work, and as romantic as the lifestyle may appear to day-tripping outsiders, the baymen know all too well that such a paradise can just

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as easily become pure hell on Earth depending upon the mood swings of Mother Nature. At 16 cents a clam and with a 10 bushel town limit, a dedicated digger can make several hundred dollars for a hard day’s work. The same baymen can also go home empty-handed due to any number of impossibly unpredictable factors, such as a sudden storm, problems with a boat or gear, or say, a sore shoulder. Raking the bottom of the bay for clams—typically done by consistently lifting, scraping, pushing and rotating a clam rake attached to the end of a 12- to 84-foot telescoping pipe—can be physically grueling labor, especially for several hours at a clip. There’s no boss to report to, no dress code to follow, no need to get a note from the doctor if you don’t show up any particular morning or want to sleep in for a bit. Once you purchase a boat, which runs approximately $12,000 used, and various other pieces of equipment, such as a cull rack to measure your catch with—shellfish that pass between its 1-inch spaced bars are too small and tossed back in— there’s minimal overhead, other than an annual re-painting, daily fuel and maintenance. But there’s also no corporate benefits. No health insurance, dental or retirement plan. If you have a family and own a home, a missed or off-day on the water could mean the mortgage doesn’t get paid or the children aren’t fed. The clams must be raked, no matter the coldest winter or the most sweltering summer—and injuries can happen at any time. Any time spent out of your boat is lost revenue. Still, for baymen like Fetzer, who’s been harvesting these waters going on 30 years, there’s nothing else like it. “It gets into your heart and soul,” he says. “Even a bad day is not that bad, I got no one telling me what to do. Everybody out here loses a lot of money for this independence. You have to pay for your own medicals, retirement funds, it’s a different life, but it’s a clean life, it’s a honest life, and we got the best product in the world.” The 48-year-old, also known as “Duckman” among clammers (most

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baymen have a nickname), a father of three who lost his son Matthew five years ago, says he’s fighting for the baymen’s very existence. “It’s a way of life,” he says. “The Bald Eagles are doing better than we are. We are definitely on the endangered species list, all fishermen. Not just us, all fishermen.” Flower and Sons is a shellfish farmer, explains Ettelman, the company’s attorney. It owns a hatchery, where it incubates and reproduces its product, and a fleet of dredge boats it uses to cultivate and harvest the crop from the underwater shellfish beds it leases from the town. “Flower plants and they seed, and they spend a lot of money doing that, and they are probably the oldest farming operation left,” says Ettelman. “A significant portion of their operation is planting seeds. They plant millions of clam and oyster seeds annually. And it takes years. They have to develop these seeds in their hatchery, they have to then seed them, and it’s years before they can harvest them. So they’re a selfsustaining operation. The other guys, all they do is take.” As part of the prior settlement agreement, Flower provides the town with a million clam seeds—an amount the clam diggers argue is really not that much, since about half can be lost to predators, the weather, or any number of variables before maturing. The baymen want an increase of up to 60 million clam and oyster seeds for the public.

that this revision was never properly or accurately conducted. They say state law dictates that commercial shellfish companies such as Flower do not have the right to take naturally growing shellfish from state or public lands. For Flower to move a flag marker—which Painter and Schultz and the others allege to the Press has been going on for more than two decades (even recording the alleged actions on their cell phones)—the company is effectively stealing from their families and the taxpaying public at large, charge the baymen. “If that flag is put onto the public side, they could run that big

boat through here and clean up all the clams in one or two passes,” explains Fred Menges, another member of the baymen’s group. The Press recently accompanied Menges on an excursion out across the harbor to witness the allegedly illegal shellfishing practice firsthand. Sure enough, several dozen yards off the southern tip of Center Island, in the shadow of a mansion estate, the Press observed two men on a boat tying a new bamboo marker with orange and red flags to a sunken weight, replacing one that had been damaged. When asked whether they were

aware their actions were potentially against the law or whether they were licensed land surveyors, they declined to answer, saying: “Call the company. They will give you answers. Frank M. Flower and Sons. Call Dwight.” Responding to questions regarding the alleged improperly defining, staking and marking of lease beds on behalf of the company—the co-owners are Dwight Relyea, brother David and Joe Zahtila—Ettelman tells the Press: “The lease beds have been absolutely appropriately marked. The town has acknowledged that they are

Border Wars Here’s how it works: The Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor shellfish lands are separated into public domain land and leased lands. The boundaries of these underwater shellfish beds are marked by bamboo stakes bearing brightly colored flags. Most of the areas set aside for the baymen and public hug the shorelines of Oyster Bay Harbor, Oyster Bay Cove and Cold Spring Harbor, though the baymen say at least two-thirds are unproductive. Flower and Sons get the vast majority of the rest, along with a large stretch bordering Long Island Sound—though those grounds have long been disputed; the state believes it’s theirs and not Flower’s. Licenses to dig for clams and oysters on LI are allotted by township and cost $400 per year in Oyster Bay. In order to get one, an applicant must prove residency—something baymen charge many of Flower’s ship hands don’t have. The baymen’s lawsuit claims that in accordance with its 1992 settlement, the town was to have a licensed surveyor revise a 1937 map of the leased and public shellfish beds, and News

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appropriately marked, and so there’s absolutely no merit to the argument. There’s no question that they’re appropriately marked. And they were done so, as I said, years and years ago.” Gregory de Bruin, currently vice president of Gayron de Bruin Land Surveying and Engineering, PC, whose family’s former company A. James de Bruin & Sons worked with Flower in creating a map of Oyster Bay’s shellfish boundaries in the 1990s, says he too knows Flower has been using unlicensed surveyors to stake and tend to the flag boundaries. He tells the Press that Flower purchased GPS equipment to do the work themselves “rather than paying us on a regular basis to do it.” He verifies that the town did not have the latest coordinates. “When we gave the map to the town in 1994, we supplied a list of the coordinates,” he continues. “If you look at the map, it says, ‘See also booklet entitled List of Coordinates for this map.’ Nobody in the town can find that. The town asked us for it. And we said, I can find the cover to the booklet and I can find the list of coordinates, but I don’t find a bound booklet in our records. The town doesn’t find it in theirs. So I forwarded the data to the town.” He’s seen this before east of the county line. In 2007, as then-president of the Nassau-Suffolk Civil Engineers, de Bruin sent a letter to Suffolk County over concerns it was setting boundaries of underwater leases of its Shellfish Aquaculture Leasing Program without the services of a licensed surveyor: “Please be advised that this would be in conflict with New York State Education Law. Only licensed land surveyors may set and describe property boundaries.” An Oyster Bay town bay constable verifies to the Press that they, too, have never had the actual coordinates for the boundaries—even though they’re charged with enforcing them and levy fines and violations for breaches. They go by the markers placed by Flower themselves, he explains. “I’ve never seen the GPS coordinates for the flags marking the beds,” he admits, though stressing he did not want his name used in this story due to what he describes as “town politics.” “As far as, if we look at a flag, I have no coordinates to go on to tell me if that flag’s in the right spot or if it’s off by 100 feet or so.” The bay constable, as well as the baymen, lament that the root of the problem is that the town, in its 1994 lease, stipulates that Flower “shall mark the lands underwater above described by stakes, buoys or monuments” and “shall have the sole right to all shellfish on the lands leased herein,” essentially allowing 18

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hard living: North oyster bay baymen’s association president jim schultz, 38, father of two, has been raking clams and oysters from its beautific yet unforgiving waters for more than two decades. he and helper corey lapointe harvest hard clams (below).

“You ever look at the moon, the pictures of the moon, with the craters all over them? That’s exactly what the bottom looks like after a dredge sucks down.” — Tom Farrell, VP, nonprofit New York Coalition for Recreational Fishing

them to trump state law. Berger, the baymen’s attorney, finds the bay constables’ lack of coordinates “absolutely incredible.” “They’re out there enforcing under the guise of having information that could be utilized in a criminal proceeding,” he blasts. “In essence, really what they’ve done, they’ve made the bay constables a posse on behalf of Flower and Company. “The bay constables aren’t working for the Town of Oyster Bay in this situation, they’re working for Flowers!” he adds. But as charged as the baymen are about Flower’s tending to the flags— which they allege happens weekly— they’re even more heated about how the company goes about harvesting the shellfish, daily.

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On any given day, out on the water of Oyster Bay, Flower’s shellfish harvesting boats are visible. They’re actually pretty tough to miss. Unlike the 20-or-so-foot clam skiffs used by diggers such as Schultz and his cohorts, sometimes working the same area for days, Flower’s fleet of three hydraulic dredge ships and two hydraulic suction dredge boats— referred to as “sucker” boats by the baymen—plow across the waters in search of their next haul. Unlike the baymen, these floating factories have no limit on how much shellfish they can take each day. Once they find their targets, the hydraulic dredge ships utilize cutting blades that tear into the shell bed while

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highly pressurized jets of water slice the sediment, break it up, emulsify the bottom and push the clams into the back of the dredge. The sucker boats literally siphon the clams and oysters from their sub-aquatic beds like a vacuum—along with anything else that might be down there, say the baymen—and are regularly seen accompanied by clouds of seagulls, which nose-dive and feed from a dark muddy slick left in the ship’s wake. “This is like a strip-mining operation,” says Painter, pointing across the harbor. “They strip it, and they re-put their product on it… Their program is perfect for replanting shellfish... But as far as for fish, wildlife, and this whole bullshit thing that this is a federal wildlife-protected harbor, that’s a fairytale. “If Oyster Bay Harbor is a federally protected fish and wildlife refuge, how can you let the sucker boat and the dredge boats work?” says Fetzer. “The sucker boats are killing baby fish, fish eggs, crabs. They’re silting up the water, which is choking the saltgrasses that run along the shallows of the bay. You could be exposing the environment and people to heavy metals which have been dormant, that you’re exposing again. And not only does the sucker boats churn this up and spit them out in the water either dead or stunned, or killed, but they could sit up on the deck for hours and just die because they’re out of water. “That’s when the seagulls eat them like they’re potato chips,” he continues, adding that he’s witnessed the carnage firsthand. “They’ve sucked eight-pound blackfish. They’ve sucked five-pound fluke. They’ve sucked up eels. They suck up horseshoe crabs.” The baymen aren’t the only ones disputing the use of hydraulic dredging. It’s a battle that has been waged before—Maryland and Virginia

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have banned the practice, among other nonprofit Friends of the Bay, whose states—and is at the forefront right stated mission statement is “to preserve, now, on the East End as well as all the protect and restore the Oyster Bay/ way up to Albany. Recent attempts by Cold Spring Harbor Estuary and the Suffolk County and other local munici- surrounding watershed,” and whose palities to revive the Island’s shellfishing headquarters are about a block from industry by soliciting applications for the harbor—within view of Flower’s the leasing of underwater shellfish beds operations—has to date been silent on in the Peconic and Gardiner’s Bay have the issue. “I have to choose my words wisely resurrected the age-old controversy. Two bills currently before the state legislature here, because the owner of Frank M. would bring the practice back to these Flowers [David Relyea] is one of our estuaries under the county’s new aqua- board members,” says Friends of the Bay’s executive director, Patricia culture lease program. That has Kevin McAllister, of Aitken, when asked whether her group nonprofit Peconic Baykeeper, up in would support a cessation of Flower’s hydraulic dredging. arms. The baymen, who seek such a “The disturbance of the bottom has collateral damages to it,” he stresses. halting of activities until an environ“You could wipe out a spawning season, mental analysis is conducted to ensure or spawning areas, where certain it’s safe for marine life in the estuary, eggs are being laid, not to mention allege a conflict of interest, a charge knocking out other organisms that are Aitken denies. “We’re not deciding whether the part of the ecology in the bay… It isn’t just you’re dredging up the bottom. study’s going to be done or not; we’re You’re hammering it in a sense; you’re not making that decision,” she explains. knocking out other critters that are “It’s no conflict of interest for us, because important in the benthic community.” we’re not the ones doing the study. “I’m damned if I do and I’m “It takes many, many, many years for the ecosystem to develop,” explains damned if I don’t here if I say yes or Tom Farrell, vice president of the no,” she replied when asked whether 12,000-member nonprofit New York Friends of the Bay would support such Coalition for Recreational Fishing, an analysis. “Friends of the Bay wants which sent a letter to state lawmakers what’s best for the harbor and for the opposing the dredging bills. He stresses environment, and that’s what we’ve its potentially devastating impacts to always been about: what’s best for the the estuaries, “and they can very well harbor.” “We have always been about virtually destroy it overnight. “You ever look at the moon, the protecting the water quality and the pictures of the moon, with the craters harbor, that’s where we come down on all over them?” he asks. “That’s exactly this,” she continues, agreeing to check what the bottom looks like after a out the dredges for herself. “I don’t have a stand [on hydraulic dredging] right dredge sucks down.” With Flower operating “an average now because I need information. I’m of six hydraulic dredge boats on a daily not going to take a stand unless I have basis,” charges the suit, “based on information… We always want to see calculations allowing an 80-percent independent, scientific assessments.” bottom time for dredges, six boats will replace and suspend approximately 13,440 cubic yards of material a day.” No matter what happens within For context, a large tractor trailer the courtroom, says Fetzer, aboard holds 35 cubic yards. Even the bay constable inter- his skiff Rollic, somewhere out in the viewed by the Press acknowledges water of Oyster Bay Harbor, beneath the detrimental impacts of Flower’s a warm sun, clear, blue sky, with a full rake of clams ready for the culling, dredging within Oyster Bay Harbor. he’s at peace with his “I think it destroys decision to finally take the bay,” he says, a stand. soberly. “I mean you’re “Whatever the taking a fire house and outcome of this—be squirting the bottom it in our favor or not of the bay. All the eggs in our favor—if it’s and anything—any in our favor, we’re hatchlings or anything helping future generalike that—just get tions,” he says. “And if completely, especially it goes belly-up on our flounders, destroyed.” Where other enviface, we have exactly ronmental advocates what we have now. and groups are vocal “It’s easy to do about the damage nothing,” he adds. nonprofit friends of the wreaked by the “It’s hard to do bay executive director dredges, however, the something.” patricia aitken

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KEVIN JAMES @ NYCB THEATRE Mineola native Kevin James will practically perfor in his backyard when he hits the stage at Westbury. Best known as the stocky and sports-obsessed delivery man on King of Queens, James’ roots in the local comedy scene date back to his early days doing standup at Richie Minervini’s East Side Comedy Club in the late ’80s/early ’90s. And although James foisted the execrable Zookeeper on the masses, his work with fellow comic-turnedsitcom-star Ray Romano remains some of his best work. Monday, 4.9. 7:30 p.m.—Dave Gil de Rubio

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Exhibition Center, 431 E. Main St., Riverhead, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. A hunt with plenty of great prizes! Sunday 4.8 Easter Egg Hunt @ Benner’s Farm, 56 Gnarled Hollow Rd., Setauket, 1 p.m. Bring your own basket and go hunting for hidden egg treats! Easter Sunday Vintage Car Parade @ Franklin Avenue & 7th Street, Garden City, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Antique, vintage and classic cars, Banjo Rascals, Kiwanis Easter Bunnies and more. Easter Parade & Egg Hunt @ Harborfront Park, 101A E. Broadway, Village Center, Port Jefferson, Noon. An old fashioned parade— don’t forget your bonnet! Easter Bunny 5K @ Eisenhower Park, Hempstead Turnpike and Merrick Avenue, East Meadow, 9-10:30 a.m. Easter Morning Tower Tour @ Fire Island Lighthouse, Parking Field 5, Fire Island, 6 a.m. Includes light breakfast and mug. Easter Bonnet LONG Parade @

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It’s that time again – a great excuse to explore the city with Long Island Rail Road’s NYC Deals & Getaways. You’ll save money with discounted rail and admissions. The New York International Auto Show rolls in from April 6 -15. Or visit the USS Intrepid, the American Museum of Natural History, or choose from many other packages. For details visit “Deals & Getaways” at mta.info/lirr. Or call 511 and say “LIRR.” School may be out, but NYC is in session.

Egg Hunt @ Northport Village Park, Bayview Avenue and Main Street, Northport. 1-4 p.m. NYC Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival @ Fifth Avenue, from 49th Street to 57th Street, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 10-foot-tall hats, costumed pets, bonnets with live birds nestled inside…it’s all here. Easter Cantata @ Mahanaim, 300 Nassau Rd., Huntington, 5 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. This Easter Cantata is a musical depiction of the rising of Jesus Christ.

Annual Egg Hunt @ Quogue Wildlife Refuge, 3 Old Country Rd., East Quogue. Create a bunny craft and hop on down Peter Cottontail’s Trail to a special spot on the Refuge for an egg hunt. Session I: 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Session II: 11 a.m.-noon. Easter Egg Hunt @ Gurney’s Inn, 290 Old Montauk Hwy., Montauk, Egg hunt: 11 a.m.12 p.m. Fun and games with the Easter Bunny start ISLAND PRESS at noon. —JG

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David Johansen @ Highline Ballroom, 8 p.m. FILM: Harvey @ Bay Street Theatre, 8 p.m. Big Laughs @ YMCA Boulton Center, 8 p.m. With Tim Homayoon, Sherry Davey and Buddy Fitzpatrick. Tim Krompier @ Governor’s Comedy 8 p.m. Also 4.7. The Deep Blue Sea @ Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. Also 4.7 at 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. Chris Monty @ Brokerage Comedy 8 p.m. Also 4.7. Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun @ Stephen Talkhouse

North Mississippi Allstars @ Brooklyn Bowl, 8 p.m. With Leroy Justice. Also with J. Dickinson 4.7. Anoushka Shankar @ City Winery, 8 p.m. Through 4.8. The Rapture @ Bowery Ballroom Also with Ava Luna 4.7 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg. Eric Tartaglione @ McGuire’s Comedy, 8 p.m. Also 4.7. saturday 4.7 Cirque Du Soleil Michel Jackson Immortal World Tour @ Nassau Coliseum, 8 p.m. Created to pay tribute to the legacy of Michael Jackson,

this show combines breathtaking visuals with Michael Jackson’s signature music and dance moves. Also 4.8 at 4 p.m.—Michael Ventimiglia Sausage Fest @ Middle Country Beer Garden, 4 p.m. Luchyana’s 2012 Swimwear Line Runway Show @ Glo, 10 p.m. Crystal Water Collections, Emaury girls. Opening Day @ Long Island Game Farm, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Open for bottle feeding! Nada Surf @ Webster Hall With An Horse. Also with Milagres on 4.8 @ Music Hall of Williamsburg. Hide the Eggs Hip Hop Easter Bash @ Broadway Bar, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. An Easter event for the 21+ crowd, only $5 entry with cheap drinks all night.

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Brokerage—2797 Merrick Rd, Bellmore. 516-7858655. www.brokeragecomedy.com

Bay Street Theatre—The Long Wharf, Sag Harbor. 631-725-9500. www. baystreet.org

Glo—737 Merrick Ave., Bethpage Ballpark—3 Westbury. 516-794-8022. Belt Drive South, Central www.glownightclubli.com Islip. www.liducks.com Governor’s—90 Division Ave., Levittown. 516-7313358. www.govs.com

Book Revue—313 New York Ave., Huntington. . www.bookrevue.com

Rd., Brookhaven Hamlet. www.paintersrestaurant. com

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Sachem Public Library—150 Holbrook Rd., Broadway Bar—198 Holbrook Broadway. 631-753-1975. Smithtown Library, ComCalvary Baptist mack Branch— 3 Indian Church—515 Riverleigh Head Rd., Commack Ave., Riverhead Stephen Talkhouse—61 Cinema Arts Centre—423 Main St., Amagansett. Park Ave., Huntington. 631-267-3117. www.steNassau Coliseum—1255 631-423-FILM. www. phentalkhouse.com cinemaartscentre.org Hempstead Tpke., UnionTap & Barrel—550 dale. 631-920-1203. John W. Engeman TheSmithtown Bypass, Smithwww.nassaucoliseum. ater—250 Main St., North- town. 631-780-5474. com port. 631-261-2900. www.52taps.com Nassau County Museum www.johnwengementheater.com University Café—Stony of Art—1 Museum Dr., Brook University, Nichols Roslyn Harbor. 516-484- The Lark—93 Larkfield Road, Stony Brook. www. 9337. www.nassaumuRd., East Northport. 631- stonybrook.edu seum.com 262-9700. www.thelarkpubandgrub.com Westhampton Beach Nutty Irishman FarmPerforming Arts ingdale—323 Main St., Long Island Game Center—76 Main St., Farmingdale. 516-293Farm—638 Chapman Westhampton Beach. 9700. www.thenuttyirish- Blvd., Manorville. www. 631-288-1500. www. man.com longislandgamefarm.com whbpac.org NYCB Theatre at WestMcGuire’s—1627 Smith- YMCA Boulton Cenbury—960 Brush Hollow town Ave., Bohemia. ter—37 W. Main St., Bay Rd., Westbury. 877-598631-467-5413. www.mc8694. www.thetheatreat- guirescomedyshows.com Shore. 631-969-1101. www.boultoncenter.org westbury.com Middle Country Beer Oh My Girls—140 Jericho Garden—1702 Middle Manhattan Tpke., Syosset. 516-802- Country Rd., Centereach. Apple Store SoHo—72 5800. www.ohmygirls.com www.muls.com Greene St. www.apple.com Ollie’s Point—140 Merrick Napper Tandy’s—15 E. B.B. Kings Blues Club Rd., Amityville. 516-208- Main St., Smithtown. & Grill—237 West 42nd 6590. www.clubloaded. 631-360-0606; 275 St. 212-997-4144. www. com Route 25A, Miller Place. bbkingblues.com 631-331-5454. www.napVibe Lounge—60 N. Park pertandys.com Barnes & Noble—160 E. Ave., Rockville Centre. 54th St., Midtown East; 33 516-208-6590. www. Nutty Irishman Bay E. 17th St., Union Square. vibeloungeli.com Shore—60 E. Main St., www.bn.com Bay Shore. 631-969Zachary’s Lounge—1916 9700. www.thenuttyirishBeacon Theatre—2124 Hempstead Tpke., East Broadway. 212-465-6500. Meadow. 516-794-9770. man.com www.beacontheatre.com www.zacharysny.com Painters—416 S. Country

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Best Buy Theater—1515 Broadway. 212-930-1950. www.bestbuytheater.com Bowery Ballroom—6 Delancey St. www.boweryballroom.com City Winery—155 Varick St. 212-608-0555. www. citywinery.com

Patchogue Theatre— 71 East Main St., Patchogue. Highline Ballroom—431 W. 16th St. 212-414-5994. 631-207-1300. www. www.highlineballroom patchoguetheatre.com

Marine Corps Center—605 Stewart Ave., Garden City. 516-5260144. McFadden’s—210 Merrick Rd., Rockville Centre. 516-442-2600. www. mcfaddensrvc.com

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Brooklyn Bell House—149 Seventh St. 718-643-6510. www. thebellhouseny.com Brooklyn Bowl—61 Wythe Ave. 718-963-3369. www. brooklynbowl.com Music Hall of Williamsburg—66 N. Sixth St. 212-486-5400. www. musichallofwilliamsburg. com St. Vitus—1120 Manhattan Ave. www.saintvitusbar.com

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With Zozo Afrobeat & DJ Rich Medina. monday 4.9 Long Island Writers Guild @ Book Revue, 7 p.m. NPR’s Ask Me Another Live Taping @ Bell House, 7 p.m. An hour of puzzles, games and trivia hosted by Ophira Eisenberg with music by Jonathan Coulton.

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Community Bible and Fitness Week @ Calvary Baptist Church, 5:30-8 p.m. Register at www. cbcriverhead.org. Through 4.13.

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FDNY vs. NYPD Benefit Hockey Game @ Nassau Coliseum, 1 p.m.

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Kevin Costner & Further West @ City Winery, 8 p.m. XXL 2012 Freshman Class Live @ Best Buy Theater, 8 p.m. With Machine Gun Kelly, Danny Brown, Kid Ink, Future, Roscoe Dash, Hopsin, Macklemore, Don Trip, Iggy Azalea & French Montana.

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Benjamin Busch (The Wire, Generation Kill) @ Strand Books, 7 p.m. The Grandest Tasty Tuesday of Them All @ Tap & Barrel, 8-11 p.m. With Rodenbach. RA Dickey (NY Mets) @ Barnes & Noble Midtown East, 11:30 a.m. Mana @ Madison Square Garden, 8 p.m. Also 4.11.