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Contents page 16 Fishermen: Wind Farms Bad For Business Federal officials in charge of leasing ocean bottom land to offshore wind farm companies got an earful at a meeting with commercial fishermen Wednesday — and much of it was R-rated.
page 20 Call For Sand Land Closure Noyac residents were joined by environmentalists and elected officials on Friday, July 13, to call for the closure of Sand Land, a one-time sand mine that is now a vegetative waste processing facility.
page B-2 Ephron Brings Fairy Tale Magic To Harbor Books If you’re jonesing for a fantastical adventure — or perhaps just a nice spot of tea — then head to Harbor Books in Sag Harbor on Saturday,
page B-4 Hamilton Leithauser Hamilton Leithauser, the former front man of The Walkmen, took the stage at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett on July 15.
Winner, Winner Chicken dinner With more than 350 tickets sold ahead of time, the Lions Club of East Hampton was geared up to prepare meals for over 700 people at its annual BBQ at the American Legion in Amagansett on Saturday, July 14. Under a pristine summer sky, volunteer Lions, their family members, friends, and members of the community took their places early in the morning. By 11 AM, the grounds of the American Legion were already transformed with canopies, tables, and chairs awaiting a hungry crowd.
Toward the back of the Legion property, another crew sweated under the rising temperatures moving the huge grills into place, scrubbing them clean, filling them with charcoal, and firing them up in preparation for cooking the 700 split chickens that would be the main course.
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Bus Changes May Cause Rude Awakening early morning riders of the 10C bus that connects montauk and east hampton expressed dismay upon learning about schedule changes that will go into effect august 1.
By T. E. McMorrow
Suffolk County Transit is on the verge of approving an extension of the 10B bus route all the way east to the Medical Center off of Pantigo Road in East Hampton, as well as adding a second bus to the route, while cutting back what it
considers an underutilized portion of the 10C bus route in Montauk, and eliminating, entirely, the S94 line, which currently runs between downtown Montauk and the lighthouse.
This is being done, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming explained at two public hearings
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last week, to shorten the time it takes for Springs residents to get to the medical center. She said that the Montauk service cuts were needed, because of the dire financial constraints of the Suffolk County Transit, to offset the increased mileage of the extended 10B route. However, it is
the moving of the departure time of the first westbound 10C from Montauk from 7:05 to 6:25 that has early morning riders seeing red. Geoffrey Lynch, president of Hampton Jitney, was also present for the meetings, which were held July 10 at the Montauk Public Library and July 11 at Town Hall in East Hampton. Hampton Jitney is the parent company of Twin Forks Transportation, the operator of the buses. Lynch said that there are more riders on the 10C on a daily basis, which is why the company assigns the largest bus to the 10C Montauk to East Hampton route.
The additional bus added to the 10B route will become available with the elimination of the S94, which Fleming said frequently carried less than 10 passengers a day. That means that both of the 2017 Arboc 20-seater buses in the company’s fleet will be on the 10B line. In the meantime, the larger 2010 Orion will continue to make the Montauk to East Hampton run, but it will no longer loop through Ditch Plains, and, to make up for the missing S94, will now make four trips daily, during the summer season, to the lighthouse. One advocate for the change to the 10B was Dr. Gail Schonfeld of East End Pediatrics, located at 200 Pantigo Place, where the 10B will
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We All Need Some Real Heroes If ever we needed to celebrate real heroes, it is right now. So, come take a ride.
The 15th Annual Soldier Ride — a celebration of and a fundraiser for the Wounded Warriors of America — departs at 8:30 AM on Saturday, July 21, from the Amagansett Farm at 551 Montauk Highway.
The idea for this bike-a-thon that has raised tens of millions of dollars for our wounded veterans who risked life and limb for the nation began in the Stephen Talkhouse bar in Amagansett in August of 2003. “It started when we read a newspaper story about a wounded
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The trio had been raising money for a Marine veteran named John Melia who had been injured in a helicopter fire in Somalia and spent agonizing time in various veterans hospitals where the bureaucratic wait for basic amenities and comforts of home added insult to his and other vets’ injuries. “So, John Melia and a group of other wounded vets and volunteers gathered in the basement of his Roanoke, Virginia home and with the $5000 they’d raised, they were putting together backpacks for wounded vets in places like Walter Reed and Bethesda military hospitals,” said Kraus. “The backpacks had phone cards, books, a CD player, socks, shorts, and a t-shirt for the wounded vets. The backpacks were a huge hit.”
When the Talkhouse trio read about Fernandez, a local wounded vet, they decided to hold a benefit for the West Point grad who’d gone to Rocky Point High School. “We raised only a few thousand dollars,” Kraus said. So, at the next fundraiser, they decided to put a pledge card table at the front door where Carney had promised to ride a bicycle from Montauk Point to San Diego if people would sponsor his 3000mile trip. “Suddenly we had over $10,000 in cash, checks, and pledges,” said Kraus. “Chris Carney had not been on a bicycle since high school and had never ridden more than a mile in his life. But now he had to pedal what we thought was 3000 miles but which turned out to be 4200 miles, because on a bike you can’t use highways. We looked at Chris and told him he had to do it because there was no way to return
all these donations.”
So, Carney got himself a bicycle and started practicing. Kraus and a buddy tagged behind him in a car. “I drove 10 miles per hour across America,” said Kraus. “Along the way, two wounded Iraq vets named Staff Sergeant Heath Calhoun and Staff Sergeant Ryan Kelly — who had one leg between them and who’d heard about the trip — joined the ride.” Kraus says they were all greeted by cheering crowds in every big American city and small town and rural village they rode through, eventually raising over $1 million.
“Three things became clear on that first Soldier Ride across America,” Kraus said. “One, the American public was eager to show their appreciation and support to the wounded vets. Two, it inspired the newly-injured veterans across the land who saw that there was a good and adaptable life after war wounds. Three, it showed people like me who had not served just how much those that did serve had sacrificed in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. These were pure heroes.” By the time they got to San Diego, Calhoun and Kelly told Carney that they wanted to do the ride again the next year from Los Angeles to Montauk. “There really was no way to say no to two men who’d lost three legs for our country,” said Kraus.
Soon, with money from Soldier Ride, John Melia’s backpack mission became the Wounded Warriors of America. Soldier Ride has steered all the money it has raised every year since into this vital veterans’ organization. “There are Soldier Rides in 30 different cities all over America now,” said Kraus. “The concept has spread to England, France, Germany, and Israel. Some of the wounded warriors who will be participating in this year’s Hamptons Community Ride are from England and Israel. Chris Carney’s crazy idea over drinks in the Stephen Talkhouse to ride a bicycle across the country has now raised tens of millions of dollars for our wounded warriors.” Which is great because right now
this land could sure use some oldfashioned American heroes. This could not happen at a better time in this divided country where the political chasm is the worst since the Civil War.
But politics should be left at home when we come out to honor the vets who have put their lives and limbs on the line for the United States of America. I have a brother who served with the 173rd Airborne in the Central Highlands of Vietnam 50 years ago, when the country was also torn apart over the issue of the Vietnam War. It took us 20 shameful years to honor the Vietnam vets who served in that brutal war with a memorial and the recognition they all deserved. You can believe anything you want about the current state of politics in Washington, D.C., or about the politicians who make our endless wars. But the young men and women who fight and die or come home maimed from our wars are not the enemy. They are our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, our husbands and wives, our fathers and mothers, our friends and neighbors. They are our heroes.
In a time when the country they served has devolved into red and blue restaurants, the wounded of our foreign wars are red, white, and blue American heroes. Period.
Cherish them. Thank them. Support them. Join them.
Come out to Soldier Ride on Saturday and cheer real American heroes and leave the politics on your preferred cable news station at home.
“Soldier Ride is just a beautiful summer day to say thanks to our wounded warriors,” said Kraus. “We owe them that.” Yes, we all do. Ride on.
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vet from Long Island named John Fernandez who got blown up and lost the lower portion of both legs in Iraq,” says Nick Kraus, manager of the popular bar. “Chris Carney, the bartender, said we should raise some money for Fernandez and his family. The owner, Peter Honerkamp, agreed. So did I. I’m not a vet, so I felt maybe the way for me to be of service was to do something to help a veteran who served and who had been badly wounded.”
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the train’s coming for East End commuters By T. E. McMorrow
A plan to run shuttle trains on the Long Island Rail Road to increase the employment pool for East End companies strapped to find workers, and ease congestion on the roads, is scheduled to go into effect early next year. East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and board member Sylvia Overby, while attending an event in Springs last week, spoke about the plan. “They will run two additional trains in the morning and two in the afternoon,” Van Scoyoc said. In the morning, the trains will head east out of Speonk. One will terminate
in Amagansett, and the other in Montauk. The train will be stored east of the Amagansett train will be stored east of the train station, allowing regular service between the city and Montauk to continue throughout the day. In the evening, the trains will head back to Speonk.
“This came about with the help of Senator Ken LaValle, Assemblyman Fred Thiele, and County Legislator Bridget Fleming, along with the town supervisors’ offices in East Hampton and Southampton, all working together,” Van Scoyoc said. “We all know that finding
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“The towns will be responsible for the last mile of service, to provide public transportation for connections to [the workplace] from the train station,” Van Scoyoc said. While they did not get into specifics about that final mile, the supervisor pointed to the success of the Hopper bus in Montauk, which he believes can be a model for the town’s other hamlets. “A couple of years ago, with the
help of some state funding, I initiated the downtown Montauk Hopper loop that has been very successful. We are going to try and duplicate similar service for the various hamlets and their train stations,” he said.
He added that, as a major employer in the town, the town itself is seeking alternate forms of transportation for its workers, “saving them time and money, and broadening our reach for the employment pool. It is so expensive for people to live here.”
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Correction A photo caption in last week’s Independent misstated what happened at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett on the night of July 6. The proprietors contacted the East Hampton Town Fire Marshal’s office because they were concerned about a large build up of would-be customers spilling out into traffic on Main Street. East Hampton Town Police and Code Enforcement Officers responded and dispersed the crowd. The establishment was not vacated; customers remained inside throughout the night. No violations were issued. As the night wore on, new customers were allowed in to replace patrons that left. The Independent apologizes for the mistake.
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Toward the back of the Legion property, another crew sweated under the rising temperatures moving the huge grills into place, scrubbing them clean, filling them with charcoal, and firing them up in preparation for cooking the 700 split chickens that would be the
In the meantime, Lion Fred Overton arrived with several bushels of clams and began the tedious task of shucking the hundreds of clams that he had painstakingly caught himself. Bostwick’s, one of the many food donors, supplied its famous clam chowder for the event. It arrived steaming hot and was made available at Overton’s table. Coolers filled with ice offered soda, water, iced tea, and beer to quench the thirst of the hundreds of guests were also stationed nearby.
Before long, the Potter-Tekulsky Band began setting up their equipment amidst the heat and smoke from the grills; the chefs had the chickens well on their way to being done. Every aspect of the Lions Club event seemed well coordinated. Some diners came and took their dinners home, while others stayed to enjoy the music and meet friends and family, filling the picnic tables, which were decorated with red and white checkered tablecloths.
The coordinated efforts of the Lions ensured that donated dinners and leftovers were packaged and prepared for transport to the East Hampton Food Pantry. Proceeds from the BBQ go back to the community in the many programs that the Lions Club sponsor, including the Long Island Eye Bank, the Lions eyeglass program, and various children and youth programs. For more information about the Lions Club of East Hampton, you can visit the website at www.easthamptonlionsclub.com. valerie@indyeastend.com
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With more than 350 tickets sold ahead of time, the Lions Club of East Hampton was geared up to prepare meals for over 700 people at its annual BBQ at the American Legion in Amagansett on Saturday, July 14. Under a pristine summer sky, volunteer Lions, their family members, friends, and members of the community took their places early in the morning. By 11 AM,
the grounds of the American Legion were already transformed with canopies, tables, and chairs awaiting a hungry crowd.
The preparation was endless. One crew of helpers spent several hours shucking 800 ears of corn while another group dipped the 700 pieces of chicken into Lion Russell Calemmo’s secret recipe barbecue sauce and placed each piece on the racks for cooking. At another table, 40 watermelons were being sliced to be added with each meal. At other stations, 400 pounds of red potatoes were being cooked, 800 dinner rolls were being prepared, and seven cases of David’s chocolate brownies were being sliced up for dessert.
Local News of Operation Inherent Resolve, a United States-led coalition operation with aims to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Four of the airmen were local, including Technical Sergeant Dashan Briggs, 30, a Riverhead High School graduate who lived in Port Jefferson Station; Master Sergeant Christopher Raguso, 39, of Commack; Captain Andreas O’Keeffe, 37, of Center Moriches; and Captain Christopher Zanetis, 37, of Long Island City. Independent/Peggy Spellman Hoey The family of fallen Air National Guardsman Christopher Raguso of the 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton at a recent fundraiser at the Boardy Barn in Hampton Bays.
Fundraiser For Fallen Airmens’ Families By Peggy Spellman Hoey
A fundraiser for the families of the airmen from the 106th Air National Guard at Francis S. Gabreski in Westhampton who died in March when the helicopter they were being transported in went down in Iraq is in the works for September.
The fundraiser will be held on Saturday, September 22, at the Boardy
Barn in Hampton Bays. The evening will include music by the Meade Brothers Band, as well as an all-youcan-eat barbecue of hot dogs and hamburgers, and raffles. Tickets are $40 per person. Seven airmen were killed on March 15 in a HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopter in western Iraq near Al-Qa’im on a mission in support
There was no evidence of enemy fire in the crash, however, it is still under investigation, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The fundraiser is being organized by the Fire Department of New York Foundation, which provides support to the families of New York City firefighters. Two of the four airmen killed were FDNY firefighters, including Raguso and Zanetis. Briggs was a volunteer firefighter with the Westhampton Beach Fire Department. Funds raised from the event will go to the families of the airmen, some of whom include small children, according to Captain John Raguso,
the father of Christopher Raguso.
“I think it is going to be for the families to use as they see fit,” he said, adding volunteers from FDNY’s Tunnel to Towers already raised enough money to pay off the mortgage of his son and Briggs.
“But, still, you have girls who are going to grow up without a Dad. You have expenses that they are going to incur and Chris isn’t around and Dashan isn’t around. So, I think that some of the money that they are going to raise is going to go for that,” said Raguso, who lives in Jamesport. He said his son was the type of person who lived his life in service of others, not only serving in the military, but working as a firefighter, and then volunteering in his spare time with the Commack Fire Department, rescuing about 400 people in his career. He left behind a wife and two daughters.
“Chris was a larger-than-life cartoon character,” he said, adding that he was like The Hulk. “He touched everybody in a very positive way.”
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“Eggs are once a month,” Bicket said. The eggs are donated by Mary’s Marvelous on Newtown Lane. There are also canned goods. The meat is frozen, and wasn’t laid out yet, to protect it.
Winter, when one would not expect to see fresh produce, is the pantry’s neediest time, Bicket said. But Share the Harvest Farm, with its 3000-square-foot greenhouse, has extended the season for fresh produce to about 10 months a year.
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springs community helps feed poor By T. E. McMorrow
“It is a huge team effort,” Pamela Bicket said on July 11 at a gathering at Springs Community Presbyterian Church, celebrating grants from the county of $4500, as well as from the Town of East Hampton, which donated $2000. The $6500 total received is 10 percent of the $65,000 target the church’s pantry, which supplies food and nutritional information to the working poor of Springs, hopes to raise this year.
Bicket gave a tour of the pantry, filled with with fresh produce, as well as some canned goods. “Everybody has a choice [of various foods]” she said. “They show us their card so we know how many children and how many adults are in the family.” She walked around the tables set up in a U shape, offering an array of fresh produce. “Potatoes, carrots, beets.” These came, she said, from local farms, except for the potatoes. She pointed at a huge
pile of cabbage. “Everybody gets a cabbage,” she said with a laugh. Donating farms included Amber Waves in Amagansett and Share the Harvest Farm in East Hampton. “The cucumbers came from Share the Harvest,” she said. Southampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc was on hand. “They had a good week for cucumbers,” he joked about the enormous pile of cukes.
There was an open space on the table. “I saved this space for Balsam
Marielle Ingram, a Springs resident and manager at the farm, addressed the gathering, which included East Hampton Town Board members David Lys and Sylvia Overby, as well as the supervisor. “Thank you for allowing us to do what we do, and allowing us to feed so many people,” she said. Jess Tonn spoke next, about a new program between Share the Harvest and the Amagansett Food Institute that will allow the farmers to process the produce for year-round consumption. AFI also provides the farmers with freezer space, she explained.
“We are very fortunate to live in a really beautiful place,” Van Scoyoc said. “There is a great amount of wealth in the community, but there is also a great amount of need. It is really wonderful to see members of the community come together to meet those needs.”
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Fishermen: Wind Farms bad for business By Rick Murphy
Federal officials in charge of leasing ocean bottom land to offshore wind farm companies got an earful at a meeting with commercial fishermen Wednesday — and much of it was R-rated.
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At issue is a federal directive — fueled in part, some say, by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo — to award leases for two more tracts of ocean bottomland that will eventually be home for
wind farms. So far, 13 leases have been awarded to developers.
Brian Hooker, a fisheries biologist, David Nguyen, a project coordinator, and Isis Johnson, an environmental protection specialist, tried for close to four hours to get through a prepared program. They are charged with choosing two locations from within four giant swatches of ocean bottom off the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey. The fishing industry reps
don’t think there should be any offshore turbines, period.
Deepwater Wind, which has a project slated off the coast of Montauk called South Fork Wind and runs the Block Island Wind farm, was the subject of much of the ire and criticism, though that company may or not come into play on the tracts of ocean bottom being discussed. Once BOEM identifies parcels that
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There isn’t merely significant opposition to offshore wind farms; there is 100-percent agreement among the fishermen that the wind turbines will eventually put them out of business.
The anger is palpable, and representatives from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management took the brunt of it, enduring a tirade of complaints. “This is how we talk on the docks,” one salty speaker exclaimed.
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Choosing Where To Put Wind farms In Ocean By Rick Murphy
The Bureau of Ocean Management, at least to hear its own officials tell it, plays a valuable role in determining where wind turbines will be placed in the ocean in an “environmentally and economically responsible way.” As things stand now, bureau workers face a busy few years — the government plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines offshore. The BOEM is an outgrowth of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, often referred to as the EPAct. Championed by President George W. Bush, the law contained a blueprint for producing energy, particularly that which is clean and renewable, in the United States, thus reducing our dependency on imported oil and gas. For example, the EPAct provides loan guarantees for entities that develop or use innovative technologies that avoid the by-
production of greenhouse gases. Another provision of the EPAct increases the amount of biofuel that must be mixed with gasoline sold in the U.S.
In 2009, the Department of the Interior announced the final regulations for the Outer Continental Shelf Renewable Energy Program, which was authorized by EPAct. These regulations provide a framework for issuing leases, easements, and rights-of-way for OCS activities that support production and transmission of energy from sources other than oil and natural gas. The BOEM was created to oversee offshore renewable energy development in federal waters. Because the BOEM director answers to the Secretary of the Interior, there are concerns in some quarters that political pressure may be applied to champion some projects over others. Dr. Walter Cruickshank is
the acting director of BOEM, appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke. The director is supported by senior executives who manage national programs. Zinke recently made headlines when he declared that there would be no oil drills placed off the coast of Florida, a decision that was widely deemed as political. President Trump carried Florida in the election and Florida’s Governor Rick Scott supported him. Cruickshank was non-committal when asked if Zinke’s statement compromised the process.
In addition to Offshore Wind Energy and domestic oil, BOEM has identified a number of other energy sources the government intends to promote, including ocean wave energy and ocean current energy. Ocean currents contain an enormous amount of energy that can be captured and converted to a usable form. Some
of the ocean currents on the OCS Renewable Energy program are the Gulf Stream, Florida Straits Current, and California Current. Submerged water turbines, similar to wind turbines, may be deployed by the OCS in the coming years to extract energy from ocean currents.
The meeting in Montauk on July 11 (see accompanying story) was part of a four-step process that will result in the construction of wind turbines off the coasts of Long Island, New Jersey, or both. At least 800 turbines are planned. The planning and analysis process, underway now, will identify where to site the wind farms; the lease process will commence after that and can be either competitive (more than one suitor) or assigned. The lessee will then be responsible for submitting a site assessment plan that must be approved by BOEM before the final stage: construction.
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Government Briefs By Rick Murphy Maybe We Should Build A Wall They sneak into our country unannounced, spread all over, and yes, eat our beloved ash trees. Truly, the Emerald Ash Borer beetle “will devastate New York’s ecology and forest industries if action is not taken.”
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Or at least according to U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, who wants to get rid of the little buggers. And that’s not all. Those sneaky Asian Carp threaten the wellbeing of the Great Lakes ecosystems, which provide drinking water to over 30 million Americans, support a $7 billion fishing industry and a $15.5 billion boating industry, and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
“Whether it’s Asian Carp in our lakes or the Emerald Ash Borer in our forests, invasive species threaten our environment and our economy, and we have to do everything we can to block them from coming into our state,” Gillibrand said. She has proposed bipartisan legislation, along with New York Congressman Elise Stefanik, to address the problem of injurious critters finding their way into the state. “The Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act would help better protect our precious natural resources, strengthen our economy, draw tourism to our state, and provide clean drinking water to New Yorkers. I urge my colleagues to address this problem and pass this legislation,” Gillibrand said. The act would give the United States Fish and Wildlife Service greater authority to regulate nonnative species and prohibit them from being imported or sold
in the United States. The USFWS regulates species considered to be harmful to the wildlife and natural resources of the U.S. These species, referred to as “injurious wildlife,” cannot be imported into the U.S. or its territories, or be transported through interstate commerce, without a USFWS permit.
on the East End. The South Fork roadways included in this project are State Route 27 from Suffolk County Route 39 to Stephen Hands Path in the Towns of Southampton and East Hampton, and State Route 27 from State Route 114 to Etna Avenue in the Town of East Hampton.
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Work has been scheduled to avoid closures on weekends or around holidays to minimize inconvenience during the summer tourism season. The project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2019.
More than 200 species are listed as “injurious wildlife.” Under the current system, this designation happens after a species has already been introduced to the U.S. and is causing harm to our environment and economy. This legislation would address the threat of potentially invasive species before they can be imported.
Assemblyman Fred Thiele announced on July 12 a $2.6 million preventative maintenance project to enhance traffic safety and upgrade the roadways of more than 54 miles of state highway
The New York State Department of Transportation will clean debris from pavement cracks and seal them with quick-setting, plasticfiber-enriched hot liquid asphalt, which will help prevent road deterioration. These treatments are done within a few years of a road’s resurfacing to extend the new pavement’s life.
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can be leased, any company that wants to do so can express interest; if more than one does, there will be an auction. Hooker made an introductory presentation, pointing out that the wind companies that win a lease will pay for the lease plus a rental fee, plus royalties. “They are stealing our fishing grounds by placing them on our place of work. They are industrializing the ocean floor,” said Bonnie Brady, the executive director of the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association.
That, said lobster boat captain Anthony Sosinski, is the crux of the problem. Any discussion about mitigating the effect the wind turbines have on fish so they can coexist is ludicrous, he charged. “It’s like putting a junkyard in the middle of a farm field,” he said. “The noise and sounds aren’t
natural to what has been going on for a million years.”
Ryan Fallon said he has spent his life on the water. “Everyone is against [the wind farms]. This is my life, my daughter’s life. I almost brought her here so you could look her in the eyes,” said Fallon, whose father was a commercial fisherman and bought him his first boat. “I’ve been doing this since I was 12. I’ll die before I let you take it away.” One individual didn’t wait around for an introduction. “You people make me sick!” he yelled as he stormed into the meeting. “This is bull***t. F*** you!”
Several speakers wondered why, if the powers-that-be wanted wind power, they couldn’t mount the turbines on land. Others suggested putting all the wind turbines on the ocean in one spot so the disrupted area would be smaller. “We work hard to ensure all of this information gets out,” Johnson told those assembled, but the BOEM official admitted the meeting was
not being taped, so the discussion that was transpiring wasn’t on the record. However, those in attendance were asked to submit written comments either online or by mail. The deadline is July 25. More information is available by phone at 978-281-9180.
Four areas are under consideration to site wind farms. Fairways North off the South Fork of Long Island, and Fairways South, to its southwest, are separated by a channel approximately three-miles wide. Hudson North, off the coast of New York, and Hudson South off the coast of New Jersey are the other two.
The idea of siting the wind turbines away from fishing grounds is indicative of the lack of knowledge the BOEM planners bring to the table, according to Sosinski. “The whole ocean is moving. Fish move. Whatever is on the ocean bottom will be blown to bits” when the turbines are installed, he added.
David Airipotch concurred. The BOEM has designed corridors it insists fishermen can navigate without being disturbed by the wind turbines. But Airipotch said there are navigational issues. “Fishing isn’t like driving down one street and then up another,” he said. He also broached for the first time at the meeting, the matter of compensation, which then became a rallying cry. Airipotch said if he earns $350,000 fishing in a certain location, he should be compensated if wind turbines are installed and the fish leave the grounds. “You close it, you pay me.” Hooker acknowledged fishermen would not be able to operate near the wind farms during the installation phase and said he was not opposed to lobbying for compensation under the right circumstances.
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Steve Gaugher was one of many who spoke about the adverse environmental affects that are never mentioned by wind farm proponents. He said as more wind turbines are built, “It’s just a matter of time before some oil freighter slams into one of them” and the oil washes up on Long Island beaches.
Fish aren’t the only species in peril, noted Patrice Dalton, who urged the BOEM representatives to read the New York State Wind Master Plan. The study concludes dozens of bird species will experience “high” collision rates with wind turbines and many of them will have a “medium to high” displacement rate, meaning they will disappear from their habitat if wind turbines are built there. “Based on the review, these things will pillage birds that spend most of their time at sea. Gulls, terns, almost everything. It’s shocking,” Dalton said.
The BOEM was established in 2010 as an agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for overseeing renewable energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf in an environmentally sound manner. Governor Andrew Cuomo asked federal officials to award two more leases in the New York area by the end of the year.
Jim Gilmore of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation also attended the meeting. Julia Prince, a Montauk resident and former East Hampton Town Board member, stood in the doorway for some of the meeting. She is now a Deepwater consultant. At one point she was called a “traitor” and a “sellout” when she tried to interject a comment. No one from the East Hampton Town Board attended the meeting. The town board and town trustees are scheduled to vote on an application from Deepwater that would allow the company to run a cable from its proposed South Shore Wind Farm onto land in Wainscott.
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stop 16 times a day. “We took a survey amongst our patients about their needs, and transportation was one of them,” she said at the town hall meeting last week. The need, she said, is particularly acute in the Latino community. “We have had women walking from Newtown Lane [the furthest east the 10B currently stops] with newborns,” she said.
Fleming pointed out that the Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Emergency Center will soon rise on the ballfield behind the clinic. It will become the fourth employment magnet around the 10B stop, alongside the medical center, the town government offices, and the business building on Pantigo Place.
is not affected by these changes. “Five o’clock?” he said to himself. “Damn. It is going to be crazy. They don’t know how hard it is,” Jerome said.
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“Dia” rides the bus daily to her job on Newtown Lane. “It cannot work,” she said about the earlier start time. “People have a set schedule already. 6:25 is so early. People have been using this for years. Why change it?”
“I get up at 6 AM to get the bus by 7 AM to get to work by 8 AM in Sag Harbor,” “Jerome” said. He connects at the East Hampton train station to the S92, which takes him to Sag Harbor. The S92
“I now get up at 5 AM,” “Margaret” said. “Nobody who rides the bus was [at the meeting]. They don’t see anybody at the meeting, they say, ‘Okay. The bus leaves at 6:30.’ They just do what they want to do.” Regarding the return trip, opposition to the changes in the early bus times was not quite
as intense, but was palpable, nonetheless.
“Tanner” works in Montauk. “My parents work in East Hampton, so I have to take the bus to go to Montauk,” she said. She already waits for her job to begin for a couple of hours. Now, she will be waiting longer.
The public had five days to comment after the final public hearing. The hearing is now closed. The changes, if approved, will start on August 1.
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Darnell Tyson, deputy commissioner of transportation for the county, said at the public hearing in East Hampton that the important thing was “to get the service in there. We need to get it started,” he said. It is Tyson’s belief that with the vastly improved service on the 10B line, ridership and revenue will grow.
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While there were advocates for the 10B, there were none for the 10C. Only one rider of the 10C, Richard Ward of Ditch Plains, spoke at the meeting in Montauk. He said he relies on the 10C’s Ditch run to get him to East Hampton two or three times a week. Now, during the winter months, he will have to walk west to West Lake Drive, the easternmost point the 10C will be servicing off-season on Montauk Highway. During the summer months, he will be able to flag down the bus as it makes one of its Montauk Point runs. A reporter with The Independent rode the 10C Friday morning on its trip from Montauk to East Hampton and back. It currently leaves Montauk at 7:05, getting to East Hampton around 7:30, then leaves East Hampton at 7:50, heading back to Montauk. About 25 people took the ride from Montauk: another 25 the ride back. Almost all were workers and African American, Jamaican, or
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Independent/Stephen J. Kotz Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni speaks at a press conference on Friday, calling for the closing of the Sand Land mulching site in Noyac. With him are, left to right, Assemblyman Fred Thiele, Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, County Legislator Bridget Fleming, Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, and Elena Loreto, president of the Noyac Civic Council.
Call For Sand Land Closure groundwater.
By Stephen J. Kotz
Noyac residents were joined by environmentalists and elected officials on Friday, July 13, to call for the closure of Sand Land, a one-time sand mine that is now a vegetative waste processing facility. A recent report from the Suffolk County Department of Health Services concluded it is polluting the
“We want our officials to act now before this becomes a Superfund site,” said Elena Loreto, the president of the Noyac Civic Council, which has been fighting to close Sand Land for years. “We don’t have time to let our aquifer become polluted.” “The word is desperate, the word is
Earlier this month, the health department released a study showing highly elevated levels of metals such as manganese and iron and other chemicals and pollutants, including nitrogen, in 20 test wells that were drilled at the 50-acre Sand Land site off Millstone Road. Current Southampton Supervisor Jay Schneiderman received county backing for the testing in 2015 when he was a county legislator. Sand Land’s owners fought in court to prevent the county from gaining access to the property, but lost that battle and the testing finally began in 2017.
Robert DeLuca, president of the Group for the East End, said the county’s findings were particularly disturbing, given the location of the old mine in a special groundwater protection area. “What the county expected to find there, sadly, they found there, based on similar studies elsewhere,” he said. Studies have found that metals, like manganese, which was found at levels 100 times
the health threshold, are unlocked during the mulching process.
DeLuca said the county’s tests found that the contaminants were found at deep levels. “They believe it has moved deep into the aquifer,” he said, noting that the problem is serious enough the county wants to continue to test private wells around the site. Sand Land has sought an expansion of its sand-mining permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. A provision in the state law overseeing sand mines gives the town authority to weigh in. “This is sad. This is nothing to celebrate, this report,” said Schneiderman, who insisted the town has done everything in its power to bring the operation to heel, but that its efforts have been sidetracked by the slow process of the legal system.
A town Zoning Board of Appeals ruling denied Sand Land the right to process and reclaim construction and demolition debris or process and sell yard waste, like leaves and brush, and he said the town has done everything from issuing tickets to businesses using the site to seeking a court injunction to force Sand Land to close. He said he would soon be sending letter to the DEC informing it that sand mines are no longer legal in the town. “There is no place to have a mine in the town. End of story,” he said. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s over.”
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Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni said that Sand Land’s DEC permits expire in November and that the town was committed to protecting the aquifer and suggested the town may try to acquire the site. “We are going to reclaim that mine for the public use, for the public good,” he said, adding, in reference to the health department report, “We have our marching orders here.” In the meantime, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming said it
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Although the DEC had requested that Schneiderman weigh in back in March, he said the letter had been delayed, pending continued legal wrangling over the mining permit application.
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Cove at the end of Bluff Point Lane, and Schroeder said village officials would like to move it to the park, where there will be a sculpture of the Steinbeck and his dog.
By Stephen J. Kotz
Development plans of the longawaited John Steinbeck Waterfront Park in Sag Harbor took a major step forward last week when Southampton Town Board members unanimously agreed to spend $10.5 million from its Community Preservation Fund to purchase 1.25 acres from the developer Jay Bialsky, who owns the three parcels making up the site.
The board acted unanimously on July 10 after a brief hearing at which Sag Harbor Mayor Sandra Schroeder and Trustee James LaRocca outlined the village’s plans to transform the derelict site, in the shadow of the Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter Veterans Memorial Bridge, into a park designed by landscape architect Ed Hollander. It will include a small amphitheater, restrooms, and “a literary walking
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This long derelict property in Sag Harbor will be transformed into the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park now that Southampton Town agreed to spend $10.5 million from the Community Preservation Fund to preserve it.
trail” that will link it to Windmill Beach and Long Wharf, where the village is also planning a major renovation project to make it more pedestrian friendly. “It completes a picture of a
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Schroeder said the amphitheater would have a scallop shell design and she would like to see an anchor at the site “to recognize the whalers. We are a whaling town, that is what we are most famous for.” The park will be named after the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who spent his last years in Sag Harbor and set off from the village to chronicle early 1960s America with his French poodle, which was later chronicled in the book, Travels with Charley. Steinbeck’s octagonal writing gazebo remains in the yard of his former cottage overlooking Morris
“We are coming here today in celebration,” said Jane Young, a board member of the organization Save Sag Harbor, which has sought for years to preserve the property, which had been slated for up to 20 condominiums. She added the village had contributed a large amount of money to the CPF over the years. “We are really happy to receive that CPF back to us in a way that is so meaningful,” she said. Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni, who grew up in Sag Harbor and lives in North Haven, said he was happy to see the property slated for use as a park. “Almost as important as what’s going in there is what is not going in there,” he said, referring to the old plans for condos. “Those drawings were pretty scary,” he said. Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said he hoped the village would move quickly to transform the site, which has two abandoned buildings and an overgrown parking lot, into the new park. Schroeder said design committees were expected to begin work in August and she hoped the initial work could be completed in early 2019.
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DEC corrects typo, springs Will get funds By T. E. McMorrow
A typographical error was fixed, and now the Springs School will receive a $1.33 million grant for a new septic system, school superintendent Debra Winter said last week.
“They spelled Accabonac with a K at the end,” she said about the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation initial rejection of the school system’s application for a grant to replace its aging septic system, built in 1946 to serve one-third the amount of the 900 students and teachers now at the school. The grant request was based on the fact that the school is in the Accabonac Harbor watershed, as part of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s $2.5 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017.
making up for the DEC screwup. He is the hero. Assemblyman Thiele had a lot to do with it, as well.”
According to the governor’s office’s press release announcing the grant last week, the new septic system will decrease nitrogen and bacteria in Pussy’s Pond and Accabonac Harbor, with the nitrogen concentration expected to drop by 94 percent. The school board had already budgeted $800,000 for the project,
as part of a $16.9 million bond approved this past Spring. While the grant will save the Springs taxpayers some money, the exact amount is not known. Winter is concerned about the possibility that the cost of the raw materials needed for the project, such as steel, could skyrocket if America gets into an all-out trade war. At the same time, she sees her job as one of protecting and saving the taxpayers money. Donations are always welcome for the school system, which has
several educational programs running this summer, she said.
At the same time as the new shallow septic rings are being installed next summer in the ballfield area of the school property, roofers will begin replacing the roofing over the older part of the school. But the summer programs will continue throughout, Winter promised. Additional reporting by Kate Ward.
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In order to qualify for the grant, the DEC needed to determine that the school sits in a watershed area. “’Why did you apply for this grant when you are not in a watershed?’” Winter said the school was told after the DEC initially rejected the request. It turned out the DEC had spelled Accabonac “Accabonak,” which is why it could not find it in its database of watershed areas. “These are funds from Governor Cuomo,” Winter said. “He is
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Ben Krupinski Builder, one of the most highly regarded general contractors in greater New York, has new owners. Longtime employees Stratton Schellinger and Ray Harden have taken over the business.
Big Plans For WHB’s Main Street By Peggy Spellman Hoey
Westhampton Beach officials are planning to overhaul Main Street in a proposed infrastructure and beautification project that will include the installation of roundabouts, the replacement of storm drains, and the burial of utility lines.
The Westhampton Beach Village Board of Trustees will host a presentation by engineers and landscape artists from H2M on the project on Wednesday, July 18, at village hall. The presentation will begin at 5 PM in the board room.
The estimated $5 million project proposed includes new curbs and sidewalks, new lighting, and the installation of two roundabouts — one at Potunk Lane, the other at Library Lane and Mill Road. Officials are also working with the Public Service Electric Group of
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Mayor Maria Moore said the board has been working to finetune the project with H2M, and the latest presentation will likely be the last one to keep the public up-to-date on how it’s proceeding. She expects the project will be put out to bid soon. “It’s long overdue. I believe that the residents and merchants on Main Street are looking forward to these changes,” she said. Moore said the project is partially funded by revitalization grants from Suffolk County, as well as state grant money secured by Assemblyman Fred Thiele and Senator Kenneth LaValle. Additional funds were set aside in village’s general fund.
concentration of these chemicals and the number of them, it is also the depth in the groundwater table they are finding them, 137 to 154 feet.” He said the chemicals had reached the deepest part of the aquifer and could be spreading off site.
Although Sand Land’s attorneys have questioned the accuracy of the county’s findings, Thiele said of the health department, “when it comes to doing these investigations . . . they are the platinum standard.”
“I think it’s a good change,” he said. “If you look at Westhampton Beach in a few years, it’s going to be different.”
Making the village more attractive will also draw more visitors, he said, noting people are already recognizing the advantage of Westhampton Beach as a closer option to the Hamptons without the hour-long drive. “They want to be here,” he said.
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Brian Matthews, Sand Land’s attorney, said on Tuesday the firm had questions about the county’s report. “All indications are that it was flawed, inadequate, and based on conclusions that were frankly predetermined,” he said.
He questioned the town’s sharp focus on the Sand Land site when the town itself conducts similar composting operations at its North Sea, Hampton Bays, and Westhampton transfer stations.
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“Our intent is to carry Ben’s legacy forward,” said Schellinger, who with co-owner and principal Ray Harden worked closely with Krupinski for 31 years and 16 years, respectively. “We will honor Ben’s legacy through our mutual passion and mission to deliver consistent excellence to our clients in the Hamptons, Manhattan, Westchester and Connecticut,” he added.
Respected by discerning clients as well as visionary architects and designers, the firm’s hallmark is working to exacting standards with the highest integrity. “Our clients appreciate that we understand the importance of their privacy. We will continue to give them the security they value,” added Harden. “We will also continue our aggressive approach to each project with the same energy and commitment to deliver projects on time and to budget.” Residential projects for estate homes and city dwellings range from modest renovations to elaborate construction of both traditional and ultramodern design.
Notable public projects in the Hamptons include constructing the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, renovating Guild Hall for Visual and Performing Arts in East Hampton, building the children’s wing of East Hampton Library, rebuilding Scoville Community Hall in Amagansett, and restoring the George Fowler House in Springs.
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was essential that everyone living in the area outlined by the health department have their wells tested. “Folks need to be reassured that their drinking water supply is safe,” she said. “The only source of drinking water we have is right below our feet.”
Long Island to bury power lines, a move that could be coordinated with the replacement of storm drains along the vista.
Attorney Barry Bernstein, whose development “145 Main Street,” located at the juncture of Main Street and Library Avenue where the roundabout is proposed, said he supports the project because it will be a positive change for the village.
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Police Southampton on July 13. VelizVeliz is facing the most charges out of Southampton Town Justice Court, seven altogether, including multiple charges of grand larceny and burglary. After being arraigned in Southampton, the four were taken to county jail, and held overnight.
As the four were being readied on Friday to be brought in a sheriff ’s van to Sag Harbor to be arraigned on two more charges each, grand larceny and burglary, a scuffle broke out, and Veliz-Veliz was punched in
the face, and had to be taken to the hospital. He will be arraigned at a later date. Bail was set in Sag Harbor at $10,000 each, after varying amounts were set for each in Southampton. All remained in custody as of Monday.
Lt. Ralph said there is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency detainer on at least two of the suspects.
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ferrari joyride could have dire consequences By T. E. McMorrow
A 19-year-old sophomore at a Florida college who is an East Hampton resident is facing felony grand larceny charges after taking a Ferrari California, valued at between $200,000 and $300,000, on a joy ride from a residence where his mother works, according to East Hampton Village police. Independent/T.E. McMorrow Two of four suspects in a one-month crime spree, being led to arraignment In Sag Harbor on July 13.
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Four Riverhead men were charged with multiple felonies involving larceny, grand larceny, and burglary in Southampton and Sag Harbor. Lieutenant Susan Ralph of the Southampton Town police called the four a “larceny ring” Monday. She said the men, who are homeless and were living in the woods near Riverhead, targeted businesses in Hampton Bays, Bridgehampton, the Southampton area, and East Quogue. The crimes in the Southampton Town police jurisdiction occurred between June 18 and July 7. The Sag Harbor burglary was
the final one in the crime spree, occurring early on July 10. The final act of the spree, according to police, was the alleged burglary of a Glover Street landscaping company. According to the police, the quartet made off with more than $7000 worth of landscaping equipment. Elisandro Lopez-Guzman, 36, was the first to be picked up. He was questioned by Southampton Town police, and gave a statement, apparently leading to the arrest of the other three: Sebatian Membreno, 25, Oscar Escobar Gonzales, 26, and Amilcar VelizVeliz, 33. They were arraigned in
Police were called to 15 Buckskill Road by the son of the owner Saturday afternoon, July 14. The son said he had found the garage door open, and his father’s blue 2015 Ferrari California missing. An alert was called out for all units to be on the lookout for the vehicle. That is when Michael PerezMedina drove onto the property in the missing vehicle, according to the police. In the car were two of Perez-Medina’s friends. Police said he drove to Georgica and Main beaches as well as Montauk, picking up friends along the way.
Perez-Medina was booked on two felony charges, grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property, along with a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle. He was brought to East Hampton Town Justice Court Sunday morning to be arraigned. Representing Perez-Medina for his arraignment in front of Justice
Lisa Rana was Brian DeSesa. Justice Rana said that the district attorney’s office had asked bail to be set at $15,000. DeSesa argued for a lower amount, saying that Perez-Medina had lived in the area for almost his whole life, was a college student, and had hired a private lawyer.
“There might be an ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) detainer,” Justice Rana said. She had been told that by police, but had not been given documents to that effect. “He has indicated he is DACA,” DeSesa said, referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program instituted under President Barack Obama. “I’m just going to proceed normally,” she said, as she would with any arraignment. She set bail at $1000, which was posted.
Afterward, as he left the courthouse, DeSesa questioned whether or not Perez-Medina should have been charged at the felony level, instead of the simple misdemeanor charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle, since, he had returned it. The legal consequences of the felony charges could, potentially, be extreme for Perez-Medina: as DACA, he is registered with ICE.
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east hampton town: crashes lead to dwi arrests By T. E. McMorrow
It was a week of mayhem on the roads of East Hampton Town. Four accidents leading to four arrests on misdemeanor drunken driving charges in East Hampton Town last week. A Northwest Woods resident, Eric Spear, 35, who also lives in New York City, was driving a 2006 Jeep the evening of July 12 when he made a right turn off of Long Lane onto Stephen Hands Path. Police said he veered into the oncoming lane of traffic, causing a headon collision with a 2001 Toyota pickup truck. Neither Spear nor the driver of the truck needed medical attention. Spear was released the next day on $500 bail. Another Northwest Woods man, Kent McDonald, 69, was arrested after an accident. Police said McDonald was driving a 2017 Hyundai behind two other vehicles on Cedar Street. When the 2006 Dodge pickup truck at the front of the line came to a stop to make the turn onto Cooper Lane, so, too, did
the second car. McDonald failed to stop, according to police, and rearended the 2015 Hyundai in front of him, pushing that vehicle into the pickup truck. McDonald refused to take a breath test, police said. At his arraignment the next morning, East Hampton Town Justice Lisa Rana set bail at $200. Kitanya Allen of North Baldwin was headed west on Montauk Highway Saturday night when, as she approached the intersection with Cranberry Hole Road, she swerved onto the grassy triangle at the intersection, striking two signs and three trees before coming to a stop, police said. Allen was released the next morning after posting $250 bail. Jose Morocho-Morocho, 49, of Springs was driving a 2000 Ford pickup south on Route 114 when, police said, he failed to realize that the 2006 GMC suburban in front of him was making a right turn onto Seabreeze Drive. The Ford allegedly struck the GMC, and
Morocho-Morocho was charged with driving while intoxicated. He posted $1000 bail.
A Springs man, Dainis Saulitis, was charged with DWI after being stopped Saturday night for running a stop sign and driving erratically on Will Curl Highway in Springs, police said. He was released on $500 bail.
A Manhattan woman, Jacqueline Brown, was arrested early July 12 after the 2003 Nissan she was driving was pulled over on Pantigo Road for swerving across lane lines, police said. She was released later that morning on $500 bail.
under the influence of drugs a little after midnight Sunday. He was pulled over in a 2000 GMC for failing to signal a turn on Queens Lane. He refused to have blood drawn, according to the police. He was arraigned on Monday and released without bail.
Thilakawathy Subramuniam, 21, was arrested by the Citgo gasoline station on Montauk Main Street early Monday morning. Subramuniam was released without having to post bail later that day. With reporting by Kate Ward
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Marcos Serra Bencosme, 27, of Montauk was arrested Sunday afternoon. He was charged with driving with ability impaired, a violation. However, because he was arrested a little more than a year ago on a drunken driving charge, his license was suspended, leading to a new charge of felony unlicensed driving.
Mario Rodriguez-Moscoso, 38, was arrested on a charge of driving
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Southampton Police: Charges In 3 Car Crashes By Peggy Spellman Hoey
A 26-year-old Queens Village man, Kirk Dallal, was arrested for drug-impaired driving after he was involved in a head-on collision — injuring himself and another driver — on Old Riverhead Road in Hampton Bays just before midnight on Sunday, July 15, police said. The driver of the other car had to be taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, police said. Dallal was taken to Stony Brook Southampton for treatment of multiple internal injuries, police said.
Dallal was charged with driving while ability impaired by a combination of drugs and alcohol, as well as unlawful possession of marijuana. He was additionally cited for not having a valid inspection sticker and failing to have the proper restraints, according to police. He was issued an appearance ticket for Southampton Town Justice Court.
In a similar incident, a 35-year-old Southampton man was arrested on misdemeanor drunken driving charges on Sunday after police say he was involved in a car crash in Tuckahoe and then left the scene without reporting it. Jesus Sotorivas was seen by an officer leaving the scene of a car crash on Magee Street at about 1:30 AM and when the officer caught up with him, he said Sotorivas stumbled out of the car he was driving. Sotorivas, who has been previously convicted of
DWI within the last 10 years, was additionally charged with leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, a misdemeanor, as well as refusing to take a breath test, failing to keep to the right, moving unsafely in his lane of travel, and speeding, according to police.
In the last incident, a 39-yearold Hampton Bays man was also charged with driving while intoxicated after he was involved in a car crash in Shinnecock Hills the previous night, on Saturday, July 14, police said. Police said Juan Morales Cruz was arrested just before 1 AM after he was transported to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for treatment. Morales Cruz, who did not having a driver’s license and refused to take a drug test, was additionally cited for failing to keep to the right and driving to the left of pavement markings, police said. Others arrested on drunken driving charges include: Peter Bosma, 59, of East Hampton was arrested in Sagaponack on Monday, July 9. Police said Bosma, who had an active warrant out for his arrest, was pulled over by an officer because he failed to stop at a stop sign.
Daniel Bozuhoski, 49, of Hampton Bays was arrested in Hampton Bays on Sunday, July 15. Police said Bozuhoski was stopped for multiple traffic violations on Wakeman Road and was later found to be intoxicated. He was additionally cited with speeding, failing to stop
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at a stop sign, making an illegal signal, and having inadequate lights on the car he was driving, police said. Drug Charges In Traffic Stops A 22-year-old man was arrested on a drug possession charge after being pulled over for a traffic infraction on Ponquogue Avenue in Hampton Bays Saturday, July 14, Southampton Town police said.
Police said that at about 2:13 AM when Tristen Visco of Shirley was pulled over, they could smell marijuana emanating from his car. An officer found a clear baggie with marijuana, as well as a vial containing a yellow substance Visco said was steroids, police said. He was charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance and thirddegree aggravated unlicensed operation, both misdemeanors, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation. In a second incident one day later, a 24-year-old New Jersey woman was arrested in Hampton Bays on Sunday, July 15, after other motorists allegedly reported her driving erratically on Sunrise Highway, police said.
Officers responding to the 911 call at about 3:20 AM, said Carolyn Daly of Union City was unable to stay in her lane, failed to signal, and then came to a stop on Flanders Road. Police said Daly performed poorly on sobriety tests and a search turned up alzaprolam, the generic version of Xanax, in an
Altoids container in her purse.
She was charged with seventhdegree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and violations including making an illegal signal, and moving from a lane in an unsafe manner, police said. Trespassing Charges In Three Separate Incidents Two people were arrested in two unrelated trespassing incidents last week, Southampton Town police said.
Mark Forde, 62, of Speonk was arrested at about 4:20 PM on Wednesday, July 11, and charged with third-degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, for being inside a home on Head of Cove Road in Hampton Bays without permission, police said. Forde, who police listed as being homeless, was rearrested on Friday, July 13, at about 5 PM, at the same location. Police said a neighbor saw Forde inside the home and informed the homeowner. He was additionally charged with first-degree criminal contempt, police said. Police arrested Robert Rewinski, 21, of Sagaponack for seconddegree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor, at about 9:30 AM on Saturday, July 14, after police say he entered a house on Brick Kiln Road in Noyac and slept on a couch without permission. No further information was available from police. peggy@indyeastend.com
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A Walk Down Memory Lane with Nada Barry By Valerie Bando-Meinken
“Some people think I’m nosy,” Nada Barry, 87, proprietor of The Wharf Shop on Main Street in Sag Harbor said with a laugh. “But I think it’s important to be involved in the community. I’ve always been an activist. It’s the way I grew up.”
Sitting in her makeshift office in the back of her shop surrounded by toys and books, Barry remembers when she came to the United States. Born in England, she reminisced, “My mother, me, and my two brothers would come summers to visit my American family in Saratoga. My mother
was American and my father was British.”
By the time Barry was eight years old, the world was showing serious signs of turmoil. “In August 1939, just a few weeks before World War II began, my American grandfather insisted that we come to America.
We came over on the Cunard Line,” she said.
Upon their arrival in America, Barry and her family settled in what is now known as Greenwich Village. “The neighborhood was 90 percent Italian and we would walk past all the push carts on Bleecker
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Feature Appropriately dubbed the “Mother of Sag Harbor,” and to many Sag Harbor’s unofficial mayor, Barry continues to keep her finger on the pulse of her beloved village. She attends meetings at the Sag Harbor School District and the village board. Twenty years ago, she helped start the Sag Harbor Youth Committee, a youth networking organization. “I also started Sag Harbor Kids, which is a website devoted to providing information on youth activities on the East End,” she said.
Street to get to school every day,” she said. Nada’s mother, Natalie Davies, sent her children to one of the first progressive schools in New York City, the Little Red School House. Her family would summer in Sag Harbor. “One time during the war we came out, Duncan Dancing and Anita Zahn was putting on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I had a minor part in it but my cousin Moyra played Puck. The play was casted, directed, and produced by Augustus Duncan. He was blind. I don’t even know how he did it without being able to see. He could just hear and knew. It was something you could never forget.” “In 1948,” Barry said, “My mother built the most modern house in Noyac. We used it as our weekend house in the summers.”
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“In the summer of 1950, I taught tennis to kindergarten children in Mashashimuet Park. I made $25 a week. I liked to play and had a competitive spirit. I challenged the current local tennis champion Nancy Simonson and beat her,” Barry recalls with a smile.
“I’ve always loved to travel and have done my share of it,” she said. It was during one of her trips in 1951 that she met her first husband, Jaap Ebeling-Koning, whom she met
on a student ship, the Vollendam, on a return trip from Holland to Canada. They were married in the First Presbyterian Church in 1952. She and her husband lived in Aruba.
In 1963, several years after her mother passed away, she brought her three children, Tasha, Derek, and Gwen to live in North Haven. She met Robert Barry, who built and owned Baron’s Cove Marina, Restaurant, and Motel and the village’s hardware store. “It was the first marina in Sag Harbor. He started it in the 1950s. We married in 1964 and I had a son, Trebor.” They lived on a boat, a cabin cruiser, docked at the marina. “I helped build the dock,” said Barry. “I drove many of the nails myself.”
“Mother Barry, my mother-in-law, had a department store. It was located right here,” Barry says as she gestures to the front of The Wharf Shop. “In 1968, I opened The Wharf Shop. Mother Barry let us put up a partition, I took over that half and opened a toy and gift shop. We even had the first art gallery in Sag Harbor in the back here.”
“I still have such fond memories of summers in Sag Harbor,” Barry said. “You could go fishing and pull
up blowfish with just a hook on a string. You could go clamming and rake in 100 clams in a half-hour. You could go pick blackberries in Mashashimuet Park. The area was so bountiful.” In 1968 Barry started the Merchants Association of Sag Harbor. “I wanted to promote the Village of Sag Harbor. We started the whalers festivals,” she remembered.
Having come from a progressive education, Barry wanted the same for her children. In 1966, with help from parents and others in the community, the Hampton Day School opened. But it was hard to find ways to pay the teachers and run the school, she said. “We would do fundraisers in the Old Whalers’ Church. Truman Capote even came and put on a show to help. He did A Christmas Carol to raise money.”
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A child development and psychology major, Barry’s knowledge in these fields is evidenced in her store’s toy assortment. The store recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. “We’re the oldest business in town where the original owner is still here,” Barry states with pride. “I never envisioned going into retail. I never envisioned a toy store. It’s been challenging in every way.”
Barry likes to employ students in the summer. “It gives them an opportunity to learn business, have responsibility, and feel good about themselves. It’s what community is all about,” she said.
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Michelle Del Giorno: The importance of kindness By Justin Meinken
This week, The Independent recognizes Sensei Michelle Del Giorno as a Hero of the Hamptons. Sensei Michelle is the primary instructor at Epic Martial Arts in Sag Harbor. Having previously been a teacher and chair of the Wellness Department at the Ross School for several years, Sensei Michelle is a full-time member at Epic Martial Arts now. Through
her instruction, Sensei Michelle teaches a variety of classes for all ages, including self-defense training, kickboxing, and more.
Sensei Michelle has been extensively trained in a variety of different self-defense arts and she has won several highly competitive awards in her studies. The goal for her students when instructing these techniques is “to apply what they learned on the mat to the outside
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Sensei Michelle further explained the training by saying, “When you think of karate, you think of punching, kicking, blocking, when in reality we are actually very peaceful people. We develop a sixth sense and become very aware of our surroundings and look to avoid conflict. However, I do teach my students to not be pushed around as well.”
She concluded by saying, “If we can reach more kids at young ages to show the importance of kindness, then I think we can really stomp out these issues with bullying that we face today.” Sensei Michelle was nominated as a Hero of the Hamptons by Simon Harrison, who stated, “Michelle teaches to the entire planet; from little children, to the elderly and infirm.” Most notably, the children Michelle teaches are encouraged to give back to the community and they raised over $9000 from a
single charity event.
Del Giorno also instructs a kickboxing class that is specifically designed for individuals who suffer from Parkinson’s disease. She explained that the training has shown significant improvements in her Parkinson’s clients’ health by combating the neurological deterioration found in those afflicted with the disease.
If you or anyone you know would be interested in joining one of Sensei Michelle’s classes, Michelle Del Giorno can be reached at 631725-5425 (KICK), or by visiting the Epic Martial Arts center on 75 Main Street in Sag Harbor.
Note that some of the classes, such as the class for those who are afflicted with Parkinson’s disease, will require a doctor’s notice of approval. Again, there are classes for all ages and there are several every week. For the class schedules, go to www.hicksvillekarate.com/ sagharborny/. justin@indyeastend.com
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Editorial
Traffic Solution?
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Anyone who spends any amount of time during the summer in a car trying to navigate from one end of the East End to the other — or even from one end of any local village to the other — knows that traffic is a nightmare. Forget the eastbound trade parade backups that stretch beyond the Hampton Bays exits on Route 27 every morning or the stop-and-go traffic that marks the westbound commute each evening. Backups in and around villages and hamlet center during peak summer weekends are the topic of cocktail hour conversation and Facebook posts ad nauseum.
East End towns and villages have found an unlikely revenue bonanza in all the traffic. If you are lucky enough to find a parking space, you better not remain in it for a nanosecond too long or one of the many traffic control officers hired each summer, who seem to be in a perpetual competition to write more parking tickets than anyone else, will surely find you.
Unfortunately, those TCOs aren’t allowed to write tickets for moving violations (like the illegal mid-block U-turns that back up traffic in both directions), and when they direct traffic, their concentration on helping pedestrians cross the street often just adds to the problem. While town and village police departments do a great job of showing up in force to help ease traffic tie-ups at special events like Fourth of July fireworks, their presence is sadly lacking when it comes to helping relieve routine bottlenecks that occur day in and day out. It seems reasonable to believe that traffic would flow just a little better if officers were directed to pull over when they see a backup building at a given intersection and intervene by perhaps waving a dozen cars through a troublesome four-way stop.
A more comprehensive solution would be for local police departments to study traffic patterns and assign officers to dedicated traffic duty at certain chokepoints such as the Wainscott business district or downtown Bridgehampton, where it seems cars are always backed up as far as the eye can see. Such steps won’t solve all the East End’s traffic woes, but pressing officers into such service during the height of the busy summer season might go along way toward reducing everyone’s stress levels.
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Scarlett Johansson withdrew from a film she was to play a transgender man in, after protesters said the role shouldn’t be played by a woman but should be played by a transgender man. Yet, isn’t it safe to assume many of those protesters watch RuPaul’s Drag Race, where men dress up as women? July 18, 2018
Ed Gifford File it under: Life is confusing.
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Our team and I wanted address your recent article “Deadline Looms for Deepwater,” as it contains a number of false statements and inaccuracies that we want to flag and hope that you will correct. We’d also ask that you please reach out to us for your future stories so that we may correct misinformation — or at a minimum, provide comment, so that your coverage can be as balanced and accurate as possible. We will continue to be readily available to you and the Indy’s staff, as we always have been. (We note that while you did reach out to Clint Plummer for comment about fossil fuels’ relation to offshore wind, we weren’t given an opportunity to comment on a number of other claims.) False claims about “fish kills” and “loss of domestic fish stock”: Our experience at the Block Island Wind Farm, and the experience documented through numerous independent studies of wind farms around the globe, shows that offshore wind and marine life co-exist very well. Recently, the Journal of Sea Research published an article examining impacts to flatfish (primarily flounder species) around the Block Island Wind Farm. The research concluded that there was no evidence of change to these species after review of data collected before, during, and after construction, as well as during operation.
False claims about “decimating” bird populations: the Block Island Wind Farm has demonstrated that well-sited offshore wind farms have minimal impacts on birds.
The location was selected in part because of the low density of birds that fly through the area. In general, the greatest bird densities are found closer to shore — and risks to birds from offshore wind farms are quite different than risks from onshore wind farms. Siting offshore wind turbines far offshore, where bird densities are lower, minimizes the opportunity for conflict. At the same time, we’re working
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Do you spend too much time on your phone? Davida Rothberg I was a reporter so I spend a little more time on my phone, than I should, checking the news. Mainly I use it to keep on top of the political news. All kinds of news organizations send me updates all the time, and of course, I read them all. Katherine Farez I definitely spend too much time on my phone. I’m on Snapchat a lot. I love the idea of communicating with pictures. I like Instagram too. I think I spend most of my time on those two sites, half and half. Alison Castaneda Do I spend too much time on my phone. Maybe. But I spend a lot of time on social media. Snapchat is where I go first. You post something and then it disappears after 24 hours. It has a real-time sense. It makes you feel like you can keep up with friends and what they’re doing. Emily Solano Definitely. I check into Facebook or a news site. And then it seems that before I blink much more time’s gone by than I had planned on. That seems to happen to me way too often.
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to use radar to track bird movement through the wind farm area.
The New London Day recently took up the issue of birds and offshore wind. The reporter spoke to several researchers and experts. Incorrect reporting on pricing: The section of the story about the South Fork Wind Farm’s pricing is inaccurate. The South Fork Wind Farm was selected through a competitive solicitation process because it was part of the most costeffective solution to address a power supply need on the South Fork. That means all the other options proposed, which included solar, batteries, and fossil-fired options, were more expensive. In short, the South Fork Wind Farm is a unique solution for a unique place. LIPA has stated that the cost of power is approximately .16 cents per kilowatt hour, and similar to the price it pays for other renewables. LIPA has also stated that the impact to ratepayers for this solution portfolio is $1.19 a month
— not the inflated figures you cited in this story that critics have come up with from their back-of-theenvelope math. Further, consistent with all of LIPA’s power generation agreements, all LIPA ratepayers (not just East Hampton residents) will pay for the power generated by the wind farm, which will make up less than two percent of LIPA’s power generation capacity and thus a small percentage of ratepayer’s costs.
False claims about offshore wind and fossil fuels: Offshore wind farms generate power by capturing the clean energy from wind. We don’t need fossil fuels to generate power — as the story falsely claims.
The grid relies on power from many sources of generation — with or without renewable energy. The integration of renewable power offsets the amount of fossil-fired power needed, reducing carbon emissions. The suggestion that the implementation of offshore wind power in other places has not led to Continued On Page 50.
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Ephron Brings Fairy Tale Magic To Harbor By Georgia Warner
“I think Oz is real. I really think somewhere, if I could only find it, it probably exists.” Amy Ephron
The Castle in the Mist introduced readers to the clever, creative, and captivating young heroine Tess, a real “leap before you look” gal, who, while on a seemingly dull holiday with her overly-logical little brother Max to visit their recently widowed Aunt Evie in England, stumbled upon a castle in the mist, a special key, a mysterious new friend, an
Now, a full year later, Tess and Max are going back to England for a brand-new adventure; when a carnival comes to Aunt Evie’s town, the precocious siblings could never have dreamt of the wild ride in store for them in Carnival Magic. Ephron, an avid fantasy reader from an early age, has always believed in the magic of books. “I think Oz is real,” she said matter-of-factly. “I really think somewhere, if I could only find it, it probably exists.” Naturally a hefty dose of magic exists within the plot of Carnival Magic, but Ephron couldn’t help but notice sprinklings of possible fairy dust in the creation of it as well. For instance, two of the new
characters in Carnival Magic are a pair of twin aerial ballet artists; after writing them in, she went to see her editor Jill Santopolo at Philomel Books/Penguin Publishing only to discover that clear through the office window was a view of an aerial ballet school. It only got eerier from there. “There’s a scene at the Paignton Zoo in Carnival Magic where I had Tess wander off and find three baby tigers,” Ephron noted. “When I looked up the Paignton Zoo, eight weeks before the date of when this book took place, very rare baby tigers had been born at the zoo. Three of them. There wasn’t any way I could have known that. So there were all kinds of magical things that kept happening.” “Like also,” she continued, “Tess
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If you’re jonesing for a fantastical adventure — or perhaps just a nice spot of tea — then head to Harbor Books in Sag Harbor on Saturday, July 21, between 3 and 5 PM for an enchanted tea party to celebrate the publication of Amy Ephron’s latest children’s novel, Carnival Magic. This marks Ephron’s second book for young readers and serves as a standalone companion to her acclaimed The Castle in the Mist.
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Shining A Light On Steampunk
Art Donovan illuminates spaces with new, edgy light fixtures of the Steampunk genre. Originally from Jackson Heights, Donovan began calling Southampton home in 1994 when he moved with his wife and partner, Leslie, upon opening up their design studio. Together, the pair has created a world where creativity of yesteryear meets the distinguished contemporary design of today. Attaining a sort of “love it or leave it� mentality towards life, Donovan Designs brings passion to each individual piece.
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How did you and your wife meet? I first met Leslie while living in Long Beach [before moving to Southampton] and commuting on the Long Island Railroad to New York City. She also lived in Long Beach and commuted to Madison Avenue, where she was a consultant for Yves Saint Laurent. Leslie is the love story that lit up and continues to light up my entire life. We just celebrated our 30th anniversary and have been business partners in Donovan Design for the past 28
years. We spend nearly every hour of our lives together.
Leslie also has her own home staging business, Staging Places, and she was the first stager on Long Island. We find that her staging business and our lighting company share so many components that each business has great cross-over work. What inspired you to get into this Type of work? The short story: I was a graphic designer and illustrator in New York since 1975. The variety of design and advertising firms I worked for provided an incredible technical and aesthetic background. You had to be proficient in every discipline of the commercial visual arts and skilled in using every medium. There was sculpture, model building, illustration, graphic design, print and photographic technologies, designing and producing logos, plus packaging and industrial design for products. It was all like boot camp for an artist every day, but the talented
people I had the honor of working alongside were so very generous with their knowledge and assistance.
But by 1990, the charm of that long commute from Long Beach to NYC had disappeared for us both and Leslie and I decided to go on our own and create our first home accessory, The Deco Lamp. I will add here that the first five years of owning and operating a new business is absolutely hair-raising. Why lighting? For many years, I had noticed that when a major style and design shift was about to happen it was always lamps and lighting that first pointed the direction and led the way. I also considered lighting to be one of the most creative and satisfying outlets for a product designer and understood just how much a lamp can do to change an environment. After all, a beautiful and glowing sculptural object has a such a visual poetry about it. But it wasn’t long before we also added clocks and furnishings to our product line.
Describe the first piece you created. My Independent/Lenny major influenceStucker came from working for Donald Deskey Associates in New York City as a senior designer. Deskey was the Art Deco master who designed Radio City Music Hall. I had long talks with him about the golden age of American Art Deco, his experiences, and unique design philosophies. This was such a rare and incredible experience learning about Art Deco from the master himself !
Naturally, my first design was a stylized Art Deco lamp, but cleaner and slightly more modern with a bold graphic shape, jewel-toned shades, and hand finished maple bases. That was the lamp that started it all for us and we were thrilled that it was featured as a full page in New York Magazine the very first month it became available. How long do most pieces take? where can east enders find them? Each lamp, and each project, is so Continued On Page B-23.
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Hamilton Leithauser At The Talkhouse By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
Hamilton Leithauser, the former front man of The Walkmen, took the stage at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett on July 15.
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Leithauser’s latest album I Had A Dream That You Were Mine, a collaboration with Rostam Batmanglij, the multi-
instrumentalist formerly of Vampire Weekend, was released in 2016. It’s a selection of songs Leithauser and Batmanglij wrote and recorded together.
Leithauser is also currently touring with Arcade Fire. “They’re great people and a great band,” said Leithauser. “I watched them the other night in Detroit and was really blown away. It was actually the best show I’ve seen them do,”
he told The Independent.
What’s next for Leithauser? “I’m working on a new record . . . actually in Amagansett. Actually, about a mile from the Stephen Talkhouse! I’m gonna check your calendar for that Van Halen cover band,” he said.
Sunday’s show at the Talkhouse included supporting act, Caveman. “We’re gonna let it off the leash!” said Leithauser.
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“This will be my first performance [at the Talkhouse], but last summer I did swing by one night with some friends, and we saw a cover band doing Van Halen songs, and sort of hair metal kind of stuff,” said Leithauser prior to the show. “One
very drunk concert goer got very friendly with my friend — married, female — and my wife, then he leaned over to me and slurred into my ear ‘you gotta let ’em off the leash.’ I’m not entirely sure what that meant, but I wonder if I’ll see him again?”
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pulls a needle out from one of the baby tiger’s paws, and weirdly, I found out that the town of Paignton, England was home to the man who invented the sewing machine.”
Ephron is very much looking forward to sharing the magic with readers of all ages and is especially glad to be celebrating the release at Harbor Books, a “magical store” which she makes a point of frequenting whenever she visits the Hamptons. She has already begun work on her third book in the series, The Other Side of the Wall, which she plans to release in fall of 2019. As with the first two, the stories will steer clear of weapons and violence of any kind, because, as the author put it, “everyone is dealing with enough as it is.”
Although much of her writing career has been catered toward adults (as an international bestselling novelist and contributing editor of Vogue), Ephron’s writing for children has been substantial and impactful. Years before debuting her children’s books, she wrote for “Sesame Street,” “The Electric Company,” and was first writer and executive producer of the Warner Brothers’ film A Little Princess. She’s been writing for as long as she can remember.
“I used to write poetry when I was a very little kid,” Ephron recalled. “I used to write stories. I always wrote. It was my way of dealing with the world. I observed, I wrote. I just always did. Maybe that’s from growing up in a family of writers,” she posited — her sisters are Delia Ephron and the late Nora Ephron — “or maybe it’s from some need to express things that I observe. I don’t know where it came from, but I literally always wrote.”
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“Even if you don’t write it, you know it — what their clothes look like, what their background is, where they came from, what they like to eat, like ‘Don’t go near me with Brussels sprouts please.’ I think that those are the things that make up character. Then you find how your characters relate to each other.” Aspiring writers would be hardpressed to find a better example of this than Tess and Max. Particularly impressive is the relationship between the siblings and their parents, which manifests in the novel as engrained wisdom that come to the minds of the independent duo to help them out of sticky situations.
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Still, the guiding voices of Tess and Max’s parents come from within, and Ephron hopes that young people will have faith in their own inner truths. “If somebody tells you that they don’t like something, they may or may not be right,” Ephron encouraged. “I mean, if three people tell you there’s a problem with a paragraph, there probably is something wrong with it, but you have to believe in yourself first.”
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In Carnival Magic, before the siblings’ world gets turned upsidedown (in more ways than one), Tess gets hypnotized by an ethereal psychic named Tara who tells her to “touch the sky.” Ephron assures her readers that if only they believe in themselves, they can do the same. And therein lies the magic.
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She offers this advice to young writers: “I always think that the most important thing is to
find your own voice — and not necessarily your voice but the voice you want to tell the story in. And there are all kinds of things that build your characters. It isn’t just about their inflection, it’s about their past. It’s about the choices a character might make.
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Hampton Daze // Jessica Mackin-Cipro of delicious soups, sandwiches, salads, and quiches. The café is also home to Poetry Street. Gather from 2 to 4 PM on the fourth Sunday of each month for an open mic forum with poets, storytellers, and standup comedians.
My Perfect Day: Riverhead My perfect day, Riverhead, would start by stopping by a landmark I’ve always been fascinated with, The Big Duck in nearby Flanders. Where I would pick up — you guessed it — some farm fresh organic eggs.
The Big Duck is a National Landmark. The structure was the vision of Long Island duck farmer Martin Maurer and was designed by Broadway set designers, the Collins Brothers, in 1931. According to the Big Duck website, “Roadside architecture designed to promote what is sold inside is now commonly known as ‘Duck Architecture,’ in honor of the whimsical grand-daddy of them all.” Next up, I’d head to an East End favorite, and continue with the “duck” theme of the morning, the Blue Duck Bakery on East Main Street, for a cappuccino and a scone. In addition to the bakery selection, the café offers a selection
Riverhead has always been a shopping destination on the East End, especially for those located east of the town that may not have as many shopping options. I do love a good day at Tanger Outlets or a trip to Home Depot. But for my perfect day in Riverhead, I’m not going to need to stray too far from Main Street. I would be sure to stop by Taste the East End Boutique, located on East Main Street. The gift shop includes products from local vendors, farmers, and artisans. Find food products, jewelry, clothing, art, and home décor; perfect for gift items.
Downtown Riverhead has been identified as both a historic and arts district. Next, I would visit the East End Arts Gallery on East Main Street. The organization enriches community through the arts and promotes economic and cultural revitalization. Currently, the East End Arts Juried show “Rescue: People • Pets • Predicaments” is on display through July 25. The next show is the seventh annual national show: “INK.” Juror is Sara De Luca, the owner and director of ILLE Arts in Amagansett. The show opens on Friday, August 3, with a reception from 5 to 7 PM.
The Suffolk County Historical Society, on West Main Street, presents the exhibit “The Silver Screens of Suffolk” which celebrates
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the history of film from the 1900s to 1960s and the role that Suffolk County played in the silent film industry. The show exhibits private collections of movie posters, heralds, programs, and theater window cards.
For lunch, Spicy’s Bar-B-Que. The wings with Spicy’s sauce are, themselves, a work of art. The iconic BBQ spot has been open, and a neighborhood favorite, for 40 years. Specialties also include sweet potato pie, ribs, and clam rolls.
When located at the gateway to the North Fork, wines and brews are plentiful. I’d make sure to stop by the Riverhead Cider House for naturally harvested apple ciders, local wine, and beer. My perfect day would also include a wine tasting at Martha Clara Vineyards.
I would end the day with a show at one of Riverhead’s historic venues — like Suffolk Theater or the VailLeavitt Music Hall — if only to marvel at the architecture. The VailLeavitt Music Hall is Long Island’s oldest theater, built in 1881. In 2013, the historic Suffolk Theater’s Art Deco cinema space
Taste The East End Boutique was renovated and restored to create the performing arts center it is today. These historic theaters offer great options for entertainment.
Catch The Smithereens on August 24 or Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Marvis Staples on August 10 at Suffolk Theater. Dinner and a show at the Suffolk Theater is also a great option now that noah’s in Greenport’s has opened noah’s at Suffolk Theater.
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That’s The Ticket! A day in Riverhead makes for the perfect launch pad to explore everything the East End has to offer, but also for a true Sophie’s choice: North or South Fork?
The Suffolk Theater features comedians and musical acts galore. One act is “Free Ride” crooner Edgar Winter, due to perform for a packed house on July 22. Cap it off with a membership to East End Arts, which includes classes in visual art and events like the Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival that aim to add a dash of color to the everyday. If venturing onto the North Fork, slated for July 28, there’s Palmer Vineyard’s Summer Bubbly & Rosé Fest in Aquebogue, chock full of local wine from the likes of Martha Clara Vineyards.
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Zadig & Voltaire pops up at Jeff Lincoln By Jessica Mackin-Cipro
It was a weekend full of art and fashion. Zadig & Voltaire opened
a pop-up boutique at Jeff Lincoln Art + Design on North Sea Road in Southampton. Friday through
Sunday, guests were invited to discover the Zadig & Voltaire summer collection, which included accessories and ready to wear. On Friday evening, July 13, Sarah Harrelson and Cultured Magazine invited guests to meet Montauk based artist Rogan Gregory at Jeff Lincoln Art + Design.
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Jeff Lincoln exhibits the works of contemporary artists like Paul Feeley, John Wesley, John Chamberlain, Richard Prince, and Christopher Wool. Currently on view is “Frederic Matys Thursz: The Light Within; The Late Work: 1980-1992.”
Creative director of Zadig & Voltaire, Cecilia Bonstrom, and the founder and owner, Thierry Gillier, are both avid art collectors. They let art inspire their collections and often do design collaborations with artists.
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Kiss & Tell // Heather Buchanan my best Budweiser buying efforts at the Corner Bar, I had no luck. As an independent woman, I decided to take things into my own hands, literally. I could buy lumber and cut it to size and nail it in place. How hard could it be?
Hardware Store Confidential All the world’s a stage. And in terms of small towns, great drama usually plays out at the post office or hardware store. In the middle of July in the Hamptons, it is nearly impossible to find a handyman, and despite
It would be unfair to say I am not handy. I have used duct tape as a strapless bra in a pinch and lavender furniture polish as an exfoliant (although that was actually by mistake and a bit unsafe when I later read the fine print — do not get in contact with skin — after a full body scrub). In the first local hardware store, I procured the proper wood and asked sheepishly if they could cut it to size. No luck. “Okay,” I said, “Then I’m going to need a saw.”
Maybe trying to hold one end with my flip flop-clad foot on a rocking chair on the front porch while holding the other end on the table with the geranium plant wasn’t
the best set up. After huffing and puffing, I didn’t get very far with the wood but I did break the saw. Too embarrassed to go back to the first store, I headed to the second hardware store.
At this point, I’m sweating like a pig and last night’s mascara is halfway down my cheek. I am mumbling curses under my breath and run right into an ex. Him: “What are you doing?” Me, grunting: “Buying a saw.” Him: “Better keep that first aid kit handy.” My thought of possibly surreptitiously charging said saw to his house account was now out the window.
I had hoped to rewrite the encounter with me in a diaphanous dress with Sven by my side sharing a romantic giggle about needing to repair the bed post after last night.
Nope. There is pretty much nothing like telegraphing to an ex that you don’t have a man in your life than
when you are buying not only your first, but second saw of the day. I had defended my He-Man ability to my sister who said, “Um, you know that you actually have a set of floral handled screwdriver and hammer right?”
As I tried to wield this much larger saw, I thought the first aid kit actually wasn’t such a bad idea. But after a few false starts, I did manage to accomplish the task and, despite not being able to move my right pinkie finger, considered my carpentry a success. As I sat holding my glass on the porch with my remaining functional fingers, I thought, “Who needs a man? I got this.”
After this experience I know exactly what I want for my birthday — an electric screwdriver — floral handle optional. You can send comments to kissandtellhb@gmail.com.
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Arts&Entertainment Causing a Stir “Causing a Stir,” a new collection of works featuring wooden spoons, will be on view at Chase Edwards Contemporary in Bridgehampton through Saturday, August 4. A portion of the proceeds will benefit City Harvest.
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Gallery Walk By Jessica Mackin-Cipro Alex Ferrone Alex Ferrone, of her eponymous Cutchogue gallery, will have her aerial photos showcased in a solo exhibition at the Peconic Landing Theater Gallery in Greenport, presented by East End Arts. The show will be on display through November 30. A reception will take place on Friday, July 20, from 4 to 6 PM. Keith Sonnier American artist Keith Sonnier, whose exhibition “Keith Sonnier: Until Today” is on view at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill through January 27, will discuss his work with friends and fellow artists Nate Lowman and Adam McEwen on Friday, July 20, at 6 PM in the museum’s Lichtenstein Theater. Sonnier chose Lowman
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and McEwen to join him for the conversation at the Parrish because he considers them to be among the next generation of artists who have a deep connection to his work. I AM This summer, The White Room Gallery hosts a series of live art happenings with “I AM,” alongside visual art programming in its space in Bridgehampton. The dates of the performance art happenings are July 21 at 6 PM, and August 18 at 7:30 PM. RSVP and tickets can be reserved by emailing iam@ iam-dining.com or purchasing tickets through www.paypal.me/ thewhiteroomgallery.
For this exhibition, Patti Grabel has combined her love of food and art into the central theme of her work as embodied by the spoon. The works feature photographic compositions printed on both paper and glass depicting wooden spoons. The narrative threads in each work embrace a variety of themes such as nourishment, sensuality, creative expression, aspirations and the liberating act of taking chances. An opening cocktail reception will be held on Saturday, July 21, from 4 to 7 PM. ONGOING Exhibits Art Market Summer Group “Art Market Summer Group,” an
exhibit at Roman Fine Art in East Hampton, will run through July 30. Artists include Ray Caesar, Tim Conlon, Michael Dweck, The Kaplan Twins, Reisha Perlmutter, Dalton Portella, Dean West, and Stephen Wilson. Chinese Inspiration Chinese philosophy and artistic tradition meet American resourcefulness and imagination in “Robert Oxnam: Chinese Inspiration/North Fork Creation” at the William Ris Gallery in Jamesport. The show runs July 14 through August 12. Captivate The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “Captivate.” Five featured artists bring together captivating sculpture, photography, encaustic painting, and mixed media. Artists include Linda Sirow, Brian Craig, Martha McAleer, Kat O’Neill, and Dennis Leri. The show runs through July 29.
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The 14th Annual Hamptons Happening, benefiting the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, was held on Saturday, July 14. Held on the estate of Maria and Kenneth Fishel, the Hamptons Happening is one of the Hamptons’ most anticipated summer benefits and once again featured tastings from some of the top chefs and restaurants in New York City and the Hamptons.
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East Hampton Mayor Paul Rickenbach, Jr. invited a guest speaker to the monthly meeting of the Tuesday Club, Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming. Fleming covered the subjects of ticks, updating public bus routes to encourage more usage, and the prospect of off-shore oil drilling.
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Nest Seekers International celebrated Bastille Day with a Bastille Day “À La Rosé” event in Water Mill on Saturday, July 14. The event was a collaboration with The Hamptons French Club and East End Taste.
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The Parrish Art Museum’s annual Midsummer Party was held in Water Mill on Saturday, July 14. Nearly 500 guests enjoyed dining and dancing, and had the opportunity to experience the museum’s current exhibitions including “Keith Sonnier: Until Today” and “The Permanent Collection: Five and Forward.” This year, the museum honored long-time supporter and Parrish trustee Chad Leat and artist Keith Sonnier.
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Southampton Artists Association’s “Art in the Park” presented photography, paintings, sculptures, and mixed media on July 14 and 15 at Agawam Park.
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Celebrating Unconditional Love By Nicole Teitler
The ninth annual “Unconditional Love” gala to benefit The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation will be held this Saturday, July 21, at a breathtaking waterfront estate in Southampton. This is the signature event for the animal lover community in helping four-legged friends find their “furever” homes. The event will kick off with cocktails at 6:30 PM followed by dinner catered by Robbins Wolf Eventeurs at 7:30 PM. Guests will experience an evening of music by The Chris Norton Band and a live auction featuring items such as five-star European hotels, golf outings, and more.
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Gala chairman this year, Gregory D’Elia, splits his time between the Hamptons and Florida. D’Elia has undertaken efforts to switch up the gala this year, he said. “It’s going to be fun but we’re here to honor the animals,” D’Elia explained.
The gala program is doing away with traditional speeches while still celebrating all the organization does. New this year will be a compiled video of the shelter’s efforts, including finding furry companions for veterans. “When they go out and rescue animals,
they’re able to identify ones that are potentially available for adoption for the veterans’ organization. It’s a great thing,” D’Elia added. Clifton Knight has been on the board for three years and, as of August 2017, is now co-president, alongside Beau Hulse. “It’s a terrific philanthropy that has a long history of amazing care for animals and serves the community broadly,” Knight said, noting the seven incorporated villages and 16 hamlets of Southampton that the shelter serves. Knight himself adopted two cats from the shelter five years ago, Mila and Xenia. “Gregory’s vision of the event is going to make it quite spectacular, a true party and celebration of the animals,” he said. Knight aims to expand the donor base of the year round, no kill shelter.
With a 96 percent adoption rate thanks to professional matchmaking skills, SASF is unique on the East End with an “open admissions” policy, accepting animals of all kinds, despite their behavioral problems or physical condition. In addition, the SASF provides low-cost, mobile veterinary services throughout the area, along with educational classes on humane animal care.
Jerry Rosenthal, executive director, stated, “This year, Southampton Animal Shelter’s Unconditional Love Gala honors the over 1500 animals that come through our doors every year, and will highlight the life-saving work we perform in finding them forever homes.” One of the event honorees includes Mason, the first shelter dog in New York State to be accepted into the K9s for Warriors program. Mason was rescued and trained by the shelter. Rosenthal added, “Funds raised from this event will provide needed resources to continue our mission: ‘To rescue, heal and rehome and promote the human-animal bond.’”
“The shelter never stops. Whether caring for strays found wandering the streets, rescuing neglected and abandoned animals, or saving dogs from the horrors of the puppy mill industry or from overcrowded NYC shelters, our shelter is a safe haven for all animals and for some, a last resort,” explained Kate McEntee, director of adoptions, and junior chair of the Unconditional Love Gala.
“Without the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation, these pets would not be able to survive,” McEntee added. “The shelter acts as a stepping stone to find pets a loving home. We offer them housing, food, medical attention, training and rehabilitation when necessary. As a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization we rely on the generosity of donors and volunteers. Your support makes all this possible and together we help save more lives!” There are 20 members of the junior committee, including The Independent’s very own Jessica Mackin-Cipro and Nicole Teitler, alongside the junior co-chairs Merrit Piro, Jenny Dwork, Kelly Deneny, Marissa Epley, Elizabeth Shafiroff, and Charles McConnell.
Honorary chairwoman, Jean Shafiroff, will also be in attendance. Tickets can be purchased by contacting Adrienne Walter at 631-488-800 or visiting www. southamptonanimalshelter.com.
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Sweet Charities By Jessica Mackin-Cipro East End Arts Gala East End Arts presents an evening of cocktails, dinner, and dancing with That Motown Band at its summer gala and awards ceremony on Thursday, July 19, at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead. The event begins at 7 PM. For tickets and more info, visit www.eastendarts. org. Dancers For Good Eryc Taylor Dance will join Paul Taylor Dance and five other dance companies at the “Dancers For Good” benefit evening at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Friday, July 20, at 7 PM. It is the second consecutive year Eryc Taylor Dance is participating in this fundraising event.
The “Dancers For Good” benefit will honor Broadway great Chita Rivera with a Lifetime Achievement in Dance, and actress, singer and dancer Bebe Neuwirth with a Dance Humanitarian Award. Proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund and its vast array of services. For tickets, visit www. dancersforgood.org. The LGBT Network The LGBT Network presents “Sunset on the Harbor” on Saturday, July 21, from 5 to 8 PM, at Breakwater Yacht Club in Sag Harbor. Enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to benefit the non-profit organization that serves Long
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Island’s LGBT community. For tickets, visit www.lgbtnetwork.org. Black & White Shelter Island Historical Society presents its “Black & White” benefit on Saturday, July 21, at Havens Barn & Grounds. Join for an evening of cocktails, dinner, dancing, a silent auction, and a black and white portrait. Wear your creative black and white attire. The event begins at 6 PM. For tickets, visit www.shelterislandhistorical. org. Celebrate Brooklyn LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton celebrates Brooklyn at its annual summer fundraiser. The event will be held on Saturday, July 21, from 6 to 11 PM, and will honor Dustin Yellin and Joe Melillo. The dress code is “shimmer + shine in shades of blue.” There will be beer, cool music, Bob Dylan bourbon, and an auction. Visit www.longhouse.org. Unconditional Love The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation presents its ninth annual “Unconditional Love Gala” on Saturday, July 21, starting at 6:30 PM at a private waterfront residence in Southampton.
The event’s honorees will be shelter pets, including Mason, who was rescued and trained by the shelter before becoming the first shelter dog in New York State to be accepted into the K9s for Warriors program. Gregory D’Elia will serve
at Gala Chairman, Katie McEntee will serve at Junior Chairman, and Jean Shafiroff will serve at Honorary Chairman. For tickets and more info, visit www.southamptonanimalshelter. com. Hampton Designer Showhouse The Hampton Designer Showhouse, a showcase of America’s premier design talent, will return this summer in Bridgehampton. Proceeds will benefit Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. Now in its 18th year, the showhouse will feature over 20 top interior designers from the Hamptons, New York City, and nationwide.
This year’s showhouse will be in a magnificent shingle style home located at 2148 Scuttle Hole Road in Bridgehampton that has been donated by Barsalin Building & Design. Mario Buatta is the honorary showhouse chairman. Jamie Drake and Alexa Hampton are the honorary design cochairmen.
The Hampton Designer Showhouse opens with a Gala Preview Cocktail Party on Saturday, July 21, from 6 to 8:30 PM. Gala tickets are $225 each. The showhouse will be open to the public Sunday, July 22, through Labor Day. Admission to the showhouse is $40 and includes the showhouse journal. Visit www. hamptondesignershowhouse.com.
Family Fair Fundraiser The Children’s Museum of the East End will host its 10th annual “Family Fair Fundraiser: Under The Sea” on Saturday, July 21. Proceeds from the event benefit the museum’s outreach efforts to bring programming to underserved communities throughout the East End. The event will take place from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the museum, in Bridgehampton. For tickets, visit www.cmee.org. East Hampton Antiques Show The East Hampton Historical Society presents the return of the East Hampton Antiques Show to the grounds of the Mulford Farm on Saturday, July 21, through Sunday, July 22. Now in its 12th year, the East Hampton Antiques Show is widely recognized as the premier antiques event on Eastern Long Island, and a highlight of the East Hampton arts and social calendar.
Interior designer Scott Sanders is the honorary chairperson of the Friday, July 20, preview cocktail party, which offers patrons an early buying opportunity of the extraordinary array of antiques, art, jewelry, and collectibles. The preview will be held from 6 to 8:30 PM. Ticket proceeds from the preview cocktail benefit the East Hampton Historical Society. Email submissions by Thursday at 9 AM to jessica@indyeastend.com.
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Old Dogs, New Trips // Vay David museum — my late cousin, Willard Gwinn, “grew” a crop of nearly every Chevrolet ever issued. People come from miles around to see them, mixed with other vehicles and machines that caught his fancy.
Loose In The Palouse I just spent 10 happy days loose in The Palouse — The Palouse is one of my favorite places on the planet. Located in eastern Washington and the panhandle of Idaho, it’s the area where my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother were born. It’s mostly a land of greenuntil-golden wheat fields, plus safflower fields ablaze in yellow as their flowers bloom. Then toss in some fields for peas, soybeans, and lentils to add a bit more to the seemingly endless sea of green.
The Palouse is where many (often more than 100) members of our extensive and extended family gather for reunions. A reunion took me there on my own this time because my husband, instead of traveling with me as usual, was working to help ensure that you readers all continue to get The Independent.
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Twice this trip, my meanderings took me from Garfield, where I was staying with my cousin, to Pullman, Washington, home of Washington State University. Pullman is a vibrant town dominated by WSU and sprinkled with fun eateries, coffee shops, and bookstores. It’s also home to Ferdinand’s, the university’s cheese and ice cream outlet — Cougar Gold Cheddar and any flavor of ice cream make it a delectable side trip. And Moscow, Idaho — a short drive from Pullman — has the University of Idaho and its own collection of good spots for yummy food and drink.
Independent/Vay David Green and golden fields, blue skies, fluffy white clouds — a perfect day in The Palouse.
But the most delicious thing of all was driving back to Garfield on Washington State Highway 27, intoxicated by the view on either side of the road. I do have one complaint about that stretch of road — there are not nearly enough spots to stop to take photos of the spectacular sights.
The classic view of The Palouse is from high atop Steptoe Butte, where rich farmland pools out below you as far as the eye can see. The road up to the summit isn’t for sissies, but the view may well make you feel like you are on top of the world! You can f ind lots more photos of The Palouse at indyeastend.com and some of our other destinations at olddogsnewtrips.com. Please comment on our Facebook page — Old Dogs, New Trips, or contact us at olddogsnewtrips@gmail.com.
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The soil of The Palouse is deep and rich, formed over tens of thousands of years from wind-blown dust and silt, and nearly every inch is given over to agriculture. An interesting note — special combines had to be developed just to cope with harvests on the beautiful, soft hills that undulate across the horizon in every direction. Although The Palouse is most famous for its farm fields, little towns like Palouse and Colfax offer fun local spots to dine, and Palouse’s printing museum is chock-a-block full of ancient newspapers and the linotypes and presses that produced them.
Most of my visits there have been in late June and early July, when the hills are green green green! But once, John and I were there in January and found ourselves in different but equally magical surroundings. One, it was cold, and two, it must have been moist because all the bare trees were covered in rime, creating a fantastical forest worthy of a mythic tale.
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very different. I’ve built anywhere from 15 lamps in a single day to a sculptural lamp design that took over three months to complete. We have our small gallery that is in constant rotation with new designs and experiments. Our designs change almost every month and we welcome visitors and clients alike. Define the steampunk genre. What’s your personal influence? Since its visual inception 11 years ago, Steampunk now has so many different meanings and forms. But to put it simply, it’s a creative re-imagining of 19th-Century Victorian styling that’s heavily infused with the great science and science fiction literature of the day — H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, and even Bram Stoker. There’s much visual and literary inspiration to pick and choose from!
It’s been a pure joy creating pieces in this style and brings real creative freedom to the process. Lately, however, my Steampunk lighting design work relies on actual science for inspiration, such as NASA’s James Webb telescope. Do you feel as though the genre is suffering in any way?
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Yes. It has suffered in many ways. But it’s a natural progression for any popular style of art or design. Sometimes when a style begins to globally influence so many new artists and designers, it is often brought down to its most basic, common denominator. In Steampunk, that would be elements such as the ubiquitous top hats, brass accessories, goggles, and corsets. When a style freezes like that, the new artists are no longer taking any creative risks. They’re happy with what has already been artistically produced and simply copy what has been explored and sadly with no new, personal vision or flourish. Luckily, there are still artists who continue to take risks and continue to create breathtaking works of great originality. These are the
artists I am most proud to feature in my museum exhibitions. You’ve written three books. tell me about that creative process. Writing about other artist’s great works is an absolute pleasure. The sheer appreciation of their artistry makes the research work easy and something that you look forward to doing. But still, writing, for me, is a constant process of initial inspiration, editing, more editing, even more editing, exhilaration, defeat, and hopeful success. And that is so very similar to the process of design which, even though it’s a joy, is still grueling and demanding work.
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What’s your favorite film that incorporates a steampunk style? I think Martin Scorsese hit the nail on the head with Hugo. It incorporated so much wonderful and evocative imagery. Of course, the first and arguably very best film to define “Steampunk” was the original Time Machine, directed by George Pal in 1960. Taken of course from the H.G. Wells epic novel, this film displayed everything a Steampunk aficionado could want. I actually saw the film in theaters when it came out and loved how it was so very different from the slick, futuristic science fiction of that age. I never forgot it! It was pure Steampunk decades before the style had a name. Do you customize designs? When I design a new piece, customization is almost a given. A client may need something as simple as a custom color or finish change but altering the size and materials of the piece is requested quite a bit. Different interior and exterior locations, settings, and furnishings require the lighting design to accommodate. And since I make each piece by hand, the range of customization is almost limitless.
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East End Calendar // Jade Eckardt • The library is also having a family movie afternoon with a screening of The LEGO Batman Movie at 4 PM.
• East Hampton Library hosts ongoing intermediate ESL classes on Thursdays at 5:30 PM. Register at the adult reference desk or call 631-324-0222 ext. 3.
• On Thursdays, the Amagansett Free Library offers a “Lego Club” at 4 PM. Children ages five to 10 are welcome to attend with a parent or caregiver and express their creativity with the library’s extensive Lego collection.
Each week we’ll highlight local community events and library offerings presented by area institutions and organizations. It’s on you to send ‘em in, kids. Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email jade@indyeastend.com.
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wednesday 7•18•18 • East Hampton Library hosts a children’s Summer Reading Club through August 25. “Libraries Rock” is the theme for kids ages two-and-a-half through eighth grade. Sign up in the Children’s Room or by calling 631-3240222 ext. 3. • Adult East Hampton Library patrons can attend “Essential Oils For Immune Support,” a workshop with holistic health coach Kristen Gaudioso, at 1 PM. The group will talk about what essential oils are, how to use them, and incorporate them into everyday life. Everyone will have an opportunity to make their own blend to take home. To register, call 631-3240222 ext. 3 or stop by the Adult Reference Desk.
• On the same day, the library offers “Game Night Xbox One” for teens from 5 to 7 PM. All are welcome to play the library’s own Xbox One S and enjoy snacks. The games played are a surprise and will be revealed at the library. • The Amagansett Free Library is showing the Badlands as part of its film series at 6:30 PM. THursday 7•19•18 • “What Do You Hear” will be held at the East Hampton Library from 10:30 to 11:15 AM. Join Ellen Johansen, early childhood music and movement specialist, for this weekly program filled with sounds that toddlers love to move to. Children will enjoy playing simple instruments as well. For babies to three years old. Sign up is required. Phone 631-324-0222 ext. 2 to reserve seats. • Adults can join the library during “Coloring, Coffee, and Conversation” from 1 to 2:30 PM. Those who attend can enjoy 90 minutes of relaxation while they color, converse, and enjoy a warm beverage. Sign up by calling 631-3240222 ext. 3.
• Children in first through fifth grades can end the day at the East Hampton Library by reading to Tara, a certified therapy dog from Pet Partners. Kids can pick their favorite book to read to the dog who loves being read to during a 15-minute session each Thursday from 4 to 5 PM.
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• Parents can bring their little ones to “Handson Sensory Sensation” at the East Hampton Library from 10:30 to 11:15 AM. Babies and toddlers up to age three will stimulate their senses with sensory activities, games, and toys. Phone 631-324-0222 ext. 2 to reserve seats. • From 3 to 5 PM, teens can participate in “Cookies, Coloring, and Trivia.” Register at EastHamptonLibrary.org or for more information, call 631-324-0222 ext. 3. SATURDAY 7•21•18 • Teens can rack up community service hours at the East Hampton Library by attending “Teen Tech Time” from 10 AM to noon. Teens well-versed in technology can help adults learn to use tablets, social media, email, and answer other technology questions. To register, call 631-324-0222 ext. 3 or sign up with a young adult librarian. • The Amagansett Free Library is offering “What’s All That Jazz About? Jazz Appreciation” at 3 PM for ages three and up. Clever listening games, live music, dramatic storytelling, group participation, and humorous demonstrations are some of the fun activities that are used to guide the young audience through an introduction to jazz. Jazz musician Shenole Latimer will lead. Registration is required by calling 631-267-3810 or via email at lindaknoernschild@gmail.com.
tuesDAY 7•24•18 • The East Hampton Library offers “Birds Of A Feather” from 10:30 to 11:15 AM. An educator from Cornell Cooperative Extension will compare and contrast farm birds, including a visit from a duck and chicken. Children will also enjoy a story and craft. For ages two to five. Sign up is required. Call 631-324-0222 ext 2.
• Crafty kids will love the East Hampton Library’s “Snap Circuits,” from 2 to 3 PM, where they will construct circuits that will light up, sound off, and power an accessory. This program incorporates STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) which makes learning electronics easy and fun! Kids will work in groups of two and materials are limited. The class is open to children ages seven and up. Sign up is required by dropping by the children’s desk at the library or calling 631-3240222 ext. 3.
Southampton wednesday 7•18•18 • The Hampton Bays Library offers “Yoga for Everyone” from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Participants will stretch and tone with certified yoga instructor Andrew for fun and light Hatha and Kripalu-inspired classes and poses. Everyone is asked to dress comfortably and bring a towel or mat. There is a $7 fee for the class. Also offered Fridays and Mondays at the same time. Contact the library at 631-728-6241 or email dvalle@hamptonslibrary.org to register. • Then, at 7:30 to 9 PM, an English conversation group gathers. The group provides a friendly and comfortable atmosphere to further English language skills. No registration required. Free.
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• Teens can enjoy Sunday afternoon chess at the East Hampton Library from 2 to 4 PM. The group is open to chess players ages 10 to adult. Game instructions are not offered during the session. For more information, email lisa@ easthamptonlibrary.org.
• The library is also offering a visit to the Southampton Animal Shelter at 1 PM for teens. At the shelter, the group will be give out dog biscuits to shelter dogs and play with the cats. Transportation to and from the shelter is required from a parent or guardian. Bring a small food or toy donation for the animals. Participants will earn one hour of community service for participating in this program. For details and to register, call 631-728-6241 or email teen@hamptonbayslibrary.org.
• A poetry marathon led by poet Gladys Henderson is offered at the East Hampton Library beginning at 3 PM. Henderson is an East Hampton Historical Society and Suffolk County Poet Laureate. • Then, from 4 to 5 PM, teens in high school can rack up community service by attending “Inspire Your Community.” The service is all about participating in projects to help better and inspire the community. monday 7•23•18
• Join Lisa Farbar for “Abs Plus,” a core workout at the Amagansett Free Library. The class helps participants get strong, balanced, and flexible and is $20. It takes place from 10 to 11 AM in the community room, and attendees are asked to bring their own mat. • The East Hampton Library hosts “Yoga For Adults” from 1 to 2 PM. Join registered nurse Andrea Siegel as she introduces a yoga program for adults which includes chair yoga. Space is limited to 20 so registration is necessary. Visit the reference desk or call 631-324-0222 ext. 3. • The East Hampton Library’s Adult Poetry Workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7 PM.
FRIDAY 7•20•18 • Celebrate National Hotdog Month at the Hampton Bays Library at 12:30 PM during “Hot Diggity Dog.” Kids in pre-K to sixth grades can bring their appetite and join for lunch. After enjoying some hot dogs, the group will read Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems and make a hot dog craft. Space is limited. Email cfitzgerald@hamptonbayslibrary. org or call 631-728-6241 ext. 106.
• The South Fork Natural History Museum invites community members to an astronomy night with the Montauk Observatory at 8:30 PM. Montauk Observatory astronomers will set up their telescopes under SoFo’s dark skies and give guided tours of the heavens. Feel free to bring your own binoculars or set up your own telescope, even do some astrophotography. Check viewing conditions on the Clear Sky Chart on Montauk Observatory’s website. Free, but donations for the Montauk Observatory
would be appreciated. For further information, visit www.MontaukObservatory.com. SATURDAY 7•21•18 • The Hampton Bays Library hosts “Vinyasa Flow Yoga” with Peter Ames from 10 to 11:30 AM. The class offers advanced stretches and poses. The fee is $12.
• The South Fork Natural History Museum invites community members to “Birding With Frank,” a walk with Frank Quevedo, Executive Director, SOFO, to observe shorebirds at 9 AM. On this walk, participants will visit Shinnecock Bay in Southampton and focus on plovers, yellowlegs, oystercatchers, and sandpipers as they feed by wading in shallow waters. So, grab your binoculars, scopes, sunscreen, and a field guide to birds of Eastern North America, if you have one, and hit the bay with other avid birders. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, call 631-537-9735. • Then, at 10 AM, SoFo hosts a “Lost Ladybug Search” at Quail Hill Farms for children of all ages. The Peconic Land Trust and SoFo have teamed up with Dr. Leslie Allee of Cornell University for its annual search for “lost ladybugs.” Help look for the extremely rare nine-spotted ladybug, New York State’s official insect, and aid in Dr. Allee’s research. Participants will search for and gently capture ladybugs at the farm to be identified and then released. Children must be accompanied by an adult. This program is free; rain date, Wednesday, July 25. Park on Deep Lane and meet at the farm stand. For more information on the “Lost Ladybug Project” visit www. lostladybug.org. For more info or to reserve your spot (required), call 631-537-9735. sunday 7•22•18 • The South Fork Natural History Museum invites community members to “Wolves, Fact Vs. Fiction And What You Need To Know” at 2 PM. The program will be presented by Molly Vorhaus, SoFo summer intern and aims to bring awareness of the species that played the role of neighbor to those living in Long Island for many years. It will explore the various roles of wolves in multiple societies and why they are important members of our ecosystems. Vorhaus is studying wolves for her senior thesis at Gettysburg College. For more information, reservations, and directions to meeting places, call 631-537-9735. monday 7•23•18 • The Hampton Bays Library offers its “Shark Attack” at 4:40 PM for kids in pre-K to third grade. They’ll listed to shark stories, learn fun facts about the sea animals, and make a cool shark-themed craft. Class is limited to 20. Call 631 728-6241 ext. 106 or email cfitzgerald@ hamptonbayslibrary.org to register. • Fitness at the library continues with “Yoga for Everyone” from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Contact the library at 631-728-6241 or email dvalle@ hamptonslibrary.org to register. Tuesday 7•24•18 • The Hampton Bays Library offers “Ellen’s Well Support Group: Women’s Breast and Gynecological Cancers” from 11:30 AM to 4 PM. Every Tuesday newly diagnosed and post treatment women can gather to discuss their journey to recovery. Every first, third, and fifth Tuesday at 4 PM there is a wellness group meditation. Attendees must register via email or phone at edylecsw@optonline.net or 631-329-0520.
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• The Amagansett Free Library offers the same opportunity, and kids can read to a dog named Valentino from 11 to 11:45 AM. Valentino is a certified Canine Good Citizen through the American Kennel Association. Children must be accompanied by parents or a caregiver.
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Poets are welcome to come together to share, discuss and critique their work. No registration is necessary. For more information, call 631324-0222 ext. 3.
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Entertainment Guide All singing, all dancing? Readings, stagings, and slams? We can’t print it if we don’t know about it. Send your entertainment events to nicole@ indyeastend.com by Thursday at noon.
Comedy Kathleen madigan Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents “Boxed Wine and Big Foot Tour . . . with Kathleen Madigan” on Saturday, July 21, at 8 PM. For tickets, visit www.whbpac.org.
Dance Hip Hop Dance The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill presents “The Globalization of Hip Hop” on Wednesday, July 18, from 1:30 to 2:30 PM with culturally diverse dance company Reaction Dance Company. Free with museum pass. For more information, visit www.parrishart. org.
film Close Encounters Southampton Arts Center continues the “Summer of Spielberg” on Friday, July 20, at 7:30 PM with Close Encounters of the Third Kind. These outdoor films are free to the public. For more information, visit www. southamptonartscenter.org. Artists love movies Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center announces a new program “Artists Love Movies.” On Sunday, July 22, at 6 PM the pairing will be Boom For Real with Sara Drive at the Pierson High School auditorium in Sag Harbor. For tickets and information, visit www. sagharborcinema.org.
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Shelby Lynne The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett will welcome Shelby Lynne on Wednesday, July 18, at 8 PM. On Thursday, July 19, Dan Layus will take the stage at 8 PM, with Juice at 10 PM. On Friday, July 20 Elk City will perform at 8 PM followed by Rubix Kube at 10
PM. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real will perform on Saturday, July 21, at 7 PM followed by Bayside Tigers at 11 PM. Sunday, July 22, Third World will play at 8 PM, with Majestic Band on at 10 PM. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real will take the stage again on Monday, July 23, at 8 PM and Nancy Atlas at 10 PM. On Tuesday, July 24, Roses Grove Band will take the stage at 8 PM, followed by the Sturdy Souls at 10 PM. Chamber Music festival The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival kicks off its free pop-up concerts with the Rolston Quartet on Thursday, July 19, at 11 AM at Southampton Arts Center, then again at 5 PM at Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. On Friday, July 20, the quartet will play at Hampton Library in Bridgehampton at 6:30 PM, then on Saturday, July 21, at 2 PM at John Jermain Memorial Library in Sag Harbor, and at 5 PM at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack. Shabbat by the bay Temple Adas Israel in Sag Harbor presents Shabbat by the Bay, on Friday, July 20, an all-ages musical service with drum circle followed by a BYO-picnic at 6 PM. The Shabbat is held every Friday in July and August at Havens Beach. Call 516-690-7742 for more information. Nancy atlas project The Nancy Atlas Project will be playing a free concert this Friday, July 20, from 5:30 to 8 PM at George’s Lighthouse Cafe in Montauk. Charming Disaster Townline BBQ in Sagaponack hosts live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. This Friday, July 20, Charming Disaster will be performing. For more information, call 631-537-2271 or visit www. townlinebbq.com. edgar winter The Suffolk Theater in Riverhead presents “The Music of Carole King & Strings” on Friday, July 20,
at 8 PM. On Sunday, July 22, catch Edgar Winter at 7:30 PM. For tickets, visit www.suffolktheater. com. Jazz on the steps Southampton Arts Center, presented with The Jam Session, brings back “Jazz on the Steps” on Saturday, July 21, from 11 AM to 1 PM, with Max Feldschuh on vibraphone and Omar Haddad on violin. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.southamptonartscenter.org. Joe’s pub Joe’s Pub Sound View in Greenport presents a concert by Paul Loren in the piano bar on Saturday, July 21, at 8 PM. For more information, visit www.joespub.com. Karaoke The Springs Tavern hosts karaoke night every Saturday beginning at 9 PM. No cover, just bring your best singing voice. There’s also open mic every Sunday, from 2 to 6 PM. For further information, call 631-5277800. Westhampton beach Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents “The Leading Man from Long Island . . .with Max Von Essen with Billy Stritch,” on Sunday, July 22, at 8 PM. For tickets, visit www.whbpac.org.
Theater Bay Street theater Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor presents FROST/NIXON, a play by Peter Morgan and directed by Sama Lapine, starring Harris Yulin and Daniel Gerroll. Also taking the stage is Confessions Of A Mormon. Showtimes are every Tuesday through Sunday, through July 22. Visit www.baystreet.org or call the box office at 631-725-9500 for tickets.
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Cabaret at claude’s Southampton Cultural Center presents “Cabaret At Claude’s” at the Southampton Inn featuring Konstantin Soukhovetski, every Thursday night through August 23 with a prix fixe dinner at 7 PM and show starting at 9 PM. Get your tickets at RSVP@ lawlormediagroup.com.
Words Bookhampton BookHampton in East Hampton presents John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski, authors of A Speck in the Sea on Thursday, July 19, at 5 PM. On Friday, July 20, at 5 PM will be Paul French, author of City of Devils. On Saturday, July 21, at 5 PM will be Bob Roth, who penned Strength in Stillness. Visit www.bookhampton.com for more information. Book and bottle Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead hosts “Book & Bottle” with Steve Wick, author of Heaven and Earth: The Last Farmers of the North Fork on Thursday, July 19, at 6 PM. RSVP at 631-727-2881 ext 100. Clinton’s pursuit The Jewish Center of the Hamptons in East Hampton continues its “Thursday Night Authors Studio” on July 19 at 7 PM with Amy Chozick, New York Times journalist, who covered Hilary Clinton’s pursuit of the presidency. For more information, visit www.jcoh.org. poet laureate The Thomas Halsey Homestead in Southampton presents The Poetry Academy at the Halsey House on Thursday, July 19, from 6 to 8 PM. Current Suffolk County poet laureate, Gladys Henderson will be Continued On Page B-38.
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The Celebrity Edition The magic of the Hamptons involves a healthy sprinkling of that special ingredient, “celebrity.” However, being a celebrity is a full-time occupation both for them and their families. This week we feature a few local celebrities who support charitable causes, the events that make a difference for the wider community and a few of the dining spots popular with our East End stars.
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1. Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Amagansett. Television talent Alec Baldwin and wife, Hilaria are strong supporters of East Hampton’s Guild Hall, one of the first multi-disciplinary arts spaces, dating back to the 1930s. The Guild Hall Summer Gala takes place on August 10. If you miss this, you may well catch up with them the next night at the East Hampton Library Authors Night on August 11. www.guildhall.org, www.authorsnight.org
1. Tutto il Giorno, Southampton. Donna Karan’s daughter Gabby, with restauranteur Gianpaolo de Felice and David Mayer, created Southampton Italian cuisine hotspot, Tutto il Giorno, which remains one of the harder tables to score in the summer season. Last summer’s notable under-the-radar buzz was a dinner with Vice President Mike Pence and former VP Joe Biden holding court at two separate tables the same night. www.tuttoilgiorno.com
3. Beth and Howard Stern, Southampton. Married to Sirius XM Radio phenom and formerly the toughest judge on “Americas Got Talent,” Beth Stern is a stalwart supporting the works of the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons and its annual Get Wild! Gala helping injured animals to recover and remain part of the beautiful East End. www.wildliferescuecenter.org
3. Union Cantina, Southampton. The Hamptons leading Mexican restaurant, owned by Ian Duke and David Hilty of Southampton Social Club, boasts a wide array of dishes and its 400 Rabbits speakeasy tequila bar containing probably the largest selection of this spirit on the East End. Little wonder celebrities such as Jon Bon Jovi, Michael J. Fox, Uma Thurman, and Brooke Shields flock to this restaurant. www.unioncantina.net
2. Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld, East Hampton. Wife of comedian Jerry and founder of the Good+ Foundation (formerly known as baby Buggy), Jessica, aims to help families and in particular children rise above the poverty level, with a number of celebrity champions including Sarah Jessica Parker, Julianne Moore, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Last year some 6000 volunteers donated over 12,500 hours of work in support of this good cause. www.goodplusfoundation.org
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4. Bostwick’s Chowder House, Amagansett. Founders Chris Eggert and Kevin Boles have established a loyal following for their fresh casual seafood fare combined with a friendly and comfortable atmosphere at this popular seafood restaurant in the Hamptons for over 18 years. The quest for fresh, tasty seafood has attracted celebrities including Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, and Sir Paul McCartney. www.bostwickschowderhouse.com
2. Movie Screening of The Wife, July 22. If you are on the list, why not get ahead of the 2019 awards season curve, meet the author, enjoy cocktails, and see a screening of The Wife, starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, from Sony Pictures Classics. Only catch? You need to know Peggy Siegal to score an invite. www.sonyclassics.com/thewife 3. 4th Annual Green Beetz Day, July 28. Championed by founders Andrew Chapman, Anna Chapman, and Tracey Kemble, Green Beetz raises funds to teach a STEM based curriculum to some 1600 kids in 59 schools across the five boroughs with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyle choices. The annual Green Beetz Day will be held this year at The Creeks in East Hampton. www.greenbeetz.org
4. East Hampton Library Authors Night, August 11. Author’s galore including Geraldo Rivera, Alec and Hilaria Baldwin, Lee Child, Florence Fabricant, and Michael Gross, among others, will congregate to meet the public in person and sell autographed copies of their works, followed by a dinner to raise funds for the East Hampton Library. www. authorsnight.org
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4. Jon and Dorothea Bon Jovi, East Hampton. Apollo Theatre supporters Jon Bon Jovi and wife Dorothea, will be found at the Apollo in the Hamptons — A Night of Legends event later this summer with fellow co-hosts Ronald Perelman, Robert Kraft, and Dick Parsons and some fabulous musical talents, actors, and special entertainers. www.apollotheater.org
2. Surf Lodge, Montauk. Created by Jayma Cardoso and combining live concerts all summer long with a hip boutique property in socially-hot Montauk, The Surf Lodge creates all the ingredients for celebrity sighting or just simply feeling like a star yourself. It’s good venue for political scion-spotting — Tiffany Trump and Malia Obama are fans of this Montauk hotspot. www.thesurflodge.com
1. Dancers for Good 2018, July 20. The charity, founded by Broadway performers Michael Apuzzo and Eric Gunhus, holds a festival featuring some of the most prominent dancers in the world aiming to raise funds to help performers through their Actors Fund. This year, the annual benefit will feature dancers from companies such as the Amy Marshall Dance Company and Carolyn Dorfman Dance and will honor Bebe Neuwirth and Chita Rivera. www.dancersforgood.org
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since it’s just beyond busy Main Street and Jobs Lane, parking is rarely an issue) may provide some solace in the dog days of summer, when every nook and cranny feels swarmed with people.
Potato salad, the American summer side dish to end all others, enjoys a German spin here, with the bright, clean notes of mustard providing an apt counterpoint to competing rich flavors. Potato salad notwithstanding, Shippy’s really is the perfect place to duck in and away from it all. Walking into the decades-old space is like walking into another era. The reminders of modernity are largely sports-based. The restaurant displays horse and golf paraphernalia from recent competitions, like the Hampton Classic and the U.S. Open.
Actually, the restaurant did not become “German” in scope until 1976, when Ed Neilson, a Germanborn New Yorker, arrived on the East End. The restaurant had changed hands by then and was up for grabs when Neilson bought it and reinvigorated the restaurant menu. The original Shippy’s had been known for its “sizzlin’” steaks, a tradition kept alive by Ed Neilson and, later, his son Nick.
But we’re all here for the food. Diners can expect a comforting take on German cuisine, including wiener schnitzel (a thin, breaded veal cutlet fried in copious amounts of oil), bratwurst, weisswurst, knockwurst, sauerbraten, and more. The Bavarian house platter, at an affordable $23.95, features kassler rippchen (smoked pork chops) along with a choice of bratwurst, weisswurst, or knockwurst. Entrées, even at lunch, come with the choice of a soup or salad and a potato selection and vegetable. And while you may not consider French onion soup to be German food per se (because it isn’t), Shippy’s version is just as good as any other specimen you’re likely to encounter in Southampton.
While some may prefer a meal at Shippy’s in the winter, when the wood-paneled, rustic, low-ceilinged space oozes coziness, this off-thebeaten-path haunt (thankfully,
Each week The Independent features a local restaurant that has stood the test of time. Each restaurant has been open for over a decade.
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Shippy’s: German comfort food By Hannah Selinger
Thirty-six Windmill Lane was once home to the Southampton A&P. The building has been there for 88 years, the restaurant it now showcases — Shippy’s Pumpernickels — for over 60. William “Shippy” Casgrain arrived in Southampton in 1956, where he purchased the Hill Restaurant. Shippy had worked as a bartender in New York’s infamous Toots Shor Saloon. His nickname had been bestowed upon him during his time
Shippy’s famous city friends — Jackie Gleason, Jack Dempsey, Henry Ford, and Art Carney, to name a few — frequented the bar in its heyday. Today, Shippy’s Pumpernickel, with its reliably delicious take on German food and its nostalgic décor, provides a warm atmosphere for Southampton denizens looking to shed pretense — enjoyably curt service, low-forthe-Hamptons prices, and menu directives (No Substitutes! Plate
Sharing Charge!). All the more reason to dig in.
The restaurant teems with tradition, in fact. The original Shippy’s menu, from the 1950s, hangs on the wall, boasting a $1.50 lobster tail special. The bar, like so many of the interior details, is original. Booths speak to a certain bygone age of casual dining, a concept slowly fading from the fabric of eastern Long Island.
Among the superlative homemade desserts, the Black Forest cake rises above the rest — although patrons may point you to the equally estimable apple strudel. If you find it too hard to choose between the additional options of Bavarian cream pie, triple chocolate cake, carrot cake, and cheesecake, remember that there’s no shame in ordering the lot.
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Dining Ian’s (Calder-Piedmonte of Balsam Farms) cilantro.
My husband, back in his salad days, used to impress the ladies by drinking Tabasco straight from the bottle, among a host of other juvenile tricks. But the kimchi — a product from a newly-formed collaboration between Weiner and Blutstein called Kimchi Jews, and available for purchase at the L&W market right next door — brought immediate tears to his eyes. “I’m not dumbing it down,” said Blutstein, an expert zymologist as well as chef, with a smile. After the initial wowza bite, we were both able to enjoy the extraordinary flavor of the fermented dish, filled with healthy probiotics and offset by the sweetness of the short rib and the relative blandness of the rice.
The lamb dish, served in a bowl, also offered a dichotomy of taste — the strength of the meatiness and ginger balanced by the chickpeas and almonds and topped with the fresh verdure of the cilantro.
Almond Just wants to ‘have fun’ By Bridget LeRoy
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Almond, that bastion on the corner of Ocean Road and Main Street in Bridgehampton, is more than just a great location. The restaurant — opened by Executive Chef Jason Weiner and Eric Lemonides in 2001 and moved to its present location almost 10 years ago — offers mostly locallysourced produce, prepared by its locally-sourced chef de cuisine, the James Beard Award-nominated Jeremy Blutstein, who came up in Amagansett.
The ambience can’t be beat; part busy French brasserie and part cozy bistro with outdoor dining as well,
cheerful oldies playing, and a busy floor with speedy staff. And the menu features whatever is fresh and in season.
“Marilee brought in these incredible cucumbers this morning,” Blutstein said, referring to local farmer Marilee Foster. The result was a salad bursting with crunch and flavor — Marilee’s Cucumber Salad, with Alex Balsam’s pickled onions, poppy seeds, chilis, whipped feta, and smashed castelvetrano olives. My husband, Eric Johnson, opted for the mussels to start. Mussels, even in this area known for its seafood, can be hit or miss — it’s a
rare night when my Bonacker mate doesn’t get at least one “funky” one in the bowl. But he was blown away by the preparation at Almond, the mussels large and plump, and the broth so rich and tasty it was a real effort to keep him from lifting the bowl to his mouth, a public no-no in my book. Next came the entrées. Eric chose the Korean-style BBQ short rib, served with Bridgehampton basement kimchi, black bean ssam sauce (a tangy chili paste), and sticky rice. I went for Dan’s crispy lamb (Dan Honig of Happy Valley Meat), Marilee’s gingered cukes, chickpeas, smoked almonds, and
The restaurant offers Meatless Mondays and an assortment of raw seafood, along with the classic French steak frites, and an entire menu of fries prepared different ways. The menu is always changing, but other appetizers and entrees offered this week include escargot, foie gras, Adobo duck taquitos, Maine halibut with Jim-n-Jen’s two-day eggplant caponata, and a roast chicken dish prepared with Yukon golds, natural sauce, and Alex’s sautéed greens. The dessert was perfect — a shared sticky toffee date cake with crème fraiche ice cream, a step back into my childhood in England, replete with Lyle’s Golden Syrup, just the way it should be.
“The point is to just have fun,” Blutstein said, and the cheeky menu reflects the fun of eating at Almond in Bridgehampton. All in all, the dinner balanced the atmosphere and experience of a meal in a Parisian eatery with a casual but special dinner out in the Hamptons. Those on a low-salt diet may want to mention that when ordering, but for those seeking a non-stop party in your mouth, Almond is the place.
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Dining Brandon. Although you can order fried eggplant all across Italy, this dish was reminiscent of the Sicilian breaded eggplant cutlets one can order in Palermo, or, if you’re lucky, have your nonna cook up for you.
For our main courses, I traveled to the Northwest corner of “the boot,” to the Piemonte region, for an absolutely delectable dish. The faggotini (“little bundles”) is a ravioli filled with caramelized pears, chopped walnuts, parmigiano, and gorgonzola dolce in a white wine cream parmigiano broth with toasted walnuts and cherry tomatoes. Independent/Bridget LeRoy
Grana: Not Your Average Pizza Joint By Bridget LeRoy
Grana Trattoria Antica, located on the main drag in Jamesport, is based on the rustic family-run restaurants that owners Nancy and David Plath have visited in Italy. The eatery specializes in wood fired pizza and other regional Italian
fare, but with a North Fork twist — dishes are prepared with organic and locally sourced ingredients, including hand mixed organic pizza dough, handmade mozzarella with no whiteners or additives, and handmade pasta. Meats come “from artisan producers that take great care raising, feeding, and producing open 7 days a week 631-725-7555 fax: 631-725-2239 View our menu on line at
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their products,” according to the restaurant’s website.
Grana opened about eight years ago, and has a reputation for being consistently good, a hidden gem not so hidden on the North Fork’s Route 25. Donning the feed bag with me for dinner was Brian Cosgrove, host of 88.3 WPPB FM’s “Afternoon Ramble,” and we opted to sit at one of the outdoor tables located in front of Grana. Inside, high ceilings and bold colors dominate, with an L-shaped bar and the requisite wood oven on show. It was a beautiful night, in spite of the occasional noise from a truck passing on Main Street.
First up, an appetizer of melanzane fritti — thick slices, spectacularly crunchy on the outside, meltin-your-mouth in the middle, delivered by our cheerful server,
The creaminess of the sauce and the pasta, offset by the sweetness of the pears, the gentle bite of the cheese, and the crunch of walnuts was absolutely heavenly. “That is off the hook,” said Cosgrove after a taste. Well put, my friend. Brian had the special, Il Mare, a filet of branzino, clams, and mussels in a white wine broth, with tomato, olives, and caperberries, bursting with fresh, tangy flavor that didn’t mask the taste of the fish. We also chowed down on the specialty of the house, pizza, opting for a pie prepared with locally grown mushrooms, fontina, pecorino tartufo (a sharp cheese encrusted with truffles), and black truffle oil, which provided a rich and earthy medley. The wood-fired crust was crispy and the mozzarella was creamy and fresh with very little salt, a perfect base for the umami essence offered up by the funghi y tartufi. Other menu choices include
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Notable Dinner Destinations By Vanessa Gordon
There are quite honestly dozens of great spots for dinner, yet these five are spots I set special time aside for each summer season. I either look forward to that one-of-a-kind dish, breathtaking sunset views, or both of course! According to me, these are also the restaurants where you could set your expectations high and still leave more than satisfied. Harbor Bistro I started going to Harbor Bistro in East Hampton three years ago and instantly came to see why this waterfront restaurant is so popular. I usually come for sunset happy hour. My favorite dishes are the flash-fried calamari and Montauk fluke. After dinner at sunset, my family and I love to head to Maidstone Park beach or out boating. The Beacon I almost count down the days until
The Beacon is open for the summer season. Though I used to come here more often for brunch on Sundays, I find myself having dinner here on a late Saturday evening. I love the activity at this Sag Harbor spot and I always meet the most pleasant, lighthearted people here. Its lobster rigatoni is out of this world! Don’t let the summer pass by without trying it. Red Bar Brasserie If you cherish fine dining paired with the kindest service around, then you will instantly fall in love
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with Red Bar in Southampton. Any choice is a five-star decision when it comes to the menu. For me, I always choose its crackling pork shank or braised boneless beef short ribs. Its baked Alaska is presented so beautifully and is a must have.
the menu by Chef Michael Rozzi evolves with the seasons. I always try to order its signature sticky date cake for dessert! For a more laid-back experience, visit the downstairs tavern for its famous meatloaf and burger.
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I always like to visit this Hampton Bays eatery during the week and on the earlier side to avoid crowds. Rumba is tons of fun for the whole family with its casual, upbeat Caribbean vibe. I love to order its fish tacos and duck empanadas.
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Influencing The East End By Nicole Teitler
Vanessa Gordon of East End Taste will host the inaugural Hamptons Interactive Influencer Brunch on Saturday, July 21, from 12 to 3 PM at Topping Rose House in Bridgehampton. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Retreat, a domestic violence shelter in East Hampton.
The concept came about earlier in the year when Gordon held a planning session with celebrity event planners Sean Koski and Brian Kelly of Ticket2Events. Having never done anything like this before, Gordon received enough positive feedback and support to step outside of her comfort zone and make her idea a reality. Welcome to the
Upward of 125 Hamptons and New York City based personalities will join this lifestyle expert for an afternoon comprised of brands across the beauty, fashion, wine and spirits, and home décor industries. The predominately invitation-only brunch features influencers handpicked by Gordon herself, citing criteria of a certain reach and strong, organic following, of which she looked up using web tool Social Blade.
“In a way we all influence each other. What’s cool about the whole influencer concept is that you’re not watching a commercial on television, flipping through channels. You’re actually looking for these people and are excited to see what they’re doing next. It’s a lifestyle you admire,” she said. “I’m a journalist and I fell into the whole influencer concept by accident,” Gordon noted. “Two years ago, someone said that I could get paid good money for a post and I thought it sounded like a scam.
Now I have to push brands away,” she said. To date, her Instagram @ EastEndTaste has a following of more than 32,000. Her posts depict her foodie escapades, such as eating spoonsful of Turkey Hill Dairy right from the carton, and tailored beauty brand choices.
Renee Guerrero of @GettingFitFab, who has over 14,000 followers in the beauty and motherhood sector, said, “As an influencer, networking and meeting other bloggers who can relate to this business is extremely refreshing. I’m so excited to attend and can’t wait to meet like-minded women who share the same passions as I do!” “[I] can’t wait to head to the Hamptons for the weekend for a fab event with East End Taste. Excited to get my hair done, shop, and party for a good cause!” commented style influencer Michelle Madonna Charles, @ThatMadonnaGirl, with 52,000 followers.
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“We look forward to continuing these dinners throughout the year and bringing business leaders to see what Southampton has to offer them in terms of food, lifestyle, and entertainment,” said Ashley John Heather. “As we say at The Spur — come here to work, play, and learn. The more business leaders from outside the Hamptons can see the opportunities here to grow businesses and enjoy the lifestyle of the East End, the better for all of us.”
inSPURational Dining By Nicole Teitler
On Wednesday, July 11, The Spur in Southampton debuted its inSPURation Dining Series as a means to showcase the innovative space to industry VIPs in a setting that’s both intimate and avant garde.
Kicking off the dining series of 2018 was a night dedicated to those in the hospitality industry, led by veteran hotelier and co-founder of Journal Hotels, Stephen Brandman.
The event was catered by Lisa Dan, who came across The Spur through attending a few evening presentations. “They were very helpful with tips for tweaking the business marketingwise, plus [it is] a great space to network. From there, we were invited to cater for the dining series,” explained Daniel Holle, co-owner of Lisa Dan. “We try to bring a positive attitude to our jobs. We feel it reflects in the food, so we’re very happy to work with the team at The Spur.”
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The night started with canapés, homemade cheddar crackers, and pan-fried shrimp wrapped in speck and Marcona almonds. A chilled corn soup with crab, chili oil, and chives accompanied with crusty bread and butter was the appetizer. The entrée was barbecued Australian lamb rack marinated in rosemary and garlic served with mint pesto and crisp fried potatoes. Steamed asparagus, roasted red and golden beets, and a ratatouille were on the
tables, available for picking. The finale, dessert, was a vanilla meringue with whipped cream, summer berries (raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries), and raspberry coulis. Homemade peanut brittle was offered as a take-home, ensuring that the sweetness would last a little bit longer. Brandman’s experience in the hospitality industry spans over 30 years, including co-founding Thompson and Commune Hotels. His latest endeavor, Journal Hotels, includes a collection of The Hollywood Roosevelt, Two Bunch Palms, Ambassador Chicago, Mondrian Park Avenue, and hotel affiliates of Hotel San Francisco, The Standard High Line, and, coming later this year, the Hotel Clark LA and Trinity Hotel.
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and working together. It creates an environment where they feel like they’re doing more than working, they’re living.”
Owning a home in East Hampton for the past 12 years, the Hamptons have turned into a year-round destination for Brandman, citing Nick & Toni’s as his go-to restaurant. “They’ve created an environment where everyone feels like a local,” he
For its future events, tables are limited to 12 guests to maintain an intimate setting, and pricing is $500 a seat, going to i-hamptons, a charity that funds the annual RipTide grant, aiding entrepreneurs of the East End in starting their businesses. Each dinner will focus on one sector — next up is Retail and Luxury. The date is not yet set. Visit www.thespur.com or email info@thespur.com to learn more. Follow all The Spur is up to @ SpurInnovations.
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“Innovation comes in a couple of different ways,” he said. “There are things that, from a technology standpoint, are very interesting, because of the impact millennials have. We’re putting creative spaces into our hotels, things like co-work spaces. We understand that people like to work in small communities,” explained Brandman. Lobby spaces once set the tone for a traditional cocktail. Now, they’re setting a tone for communal environments.
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Recipe of the week // Joe Cipro 2 Tbsp ground black pepper 2 Tbsp granulated garlic 2 Tbsp corn starch Six eggs
1 c water
1 gallon, canola frying oil Coleslaw Ingredients
Fried Softshell Crab & Orange Sesame Slaw
½ head white cabbage (shaved thin)
1 c cilantro (picked and chopped)
Dressing Ingredients
Frying Ingredients
4 oranges, juiced
1/2 shallot (minced)
4 soft shell crabs 2 c flour
2 c panko bread crumbs 3 Tbsp paprika 1 Tbsp cumin
2 Tbsp Old Bay seasoning
1/2 head of purple cabbage (shaved thin) 2 carrots (peeled and cut into thin sticks) 2 limes
1 oz ginger (peeled and minced)
1/4 c crème fraiche
2 scallions (sliced thin)
1/4 c sour cream
1/4 c mayonnaise 2 Tbsp honey
1 tsp sesame oil
2 Tbsp sesame seeds
1/4 c soy sauce 1 Tbsp mirin
1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar 1 tsp fish sauce
1/2 red bell pepper (minced) Method Start by heating the oil you will need to fry the soft shell crab. If you do not have a small tabletop fryer for your home, you will need a candy thermometer and a large deep saucepot. Clean the soft shell crab by snipping off the front area where
the eyes are with a scissor. Flip the side of the shell up and clean out the gills. There is a flap on the underside of the crab indicating male or female. Cut that off and the crab is ready to be breaded and fried.
Mix the flour, panko, seasoning, and corn starch to make the breading. Whisk the eggs with one cup of water and you have your crab breading. Whisk together the orange juice, crème fraiche, sour, cream, mayonnaise, honey, lime juice, and sesame oil to make your coleslaw dressing. Toss the shaved cabbage and carrots together with the dressing, the cilantro, salt, and pepper.
Mix the dressing ingredients together for the sauce to dress the crab after it has been fried. To fry the crabs, dip them in the egg mix and coat in the breading. Fry at 350 degrees for two minutes on each side. Place the crab on a bed of the mixed slaw. Garnish with some toasted sesame seeds and enjoy.
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Dining WHY? “This recipe is much lighter than regular Carbonara, not having pork and its grease in it. It’s great for the creaminess, tasty for the saltiness of mussels and Pecorino Romano. It’s rich in minerals and protein from a different field of alimentation. It’s also very easy to eat because of the mussels out of the shells.” INGREDIENTS 20 pc Mediterranean mussels 1/2 lb egg fettuccine
1 clove finely chopped garlic
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1 pinch crushed red pepper 1 pinch of salt
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Thinly chopped parsley DIRECTIONS Wash mussels and set aside.
On medium heat, cook garlic with red crushed pepper and salt. When garlic turns golden, add mussels on high heat. Stir for one minute, then add the white wine. (We suggest Pinot Grigio). Cover and let simmer for about three minutes. Then keep cooking, uncovered, for another minute.
Set aside to allow mussels to cool slightly. Remove mussels from shells, keeping two for decoration.
In salted boiling water, cook pasta two minutes less than the suggested time (in order to finish it in sauce). Right before straining pasta, place cleaned mussels in original sauce over high heat. Add pasta with some of its cooking water. After stirring for a couple of minutes, remove pan from heat, add egg yolks, pecorino, and parsley and stir rapidly for the mixture to become creamy. Serve with the whole mussels on top and a pinch of fresh black pepper.
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Craig Rose plays from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, followed by Wild Honey from 2 to 6 PM on Saturday, July 21. On Sunday, July 22, it’s Ricky Roche from 2 to 6 PM. For more events, check out www.baitinghollowfarmvineyard.
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8:30 PM, are $35 to $40. The event price includes two wine glasses to print, instruction, and a complimentary glass of wine. Space is limited, so reservations are suggested.
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Looking ahead, clear your calendars to get your feet wet and grape skin between your toes at the vineyard’s annual stomp party on September 9. There will be live music and food. The event runs from 1 to 5 PM and costs $105 per person for VIPs. VIP admission includes inside access to the Manor House, a private hour of stomping, a complimentary glass of wine, and food options.
Only one more week until the Summer Rosé and Bubbly Fest on Saturday, July 28. It will feature music, over 25 wineries, specialty foods, and light hors d’oeuvres. There will be two sessions — 12 to 3 PM and 4 to 7 PM. Tickets run $55 to $115.
On Saturday, July 21, see the work of vineyard artist in residence, Laura Pashayan.
jason’s vineyard On Friday, July 20, enjoy “Friday Night Music At Jason’s Vineyard” with Dante from 5:30 to 8:30 PM.
Alyson Faith plays from 1:30 to 5:30 PM on Saturday, July 21. Then, at the same time on Sunday, July 22, it’s Joe Hampton. For more vineyard news, go to www.jasonsvineyard.com. martHa clara vineyards
General admission is from 2 to 5 PM at $65 per person for wine club members and $75 for all others. Admission includes a complimentary glass of wine. For more information, visit www. marthaclaravineyards.com.
Wine all the way down on Wednesday, July 18, with some live music and a local food truck from 6 to 9 PM. There will also be a paint and sip party with Maggie Carine of Wine of a Kind. Tickets for the event, which runs from 6:45 to
On Friday, July 20, Michael Readinger takes the stage from 4 to 8 PM, and there will be fresh local oysters and yoga at sunset. On Saturday, July 21, from 1 to 5 PM, listen to the tunes of Johnny Kroo and check out some good grub from Nice Buns food truck.
Also, on July 28, you might want to check out the Pink Pavillion, which will offer an open bar serving exclusive Palmer wine not featured at the event. There will be light food offerings and 50 percent off all Palmer bottles-to-go at $50 per person. The pavilion will open for two sessions: from 1 to 3 PM and 2 to 5 PM. For more information, go to
www.palmervineyards.com. pindar vineyards Come down this Friday, July 20, for “Sunset Friday” on the Wisteria Deck, featuring music from Jen Kane from 6 to 9 PM. Try Summer Sangria with Sweet Scarlett at $8 per 16-ounce cup through September. The NoFo Band plays from 1 to 5 PM on Saturday, July 21. Sahara takes the stage during the same times on Sunday, July 22. Don’t forget to visit the food truck for some grub on the dub. wÖlffer estate Yacouba plays at the vineyard Thursday, July 19. Savor wines by the glass, as well as cheese and charcuterie plates. Shake a leg on Friday and Saturday as the Clinton Curtis takes the stage Saturday, July 21, and Black and Sparrow play Sunday, July 22. Cheese and charcuterie plates and wrap sandwiches will be available for purchase. For times, call 631537-5106.
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joined by former Suffolk County poet laureate, Robert Savino to read their poetry. There will be an open mic as well. Suggested donation: $10. For more information, call 631-413-7702. James Patterson Hampton Library in Bridgehampton continues its “Fridays at Five” series on Friday, July 20, with James Patterson, author of The President is Missing, from 5 to 6 PM. Admission is $25. Call 631-537-0015 or email info@hamptonlibrary.org.
Craft Brew Talk East Hampton Library continues its Tom Twomey series this Friday, July 20, at 6 PM with “Craft Brewing Out East,” a panel discussion on the local craft beer boom with three leading East End brewers, followed by a complimentary tasting. For more information, visit www. tomtwomeyseries.org. Canio’s Canio’s in Sag Harbor will have author David Margolick presenting The Promise & The Dream: The Untold Story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy
on Saturday, July 21, at 5 PM. For more information, visit www. canios.wordpress.com. Marders lecture Marders in Bridgehampton presents a garden lecture on Sunday, July 22, from 10 to 11 AM titled “Oh Deer! Dealing with deer without tears.” All lectures are free. Email info@marders.com for more information.
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all sorts of salads and pizzas — including a fig pizza with
gorgonzola cream and another with clams — regional pasta dishes like puttanesca, amatriciana, and Bolognese, and meat and seafood dishes as well.
“True Italian cooking is based on three rules: ingredients, ingredients, ingredients,” reads Grana’s blog. The Plaths start with the best. Grana is a perfect spot a fare una spaghettata — literally “to eat spaghetti,” but also to meet with good friends and socialize. For more information and reservations, visit www. granajamesport.com.
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East End Taste and I was ecstatic to learn I was one of the select few who were invited to such a buzzworthy event. I’m looking forward to being around my peers, discovering new brands, and indulging in the many treats and services,” mentioned foodie John Simon, @XOJohn of 3300 followers. A complimentary beauty bar will include delights from T3 Micro, Kendra Scott, and Gloss Lab. The designer trunk show includes Anuja Tolia Jewelry in addition to jewelry customized with hand-picked floral pieces from b Floral. Enjoy tasting stations from Muuna and Lolea Sangria bar, and nitro coffee from Chameleon Cold Brew.
Guests will have the chance to win big on silent auction items and walk away with overstuffed gift bags filled with familiar designer names such as Talbots, Kopari Beauty, Masigi, Supergoop, Welly Bottle, Henri Bendel, The Daily Edited, Harney and Sons Tea, Dylan’s Candy Bar, Zico Coconut Water, and more. A select number of tickets are available to the public. Find select tickets at www.eastendtaste.com/ hamptons-interactive-brunch.
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The Clubhouse at East Hampton Indoor Tennis opened on Thursday, July 12. A soft opening for friends and family was held on Tuesday, July 10. The space features a 10-lane bowling alley, 40-plus game arcade, indoor bocce ball, cornhole, pool tables, and mini golf. The menu showcases American pub/bistro style-fare and features indoor and outdoor seating.
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BIALSKY BUILDERS CREATE SEASIDE CASTLES
CHRIS HALL & CP COMPLETE: NICE MATTERS
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BIALSKY BUILDERS CREATE SEASIDE CASTLES
By Zachary Weiss
Jay Bialsky knows a thing or two about building the perfect seaside castle. In his many years catering to discerning home owners, he and his team have cracked the code on exactly how shifting tastes and trends combine with personal preferences to create the ideal abode. Here, we sit down with Bialsky to hear all about it.
BIALSKY BUILDERS HAS DEVELOPED AN EXTRAORDINARY REPUTATION. TELL US HOW YOU’VE ACHIEVED THIS. I’ve designed homes that run the gamut from traditional to ultramodern for over 24 years. All have special detailing that elevates each custom home I build to the next level. I respond to the parcel and of course, to my clients.
WHEN DID YOU FIRST SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP HOMES OF THIS CALIBER OUT EAST? I started my career in 1994. East Enders have always sought high caliber homes.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR CLIENTELE. IS THERE A PARTICULAR TREND AMONG THEM? My clients have one thing in common; they all want something different, special, and built with the highest quality and attention to detail. I try to provide that in all my houses.
YOU’VE SAID THAT GREAT PROPERTY IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD GREAT DESIGN. HOW DO YOU BEGIN YOUR SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT PARCEL? I’ve been developing properties out here on the East End for the past 24 years. I’m lucky enough to have the brokerage community think of me first. They know I can perform quickly.
Jay Bialsky on location at his latest undertaking in Sag Harbor.
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I think the market is spotty, which is why I am sticking to only the best
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WHAT’S YOUR VIEW ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE HAMPTONS REAL ESTATE MARKET? ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON THE RISE?
parcels, which usually are waterfront or water view.
TELL US ABOUT SOME STANDOUT PROPERTIES THAT FELT PARTICULARLY SPECIAL TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. This is like asking me which is my favorite daughter. I’m proud of all my work, because each home is unique.
WHEN YOU’RE NOT DESIGNING AND BUILDING WORLD CLASS HOMES, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN? Boating with my family and friends.
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TELL US ABOUT YOUR MOST RECENT DEAL WITH SAG HARBOR, WHY YOU’RE MOVING THERE, AND WHAT YOU’RE PLANNING FOR YOUR NEW HOME? I just purchased 2 West Water in Sag Harbor. I’m presently proposing three family condos, and my family and I will be moving into one of them. This location checks everything we want in a home; we can walk to everything in town, our boat will be in our backyard, incredible water views, and the best sunsets out East. To learn more about Bialsky Builders, go to www.jbialsky.com or call 631 537 6677.
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Stacy Wickham Photography, stacywickham.com By Bridget LeRoy
Chris Hall is responsible for indyeastend.com, literally. Back about a million years ago, one of Hall’s previous incarnations, Peconic Online, made The Independent the very first newspaper on Long Island to be available on the web, even before Newsday. It was Chris who chose the domain name, indyeastend, which we still use today. Hearing about the high-end services offered at CP Complete (named for Chris and his business partner, Paul Guillo), I wondered, Could that be MY Chris Hall? Turns out, it is.
CP Complete is, as the name implies, a complete construction
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My partner, Paul Guillo, and I have each been working in the Hamptons in the construction/ service business for over 30 years. During that time, we have formed many relationships and earned a reputation for excellent work and reliability. Therefore, we have been able to cultivate top talent. Not only do we perform quality work, we employ some of the nicest and most trustworthy people in the Hamptons.
WHAT MAKES YOUR BRAND DIFFERENT? CP Complete prides itself in fostering a collaborative effort. We listen very carefully to our clients and work with them to build and
create something that is ideal for them and for their family. What sets CP Complete apart from many construction and renovation companies is that we are a boutique service. We limit the amount of clients that we work with at any given time and focus on only those projects. Therefore, we are able to give our full attention to every detail and finish project on time and on budget. Through the years we also seem to attract some of the nicest clients. The chemistry we have with our clients and our staff makes the construction process a pleasure.
TELL ME ABOUT YOU AND PAUL AND YOUR BACKGROUNDS. Paul Guillo and I have known each other for many years. Paul was born and raised in Southampton and is well known throughout the community as a standup guy. His gentle personality combined
with his extensive knowledge of the construction process are key components in the success of CP Complete. Paul is a family man and spends his down time with his wife and children. In fact, Paul and I met while both coaching our son’s Little League teams. We formed a bond through baseball that led to a friendship, and eventually to a business partnership. CP Complete often partners with Paul’s excavation company, Guillo Contracting. Guillo Contracting has provided invaluable service to the construction community throughout the years. Having been an entrepreneur based in the Hamptons for over 30 years, I realize all too well that it’s a blessing to have such a fine man as a partner. Our talents and personalities complement each other well.
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TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SERVICES YOU OFFER AT CP COMPLETE.
and renovation company. We have a team in place that provides top level carpentry, roofing, siding, kitchens, bathrooms, masonry work, pool houses, landscaping, and all aspects of construction.
My professional background is quite diverse. I began my first business in the swimming pool service and construction field at the age of 19. After working myself through college, the business flourished through the ‘80s and early ‘90s. After a dozen years, I sold my portion of the business to a partner and moved on to form an ISP and website development firm. We provided commercial and residential internet access for the tri-state area and created hundreds of web sites, including Hamptons’ staples such as The Hampton Classic, Hampton Jitney, and, of course, indyeastend.com for The Independent. I also produced, and was a parttime host, for Mixed Bag Radio, a show for that ran on Sirius/XM. Working at Mixed Bag Radio was a true pleasure, having had the honor working with my partner, legendary radio personality Pete Fornatale. Within the last several years, I have gone full circle, reentering the construction business, building and renovating residential homes and properties. Paul and I are tremendously proud of our work at CP Complete and have created a work/family balance that has always been our primary goal.
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WHAT IS AN INTERESTING STORY ABOUT ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS? Our most recent project was the construction of a pavilion in East Hampton. We had a very short timeline and a long list of
work with our landscape architect. We often incorporate tennis or basketball courts into the property, bringing in the top builder Joe Murphy and Smart Sport Surfacing. Every detail matters. Patience is rewarded with a beautiful home. Smaller projects involve less planning and happen much more quickly. For example, CP Complete can build a fantastic outdoor kitchen fairly quickly, with custom masonry, grill, side burners, pizza oven, sink, custom cabinets, refrigerator, wine fridge, ice maker, ample counter space, and all of the amenities of an indoor kitchen. Paul Guillo and Chris Hall.
responsibilities. CP Complete began the project in the spring and was able to deliver a beautiful open air pavilion with a custom brick fireplace (and a 55” television above), gorgeous handpicked wooden interior walls, bluestone patio, outdoor kitchen, and exterior design to match the main house. Despite the timeframe for completion, our client worked with us to make quick, well-informed decisions on lighting fixtures, countertops, kitchen amenities, and landscape material to keep the process moving. What made this job, and many projects, exciting is the organization and planning that went into the design and construction. We enjoy the collaborative process and the excitement that comes with solving daily challenges that
eventually lead to something that a family can enjoy for decades to come. I received a text yesterday that brought a smile to my face; our client told me that they have been enjoying their backyard more than they ever could have imagined.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PROJECT YOU’VE DONE TO DATE? WHAT IS THE SMALLEST? The biggest projects are always full home construction. The timeline on home construction begins with many meetings with the client, architect, and our team; hundreds of decisions that must be made. We have a wonderful relationship with Shannon Wiley of Sea Green Designs for interior decorating and space layout. The landscape design generally includes a custom gunite pool and pool house, and we
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CP COMPLETE? Whether it be an outdoor kitchen, specialty masonry work, a home renovation, or a simple patio, our objective is to leave a lasting imprint on the Hamptons landscape by building something special. We have seen Hamptons estates that are enjoyed for a handful of days throughout the year. CP Complete builds projects that are meant to be enjoyed every day. We’ve been very lucky that we have attracted clients who have been loved our work, and delight in the time they spend each day at their home throughout the summer. The best way to learn about our work is to visit www.cpcomplete. com, the photos and slide shows show CP Complete’s wide breadth of projects.
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FEATURED Above $5M 625 Hedges Lane Sagaponack BUYER: 625 HEDGES LANE LLC SELLER: HARWIN, S SELL PRICE: $5,500,000
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O’Connell, B Friedenberg, R Dessoffy, W Siegfried,M byDevise Jacoby, A NORI Contracting Inc Fitzmaurice,T by Ref Lumelleau, J & L Koda, D 14 OldOrchardLnTrust Silverman, T Pincow, J Chaloner, E Prager, L Swanton, D by Exr Schwarzman/Katz, E BC 16 LLC Butler, M & P Cullen, W Daniello,J&P &Person Stone Lion Inn LLC Arandia, J
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ZIPCODE 11960 - REMSENBURG ZIPCODE 11962 - SAGAPONACK ZIPCODE 11963 - SAG HARBOR
ZIPCODE 11968 - SOUTHAMPTON
ZIPCODE 11976 - WATER MILL
ZIPCODE 11977 - WESTHAMPTON
ZIPCODE 11978 - WESTHAMPTON BEACH
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Edward Albee’s Montauk spread is up for sale.
some lobster bisque? Of course, you do — it was last week. Well, some of us have been doing it for 50 years, so there! Hopefully nothing will change besides the owner.
By Rick Murphy
Albee Estate On The Market The Pulitzer Prize may not be on the fireplace mantel anymore, but the spirit of one of America’s greatest playwrights surely permeates Edward Albee’s former household.
The New York Post reports Garrett Wellins has put the eatery, at 15 Main Street in Southampton Village, up for sale for $5.79 million.
The author of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Albee’s Montauk estate is up for sale, with an asking price of $20 million. The three-acre site sits beautifully on a gorgeous piece of tranquil oceanfront and has the requisite bells: pool, tennis, and guest cottage. Albee bought the place in 1960 and lived there until his passing in 2016. His foundation currently owns it. Paul Brennan at Elliman is handling the sale.
Silver’s Available Remember buying a hard-to-get magazine, a Cuban cigar, and cozying up at the bar at Silver’s for Licensed
The two-story building dates back to the turn of the century — no, not that one, the one before it. In 1923, Wellins’s great-aunt Mollie Silver and her husband, Max, opened a cigar store in the downstairs of the two-story building. They eventually figured out lobster brought a much better return on investment. The downstairs restaurant seats 47 people inside and 32 diners outside. There are high ceilings, original bar seating with built-ins, millwork, and other period details, from stained glass windows to skylights to transom windows.
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Show Inspired By Chinese Culture
artist and his wife, Dr. Vishakha Desai, a scholar of Asian art, the exhibition concentrates on Oxnam’s wood sculptures. Inspired by “Chinese Scholars Rocks” that highlight natural shapes in ancient stones weathered in riverbeds and mountains, Oxnam’s sculptures also pay tribute to the beauty and spirit of the North Fork by utilizing weathered wood found on the shores of the Long Island Sound, from Port Jefferson to Orient Point.
Vishakha Desai, Robert Oxnam, and Mary Cantone.
“As I work, I am moved by several Chinese philosophies (especially Taoism) and by the notion that I am taking an old Chinese aesthetic approach and applying it to a fresh medium. I even share the Chinese preferences for certain tactile qualities in rocks — balanced, but unusual shapes, deep indentations, bumpy surfaces, intriguing holes,” Oxnam explained.
On Saturday, sculptures were clustered in groups of three and four to allow for a dialogue within the space. Three splashed ink wash paintings welcome visitors while large abstract digital photographs of glacial rocks further invited them into Oxnam’s world. In attendance were North Fork artists Scott McIntire, Allan Wexler, and film director and author Amie Wallach.
Robert Oxnam explains his work to guests Marian Weiss and Wendy Papir.
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By Jade Eckardt
The William Ris Gallery in Jamesport welcomed over 100 guests for the opening reception of “Chinese Inspiration/North
Fork Creation,” a solo art show by local artist Dr. Robert Oxnam, on July 14. The exhibition displays more than 40 sculptures, color photography, and ink paintings by
Oxnam, an international specialist in Chinese history and culture. It is on display until August 12. Organized and curated by the
“What a pleasure to share my twin interests, Chinese culture and North Fork art-making. Great turnout and enthusiasm all around,” Oxnam said. The William Ris Gallery is owned and directed by Mary Cantone and exhibits an extensive selection of original contemporary works by East Coast artists, particularly those from Long Island. The gallery is open daily from noon to 5 PM and by appointment and is located at 1291 Main Road in Jamesport. The exhibition is free and open to the public. The gallery will host an artist talk with Oxnam on Saturday, July 28, from 4 to 6 PM.
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Itzhak Perlman students Play In greenport By Jade Eckardt
More than 50 string students from the East End Arts music program will play in an open rehearsal under the baton of internationally acclaimed violin virtuoso and conductor Itzhak Perlman at Greenport High School on Wednesday, July 25, at 5:30 PM.
The students, who range from eight to 18 years old and play violin, viola, cello, and double bass, have been rehearsing with EEA faculty member Jeannie Woelker to prepare for the event. “Playing with the Perlman Music Program under the baton of Itzhak Perlman is a much enjoyed experience and an amazing opportunity for the students,” said EEA education director Diane Giardi. Following the open rehearsal, the Perlman Music Program Student Orchestra will give a performance at 7:30 PM.
This is the seventh year EEA students have had the opportunity to collaborate with PMP’s student orchestra, thanks to a 2012 introduction from Mark Miller of
Miller Environmental, a Calvertonbased company servicing the utility, transportation, and petrochemical industries. PMP welcomes international young musicians to its intensive summer programs on its waterfront campus on Shelter Island. The program offers unparalleled musical mentoring for students, ages 12 and up, who play the violin, viola, cello, bass, and piano, and spend the summers training with Perlman and other PMP faculty. The East End Arts School’s music program has 200 students each semester studying voice, piano, drums, violin, guitar, and band and orchestral instruments. Next Wednesday’s open rehearsal is free and open to the public. Tickets for the student orchestra performance are $20 in advance, and $25 at the door. East End Arts was established in 1972 and is a not-for-profit arts organization. It operates a school of the arts, an art gallery, and presents various events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Proceeds from all
events, sales, classes, donations, and membership benefits the mission and commitment to building and enriching the community through the arts.
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One dead, six injured In Greenport crash By Jade Eckardt
A drunk driver behind the wheel of a pickup truck killed one passenger in a minivan and injured six others on Sunday morning in an accident on Route 48 in Greenport at approximately 8:30 AM, police say. Glenn Zaleski, 36, of Greenport, was arrested, charged with driving while intoxicated, and held for arraignment.
According to police, the long-time North Fork resident was headed east and collided head-on with the westbound minivan. You Feng Yang of Flushing, 51, the driver of the minivan, was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital at approximately 10:30 AM, police said.
The six passengers, also from Flushing, were identified by police as Yan An Huang, 52; Wang Shilin, 52; Ping Li, 54; Yan Hong Han, 44; Tong Jun Qu, 46; and Chunxia Lui, 44. They suffered varying, but severe, degrees of injuries. Some were airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, while others were treated at regional hospitals. The crash is currently under investigation, according to Southold Town Police.
Route 48 was shut down for the majority of the day, while traffic was rerouted into Greenport along the Main Road, causing severe traffic delays.
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Got North Fork news to share? Email to jade@indyeastend.com by Thursday at noon. jamesport Art show East End Arts announces a new art show at the Rosalie Dimon Gallery at the Jamesport Manor Inn featuring paintings by East End Arts members Shawn Sullivan and Dena Zemsky. The show will open on Friday, July 27, and will be open for viewing until October 31. An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, September 16, from 3 to 5 PM at the gallery.
wine, and a silent auction featuring unique East End experiences. The night will honor community leader Joe McKay. All proceeds support students with financial need at Peconic Community School. Tickets are $150 and can be purchased at www.peconiccommunityschool.org.
Sponsorships help ensure PCS can raise the funds to support scholarship opportunities for students. Benefits include ticket packages and varying
levels of public recognition for your contribution. Opportunities range from $300 to $5000. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities by visiting the school’s website. lobster fest Support the Greenport and Southold Rotary clubs at the 27th Annual Lobster Fest on Saturday, July 28. The event will be hosted at The Wharf House at Founders Landing and will feature live music by The Wild
Mangos, and a cash bar offering wine, beer, and soft drinks. Dinner will be served from 5 to 8 PM.
Tickets are $55 for adults in advance, $60 at the door and include dinner choices of lobster or steak. Entry for children is $7 and includes dinner options of a hamburger or hot dog. Tickets can be purchased from the McMann Price Agency in Greenport, Ameriprise Financial in Southold, People’s United Bank in Cutchogue, Continued On Page 53.
Painter Shawn Sullivan is a classically trained realist artist known for his expressive still life paintings. He has a Masters in Fine Art from Brooklyn College and has studied privately at the Long Island Academy of Fine Art and the Grand Central Academy of Art. He has over 30 years of experience exhibiting his work and teaching art, and has been awarded teaching fellowships by the Art Institute of Chicago and Cooper Union.
Dena Zemsky’s recent paintings explore the high-tide mark, delineated and defined by the deposit of sea grasses and seaweed. Inspired at a young age by the style, graphics, and graduated color patterns of cartography, she has painted largescale abstract interpretations of maps. In this new work, she incorporated a variety of different materials mixed into the oil paint. The exhibition will be open for viewing Wednesdays through Sundays, from 11:30 AM to 9:30 PM, during lunch and dinner service. The Inn is located at 370 Manor Lane in Jamesport. school fundraiser
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Peconic Community School in Aquebogue will host “Share,” its annual summer fundraiser, on Sunday, August 12, from 5 to 9 PM in Naugles Barn at Hallockville Museum Farm. The theme is “building community through scholarship.” The evening offers a beautiful farm setting for live music, dancing, local farm fare by Lombardi’s, pizza from Rolling in Dough, local beer and
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new north FORK eats By Jade Eckardt
Looking for a new spot to dine at this summer on the North Fork? The Independent has rounded up a list of eateries to choose from. waterfront WAYPOINT Waypoint Restaurant has opened on the water in the former home of Pepi’s just outside of Southold. The Italian-American eatery brings Sicilian flavor to a menu offering fresh pastas, steaks, chops, seafood, and farm-to-table produce. Nestled alongside the Port of Egypt, the restaurant offers indoor/outdoor seating, boats are welcome, and live music is provided regularly. Wayside is open Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from noon to 10 PM, and Friday and Saturday from noon to 11 PM. It is located at 400 Old Main Road, Southold. 631-765-6373. jeni’s moves The beginning of July marked the
move of Jeni’s Main Street Bistro from its former central location in Southold town to an across-fromthe-water location just outside of town in the former home of Six Three One. The eatery offers breakfasts, soups, salads, acai bowls, wraps, burgers, and sandwiches. Owner Jeni Raymond plans to eventually offer a dinner menu and to gain a liquor license. Jeni’s is open seven days a week, from 7 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday, and from 7 AM to 2:30 PM Saturday and Sunday. It is located at 62375 Main Road, Southold. 631-765-9610.
The NoFoDoCo is located at 13175 Main Road, Mattituck and is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9 AM to 5 PM; Friday and Sunday from 9 AM to 7 PM; and Saturday from 9 AM to 6 PM. 631-394-1684. cheese and wine Kate’s Cheese Co., recently opened in Greenport, brings a marriage of fine cheeses and local wine and
beer to Front Street. The shop is owned by North Fork local Kate McDowell who previously ran Kate’s One Hour Photo in the same location. Cheese boards, gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches, and other tasty menu items, such as acai bowls, are also available to enjoy. Kate’s Cheese Co. is located at 19 Front Street in Greenport and is open daily from 11 AM to 11 PM. 631-333-2722.
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locally made donuts The North Fork Doughnut Co. opened its doors in Mattituck this summer and offers locally-made donuts, cold-brewed coffee, and donut ice cream sandwiches made with Magic Fountain ice cream. Unique gourmet donut flavors are fresh-made and include cereal
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In the case of Germany, which is an example used by local project opponents, these individuals have failed to mention, for example, that Germany has been phasing out its nuclear plants, a source of considerable emission-free power, and relying more on coalfired power. The effort to phaseout nuclear power was initiated following the 2011 nuclear disaster
in Fukushima, Japan.
Thank you in advance for reviewing this. As always, we look forward to continuing to work with you and your team as this project advances.
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Last week the Independent ran a photo of the crowd outside the [Stephen] Talkhouse on Friday, July 6. The caption read we were closed for overcrowding and
had to refund our cover charge. That’s not true. We were not cited for being overcrowded nor did we have to empty the club nor refund any money. We were faced with an unexpected and unprecedented crowd. We had 10 security personnel on the street and requested police assistance. The police complied and were great. The Fire Marshal apprised the situation and decided to close the club for further entry so the large crowd would disperse. That was the correct decision, which we agreed with. We assisted in dispersing the crowd so the situation on the street was a safe one.
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Peter Honerkamp, Talkhouse Blatant Bias Dear Editor,
Kudos to The Independent for acting like a real newspaper by covering an important story, one apparently ignored by our other local “newspapers of record.” A deranged Democrat, 75 years old, so presumably an adult, allegedly made death threats against staffers working for our Congressman, Lee Zeldin, and tried to back his car into one of them.
Apparently the EH Press and The Star did not find this story newsworthy, even though it involved our own U.S. Congressman. Just imagine if a rabid Republican had threatened and attacked one of Tim Bishop’s people. Wanna bet the story would be front page, followed by tortured analysis of how this act was a result of Republican rhetoric or talk radio, and “deeply troubling” and “indicative of sickness at the heart of conservatism,” or some such drivel? And then a tsunami of outrage in the letters columns? Maybe the ho-hum attitude of the Press and the Star stems from the fact that there are too many lunatic liberals out there to cover. Or maybe it’s just the same old blatant bias of even our local media.
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After Superstorm Sandy, Long Beach was flooded. Part of Short Beach Road was damaged, eroded by the tides. The primary water pipe was left exposed in mid-air with a dangling fire hydrant. It should be noted that that particular storm did not directly impact this area.
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The idea to bury power lines across Long Beach is poorly thought out. In this time of climate change, the frequency of super storms is expected to increase; storm surge, flooding, and coastal erosion will be the primary resulting concerns.
Rick’s Space // Rick Murphy is a builder. Ralph is a mechanic. And Paulie — jeesh! Paulie is a plumber. He’s like, a billionaire.
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was a cabinet, flush against it. The dishwasher was right next to it on the other side. I couldn’t get my hand in between the two to move the damn thing. When I finally yanked the thing out away from the wall, I climbed behind it and went to take off the rear panel.
conundrums of American life surfaced. If the stove is flush to the dishwasher on one side, flush to a cabinet on the other, and flush to the back wall, how did all that food fall behind it and rot?
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But there are very few openings for linguists, or trig or physics majors.
Screwed I am not a handy man. As I see it, as a scholar I felt it was more important to enrich my mind than to learn how to fix things.
Second generation Americans lived by a sacred creed: Make sure your children graduate from college. Get that degree!
It seemed like a good plan. I gathered up college credits and went off to face the world armed with a degree and $40,000 worth of college loans. I remember scouring the help wanted ads. “Thirty-five thousand salary plus benefits to the right candidate!” they would promise. I remember my first job interview. “So, tell me Rick, what skills do you bring to the table? How can you help us here at Acme?” “Well, I’m pretty good at trigonometry.”
“Son, we fix trucks here. What do you know about trannies?” “Well, my Uncle Frank is a really eclectic dresser,” I said. “We’ll call you.”
“OK, but I am going to need five weeks’ vacation and green M&Ms in my dressing room. By the way, my cosine said this would be a good day if I didn’t go off on a tangent. Get it?”
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The guy shook his head sadly.
Needless to say, the call never came, nor did countless others. While I and the other smart kids languished in the schoolyard, Tony, Ralphie, and the like — the kids we thought were dumb — grew up and became rich. Tony
The truth is, I never took a shop class. Being in Catholic school, it was more important for us to learn about things that we could use in our grown-up years, like how many thousands of hours you have to spend in purgatory if you get caught stealing cigarettes from Murray’s Candy Store.
I have told this story many times and no one believes me, but it is true. I thought a Phillips head screwdriver was Phil Head’s screwdriver. Since none of the stores carried Rick’s screwdrivers, I never had one of my own.
Nevertheless, armed with this knowledge and a YouTube lesson, I attempted to fix the broiler element on my GE stove last week. I made the decision only because our appliance man retired and now lives in the south of France with several movie starlets half his age.
You guessed it. The screws were not the Phillips shaped I had so recently mastered. They were not regular screws. They were square. Honestly, in all my years I have never seen a screw with a square head. Even Phil Head would have been baffled, and he’s like, the Father of the Modern Screwdriver. While I was mulling over my next move wedged into this tiny spot between the kitchen wall and the stove, Karen began vacuuming the floor where I was standing, the vacuum head slamming into my ankles and ripping flesh off my legs.
I ended up ordering a new stove, but I must confess I am a bit worried what is going to actually be delivered. The conundrum is like the chicken and the egg, or the one about the tree falling in the forest.
Is it an electric stove or gas? How does one ever really know the answers to the mysteries of life? Rick Murphy is a six-time winner of the New York Press Association Best Column award as well as the winner of f irst place awards from the National Newspaper Association and the Suburban Newspaper Association of America and a twotime Pulitzer Prize nominee.
“Just Google it,” one of the guys told me. Yeah, that was easy. They wanted to know the model number of the stove. They wanted the part number of the broiler element. Then they asked if it was gas or electric — god help me! As scholarly as I am, it is possible to stump me. “Karen, do you ever smell gas?” I asked my wife, who frankly was more than a bit dubious I could fix the damn thing.
“Yeah, every night when we go to bed,” she answered earnestly.
Based on that information I ordered the wrong part, of course, and blamed it on Karen. It took two weeks to get the right parts. Now came the challenge — the installation. “Pull the unit away from the wall and open the back panel,” the directions read. I stared at the stove. On its right
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There was plenty to “oooh” and “aaah” about when the Clamshell Foundation hosted the 36th annual Great Bonac Fireworks on Saturday, July 14, over the waters of Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton. With Fireworks by Grucci, the Clamshell Foundation wowed the crowds on land and on the waves with displays from above.
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and at Bridgehampton National Bank in Mattituck. For more information, call Barbara Ackermann at 631-2985868. elih gala Save the date. The annual Eastern Long Island Hospital gala, “Sunset in the Vineyard,” will take place on Saturday, August 11, at Macari Vineyards in Mattituck from 5 to 10 PM. The evening will offer signature cocktails, local cuisine, live music, dancing, and live and silent auctions to benefit the hospital’s emergency department. Each year, approximately 450 guests attend the gala. ELIH is a full service, 90-bed community hospital serving the North Fork and Shelter Island. To purchase tickets and for details visit www.elih.org/ contributions/events/gala or call 844372-ELIH. preservation Local environmental restoration organization Group for the East End is offering activities and events throughout the summer promoting preservation, sustainability, and
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STRAWS Screening in Greenport: It is estimated that every day over 500 million plastic straws are used once and tossed in the U.S. alone. On Thursday, July 19, at 4 PM find out how to help reduce this number by joining GFEE, the Surfrider Foundation, and Atlantic Marine Conservation Society for the screening of the awardwinning documentary STRAWS: A Documentary For A Sea Of Change. The screening takes place at the Greenport Theater at 211 Front Street. A Q&A session will follow the screening. For reservations or more information, contact Jessica Kennelly at 631-765-6450 ext. 215 or jkennelly@eastendenvironment.org.
Birding For Beginners: On Saturday, July 28, from 9:30 to 11 AM during a slow amble around Hallock State Park in Jamesport, bird lovers will explore agricultural lands, woodlands, and the Long Island Sound looking and listening for birds. Families are encouraged to come along for this fun learning experience. Bring binoculars. For reservations or more information, contact Steve Biasetti at 631-765-6450 ext. 205 or sbiasetti@
eastendenvironment.org. STEINWAY AND STARGAZING On Saturday, July 21, from 7 to 10 PM the Custer Observatory in Southold will offer its third concert in the “Steinway & Stargazing” series to benefit its Music Project and will feature the NoFo Trio. Following the concert and reception will be a private evening of guided stargazing (weather permitting) through the observatory’s powerful telescopes. Music will include “Piece en Forme de Habanera,” Maurice Ravel; “Song Without Words,” Felix Mendelssohn; “Nocturne,” Lili Boulanger; “Sonata No. 5 in E minor,” Antonio Vivaldi; “Sonata in D Minor, K. 517,” Domenico Scarlatti; and “Impromptu No. 2 in F Sharp Major” and “Op. 36,” Frederic Chopin. A reception will follow the concert, including wine tasting and passed hors d’oeuvres by Grace & Grit Catering, along with stargazing at nightfall. The menu will include local farm vegetables with green goddess sauce and caramelized onion dip, bacon bites, gazpacho shooters, caprese skewers with fresh mozzarella and basil, salmon tartare
on edible spoons, and smoked pulled pork sliders. Tickets are $75 in advance and $95 at the door. For more information, visit www. custerobservatory.org. Government meetings Greenport Village Board July 19: Work Session, 7 PM, Greenport Firehouse July 26: Regular Session, 7 PM, Greenport Firehouse Riverhead Town Board August 7: Regular Meeting, 6 PM, Town Hall Work sessions are usually held on Thursdays at 10 AM. For more information, visit www. townofriverheadny.gov. Shelter Island Town Board
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Sports&Fitness She said wanted to find a local place to watch the game and ended up making a reservation at Pierre’s for herself and about 10 pals, most of whom were British. “They are very unhappy about England not making it, but they are supporting France,” she said. Camille Rose, a high school friend of Bahous, said she wanted to be surrounded by French people for the game. “It was really exciting to watch it together,” she said. For them, the fourth goal was the best part of the game. “The second half was great,” said Bahous.
“Proving ourself at the third and fourth goals [was] amazing,” added Rose. Independent/Peggy Spellman Hoey
French World Cup Team Toast of Town By Peggy Spellman Hoey
“Vive la France” was on the lips of many a fan at Pierre’s restaurant in Bridgehampton on Sunday, July 15, as the French national team captured the 21st FIFA World Cup by defeating Croatia 4-2. “We have an amazing team and they played very well,” said Magli Houdre, a French ex-pat now living in Southampton. It is only the second time that the team has won the golden cup. The last time the team won was exactly 20 years ago when France hosted the tournament in 1998 and bested Brazil.
Houdre was in Paris for that victory and could only imagine being back there now. “Paris was on ‘fire’ for a week,” she
said of the week-long celebration after the team won.
Spectators jammed Pierre’s, watching the match on three TV screens. They showed their national pride by wearing blue, white, and red, the colors of the French flag, with some wearing the flag as a fashion statement, either painted on their faces or adorning their clothing.
They sipped Champagne and rosé while servers bustled about in Bastille Day period costumes — off the shoulder brocaded dresses and French military uniforms — all under the watchful eye of the restauran’t owner, Pierre Weber. Lucie Thon, an ex-pat who now lives in New York, wore a red and white striped t-shirt with “Paris mon amour” written in script on
the front, and was watching the game with her fiancé and two local friends. “They played very well,” she said. Her favorite player?
Antoinne Griezmann, of course. “Because he is the hotter one,” she said, laughing. Everyone seemed to have their cell phones out to take photos and video, and any time the crowd seemed to quiet down, a speaker overhead would play “La Marseillaise,” the French national anthem, rousing them once again.
Anne Bahous, a Paris native who spends the summer on the East End, painted French flags on her cheeks in support of the team, then lent out her makeup to other spectators nearby.
Just before scoring their third goal, the French players appeared to have been stopped by the Croats, but then Paul Pogba slipped the ball easily into the goal and the crowd erupted in cheers. After Kylian Mbappe scored the fourth goal, the crowd erupted again, screaming and clapping, one spectator calling out, “What a great day to be French!” Many a hope was dashed this past week as ex-pats huddled by TV screens across the East End to root for their home soccer teams — some of the world’s best — as they were picked off in the last string of matches leading up to the final. Belgium took third place in the third-place playoff on Saturday, beating England 2-0. Earlier in the week, Croatia earned its spot in the final, beating England 2-1 and ending the team’s World Cup hopes.
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Hundreds of young athletes pushed themselves well past their limits in the challenging BNB Hamptons Youth Triathlon in Sag Harbor on Saturday, July 14. The participants separated into their specific age groups and started the race by swimming the length of Long Beach. Then they switched to a short bike race, and eventually finished the triathlon on foot, racing to the opposite end of Long Beach, returning to the start for the final lap. The first group leaped into the water at 7:30 AM, and runners were still crossing the finish line past 9 AM. For this taxing a race, everyone should be very proud of their times.
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Bunny Bennett and Venice Bruno lead these young Bodhisattvas in games and activities geared towards awareness, trust, and fun at the Mandala Yoga and Ayurvedic Center in Amagansett Square on Sunday mornings.
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The Town of Southampton East Men’s Lifeguard team won the Battle of Southampton Lifesaving Competition, taking first place in six out of eight endurance events on Thursday, July 12, at Ponquogue Beach in Hampton Bays.
East took first place in the distance swim, landline rescue, surf rescue, board rescue, the run/swim/run relay, and men’s beach flags.
East’s Ryan Duryea came in first in the distance swim, with Elena Mugno of the town’s West Women’s team taking second, and Rob Rewinski of the Club Privateers taking third. Cooper Daly of the Club Privateers took first place in the distance run, with Paul Pizzatola of the town’s West Men’s team taking second, and Aidan Crowley of East Men’s taking third place.
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The Bridgehampton Club Privateers took first place in the sand relay, followed by the town’s West and East Men’s teams in second and third place, respectively. In the men’s beach flags event, the town’s East Men’s teammates Casey Crowley and Aidan Crowley took first and second place, respectively. James Moran of the town’s West Men’s team came in third place. The town’s West Women’s team dominated the women’s beach flags event, with Kennedy Scala coming in first, Danielle Parry, second, and Sarah Culver, third. The lifeguards’ next competition is at East Hampton Main Beach on Thursday, July 19.
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Warriors Trying To Hold On more than Tyler Becker of West Hampton. The two are also onetwo in the RBI race, with 37 and 34. Nick Thornquist of Sag Harbor leads the league in batting with a .449 mark; Louis Antos of Riverhead is hitting .407. Carson Seymour of Southampton is first in
pitching wins with four, and second in strikeouts with 37, six behind Joseph Quintal of Shelter Island. The North Fork’s Alex Pansini leads the league with a 2.33 earned run average.
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Ocean Alive With Fish Independent/Courtesy HCBL The 2018 Hampton Collegiate Baseball League All-Stars take a bow.
By Rick Murphy
The Long Island Road Warriors are clinging to first place in the Hamptons Collegiate Baseball League, but the Westhampton Aviators are closing fast.
The Road Warriors took one on the chin July 13, losing to the Shelter Island Bucks 15-9 on the winners’ field. This dropped the defending champions to 20-11 on the season.
Westhampton, meanwhile, edged the North Fork Ospreys 6-5 on July 14 to move to within one game of the league leaders.
The Ospreys, playing at home, erupted for five first inning runs but the visitors methodically chipped away, scoring one in the second and two runs in the third and fourth innings. It stayed at 5-5 until the top of the eighth when the Aviators pushed across the winning run. With two out and none on, Tristan Welch drew a walk off of Liam McDonnell. David Wyle, brought in to replace him, uncorked a wild pitch to move Welch to second. Michael Amandola then ripped a double to bring home what proved to be the winning run.
Alto Sujack, the second of three pitchers for the Aviators, earned the win. Dean McCarthy pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up the save.
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The Bucks and Road Warriors staged a donnybrook. Long Island scored three in the first; the big blow, a two-run bomb off the bat of Thomas Colombo. The Bucks evened things up in the bottom of the first with Jack MacKenzie going yard. The Road Warriors scored four more in the second and the Ospreys twice, one coming on a long double by Tyler Smith. Alex Volpi’s league leading 13th home run brought the home team to within one and then the floodgates opened as the winners scored eight times in the next three innings.
Andrew DuPont led the hit parade, stroking four in as many at bats and scoring five runs. Smith had three hits and three runs scored. Mike Cassaleggio went two for three and knocked in five runs. He’s hitting .320 for the season. Matt Codispoti went two for two and banged a zinger for the losers.
There are two weeks to go in the regular season. The Road Warriors play the Ospreys in Greenport on Thursday, June 19, at 5 PM. The Aviators take on the Riverhead Tomcats the next day in Riverhead, also at 5. The Tomcats are very much in the thick of things with a 17-13-3 record, good for third place. As aforesaid, Volpi is the league’s home run leader with 13, four
The fluke bite in the area is a tough one to nail down. It is mostly a hunting process with not much a pattern to go on. The bay has been very dirty to the west and full of sea robins near the inlet. The flats both east and west of the bridge have seen fish, as well as the flats across from the commercial docks. Out in the ocean, some fluke have been taken deep, and mostly to the west. The inlet has been better on the incoming tide. Good luck.
Sea bass are cooperating but the local pieces and reef are loaded with short fish. The short to keeper ratio is about 10-1. Triggerfish are on the local pieces as well as some porgies. The schools of bunker continue to hang outside the inlet and along the beaches. Big bass have come out of some, for those who are willing to put in the time to work each school. It’s not like it was a couple of weeks ago. Peconics There are plenty of porgies out at Rogers’s rock and up in Roses Grove. There are reports of weakfish and seabass coming out of some of the deeper holes and taking diamond jigs. A few fluke have also been reported from the Jessup’s area. Shorebound The Shinnecock canal is seeing plenty of porgy action with some
triggerfish mixing in. The snappers are starting to show but are very small. Over at the inlet, the fluke bite has been okay, with a few porgies and triggers mixed in. A few bass have fallen to bucktails on the night tides. The ocean beaches have produced some schoolie bass on clams and on plugs in the early morning and evening tides. There are a lot of sand eels in the wash; give your 007 or A17 a shot. Offshore The big story from anyone who has been out hunting the Makos and bluefin is the amount of life. Whales, dolphin, turtles bunker sand eels, are all over. Whales breaching near the boats, are a real show. There are Makos around but the new 83-inch limit is a tough one to make. The bluefin have been holding in the area near the Coimbra with some big fish mixed in. News The results of the 8th Annual Hampton Bays Fire Dept Benny Lupia Fluke Tournament, held on July 14, are in. Eric Down took first place with 7.3 lbs, Rick Rattler took second with 6.2, and there was a three-way tie for third at 5.51, for Kenny Booth, Tim Lopez and Duane Arnisles.
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The loss dropped the Ospreys to 13-17-3 on the season though second baseman Tyrese Clayborne
stroked two hits and is now batting .346 for the losers. Welch and Alex Ojeda homered for the winners.
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road connecting the Short Beach Bridge had washed away as well. This area is prone to erosion and flooding, not just from hurricanes but also from Nor’easters.
Burying power lines does not eliminate, but actually increases, the risk of power outages. Flooding, tidal surge, and erosion will increase outages, and it will, of course, take longer to locate the problem and repair it. Work cannot begin until the flooding is over. If salt water gets in an underground line, it can short out, and it will corrode the line. Buried lines will also negatively impact the wetlands. (Utility poles and wires can be repaired once sustained winds drop below 30 to 40 mph.) I find it hard to believe that “legislation has already been passed at the state level that would allow the creation of a special taxing district.” This is a foolish idea; only climate change deniers would favor it.
By Rick Murphy Manning Sweepstakes Heating Up Charles Manning Jr., who led Bridgehampton High School to the New York State Class D championships in 2015, was named to the Sun Coast All-Conference Second team, after a stellar freshman season at Florida Southwestern State College. Manning averaged 13 points, five rebounds, and shot 53 percent from the field. His play has attracted
numerous college programs. In the past month alone, Bryant, LouisianaMonroe, Coppin State, Iona, and Florida Gulf Coast have reportedly offered Manning scholarships, according to verbalcommits.com. Little Leaguers Lose The East Hampton Little Leaguers were eliminated Saturday by Riverhead in the District 36 championship game, depriving the locals a berth in the national tournament. The team, comprised of youngsters age 12 and under, lost 4-1.
New Stuff at Hills GOlf The Hampton Hills Golf and Country Club has added two all-new DecoTurf cushioned tennis courts, plus a state-of-the-art children’s playground. Located on County Road 31 in Westhampton on a 2000-acre pine and oak tree preserve, Hampton Hills Golf and Country Club is a member’s only facility. The club has a full-service pro shop available to all members on the premises along with its PGA and LPGA teaching professionals, and a clubhouse that offers casual dining.
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I am writing to thank the Independent Newspaper for their generous donation of tickets to the Long Island Aquarium for all of the Springs School third-grade students and their chaperones. One of my dedicated parents, Joanna Froschl, reached out to me to not only donate tickets to my class, but generously offered a donation of tickets to the other three thirdgrade classes and their chaperones. It was an amazing opportunity for our entire grade and gave all of the students a gift of learning outside of our classroom walls. On behalf of our third grade teaching team, chaperones, and most importantly, our students, we sincerely thank your newspaper for your generous gift to us all.
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Getting The DeTAils By Nicole Teitler
Tracy Anderson is one of today’s hardest hitting fitness pioneers. Through intensified dance cardio, bodies of all types are sculpting long, lean, muscle tonnage using the Tracy Anderson Method. New this summer at her East End studios and now offered year-round, is the deTAil Band class. Open to all levels, the class is a 50-minute workout entirely using the patented natural latex Iso-Kinetic Band System suspended from the ceiling.
“DeTAil Band is the perfect way to make sure that you reach all of the important transitional muscles in your upper body that help with your heart health and muscle definition without causing the stressful damage that lifting heavy weights can cause. My band systems and the content I have created for their use create a healthy, strong, lean muscle with very tight skin tone. By way of including all muscles as a unit to work together to control the buoyant resistance, this class builds a flexible muscular structure that is ready to move and less prone to injury,” Anderson said. Aiming to keep workouts both entertaining and challenging, routines, in all class types, switch every seven days.
Having never taken a TA class before, I decided to challenge myself by taking the most difficult offering as my introduction to the popular TA Method. I entered the 95-degree room, with 75 percent humidity, to find three level color bands above me — blue being the
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nicole Teitler (left) trying the bands. most resistant, with green and red on the easier side. Using a pole to pull the bands down, I began my full-body workout with light arm movements to the beat of the music. What began as a simple side to side while standing intensified to pulling the bands in various directions.
Eventually, I found myself on the floor, kneeling on a mat with three-pound ankle weights, moving things to the next level. I kicked up, down, side to side, and contorted myself like a marionette through the resistance bands, targeting my abs, glutes, and lower body. It was dance cardio meets a Pilates boot camp on steroids, resulting in me red faced, drenched in sweat, and absolutely exhilarated. I must’ve drank my weight in water because I was successfully pushed to my limits — and I loved the way it felt. The deTAil Band class is a unique workout that is certain to challenge
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even the fittest body types. Between the heated atmosphere, heart pumping playlist, and everchanging movements it’s 50 minutes of pushing it to the limit. Personally, I suffer from joint and muscle pain in my hands when too much pressure is applied and the bands triggered a mild level of discomfort. For those with a similar condition this might not be the class for you, but Tracy Anderson has other mat-based formats that are sure to challenge you just the same.
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Next Up: The ‘British’ Open Post U.S. Open rest and relaxation time is over.
After spending a few weeks with my brother, Tom, and his wife, June, I’m rested, refreshed, and ready to go. It’s time for the third major of the year, The Open Championship. I’ve often been asked which golf event I would cover if I could only do one. The answer is always the same . . . the Open Championship. It is often referred to in the U.S. as the British Open but the proper title is indeed The Open Championship. We had to utilize a variety of modes of transportation in order to arrive at Carnoustie in Scotland. The journey started with a car ride to the Amagansett train station from East Hampton, then a train to JFK, a seven-hour plane trip with a five-hour time change to Edinburgh, and finally, a rental car to cover the remaining 80 miles to
Now, I must say, flying first class is always an amazing experience. The new style seats convert into very comfortable beds complete with lovely blankets and pillows, the food looks so tasty, and the flight attendants are quite amazing. I know all those things because my seat in coach in the row immediately behind first class provided a stunning view.
Carnoustie is a gem of a test. The first Open Championship played in Carnoustie was in 1931. However, that was 71 years after the very first Open, which was played in 1860. These days, all four major golf championships are big business. Last month’s U.S. Open made millions of dollars from sales just in the merchandise tent. Things were vastly different in 1860. Only eight players made up the field, and they played at Prestwick in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 30 miles southwest of Glasgow. In those early days, the Prestwick course was made up of just 12 holes. The eight competitors played those 12 holes three times all in one day.
A few other tales about Carnoustie involve a particular signpost as you enter Carnoustie, a story about Gary Player, and one about Mr. “Dig it out of the Dirt,” Ben Hogan himself. As you approach this incredible golf course you pass a sign that gets right to the point. It simply states, “Carnoustie — Famous Golf Town.”
As for the Gary Player story . . . A lot of times back in Gary Player’s day, the prize money was small, certainly by today’s standards, it seemed like a lot of players played just for pride. Folklore has it that Gary Player, who won here in 1968, slept on the beach for his practice days to conserve his limited funds. Fifteen years earlier, Ben Hogan,
who had been victorious in the first two majors of 1953 also prevailed at Carnoustie. It was the only time he played in the Open Championship. Hogan had a very special fan for the final round of that 1953 Open Championship, as Frank Sinatra was on hand to witness his winning effort. Because Hogan had won the first three majors, he was in a great position to win the Grand Slam (winning all four majors in the same year) however, with travel being by ship, Hogan could not get back to the U.S. in time to compete in that fourth major, the PGA Championship.
For this 2018 version of the Open Championship at Carnoustie, there has been little to no rain in the area for several weeks. Carnoustie has earned the nickname “The Beast” and this week, with rock hard fairways, scoring will not be easy.
The winner was Willie Park Sr. and first prize was a red leather belt. If a winner was victorious three years in a row, he got to keep the belt. By contrast, this week’s winner will take home the first-place check somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million. Mention the name Carnoustie and many immediately think of Jean
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Life Jackets By Vincent Pica Save Lives United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Unless you had your life jacket on when you went into “the drink,” Yours! hip of this column is available. All fees raised will be you’re not getting it on.
And, if you have been smart enough to take a boating safety class, remember this. You’re not rict Captain, Sector Long Island South, D1SR alone out there.
onated by The Independent to Division 18 of Unless you try this idea, which I many years,for weuse referred to The USCGForAuxilliary in boating safety.thank friend and colleague Capt. life jackets as “PFDs” — Personal Flotation Devices. Sheesh, can the lawyers get over it? OK, not everyone in a life jacket survives. Roughly only 15 out of 16. Conversely, if the same group goes into in the water without life jackets on, only one guy will come out. Life jackets save lives. This column is about that.
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The Statistics Boaters end up in the water for a variety of reasons but the two largest — capsizing and falling overboard — comprise nearly 60% of all fatalities. Let me rephrase that. A fatality is a death — let’s not mince words like “PFDs.” Remember, for every 16 boaters that go into the water without a life jacket, only one comes out. The other 15 died. But you are experienced. Well, another statistic I’ve seen is this. Boaters who have over 100 hours of boating experience, and are 35 or older, and who have NOT
Learn this 30-Second Lifesaving Skill! It’s easy to don (put on) a life jacket or inflatable vest in the cabin or cockpit. Just like a coat, you stick one arm through a hole, swing the jacket around your back, then stick your other arm through the other hole. However, this sequence of actions will be impossible to duplicate in the water. Most of your body will be submerged with just your head and shoulders exposed above the sea surface.
Practice this important skill in the comfort of your home. Train your crew. After two to three minutes of practice, most folks can do this in less than 30 seconds. Follow these five easy steps.
1. Grab the collar of the life jacket. Pull the life jacket close to you.
Turn the jacket so that it floats with the front pointed toward the sky. Unclip all snaps and straps. 2. Open the life jacket all the way so that it lies almost flat on the water surface. Keep the collar close to you.
3. Thrust each arm as far as possible through each arm hole. 4. Raise both arms in a smooth, fast motion above your head and slightly back. 5. Fasten all snaps and straps. Practice this at home:
Kneel down next to a table about chin height. Place the life jacket on top of the table. Follow steps one to five above.
Practice until you can complete all steps within 30 seconds. Train your sailing crew.
What to Wear by Who? USCG regulations require a life jacket aboard for very boater aboard unless they are under 13 years old. Then they must be on. But didn’t I make the point above that if you do fall overboard and you don’t have one on, it is pretty unlikely you’ll be able to get into one? Isn’t it too late then? Yes, yes, yes! So why only have the kids wear it? And all those kids seeing dad not wearing one are saying to themselves, “I can’t wait until I’m old enough not to wear one.” What a lesson you’re teaching, skipper. I’ll tell you a story that ought to bring the point home.
One fine day while patrolling Moriches Bay, we came upon a family fishing in an open boat. It looked like there were children aboard and further, we couldn’t see any with life jackets on. As we approached, I heard the grandfather say to one of the kids, “Get down, the Coast Guard is coming!” Unfortunately for grandpa, sound travels well over the water and I heard it at the helm. As we came alongside, I gave the wheel to one of my crew and walked up to where our boats were closest together. All I said to grandpa was, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself.” We watched, without another word, as all the children out their life jackets on. Oh, They Are So Bulky! Come on, Bunky, are you still using the ones from the Titanic? Modern life jackets come in many sizes, many colors, and are as light as a feather. You can get them in “camo” mode for hunting. You can get ones that self-inflate if you do fall in. You can get them in matching colors.
You can even get children’s styles that have a loop at the collar so if tykes fall in, you can scoop them up, one-two-three. And don’t forget one for the old sea dog — and his pet. BTW, if you are interested in being part of USCG Forces, email me at JoinUSCGAux@aol.com or go direct to the D1SR Human Resources department. The folks there are in charge of new members matters will help you “get in this thing.”
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