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something.” You say this now, Damien, but you’ll be talking out of the other side of your mouth when you’re holding a glass of red wine in your hand as the crowds come in to see the work of the celebrated genius Chimp Charlie at the Vered Gallery. There are, today, plenty of artists, human
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artists, going strong in the Hamptons, following in the footsteps of the greats. There are also actors, producers, advertising executives, bankers and stockbrokers with homes out here. Wasn’t a study done about the ten chimpanzees who were told to pick hot stocks on Wall Street, who bested ten human stockbro-
kers out there doing the same thing? Is this article discriminating against our friends, the chimpanzees? If it is, we offer our deepest apologies to all. We would be shocked to learn that readers might think of us as bigots. We’re not bigots, last time we checked. But, well, we’re sorry anyway. So once again, sorry. •
Duke, a native of Cuba, who organizes cultural exchange and humanitarian aid programs for that country. Only about half the usual number of boats attended. It was not as well promoted. And it is not yet clear whether Mrs. Duke will mount the effort to hold the event again this year. It would be a shame if she didn’t. What makes this most interesting is that the Town of East Hampton, which now owns the property, could have decided to take on the mantle of continuing the fireworks itself. They have the resources, the experience and the promotional abilities that Mrs. Duke does not. And indeed, that, in their discussions with SeaFair, is exactly what they had proposed to do. It is particularly interesting that for two years in a row now, the regular Main Beach Fourth of July fireworks have been cancelled because of the nesting on the beach of some little tiny endangered birds called piping plovers.
All human activity must end within hundreds of feet from where these birds nest and hatch their young from the time they arrive and contemplate a family until the hatchlings have left the nest. This is a period that extends from April to August. (The Town HAD held the Fourth of July celebration fireworks on Labor Day. It has not been well attended. It’s like celebrating Christmas in August. Ho hum.) In any case, the Town Board of East Hampton rejected the proposal of SeaFair by a vote of 4 to 0 with one abstention, which was that of the Supervisor Bill McGintee, who said he wanted to negotiate further with the SeaFair people. Meanwhile, the SeaFair’s second choice, the Village of Sag Harbor, voted 5 to 1 in favor of allowing this luxury yacht to dock at the end of busy Long Wharf in the center of town. The only person who voted no was Ed Deyermond, who may or may not be a grump. See you there. •
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barge in the middle of Three Mile Harbor to celebrate Bastille Day. That event, sponsored by the Duke Family, has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Boy’s and Girl’s Harbor Summer Camp that lines the shore there. This event has been for all these years a highlight of the summer. Fireworks get set off at Main Beach on the weekend of July 4, then ten days later, more than a thousand boats with maybe five thousand people on board assemble in the harbor at dusk to party around the barge, while perhaps ten thousand people bring blankets and lawn chairs to watch the fireworks from many of the public locations along the eight-mile shoreline of the Harbor to enjoy the show. Last year, however, Boy’s and Girl’s Harbor was purchased by the Town of East Hampton to be preserved as a park. The fireworks were still held — the Dukes, who owned the camp still have their residence there — this time as a benefit for a group headed up by Mrs. Luly
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