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By Kitty Merrill

Addiction: ‘It Starts With Pain’

Sandra* is beautiful – blonde and blue-eyed, lithe and luminous.

She lives in a beautiful house – an architecturally significant abode tucked into the woods. She drives a beautiful car -- make that cars, she’s got a wardrobe of luxury vehicles.

Sandra is the picture of the wellheeled Hamptons matron. You’d expect to see her at a gala gathering of the elite. Not on a folding chair in a church basement. But that’s where she spends her time.

Sandra is an addict; seven years clean and sober, thanks to the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous.

With the national conversation this week focused on lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies and spotlights shone on doctors who overprescribe opioids, Sandra shared her story of addiction with The Independent.

“My story is unbelievably common,” she said. “It starts with pain.” A life Sandra described as “very stressful, very overweight, and very underexercised” caused a slipped disc. Her doctor prescribed Percocet. “He said nothing whatsoever about anything to do with addiction,” she recalled.

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The pills worked. “They took the pain away. They took the pain away so much that I hurt my back again and it got worse.” Sandra got more pills.

They assuaged the physical pain, and Sandra’s emotional pain -- feelings of isolation-- dissipated. “They made me feel happy. They made me feel connected and pain free and when I ran low all I had to do was call the doctor and say, ‘Send me another 120 pills.’”

Sandra never had a hint about addiction until one day she saw “perfectly lovely middle class white girls like myself on the Oprah show talking about how pain pills wrecked their lives . . . it occurred to me they could wreck my life, too.” But that initial insight wasn’t enough to inspire change. “Dramatic changes only happen when the ceiling falls in,” Sandra observed. “My ceiling fell in when the person I loved told me ‘I can’t love you anymore because you don’t love yourself.’” “My first thought was, ‘This is what the pills have done to me,’” she recalled.

She’d been attending AA meetings. “I went because I thought alcohol wasn’t good for me. But you have to lump everything together. Pills, food, gambling, cigarettes, everything that’s on the outside that takes away the pain on the inside is a narcotic,” she said. “Narcotics Anonymous deals with all addictions and that’s where I’ve been going and it helps me.”

The first change Sandra noticed: “It took me out of isolation. You saw every segment of society at the meetings – people who live in mansions, people who lived in the gutter, we were all the same.” In those church basements she learned, “We don’t beat addiction. What we do is treat addiction every day by awareness, action, and support. I’m in touch with fellow addicts every day – sometimes all day.” Helping other addicts is a critical part of recovery, she said. “The only thing that works is one addict helping another and even then it only works 10 percent of the time.”

The 12-step program calls for a searching and fearless inventory that helps members dig down to the origins of their addictive personalities. “The universal characteristic of addicts is an overriding fear of life engendered in their childhood,” Sandra believes. She grew up “petrified,” the victim of sexual and physical abuse, and feels “the only way to prevent addiction is for parents not to raise an addict.” Lately, Sandra’s been reading the news about suits filed against Big Pharma and doctors who prescribe pain pills under scrutiny. “It infuriates me,” she said “Nothing about how this was a collaboration among these thieves was known when I first took pills in 1978.”

“This is just a cabal,” she said. “I pray they are held accountable. I doubt it, but at least some of them are interested in being more careful.” Sandra feels “lucky” that she was

Sandra uses the 12 steps of Narcotics Anonymous to maintain her sobriety.

taking pills before new restrictions were placed on the number of pills a doctor could prescribe and the length of time a patient could take them. “I don’t know what I would have done if I ever ran out,” she said, acknowledging that addicts often turn to heroin when their legit supply is cut off.

With seven years clean and sober under her belt, you’d think Sandra’s addiction is firmly set in the rearview. “You don’t beat addiction,” she emphasized. “You manage it.” At least once a day, she listens to other addicts, identifies with their struggles, and remembers the times when the ceiling fell in, because “it’s so easy to forget.” Every morning she starts her day reading NA literature and focuses on helping other group members.

“We love helping other addicts. It gives me great joy to have a sponsee. It regenerates my program.” NA meetings take place all across the East End. To find one, visit http://nanewyork.org/na-meetingssuffolk/ * Sandra’s name and certain details about her were changed to protect her anonymity.

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Suffolk County Department of Health Services is conducting a private well survey of homes in the Old Country Road area of Westhampton close to where a perfluorinated compound was found in public drinking water several years ago.

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Jerry’s Ink

by Jerry Della Femina

THE “ME TOO” WITCH I’ve always been attracted to strong, tough, smart women. Apparently my mother watched a lot of Katharine Hepburn movies when she was pregnant with me.

I was lucky because I was young in the best of times. It was the 1960s, 70s and 80s. And the 90s. In those days, women were strong, tough, decisive and they knew what they wanted. When it came to sex, they enjoyed it. Sometimes they initiated it.

In the advertising agency that Ron Travisano and I started in 1967, at one point we employed close to 300 people in New York and Los Angeles. There was plenty of sex in both offices. No complaints – just plenty of people enjoying each other. Being in an office where there was a lot of good, healthy sexual tension made coming to work fun. We all had so much fun we didn’t have time to waste on being politically correct. A number of people who met at my agency and started affairs stayed together and are now, many years later, happily married. No one ever complained to Human Resources because there was no Human Resources department. Human Resources was then called “Personnel,” and their job was to fill out forms and mind their own business. The women in my office were not

victims. They were participants. Tough? They didn’t come any tougher than one of my favorites, a creative director named Helen Nolan.

Once, when a senior male account executive failed to sell a campaign she had written for his client, she got even in her own way. He was very much aware that he had sold her work down the river, so to make up to her he tiptoed into her office, went behind her, put his arms around her waist, kissed the back of her neck and whispered, “Are you still mad at me?”

Helen promptly spun around, took the pencil she had in her hand and stabbed him in the chest. He came running into my office, bleeding from the puncture in his chest, screaming that I had to fire Helen. I couldn’t stop laughing and replied that I was thinking of giving her a raise. I guess at this time I have to invoke the Sexual Harassment Miranda Act.

I’m not writing about alleged rapists like the Harvey Weinsteins, Kevin Spaceys, Bill Cosbys and the Dr. Larry Nassars. I’m not writing about men who try to physically force women to have sex with them. They are despicable. Don’t wait 20 years to report them. Report them the next day. Put them in jail … throw away the key.

What I’m concerned about is those people who now are in the midst of a “MeToo” witchhunt. Every day there’s another complaint. Some are bullcrap, made-up complaints by people who are jumping on the “MeToo” bandwagon. They are using sex to destroy lives.

I’m concerned with the power of these few women to make all women sound pathetic and weak. Like that whiney woman who enjoyed months of sex with Matt Lauer and now says, “Even though my situation with Matt was consensual, I ultimately felt like a victim because of the power dynamic.”

The old “Power Dynamic” excuse. “He was powerful and I’m weak.” That’s all it takes these days to be a “MeToo” heroine. Matt Lauer is a “MeToo” victim. I would like to get every NBC executive who threw him under the bus up on the witness stand under oath and ask them if they ever had an affair with someone with whom they worked. You’ll hear a lot of “Humma … humma … humma.”

I feel sorry for actor Aziz Ansari, another “MeToo” victim who has had to respond to allegations of sexual misconduct.

In the report, a 23-year-old woman recounts a 2017 date with Ansari when she went to his apartment after dinner. They both undressed. They both had oral sex. She complained that when she asked for a glass of wine he brought her a glass of red wine when “he knew I preferred white.” Serving red wine instead of white while having sex? Off with his head.

Let’s hear it for a smart woman, HLN host Ashleigh Banfield, who slammed Ansari’s accuser. Banfield, speaking on her HLN program “Crime & Justice,” addressed “Grace” — the pseudonym used by the woman who claimed Ansari “violated” her — by saying, “I’m sorry you had a bad date ... but let’s take a moment to reflect on what you claim was the ‘worst night of your life.’” Banfield went on to say to Grace that when the date got “overly amorous” and she began

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“protesting [Ansari’s] moves,” she “did not get up and leave” and “continued to engage in the sexual encounter.” As one columnist reported, “Don’t confuse regret with rape.”

The latest outrage: The great artist Chuck Close was accused of sexual harassment by two professional nude models. Mr. Close, who is a quadriplegic in a wheelchair, has denied their allegations as lies and says he is being “crucified.” Unfortunately, the politically correct idiots at the National Gallery of Art in Washington have postponed an exhibition of his work. Catherine Deneuve, the great French actress, joined more than 100 other Frenchwomen in entertainment, publishing and academic fields arguing that: “… Rape is a crime. But insistent or clumsy flirting is not a crime …”

They contend that the “MeToo” movement has led to a campaign of public accusations that have placed undeserving people in the same category as sex offenders without giving them a chance to defend themselves. “… This expedited justice already has its victims, men prevented from practicing their profession as punishment, forced to resign, etc., while the only thing they did wrong was touching a knee, trying to steal a kiss, or speaking about ‘intimate’ things at a work dinner, or sending messages with sexual connotations to a woman whose feelings were not mutual …”

I agree, but maybe I’m just an old guy who wants to go back to a time when women were strong and could take care of themselves. In my defense I’ve always identified with strong tough women, to a point that many years ago, when I was being interviewed by Dick Cavett on his television show and he asked me: “If Hollywood makes a movie of your book ‘From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor,” whom would you like to see playing you?” Without a second’s hesitation I answered, “Lauren Bacall.”

If you wish to comment on “Jerry’s Ink” please send your message to jerry@dfjp.com.

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By Peggy Spellman Hoey

PBA Looks For New Home

It’s something like an All-Points Bulletin.

The cops of the East Hampton Town Police Benevolent Association have their eyes peeled not for a suspect, but for a place to call their own.

The 75-member union has been looking for several years for a home base -- like the Southampton Town Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association has in Speonk -- with offices, meeting space, and ample parking. “Somewhere to plant our feet,” said Anthony Bosco, East Hampton Town Police Benevolent Association president. “We really wouldn’t want to lease or rent something like office space.”

The union’s eight-person leadership team maintains home offices, and Ashawagh Hall in Springs allows them to hold membership meetings there. A union hall could leave open the option for members to use free of charge for family functions, and the building could also serve as a future investment for the union, Bosco said. The union has not set its sights on any property specifically, but they have been quietly watching the market. “It’s tough -- that’s why we haven’t found anything,” Bosco said. “Everything is expensive, or it doesn’t have parking.”

The union, a non-profit organization, does have some money saved that could be used toward purchasing or renovating a property, however, the leadership is hoping a donor would step forward and they are trying work out the legal details, Bosco said. It’s possible the union would dedicate the building, using a plaque to recognize donor support. Bosco said there are many wealthy potential donors “in our area that we would hope we could tap into for some help.” Shift Agreement The union signed off on a deal with town officials on January 19 to extend an agreement for its members to continuing working either steady 12-hour day or night

shifts until December 31. Up until last year, officers traditionally worked a rotation of day, afternoon, and night shifts with varying days off. The union, which is on the current schedule a year, recently voted down a proposal to switch the schedule to rotating days and nights every four months.

Under the current 14-day schedule, officers are on two days, then off two days; on three days, then off two days. In the final leg, the

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Sand In My Shoes by Denis Hamill

IS WOODY ALLEN BEING UNFAIRLY BLACKLISTED? What’s happening to Woody Allen is not funny.

I am reluctant to even write about this topic but one of America’s greatest filmmakers who shot parts of Annie Hall, Zelig, Stardust Memories, and more films out here in the Hamptons, is essentially being blacklisted for a single charge of molesting his daughter Dylan in 1992 when the child was seven. Dylan’s adoptive mother, Mia Farrow, Allen’s ex-girlfriend, videotaped their daughter accusing Allen of touching her inappropriately in the attic of Mia’s Connecticut home while the child played with a train set.

Police, medical doctors, a Yale-New Haven panel of sex abuse experts, and the local district attorney investigated. The accusations were declared unfounded. Although one district attorney said there was probable cause to charge Allen -- a statement for which he

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was reprimanded -- Woody Allen was never arrested, charged, or tried. Medical doctors said Dylan showed no signs of molestation. Shrinks concurred. Forensic investigators found that the 11 “cuts” in Mia Farrow’s videotape suggested Dylan had been coached by Mia Farrow. Woody Allen willingly took a polygraph test and passed. Mia Farrow refused to take one.

Unlike so many of the accused pervs who spurred #MeToo claims by real victims of sexual abuse, horror stories of serial rape, assault, degradation at the hands of powerful Hollywood men, Woody Allen has been investigated and cleared of a single child molestation accusation. I covered this case from the very beginning as a columnist for the New York Daily News. I interviewed Woody Allen several times during that period when it was first revealed that two years after he and Mia Farrow had ended their relationship he began dating Mia’s adoptive daughter Soon Yi Previn whom Allen claimed he had only met a few times. Contrary to many reports, Woody Allen was not Soon Yi’s adoptive father. Allen dated Mia Farrow for 12 years but never once spent the night at her apartment. He and Soon Yi claim he was never her father figure.

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But was it a tabloid mother lode that Woody Allen decided to date and later marry Mia Farrow’s adoptive daughter? Hell, yeah.

Was it statutory rape? No. Was it illegal? No. Did Allen take advantage of a girl some claimed was borderline mentally challenged? Um, Soon Yi has a

degree from Columbia University. Was it true love?

Woody and Soon Yi have been married for 22 years with two adopted kids, after passing grueling adoption vetting.

When I asked Woody 25 years ago why he chose Soon Yi as a lover, he said, “The heart wants what it wants.” Listen, as long as that person your heart wants is a consenting adult, it’s their business. What Allen sure didn’t want but should have expected was rage from Mia Farrow. [Full disclosure: My brother Brian was often Allen’s unit still photographer on his movie crews.]

But Mia was not exactly a Mother Knows Best role model. Mia was 19 when she married a 50-year-old Frank Sinatra. Mia later became pregnant by Andre Previn when the renowned conductor was still married to Dory Previn, which many believe drove Dory into deep darkness.

Previn and Mia would later adopt Soon Yi. Mia would later suggest that Ronan Farrow was not Woody Allen’s biological son, but Sinatra’s. Which would mean that while romantically involved with Allen, Mia was sleeping with Sinatra. So, Mia was hardly a family values poster gal when she savaged Woody’s morality.

Mia Farrow, who rages at those who work for a sexual predator like Woody Allen, has also maintained a lasting friendship with her Rosemary’s Baby director Roman Polanski, who has confessed to plying a child of 13 with Quaaludes and alcohol before raping her anally. Mia even testified for Polanski in a lawsuit against Vanity Fair while bashing Allen for pedophilia. The hypocrisy doesn’t end there.

As various actresses and actors are now donating their salaries from Woody Allen films to the Me Too Defense Fund (funny, none have offered to turn in Oscars won in his films) I have yet to read of Mia Farrow donating the millions made from Rosemary’s Baby and 13 Woody Allen films to the Me Too charity or an pedophile victim’s shelter. In 2014 when the Golden Globes

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was doing a montage of Woody Allen’s films to precede his being awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award, Mia Farrow could have refused to sign permission to use clips from her Woody Allen films. Instead she signed it. Just as she signed similar permission for a documentary about Woody Allen. This might be called: MIA TOO.

But all that said, I understood Mia publicly shaming Woody for dating her daughter. But during the fierce Allen/Farrow custody battle over Ronan, Moses, and Dylan, and amid front page headlines and the world tabloid lens Woody went on Aug. 4, 1992 for an unsupervised visit to see his kids at Mia’s home in Marblehead, CT. It was during this visit, in this hostile environment, that Mia Farrow claimed that noted claustrophobe Woody Allen chose to molest their daughter Dylan in an attic which Mia called a “crawl space.”

Okay, first thing the psychiatric community will tell you about pedophiles is that they are recidivists who never molest once. By the time a pedophile is first arrested he has usually molested 13 victims. Woody Allen was 56 at the time he was accused of molesting Dylan Farrow. He was never accused before or since of such behavior. So in 82 years we are to believe beyond a reasonable and careerending doubt on the testimony of a single victim who was seven years old at the time of the alleged molestation that he chose that radioactive tabloid-frenzied time in a hostile environment of his exparamour’s home to have a one-off experiment with pedophilia in an attic? Forgive me if I am the lone hold-out on the jury of the New McCarthyism that is becoming a bi-product of the courageous and legitimate #MeToo movement. But forget my take.

Dylan’s older brother, Moses, now 39 and a licensed family and marital therapist, believes that his sister Dylan might believe she was molested because it was Continued On Page 28.

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By Kitty Merrill

Out Of Jail, Back In Gear

Bill Crain once described himself as a person who “speaks for the animals.” The president of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk. And on January 2 that walk took him into a cell at the Sussex County, New Jersey, jail. He was sentenced to 15 days for civil disobedience.

Crain was arrested in October during a protest of New Jersey’s bear hunt. “I crossed the line where the protestors had to stand and refused to go back. Five of us got arrested.” Crain, who’s been protesting the hunt since 2003, was the only one sent to jail. “I’ve been arrested for civil disobedience eight times, I think that’s why they gave me jail, they had to make a lesson of me.” Crain did time last year, too. He recalled heading to the protest. “I knew this time I’d go back to jail.

I felt it would be worth it because I feel so deeply about the lives of these bears and how they were slaughtered.”

In court, Crain read a statement explaining his actions: “When New Jersey carried out its black bear hunts, it completely disregarded its responsibility to respect and protect other living beings. It carried out a cruel slaughter of them. Between 2003 and 2017, the state promoted hunts that killed over 4000 bears. My act of civil disobedience was meant to demonstrate my refusal to go along with the authorities promoting this slaughter. I hope it drew attention to how seriously I take the murder of other animals.” Judge James Devine offered “a little humor before he sentenced me,” Crain said. The judge noted Crain’s appearance before him had become an annual thing. Perhaps not next year, Crain offered. New Jersey’s newly elected governor,

Independent / Courtesy Bill Crain Bill Crain received an award from PETA naming him a “Hero to the Animals.”

Phil Murphy, pledged to enact a moratorium on the bear hunt.

In addition to the sentence, Devine fined Crain $2691. “That’s a very large fine,” Crain informed. Over the years, he figures he’s paid over $10,000 in civil disobedience fines. An animal rights group solicited funds for his legal defense and, said Crain, “We received donations to pay all our fines quicker than ever before.”

Once in jail, Crain received “a lot of cards and letters. People said they were inspired. They used the word inspired a lot . . . That part was good.”

Not so good were the first days of incarceration. The monotony and confinement were hard. “I was in a cell by myself in an overflow area. Kept in there, I think because as an older person it would be safer.” Crain is 74. Ironically, the other inmates in the special area were kept there because they were considered too volatile and easily provoked into fighting. Still, said the activist, “I got along with them.” While he was on the inside, Crain received a “Hero to the Animals” award from the national animal 10

rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. “Other inmates heard about that from a newspaper. A lot of them didn’t agree, but they respected what I did. Some of the inmates were very enthusiastic.”

The jail itself was very cold. Individual cells surrounded a communal day room. For the first two days Crain was kept in medical lockdown. Patients are isolated and can’t leave their cells until a medical exam is completed. “That was the hardest time,” Crain offered.

He couldn’t read until his wife sent him a book – they have to come straight from the publisher per prison rules, which takes a while. A book cart passes by every seven days, but reading can be difficult. The area is noisy, Crain explained. “A lot of the inmates are angry, some are withdrawing [from drugs], and the TV is on all the time.” Crain was released three days early “for good behavior.” He still has nightmares about the confinement. Asked if he’d protest again and risk arrest and imprisonment he said, “I haven’t thought about that. But

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East End Acupuncture:

By Bridget LeRoy

Family Ties For 25 Years Baum picked up on acupuncture modalities from her mother’s tapes.

Acupuncture may have been around for hundreds of years, but not in Bonac, bub. In fact, as practitioner Carol Sigler says, “It was a pretty hard sell” when she and her daughter, Julie Sigler-Baum, opened the doors of East End Acupuncture in February, 1994.

She recalled Chinese doctors coming to her home when she was seven years old and brewing herbal teas while taking her pulses. “I was hooked pretty early on,” she said. “I knew I wanted to be an acupuncturist by the time I was 14.” Both of the women have traveled the world to study – both studied in England at the College of Traditional Acupuncture, and Julie was studying in Beijing, China in 1994, just about the time when Carol Sigler found the location at 43A Pantigo Road.

“The area is conservative,” Sigler said. “But once people began to get results, the word spread.”

Sigler had been practicing acupuncture since the early ‘70s, and had blended her practice with her husband’s, Dr. Stephen Sigler’s, more traditional medical practice. “My husband was a wellrespected physician, and when he recommended to his patients that they might benefit from acupuncture, they listened,” she said.

For those out there who still conjure up a vision of Hellraiser when they picture the art of acupuncture, that is far from the truth. Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine which uses very thin, small needles gently inserted into different key points in the body and left there for a short period of time. There is also an herbal component, a personalized plan based on in-depth case history, and support and guidance. From personal experience, almost 20 years ago, my own daughter suffered from horrifying optical migraines, which no amount of traditional medicine seemed to help, including strong narcotic medication and a series of electroencephalograms – stressful for a pre-teen.

When someone suggested acupuncture, it was a last resort, and not one that was expected to do any good. However, after only two or three visits with Carol Sigler, the migraines, which occured several times daily, almost completely vanished and have never returned. It seemed miraculous that needles inserted into energy meridians

“John Strong had told me about the space, and as soon as I saw it, I knew it was right.” The barn-style spot offers soaring beamed ceilings – cozy, comfortable, and calming. Independent/Courtesy East End Acupuncture Julie Sigler-Baum and Carol Sigler of East End Acupuncture are celebrating 25 years of business.

could cure a chronic problem, but the East End Acupuncture team says they see it all the time. “Neuropathy and infertility are two of the big ones,” Sigler-Baum said. “Women have been told they can’t get pregnant by traditional medicine, then they come here, and a few months later . . .” she smiled. Carol Sigler holds a degree from the College of Traditional Acupuncture in Royal Leamington Spa, England, and served as the chairperson on the board of the Worsley Institute of Classical Acupuncture for four years, and taught at the institute for eight years, but the life of an acupuncturist is based on constant growth and improvement, Sigler said. To hone her craft, she frequently listened to lessons on tape in her car, as she ferried her kids around East Hampton as a working mom. You know how kids pick up songs that they hear on the car radio? Well, as a youngster, Julie Sigler-

What is it like working together as mother and daughter? “We have

different strengths,” Sigler said. “Julie is much more into the herbal side of things, so we complement each other.” “We are lucky,” Sigler-Baum agreed. “We both respect and love each other. We have different strengths and challenges and we support each other.”

Both have seen their practice grow over the years, and have seen acupuncture become more accepted. “We have fishermen or business types come in now that probably wouldn’t have come through the doors when I first started,” Sigler said. “But they’ve heard from their doctors, or their friends, that acupuncture works.”

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Across The Threshold

Doorknobs, Classes, & Countertops By Kitty Merrill

Welcome to the fourth installment of The Independent’s Across the Threshold series. We’re following Melissa and Kyle Lohr’s journey as Habitat for Humanity, Riverhead Building Supply, and scores of volunteers fulfill the newlyweds’ dream of a home of their own. Visit our archives at www.indyeastend. com to read earlier reports in our November 15, 22, and December 6 editions. Construction of the Lohrs’ East Quogue home is at a standstill. Not long after the rehab of the couple’s Habitat for Humanity house began in November, a structural problem arose. “We’re waiting for an engineer to check it out and tell us what’s wrong,” Kyle reported. Independent / Kitty Merrill Melissa and Kyle Lohr are building “sweat equity” by volunteering at Habitat houses.

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A glitch in the construction schedule doesn’t mean the couple isn’t making progress. Program eligibility hinges on applicants completing other requirements. In addition to working on the construction of their own home, the Lohrs have to put in 250 hours working at other Habitat houses in order to build what’s

called “sweat equity.”

“We’ve been working on houses in Mastic Beach and East Patchogue,” Melissa informed. “It’s been really cool seeing the other houses in their varying stages.”

At one home, the couple put up sheetrock then, dressed in yellow safety suits, they helped install insulation using a blower. “We’re learning how to do things we’ll be doing at our own house,” Melissa enthused. “It was very messy.”

In East Patchogue, “that one was finishing touches,” Melissa related. The pair installed doorknobs and helped get the house ready for inspection. The Lohrs both work in the medical field. She’s at Southampton Hospital in the housekeeping department and he works as a dietary aide at Peconic Bay Medical Center. They work weekends and dedicate Tuesdays to their volunteer efforts. Habitat for Humanity hosts a “volunteer hub” through its website www.habitatsuffolk.org.

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His latest novel, And Then, is a ghost story, telling tales about the people that come and go from the lives of others and the indelible marks they leave. The writers speak series runs until May. Other featured writers include poet Sam Sax on February 14, Judith Newman on February 21, and Lee Clay Johnson on March 7.

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‘All You Need Is Love’

Independent / Courtesy Southampton Hospital Southampton Hospital volunteer Josephine Forestano turns 95 tomorrow.

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song, but we’re guessing by the time it came out in 1967, Josephine Forestano had already been living the lyric. Asked her secret to a long life she said, “It’s love. All you need is love.” Love, and perhaps a busy and rewarding schedule.

Many say staying active is key to living a long and healthy life, and that certainly is the case for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital volunteer Forestano, who celebrates her 95th birthday tomorrow.

Affectionately known as Josie, the nonagenarian has been volunteering at the Southampton Hospital Foundation Thrift Shop since 2008. She comes in every Friday to greet customers and sort donations, and to offer a hand with other tasks in any way she can. She has also put her passion for knitting and crocheting to work by

making baby hats that she regularly donates to the Hospital’s Kathleen D. Allen Maternity Center. When she’s not giving back to the hospital, Forestano is volunteering at the Basilica of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in Southampton, and at the food pantry at Human Resources of the Hamptons.

Forestano grew up in New York City and was the daughter of Sicilian immigrants. As a young woman during World War II, she worked in a government ammunition factory for the military where she earned the nickname “Josie the Riveter.” After marrying her husband Joseph, the couple moved out to Long Island and had three children: Michael, Nanette, and Richard. They eventually moved out to Southampton after Mr. Forestano retired. Forestano first began volunteering within the community when her husband lived at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and

Nursing, as she would visit every day and helped out with the other residents there.

When he passed away in 2006, she decided it would be a good use of her time to give back to others in need by volunteering. She also began attending the Bridgehampton Senior Center and is involved in activities there as well.

On January 19, a small birthday celebration was held for Forestano at the Southampton Hospital Foundation thrift shop. Manager Robin Page, who is also the hospital’s director of volunteer services, and Steven Bernstein, Southampton Hospital Foundation president and the hospital’s chief development officer, joined her.

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Flag Flies For Antonio Gil Sr.

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support military operations in New Guinea and throughout the South Pacific. Despite all this, Gil and his fellow sailors got the job done and developed a strong bond.

In its mission to bring history to life by honoring a local veteran every month of the school year, the Hampton Bays School District paid tribute to Antonio Gil Sr. by flying an American flag in his honor throughout the month of January.

The bond was not enough, however, to detract from the loneliness the soldiers experienced. Contact with family and friends in America was sporadic. Mail, when it came, was censored; information was cut out or crossed out. Rare USO shows were morale boosters, but troops spent most of what little free time they had playing cards.

“The district is proud to honor Mr. Gil for his bravery and service to the United States,” said Superintendent of Schools Lars Clemensen.

Gil, a World War II veteran, was honored with a ceremony at Hampton Bays Elementary School on January 19. During the ceremony, the Hampton Bays Middle School Jazz Band performed and middle school students Erin Brosnan and Carly Dunn read their Patriot’s Pen essays. The event culminated with the raising of the flag on the district’s flagpole.

Boot camp at Camp Peary, VA, was rough for Gil, who was just 19 when he enlisted in the Navy in 1942. He was given many orders, frequently served kitchen patrol, and had to stand guard duty, but this did little to prepare him for what was to come. After brief stateside assignments at Camps Parks and Rousseau in California, he shipped out with his unit to Australia and then to

Independent / Courtesy Hampton Bays School District The Hampton Bays School District honored World War II veteran Antonio Gil Sr. at a ceremony on January 19. He is pictured with middle school students Carly Dunn (left) and Erin Brosnan (right).

New Guinea. New Guinea, as Gil describes, was a place where “it rained daily for nine months and then the monsoon started,” and where the only paths through the jungle quickly became knee-deep mud under the onslaught of the drenching rain.

Because New Guinea was “just a jungle” when Gil arrived, the unit’s first task was to build huts as shelter from the rain. The shelters did little to protect the sailors from the 90-degree heat and 90-percent-

plus humidity. The huts also did not protect from the clouds of mosquitos, swarms of ants and other stinging insects, or from the diseases they spread. Malaria, dengue fever, dysentery, scrub typhus, and more awaited. Most of the sailors contracted at least one of these and Gil got two of the worst – malaria and dengue fever. In addition to these hardships, sniper fire was common as the men loaded and unloaded ships of the supplies and ammo needed to

In November 1945, Gil transferred to Lido Beach, NY. There he was stationed until his discharge as a gunner’s mate second class – V6 USNR.

After his discharge, Gil went to work for Fisher Baking Company as a route driver. He moved to Hampton Bays in 1954 and worked for Nugent & Potter as a road salesman until his retirement. Always active in the community, Gil has served as a Southampton Town councilman, a member of the fire department and Southampton Town Planning Board, a Little League coach, and a Cub Scout leader. He has two sons, four grandchildren, and four greatgrandchildren. Today, Gil is the last surviving member of his outfit.

Crown, Sash, Cash

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Calling ladies of a certain age.

The New York Senior America Organization is seeking gracious women 60 years or older who best exemplify the qualities of the modern dynamic senior for its upcoming 2018 pageant at Molloy College in Rockville Centre.

Auditions will be held in March, April, and May at the Massapequa Bar Harbor Library in Massapequa Park. There will be an array of talent on display, including singers, dancers, musicians, and 14

comediennes.

Participants who successfully pass the auditions will compete in the Ms. New York Senior America Pageant and the winner will move on to the national pageant in Atlantic City. The queen will receive a crown, sash, and a cash reward. Call the pageant’s state director, Marleen Schuss, at 516-6783242 or email marleenschuss@ aol.com for an appointment time and date. For more information, check out their website at www. newyorksenioramerica.org.

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Patchogue’s Efforts Now Mainstream

By Steve Levy

At the Vision Long Island Smart Growth Summit recently I was asked by a reporter to provide advice to incoming Nassau executive Laura Curran’s transition team. The conversation made me reflect upon my own transitioning before I took office as Suffolk executive in 2004.

It was there I decided I wanted to merge the county’s housing division with the economic development department. I appointed the former head of the Long Island Housing Partnership, Jim Morgo, to head the new department. We created a vision that centered downtown redevelopment upon an infusion of new, vibrant workforce housing to be built in the vicinity of the walkable Main Street corridor. By the time we took the reins in January, I had already given the directive to create a pool of funds in the amount of $15 million to be used as seed money to incentivize any municipality that would take the plunge. I thought we’d have so many takers that we’d exhaust the fund with the first few days. But, for most, the one thing more powerful than the lure of millions of free dollars was the potential wrath of civic groups that might oppose these proposals of higher density.

There was one leader who called to say he’d take as much as we could give him. That man was Mayor Paul Pontieri who, with his trustees in

Patchogue, was prepared to roll out plans for a major redevelopment initiative in the village. And, we agreed, it started with the affordable housing.

Not one, not two, but three major housing complexes were built using almost all of the $15 million we put up. What we found was that the young people renting at the new Copper Beech Village apartments, the bohemian Art Space units for up-and-coming artists, and the Tri Tech housing and retail complex, were ready-made customers for the local bagel stores, dry cleaners, and stationers. And then there were the bars, theaters, and restaurants that gave the village a thriving nightlife vibrancy. There was, however, one glaring problem. So many people were flocking to Patchogue that there wasn’t enough parking. It’s the type of problem, the mayor notes, that other mayors would love to have.

flourish. Watch how young people, who otherwise would be moving to the coolness of Manhattan or Brooklyn, decided to stay home on Long Island.

At a real estate seminar hosted by my law firm, Campolo, Middleton, & McCormick, my good friend Joe Campolo asked Long Island Building Institute executive director Mitch Pally about Long Island’s future land use patterns. Mitch took great joy in talking about the recent rejuvenation in Farmingdale. He joked about how in the past he would only use Patchogue as an example of how to do it right. It’s not that he didn’t want to cite other examples. It’s just that there weren’t any others to talk about. But eventually Patchogue’s success proved contagious. Its model is now being mirrored in numerous sites including Bay Shore, Ronkonkoma, and Wyandanch to name a few.

The Smart Growth seminar highlighted these projects and how they are showing that Long Island is finally starting to adapt to its changing demographics and economics. There’s still a long way to go, but we are seeing attitudes change. Builder Don Monti, who spoke at the Summit, noted that higher density and affordable housing, which once sparked fears of bringing Queens to Long Island, is far more often today seen as a way to keep our millennials and empty nesters close to home. Much of it all started in those transition days and with a mayor who was simply willing to say yes. Thanks, Paul.

Steve Levy is executive director of the Center for Cost Effective Government. He served as Suffolk County Executive, as a NYS Assemblyman, and host of “The Steve Levy Radio Show.”

Patchogue’s renaissance put a stake in the heart of the myth that higher density would cause turmoil, homeowner unrest, and more social problems. The village morphed from a downtown with a sky-high vacancy rate to near full capacity. (It also showed how important sewers were for revitalization.) What did Paul do that others didn’t? He simply said “yes.” Let developers come in with exciting new plans, let them make a profit, and watch how village revenues will be enhanced and businesses

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Compiled by Rick Murphy African American History Month In recognition of African American History month, Assemblyman Fred Thiele issued the following statement:

This February, we remember and pay tribute to those who persevered through racial oppression, intolerance and injustice to pave the way for civil rights in our country; we also recognize those who have taken up the helm in today’s challenging times. While we celebrate the contributions black Americans have made in shaping our country for the better each and every day, National African American History Month serves as an opportunity to formally recognize their achievements. It also serves as a call to action to build on the legacies of those who came before by fighting for recognition and justice.

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From the pivotal role our state played as a stop on the Underground Railroad, to Weeksville, Brooklyn, the home to one of the first free black communities in the United States, New York has always been at the center of the fight for justice and equality. We’re also home to the African Burial Ground, the first national monument dedicated to Africans and African Americans of New York’s earliest days, which can still be visited today.

New Yorkers like Shirley Chisholm - a native Brooklynite who served in the state Assembly, became the first African American woman to serve in Congress and later became the first female and first African American major party candidate for president - showed that greatness could be achieved despite the barriers that exist.

expression, channeling struggle into verse and inspiring countless others. James Baldwin, a literary legend and tireless champion for civil rights who hailed from Harlem, brought attention to the issues that pervaded our society and culture, exploring subjects that included interracial and LGBTQ relationships in an era when such subjects were swept under the rug.

In the Assembly, we’re continuing to fight for progressive ideals – those same ideals Shirley Chisholm championed in the Assembly chamber over 50 years ago. We’ve

invested in our schools, brought a college degree within reach for many more families, and raised the age of criminal responsibility to begin reforming our criminal justice system and give kids a second chance. Everyone deserves a level playing field, so we’ll keep fighting to create economic opportunities and address inequities whenever and wherever we can. National African American History Month is a time to seek inspiration from leaders who came before and commit to the fight for a better future.

Oil & Water

Langston Hughes, a celebrated poet and key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, helped usher in a new age of black excellence and artistic

Independent / Courtesy CCE A bevy of elected officials and environmentalists gathered to decry proposed offshore oil drilling during a press conference at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead last week. (Left to right) Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine, Congressman Lee Zeldin, Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Riverhead Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith, and East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc.

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A diverse group of stakeholders, elected officials, business leaders and environmental advocates rallied Friday in opposition to drilling off New York’s coast. “The Administration’s decision

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to open our coastal waters, including in the Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island, to oil and gas drilling threatens the health of our waterways, our fisheries, our economy, and our way of life,” said Adrienne Esposito, executor director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “We are opposing offshore drilling and urging US Interior Secretary Zinke to hold a public hearing on Long Island to allow local residents a voice in a risky scheme that could forever change our island.” The Department of Interior recently proposed opening 90 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to energy exploration,

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Opposition To Deepwater Stiffens

By Rick Murphy

There may well be wind farms off the coast funneling energy into East Hampton someday -- but a big “if ” is now in place to go with the “when.”

In the earlier stages opponents for the most part were fishing enthusiasts or professional fisherman, with a sprinkling of environmentalists.

In recent months, however, there

have been serious questions raised about the cost of the project consumers will be forced to bear, the tactics used by Deepwater Wind to procure support and the time frame for obtaining permits for the project,

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Trump Offers Dreamers A Path

judges. In addition, Trump seeks to make the deportation process simpler and thus quicker.

As reported in The Independent last week, President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats, particularly New York Senator Chuck Schumer, were locked in a stalemate. The issues were pending government shutdown and the fate of some 700,000 so-called Dreamers, children of immigrants who entered the country illegally.

Trump forced the matter by repealing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, in October, setting a deadline of six months before the Dreamers start being deported. The newest proposal would triple the pool of illegal immigrants who could become citizens.

After a three-day government shutdown Schumer and Trump were able to hammer out an agreement to extend government funding through February 8, ending the shutdown.

Part of the Trump plan is to vastly curtail chain migration, which allows immigrants who acquire citizenship to sponsor their nuclear family members. The president has warned Democrats there will be no agreement to help the Dreamers unless they agree to support the US leader’s plans to build a wall along the country’s border with Mexico.

Schumer opened himself to widespread criticism because he did not seek a solution for the Dreamers situation in return. But there were indications that Trump would reciprocate with a proposal that would allow the Dreamers a path toward citizenship.

On January 24 Trump did just that, offering to protect up to 1.8 million immigrants from deportation. However, the price won’t be cheap – Trump wants his border wall, and it will require a significant amount of government funding – more than Schumer and other leading Democrats were expecting. A main plank in Trump’s campaign platform was to build a wall across the US-Mexican border and enact tougher immigration laws to stem the flow of would-be terrorists into the country. He also stated

Meanwhile, Schumer has had a change of heart. “We’re going to have to start on a new basis, and the wall offer’s off the table,” Schumer told reporters January 23. He agreed with many Congressional Democrats that Trump was asking too much in return for the Dreamers legislation he is proposing. Trump remained defiant. that Mexico would pay for the wall. Trump was unsuccessful in obtaining financing for the wall during his first year in office but the Democrats and Schumer indicated some sort of tradeoff was possible. Trump’s plan would require

Congress to approve an outlay of up to $25 billion, almost triple his original estimate for the wall. Trump also wants Congress to allocate additional funds for more security on our northern border and wants to hire more immigration

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Compiled by Rick Murphy Charged With Burglary A man was spotted around 7 Sunday morning in a neighborhood house, and Riverhead Town Police said he had robbery on his mind. The 911 caller had first hand information – after all, he or she was the would-be victim, calling from another room in the house, located on Twomey Avenue. The intruder allegedly grabbed some cash and ran off before police arrived. The burglar didn’t get very far.

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a large quantity of marijuana in a backpack along with some prescription pills, cocaine, processing equipment, and a scale.

That was enough to arrest Fuccillo, and charges include criminal possession of marijuana and felony criminal possession of a controlled substance, according to Southold Town Police. Fuccillo was arrested and released on bail with a future court date, police said.

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number over the telephone.

Remember:

• If you suspect that you are speaking to someone involved in a scam, hang up and contact the IRS to confirm that there is an issue with your taxes.

• Do not give out your personal information over the telephone. Do not give out your social security

Should you have concerns over possible phone scams contact the Southampton Town Police Department to report any concerns.

• The IRS will not contact you via telephone, the IRS will contact you via mail for any issues that may arise.

• Do not send money via Western Union. Do not provide credit card numbers

Armed with a good description, police identified the suspect as Joseph Budriss, 40, of Glider Avenue, and picked him up at his residence. He was charged with of second-degree burglary, a class C felony, and arraigned later that day. GREENPORT felony Southold Town Police said they picked up a Patchogue man on a felony charge early Sunday morning. Raymond Fuccillo, 25, was stopped on Main Road in Greenport, allegedly for a minor infraction. But, after detecting the sweet, pungent smell of the forbidden weed, officers checked the vehicle and claim there was

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East End even needs the electricity and whether Deepwater has seriously studied the cause and effect the generators will have on fish. The membership roll of the group, which calls itself The Trustees of the Freeholders and Community, reads like the history of East Hampton Township, including descendants of the town’s founding families and Town Trustees of yore with surnames including Lester, Miller, Bennett, and Havens. Recently, even East Hampton Town officials for the first time are questioning aspects of the plan and complaining that they are being rushed into acquiescence. Benefits Package To thwart criticism, and perhaps to grease the skids, Deepwater announced a “community benefits package” that funnels cash to all parties concerned, and critics haven’t been bashful, calling the maneuver “a bribe.” It all rankles Deepwater officials, who say they have tried to do the right thing by engaging everyone concerned, and the public at large, every step of the way.

“We’ve spent a year engaging the community and we’ve been responsive to feedback,” noted Clinton Plummer, a vice president for development for Deepwater Wind. “We’re listening to people and adjusting to feedback.”

The benefits package includes a total of $600,000 to the Town Trustees and $1.2 million to East Hampton Town.

“The benefits package was developed in response to community concerns.

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We wanted to show we will be here long term,” Plummer said. Last week the new group issued a position statement that was a stinging indictment of Deepwater’s entire modus operandi. A spokesman, Gary Cobb, thinks that Deepwater and PSEG are using faulty numbers in an attempt to prove otherwise.

The Freeholders also charge Deepwater has failed to “adhere to the Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM) best management practices (BMP)” and also that the company “has failed to address the potential dangers of the underwater cable on fish species.” Less Costly Plummer said the need for more electricity on the South Fork is well documented. “Electricity resource planning is a very long process. There’s a difference between consumption and need.”

The need was established long before Deepwater came into the picture. “We were one of 21 bidders, and [Long Island Power Authority] determined we would be most effective and less costly.” A hedge fund, which is the majority owner of Deepwater, D.E. Shaw Group, has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Shaw gave Barack Obama’s Organizing For Action committee $1 million, becoming its largest single donor. Deepwater lobbied extensively in New York to gain favor with politicians and, according to Newsday, more than a few critics charged the LIPA board was pressured into choosing Deepwater even though it wasn’t the lowest bidder.

In retrospect, the about face by the LIPA board now seems perfectly logical: Governor Cuomo insisted on the demise of LIPA, and in January 2014 Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) was awarded the chore of running the troubled utility.

Cuomo pushed hard for Deepwater, but at the time few involved knew PSEG New Jersey was also forming a relationship with Deepwater. Last February The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ BPU) announced that it has chosen Garden State Offshore Energy (GSOE), a joint venture of PSEG Renewable Generation and Deepwater Wind, as the preferred developer of a 350-megawatt wind farm off the coast of New Jersey.

“As the preferred developer, GSOE will proceed with evaluation of the project’s environmental impacts and wind resources quality as well as begin the permitting process at both the state and federal levels,” according to a press release.

In 2016 Deepwater struck a deal with Maryland as well. A six-unit wind farm is already online off the coast of Rhode Island. They are the only offshore generators ever built by Deepwater -- it secured leases on ocean bottomland to build wind farms up and down the East Coast before the company had ever build a single unit. Democratic Initiative Cobb said the push for wind power is a Democratic Party initiative coming out of Albany and bolstered by East Hampton town officials who famously boasted the town would be “energy self sufficient” by 2020 and proceeded not to do anything to advance that goal until Deepwater

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came into the picture. For that reason, Deepwater was a welcome ally from the get-go.

“Larry [former East Hampton Town Supervisor] Cantwell and the town basically green-lighted it,” Cobb said.

A recent Deepwater presentation to the town board did not go well. Plummer told the board on January 18 that he hoped to receive the necessary approvals to bring the cable on shore at Beach Lane in Wainscott. Deepwater needs the necessary town-issued permits to obtain approval from state and federal agencies.

Newly elected Councilman Jeffrey Bragman, an attorney and planning and zoning specialist, blanched. “I’m hoping that this kind of presentation is not what the project sponsors consider to be an environmental review,” he said to Plummer. Plummer said afterwards Deepwater would go through detailed environmental reviews from the state (Called an Article 7) and the federal government in the form of a National Environmental Policy Review (NEPA). The town would not be the lead agency to conduct an environmental review. “If we go through all the necessary reviews we will use municipal land. We need approval before we start the process,” Plummer said. Cobb said that by law PSEG and Deepwater, “have to prove there is a public need,” a sentiment echoed in the East Hampton Town Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan (LWRP). “Do we really need the power?” Cobb asked. “The Trustees may be the last line of defense.”

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Admit it. We’re snooty. When it comes to preservation efforts and land use, officials on the Twin Forks often look west with jaundiced eyes. Ethnocentric, we’ll look at projects proposed locally and deride them as “too upisland, too Western Suffolk.” At the same time, we congratulate ourselves regularly for efforts to protect the environment and even affordable housing initiatives, despite an abysmal track record across the region for the latter. Time to look west, young men and women. Look west, but not that far west, to Patchogue Village – for lessons in affordable housing and environmental protection, for lessons in municipal courage. Haven’t been to downtown Patchogue lately? It’s Suffolk County’s most heralded affordable housing locale, most successful example of downtown revitalization. In this week’s Indy, former county executive Steve Levy outlines the redevelopment of the village spearheaded by long time Mayor Paul Pontieri. Affordable housing was the focal point of that years-long effort. More recently, the environment took a front seat in the village. Patchogue enacted a ban of styrofoam, aka polystyrene. Polystyrene cannot be recycled, is non-biodegradable, and has a lifespan of over 500 years. The EPA lists it as the fifth largest source of hazardous waste in the United States. Americans throw away 25 billion styrofoam coffee cups every year. Restaurants and “carry out” establishments in Patchogue Village have until September to replace styrofoam containers with green, recyclable containers. Following the January 22 vote by the village board, Pontieri was asked if banning styrofoam in one small village would make a difference. “We’ve just got to start someplace; it’ll start here.” “It’s the right thing to do,” Pontieri said.

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Maybe here on the East End, taking a look west is, on occasion, the right thing for us to do.

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It always starts with Hamill and his constant, one-sided bias, and ongoing negative Donald Trump columns. That same negativity and criticism has now worked its way into the In Depth News section and into the editorial, in addition to Jerry Della Femina’s ongoing hatefilled Trump bashing.

Bill Nicolai I’m going to a big Super Bowl party but this year no one I like at all is playing. So, I can’t make any predictions.

Believing someone like Dick Durbin, Nancy Pelosi, or Chuck Schumer is hard to understand when one knows their past statements and subsequent reversals (depending upon wind shifts) on immigration, budgets, and energy. They’re always race-baiting and trying to divide this country along gender, race, religion, and economic status, all for the purpose of attaining more voting blocks to attain power.

Sorry to see you go over to the other side -- not so independent anymore, more like subservient.

Jim Carollo

Take Notice Fleming Dear Editor,

Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming’s passion at the women’s march is commendable. Maybe she should show the same passion to assist the residents in the Wainscott area with the installation of public water, which will lessen health hazards due to contaminated wells. I suggest she take notice of people having bottled water stored under the kitchen table, bottles and paper cups in bathrooms to brush their teeth and wash. Try showering with bottled water, washing out pots, and dishes. Public Water was installed pronto around Francis S. Gabreski Airport!!

Arthur J. French

Tom Eckardt New England. My girlfriend is a Tom Brady fan so she makes me wear the jersey and everything. What can I say? A man’s gotta do these things. I’m a Giants fan but I do think the Patriots are going to pull it off.

I have to tell you that this week’s Independent has solidified the sense that it has turned a hard left and will probably not come back.

The Independent appears to be heading in the same direction of most media outlets -- pushing social engineering messages. It is identity politics at its finest.

By Karen Fredericks

Glen Goldberg The Eagles. One hundred percent sure.

Jiro Frenandez The Panthers. Not much to doubt about that!

Zizelis Knows better Dear Editor,

There are more than a handful of countries around the world which, in whole or part, are dysfunctional cesspools.

They are all kleptocracies, with barely literate citizens who, when they are not being oppressed are, at best, ignored. None of these unfortunates has a clue about, or maybe are not even willing to agree with what we call American values. Why in the name of common sense do we feel the need to welcome them here?

Nicholas Zizelis’s parents immigrated to the USA at a time (presumably in the late 30’s) 80 years ago when this country was completely different in many respects. We needed their start from the ground up -- labor as a major constituent of our immigration flow. What is it about our needs then that needs to be conflated with

what we need from immigration today? It is not racism to point out the differences between one kind of immigrant and another. If Donald Trump has a problem, it’s that he can be too blunt (for the exquisite, refined ears of the political left). Being blunt -- being too blunt -- does not make him wrong. There are countries and then there are “s---hole” countries. Zizelis knows that, but won’t admit it because Trump said it first.

Nicholas Saridaki

Trump Off His Wall Dear Editor, Initially the question was: When is a wall a wall? It is difficult to picture based on Donald Trump’s contradictory descriptions. This “Wall” had become an allegorical concept while competing with the grandiosity of the Great Wall of China; the “biggest,” the “highest,” and the “most beautiful” wall ever to Continued On Page 28.

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A scene from Fifty Flat by Cornell student Brianna Singer, directed and acted by students from Hofstra University, is part of Anthony DiFranco’s documentary Play Time. Independent/Courtesy Anthony DiFranco

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The East End Fringe Festival returns to VailLeavitt Music Hall in Riverhead on Friday to launch its second season with the East End premiere of Play Time, an engaging documentary about Long Island theater featuring

over 100 area performers and participants.

Turning the camera on actors, directors, crew, and fans, filmmaker Anthony DiFranco pulls back the curtain for a closer look at what brings theater to life on Long Island. Adding performance

highlights and visits to dozens of theaters from Bay Street to the Vail-Leavitt, Theater Three, and beyond, Play Time transports the audience from backstage to onstage and out to the towns and communities that enthusiastically support local theater.

The East End Fringe Festival’s mission statement is to function “as a catalyst for cultural and community development, dedicated to connecting adventurous emerging and established artists, appreciative audiences,

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North Fork Candles Get Lit

Sip the wine, savor the local produce, and inhale the signature scents of the North Fork by candlelight. More than any other of the senses, our olfactory senses are the strongest at triggering emotions and memories. Suddenly a candle is more than a glowing flame but an ignition of positivity. Three local companies are taking the beauty around them and turning it into a piece of home for everyone.

Baylily Candles, located in Southold, launched in the fall of 2017 as a family endeavor. It’s owned by Michelle J. Warde and her husband, Scott Warde, with their two-year-old daughter Lily inspiring the name. “She is the greatest gift that I have ever been given. She reminds me every day to never give up on my dreams and to always ‘Stop and smell the candles,’” Michele expressed. “I love the comfort of home and I cherish all of the special memories that I have created with my family and friends. The North Fork of Long Island is home to me and is such a beautiful place. The beauty is what inspires our candles.” All of their candles are hand poured, made from all natural soy wax, B-2

and take about a day to make in a 13-ounce recycled glass jar before being packaged in an eco-friendly linen bag. Merlot flavor, which smells good enough to drink, is one of their best sellers. Custom labels are in store for local vineyards and private events. Other aromatic scents include Pinot Grigio, Pumpkin Souffle, and Cranberry Jam. Visit www.blcandles.com, their Facebook page at BaylilyCandles, or email info@blcandles.com to learn more.

Wick & Wine Candle Company, located in Southold as well, is another example of what happens when you mix wine country with entrepreneurship. Owner Jon Demo turned a fun hobby into a profitable business once he created the bottle and glass design.

Each candle is hand produced on the North Fork. The repurposed 1.5 liter bottle dismantles, revealing a usable wine glass. Once the wax melts, the bottle can be used as a planter, flower vase, or, better yet, wine glass again. For the wine lover in all of us, this really is the gift that keeps on giving. As the seasons vary, so do the most scents at Wick & Wine, but toast to the flavors of Red Sangria, Champagne Room, Unlimited

Mimosas, and Vineyard Breeze. Two new lines are on the horizon including more traditional candle scents and aromatherapy, in addition to adaptable lines of repurposed wine glassware, bath bombs, and soaps.

“Those inexpensive candles stocked to the gills in big retail stores might make a candle lover feel like they’re getting a deal, but in the long run soy wax wins the day every time,” Demo said. “Soy wax is made from all natural vegetable oil – it burns cleaner, safer, and longer.” Demo donates to several charities and co-founded Kait’s Angels, a nonprofit that aims to empower the local community. Visit www.wickandwine.com or email info@wickandwine.com to learn about where you can purchase products.

Farmers Kitchen is a fourthgeneration family farm located in Jamesport with a storefront in Riverhead. Its greenhouses raise herbs and flowers while field crops produce items such as garlic, onions, and culinary lavender. Nearly 17 years ago Emilie Zaweski and her husband assembled local gift baskets and opened up the local market by creating a localized candle. Today, their daughter Krista inspired

the names of all 17 of their scents, along with the design.

“The candles were designed with our growing operation of herbs on the farm. So, many of our scents were inspired by herbs for their clean, fresh scent,” Zaweski said. Before choosing a specific scent the company asks a varied audience to sample and provide feedback. Each candle is hand-poured and made with 100 percent soy wax, with lead-free wicks and the purest fragrant oils. In the summertime, whiff the likes of Grapefruit Mango, Cool Citrus Basil, and Coconut Lime Verbena. In fall, a Pear Harvest and Pumpkin Crunch. For winter, there’s Balsam Fir and Citrus Spruce. And in spring, Lemon Verbena. Visit www.farmerskitchens.com, Facebook at FarmersKitchen, Instagram @Farmerskitchenny, email Emilie@farmerskitchens.com, or call 631-727-7044. Better yet, stop in person at 309-1 Main Street in Riverhead. Eat, drink, and shop local. Now, light a local candle! Follow more from Nicole Teitler on Instagram & Facebook @ NikkiOnTheDaily or email your comments to NTeitler@gmail.com.

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Sag Harbor Cinema News

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The Sag Harbor Partnership closed on the purchase of the Sag Harbor Cinema from longtime owner Gerry Mallow on January 10. Plans to rebuild the structure, which was destroyed in a devastating fire in December 2016, are underway. In a letter to the community, the Partnership thanked its supporters by stating “We have had over 2500 people donate to our campaign, and more than 90 percent of donations have been $1000 and under.”

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The Partnership has established the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, a registered not-forprofit, which will take over the operation of the Cinema once construction is finished. The center aims to preserve the showing of independent, foreign, and documentary films on the East End. “There’s few things more exciting than seeing a building go up, and since the Cinema is going to belong to everybody on the East End, we think it’s going to be truly inspiring,” commented Nick

Gazzolo, president of the Sag Harbor Partnership. “How fast it goes will depend on support, but if last year was any indication, it could be reopened as soon as a year and a half from now. We need everyone’s help getting through this next phase.” To give the public a sense of what to expect, the group has started producing limited programming shown at other area venues, including All the President’s Men, which was shown to a full house at Guild Hall on January 14 and featured a talk-back with Carl Bernstein, one of the film’s protagonists.

Academy Award winning director Rob Marshall and choreographer/

director/producer John Deluca will participate in the program with their Prohibition era musical Chicago at the Ross School Senior Lecture Hall on Sunday, February 11. American Psycho will screen, with artist and director Laurie Anderson, at Southampton Arts Center on Sunday, February 18.

Films with noteworthy participants have been shown at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor. The next film planned for that venue will be The Americanization of Emily, and will be hosted by Academy Award winning actor and author Julie Andrews on Sunday, March 4. For more info visit www. sagharborcinema.org.

“We could not be more grateful for the outpouring of support this effort received – it’s such a beautiful tribute to the history of this theater, and the passion our community has to ensure the cinema has an

even brighter future for East End residents of every age and income,” said artist and cinema campaign chair April Gornik.

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Arts & Entertainment

By Jessica Mackin-Cipro

Cabin Fever Music Festival

It’s time to beat those winter doldrums as the Cabin Fever Music Festival comes to town offering live music all over the East End through the month of February.

It’s been over a decade since Cabin Fever’s first show hit the East End. Each year the festival continues to feature local music in area bars and restaurants. The festival, which was established by Brendon Henry, Seth Farrell, and Paul Fallo, provides a way to spotlight local musical talent. The month kicks off at Buckley’s Inn Between in Hampton Bays on Friday with Earthreal and Samurai Pizza Cats. On Saturday Nick Kerzner & Wandering Time and Born & Raised will take the stage at MJ Dowling’s in Sag Harbor. Both shows start at 9:30 PM.

On Thursday, February 8, the Southampton Publick House provides an acoustic artist showcase with Liam Meany and Steve

Meadors at 8 PM. On February 22, the venue will host acoustic sets by Mick Hargreaves, Bryan Gallo, and Andrew Cooper. Ward off the winter blues on Saturday, February 10, at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett. Celebrate the life of Robert Nesta Marley with a performance by Project Vibe and The Realm. Doors open at 9 PM. On Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM enjoy a matinee show at North Sea Tavern. The show includes acts An Old Friend, Necter, Adams Atoms, Bad Mary, and NLM!. The festival continues each weekend throughout the month and closes with a matinee party at Jimmy C’s in Hampton Bays. The lineup includes Shipwrecks, Black Leaf, The Ne’re Do Wells, Warm Needles, and Haunted Hacienda.

For a full schedule visit the Cabin Fever Music Festival’s Facebook or Instagram page.

Catch-22 Is Coming To Television

By Rick Murphy

Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, considered one of the best American novels ever written, is coming to television.

The classic satire on the insanity of war will be a six-part miniseries, streamed on Hulu. Production will begin next year.

Catch-22 was about Heller’s own experience in the Air Force, which he readily admitted not only scared the hell out of him, but also damn near drove him crazy. The problem was he had to prove to higher ups he was indeed crazy before he could be declared insane. The classic Catch-22 in Air Force regulations proved his undoing: “Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn’t really crazy.”

Heller lived in East Hampton on Skimhampton Road and was one of the most approachable and B-4

amicable members of the local literati. He would converse, sometimes at great length, not only about his books but also about the local issues of the day. He died in 1999 at the age of 76.

The novel was published in 1961 and at first reviews were lukewarm. But as time passed sales increased. In 1970 Mike Nichols directed the film version starring Alan Arkin as Capt. John Yossarian and Martin Balsam as Colonel Cathcart. In the novel Cathcart wants to

become a general. As such, he does whatever it takes to please his superiors -- in particular, by repeatedly raising the number of missions the men have to fly to complete a tour of duty, beyond those normally ordered by other outfits. This becomes the bane of Yossarian’s life, because every time he comes close to obtaining the target number of missions for being sent home Colonel Cathcart raises the required number again.

George Clooney will direct and star as Cathcart in the remake. Smokehouse Pictures, which Clooney owns with Grant Heslov, will produce. Clooney has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in Syriana (2006) and the other for co-producing Argo (2012). The part of Yossarian has yet to be filled.

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Laurie Lambrecht’s Crying Girl, B & W at the Drawing Room Gallery.

Juggling by Arturo Garcia De Las Heras is on display at the White Room Gallery.

Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@ indyeastend.com. The Drawing Room The Drawing Room Gallery in East Hampton presents its winter installation with a new installation of work by Stephen Antonakos, Antonio Asis, Mary Ellen Bartley, Sue Heatley, Mel Kendrick, Laurie Lambrecht, Vincent Longo, Aya Miyatake, Dan Rizzie, Alan Shields, and Jack Youngerman. Mediums range from sculpture, painting, and drawing to photography and printmaking. The show runs Friday through March 18. A Night Out With… Nick & Toni’s, 136 Main Street in East Hampton, and The Golden Eagle Studio, 144 North Main Street in East Hampton, have introduced a new artist series called “A Night Out With . . .” an artist of the evening. The series of art workshops is followed by dinner with the artist at Nick & Toni’s. Tonight it’s Linda Capello, next week, Traute Worschech.

The evening starts at 5:30 PM and the cost is $75 per person, which includes the art workshop (with any supplies needed) and the specially priced dinner including tax and tip.

an artist who engaged with textiles and the needle arts throughout his career. An entire gallery of work by Shields, and works on paper by Steven and William Ladd, is currently on view in the museum’s permanent collection exhibition, “Five and Forward.”

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Embracing Joy The Gallery at Quogue Library presents its February exhibit, Katherine Hammond’s “Embracing Joy.” Hammond’s mixed media work includes an array of ink, watercolor, crayons, and paper collage. The exhibit will be on display through February 27. Steven and William Ladd The Parrish Art Museum presents an upcoming gallery talk by Parrish collection artists Steven and William Ladd on Friday at 6 PM. The Ladd brothers will share their personal and professional insights into the work of Alan Shields, who lived and worked on Shelter Island since the 1970s.

The Ladds, who use non-traditional materials like fabric, belts, beads, and paper in their work, have a unique connection with Shields --

FLOW The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton presents “FLOW,” a group exhibit with a focus on movement by mixed media artists, photographers, and sculptors. William Quigley, Erling Hope, Sarah Jaffe Turnbull, Neva Setlow, Mary Antzak, Kat O’Neill, Karen Kirschner, Tommy Lagrassa, Sally Breen, Nicholas Down, and Mac Titmus. The show runs through February 11. Color and Light “Color and Light,” art by Janet Jennings, Anne Raymond, and Phyllis Hammond will be on display at Suffolk County Community College’s Lyceum Gallery in the Montaukett Learning Resource Center on the Eastern Campus in Riverhead through March 3.

The exhibit is a celebration of the progression of daylight on the East End landscape, featuring the work of three artists who express the beauty of light. An artists’ reception will be held on Wednesday, February 21, from 4 to 6 PM. Refreshments will be served. Student Art Festival Guild Hall in East Hampton presents its 26th annual “Student Art Festival: K–12.” Showcasing student art from Montauk to Bridgehampton, these inspiring exhibitions feature the works of students in kindergarten through high school. The show runs through February 11. Folioeast Stop by Malia Mills on Main Street in East Hampton, where Folioeast presents the art of Peter Dayton, Janet Jennings, and William Pagano. The exhibit will be up through Sunday. East End Arts East End Arts in Riverhead presents the Elizabeth Richard Memorial Annual Members’ Show. The show runs through March 2. Visit www.eastendarts.org.

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Hampton Daze

January 31

2018

Arts & Entertainment

by Jessica Mackin-Cipro

Restaurant Week

I live for a fantastic deal. And Long Island Restaurant Week is always one of them. Compared to NYC Restaurant week, which offers a dinner prix fixe for $42 (still a good deal), Long Island and East End Restaurant week is just $28.95 (amazing deal). Naturally, when these bargains are offered, I like to go to the most expensive restaurants to optimize my savings.

This Friday night that restaurant was Topping Rose House. My husband Joe used to work in the kitchen under Chef Tom Colicchio. Friday was my first time back for dinner since Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten took over. My friend and I sat at the bar with a nice glass of red wine and prepared to enjoy some good eats. The Parmesan risotto with

roasted mushrooms and herbs was a definite highlight. But it didn’t stop there. There was an escarole and citrus salad, organic roasted chicken, and fresh tagliatelle to be relished. For dessert, a crème fraiche cheese cake and warm chocolate cake. (Diet starts Monday!)

Whether it’s restaurant week or just your average night in February, Topping Rose offers prix fixe deals for diners this winter. The restaurant, which is open year-round, is a wonderful option for a cozy winter night. Check the website for more info, www.toppingrosehouse.com. East End Restaurant week returns April 8, and Long Island Restaurant Week returns April 22. For more, follow me on Instagram @hamptondaze.

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Reporting From Broadway by Isa Goldberg the homecoming queen Mfoniso Udofia’s play Sojourners and its companion piece Her Portmanteau, staged at New York Theater Workshop earlier this season, brought the writer’s passionate voice to the fore.

Performed in repertory, the two plays follow the life of a courageous, indefatigable Nigerian matriarch. Through her story, we observed the clash between American and Nigerian culture. And we experienced the heartwrenching nature of motherdaughter relationships. Currently, Udofia appears in The Homecoming Queen by Ngozi Anyanwu at the Atlantic Theater Company. Her portrayal of a bestselling American novelist,

returning to her native Nigeria after a 15-year absence, is raw and totally unreserved. Beautiful in an unusual way, the actress resonates with passion and a sense of personal mission. As the narrative unfolds, Kelechi (Udofia) is an uptight, self-obsessed American success. Returning to Nigeria to visit her ailing father, she tries to work on her next bestselling novel. In the process of doing so, she reignites conflicts with her father, and creates friction with just about everyone around her. By reconstructing her past through flashbacks, the director, Awoye Timpo, gives the audience a window into the sexual abuse she experienced as a young woman

in a small Nigerian village. More importantly, we meet the young woman who inspires her to rebuild her sense of family and pride in Nigerian culture.

Just how Kelechi fit into this social fabric and why she became ostracized from it, are revealed throughout the play. By revealing the lies, and uncovering the mysteries of her youth, she discovers the inspiration for her next novel.

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The cast from The Homecoming Queen (L to R): Patrice Johnson, Vinie Burrows, Ebbe Bassey, and Zenzi Williams.

A chorus of four women – beautifully costumed in colorful Nigerian prints by Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene, bring life to the role of matriarchy in Nigerian culture. Through dance and song, the chorus demonstrates their need to nurture the community’s children. In fact, everyone here is a relative -- a part of this larger family that is their community.

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It’s a dirty show, and one of the funniest dirty shows I’ve seen. Cruel Intentions, the musical at Le Poisson Rouge, is based on the cult film of the same title. And both are derived from the 18th-century French novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Only now

the cast of characters is a group of wealthy New York City high school students. If there is a sense of decorum to the characters in the novel, there certainly isn’t any here. These are teenagers!

Groping, blackmailing, and transgressing make this high school musical better than all the others in the genre. Here, the testosterone driven football player (Brian Muller) is a closeted gay youth, the handsomest guy in school (Constantine Rousouli) is a manipulative jaded bully. For him, sex is a weapon for gaining social control. And in that pursuit his chief ally and rival is his half-sister, played by Lauren Zakrin.

That the performers are outstanding is a huge factor in delivering such unspeakable pleasures. Along with that, the familiar ’90s rock hits, performed by a live four-piece rock band are priceless throwbacks. Similarly, the energetic choreography -- the well-organized moves of sexually uninhibited teens -- feels entirely fresh. Indeed, neither the creators nor the actors are novices. As Kathryn, Zakrin (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812) belts a hot rock song; Annette Hargrove (Glinda in Wicked) has a beautiful voice; and Sebastian (Rousouli) is a beast with a six pack. This evening of spiteful, vindictive, nasty sex is a must!

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Old Dogs, New Trips

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by Vay David & John Laudando

FAREWELL TO THE JUTLAND

Independent/Vay David Nyborg, one of the Jutland Peninsula’s many picture-perfect towns, was Denmark’s first capital.

the castle costume shop held. Apparently, anyone interested can participate.

Independent/John Laudando Two of the astonishing handmade costumes in the collection at Koldinghus castle.

It’s the last day of our weekend driving about Denmark’s Jutland Peninsula with our friends Svend and Lisbet (Part One of this trip is in the Indy edition of August 30, 2017). Our main destination, aside from simply marveling at the beauty of the entire peninsula, was Koldinghus, a Renaissance castle created from a medieval fortress by Denmark’s King Christian III.

Set in the enchanting little town of Kolding, Koldinghus had a lot to recommend it -- a modern gallery, a sparkling display of silver objects, outstanding reconstruction innovations, an impressive tower, and a fun bowling game in the courtyard. It was my favorite of the

places we visited on the Peninsula.

One feature of the castle especially entranced me. Upstairs, I found a woman sewing away on an elegant waistcoat intended for the man who will perform the role of King in the castle’s Christmas festivities. “A group of us have been working on this for over a year,” she explained. Everything was done by hand, including myriad little raised tufts on every inch of the front edges. When I asked who would wear the many costumes these volunteers had created, she invited me back to take part in the festival, when I could choose my own costume from the many handmade beauties

(Not this year, but sometime? As an actor, costumes make my heart sing. Nothing like transforming, via magnificent clothing, to some elegant someone from another time!) The Jutland is full of lovely towns -- we wandered about in Nyborg before heading to its outskirts to conclude our tour of the Jutland Peninsula at the home of our hostess Lisbet’s brother. After strolling about his property, set in the verdant Jutland countryside, we had tea, then set off for Copenhagen.

To get there, we crossed the bridge across the Great Belt -- the Storebælt Bridge. This graceful suspension bridge is more than 11 miles long, and it links the eastern and western parts of Denmark together. The story of its construction is quite a saga, and the bridge itself is a wonder of engineering. We ended our time in Denmark

with another lovely evening at Svend and Lisbet’s home, back in Copenhagen.

Next? Prague -- we flew from Copenhagen despite hoping to take the train and make some stops between. Why? Simple answer -- the train from Copenhagen to Berlin, only halfway there, was more per person than the plane for both of us. So we flew. And Svend, ever the helpful tour guide, drove us to the airport via another extensive, well-narrated driving tour of Copenhagen. At the airport, since we still had some Danish kroner left, I had a great time using them up at the Flying Tiger shop. What fun things they sell! Inexpensive. And many very useful items -- I’m still using the metal-laced sponges I got there and wondering what I will do when they run out. I guess we’ll have to return to Denmark when that happens.

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Entertainment Guide by Bridget LeRoy 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 jessica@ indyeastend.com by Thursday at noon.

Music Stephen Talkhouse The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett presents DJ Snoop on Saturday night at 10 PM. For tickets, visit www.stephentalkhouse. com or call 631-267-3117. LIVE music and Karaoke at Springs Tavern The Springs Tavern will host live music every Friday from 9 to 11 PM in February, kicking off this week with Michael Rusinsky. Artists will change weekly and there is no cover. The tavern hosts karaoke night every Saturday night beginning at 9 PM. No cover, just bring your best singing voice! For further information call the Springs Tavern at 631-527-7800. Townline BBQ Music Townline BBQ in Sagaponack continues live music every Friday from 6 to 9 PM. For more information call Townline BBQ at 631-537-2271 or visit www. townlinebbq.com. Suffolk Theater

Freddie Roman brings his famed comedy act to Riverhead on Friday. Roman is known for his longrunning Broadway hit Catskills on

Broadway, along with his Comedy Central roasts of Chevy Chase, Drew Carey, and others.

Then on Saturday, it’s ZBTB with special guest Southbound. It’s the nation’s premier Zac Brown Tribute group performing modern country anthems such as “Chicken Fried,” “Toes,” and more. Long Island country favorite Southbound starts off the evening for a double dose of country.

Ticket options for both shows include row seating and cabaret seating, and the shows start at 8 PM. For more info and tickets, visit www. suffolktheater.com. Keeping Jazz Alive at SAC Southampton Arts Center and the Jam Session kick-off the 2018 season with Keeping Live Jazz ALIVE, an all-star concert to benefit the Jazz Foundation of America’s KEYED UP! program.

World-class music and delicious food will come together on Saturday. Musicians include Ray Anderson on trombone, Claire Daly on baritone saxophone, Jay Rodriguez on tenor sax, Morris Goldberg on alto sax, Diego Urcola on trumpet, Santi Debriano on bass, Bill O’Connell on piano, and Claes Brondal on drums. The event will be hosted by WPPB’s Ed German and Brian Cosgrove with food and drink compliments of Bay Burger and Union Cantina. Doors open at 6 PM for refreshments and tickets are $40.

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The North Fork Community Theatre presents Next To Normal.

“Keyed Up! and Southampton Arts Center are promoters and custodians of jazz. This benefit will help these organizations bridge the financial gap and provide a quality venue in the East End community,” said Brondal. For more information, visit www.scc-arts.org. Sarah Conway in Sag The Wamponamon Masonic Lodge at 200 Main Street, Sag Harbor, presents a dynamic cabaret show featuring Sarah Conway with Dan Koontz on piano, Saturday at 8 PM. Doors open at 7:30 PM for wine and refreshments. Come and relax in the intimate atmosphere of the Freemasons’ inner sanctum amidst historic documents and magnificent murals. $20 admission at the door, with all proceeds going to the Pierson High School Scholarship Fund and local charities.

theater Next to Normal at NFCT Winner of three Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, this criticallyacclaimed and ground-breaking show is an emotional powerhouse about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other. Driven by a rock-and-roll score, Next to Normal is an intense, emotional, and ultimately hopeful evening of theatre that is rarely performed locally. North Fork Community Theatre presents the show, with a proviso: it contains adult themes and subject matter and is not suitable for children. Performances are Friday through Sunday. Show times, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 2:30. Tickets are $25. For more information, visit www.nfct.com.

Indecent at Guild Hall Saturday brings a BroadwayHD screening of one of the most talkedabout plays of the year – Paula

Vogel’s Indecent.

Inspired by the true story of the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance, this new play with music from Pulitzer Prizewinner Vogel and director Rebecca Taichman is set at a time when waves of immigrants were changing the face of America and takes a riveting look at an explosive moment in theatrical history. The screening begins at 7 PM. Tickets are $18; $16 for Guild Hall members. Contact www.GuildHall. org or call 631-324-4050. JDTLab Offering On Tuesday night, Guild Hall’s JDTLab offers a free performance of Small Among Infinite Stars, written by Matthew Minnicino. A triptych of interlaced interrogations of explosive, uncomfortable, radiant womanhood. Three women. Three stories. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Reservations are strongly encouraged at https://give.guildhall. org/JDTLab. Prix fixe special at the 1770 House for JDTLab Tuesday nights: a two-course dinner for $27. Mention code JDTLab when making your reservation (offer good only prior to curtain). The show starts at 7:30 PM. The Stowaways Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts presents The Stowaways: An Evening of Improv Comedy at the theater on Saturday and February 17, and again on March 3 and 17 at 8 PM.

All shows will be different since with improvisational comedy, you never know what will happen! Tickets are $25-$30 and are on sale now at www. baystreet.org, or by calling the box office at 631-725- 9500.

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by Kitty Merrill 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 news@indyeastend.com.

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WEDNESDAY 1•31•18 • Loving Vincent screens tonight at Montauk Library at 7 PM.

• Guild Hall presents Word Up! A Middle School Celebration of Poetry at 7 PM. All are welcome, with registration encouraged. Visit www.GuildHall.org. • Chabad of the Hamptons hosts Tu B’Shvat Seder at 7 PM at its Woods Lane center. FRIDAY 2•2•18 • The YMCA hosts Friday night preteen and teen programs from 6 to 9 PM. Round-trip transportation for Sag Harbor, Southampton, and Bridgehampton kids is avails, too. Visit www. ymcali.org and look for Friday night preteen and teen program transportation to sign up online and learn more about the offerings. SATURDAY 2•3•18 • East Hampton Trails Preservation Society invites you to follow a meandering portion of the Paumanok Path through an oak and pitch pine forest to enjoy the quiet beauty of Napeague State Park. Meet on Napeague Meadow Road past the Art Barge, about half a mile north of the intersection with Route 27 at 10 AM. Leader: Carol Andrews 631-725-3367. • Guild Hall in East Hampton offers a free student art workshop for kids in grades K to five. Students tour the galleries to find inspiration for their own artwork. Sessions from 11 AM till noon and 1 to 2 PM. Reserve a spot on Guild Hall’s website.

• There’s a figure drawing class at the Amagansett Library at 11 AM. www.amaglibrary.org. SUNDAY 2•4•18 • Take a hike and see if you can spot a seal at Montauk Point State Park. A state park naturalist will lead a leisurely beach walk to an area where up to four species of seals have been seen. Hike begins at the concession building. 1:30 PM. Expect to be outside two to three hours, so dress appropriately. Bring binoculars, if you’d like. Registration required, call 631668-5000. $4. TUEsday 2•6•18 • East Hampton Library hosts citizen preparation classes on Tuesday evenings at 5:30 PM. Call 631-324-0222 ext. 3 to register. • AARP blood pressure screening is offered at the Montauk Library at 1 PM.

Southampton Wednesday 1•31•18 • Join Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt and South Fork Natural History Museum on a leisurelypaced one-hour hike through open-field trails behind SoFo in Bridgehampton.

Whenever two full moons appear in a single month, the second is christened a “Blue Moon.” The appearance of a Blue Moon is actually a relatively rare occurrence since one rises on average only once every 2 ½ to 3 years; however, 2018 is unique with two Blue Moons. This is a free program, beginning at 6:30 PM. Call 631-537-9735 for the deets. THURSDAY 2•1•18 • Learn the ins and outs of popular dating websites at the Rogers Library in Southampton at 6:30 PM. Call or visit the reference desk to register. $10.

• How do old-fashioned methods of predicting weather compare to today’s ways? The Atmospheric Sciences Department from Stony Brook University will offer illumination. 6 PM at the Quogue Library. Call 631-653-4224 ext. 101 to register. FRIDAY 2•2•18 • Westhampton Library hosts a Super Bowl party for teens at 7:30 PM. The program will feature Super Bowl appetizers and actionpacked indoor football games. Call to register. 631-288-3335.

• It’s a Groundhog Day celebration at the Quogue Library. At 9:30 AM, join the village mayor and trustees for a community event as you see if the groundhog will see his shadow. At 1 PM, watch the movie Groundhog Day, and at 3:30 PM, kids can make a groundhog craft. Call 631-653-4224 ext. 101 to register for the events. SATURDAY 2•3•18 • Join Frank Quevedo, executive director of the South Fork Natural History Museum, on a birding expedition at Shinnecock at 10 AM. Call SoFo at 631-537-9735 to register and for admission and location information.

• Head on over to the Water Mill Community House for a traditional New England contra dance. All dances are taught by caller Chart Guthrie with live music by the Huntingtones. 7:45 PM. Admission is $15 for adults. $7.50 for students. Beginners welcome. • The Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons presents a round table program moderated by Pamela

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Hardwood. Discussion items include native plant gardens, rain gardens, and rain barrels. Speakers from the Peconic Estuary program will talk about homeowners’ rebates. The panel discussion is free and open to the public. Location: The HAH library on the ground floor of the Bridgehampton Community House on Main Street. 10 AM. • The Southampton Town Democratic Club hosts a breakfast meeting at 10 AM at Page at 63 Main in Sag Harbor. Eileen Duffy will discuss the Let’s Visit Lee Zeldin Facebook group and strategies for creating a grass roots movement. For tickets, call 631470-6121.

• There’s a Heartsaver CPR course for adults at the Hampton Bays Library at 10 AM. Participants will receive an American Heart Association course completion card. Space is limited and the course is available for library cardholders. Call to register. 631-728-6241 ext 122. SUNDAY 2•4•18 • Fashion a fish with Melanie Meade of the South Fork Natural History Museum at 10:30 AM. Participants create their own fishy creatures. Call SoFo at 631-5379735 to register and for admission and location information. Monday 2•5•18 • Kids in grades K to six are invited to participate in the Westhampton Library’s Buddy Art program, making yard hearts to donate to the Kanas Center for Hospice Care and the Westhampton Care Center just in time for Valentine’s Day. 4 PM.

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Doctors, Housecalls, & Hospitals Photos by Richard Lewin

It was standing room only at Clinton Academy in East Hampton on Friday. The East Hampton Historical Society presented the first in its winter lecture series called “Doctors, Housecalls, & Hospitals.” Dr. David Edwards and Dr. Doris Zenger were the two subjects of the lecture. Presentations were made by history experts Hugh King, Ken Collum, and Ann Thomas.

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Sweet Charities

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by Jessica Mackin-Cipro Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. ARF Open House Join the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons for a Valentine’s Day open house and low cost vaccine and microchip clinic from 11 AM to 3 PM at the ARF Adoption Center in Wainscott on Sunday. ARF will be offering FVRCP, DA2PP, bordetella, rabies, and microchipping for just $10 each for cats and dogs. No appointment necessary. Perlman Music Program The Perlman Music Program on Shelter Island presents a wine dinner and charity auction at Le Bernadin Privé in Manhattan tomorrow. The annual celebration of the finest food, wine, and music, all support the incredible young artists of PMP. Tickets start at $1500. For more info visit www. perlmanmusicprogram.org. Winter Blood Drive Eastern Long Island Hospital’s winter blood drive will be held tomorrow from 8 AM to 5:15 PM in the ELIH conference room in Greenport. All donors will receive a $5 gift card to the ELIH Corner Shop or Greenhouse Grill. For more information, eligibility criteria, or to schedule an appointment, call ELIH at 631-477-5100. Walk-ins are also welcome. Bereavement Group East End Hospice and Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue present an

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equine therapy adult bereavement group. The six-week program takes place on Thursdays, starting on February 8, at Spirit’s Promise in Riverhead. To register, call Angela Byrns at 631-288-8400. Psychic Night New Hope Rising presents an evening with world-renowned psychic medium Josephine Ghiringhelli. This fundraiser will be held on February 9 at 230 Elm in Southampton. Doors open at 6 PM. Admission is $50 and tickets can be purchased online at www.NHRPsychicNight. Brownpapertickets.com or $60 at the door. The evening includes buffet dinner, light dessert, and coffee/tea. Group reading with Josephine starts at 7:30 PM. Chinese auction and 50/50 raffle, too.

New Hope Rising’s recovery housing, free community outreach program, and recovery and wellness center have helped hundreds of individuals and families on Long Island transform their lives in recovery. For additional event information or sponsorship opportunities, contact 631-3369990.

from Montauk Brewing Company. There will be live music by Revel in Dimes, auction prizes, and more. Go Red East Hampton resident and SterlingRisk Insurance chief operating officer Marci Waterman has been named a “Women of SterlingRisk” honoree for the American Heart Association’s 17th Annual Go Red for Women Luncheon, scheduled for February 28, at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.

A leading fundraising event for the American Heart Association, the Go Red for Women Luncheon brings together female leaders from throughout the community to help in the fight against heart disease and heighten awareness of heart issues facing women. For more info visit www.sterlingrisk.com/gored.

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Camp SoulGrow, a creative camp for all kids in Montauk and Hampton Bays, is having its fourth annual Mardi Gras Montauk fundraiser party at Shagwong Tavern in Montauk on Saturday, February 10, from 7 to 10 PM. A $25 wristband donation includes unlimited Cajun food by head chef Andrew Doran and beer

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in Quiogue is in need of supplies. There are many families at the residential facility for critical patients and water, soda, and snacks were needed to restock the center’s pantry. Cases of Coke, Diet Coke, water, and ginger ale are in high demand. Individually wrapped snacks are welcomed, as are singleserve boxes of cereal for family members who spend the night. Donations can be dropped off any time at the center located at 1 Meetinghouse Road in Quiogue or at the East End Hospice development office located at 209 Mill Road in Westhampton during regular business hours.

The Independent is proud to serve as a drop-off spot for South Fork donors. We’re open during regular business hours, Monday to Friday; on Wednesdays, the office is open from 9 AM to 1 PM. Find us in Suite 16 in the Red Horse complex, 74 Montauk Highway, East Hampton.

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Love Story Photos by Morgan McGivern

A book signing for Leslie Cohen’s This Love Story Will Self-Destruct was held at BookHampton in East Hampton on Saturday. The novel follows Eve and Ben as they navigate their 20s through first jobs, first dates, and breakups.

Killer Bees Movie Photos by Morgan McGivern

A movie screening and discussion was held for Killer Bees at Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center in Bridgehampton on Saturday evening. The screening is part of the Thinking Forward series 2018. The film is a documentary about the Bridgehampton High School’s Killer Bees, the Class D basketball champions. The doc is by filmmakers Orson and Ben Cummings.

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Guest-Worthy Recipe: Chef Ray Lampe

WHO? Chef Ray Lampe, aka Dr. BBQ INSTAGRAM: @RealDRBBQ CHEF LAMPE’S GUESTWORTHY RECIPE: Fired Up Race Day Chili WHY?

“When the cool weather sets in, I love making soup, stews, and chilis for a crowd. My favorite is a smoky red chili I call Race Day Chili. I use leftover smoked meat, usually brisket, but a smoked pot roast works well too. If you don’t have a smoker, just grill up some chuck steaks ahead of time and cut it into small cubes.” “For heat and a smokier flavor, I add a couple chipotles into the adobo sauce. Feel free to add a couple more if your guests can handle it. Last but not least, look

for good quality chili powder. It should be bright red and not bitter to the taste. A tip is to skip the spice aisle and check the Hispanic food section.” INGREDIENTS: 6 slices bacon

2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1 large onion, chopped

1 large green pepper, seeded and chopped 4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes

2 chipotles in adobo sauce, chopped 2 c low salt beef broth 2 c water

1 can (12 oz) beef consommé ⅓ c chili powder

2 Tbsp ground cumin

1 Tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp black pepper

4 c grilled or smoked seasoned beef, cut into medium dice 1 can (15 oz) dark kidney beans, drained

1 can (15 oz) pinto beans, drained DIRECTIONS: Preheat a Dutch oven in a Big Green Egg at 350°F over direct heat. Add the bacon and cook until crispy.

Mix well and bring to a simmer. Add the beef and return to a simmer.

Cook for one hour, adjusting the Egg to maintain a simmer. Add the beans and more water (only if needed).

Chop the bacon and add it back to the pot. Cook another 30 minutes. Check for salt and add, if needed.

Remove the bacon and set aside. Add oil if needed. Add the onions and green pepper and cook until soft.

Add the garlic and cook a few more minutes. Add the tomatoes, chipotles, broth, water, consommé, chili powder, cumin, brown sugar, and pepper. B-15

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Super Bowl Recipes For The Win

Cauliflower Wings. A great vegan option that even carnivores will appreciate. Grab a head of cauliflower and cut into large florets. You’ll need flour, salt, fresh ground black pepper, Buffalo hot sauce, melted butter, ranch dressing, and carrots for serving.

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The Super Bowl isn’t just a game displaying some of the finest in American athleticism, it’s an event. Since the Jets or Giants won’t be on the big screen this Sunday it’s time to focus on the food. Whether you’re hosting or contributing to another day of endless eating and diet cheating, these next recipes will wow an entire room, even the Eagles and Patriots fans.

Zucchini Fries. Get the whole crowd cheering for this healthy alternative to regular fries. You’ll need zucchini, grated Parmesan, dried thyme, oregano, and basil, garlic powder, salt and pepper for taste, olive oil, and chopped parsley.

Be daring and wing the specifics! However, for exact step-by-step directions simply type in the dish name into any web browser.

Friday Night Loaded Nachos. What would game day be without a classic? To serve, you’ll need olive oil, fresh chorizo, chopped onion, chopped garlic, black beans, tortilla chips, shredded sharp cheddar or pepper jack cheese, iceberg lettuce, fresh salsa, an avocado, fresh cilantro, pickled jalapeños, and sour cream. Get scooping! Honey Chipotle Meatballs. A

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Have the room barking for Homemade Pigs In a Blanket. You’ll need frozen pastry dough, 12 all-beef hot dogs, a large egg, and salt.

Apple and Brie Quesadillas. Definitely not the traditional food for Sunday football but this twist promises calls for more. Grab Dijon mustard, apple cider, flour tortillas, Brie cheese cut into 1/4 inch-thick slices, apple cut into 1/4 inch-thick slices, arugula, and ground pepper.

Roasted Mushroom with Garlic and Thyme. An appetizer with a fancier twist for everyone. You’ll need a cup of mushrooms, olive oil, chopped garlic cloves, unsalted butter, chopped thyme, garlic powder, breadcrumbs, lemon juice, salt, and ground pepper. Rosemary Chips. An easy take on a classic, homemade idea. Head to the store for russet potatoes, vegetable oil, chopped rosemary, sea salt, ground pepper. Follow more from Nicole Teitler on Instagram and Facebook @NikkiOnTheDaily #NikkiOnTheDaily or email your comments to NTeitler@gmail.com.

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Chicken Fritters & Sweet Potato Cake With Peanut Sauce Ingredients (serves 4) 1 lb chicken tenderloins

2 rice cakes (ground in the food processor)

2 pieces whole wheat toast (ground in the food processor) 1/4 c flour 1 egg

1/2 c olive oil

2 Tbsp butter

3 sweet potatoes (skins peeled off and flesh shaved into large ribbons) 1 Tbsp sugar

1/2 c peanut butter 1 tsp sesame oil

1/4 c chicken stock 1 tsp soy sauce Juice of 1 lime Arugula

Method Begin by heating your oven to 350. In two large oven friendly sauté pans, evenly disperse the ribbons of sweet potato. Drizzle them in olive oil and sprinkle with a little bit of salt and sugar. Put them in

the oven and allow them to cook for 20 minutes while you bread the chicken.

To bread the chicken, crack the egg in a bowl and whisk it together with 1/4 c water. Mix the coarse ground bread crumbs and rice crumbs together, and season to your liking with salt and black pepper. Each piece of chicken will be breaded by first dusting the chicken with the all-purpose flour. After shaking off any excess flour dip the chicken in the egg wash and let any excess drip off. Coat generously with the rice and bread crumb mixture.

Once you have breaded all the chicken take a look at the sweet potatoes, at this point the potatoes in the pan can be molded into a disk shape using a rubber spatula. Once you have done this, sprinkle with another dusting of sugar and return to the oven for another 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, spread the chicken strips out evenly on a sheet tray, drizzle with the remaining olive oil and put them in the oven to bake for 20 minutes with the potatoes.

While this is happening you can make your peanut sauce by combining the chicken stock, peanut butter, soy sauce, and sesame oil in a small sauce pot and heat it gently over a low flame. When the chicken and potatoes are done remove them from the oven.

Cut the potato cake into four to serve.

Plate the chicken, potato, and arugula. Squeeze the lime juice into your peanut sauce at the last minute. Drizzle the peanut sauce over the chicken and arugula. Enjoy.

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Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett will be hosting a five-course beer dinner with Montauk Brewing Company.

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Deadline for submissions is Thursday at noon. Email to jessica@indyeastend. com. 1770 House The 1770 House Restaurant & Inn in East Hampton celebrates Valentine’s Day with Chef Michael Rozzi’s signature tasting menu in a four-course prix fixe dinner for $85 per person excluding beverages, tax, and gratuity from 5:30 PM on February 14. Rozzi, who likes his tasting menus to “build like a crescendo,” starts with small bites and lighter flavors that gradually grow into big full flavors and multi-layer dishes. Winter warming specials are at the heart of the menu presented with the utmost attention to service in an historic and romantic ambience. Rozzi’s menus may be enjoyed with wines from The 1770 House’s 250-bottle Wine Spectator award winning list overseen by wine director Michael Cohen. For those

who like a Champagne toast, The 1770 House is one of the few restaurants to serve NV BillecartSalmon Brut Reserve by the glass at $22. There are 19 Champagne and sparkling wine selections including three by the glass ($14 - $22). Indian Wells Tavern Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett will celebrate Super Bowl LII with food and drink specials on Sunday beginning at 6 PM. The game will be featured on five flat screen TVs and a 10-foot projector. There will also be a complimentary buffet during half time and giveaways each quarter with a chance to win a flat screen TV, beach chairs, t-shirts, koozies, and $50 gift certificates to Indian Wells Tavern, Bostwick’s Chowder House, and Fierro’s Pizzeria. Additionally, the first 50 people through the door will receive a goody bag. Drink specials are $5 pints of tap beer, $3 Miller High Life, and $6 well cocktails.

Sam’s Beverage Place, a newly opened convenience store located in East Hampton, is gearing up for the Super Bowl and offering 25 percent off all football-themed party essentials leading up to the big game. Football themed items include napkins and cups with team logos, plates, and more. Beverages and snacks are excluded from the promotion. Montauk Brew Dinner Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett will be hosting a five-course beer dinner with Montauk Brewing Company on Sunday, February 25, beginning at 6 PM. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 631267-0400. Cost for the dinner is $75 per person. For more info call Indian Wells Tavern at 631267-0400. Whole Pig Dinner Almond in Bridgehampton

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and supportive businesses and organizations to foster the growth of creative arts on Long Island.” DiFranco’s film kicks off a season that promises an upcoming Women’s Night celebrating the word of the year, feminism, on March 8, and more new and original works by local artists.

“I made Play Time out of a state of astonishment and admiration once I realized how incredibly hard community theater people work, basically out of sheer love for what they do,” DiFranco told The Independent.

“They give us a provocative, sometimes moving, almost always entertaining experience. All we have to do is buy an inexpensive ticket, sit up close, and watch our own local actors, writers, directors give us a show,” he said.

“They do it for the same reasons I make films: because it’s more fun than anything else we can think of, and gives us a chance to learn and grow the whole time, and use what talents we have.”

Following Play Time, director DiFranco will join area theater makers Kate Mueth, Andrew Botsford, Bob Kaplan, and East End Fringe Festival’s Debbie Slevin

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Botsford, board member of Quogue’s Hampton Theatre Company, frequent director/actor, and writer, is back for his second season.

“When playwright Jim Kingston learned that his play Priapism had been accepted for the inaugural Fringe Festival in Riverhead last year, he reached out and asked me if I would play the role of the afflicted writer struggling with this condition,” Botsford said.

“At the same time, I learned that a play by the two poets Maggie Bloomfield and Susan Dingle called Break Out! that I co-directed

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Botsford believes that the founders, Slevin and Cindy Clifford, are providing a benefit for the community. “I’m hopeful they can keep it going in the future, as it is a boon to both the community at large and to the East End theater community, which historically and currently has only limited overlap between the different makers of theater and their distinct audiences and supporters.” “The theater experience is not just Broadway,” DiFranco stated enthusiastically. “Broadway is one kind: slick, remote, a consumer commodity, often a spectacle. Local theater is rough-edged, immediate, genuine, and built upon our active imaginations. If Play Time conveys that, then it has importance,” he said.

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“Good theater is all around us on Long Island -- and so many Long Islanders don’t even realize that.” The film will show at 7 PM and admission is free.

For more information, visit www. EastEndFringeFest.com. To view the Play Time trailer, visit www. vimeo.com/237588194.

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How ‘Bout Them Dumplings

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Wainscott is among the top 10 most spendy zip codes in the country.

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. . . to some expensive dumplings. Picturesque Sagaponack -- once known for its potato fields -- lost the title of the most expensive zip code in the United States, while Wainscott and Water Mill edged into the top 10 in 2017, according to Property Shark.

Sagaponack’s 11962 fell down the list to number 15 with a median home sale price of roughly $2.8 million, just about $180,000 shy of the $3 million required for entry into the top 10, according to an article posted December 19. Sagaponack, which held the number one spot for the previous two years, didn’t make the grade because “more home sales were recorded at lower price points,” which cut its median home sale

prices in half from about $5.5 million in 2016, according to Property Shark.

The toney zips of Water Mill and Wainscott were the only two new entries into the top 10, also bumping out Portola Valley, CA’s 94028 and Lower Manhattan’s 10013, according Property Shark.

Water Mill’s 11976 and Wainscott’s 11975 climbed seven spots apiece from 16 to nine and 17 to 10, respectively. Water Mill’s median home sale price was roughly $3.2 million, which jumped $562,500 from $2.6 million in 2016.

Wainscott, of which the peeps there are often referred to endearingly as dumplings, just slid in barely at $3 million. Its median home sale price was up $490,000 from roughly $2.5 million in 2016. But the two toney zips were not

the only Hamptons neighborhoods to represent the area in the top 100. Swanky Bridgehampton’s 11932 climbed 53 spots from 79 to 26 with a median home sale price of about $2.5 million. The median home sale price increased about $1.1 million from about $1.5 million in 2016.

Amagansett’s 11930 rose from the number 50 spot to 49 with a median home sale price of about $1.8 million, which was up $81,000 from $1.7 million in 2016. Quogue’s 11959 fell 20 points from 66 to 86 with a median home sale price of about $1,452,500 million. The price was down $64,120 from $1,516,620 In 2016. Trendy Sag Harbor’s 11963, which didn’t make the top 100 in 2016, came in slightly behind Quogue at 92 with a median home sale price of about $1.4 million. However,

its nearby neighbor, Shelter Island Heights, was bumped from the top 100 for 2017. In 2016, the zip came in at 36 with a median home sale price of $1.9 million. Atherton, CA’s 94027 moved from second place in 2016 to take the top spot of the 2017 as the median home sale price was about $4.9 million, despite a $475,000 drop from the previous year’s $5.4 million.

New York City’s 10013 also rose one spot from third to second place but saw an increase in its median home sale price of $291,235 from $3.8 million to $4.1 million in 2017. Miami Beach also rose one spot from fourth into third place showing a median home sale price of about $4 million, which was up $652,500 from $3.4 million in 2016. 23

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Town & Country’s Judi Desiderio wrote that considering the Hamptons market as a whole, the numbers “clearly prove 2017 blew 2016 away in the last three months year over year.” The statistics bear out her observation that “the market closed out with a bang!” For example, there was a 36 percent jump in home sales, and a corresponding 43 percent jump

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in home sales volume. That also could mean good news for the local community preservation funds – municipalities tack an added two percent on almost all transactions for their CPF coffers. East Hampton Village, almost always hot, turned white hot. Sales volume was up a staggering 181 percent and the median home sales price reached $4 million.

Southampton Village also had an impressive three months with $145 million in sales and a median price of almost $4.3 million. Broken down by market, the Sag Harbor area recorded 33 sales, up from 19 a year earlier. In the Westhampton area the number of sales rose from 57 to 65.

There are still a few relative bargains in the Hamptons; the median sales price rose from $450,000 to a still reasonable $500,000. The number of units rose from 31 to 41. The Hamptons wasn’t the only hot market. The North Fork continues to gain popularity. According to the T&C report, unit sales went

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Visitors can register and sign up to work on homes across Suffolk County. The only requirement to be a walk-on volunteer is that you must be at least 16 years old; volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older. HFH mobilized 3000 volunteers across Suffolk County last year.

Classes that prepare applicants for home ownership are another program mandate. Melissa and Kyle have begun those. So far, Melissa said, “Our first class was for first time home buyers.” It’s designed, she said, “to help us out with the process of making yourself financially and mentally ready for the purchase of the home, to educate us, let us know what needs to be done. . . tips and tricks.” The classes are available to anyone who’s buying a house for the first time, not just Habitat participants. “There are a lot of resources,” Melissa said. “A lot of time, you have questions and no idea where to go, the classes provide the resources.”

Although physical work on the house is stalled, the Lohrs are making progress. The “really exciting” phase most recently involved selecting appurtenances for the house. “We went to Habitat’s offices and picked out our floors, countertops, and appliances,” Melissa said. “You can choose from a whole range of swatches of materials.” The Lohrs chose a “really pretty” white marble design for the countertops, white cabinets, and black appliances. “We’re getting a stove and a microwave,” Melissa disclosed. “We didn’t think we could get both.” HFH has just started offering hardwood floors to program participants. “That’s really exciting and really nice,” Melissa declared. During the meeting at HFH’s main offices, the Lohrs were able to get additional questions about the process answered and concerns assuaged. “They reassured us. They really, really care,” she said.

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brainwashed into her head by a revenge-bent and manipulative Mia Farrow. He talks of his own Mia horrors, of being awakened in the night by a raging Mia, berated and threatened and forced to admit he stole her pills – which he says he did not take.

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The officers, who are required to work 1912 hours, made 239 appearances under the old schedule of working eight-hour shifts. However, now the number of appearances is down to 166 days due to the addition of four hours to the shift. Bosco said that on the current schedule, overtime costs and sick time are down, and productivity, including arrests, are up. “Guys are not lagging on this schedule,” he said.

Chief Michael Sarlo said one year was not enough time for him to fully commit to making the schedule permanent because he and the brass feel it’s important the officers are exposed to all types of calls at different times of the day. He had concerns about the shift length and how it would factor into the officers’ health, their sleeping patterns, and how that would relate to their proficiency. “We are just trying to get a better handle on what works better for our officers in their daily lives and as officers,” he said.

Sarlo said the schedule’s long-term impact needs further evaluation, and the department would like to explore an alternate pattern of day and night shifts.

“We are open to exploring a variety of options for swapping out assigned tours, and only floated the idea of swapping every four months,” he stated in an email. “We don’t want officers flipping every month, and we still want to create a better sleep pattern for them, while at the same time ensuring staffing levels, supervision, and proficient work all are addressed.” Bosco said the union is hoping to keep the current schedule in place in 2019, however, he understood the chief ’s concerns about the officer’s sleep patterns. “It’s definitely still better than rotating,” he said.

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He was smacked across the face when she found a tape measure on his bed in a Capt. Queeg and the strawberries scenario. Of being stripped naked by Mia as a teen because he thought it was cool to cut a few belt loops off his new jeans. Moses claims he was often assaulted by Mia and lived in abject fear in a crazy house where 11 kids fought for Mia’s attention and approval. Today Moses sides with Woody Allen.

In 2014, in a New York Times column, Dylan Farrow wrote, “[My father] told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother’s electric train set. Then he sexually assaulted me … I remember staring

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be witnessed by mankind as was his human density at his sparse election victory attendance as seen on TV and as is everything touched by Trump . . . and of course, to be paid for by Mexico, paid for by Mexico, paid for by Mexico, etc. Eight costly sample portions of tentative walls have been built so as to choose the one over the other, none nearly of the original grandiosity described but nevertheless less a wall now starting to become a fancy fencey kind of see-through wall, nevertheless to be paid for by Mexico, paid for by Mexico, paid for by Mexico, etc. That wall has now become a bargaining chip. We will allow children born in this country or brought here as children to remain as opposed to be retuned to the country of their parents unless we build the wall. NOW, paid for by America, paid for by America, paid

at that toy train, focusing on it as it traveled in its circle around the attic.”

Moses countered Dylan’s story in People Magazine: “Of course Woody did not molest my sister. She loved him and looked forward to seeing him when he would visit. She never hid from him until our mother succeeded in creating the atmosphere of fear and hate toward him. The day in question, there were six or seven of us in the house. We were all in public rooms and no one, not my father or sister, was off in any private spaces … I don’t know if my sister really believes she was molested or is trying to please her mother. Pleasing my mother was very powerful motivation because to be on her wrong side was horrible.”

Last year in the book Start to Finish: Woody Allen and the Art of Moviemaking by Eric Lax, Moses tells the author: “I assure you, there was no electric train set in that attic. There was nothing practical about that space as a place for kids to play, even if we wanted to. It was an unfinished attic with exposed for by America, etc.

Most politicians have mastered the ability of speaking from both sides of their mouth; it’s what they do. But Trump has expanded that to include every orifice in the human body. There may certainly have been equally unqualified occupants donning the title of president of our America, but certainly not within my 85 years on this earth.

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fiberglass insulation. It smelled of mothballs, and there were mouse traps and poison pellets left all around. My mother used it for storage where she kept several trunks full of hand-me-down clothes, that sort of thing. The idea that the space could possibly accommodate a functioning electric train set, circling around the attic, makes no sense at all.”

When you know the whole story, instead of just watching a single and disturbing TV interview where I think Dylan Farrow truly believes what could be a false and implanted memory, it just is not enough to blacklist a man like Woody Allen who has never in 82 years been accused of any other crime. And was cleared by doctors, shrinks, and law enforcement of this one.

Dylan Farrow’s brother Moses has real doubts of Woody Allen’s guilt. Me too.

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to shut down the government if America doesn’t pay to build his Mexican paid for, now America paid for wall. His non ending contradictions and lies should make all but his most dedicated blind nucleus of followers see this man as unfit to hold the title of President of the United States. He is a con man; he has been his entire life; just ask anyone that has ever worked for him. Cringe.

So now Trump is threatening

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Maybe we should form a team. By Rick Murphy

Chuckie: Well, er, if the shoe fits.

Donnie: I’ll have to ask Melania. Do you know she always buys shoes a half size smaller than the size she really needs?

Donnie: Hey Chuckie – do you play golf ?

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Donnie and Chuckie I’m old school when it comes to standup comics, specifically, comedic duos. To me, Bob and Ray were the bench mark, and the Smothers Brothers are right there with them. A lot of people liked Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin but I didn’t; Lewis used to annoy me for some reason. Burns and Allen were also funny. The other day in Washington DC, though, I witnessed the rebirth of the Golden Age of comedy, comedic partners we haven’t heard the likes of since the Catskills were in vogue. Prepare for the Next Big Thing: Chuckie and Donnie (with apologies to the Smothers Brothers). Chuckie: Did you ever notice there are a lot of morons in this town, Donnie?

Donnie: You mean they have more on? They’re wearing more clothing? Or, that they have less on – that

would be a good thing for a sexy broad, right? Chuckie: #MeToo, Donnie.

Donnie: You have less clothes on?

Chuckie: What I meant was you can tell the people who are running this country by what they are wearing. Donnie: I don’t get it.

Chuckie: You wouldn’t. It’s analogy. When we say ordinary people have less on, we’re saying they have less even though they work very hard and try to do the right thing.

Donnie: Like the big investment bankers and oil company executives? Chuckie: No, Donnie. Just the opposite. The people with “more” tend to be greedy and ruthless.

Donnie: Oh yeah? Then how come I got elected president? Are you saying morons voted for me?

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Chuckie: I will not increase the National Debt one cent over the 20 trillion dollars we already have.

Donnie: Then I’m going to tell Nancy that you like her and want to take her to the dance Friday night. Chuckie: Please don’t do that. I’ll tell you what. I will get you more money to spend if . . . if . . . you let my friends from Haiti come visit. Donnie: No.

Chuckie: If you let the Dreamers stay in the country.

Donnie: I’ll think about it, but only if you let me build a wall. Chuckie: How about a Lego wall?

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Donnie: That’s not how we spelled it in school. Chuckie: I think I went to better schools than you did.

Donnie: Mom always liked you better. Let’s tell the good folks some of our new bits. Knock, knock. Chuckie: Who’s there?

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Dean Talks Politics

From 2005 to 2009 Dean helmed the Democratic National Committee. He retired from public service and worked as a consultant. But he reportedly threw his hat into the ring as a candidate to head up the DNC after Donald Trump’s election last year. Will he?

Howard Dean, whose parents had a home on Hook Pond Lane in East Hampton, was once on the (very long) list of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination for president. In a 2002 interview with The Independent, then-senator Hillary Clinton called him, “A magnificent public servant.”

Attendees may ask him in person next Tuesday at 4 PM at Peconic Landing in Greenport. Presented by the community’s Lifetime Learning Speakers Bureau, the event is forecast as “an intimate, nonpartisan discussion focusing on the current state of American politics nationally and relations abroad.”

A Yale graduate who received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dean was born in Manhattan and grew up in East Hampton.

He started his political career in 1980, working on the Jimmy Carter re-election campaign while practicing medicine in Vermont.

He ascended steadily through the ranks of government service -- he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1983 and then lieutenant governor in ’86. In 1991, he became governor when Governor Richard Snelling died suddenly. He prevailed in five re-election bids and at the time of his last term in 2002, he was the longest serving Democratic governor in the country.

He announced his candidacy in 2003 and was, with his emphasis on healthcare, opposition to the Iraq War, and pioneering online fundraising, credited with reenergizing the Democratic base. He

George Bush.

Independent / Courtesy Peconic Landing Howard Dean will lead a conversation at Peconic Landing in Greenport this week.

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There are always a ton of fun and interactive events happening on the North Fork, here is a list of our favorites. Got news? Email us at news@indyeastend.com. taking names and saving lives The CLC Kramer Foundation has donated $50,000 to the Eastern Long Island Hospital’s program for breast health. ELIH provides advanced mammography services that will be expanded upon in the future with the donation. If you interested adding to the donation or utilizing these services, visit the Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport on 201 Manor Place or www.elih.org. What marshalls before us The Mattituck Laurel Library is once again hosting a free movie event on Friday at 1:30 PM. This week will feature the 2017 biographical drama that portrays the story of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and the defining case of his career. For more information about upcoming

programs and events, go to www. mattlibrary.org. a heart that keeps on tickin’

The Ellen Hermanson Foundation has awarded Stony Brook Southampton Hospital $251,095 in grant to fund equipment and services at the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center and the Phillips Family Cancer Center. The money will fund the purchase of a new Stereotactic Biopsy system for the hospital’s breast center, infusion chairs for the cancer center, and mammograms and MRIs for women who lack insurance.

Ellen’s Well will also fund an oncological social worker, yoga and water exercise classes, massage and acupuncture therapy treatments,

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The Octopus Project

The Peconic Bay Medical Center is hosting a night of fun, education, and food to show the path to a healthy heart. Dr. Jean Cacciabaudo will oversee the event and give advice on the ways to live a hearthealthy life style. The event will be on February 8 and registration will begin at 5 PM. Call 631-5486804 to reserve your seat. Also, the Peconic Bay Medical Center is having an informative heart-healthy lunch on February 7 at noon. Turning Iron to gold Ready to clean out the attic or garage? You might find some materials that are worth your while. The Peconic Bay Antique Automobile Club of America is hosting an indoor auto swap meet on Saturday from 8 AM to 3 PM. The Car Corral and Flea Market will be held at the Recreation Center in Southold on 970 Peconic Lane. If you would like to participate in the event, contact Bob Barauskas at Bob25stude@aol. com or call him at 631-495-8619.

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reflexology, and the annual Day of Renewal and Hope. Dr. Robert S. Chaloner, the hospital’s chief administrative officer, said the hospital’s longstanding partnership with the foundation provided a catalyst for revitalization. “They continue to touch and save lives every day through their advocacy and generosity,” he said.

Independent / Courtesy Westhampton Library Cousins Tara Gomez (left) and Kelly Gomez crocheted octopuses as part of a Westhampton Free Library community service project.

By Kitty Merrill

Westhampton Beach area teenagers are working to provide comfort to preemies at Stony Brook University Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit as part of a community service project sponsored by the Westhampton Free Library. For the project, teens are spending their Wednesday afternoons at the library crocheting octopuses with the help of teen department staff and a pattern provided by local resident Carol Passarelle.

The octopuses, which can take a few afternoons to crochet, are made from 100 percent organic cotton yarn and are designed to allow infants to pull and grasp at woven tentacles rather than grabbing medical tubes. They also provide a similar feeling to having an umbilical cord nearby.

The octopus project will continue through February. Local teens, experienced or novice in crocheting, are invited to participate every Wednesday between the hours of 2:30 and 5 PM.

“Our foundation remains committed to honoring the memory of our sister by empowering Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to make a difference in the lives of women, men, and families who are battling breast cancer,” said Julie Ratner, foundation chair. 35

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Sought For Award

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

Suffolk County is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Senior Citizen of the Year Award.

Nominations for the award, which recognizes a senior citizen who has contributed to their community and demonstrated leadership either as an advocate, role model, or volunteer, are due no later than February 21. Employees of federal, state, county, or local municipalities engaged in providing services to senior citizens and previous award recipients are

not eligible. Candidates must be 60 years of age or older and a resident of Suffolk County to qualify.

Nominations should be mailed to the Suffolk County Office for the Aging, PO Box 6100, Hauppauge, New York 11788-0099, faxed to 631-853-8225, or emailed to aging. office@suffolkcountyny.gov. The award will be presented at the Senior Celebration Luncheon on Thursday, May 17 at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. For more information, please call 631-8538200 or visit www.suffolkcountyny. gov/aging.

Youth Advocacy

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

The East End Partnership for Youth’s 2018 conference, Building Healthy Communities: Advocating for Youth, will be held March 21 at The Inn at East Wind in Wading River.

The conference will feature speakers and workshops with a focus on how childhood trauma can affect someone across their lifespan. Topics will reflect the most recent research and policy, including social determinants of health, Raise the Age, substance use disorder, gang violence, and working with

immigrant families.

The conference syllabus will allow certain health care professionals and social workers to earn continuing education credits. Conference organizers expect over 150 attendees, so early bird registration is advised. Tickets are $65 during early bird registration until February 16, $75 during advance registration from February 17 to March 9, and $100 at the door, if space allows.

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EH Hamlet Study

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

East Hampton Town officials will unveil the town-wide hamlet study at two public meetings on Tuesday. The study will be presented at the town board work session at Town Hall, 159 Pantigo Road, at 10 AM and again, later that

evening, at a special meeting at LTV Studio, which is located at 75 Industrial Road, Wainscott., at 6 PM. Both meetings will be filmed and broadcast by LTV and can be viewed on channel 22 or on LTV’s website. Public comments will be accepted at ehhamletstudy@gmail. com.

Making A Memoir

By Peggy Spellman Hoey

The East Hampton Library will host Emmy Award-winning forensic gerontologist Dr. Nancy R. Peppard, Ph. D for a six-week program as she teaches how the memoir is important for the Lasting Legacy Project.

The Lasting Legacy Project is designed to guide adults of any age in examining their spiritual, social, work, family, and philanthropic legacy. It provides a creative workspace for inter-generational learning, sharing,

and building a concrete expression of one’s personal legacy.

Over the course of the program, participants will explore the legacy that they would like to build and create a personal record of their legacy for succeeding generations through written, digitally recorded, and/ or visual representations that both educate and enlighten beneficiaries. The workshop dates are Wednesdays from February 7 to March 14 from 2 to 4 PM. Space is limited. To register, call 631-324-0222, ext. 3.

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School Days Submitted by local schools Empty soup bowls Riverhead High School’s cooking club and ceramics class have teamed up once again for the second annual Empty Soup Bowls event to benefit the Phillips Avenue Elementary School food pantry. It will be held at the high school on Thursday from 6 to 8 PM.

Independent/Courtesy Hampton Bays School District Hampton Bays Middle School recently honored its first group of 24 students in its Rising to the Challenge program.

During the event, community members can purchase a ceramic bowl designed and handcrafted by high school ceramics students. Each bowl comes with a bowl of soup prepared by the cooking club. Additionally, the event will feature the music of the high school jazz band and works of art made by students that will be sold by the school’s photo club.

Tuckahoe School news As part of the Parrish Art Museum’s annual artist-inresidence program, collection artist Bastienne Schmidt connected with Tuckahoe sixth-grade students over the course of several weeks in December and January. The residency focused on the theme of place, a central concept in the artist’s work. While at the museum, students worked with the artist to create imaginary maps inspired by Japanese and Chinese scroll

Independent/Courtesy Riverhead Central School District Riley Avenue Elementary School hosted English as a New Language family night on January 18.

drawings, historical maps, and the students’ own cultural experiences. Schmidt told the students about her work and encouraged them to think about places and objects that have shaped their character and growth. Each student also created an individual element using markers and watercolor paints on tracing paper; students collaged these elements together onto a collaborative scroll drawing. The students’ work is on view at the Parrish Art Museum.

Independent/Courtesy Westhampton Beach School District Westhampton Beach kindergartners marked Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday by creating posters about the famous civil rights leader.

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Lady Whalers Ready To Challenge

Aziza El (this page) zeroes in on a free throw for Pierson/Bridgehampton. The Lady Whalers are making a playoff run; Chastin Giles (# 1) the high scorer In Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory, is one big reason why. Independent / Gordon M. Grant

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Sports By Rick Murphy

They’re doin’ it again.

It’s an annual event – when the weather gets cold the Pierson/ Bridgehampton Lady Whalers heat up. Friday the locals passed a critical test beating Southold/Greenport at home, 49-32. The victory gives Pierson a 7-4 League VII record (10-6 overall) and once again a berth in the Suffolk County Class C tournament.

Chastin Giles picked a good time to have a great game. The 5’ 6” guard is only a sophomore but she has been coming up as of late. Her 23 points were a career high, but the six rebounds she snared attest to her tenacity and the four assists to her unselfishness. Most important, Giles, when she is hitting, takes the pressure off high scorer Katie Kneeland, who was able to concentrate on rebounding – a game high of 12 – in addition to scoring 13 points.

The Lady Porters may have a 3-9 record but they are by no means pushovers. They hung tight during a Whalers first quarter run and closed to within seven at halftime. The visitors were still in it midway through the fourth stanza but the Whalers, schooled well, made their free throws when it counted. Ale Cardi and Liz Clark score eight apiece for the losers. Two days earlier Pierson had to go up to Port Jefferson – never a leisurely drive – and once again recorded a critical victory, 50-36.

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Kneeland was on fire in this one, scoring a game high 24 points that included two three-point bombs. Giles did her triple thing with 12 points, eight assists, and five boards. The Whalers deflated the home crowd early, jumping to a 10-point lead in the first half, and then put the final nails in the coffin with a blistering 21-7 run. Celia Barranco contributed six rebounds. Pierson has won three of four and plays at Babylon today at 4 PM. The Lady Tigers are 6-5 in league play (8-8 overall) and looking to secure a playoff berth themselves. Pierson plays Mercy at home on February 8, which may well prove to be a precursor of the county Class C title.

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Playoffs: In, Out On The Bubble

The high school basketball playoffs are set to begin in a couple of weeks. Here is a list of the local teams and where they stand going into the last week of the season. One the boys’ side of the ledger:

Riverhead: Class AA (largest enrollment school). The Blue Waves are up against it. The locals stand 3-5 in League II action and must win three of four games to finish with a .500 percentage and a playoff berth. The Waves must play the top two teams in the league, Northport (7-2) and Central Islip (7-1). Prognosis: On life support. Westhampton: Class A League V. The Hurricanes (10-1 in league play, 14-1 overall) are in. They are fighting for the overall to seed in the country Class A tournament, a bracket loaded with powerhouse teams. Prognosis: Will settle for the second seed behind Amityville.

East Hampton: Class A League V. Pity the poor Bonackers. They are locked in a cutthroat league with some of the most precocious teams in the county, including Westhampton, East Islip (11-1), Kings Park (9-3), and Harborfield (8-4). But the locals played 1-15 Hauppauge yesterday and play Sayville, a team they already beat on the last day of the season, February

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12. Prognosis: Very good, but will need to win three of four to have any hope of getting a home game in the playoffs.

Mattituck: The Tuckers, a Class B school playing in League VII, are 3-4 in the league and must play the top two teams, including mighty Center Moriches, as well as Mercy. Prognosis: Critical list. Greenport: The Mighty Porters (70, 13-2), a Class C team feasting on the East End’s weak sisters in League VIII, are a lock for the Suffolk C title and a serious contender for the state title run as well -- as long as Ahkee Anderson stays healthy. Pierson: (6-1, 7-7) will eventually run into Greenport in the playoffs if the team gets that far and then it will be bye-bye. Southold (3-4, 3-12) is in the same boat.

Bridgehampton: (5-2, 5-8) The Bees got off to a horrible start, losing six straight, but February looms and guess what? The Bees are the class of Class D. Prognosis: Excellent.

Shelter Island: (2-5,3-12). Another Class D, League VIII school, the Islanders could conceivably be tendered a playoff invite because they played the bulk of their games against larger enrollment schools. The Islanders lost by two points to Bridgehampton earlier in the season on the rock but doesn’t figure to keep it close next time around. Prognosis: A puncher’s chance. Indy picks: Amityville (Class A), Center Moriches (B), Greenport (C), Bridgehampton (D)

On the girl’s side of the ledger, it’s been a disappointing season for East End hoops. Don’t blame Riverhead – the Lady Waves are 5-3 in League II and 11-5 overall and have won four of their last five.

It’s never easy, but Riverhead should find its way into the Class AA playoffs, which is loaded with talented teams. Eventually the locals will run into Longwood, Commack, or Northport and will have to pull off a major upset to survive. Prognosis: In the hunt – for now.

Mattituck: The defending Class B champs are 11-0 in League VII and though not as deep as last season should make another run in the state tournament. Pierson/Bridgehampton: The Lady Whalers are always alive come playoff time and this season is no

exception. The question is where Mercy sits. If the Monarchs are placed in the Class C playoffs the Lady Monarchs become the faves. Prognosis: Championship fever.

Indy Picks: Mt. Sinai (Class A), Mattituck (Class B), Mercy (Class C).

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Star Banks 1,000th point Before a cheering crowd, Hampton Bays High School senior McKenzie Tyler reached a milestone in her basketball career by scoring her 1,000th point on January 24. She had been just seven points shy of the goal prior to the home game against Bayport-Blue Point. “We are very proud of McKenzie for reaching this benchmark,” said Drew Walker, director of health, physical education and athletics.

Tyler is a three-sport athlete. In addition to basketball, she plays varsity golf and varsity softball and serves as captain of all three teams. Her titles include All-County and All-League for basketball, most valuable player for golf, and AllCounty and most valuable player for softball.

When not on the field or court, she participates in student council, the Leo’s Club, Key Club, Varsity Club, and Future Business Leaders of America. Swimming East Hampton bested North Babylon High School 99-58 in the final meet of the season January 24. The Bonac boys got right to work as they took first and second in the first event, the 200 medley relay, to get things going and never let up, taking place in all 11 of the events. Bonac’s League 2 record ended at 6-1 (7-2 overall), good for second behind last year’s league champion Hauppauge. Congratulations to East Hampton junior Jordan Uribe, for being selected as the swimmer of the meet.

Independent / Courtesy Hampton Bays School Hampton Bays High School senior McKenzie Tyler scored her 1,000th point on January 24.

Ahkee OK South Fork hoop fans who traveled to Bridgehampton on January 25 to see Ahkee “The Dream” Anderson perform were disappointed the electric sophomore point guard was missing in action. Turns out there was an illness that kept him from making the road tip. Anderson is expected tonight for a 6:15 game at Pierson.

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Miracles In Motion By Justin Meinken

Pierson High School kicked off its annual Spirit Night to a deafening crowd. In the packed gymnasium, the Lady Whalers battled against Southold to a heartbreaking 49-32 loss. But the Pierson crowdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spirit never wavered. They thunderously cheered on throughout the night, even as the robot created by the Pierson Robotics Team swiftly cleaned the gymnasium during half-time. As the festivities continued, Piersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheerleaders led the monstrous roars of excitement as the night concluded with the Sag Harbor Boys Basketball Varsity team challenging the Ross School to a 77-44 victory.

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Chip Shots

being contested over the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland and it will be a tough test for sure. The fourth and final Major will be the 100th playing of the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in the shadow of the Gateway Arch in St Louis where, in 1965, Gary Player won the US Open completing the final leg of his career grand slam and becoming only the third player to do so.

by Bob Bubka

Proud To Be Back Let me begin by saying to the loyal readers of the Indy I am very proud to bring Chip Shots back on a weekly basis. As we begin our second time around, the prospects for the 2018 golf season are incredible.

First off the venues for this year’s four majors are as good as they can be. The Masters contested over the pristine Augusta National gets the majors underway in April, and, by the way, if you have never been to the Masters in person and you get a chance to go please, don’t miss the opportunity . . . you can thank me later. Next up will be the US Open in

our backyard at Shinnecock. How good is Shinnecock? Just take a poll of the players on the Tour and Shinnecock rates number one as a US Open test.

The first US Open at Shinnecock was in 1896 . . . no, I did not cover that one! The second time was 90 years later in 1986 and then again in 1995 and 2004. This year’s national championship is set to be the best one yet and Chip Shots will work hard to make you feel you’re as though you’re inside the ropes. In July we head to one of the toughest tests in all of golf, The Open Championship. This year it’s

By now I am sure you can detect that my level of excitement is running hot. Pouring gasoline on that fire is Tiger Woods. No one in the history of the game has brought more excitement, interest, and just all-out buzz to the sport.

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win, the US Open at Torrey Pines. In those 10 years he has been plagued with injuries and not the best lifestyle choices. However, it appears that is all in the past now.

Tiger made his return to competitive golf last week and had us all holding our breath. Our wish list began just hoping Tiger would remain healthy for the week. But we got so much more. Tiger played well enough to survive not only the 36 hole cut but finished 23rd which at one time seemed as improbable as the blue moon showing up this week after a 150 year absence.

You’re right, everything was not great as Tiger couldn’t seem to find the fairway hitting only 17 out of 56 for the week but, I’ll tell you one thing . . . come April if Tiger continues to get better, which I assure you he will, the Masters could very well be the most watched golf tournament in history. Once again I’m very excited to be working with the great people at the Indy and, as always, I invite you to come along for the ride.

Out Of Jail

killed tens of thousands of black bears, creatures he described as “shy.”

I’m praying for this moratorium for myself and for the bears.”

A frequent speaker at local podiums when deer management is the topic, Crain noted that between 1900 and 2017, there have been only 16 fatal bear attacks in the lower 48 states, while hunts have

A part-time resident of Montauk, Crain also resides in a farm sanctuary in upstate New York. He’s busy there taking care of his 100 animals, with this winter’s cold weather a challenge. He’s not complaining, though, because, he said, “I’m out of jail and getting back in gear.”

Free Health Fair

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of 40.

Highlights of the event will include cholesterol and blood pressure screenings. Hospital representatives will also be on hand to help with applications for colorectal screenings and to make appointments for no-cost mammogram and pap smear tests for uninsured women over the age

Healthy refreshments will be served and a stress relief circle will be held. For more information, call 631329-2425.

The East Hampton Healthcare Foundation and Stony Brook Southampton Hospital will cosponsor a free community health fair at the Most Holy Trinity School, 77 Buell Lane, East Hampton, on Friday from 11 AM to 2 PM.

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I was with Tiger for all 14 of his major victories. However, it has been 10 years since his last Major

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Information from health organizations such as Medicare HMO Affinity Health Plan, HRHCare, the Town of East Hampton Human Services department, The Retreat, Home Energy Assistance Program, East End for Opportunity, and the Peconic Estuary Program will also be available. Attendees will also have the opportunity to speak with a nutrition educator.

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by Nicole Teitler

Super Bowl Hacks Sunday marks the second largest food consumption day in America, behind Thanksgiving. Huddle around, it’s Super Bowl Sunday. From the wings to the beer, here are some (not so) skinny statistics. In 2015, according to Statista, the caloric intake of New York State consumers on game day was over 17 million, fourth in line behind Texas, California, and Florida, averaging out to 2400 per person.

What are American’s spending on food and alcohol? Nielsen reports that in 2016 the our country spent $82 million on chicken wings, $277 million on potato chips, and $1.2 billion on beer. The facts are hard to swallow, so how can you slash your guilt in half ?

Miller Lite has 96 calories with 4.2 percent ABV and Yuengling Light Lager is at 99 calories for 3.15 percent ABV. Or, cut out the calories altogether. Instead of beer or soda try a flavored seltzer, like Canada Dry Lemon Lime, Schweppes Black Cherry, or La Croix Grapefruit -- all with zero calories (and zero hangover).

When it comes to food, a few simple replacements can make all the difference. Choose homemade guacamole over the bean or cheese dip. How about Pop Chips instead of potato chips? Likewise, try zucchini fries over traditional ones. Easily decrease caloric intake with sliders by replacing the bread with lettuce instead.

Choose wiser. Try a beer that’s under 100 calories. Budweiser Select 55 is, as the name states, 55 calories with a 2.4 percent alcohol by volume (ABV), Miller Genuine Draft “64” is 64 calories and a 2.8 percent ABV, Michelob Ultra has 95 calories at 4.2 percent ABV,

Can’t stop the incessant snacking? Opt for some popcorn or reach for veggie platter.

Oil & Water

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. said, “Long Island’s environment and economy depend on clean oceans, bays, wetlands and beaches. All of this would be put at risk by permitting oil and gas drilling off of our coast. It is a reckless proposal, which must be rejected out of hand. An oil spill off the coast of Long Island would destroy our economy and our quality of life.”

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including parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

“Long Islanders understand that our waterways are more than just a summer weekend destination; it is essential to our way of life,” Congressman Lee Zeldin said.

“Protecting our environment goes hand in hand with protecting commerce in our region where so many jobs and small businesses depend on scenic beaches, parks, and clean water to attract visitors and economic growth … The proposal to permit offshore drilling off the coast of Long Island must be shelved indefinitely.”

Sitting down for too long creates sluggish, overindulgent habits. Get up and move it, move it. Here’s an easy, fun way to burn some calories, a “move it” game instead of a “drink

On February 14 in the William H. Rogers Legislature building on Vets Highway in Smithtown, the state assembly will hold a hearing on the proposal. The Eastern Long Island Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has already called for opponents to come out for a rally. The hearing is planned for 10:30 AM; the rally starts at 9:45 AM.

it” game.

Successful pass, five jumping jacks. Fumble, three push-ups.

Touchdown, 30-second dance. Commercial, get up and walk around the room. Beer commercial, 15 squats.

Someone gets knocked out on the sidelines, 10 sit-ups.

And continue to make it up as you go!

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from 92 to 110 for the threemonth period ending December 31, and the median sales price rose slightly to $531,500. Southold and Jamesport were particularly solid.

Brown Harris Stevens issued a similar analysis – the firms are all working off the same data. The BHS report noted, “Despite this increase in high end sales over last year, over 68 percent of all sales in the Hamptons and over 85 percent on the North Fork were below $2 million in the fourth quarter.”

There was still plenty of activity on the high-end market, though. In 2017, there were more than 40 sales over $10 million, compared to only a handful of such sales in all of 2016, according to BHS. The Corcoran report for the fourth

If the above seem too difficult, increase your traditional workout or watch your fork prior to Sunday and return back to normal come Monday morning. After all, it’s basically America’s second Thanksgiving. Whether you’re at the bar or the comfort of home, drive safe! Follow more from Nicole Teitler on Instagram & Facebook @ NikkiOnTheDaily or email your comments to NTeitler@gmail.com

quarter echoed the sentiment that sales were brisk compared to the same period last year. One factor, wrote Anna Crowley for Corcoran, was “buyer uncertainty due to the presidential election.” However, indicators were aligned for an upward surge as 2017 entered its final quarter. “A strong economy, booming stock market, and renewed consumer confidence drove fourth quarter 2017 East End sales upward,” Crowley said.

Robust deals almost certainly lead to decreased inventory, which in turn fuels price increases. The fourth quarter inventory level declined 11 percent in 2017 versus last year, according to Corcoran. This is the fifth consecutive quarterly decline in East End inventory. Market-wide inventory declined to 5657 units in the fourth quarter of 2017, down from 6366 a year ago.

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