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Incumbents Want In

East Hampton Democrats say they are ready to run for re-election.

CRITICS: DREDGE SPOILS BEACH

BY PETER BOODY

THE DUMPING OF GRITTY SPOIL full of rocks, iron, coal and artifacts on Havens Beach in November of 2017, from a large dredge field west of Long Wharf, cast a dark shadow over an otherwise cheery “Field Trip to Havens Beach” slide show that Carol Williams, Jean Held and Terry Sullivan of the Friends of Havens Beach presented Sunday to a packed house of about 60 people at the John Jermain Memorial Library.

The session was billed as a “field

Group says project spewed dangerous waste at Havens

trip” in place of an actual walk on the village-owned bathing beach with members of the Village Board. None attended Sunday’s meeting.

The dredging dug into the site of the village’s original 18th century wharf, just west of today’s Long Wharf, according to Ms. Held, who explained it

had been built using a technique employed since Roman times: building “Lincoln Log” cribs in the water and filling them with rocks and rubble to create a foundation. As the cribs disintegrated over time, and the old wharf was abandoned for a new structure in the 19th century, they spewed their contents onto the bay bottom.

Because the spoil from the 2017 dredging operation was pumped onto Havens Beach — and labeled “clean

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Jean Held, during the virtual Havens Beach tour at John Jermain Memorial Library Sunday, peter boody photo shows a piece of corroded iron with a spike in it found at Havens Beach.

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Clash Over Condos

EAST HAMPTON

Public hearing closes on West Water Street townhouses.

Triune Church Site Picked for Housing

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On the Screen

Project would twin with private proposal on adjacent parcel

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Saturday, January 26 Partly Sunny Temps in the high 20s

Sunday, January 27 Flurries Temps in the low 40s

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CELEBRATING DR. KING

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Felicia Lattimore is moved during the praise and worship part of the ceremony during the Dr. Martin Luther King annual celebration service at the First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton on Monday.

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They Are Going The Last Mile Hopper and Jitney do Commuter Connection

BY PETER BOODY

WITH JUST WEEKS TO GO before the Long Island Rail Road’s “South Fork Commuter Connection” train service begins on March 4, the Southampton Town Board on Tuesday agreed to contract with the Hampton Jitney and the Hampton Hopper bus service to provide “last mile” transportation to and from the Bridgehampton and Southampton train stations to and from local employment centers, including downtown Sag Harbor and Pierson Middle-High School.

Funded by the MTA and state reimbursements, the service is intended to provide people who work locally but live to the west a speedier, inexpensive alternative to their cars for getting to and from their jobs.

“We’re hoping this is going to be really successful,” Supervisor Jay

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AS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT of Wainscott, Ed Reale felt lucky to be able to send a child to the Wainscott School, a one-room, K-through-third-grade school nestled next to farm fields and the hamlet’s historic cemetery.

Now that the same child is old enough to be looking for a place to live locally, that good luck has run out.

“My younger son had a treasured experience at the Wainscott School,” said Mr. Reale during an East Hampton Town Board hearing on a proposal to purchase about four undeveloped acres owned by the Triune Baptist

Church on Route 114, just outside of Sag Harbor, for the development of affordable housing.

“He is now in his late 20s. He and his brother and almost all of their childhood friends cannot afford to live here anymore. So, they did have that wonderful experience, but they can’t afford to live here. So that, to me, is very telling about what all of this is about.”

Mr. Reale is a real estate agent who serves on the board of the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust, a nonprofit that owns property adjacent to the church parcel, which the town on Tuesday agreed to purchase for $900,000 as a housing site. He was one of several speakers in favor of the plan, while others expressed concern over the impact the project could have on the neighboring parcels and the school district.

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MEDIA AND THE COMMUNITY Exploring the role of journalism in the modern landscape

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OMMUNITY members and journalists had a chance to come together on Friday in a forum allowing them to achieve a greater understanding of each other’s points of view on a wide range of issues, from the speed and accu-

racy of breaking news and the issue of fake news to the kind of content readers want and the viability of the media industry as a whole.

During an Express Sessions panel discussion on “The Role of

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Approve Apartments On Smaller Parcels Town hopes move will open up more affordable units

BY PETER BOODY

AIMING TO INCREASE the number of affordable apartments available in the less densely populated parts of the town, the Southampton Town Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow homeowners with lots as small as half an acre — but only in “Censusdesignated” areas with populations of less than 500 people per square mile — to build accessory apartments in their single-family homes provided they limit rents to federal standards for low-moderate and middle income tenants, who must prove their incomes qualify for the housing.

The qualifying areas of town are Bridgehampton, Water Mill, Noyac, North Sea, Tuckahoe, Eastport, Flanders, Northampton and Westhampton.

The vote took place during a marathon four-hour meeting of the Town Board at the Hampton Bays Senior Center at which the board also conducted a public hearing on its proposal to ban the use of plastic straws and polystyrene containers at foodservice establishments to reduce pollution. Thirteen people spoke in favor of the proposed ban and no one spoke against it.

The board also conducted a hearing on its proposal to establish the legislative framework for establishing a municipal “CCA” or Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program under which a town-designated agency could act as a broker to buy electricity from suppliers other than PSEG including those relying on renewable sources. No one spoke against that proposal although one speaker worried about cost.

During the “public comment” period of the agenda, several speakers from Hampton Bays urged the board

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‘I wouldn’t mind putting in a vote for a slower news cycle. I would love that. Maybe we can find a happy medium. We can write it better, we can think about it more.’

‘When those communities lost their newspapers, in many ways the government ran amok when there was nobody watching them or talking about what was going on. It’s more clear than ever that community newspapers need to survive.’

‘The reason why I think there’s such deep connection to each of the brands represented here is because the content is so highly localized. We have a saying that we would not cover an earthquake that happened in East Hampton unless it broke your dishes in Mattituck.’

‘[People] want to see stories about people that they know, they want to learn things that impact their life. …The industry might be changing, but the role newspapers play and the things they come to us for, not as much.

That’s true of daily and weekly newspapers.’

‘I do believe that a lot of the struggles you’ve seen in the industry in media in general have been in larger organizations. I think that’s filtering down now to our level and we’re feeling it.

I do believe people care more for what’s happening in their backyards. I think that’s what we have to rise up and deliver.’

‘I think now, more than ever, it’s more important that community newspapers are operating with integrity and responsibility. That’s how we’re going to remain relevant. We’ve got to up our games and we’ve got to bring in-depth reporting to what we do so that we’re really there for our communities.’

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ANOTHER VIEW FROM THE ROOM

Media and community continued from page 1 Community Journalism in a World of Modern Media,” hosted by The Sag Harbor Express at the American Hotel, it became clear to Kathryn G. Menu, editor and co-publisher of The Express, that the audience understood the challenges journalists face and appeared supportive of the mission and work the newspapers are doing.

“They know we are taking this seriously, they know we are important and that we work to protect the communities we serve,” Ms. Menu, one of the Express Sessions panelists, said on Tuesday. “They also know we are not perfect at this and that we welcome constructive conversations for how we can get better at the work we do. ... But our community wants us to succeed and as such they demand more and more from us knowing that is what it will take to keep community journalism alive and understanding that is critical.”

Ms. Menu was joined on the panel

by Jim Rutenberg, the media columnist for The New York Times; Michelle Rea, the executive director of the New York Press Association (NYPA), which represents 721 newspapers throughout the state; Vera Chinese, Newsday’s East End beat reporter; Andrew Olsen, the publisher of the Times Review Media Group on the North Fork; and Joseph Shaw, editor of the Press News Group, which includes The East Hampton Press and The Southampton Press.

The Future of Community News Ms. Rea told the crowd that NYPA has engaged a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to conduct a national survey on the relevance of newspapers, the results of which she anticipates will be released in April. But she did share one of its conclusions — that “community newspapers were always the glue that held the communities together.”

“Where there were solid communities, there were good newspapers supporting them,” Ms. Rea said. “When those communities lost their newspapers, in many ways the government ran amok when there was nobody watching them or talking about what was going on. It’s more clear than ever that community newspapers need to survive.”

Earlier in the discussion, however, Mr. Rutenberg painted a somewhat dark picture. He cited examples of technology firms and social media companies that are propping up the very industry that, he said, they have helped knock down — for example, Facebook, Google and Craigslist have made donations to organizations such as Report for America that support journalists in underserved communities.

But, Mr. Rutenberg said, it’s like “they’re giving you some spackle to

patch up your wall while they’re taking out your foundation.”

Mr. Shaw said he believes a lot of the struggles the national news media is experiencing is “filtering down now to our level and we’re feeling it.” He compared the newspaper experience to that of independent, brick-andmortar bookstores.

“There was a time not long ago when people thought the indie bookstores were going to be gone,” he said, but instead, many are thriving. “It’s because they do something nobody else does — the delivery of what you need locally and that local touch. It works for us in the same way. The impetus is on us to raise our game. We have to bring essential information to people.”

Asked her opinion on what kind of information is resonating with people these days, Ms. Chinese — who worked for Mr. Olsen’s company before going to work for Newsday — said “ultimately people want to learn something.”

“They want to see stories about people that they know, they want to learn things that impact their life … things that are going to change their day,” she said.

She cited a few simple examples: weather and food stories, traffic and parking issues, a story about “a proposal for a big tower in your neighborhood that you’re going to have to look at every day.”

“The industry might be changing, but the role newspapers play and the things they come to us for, not as much,” Ms. Chinese said. “That’s true of daily and weekly newspapers.”

What’s on People’s Minds?

The Express publisher emeritus Bryan Boyhan, who moderated a question-and-answer session with the audience, told the crowd that “the questions you ask and observations you make are very important to us.”

“You are our future,” Mr. Boyhan said. “Our future is in your hands.”

Elizabeth Laytin, a freelance writer who lives in the Northwest Woods, told the panel she feels that “every paper seems to be an island.”

“Why can’t I go to one place to find out about everything that’s happening within 15 miles of my house?” she asked.

Mr. Olsen responded by saying online access is where the answer may lie, but said in general, people have deep connections to the various media brands “because the content is so highly localized.”

“We have a saying that we would not cover an earthquake that happened in East Hampton unless it broke your dishes in Mattituck,” he said.

Ms. Menu said the newspapers have actually found ways to work together, using the East End News Project — a collaboration between The Express,

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‘It seems like there are more reporting and news stories that a source was ‘close to’ but ‘cannot be disclosed.’ It’s like every other person is Deep Throat. When you read local papers, thank god I don’t think we’ve gotten to that point yet. ... I think that takes the validity away from the heart of the matter.’

‘I’ve noticed a switch … in moving away from chronicling meetings to really being news organizations, and coupled with that is a new, stronger stance in editorials to take positions on big issues.’

the Press News Group and the Times Review Media Group that, so far, has tackled the opioid crisis — as an example.

“We’re probably going to start working together more,” she said. “We see the value there and I think our readers see the value there.”

From the audience, Luke Babcock shared his beliefs that local news is fragmented, that “there’s no sort of one reliable source” for it and that “you’re in a bit of a void until the next Thursday comes along.” The Express, The East Hampton Star, The Southampton Press, The Suffolk Times and others are distributed on Thursdays.

Mr. Shaw responded by saying “one of the things we aspire to on a daily basis” is “to acknowledge the 24/7 aspect of news and bring that to the local level.” His group’s website, 27east. com, is updated nearly every day.

Ms. Chinese said she feels 27east. com does “a pretty good job” and said the fact that Newsday does not always have daily East End news “may be a fair criticism.”

But Mr. Rutenberg said he would “put in a vote for a slower news cycle.”

“I would love that,” he said. “Maybe we can find a happy medium. We can write it better, we can think about it more.”

Marilyn Montgomery, a Sag Harbor resident, brought up the issue of access to information for people with disabilities. She said she read The Express every week until she developed macular degeneration.

“You talk about the young people going to digital,” she said. “I have to go to digital. I cannot read the newspaper anymore. It’s very important to me that what I can access is easy to read.”

Ms. Menu responded to say The Ex-

press would be happy to “make that process easier for you” in some way.

Janice Delano of Bridgehampton inquired about the printing costs of newspapers. “I hate to see print getting lost, and I wonder what it costs,” she said.

“One of the things I lay awake thinking about every night is the cost structure of the business,” Mr. Olsen replied.

The panelists agreed support from subscribers is important, but also that of advertisers — who are the key to a newspaper’s financial viability.

People at the event also expressed frustration on the issue of fake news — which some on the panel said is not a major problem on the East End — and the difference between editorial commentary and hard news.

Ms. Chinese said news consumers should be educated about those differences.

“I’ve had people refer to advertising as news stories,” she said. “I think it should start in high school.”

Mr. Rutenberg blamed the shift in part on Twitter.

“My newspaper is at the center of this debate almost weekly,” he said.

“Twitter gives reporters an outlet to spout off in ways they can’t and shouldn’t on their stories. It makes it confusing to the reader, but younger readers want to see more personality in the writing.”

Jeff Bragman, an attorney and East Hampton Town councilman, stood up to say he has noticed a shift among the East End media.

“I’ve noticed a switch … in moving away from chronicling meetings to really being news organizations, and coupled with that is a new, stronger stance in editorials to take positions on big issues,” he said. “I love what I’m

seeing in the local papers.”

East End, Long Island Are Unique Nowhere else on Long Island can a newspaper reader find at least five print publications and multiple news websites covering one geographical region, Mr. Shaw said.

“I’m not sure people really understand how lucky the East End of Long Island is,” he said. “The newspapers and websites we have out here — every single one of them are among the best in the United States at what they do.

You have layers and layers of coverage of local government and things going on in the community that you simply don’t have in comparable communities.”

Indeed, Scott Brinton, the president of the Press Club of Long Island and the publisher of the Herald Community Newspapers covering 23 hamlets, cities and villages in Nassau County, confirmed in an interview Monday what the East End has in terms of media diversity is a rare occurrence. In his coverage area, for instance, only Glen Cove has more than one print newspaper.

“There used to be quite a bit of competition where there would be two or three newspapers or newspaper groups competing against each other,” Mr. Brinton said. “Now it’s down to one per coverage area essentially.”

He called Long Island’s news culture healthy, without large media “deserts” — areas not served by some form of journalism — that other regions of the country have.

“There is a perception here that somehow the media is dying. It’s anything but,” Mr. Brinton said. “It’s evolving. I know it will be here for many, many years to come.”

ournalists in the audience at Friday’s Express Sessions event on the role of local media said they walked away with confirmation that the local news business is thriving but not without challenges.

“There is still a vibrant, independent media on the South Fork, and it comprises people who care passionately about what they do and feel very strongly that it must continue despite the pressures that new technologies have brought,” said Christopher Walsh, a senior writer at The East Hampton Star.

Bridget LeRoy, a 36-year news veteran who is the managing editor of The Independent, said she got confirmation that small-town newspapers “are the essence of democracy.” She also said she feels lucky to work in this region, which supports several different news outlets.

“We are competitive, but we understand how blessed we are to cover this area,” she said. “I feel like we all respect each other and I think we are very, very lucky. … We support each other and that’s very novel.”

Annette Hinkle, a journalist and author who has worked for virtually every East End news outlet, said the local news outlets “seem to be a little more immune to the models that have killed the bigger dailies.”

She also drew another conclusion — “that the whole idea of free content is just a nonstarter anymore.”

“Unfortunately, the way the Internet has developed, the world has gotten used to getting everything for free on the backs of the people who need to pay for it,” Ms. Hinkle said.

“People are always happy to come in and tell you what you’re not covering, but I think in general people need to know it costs money to send us to cover stories.”

Mr. Walsh concurred with panelists who said the role of local media is paramount to what makes a community whole — even when it’s tough to balance hard-hitting reporting with the relationships journalists must maintain.

“But if you are not angering some people, you’re probably not doing your job, which is not to say that your job is to make people mad, but it’s to shine light on things, sunlight being the best disinfectant,” Mr. Walsh said.

“We’ve seen that where there is no independent media, abuse of power follows.”

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK ‘Music for me has been a real lifeline, and a lot of the songs that I’m writing are a direct reflection of that. Some of them are my feelings and my opinions about things that are going on in the world, and some of them are wanting to create something that people can grab onto, to soothe them in a difficult time and to help keep them from getting discouraged. I think those are very important jobs that music can do, and I’m just trying to do my little part in that way.’

JANUARY 24, 2019

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Town Announces Plan to Combat Dust

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ast Hampton Town officials announced a plan this week to combat recent dust “storms” in Amagansett, where high winds resulted in dust particulates blanketing parts of Amagansett, prompting an outcry for aid from residents and business owners alike.

According to a press release issued by town officials late Tuesday afternoon, last week Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc met with Barry Bistrian, the owner of the farm field just north of the municipal parking lot in downtown Amagansett, and Peter Dankowski, who leases and farms the land, along with Mr. Bistrian’s sons. They were joined by Alex Balsam, a farmer and the head of the town’s agricultural advisory

committee, and Corey Humphrey, the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District district manager, in an effort to develop a plan to deal with the dust in Amagansett, caused by a late-growing crop cover leaving the fields largely bare during the cold, and often windy, winter months.

Immediately, according to the supervisor’s office, it was agreed the field would be covered with straw to hold the soil in place — that straw was being laid down on Tuesday.

Snow fencing will also be installed to keep the straw in place.

According to the supervisor’s office, Mr. Bistrian has also agreed to soil testing by the town to provide concerned residents with informa-

tion about its composition. “He said he is confident that results would not show elevated levels of arsenic, due to the fact that the field was used for dairy pasturage until the 1960s, which was after local farmers had discontinued use of that chemical,” states the supervisor’s office in the press release. Testing took place Tuesday morning, and officials say they hope it is completed in about one week.

The supervisor’s office has also contacted the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Air Resources in response to concerns about air quality during dust events. According to the town’s press release, the DEC has stated the steps being taken by

the town are the same steps the state would follow.

“On a longer-range basis, the town board will discuss the possible adoption of policies or regulations that could outline the community’s expectation that farmers plant a winter cover crop and the town’s response to airborne dust problems,” reads the supervisor’s press release.

Mr. Dankowski did plant a winter cover crop after the potato harvest, but due to heavy rains and cold in the fall, the crop failed to take. The harvest of potatoes left the ground with little to hold the soil in place.

Both Mr. Bistrian and Mr. Dankowski have committed to no longer planting potatoes in the fields adjacent to downtown Amagansett.

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clocked Mr. Gonzalez driving northbound in Wainscott on Daniels Hole Road, a 30-mile-per-hour zone, at 80 miles per hour. They also said he failed to dim his lights to oncoming traffic.

Police said they observed him to be intoxicated and said he performed poorly on field sobriety tests. Mr. Gonzalez was arrested shortly after midnight and was released on his own recognizance after his morning arraignment.

• Guy C. Wilson, 45, of East Islip was arrested January 20 by East Hampton Town Police and charged with seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation. According to a police report, while police were investigating an incident of alleged harassment at Shagwong Tavern in Montauk in which Mr. Wilson reportedly grabbed a woman, pushed her against a wall and stuck his tongue in her mouth, officers found in one of his pockets three small plastic bags containing a white powdery substance. The substance later tested positive for the presence of cocaine, leading to the possession charge.

Mr. Wilson was arrested at 12:50 a.m. and was released on his own recognizance following his morning arraignment.

• A 16-year-old girl reported January 15 to East Hampton Town Police the theft of her wallet containing cash and a New York State learner’s permit from a locker in the girls’ locker room at East Hampton High School the previous day. The locker, according to a police report, had been secured between 1:41 and 1:55 p.m. The wallet, a Michael Kors brand wallet, was valued at $168 and it contained $40 and the ID card, the report said.

There were no suspects or witnesses at the time the report was filed.

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Correction It was incorrectly reported last week that the Harbor Committee of Sag Harbor was operating with a vacancy on the panel. With the recent appointment of Lillee Fell, the board’s five seats are all occupied. A January 14 vote on a wetlands permit application to install a pool at 132 Glover Street was 3-0 because panel member Herbert Sambol was absent and Ms. Fell did not vote because she hadn’t been on the board when it heard the application.

No children were on board an East Hampton School District bus that overturned in a Friday morning accident that occurred shortly before 6 a.m. on Route 114 just south of Stephen Hands Path. According to East Hampton Town Police Captain Chris Anderson, a Nissan sedan driven by an 18-year-old Wainscott man allegedly crossed over the center yellow line and sideswiped the northbound bus, sending it crashing onto its passenger side. Both drivers, including the 57-year-old school district employee, were taken to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and the road was closed in both directions while the bus awaited a tow by Rapid Recovery. No traffic violations or charges were filed as a result of the accident, Captain Anderson said.

• Dwight M. Garcia, 46, of East Hampton was arrested January 19 by Sag Harbor Village Police and charged with two misdemeanor counts of driving while intoxicated, as well as two traffic violations. According to a police report, Mr. Garcia was observed driving south on Hampton Street near Harrison Street and failed to stay in his lane, allegedly crossing over the double yellow line multiple times. Police stopped him on Hampton Street south of Lincoln Street and said they observed him to be intoxicated. Mr. Garcia took a breath test and, later, a chemical test. He was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. and was released on his own recognizance after his morning arraignment.

• Fernando S. Gonzalez, 36, of Sag Harbor was arrested January 18 by East Hampton Town Police and charged with first-offense driving while intoxicated and driving with a bloodalcohol content of .08 of 1 percent or higher, both misdemeanors. According to a police report, officers

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Sag Harbor

CLOSE CONDO HEARING AS SIDES CLASH AGAIN Planning Board will vote on West Water Street townhouse plan, which then will be subject to architectural and Harbor Committee scrutiny

BY CHRISTINE SAMPSON Willy Wonka’s “Golden Ticket” winners and their parents are, from left to right, Genevieve Roeloffs as Mrs. Gloop, Cali Wilson as Augustus Gloop, Liam McSweeney as Mr. Salt, Shayla Lopez as Veruca Salt, Carter Kleinsmith as Grandpa Joe, Annie Farnam as Charlie Bucket, Ravenel Ellis as Mrs. michael heller photos Beauregarde, Caroline McGuire as Violet Beauregarde, Riley Roesel as Mrs. Teevee and Tucker Kinney as Mike Teevey.

Sag Harbor Schools

‘Willy Wonka’ in Sag Harbor Pierson Middle Schoolers open musical next Thursday

BY CHRISTINE SAMPSON

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seasoned Pierson Middle School thespian leads a cast filled with fresh faces as the drama club takes on “Willy Wonka” as its annual musical production.

The show opens on Thursday, January 31, at 7 p.m., with performances on February 1 and 2 at 7 p.m. and February 3 at 2 p.m.

Eighth grader Zoe Richardson stepped into the title role of “Willy Wonka” after playing supporting characters in “Seussical” last year and “The Little Mermaid” the year before that. She said she is having a lot of fun playing the kooky Wonka, having been inspired by the late Gene Wilder’s portrayal of the character in the 1971 film, which was based on the 1964 book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl. Zoe also said she likes the show’s positive message.

“There are bits where it kind of interacts with the audience, telling them to be a good person, use their imagination and not let that be taken out of them when they’re an adult,” she said. “It’s good for all ages because it gives this message to be childlike but still have that bit of seriousness.”

Bethany Dellapolla, the director

Carter Kleinsmith and Annie Farnam star as Grandpa Joe and Charlie Bucket. and choreographer, said Zoe is “a really quirky, interesting actor, and she brings that to Wonka.”

“She’s always surprising me with her choices,” Ms. Dellapolla said. “…I knew once she read and sang in the audition that this was her role. She’s going to really surprise people, and I can’t wait.”

Zoe, Riley Roesel (Mrs. Teevee) and Genevieve Roeloffs (Mrs. Gloop) are the only eighth graders in the show.

Ms. Dellapolla has a lot of new students — including Annie Farnam,

the sixth-grader who has been cast in another leading role, Charlie Bucket — who she is training to become the future of the Pierson theater program.

“Kids who are doing their first show — that’s really exciting for me to work with,” she said.

The cast is working hard and perfecting their performance every day.

Ms. Dellapolla said the cast is living up to the “big and iconic characters” people already know.

“Everytime I think of the songs ‘Pure Imagination’ and ‘Golden Ticket’ my heart is just so happy,” she said.

Ms. Dellapolla credited Melissa Luppi, producer and costume designer, with helping her come up with some of those “spectacles” in the show, which she didn’t want to spoil for audiences.

She said one reason she picked the show this year is because it’s uplifting.

“It makes everyone happy,” Ms. Dellapolla said. “We need some happiness now, you know?”

To reserve tickets, which are $10 each, send an email with the subject line “Tickets” to agalanty@sagharborschools.org.

Tickets must then be paid for and picked up between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. within three days of ordering; students may pick up tickets during lunch periods or academic support. Ticket emails sent on Saturday and Sunday will not be read; tickets may be available at the door for those shows. Doors will open half an hour before each show for any available tickets. For more information, visit sagharborschools.org.

Southampton

Renovations Set for Town Hall New HVAC, security and sanitary systems in project scope

BY PETER BOODY

Some of the disruption at Southampton Town Hall expected over the next two years as new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems are installed has already begun because of a leaky wall.

Once the HVAC work itself begins, sections of the building will be closed off in phases, with half of an existing auditorium on the first floor to be used as a staging area for supplies and equipment.

The other half of the auditorium will be used for the meetings of the town’s municipal boards, which will be moved from the second floor meeting room because the audio and video feeds there required to record and broadcast the meetings will be disrupted.

Meanwhile, a leaky exterior wall at the northwest corner of the building has allowed water to seep into Town Clerk Sundy Schermeyer’s personal office, forcing her to move across the hall into the former offices for the town’s youth services program.

The firm designing the town’s HVAC project has been preparing bid specifications for exterior repairs to fix the leaks, including repointing the brickwork. Meanwhile, Ms. Schermeyer’s office has been stripped of carpeting and sheetrock so the tiles, plaster and brickwork could be tested for cancercausing asbestos, a fire-retardant and heat-resistant material found in al-

most all pre-1980s commercial and public construction.

Only the floor tiles were found to contain asbestos, Christine Fetten, the town’s director of municipal works, told the Town Board at its work session on Thursday, January 17.

Reporting on the water problem and the upcoming two-year HVAC installation project, she said the tiles will be removed “in the near future,” after which a new floor will be installed.

Meanwhile, prices are being sought for the exterior brickwork, she said.

The water problem will require the Town Board to pass a resolution adjusting its design services contract with Melville engineering firm Nelson, Pope and Voorhis to plan the HVAC project, Ms. Fetten told the board.

She reported that a single bid was received in December for HVAC equipment purchases totaling $235,340.

The overall project is expected to cost up to $5 million, she told the board last year. The board is expected to vote on February 3 to seek bids for the three contractors —electrical, mechanical and HVAC — that will be hired to carry out the work.

The town began developing plans for a new HVAC heat-pump system in Town Hall over a year ago, after the Southampton School District announced it would not renew its contract to supply steam heat through an underground pipe from two boilers in the adjacent elementary school building after the agreement expires

in 2020.

The main portion of the Southampton Town Hall building was built in 1912. It served as a high school after a separate elementary school was built next door and it became obsolete when a new high school complex was built on Narrow Lane. The south wing, where the auditorium is located, was added in 1925. The Town of Southampton purchased the building from the school district in the late 1970s and made renovations to accommodate government offices.

The work will be “a huge undertaking,” Ms. Fetten said, as the contractors remove drop ceilings and walls throughout the building, first removing existing pipes and other infrastructure to make way for the new HVAC equipment as well as new electrical and IT wiring.

Ms. Fetten also listed “a couple of concurrent projects” at Town Hall that will be carried out over the next two years, including replacing exterior doors to improve security; creating an Americans With Disabilities Actcompliant ramp for access to the lower level elevators through the southeast entrance; replacing the more than 40-year-old elevator and extending its shaft to the third floor; and consolidating the building’s “three isolated sanitary systems” into two nitrogen-reducing or I/A systems, for which grant funding will be sought from the town’s Community Preservation Program.

East Hampton

INCUMBENT DEMS SEEK REELECTION

Developer Jay Bialsky’s proposal for a three-unit townhouse complex on West Water Street inched toward a ruling by the Sag Harbor Planning Board on Tuesday even as controversy continued to plague the plans.

Barbara Roberts, a co-founder of the nonprofit Save Sag Harbor, got up to tell the board a group of fellow North Haven residents is in the process of forming for the purpose of commenting on the townhouse plans.

“We are very concerned. Many of us are coming together to be sure that you’re caring about the lighting and what the view is going to be from the other side of our beautiful harbor and what the impact is on the harbor,” Ms. Roberts said. “I personally find the scale and character horrendous … and I’m concerned about precedent.”

But the planning board won’t be the venue for those residents’ comments.

They’ll instead have to take their input to Sag Harbor’s Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review or Harbor Committee, as the Planning Board voted 4-1 on Tuesday to close the public hearing on Mr. Bialsky’s project. Board chairman John Shaka voted “no,” saying he still wanted more information, but the board members who voted yes did so acknowledging the fact the public hearing had been ongoing since September.

The closure of the public hearing sets the stage for the planning board to make a decision on Mr. Bialsky’s site plan within the next two months.

The board agreed to have a more indepth discussion during its work session on February 26 at 5 p.m.

Before the board closed the hearing, architects representing Mr. Bialsky and Save Sag Harbor continued to clash on Tuesday, albeit more quietly than their previous meeting on January 10, over the details of an animated, three-dimensional model presented by Save Sag Harbor. The accuracy of the model, which Save Sag Harbor says illustrates the townhouse propos-

al’s mass and scale as seen from the street, from on the water and from the Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter Veterans Memorial Bridge, has been disputed by two Bialsky representatives, attorney Brian DeSesa and architect Dave Harvey.

On Tuesday Randy Croxton, an architect who is on the board of Save Sag Harbor, said he had verified with Mr. Bialsky’s architects that the model had been accurate on all of the significant points. One detail, the height of a building next door, had to be corrected; the animated model he showed the planning board included the correction, Mr. Croxton said.

“I received some very encouraging confirmations” from Mr. Bialsky’s team, Mr. Croxton said. “We do feel that it’s accurate. … To confirm the accuracy of our model, we were able to photo-match the 7-Eleven building and the residential building with this image. That is as rigorous an affirmation of accuracy that you can get.”

Mr. DeSesa, however, said Mr. Bialsky’s team continued to dispute the model’s correctness. He said they will be providing a video of their own — which will include drone footage over the water and bridge — as well as a physical 3D model that will be presented for the architectural review board on Thursday, January 24, and for the Harbor Committee in February.

He also reminded the board that Mr. Bialsky was choosing to forego developing 51,000 square feet of office district space, which is within his legal right to do on the slice of land slated to be sold to Southampton Town as the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park, along with the 10 other condominium units that are grandfathered for the site.

Ms. Roberts also questioned whether Mr. Bialsky’s project triggered the need to add workforce housing units.

Village attorney Denise Schoen said it would not, as projects with five or more units must include some sort of affordable housing component, but said she would ask the building inspector for a determination on wheth-

er the project triggers the need for the developer to pay into the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust.

Edward Van Raay of North Haven told the planning board he and his partner, Beth Josephs, are worried about the size of the project, especially unit three, the one closest to the water.

“We hope that at some point there can still be a further downsizing, maybe not of units one and two but maybe unit three, which comes across as not very Sag Harbor-like,” he said.

Mr. Bialsky’s team will be back before the architectural review board on Thursday, January 24, at 5 p.m. for another public hearing in the secondfloor meeting room of the municipal building at 55 Main Street.

In other news, the Planning Board began environmental reviews of two major projects. One is for a two-story retail and office building proposed by Vacs Enterprises LLC at 31 Long Island Avenue. The other is for a special exception use permit and site plan application by artists April Gornik and Eric Fischl at 48 Madison Street, the former Sag Harbor Methodist Church, which they intend to convert to an arts incubator.

The board also unanimously approved an application for the restaurant Dopo la Spiaggia on Bay Street to build a 462-square-foot kitchen addition, rooftop deck, two handicapaccessible bathrooms and screened rooftop ventilation equipment. The project awaits final approval by the architectural review board.

The Planning Board tabled approval of the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center’s proposal to add 1,220 square feet of space on the third floor as well as a 600-square-foot roof deck. Questions were raised over elements of plans that were before the architectural review board, so village attorney Denise Schoen advised them “it’s probably a good idea to hold off” another month while the issues are worked out. Representatives of the cinema are expected to be back before the architectural review board on Thursday, January 24.

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Three sitting members of the East Hampton Town Board have announced intentions to seek nominations from the East Hampton Democratic Committee to run for re-election.

Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, Councilwoman Sylvia Overby and Councilman David Lys all expressed their interest during a meeting of the committee last Monday, January 14.

Mr. Van Scoyoc is seeking his second term as supervisor, and indicated in a press release his priorities are “to con-

tinue the protection of ground and surface waters through legislative efforts and water quality improvement projects, and to continue the town’s renewable energy efforts.”

For Ms. Overby, it would be her third term on the board. She said in a statement she wants to continue working on affordable housing and long-term planning.

For Mr. Lys, who was first appointed to a vacant town board seat last January and won a special election to a one-year term in November, it would be his first full term. He has pledged to

“work for a sound economy for young families to have jobs and an affordable place to bring up their families.”

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JANUARY 24, 2019

OPINION

SUFFOLK CLOSEUP

Editorial

By Karl Grossman

Slow Down

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he 24-hour news cycle, especially in the age of Donald Trump, is truly insatiable. It’s in this kind of environment that news outlets and opinionmakers can jump to conclusions. In the race to make a splash on social media, reporters, editors, columnists and bloggers are bringing a greater sense of urgency to breaking news than ever before.

We saw two examples of it last week. The first was a sensational scoop from Buzzfeed News that, at that moment, provided a bombshell of a story about President Trump allegedly ordering his former attorney to lie to Congress. Whether there was truth to the story remains to be seen, but a statement from special counsel Robert Mueller’s office about inaccurate information immediately cast doubt on the validity of the report.

The second story to stir up a frenzy across social media was about a group of high school students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky who were in Washington, D.C., on Friday for the March for Life, which is billed as the world’s largest pro-life event.

While the students were waiting for their bus, they collided with other groups who also were on the National Mall to support their own beliefs. A video went viral showing the boys, many decked out in Make America Great Again hats, surrounding an older Native American man banging a drum, and news organizations jumped on the story as a perfect example of the polarized political landscape in the United States. Later reports, and a longer video of the same incident, added some important context and detail to the report that contradicted some, but not all, of the earlier coverage.

In a column in The New York Times, David Brooks wrote, “Before you judge the reporters too harshly, it’s important to remember that these days the social media tail wags the mainstream media dog. If you want your story to be well placed and if you want to be professionally rewarded, you have to generate page views — you have to incite social media. The way to do that is to reinforce the prejudices of your readers.”

While much of this news was breaking, a group of us gathered last Friday at The American Hotel in Sag Harbor for Express Sessions, where we discussed how news, and specifically local news, is being handled in this changing world and what it means to be a media company in the 21st century. And while some in attendance asked for more news throughout the week, and quicker reports of breaking news, others actually begged for the news cycle to slow down, including Jim Rutenberg, the media columnist for The New York Times, who was on the panel.

News organizations are faced today with some tough decisions, relating both to their business model and how they intend to cover and break news. We often err on the side of caution and wait to publish until every angle has been explored. While chatter across Facebook or Twitter might shed light on a specific event, newspapers should be held to a higher standard and resist the temptation to report unsubstantiated news.

We often have to wait longer than we’d like for our police departments to finish investigations, and it’s not always a given that our elected officials are even willing to talk.

In his column published over the weekend, Mr. Brooks said American culture is now “enmeshed in a new technology that we don’t yet know how to control,” adding that the Covington case was “such a blatant rush to judgment” that he hopes it becomes a turning point in how news organizations and the population in general behaves when reporting or discussing these stories with the potential to further polarize our populace.

In Sag Harbor, or Southampton or East Hampton, or any other small community across America, we have too much at stake as community news organizations to rush to judgement or to break polarizing news without being sure our research and sources are as sound as possible.

“I wouldn’t mind putting in a vote for a slower news cycle,” Mr. Rutenberg said during our conversation at the hotel on Friday. “I would love that. Maybe we can find a happy medium. We can write it better, we can think about it more.”

Farmers’ Victory

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Saturday Afternoon, Coopers Beach

The Walking Tour BY MICHAEL HELLER

Letters to the Editor Get Moving on Pollution Dear Editor, Here it is, January 2019, and the contamination found in our aquifer is not being addressed by both the DEC and Town of Southampton. The Suffolk County Health Department determined in its June 29, 2018, report that the heavy metals, radioactive chemicals, carcinogens and pesticides contaminating our sole-source aquifer is a result of the operations at the Sand Land Mine. This aquifer, located beneath the mine, is the water source for all of us on the East End. This is the water supply for those who have well water and those who obtain water from the Suffolk County Water Authority.

DEC Administrative Law Judge James McClymonds ruled on Dec. 10, 2018 that Sand Land’s motion to renew and reargue its application to expand the mine is denied. However, the DEC did give the mine a 60-day extension to file its appeal. What about the contamination problem? So why is the DEC not do-

ing anything to force the mine to clean up the aquifer?

Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman stated in his July 18, 2018, letter to the DEC that new mining is prohibited by the Town Code. (The size of the mine’s expansion application constitutes a new mine according to the DEC.) The supervisor’s letter made progress; however, to date, no one is addressing the urgency of contamination found in our water supply. Does the contamination in the aquifer have to be declared a Super Fund Clean-Up site before the DEC and Southampton Town Council take a more active interest?

The Town of Southampton has been waiting for the judicial branch to sign an injunction for two years. I implore the Town Council to contact the governor and the DEC to address this contamination issue, and support Assemblyman Fred Thiele who has been championing this issue.

Sincerely, Elena Loreto, President Noyac Civic Council

Point of View Fighting for Long Island Priorities in Our Nation’s Capitol Part 2 of a 2-Part Op-ed by Congressman Lee Zeldin

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n the first part of this two-part op-ed, I discussed Long Island’s important environmental priorities, from preventing offshore drilling off the coast of Long Island, to halting the sale of Plum Island and securing vital funding for Brookhaven National Lab and Stony Brook University’s important clean energy research. Almost completely surrounded by water, safeguarding our environment is important in every part of our district’s way of life, but it is just one of the many important issues facing our area.

From Hauppauge to Shelter Island, the vast diversity and individuality that makes NY-1 the greatest Congressional District in the country, also presents unique challenges that I’m committed to addressing each and every day.

Along the North Shore of our district, I’m fighting to restore quality of life for residents adversely affected by the North Shore Helicopter Route, and, last Congress, my legislation requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reconsider the North Shore Helicopter Route, including an all-water route, was passed and signed into law.

Now it’s vital the FAA takes the necessary steps to change the route and provide relief to the residents who for too long have been ignored while suffering due to the persistent issue of helicopter noise on the East End. From Northport VA to the East End, I’m also fighting to ensure our local veterans have access to the high quality care they have earned. This includes prioritizing the reopening of Building 11, the homeless shelter on campus at Northport VA, focusing on repairing the campus’ aging infrastructure and expanding access to care for East End veterans with Community Based Outpatient Clinics and other alternatives that allow them to receive the care they need with local convenience.

Just as our nation’s veterans fought for the freedoms and liberties that make this country the greatest in the world, our local law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical services work to safeguard our neighborhoods each and everyday. We must ensure they have access to every resource they need to safely and effectively do their jobs. This includes blocking the sale of the T-Band spectrum, a vital communication system, which works even

when cell phones, internet, and electricity cease to function. T-band is the last line of defense, and selling off this spectrum would harm public safety and at great financial cost.

On Long Island, our local law enforcement is faced with the rise of the heroin and opioid abuse crisis, as well as transnational gangs, such as MS-13. We must make sure law enforcement is provided with the equipment they need to protect themselves and the laws in place that help safeguard our neighborhoods. In my time in Congress, we’ve passed into law several key pieces of legislation on this front. Some of these bills include the Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act and Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act, and this progress is important, but there is even more hard work that still lies ahead.

Our local first responders’ commitment to our community, courage and unwavering dedication to protect and serve may never have been as evident as it was on September 11th, 2001. The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund was established to provide compensation for the victims of 9/11 and their families, including these brave first responders.

However, we’re now hearing from the special master of the fund that this funding “may be insufficient to compensate all claims.” This is completely unacceptable, and I’ve already called on Congress to fully fund the Victim Compensation fund at the very beginning of this Congress in honor of these first responders and the families who carry on their memory.

These are just a few of the many important priorities for our great island. It is my utmost honor to be able to represent New York’s First Congressional District. It is a privilege to fight for my constituents, friends and neighbors, while serving in our nation’s capital. We will always have a lot of critical work still ahead and successes to pursue and achieve for the amazing place we all call home.

CONGRESSMAN LEE ZELDIN represents the First Congressional District of New York in Congress, where he serves on both the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs Committees.

he lawsuit brought by the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, which would have crippled Suffolk County’s visionary and nationally heralded Farmland Preservation Program, is no more.

New York’s Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, refused to consider it and the society has abandoned its last chance for a “re-argument” before that court. The society’s lawsuit claimed that allowing “structures” on preserved farmland, as permitted by amendments to the Farmland Preservation Program, was not legal.

One judge, State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Whelan, ruled in 2016 in favor of the lawsuit. State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., of Sag Harbor, an attorney and former Suffolk County legislator, said Justice Whelan “basically misconstrued what the county’s original intent was — to prevent the development of farmland but still allow typical and acceptable farm practices to be utilized. Under the program, farmers have been “entitled” to build sheds, barns and other structures. “The idea was that farming is dynamic and that there would have to be changes in the future,” said Mr. Thiele.

Suffolk County appealed the judge’s ruling. It retained a law firm that has long fought for the environment, Riverhead-based Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley and Quartararo.

The appeal was handled by a partner in the firm, Lisa Clare Kombrink, who has a specialty in farmland preservation as former Southampton Town attorney.

Justice Whelan’s judicial superiors on the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court last year reversed his ruling.

Still, the Pine Barrens Society pushed for the Court of Appeals to step in. It refused. On December 27, 2018, came the deadline for the society to seek a “re-argument” on getting the high court to consider the case. The society let the deadline pass.

The legal brief prepared on behalf of Suffolk County by Ms. Kombrink was strong. “Now,” it stated, “under the two amendments which have been invalidated, farmers cannot build a barn, install irrigation or underground utilities, or offer hayrides or ‘you-pick’ for strawberries or other crops grown on their property….The impact is so extreme that farmers cannot even put up a fence to protect their crops from predator animals.”

“In essence,” it said, Justice Whelan “has ruled that the Suffolk County Farmland Preservation Program is meant to preserve open space, and not lands used in agricultural production.” Ms. Kombrink’s brief declared that the ruling “contradicts” various New York State laws that it enumerated, “all of which recognize the importance of farmland, farming and agricultural production as an important natural and economic resource in the state.”

If the Pine Barrens Society lawsuit had won, it would have undermined the Farmland Preservation Program begun in 1974. As John v.H. Halsey, president of the Peconic Land Trust, itself long involved in conservation including of farmland, commented: “If we want farmland to be farmed, we have to allow farmers to do what we told them they could do when they sold their development rights. They retained the right to build structures. They never sold that right to the county and the county didn’t buy it. Suffolk’s Farmland Preservation Program, the first of its kind in the country, was created to protect not only farmland but farming. Farm operations by definition are the land, the structures, the improvements and the practices necessary to perform agricultural production.”

The program is based on the brilliant and then-novel idea of purchase of development rights. Farmers are paid the difference between the value of their land in agriculture and what they could get for it if they sold it off for development.

In return, the land is kept in agriculture in perpetuity. The Suffolk program has been emulated across the nation.

Suffolk Legislator Al Krupski of Cutchogue, a fourth-generation Suffolk farmer, is “very happy” with the outcome of the matter. Ms. Kombrink did “a very good job.” If the lawsuit had succeeded, “it would have been very damaging to farming in Suffolk County going forward.” He added, “My thanks to the county executive” for his leadership on the appeal. Suffolk Executive Steve Bellone had said that if Justice Whelan’s ruling stood, it would “effectively gut the Farmland Preservation Program. If farmers can’t do the things necessary to run a successful operation, we can’t have farming here anymore.”

Ms. Kombrink comments that the “answer” to claims raised in the Pine Barrens Society lawsuit “seemed obvious.

Farmers need to build structures such as barns, fences and irrigation equipment to farm their land. I am very grateful that the courts agreed and recognized this basic and very important principle” and decided “in favor” of Suffolk County.

For her, said Ms. Kombrink, “working on the case was one of the highlights of my career.” It is also one of the highlights in the history of farming in Suffolk. As a result of its Farmland Preservation Program, Suffolk continues as a top agricultural county in the state with farming a major industry and a key to another big industry here, tourism.

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What are your thoughts about the controversial police impound yard being created on the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike near the recycling center?

Kayleigh Randall “I say go for it. It’s old dump land anyway; my dad remembers going there as a kid with his father and dumping their used car oil on the ground there, so it’s not like it’s clean, unused land anyway, so at least make it functional.”

Richard DeRose “I’m not crazy about the idea. I guess they have to have a place for that. I would prefer that it be a place away from everything else, but I guess it’s not the worst spot, since the Highway Department is already using it anyway.”

Victoria Sharp “I went to the meeting, and was shocked at the attitude of the trustees and the lack of democratic process, and a lack of transparency about how they came to that decision. They have space for about 50 cars behind the fire and ambulance buildings, so I would say that we should look at that.”

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JANUARY 24, 2019

VOICES

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THE SURVEY

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This week, 52 of you responded to our survey. This is what you had to say.

The longtime educator and co-founder of Katy’s Courage, a nonprofit founded after the death of her daughter, Katy Collins Stewart, talks about the growth of the organization and its mission to support families and children on the East End.

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By Kathryn G. Menu This Saturday is the sixth annual Love Bites — a culinary-based fundraiser for your nonprofit, Katy’s Courage. Katy’s Courage raises funds for pediatric cancer research, offers scholarships to local students and through Katy’s Kids @ CMEE, offers children and families facing the death of a loved one a supportive environment. Since the founding of the nonprofit, almost a decade ago, what have been some of its greatest accomplishments, in your view?

We are proud to say that in Katy’s memory, many thousands of dollars have been contributed to pediatric cancer research, and at this point Katy’s Courage has funded over $100,000 in support of our local students through ongoing scholarships, and we have created programming that is helping grieving families who are part of our community. These areas are near and dear to our hearts, and we feel good that Katy’s memory is what inspires them and also that the amazing help of our East End community is what makes it all possible.

Love Bites will bring together over 20 caterers and chefs at The Muses in Southampton for a night of food and fun. One area it benefits is Katy’s Kids @CMEE Center for Grieving Children and Adolescents. Can you tell us a little bit about the Center and what its goals are?

Katy’s Kids provides a safe and healing environment for children, teens and their families as they grieve the death of a parent, sibling, close family member or friend. It allows them a chance to share their experiences. We utilize creative expression, play and communication as tools to foster well-being. Through peer support, educational materials, and training of the individuals affiliated with our organization, we are able to help with the grieving process. Among our volunteers are a number of certified counselors. We serve ages 3 through 18. We never charge families for our services. Our goal is to expand. We recently received a grant which will enable us to do just that. We are in the process of bringing on a staff member to help grow and coordinate our services, as well as to improve outreach and create even more programming.

‘...there are important advances that are taking place every day when it comes to research and options for children facing cancer.’

This year’s event honors “The Culinary Community of the Hamptons.”

What was the reason for honoring this group of community members?

First, it’s important to say that the event would not exist without its founder, Linda Shapiro, and the event coordinator, Sag Harbor’s own Chef Peter Ambrose. They both have given very generously a great deal of their time and talent to our organization. So many in the culinary community come to our aid so selflessly with this event, and they do so by volunteering their time and energy year after year. It only makes sense that the event honors those who truly make it happen.

Katy died of hepatoblastoma at the age of 12 in 2010. In the last nine years, have there been advancements in pediatric cancer treatments or research that give you hope for other children facing these illnesses?

I am so happy to report that yes, there are important advances that are taking place every day when it comes to research and options for children facing cancer. The future is very bright. Targeted therapies have recently received FDA approval specifically to treat forms of pediatric cancer. These kinds of treatments are less harsh; they build up the immune system rather than destroy it, and they are very, very hopeful. Our organization will continue to contribute to pediatric cancer research as long as it takes to be sure it is one day wiped out entirely. I truly believe that day is on the horizon.

Katy was known in Sag Harbor — and beyond — as a child with the ability to bring people together. When you were starting out, did you and your husband, Jim, understand how much of an impact she had on her community?

We always knew Katy to be an incredibly loving child. What we have learned from her is that love has so much power to bring goodness to the world. That’s her legacy. It’s simple, but at the same time, very, very important and profound. Love can indeed transform our world, in small simple ways, every single day.

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• Yes! Or at least take comments on the issue they’re deciding on before they take a final vote.

• Yes — a limited time — so people don’t have to sit through to the end of the meeting to bring up their concerns.

• Yes of course. A citizen’s comment should be considered in any decision.

• Without a doubt, yes. I believe the Board will get a more rounded

SNAPSHOT Sag Harbor Express co-publisher and advertising sales director Gavin Menu took this “snapshot” at Havens Beach in Sag Harbor on a particularly frigid Monday morning. To submit your own “snapshot” for publication, email editor Kathryn G. Menu at kmenu@sagharborexpress.com.

FOREVER YOUNG

By Hope Harris

From Another Era, But Brand New

W

e kept waiting. Driving past a huge hole in the ground on Three Mile Harbor Road in Springs. The small Damark’s deli, which had been around for years, had been torn down.

Months went by. The hole in the ground replaced it. We kept driving by, hoping work would begin and a new place, a new deli would soon appear. But given the massive skeleton of the building that appeared, it wasn’t going to be immediate. The market wasn’t ready by the Fourth of July.

Then it wasn’t ready for Labor Day 2018, both major summer markers which would have brought in hordes of people.

Finally, having started work 15 months earlier, a very large two story white Federalist structure rose from the ground. There was a big “Open” sign out front and a line of cars waiting to go in on the entrance from Soak Hides Road.

The new white building gleamed in the sun. It was extraordinary enough on its own, but tall trees, full in-bloom bushes, and a new split rail fence out front added to its good looks. December 14, 2018, the new and enormous Damark’s Market opened, just in time for the holidays.

The structure seemed to reach to the sky. There was a cupola; looking up at it, we thought how familiar the building looked, but to what? What it looked like, we finally realized, was architecture from another era, the turn of the century architecture in Sag Harbor, when fishing and whaling industries were at their zenith.

It was an architecture and historical time the owners, Bruce and Michiko Damark, had always been interested in and admired. And because their land was right at the head of the harbor as you enter Springs, right where it fronts Soak Hides Road and its short cut to Springy Banks and Three Mile Harbor, it seemed to them that that very architecture, reminiscent of Sag Harbor’s in an earlier era, would be well suited to their building site. With the help of Drew Bennett, their engineering consultant and Bennett’s in-house architect, they designed and built a structure that looks like an earlier time, a building that could be one from the painted postcards in the Harvey Ginsburg collection of old postcards and the black and white photographs from “Men’s Lives.”

Inside the market copies of these wonderful old prints and photographs hang on the walls, permission given to copy and use them from the East Hampton Library Historical branch.

“I also tracked down Lynn Johnson,” Bruce says, “who worked for the National Geographic Society for additional photos which she allowed us to copy and hang.”

Everything about the new market is generous and friendly and fun. The space is astounding. It’s 5,400 square feet of a two-story-high open space. There are lights bouncing off the glazed and gleaming white paint, light coming in transom windows and windows in the upstairs cupola; windows letting in light and weather and even more space. There is open duct work, steel lights and fixtures, all the cabinetry is blonde wood. You feel like you’re in a restaurant/eatery/market you’d find in Southern California, where there’s sunshine all the time. In the new Damark’s Market the sun is shining even when it’s not.

Long glass counters of fresh fish and meats, wide long aisles of household goods, baked goods, soups and sauces, canned goods, a whole row of red and yellow and green produce, bins and bins along one wall, and then you walk (I mean the space is BIG) to what you want to get next, not in an up-oneaisle-and-down-the-next usual marketing scheme… here, you walk in circles, interesting and oppositional to the way you’ve grown accustomed to in most markets.

In the center of the room there’s a glass case filled with cheeses, freshly made sushi on the other side. There’s a large circular coffee dispensary and behind it, a glass case of freshly made pastry. There’s a pizza oven at the back of the store, behind the pastries, with a display of different size pies and toppings. To eat in-house or to go. Continuing to circle around the space, there are additional display cases of made-to-order sandwiches, hot dishes, all variety of salads and desserts.

Best of all is a three sided glass space, set off from the center of the store, with tables and chairs where you’re invited to sit and eat and talk. And all around is light: light from the overhead lamps and the natural light from the big windows.

You can hang out and people watch, meet up with friends (because everyone is showing up here) and have an exotic coffee, a great pastry or a hot meal to eat while you’re here.

To enter or leave the building there’s a long graceful ramp.

Stairs lead to the parking area.

But leaving is hard.

If you can’t get in (because there is limited parking), just wait. Wait until a spot opens up. It was worth the wait for Damark’s Market to be built. It’s worth the wait to park and go in.

What it looked like, we finally realized, was architecture from another era, the turn of the century architecture in Sag Harbor ...

HOPE HARRIS is a writer and real estate broker living in East Hampton.

opinion of what people are currently thinking.

• Of course, it should be reinstated. Why was it stopped? The public pay taxes, so it makes sense that they should be able to comment.

Was there a problem to have it occur at the beginning? If so, what about public comments at the end of the meeting? Would comments help inspire a more positive or enlightened idea that would influence decisions?

• Yes, definitely! This is a democracy and the public’s interest is material to the decisions made for the benefit of all people. Every public meeting, including school board meetings, should be televised with public comment at the beginning of the meeting. We want to hear from our fellow citizens. What they think, their concerns, their input.

YESTERDAY’S EXPRESS 125 Years Ago January 25, 1894

has been a full and active life.

Austin Morris, of this place, has been appointed a Deputy Sheriff in and for Suffolk County, by Sheriff O’Brien.

Did you raise a victory pig? And is it growing to be a white elephant in your pen? Reports received by the State Institute of Agriculture at Farmingdale, Long Island, indicate that local people are finding some difficulty in getting hogs killed and dressed, and Director H. B. Knipp advises that a limited amount of this work will be taken on by the Department of Animal Husbandry. A moderate fee is charged.

The marble nuisance has commenced in earnest and when school is not in, the boys are out — on the sidewalk.

George B. Warner has purchased the saloon and restaurant business, recently conducted by Henry B. Porter, on the east side of lower Main Street.

100 Years Ago January 30, 1919

William R. Bingham, of Cold Spring Harbor, was bitten by a pet parrot on Christmas. The wound appeared to heal, but later blood poisoning set in, in the arm, which caused his death.

The people of East Hampton are undecided as yet to a memorial for its heroes.

Among the several suggestions made is a unique one by Rossiter Johnson of Webster Dictionary fame, whose summer residence is on the dune at Amagansett, who proposes to make a complete list of all who served in the war, names arranged in alphabetical order, and print the same on a fine grade of linen paper, which will keep its whiteness and firm texture for ages; print in red the same of those who lost their lives in the war, and hang the sheet in the East Hampton Library, the Amagansett Library and any other public places.

75 Years Ago January 27, 1944

Residing in one of Sag Harbor’s architectural gems of early colonial days, is a little, silver-haired lady, Adelaide H. Judd who, on Sunday, January 23rd, began the 100th year of what

50 Years Ago January 25, 1968

Carl Michael Yastrzemski, who graduated from Bridgehampton High School in 1957 and went on to fame and riches as a star ballplayer for the Boston Red Sox, will be guest of honor this Saturday, January 27, at Nassau County’s eighth annual Sports Night, at Levittown’s MacArthur High School.

25 Years Ago January 27, 1994

Some thirty-five residents who sit atop a plume of contaminated groundwater that stretches from the site of the former Rowe Industries down to Ligonee Creek are preparing to file a class action suit against former tenant Nabisco, Inc. The suit will complain that the residents’ health has been compromised by carcinogens in the groundwater and that their property has been devalued as a result of the contamination.

One of the last pieces of undeveloped space in Sag Harbor is on the way to becoming subdivided. The 16 acres of the old Cilli Farm property on the corner of Montauk Avenue and Division Street is going to be the site of nine lots, each measuring about 50,000 square feet, if it receives approval from the planning board.

Chapter 235. STREETS AND SIDEWALKS Article I. Sidewalks § 235-4. Snow and ice on sidewalks; penalties for offenses.

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Penfield Central School District is in compliance with the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Title IX Educational Amendment of 1972, Part 86, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The School District provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, military/veteran status, genetic status, prior criminal record, or victim of domestic violence.

mail to: 1601 Veterans Memorial Highway Ste #520 Islandia NY 11749. Purpose: any lawful.

NOTICE 3 Georgica Association Road LLC. Filed with SSNY on 1/10/18. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 241 Pantigo Rd E Hampton NY 11937. Purpose: any lawful.

HOUSES

DENTAL Insurance

NOTICE PBG2000 LLC. Filed with SSNY on 4/3/18.

Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 241 Pantigo Rd East Hampton NY 11937.

Purpose: Any Lawful.

HILO SHORES WF - 4BR, 5BA, dock, pool, garage, private beach access. $2,695,000.

HAY BEACH WF - 5BR, 3.5BA, finished lower level, 250’ beachfront. $1,995,000.

6x12/13/18 - 1/24/18 NOTICE

#1 Prospect LLC. Filed with SSNY on 4/16/18. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 49 Mulberry Lane New Rochelle NY 10804. Purpose: Any Lawful.

HOUSES

Call for details

ALL ISLAND MORTGAGE & FUNDING CORPORATION 496 Smithtown By-Pass, Smithtown, NY 11787 (since 1989) NMLS # 3740 Registered Mortgage Broker Email: aimfc@aol.com

SAG HARBOR – 2BR, 1BA, 2ND fl. apt. LR, kitchen, perfect for couple. No pets/smoking. $1,600/mo., heat incl. George Heine Realty.

631-725-9001.

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SAG HARBOR - 83 MAIN STREET. New to Market – Spacious Apts. 1BR, $2,500 mo./2BR, $3,000/mo. Great location just a few minutes from the water! No Fee. Immed.

Move In! Call owner, Rory 212-408-0634 or email to: cdellarmo@mskyline.com.

- 400 & 600 sf retail stores - 1500 sf second floor office

* We Also Accept Boats, Motorcycle & RVs

Suffolk County Call:(631)317-2014

SAG HARBOR VILLAGE – 1BR w/loft.

Co-Op apt. Perfectly situated in the historic district. Walk to all. $3,000/mo., incl. all util. w/the exception of cable/internet. One off st. parking space & small deck off back. Call 631-506-1353. Corcoran Group.

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WEST NECK CRK WF - 5BR, 5.5BA, 175’ WF, dock, pool.

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PRIME RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE - East Hampton Retail Space available on Newtown Ln. Approx. 2,000 sq. ft. on the ground floor.

Immediate possession. Please contact Josh Roth. Call 212-408-0602 or Email: jroth@ mskyline.com.

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6x1/10/19 - 2/14/19 NOTICE 192 Pine Acres LLC. Filed with SSNY on

12/10/2018. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1445 NY Ave Ste #3 Huntington NY 11746. Purpose: any lawful.

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COORDINATES FOR REGULATORY BUOYS AT EASTERN BEACH SEGMENT

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Montauk Transit, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 5/31/2018. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3601 Horseblock Rd Medford NY 11763. Purpose: any lawful.

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SPEED ZONE MAP

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Village Code Chapter 278 Waterways Inc. Village of Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, New York Adopted by Village of Sag Harbor Board of Trustees as Local Law No. 3 of 2012 on June 12, 2012.

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NOTICE East End Bus Service, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 4/13/2018. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3601 Horseblock Rd Medford NY 11763. Purpose: any lawful.

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167 Redwood Road, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 12/11/2018. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 295 North Sea Rd Ste #201 Southampton NY 11968. Purpose: any lawful.

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Citiwide Services, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 12/12/2018. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 37 Colonial Drive Huntington NY 11743. Purpose: any lawful.

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Maspeth 7 LLC. Filed with SSNY on 12/5/2018.

Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 10 East 23rd Street Ste #300 NY NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful.

INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK DECEMBER 17, 2018

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Prepared by: Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC Sources: NYS Orthoimagery 2016, Village of Sag Harbor, ESRI WMS, NPV shapes, NOAA CUSP Shoreline Scale:

HARBOR MANAGEMENT CHART (CHAPTER 53) MAP 1

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Note 1: Subject to applicable speed restrictions of adjoining jurisdiction, outside of Village of Sag Harbor.

Note 2: Boundary from Robert A. Fox Harbor Management Chart; last dated 4/28/16.

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Natura Interiors, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 12/5/2018.

Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: C/o Richard M. Mathew Esq. 295 North Sea Rd Ste #201 Southampton NY 11968. Purpose: any lawful.

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Rach 26 LLC. Filed with SSNY on 12/4/2018.

Office: Suffolk County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 48 South Service Rd Ste #404 Melville NY 11747. Purpose: any lawful.

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All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of East Hampton, County of Suffolk and State of New York. District 0300 Section 096.00, Block 05.00 and Lot 013.013.

Approximate amount of judgment $738,855.63 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #37709/09.

Robert Caccese, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 4x1/24/19 - 2/14/19 NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sag Harbor will hold a Public Hearing on the 12th day of February 2019, at 6:00 P.M. at the Municipal Building, 55 Main Street, Sag Harbor, New York at the Meeting Room to consider the adoption of a local law as follows: A LOCAL LAW amending Chapter 278, Waterways, §278-3, Authority, §278-4, Definitions, §278-5 Harbor Management Area boundaries and designated areas; § 278-6C(5)(c) Method of operation of vessels; § 278-7A & B Operation of aircraft. § 278-8B Fees and permits at village facilities; § 27811 Prohibited discharges; § 278-11.1 Vessel waste no-discharge zones; § 278-13 Location of mooring areas; § 278-14 Mooring permits; § 278-15 Mooring and anchoring within harbor management area; § 278-18 Hazards to navigation.

Be it enacted, by the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Sag Harbor as follows: SECTION 1. Legislative Intent.

The Village Board of Trustees seeks to update Chapter 278, Waterways, of the Village Code to implement regulations governing the area of expanded jurisdiction beyond 1,500 feet from

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I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the East Hampton Town Hall, 159 Pantigo Road, East Hampton, NY 11937 on February 22, 2019 at 10:30 AM premises known as 48 Seabright Ave, East Hampton, NY 11937.

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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AR4, Plaintiff, AGAINST MARCO AGUDELO AKA MARCO J. AGUDELO, et al.

Defendant(s)

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Notice of Formation of Only The Best eFor You LLC. Note S e Arts of Org. filed with the Sec. of State of NY SSNY on 12/20/18. Office Loc: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent for service of process.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 36 5 mph Speed Zone Priscilla Ave, Flanders, NY 11901.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

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This map was prepared and interpolated based solely on information available. Measurements are approximate. GPS Registration per 10-27-04 William J. Walsh L. S. Depth and docks per 3-7-05 Sea Level mapping. Base Aerial Photo: Winter 2016.

Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC is not responsible for the performance of anything referencing this document. No Liability will be created on the part of Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC or any officer or employee thereof for any damages that result from referencing this document or reliance on this document or any administrative decision lawfully made based on this document. Not to be used for navigation or construction.

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INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK DECEMBER 17, 2018 shore authorized by New York State Navigation Law § 46-a in 2016.

SECTION 2. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-3B, Authority by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-3 Authority.

B. The provisions of this chapter shall, except when prohibited by the laws of the United States, apply to all waters or waterways in the Village and to all waters or waterways bordering the Village to a distance of 1,500 feet from the shore, except as otherwise shown on the chart except as such waters are designated on the Harbor Management Chart including the areas of expanded jurisdiction beyond 1,500 feet from shore authorized by amendment to the State Navigation Law § 46-a in 2016 as shown on the Harbor Management Chart.

[1] Editor’s Note: The Harbor Management Chart is on file in the Village offices and is attached hereto as Appendix A. SECTION 3. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-4, Definitions, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined in alphabetical order as follows: § 278-4 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: ANCHOR or ANCHORING To secure a vessel temporarily to the bottom of a

water body by dropping an anchor or anchors or other ground tackle from a vessel for a period of no longer than 12 consecutive hours.

ANCHORING AREA Areas within the Harbor Management Area designated for or where anchoring for less than or more than 12 hours may be permitted.

ANCHORING, LONG TERM Anchoring for periods of longer than 12 consecutive hours that may be permitted and regulated in areas designated for Mooring and/or Anchoring Long Term, as designated on the Harbor Management Chart.

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FAIRWAY The area outside of the breakwater, within the Harbor Management Area, designated as a Fairway, as shown on the Harbor Management Chart, that is between 500 feet and 1500 feet from shore, or as otherwise designated by the Village Board.

There shall generally be no anchoring or mooring in this area which is reserved for boat traffic and other recreational activities. Commercial and other activities may also be restricted in this area.

GARBAGE Waste or refuse, other than vessel sewage, commonly known as garbage which may contain both liquid and solid materials.

Grey Water Vessel water or mixed fluid discharge other than that defined as Vessel Waste or Sewage.

BREAKWATER The rock jetty that separates the inner harbor area from the outer management area.

HARBOR COMMITTEE The Harbor Committee of the Village of Sag Harbor.

COMMERCIAL VESSEL A vessel whose primary use is other than private owner recreational activity.

HARBOR MANAGEMENT AREA All surface waters, inlets, bays and coves, including the area between the mean high and mean low water mark, within or bounding the Village of Sag Harbor to a distance of 1,500 feet from the shore or less, as such waters are designated on the chart Harbor Management Chart including the areas of expanded jurisdiction beyond 1,500 feet from shore authorized by amendment to the State Navigation Law § 46-a in 2016 as shown on the Harbor Management Chart.

CONSERVATION AREA An area within the Harbor Management Area, as shown on the Harbor Management Chart, where mooring, anchoring, and other activities may be restricted for the purposes of environmental conservation.

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Prepared by: Nelson, Pope & Voorhis, LLC Sources: NYS Orthoimagery 2016, Village of Sag Harbor, ESRI WMS, NPV shapes, NOAA CUSP Shoreline, and OGS leases as noted in legend Scale: 1 inch = 250 feet (when plotted on 24" by 36" paper)

ANCHORING, SHORT TERM Anchoring for a cumulative period in any one day of 12 hours or less.

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY Activities normally designed to generate income or associated with business use, excluding traditional fishing and shell fishing not regulated under this section.

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HARBOR MANAGEMENT AREA, SUB AREAS There shall be three sub areas within the Harbor Management Area known as the Inner Harbor Area, the Cove Area, and the Outer Management Area.

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HARBOR MANAGEMENT AREA, THE COVE AREA Those areas on the south or west side of the North Haven Bridge.

HARBOR MANAGEMENT AREA, THE OUTER MANAGEMENT AREA Those areas with the Harbor Management Area that are outside the Breakwater as depicted on the Harbor Management Chart.

HARBOR MANAGEMENT CHART, VILLAGE OF SAG HARBOR The map prepared by First Coastal Corp., dated April 14, 2005, for purposes of this chapter, and sometimes referred to as “the chart” in this chapter. [Amended 4-28-2005 by L.L. No. 7-2005] The map prepared by Nelson, Pope & Voorhis dated July 5, 2018, designated as the Harbor Management Chart, as may be amended by subsequent Village Board resolution and including any sectional or subsection maps that may be adopted by Village Board resolution.

HARBOR MANAGEMENT PLAN A plan comprised of the policies, goals, objectives, standards and the chart. Harbor Management Chart.

MOORING AREA The areas designated by the Village of Sag Harbor, as shown on the chart. Harbor Management Chart, that are reserved specifically for the mooring and long-term anchoring of vessels.

MOORING AREA, INNER HARBOR That area designated for the mooring of vessels

inside the breakwater.

MOORING AREA, OUTER MANAGEMENT AREA That area or areas outside of the breakwater designated as mooring, anchoring, short term or long term anchoring areas, as shown on the Harbor Management Chart.

MOORING AREA, EASTERN SHORELINE That area or areas shown on the chart traditionally reserved for mooring and anchoring by area residents in front of waterfront homes, as shown on the Harbor Management Chart.

RECREATION AREA An area within the Harbor Management Area, as shown on the Harbor Management Chart, generally reserved for recreational activities, including fishing and shell fishing, where mooring, anchoring, and other activities may be allowed or restricted by resolution of the Village Board.

SHORELINE The line of the shore depicted on the chart[4] Harbor Management Chart at mean high water.

TURNING BASIN An area in the harbor, other than a federally or locally designated channel, commonly used as an open accessway between marine structures, designated channels, and mooring areas, and other areas designated on the Harbor Management Chart.

SECTION 4. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-5, Harbor Management Area boundaries and designated areas, by deleting

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PUBLIC MEETINGS

The Benefits of Local Energy Systems

Provisions Natural Foods Market & Café, at the corner of Bay and Division streets in Sag Harbor, will host the discussion, “The Benefits of Local Energy Systems,” with Krae Van Sickle on Tuesday, January 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The free discussion will focus on why it makes sense to create “nanogrids” and “microgrids” at emergency service buildings as the starting point in creating a local energy plan. To register, call (631) 7253636.

Southampton Hamptons Got Talent Auditions

The Town of Southampton Youth Bureau will hold open auditions for its annual Hamptons Got Talent Competition on Friday, January 25 in the auditorium at Southampton Town Hall, 116 Hampton Road in Southampton and on Monday, February 4 at the Flanders Community Center, 655 Flanders Road in Flanders. Auditions will run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on both dates. Students in grades 5 through 12, who reside and/or attend school in Southampton Town are eligible to enter. Solo artists, bands,

THURS JAN 24 Sag Harbor Village Board of Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board, 5 p.m., Sag Harbor Municipal Building, 55 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0222 or sagharborny. gov.

MON JAN 28 Sag Harbor School District Board of Education, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., budget workshop and business meeting, Pierson High School Library, 200 Jermain Avenue, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-5300 or sagharborschools.org.

dance groups, poets, magicians, comedians, and other artistic acts are encouraged to audition. If a contestant chooses to sing at an audition, he or she must be prepared to bring music without vocals. Auditions for MC will also be held on both dates as well.

Finalists selected will perform in the 6th Annual Hamptons Got Talent Competition which will be held on Saturday, April 6 in the auditorium at the Hampton Bays High School, 88 East Argonne Road. For more information, call the Southampton Youth Bureau at (631) 7022425 or visit southamptontownny. gov/youthbureau.

Obituaries A lbert R iggs

Longtime Sag Harbor resident, Albert C. Riggs, 94, died on January 13 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was ushered out with live Bach music played on a 200-year-old cello. His daughter and two granddaughters were by his side.

Mr. Riggs was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington. He was a World War II veteran and served in the military for 20 years. He graduated from Harvard and married his childhood sweetheart, Frances Louise Craven. He was a successful business executive, historian, lover of all things old and an expert dump diver. In his life, he collected many old boats, cars and houses. His lifelong passion was history. In recent years, he contributed personal archival material to Western Washington University on the life of J.J. Donovan, a family friend and an early leader of Bellingham, Washington.

Mr. Riggs lived in New York and Washington D.C. for many years with Ellen Keiser, his long-time companion, on his favorite wooden boat, Applejack. He had lived in Sag Harbor

and on Long Island until 2014 when he moved to New Mexico to be closer to family.

Mr. Riggs was a mentor and friend to many. He is remembered for his keen intelligence, his sense of humor and his huge heart, said family members, and was never judgmental once you were his friend; and he had many.

Mr. Riggs is survived by his daughter, Katherine Riggs; his ALBERT RIGGS granddaughters, Josephine Mauzé and Jessica Riggs; and his two great-grandchildren, Julia and Jake Mauzé. He was predeceased by his wife, Frances Riggs, and his two sons, Ted Riggs and Chuck Riggs.

A private ceremony will be held at a later date when Mr. Riggs’s ashes are returned to Bellingham Bay, because, said his family, quoting Kenneth Grahme, “there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-5 Harbor Management Area boundaries and designated areas.

The boundaries of the Sag Harbor Management Area include all waters and intertidal areas as described on the chart Harbor Management Chart.

Channels, buffer areas, mooring areas, anchoring areas, turning basins, fairways, recreational, conservation and swimming areas are hereby established in Sag Harbor as shown on the chart Harbor Management Chart.

SECTION 5. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-6C5(c), Method of operation of vessels, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-6 Method of operation of vessels.

C. Speed of vessels.

(5) No person shall operate a vessel at speeds greater than five miles per hour: [Added 6-12-2012 by L.L. No. 3-2012] (c) The boundaries of each of said speed zones shall be as shown on the duly adopted Speed Zone Map Harbor Management Chart, which is annexed to this Chapter subsection and is hereby declared to be a part of this chapter.

SECTION 6. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-7A & B, Operation of aircraft, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-7 Operation of aircraft.

A. No person shall take off or land any aircraft within the harbor management area of the Village of Sag Harbor except in those areas of the Outer Management Area designated for those activities by resolution of the Village Board.

B. No person shall taxi or otherwise operate an aircraft within the Harbor Management Area,

except by special permit Issued by the Village Board, with the exception of that area of the Outer Management Area beyond 1500 feet from shore, where taxiing and mooring will be permitted unless further restricted by resolution of the Village Board.

SECTION 7. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-8B, Fees and permits at village facilities, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-8 Fees and permits at village facilities.

B. No person shall secure a vessel to a mooring within the Inner Harbor Mooring Area Village of Sag Harbor Mooring Field unless both the vessel and the mooring ball have valid Village of Sag Harbor Marine Department permit stickers secured to them. The number on the vessel sticker must match the mooring sticker number.

SECTION 8. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-11, Prohibited discharges, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-11 Prohibited discharges, including Garbage [Amended 4-28-2005 by L.L. No. 7-2005] The dumping or discharge of petroleum products, refuse or garbage into Village waters is prohibited.

The dumping, discharge or bringing ashore of any garbage, solid or liquid refuse or waste from vessels is prohibited within the Village or Harbor Management Area unless done in accordance with regulations enacted by the Village Trustees.

SECTION 9. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-11.1A & D, Vessel waste no-discharge zones, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-11.1 Vessel waste no-discharge zones.

A. The waters within the Harbor Management Area are designated as “No-Discharge Zones”.

The waters identified in the Sag Harbor Harbor Management Plan adopted in 1996 are designated

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Four-year-old Olive Guinan photographs the photographs during the opening reception of the exhibition at the John Jermain Library of work from the Pierson Advanced Photography class on Saturday, January 19. The exhibition was funded by the Donald Reutershan Educational Trust, and will remain on view through February 28.

School News Olson Receives Bright Light Award

On January 10, Sag Harbor Elementary School science teacher Kryn Olson was one of several Suffolk County teachers honored by the Association of Suffolk Supervisors for Educational Technologies at the annual Bright Lights Awards luncheon. Each year ASSET recognizes teachers, administrators and support staff for their extraordinary efforts to integrate technology in the schools. Sag Harbor School District technology coordinator Scott Fisher nominated Ms. Olson for the award.

At the event Ms. Olson spoke about the importance of creating a balance between hands-on learning experiences and the use of technology. While she appreciates technology, and values the opportunities it provides, Ms. Olson said she also believes that there is a time and a place for it. “I am a firm

believer that exploring and living life should be accomplished through the five senses, and technology can and should enhance it,” she said.

For example, Ms. Olson is sharing technology in the elementary school through the garden/greenhouse program. Using a microscope hooked up to a smartboard to make things appear “larger than life,” she offers children a sense of wonder and inspires them to KRYN OLSON find answers to how things are organized. She also helped students experience the landing of the Mars Phoenix and utilizes Google Classroom for the science fair.

Religion Maureen’s Haven in Sag Harbor

On Sunday, January 27, Maureen’s Haven — the nonprofit that provides outreach and shelter for the homeless population on the East End — will come to the Christ Episcopal Church Upper Parrish Hall, 5 Hampton Street, Sag Harbor. The evening is made possible through the aid of Christ Church, the congregation at Temple Adas Israel and the membership of the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse. Volunteers are requested to help the eight to 10 men in need of winter shelter: visit signupgenius. com/go/60b0c4ba9aa22a2fa7-january.

Karma and Grace at UUCSF

On Sunday, January 27, at 10:30 a.m., the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork will host services, “Karma and Grace” with Rev. Linda Anderson, a community minister in affiliation with the Stony Brook Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Abby Fleming will provide music and Sue Penny and Margi Pulkingham will serve as worship assistants.

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork is located at 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton. For more information, visit uucsf.org.

to move forward with a proposal to use Community Development Funds (CPF) to buy and demolish the blighted 22-unit Bel-Aire Cove Motel in Hampton Bays, which is supported by Councilwoman Christine Scalera, the board’s only Republican member.

Ms. Scalera backed the proposal as an alternative to Supervisor Jay Schneiderman’s plan to conduct an urban renewal project with the property, acquiring it for redevelopment for $1,060,000 and selling it as a kind of economic incubator for the once vibrant small-motel tourist economy of Hampton Bays.

Despite all the voices Tuesday in favor of Ms. Scalera’s plan — and at a public hearing in October — no board member seconded Ms. Scalera’s motion to proceed with an initial step, modifying the town’s CPF plan to include the small property, which is on a canal connected to Shinnecock Bay at 20 Shinnecock Road. The board, meanwhile, tabled the urban renewal proposal as the town Planning Department continues to finalize it.

Accessory Apartment Law Until the board’s vote on Tuesday, the town code has allowed accessory apartments without rent restrictions anywhere in town on lots at least three-quarters of an acre in size. The newly adopted amendment requires proof that any such apartments built after January 1, 2019, wherever they are in town, meet federal HUD standards for affordability, no matter what size lot they are on.

To prevent population density from rising above what’s projected under current zoning standards, the amendment requires the town to extinguish development rights it has banked from preserved land in the same school district for each accessory apartment at a rate that depends on the number of bedrooms.

“I don’t think this is going to solve the affordable housing problem,” commented Supervisor Schneiderman. “I think it’s a drop in the bucket, but it’s significant to the individuals” who will benefit “and the businesspeople who employ them.”

The supervisor, who sponsored the proposal, has been working on it with Town Board members, Assistant Town Attorney Kara Bak, the town’s housing director Diana Weir, the town’s planning director Kyle Collins and staff for at least three years. Councilwoman Scalera suggested the density limit and development-rights requirement during Town Board work sessions last fall.

There was no opposition and several speakers in support when the Town Board held a public hearing on the proposal on December 20 and no one spoke about the proposal before

the vote Tuesday during the board’s “public comment” period.

After the vote, Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni said the amendment would help the town “in many ways” by “combating” the effects of a “strong [real estate] market,” which is forcing local people to find cheaper housing to the west and commute to their jobs or move away entirely. He said the new law shows “there is a way for young people to stay in the area and for” middle-class “people who own a home here to [continue to] live here” by augmenting their income.

Supervisor Schneiderman commented that “market forces” tend to put the town’s least expensive housing in the densely populated Hampton Bays and East Quogue areas. The new law is intended to prevent overcrowding there and reduce traffic congestion by giving commuters options for living locally.

“We’ve been working on this for about three years trying to get it right and I think we have arrived,” he said.

Councilwoman Scalera told the supervisor she appreciated the board’s willingness to address her concerns about population density.

After noting the many changes the board had made to the proposal as it reviewed it at work sessions, Councilman John Bouvier said, “Thank you, supervisor, for bringing this forward.

I think it’s good legislation.”

Councilwoman Julie Lofstad said it was “great we thought out of the box” to develop the legislation. “Hopefully it’s going to help.”

Public Hearings Thirteen speakers called on the Town Board on Tuesday to adopt its proposed ban on plastic straws and polystyrene packaging at food-service establishments. The board recessed the hearing to its 1 p.m., Thursday, February 12 meeting in Town Hall.

Aaron Virgin, vice president of the Group for the East End, said the proposal was “an investment in the planet, our children and future generations.”

“Every minute, one garbage-truckload of plastic is dumped into the ocean,” said Councilwoman Lofstad, who is sponsoring the proposal. “We all have to change our behavior. If not, we aren’t going to be here” much longer “and our beautiful bays and oceans and beaches, they’re going to be gone.”

The board also held off on the “Community Choice Aggregation Energy Program” that has been pushed by the town’s Sustainable Southampton Green Advisory Committee, whose member Lynn Arthur told the board during the hearing that she has conducted 18 meetings with local citizens to explain the concept and collected 237 signatures in support of it. The board closed the hearing but allowed for written comments for 30 days.

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as “No-Discharge Zones.”

D. The Village Board may by resolution establish procedures for the enforcement of Village “No-Discharge Zones,” which may include the regulation of grey water discharge as permitted by the New York State Navigation Law. SECTION 10. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-13, Location of mooring areas, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-13 Location of mooring areas.

The location of mooring, anchoring and both short term and long term anchoring areas, as well as any conservation and recreation areas, are as indicated on the Harbor Management Chart chart, the use thereof and the types of mooring and anchoring permitted are subject to standards and regulations recommended by the Harbor Master and approved by the Village Board of Trustees. Location and use conditions for moorings and permitted anchoring will be stated on the mooring or anchoring permit.

SECTION 11. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-14, Mooring Permits, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-14 Mooring permits.

A. Except as may be provided herein for mooring areas in the Outer Management Area, no person shall place a mooring or mooring tackle or moor a vessel without first obtaining a mooring permit from the Village Harbor Master. Such permit shall be applied for on forms to be supplied by the Village and shall be accompanied by an application fee, where applicable, as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees. Proof of insurance may be required as a condition for obtaining a permit. Upon receipt of a properly prepared application, the Village Harbor Master shall determine if the application is complete and, if so, shall process the application.

No application shall be deemed complete until the permit fee, if required, is paid. The permit shall expire on October 31 in the year issued.

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B. The owners of all moorings, including moorings maintained by private boating and yacht clubs for use by members, guests and transient boaters, are required to obtain a permit from the Village Harbor Master.

C. Permits for the use of individual private moorings shall be issued to the owner of the vessel to be moored.

D. No person shall secure a vessel to a mooring except to a mooring for which the vessel has a permit or has otherwise obtained written permission from the Village Harbor Master.

as a condition of any mooring or anchoring use set forth herein.

7) The number, size, and type of vessels allowed to anchor or moor in any designated area within the Outer Management Area may be regulated, including mooring and anchoring locations, by resolution of the Village Board and/or as delegated to the discretion of the Harbor Master.

E. Specific Regulations for the Outer Management Area In any areas designated as mooring and anchoring areas in the Outer Management Area the following regulations shall apply: 1) Moorings may be owned by persons or entities other than the owner of the vessel that will be using the moorings. Permits for these moorings shall be required.

2) The owners of moorings being used by transient or short term use vessels will be responsible for any damage caused by the vessel using the mooring, while moored, in the process of mooring, or on break loose from said mooring, and shall obtain and make available to the Harbor Master on request ownership, contact, insurance and live aboard information on the vessel using their mooring.

3) Vessels moored for the season or for a consecutive period of more than 14 days during the same year, or for such period designated by the Village Board, shall be required to obtain a mooring permit for the vessel.

4) Vessels anchoring for more than a consecutive period of more than 14 days during the same year, or for such period as may be designated by the Village Board, will be considered Long Term Anchoring and shall be required to obtain the same permit as a vessel moored in the same area.

5). Commercial vessels, vessels longer than 55 feet, or a length set by subsequent resolution of the Village Board, and foreign registry vessels shall contact and register with the Harbor Master before or on anchoring or mooring in the Harbor Management Area and may be required to register and obtain a permit as per conditions that may be required by resolution of the Village Board.

6) The Village Board may require proof of insurance

§ 278-15 Mooring and anchoring within harbor management area the Harbor Management Area.

[Amended 4-28-2005 by L.L. No. 7-2005] E. No person shall moor or anchor any vessel in such a manner that it lies within the lines of any channel, swimming area, turning basin, buffer area, mooring area, or within Upper Sag Harbor Cove or Morris Cove, and in no case shall any person anchor a vessel within 50 feet of a channel marker or in a manner that interferes with the full use of any channel, except in cases of emergency.

SECTION 12. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-15E & H, by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows:

H. Changes or Limitations on Mooring and Anchoring Areas Changes in designated mooring, anchoring, recreation and conservation areas may be made by resolution of the Village Board, including limitations on the number, size, type, use, and location of vessels allowed in any mooring or anchoring area, as may be necessary due to changing environmental conditions, conditions harmful to the environment, undue congestion or other hazards.

SECTION 13. Amendment.

Please see the following and amend Village Code Chapter 278-18A, Hazards to navigation. by deleting those words that are stricken and adding those words underlined as follows: § 278-18 Hazards to navigation.

A. Any vessel which becomes a menace to public safety or navigation or unseaworthy or sinks, grounds or otherwise becomes disabled shall be

removed by the owner or person in charge thereof on written order of the Harbor Master or Village Police Department. If the vessel is not removed within five days after the order, the vessel may be removed by the Harbor Master or Village Police Department. The notice shall be served upon the owner of the vessel by mail at the last known address of the owner and shall also be attached to the vessel. All expenses incurred by the Village, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall be paid by the owner of the vessel, and the Village may enforce that obligation by civil action.

Such expenses shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any penalties as may be prescribed by or imposed under this chapter or under any other law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the Village and the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 14. Severability.

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this local law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this local law but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this local law that shall be directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall be rendered.

SECTION 15. Effective Date.

This chapter shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law. Any person wishing to be heard on said local law may appear at the time and place of the hearing, in person, by attorney, or agent, or may submit written comments of the same, which comments shall be delivered to the Office of the Village Clerk of the Village of Sag Harbor at the Village Municipal Building, 55 Main Street, Sag Harbor, New York before or at the hearing. Copies of the local law are available for public review during normal business hours (9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.) at the Office of the Village Clerk of public meetings.

Anyone needing special assistance should contact Dee Yardley, Handicapped Access Coordinator at (631) 725-0222.

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Barley Dunn and Ben Chaleff, along with Ben’s daughter Sadie, count birds on the ocean in Southampton as part of the 2018-2019 New York State Ornithological Association Winter Waterfowl Census on Saturday, January 19. The South Fork Natural History Museum is looking for volunteers to aid in the census. Visit sofo.org for more information.

Continued concern over beach continued from page 1 sand and some variable larger material” by the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, which oversaw the work — a lot of that rubble was sucked up and deposited on the village’s only public bathing facility, Ms. Held theorized.

Other sources of debris found at Havens Beach since 2017 include pieces of coal that Ms. Held said may have come from piles that were kept on and near Long Wharf for Long Island Rail Road locomotives and for steamboats that used to dock there. Jug shards, bottle glass, clay pipes, nails, screws, spikes embedded in corroded iron and a fork engraved with the emblem of the E. W. Bliss torpedo company, which once had a building on Long Wharf, have also been found among the industrial debris, according to Ms. Held, who showed slides and brought examples of them all.

The show also featured historical photos, sketches and charming Annie Cooper Boyd paintings, highlighting the beach’s original appearance and its popularity for bathing even before real estate entrepreneur Frank Havens bought it in 1899. His widow, Lila, gave the beach and the adjacent upland to the village in 1924. The Havens’ former summer house is now the Cormaria Catholic retreat house just west of the beach property.

But throughout Sunday’s program, the dredging project was the recurring theme. Showing a slide of dark dredge spoil splashing from the end of a pipe onto a moonscape of gray material, Mr. Sullivan asked the audience to remember the formerly clean yellow beach sand that used to be found at Havens Beach, the village’s only bathing facility, the kind of sand that he said can still be found beginning about 100

yards to the east.

Compare that “with the black sludge you see spewing from the pipe in many of our pictures and the dangerous detritus gleaned by volunteers who tirelessly combed the beach in the worst of weather,” he said.

Mr. Sullivan asked Ann Hansen, a former village Planning Board member who lives adjacent to the Havens Beach property, to give the audience her thoughts.

“I live at the entrance to the beach and I can’t begin to say what’s going on down at Havens Beach,” she said. “All that dredging material on the beach: Was anybody there watching what was going on? I really don’t think there was.

If they were watching, they weren’t saying anything. I just hope there’s no more destruction down there.”

As he has charged in writing to the Village Board of Trustees and at the November meeting of the board, Mr. Sullivan alleged the dredge work conducted by the county’s contractor failed to comply with the permit that the state DEC issued for the work.

He displayed an aerial photo showing the extent of the dredged area, a 500-by-330-foot rectangle, and noted that the state permit authorized — and the village officially requested — only the dredging of the navigational channel, which he said runs from the Jordan C. Haerter Veterans Memorial Bridge to the breakwater.

When he pressed the county on the issue, a Department of Public Works official wrote him that the dredging “achieved numerous benefits for the village, including significantly enhancing the mooring basin, restoring a significantly deteriorated and eroded recreational resource and providing infrastructure projection for Havens Beach village park,” he said.

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“Has anybody had the impression the beach was deteriorating before 2017?”

Mr. Sullivan asked. No one responded.

“The DEC permit for the job states specifically it was for dredging a navigational channel, not a mooring basin for more yachts,” he said. When he asked a village official how many yachts it would fit, the official — whom he later identified as Trustee James Larocca — “facetiously said, yeah, 13,” Mr. Sullivan said.

“Your guess is as good as mine,” he added, “as to what it means” when the county official “refers to ‘providing infrastructure projection’ for the beach.

Any infrastructure means roads and bulldozers. That’s an open question, what that means.”

Asked by an audience member if a screen should not have been attached to the dredge pipe to keep larger objects from reaching the beach, Mr. Sullivan said the state permit called for a “diffuser” that would have separated sand from rubble. When Village Public Works Superintendent Dee Yardley asked the dredge contractor about that, Mr. Sullivan said, “They said, ‘We do it differently. We just shoot it against a bulldozer. It’s fine. We don’t worry about it.’”

Mr. Yardley, reached for comment, said he had no role to play in the dredge work. “It was a county job and they oversaw the whole project,” he said.

Mr. Larocca, who was traveling last week, said on Wednesday he had not been the Village Board’s liaison for the dredging project and had only been joking about “how misinformation gets conveyed in the village” when he made the quip about yachts at Long Wharf.

“There has never been a plan for a wholesale increase in dockage on the west side of Long Wharf,” he said.

Mr. Reale pledged that the housing trust board of directors would “do whatever we can to work in some sort of joint venture or some other cooperative way” with the town to develop a housing project for the two properties.

The housing trust, established in 2008, has owned its 2.5-acre parcel on Route 114 since 2014 and has drafted plans for an environmentally sustainable affordable housing development on the property, where eight cottages currently stand. It has failed to secure the funding to complete that project.

On Tuesday, prior to the public hearing, Town Planning Director Marguerite Wolffsohn said the town’s redevelopment of the adjacent church parcel, with on-site sewage treatment, could yield as many as 26 units. Any redevelopment plan, she noted, would require a full environmental review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. David Eagan, president of the Wainscott School Board, was one of just a few speakers urging caution and to consider the hamlet’s school in any decisions it makes.

“The Wainscott School District takes no position on the concept of affordable housing or this board’s policy to build additional town-sponsored or initiated housing projects,” said Mr. Eagan.

“We do, however, take a very strong position on our community’s desire to preserve the historic mission of our school district,” said Mr. Eagan.

“That mission is one of individualized instruction in our highly acclaimed K-3 program in our schoolhouse, in an open classroom format that incorporates a highly collaborative and caring environment.”

In 2014, Wainscott School officials were vocal in their opposition to a 48unit apartment complex proposed for town land off Stephen Hands Path taking issue with the spike in enrollment that could occur in the small district as well as the impact on school taxes.

The town backed off its plans in 2015.

Roy Nicholson, a resident who lives near the Route 114 property, objected to a dense housing project in an area that includes two- and five-acre zoning and is in a sensitive water recharge area. He said he had hoped the town’s Community Preservation Fund office would purchase the Triune Baptist Church parcel for preservation.

“Now the town is planning to negate all that is meant to keep the aquifer clean,” he said.

Many, however, encouraged the town to move forward — citing affordable housing as a critical issue for the Town Board to address.

“I support affordable housing, pure and simple,” said Betty Smith. “It is the right and human thing to do.”

“In a world that has become more and more about the haves and the have nots, we have here the opportunity to purchase a property that will benefit our community and the lowincome folks who are a part of our town, who work, who raise children,” said J.B. DosSantos, an East Hampton resident and real estate agent.

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The Artists Alliance of East Hampton celebrated the start of its 35th year with an exhibit titled “Walls of Dreams” at Ashawagh Hall in Springs last weekend. In attendance were contributing artists and board members, from left to right, Mary Milne, Gene Samuelson and Theresa Lawler.

Going the last mile continued from page 1 Schneiderman commented after the unanimous vote authorizing him to sign contracts for the last mile service.

If enough riders take the two morning trains the LIRR is adding to the schedule — one originating in Speonk and the other in Hampton Bays — and return on the two afternoon trains, town officials and planners hope they will reduce the “trade parade” traffic crush that clogs major east-west arteries here during rush hours.

The East Hampton Town Board on Tuesday also hired the Hampton Hopper as the “last mile” provider to serve riders getting off or boarding at stations in that town from March through April 1, 2020 at a cost not to exceed $305,500.

East Hampton Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc said last month during a Town Board meeting “there is no way of knowing how many riders will take advantage of the service or where their destinations will be on any given day.”

“We have looked at this and tried to cover the broadest number of bases and service,” he added. “It is critical as this rolls out that the ridership finds it to be convenient and efficient to grow ridership here.”

Southampton Town’s contracts call for a payment of up to $240,000 to the Hampton Hopper to handle the morning and afternoon runs in Southampton Village for approximately 200 days and up to $129,000 to the Hampton Jitney for the morning and afternoon runs to and from the Bridgehampton train station, which will serve Sag Harbor commuters going to Main Street, and Pierson Middle-High School.

The LIRR’s commuter service will operate Monday through Friday, excluding holidays — although one afternoon train will be suspended in the summer to clear the track for the once-weekly Cannonball from New York to the Hamptons — with 260 service days anticipated between March

2019 and 2020. The trains will originate in Speonk and Hampton Bays in the morning, with continuing service through Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Montauk. The fare will be $4.25 each way, or $8.50 round trip including the “last mile” bus connection.

Funding for the “last mile” service in the two towns was secured

by State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, who announced this week that the governor’s 2019 proposed state budget includes another $500,000 in reimbursement funding, bringing the total available to the towns to $1 million for 13 months of service into 2020. They previously had secured $500,000 in last year’s state budget.

It was Mr. Thiele who lobbied the LIRR to expand its schedule for South Fork commuters by adding eastbound trains in the morning and westbound service in the afternoon. In 2018, the LIRR agree to add four trains to its schedule.

At a Town Board work session on January 17, Southampton Town Councilman Tommy John Schiavoni reported that the planned “last mile” service in Southampton Village will serve Main Street and local schools; in Bridgehampton, it will connect to the Bridgehampton School and the downtown business district and the Bridgehampton Commons mall as well as downtown Sag Harbor and Pierson Middle High School.

Supervisor Schneiderman made it a point for commuters to note that a 6:16 a.m. eastbound train will leave from Speonk but the next morning train, at 8:26 a.m., leaves from Hampton Bays. “If you want the second train, you’ll need to get to Hampton Bays,” said Mr. Schneiderman.

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Pierson / Bridgehampton Girls Basketball

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With states in mind, Chastin Giles drives the engine for league-leading Lady Whalers

BY GAVIN MENU

Chastin Giles moved to the Sag Harbor School District after a promising freshman season playing point guard at Mercy High School in Riverhead. In an instant, she became a small-town girl with big-time dreams.

“I was very nervous yet excited at the same time,” Giles, now a junior, said about enrolling at Pierson. “Katie Kneeland was on my AAU (American Athletic Union) team, so luckily there was someone I already knew, which made the transition that much easier. It still took some getting used to, however. I was just myself so I acclimated quickly.”

During the offseason, Giles plays for an AAU team called the Long Island Renegades, which practices twice a week in Dix Hills. She plays soccer in the fall and is a dedicated student who sees a future studying health sciences in college and going on to work as a personal trainer.

With Giles and Kneeland leading the charge this season, Pierson has rattled off 11 straight wins to sit atop the League VI standings with a perfect 10-0 record (11-3 overall).

The Lady Whalers dominated their last two opponents with wins last week over Hampton Bays and Center Moriches by an average margin of 38.5 points per game. With just six regular-season contests remain-

Giles said when asked about her team. “We are a very closeknit team. When we all work together and just play our game, I feel as though we are truly unstoppable.”

Giles had 12 points and 10 assists in a 52-18 win over Hampton Bays on January 16, and came back a day later to dish out 15 assists in a 5512 win over Center Moriches.

Clearly those teams are having off seasons, but the chemistry on the Lady Whalers side is palpable.

“She’s making these great passes,” Pierson head coach Kevin Barron said about Giles. “They’re passes I haven’t seen made by any opponent or player I’ve ever had. She gets the ball to where it needs to be, and she can score.”

Barron, who has called the depth on this year’s team one of its greatest

ing, the team has championships on its mind.

“Our goals this season as a team would be to remain undefeated, better ourselves every time we step on the court and eventually go to states,” said Giles, an all-around point guard averaging 12 points, six assists, five steals and five rebounds per game “Personally, I want to improve my shooting skills from the outside, as well as layups, and limit my turnovers. My greatest goal, however, is to do all I can to help my team get to states.”

That journey — to the New York State Public High School girls basketball championships at Hudson Valley Community College in mid-March — will be slightly less difficult this year because there is no other Class C school in Suffolk County. But still, the challenge of vying for a regional or state championship remains far off. The team right now is focused on winning a league championship, a battle that continues on Friday as the Lady Whalers, along with the school’s boys basketball team, host Spirit Night at Pierson High School, with the Lady Whalers kicking things off with a game against Port Jefferson at 4:30 p.m.

“We are incredibly strong, both on and off the court,”

strengths, said Giles constantly works to improve her game on the court. He also said she has a great personality, is funny and fiercely competitive, which makes her a natural leader.

“She has developed great chemistry on the court with her teammates,” said Barron, whose lineup goes eight or nine players deep. “She has made many of them better offensive players because of the different ways she can get them the ball. She loves everything about basketball.”

“I would love to play basketball at the next level,” she said, adding that one of the challenges of playing at Pierson is how remote she feels from the eyes of college coaches. “This is one of the reasons that AAU is so important to me. It takes me outside of Sag Harbor’s bubble and places me somewhere with that many more chances for exposure.”

Giles is a vegan and is highly dedicated to training herself and others.

She works with younger Pierson players and wants to leave the program in even better shape than when she arrived in 2017.

“I hope to keep my grades up and continue to play basketball at a college that I love,” Giles said about her future before turning her focus back to the here and now. “But then again, every day counts and it is important to first focus on the present — get better, get stronger and go from there.”

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he weather has been the hot topic for the last few days. We were very lucky over the weekend past not to have had a snow event. We did have a major rainstorm on Sunday. The bottom fell out of the thermometer and Monday we woke up to temps in the single digits with winds up to 40 mph-plus. Reality sunk in that, yes, it is January.

Sunday was also the super blood full moon. This was accompanied by a total lunar eclipse, with the moon turning a red-orange color. It’s like having fire and ice. It’s hard to believe that by this midweek it’s predicted to be in the high 40s. Winter seems to have a yoyo effect of up-and-down temps.

For you snow lovers, the snow has been elusive. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts the temperatures to be 4 degrees above average for the month of February.

The severe cold and wind have hampered most water activities.

Prior to the storms, they were finding a few codfish, but those dogfish have made an appearance. There were a couple boats scalloping when the weather permitted. This is an excellent time to stay warm and catch up on your reading.

TIDES, SUN & THE MOON

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Chastin Giles, pictured in a game earlier this season against Center Moriches, is settling into her second seeason with the Lady Whalers.

SPORTS W R AP Pierson freshman Grace Brosnan set a new indoor track record at East Hampton High School in the 55-meter high hurdles with a time of 9.91 seconds at the Jim Howard Memorial Invitational on Thursday, January 17. The previous record of 9.8 seconds was set in 1999 by Maria Dayton.

“You will notice that Grace’s time seems slower but it is a Fully Automated Timing stat,” track coach Yani Cuesta said this week. “If I were to try and compare the hand-held time with a

led off the team’s 4x200 meter relay, which finished fifth in 1:59.43.

“Grace is a very strong athlete and she’s very competitive and willing to try things out,” Cuesta said. “Getting a school record as a freshman is exciting and promising for her future.”

Barahona scored points with a fifthplace finish in the shot put and improved on her personal best with a toss of 27 feet, 7.5 inches. She also ran as part of the 4x200 relay. Penelope Greene, a Pierson sophomore, finished seventh in the 1,500 meters with a time of 5:23.46.

Next up for the team is the Suffolk County Small Schools Championships,

which will take place on Saturday, February 2, at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood.

whalers Fall aT greenporT, Bees Bounce Back wiTh pair oF wins The Greenport boys basketball team continued its push toward a League VII title with an 87-51 victory over visiting Pierson on January 16, as Jude Swann led the Porters with 41 points and 10 rebounds. Pierson junior Henry Brooks scored 26 points to lead the Whalers, who dropped to 3-3 in league play and 6-7 overall. Pierson played at Shelter Is-

land on Tuesday and will host the Ross School for Spirit Night on Friday, January 25, at 7:15 p.m.

The Bridgehampton boys basketball team bounced back from a loss to Shelter Island with two straight victories on its home court. J.P. Harding scored 33 points and had 18 rebounds in an 82-39 win over Ross on January 16, which he followed up with a 29-point and 19-rebound performance in a 66-53 win over Southold on Friday. The Killer Bees improved to 5-2 in League VII, 8-6 overall, and will host Smithtown Christian on Thursday, January 24, at 6 p.m. Greenport comes to town on Monday for another game with a 6 p.m. start.

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FAT, then I would have to add .24 to the handheld making Maria’s time 10.04.”

Pierson sophomore Juliana Barahona finished ninth in the shot put with a throw of 27 feet, 5.5 inches, her best of the season.

On Sunday, the team competed in the League 4 Championship meet, and finished eighth out of 11 teams. “Not bad for a small team of 11 girls,” Cuesta pointed out. “They really did a great job and we couldn’t be prouder of them.”

Brosnan broke her own school record with a time of 9.81 in the high hurdles, finishing seventh overall, and also finished fourth in the high jump with a leap of 4 feet, 10 inches. In addition, she

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rite of passage for so many 20-somethings is fielding criticism, or even downright disapproval, from their fam-

ilies.

Joan Osborne was no exception.

“You’re smart,” her parents once insisted.

“Why are you doing this?” they had lovingly pleaded.

But Osborne listened to her gut. She reasoned with dreaded regret. And she followed her inner compass away from a filmmaking degree at New York University and toward living off of slices of pizza and the kindness of friends, and moving around from one grungy apartment to the next, all in the passionate pursuit of music.

“I thought, ‘If I don’t pursue this and really try to see how far I can take this, then I think I’m gonna regret it.’ I’d look back as an old person and be like, ‘Why didn’t I follow that?’” she recalled during a telephone interview last Wednesday. “So I thought, ‘I don’t know how long this will last and I don’t know how far I can take it, but I just want to see what this is gonna be.’

“Here we are, still 30 years later now, still trying to see what this is — and still taking it as far as I can.”

That afternoon, the seven-time Grammynominated, multi-platinum-selling singer and songwriter was off to the studio to work on a slew of new material, some that she will preview during an East End concert on Friday night at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.

“A lot of the songs that we’re working on right now are very fun and energetic and joyful. A lot of it is music to help people connect to their sense of joy, because we all need that,” she said. “We all need to be revived after a rough day. It’s hard enough to be a person in the world any time, but this is a particularly challenging time, so music needs to lift us up.

That’s part of what people will experience, we hope, when they come to the show.”

Her first-ever performance started as a dare.

The recent Kentucky transplant was grabbing a drink with her neighbor at a nearby blues bar on East 21st Street — and if she was singing, he was buying, he said.

She approached the piano player and, in her signature smoky voice, she performed Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the Child. What started as a joke quickly transformed into an awakening, she said.

“Music, especially for a singer, it’s a physical, immediate thing,” she said, “and I think there was something about it that really captivated me, and woke up this other part of myself and my being that was hibernating — this more emotional, physical part of myself. And it really turned my head around.”

More open mic nights followed, then proper gigs, then Peter Honerkamp of The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett lent her the money to rent a remote truck and record one of her shows to release on cassettes — the birth of her Womanly Hips record label.

“There were no major labels interested in me at that time,” she said with a laugh, “so

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pril Gornik does not want to make “The Price of Everything” any harder to swallow than it has to be.

That is why she’s waiting to watch the explosive documentary about the contemporary art market with an audience — one likely to be packed with artists such as herself, all eager to deep-dive into the brutally dizzying, oftentimes disheartening, but nevertheless captivating dissection of the scene at large, screening Saturday night at Guild Hall in East Hampton.

“I’m so terrified to see that movie, just because it’s about art and how excessively materialistic everything has become,” she said. “The subject pains me so much. So much of what I loved about art has become so awful. So I’m sort of afraid of this film, to tell you the truth.”

She paused. “Having said that, I’ve spoken to all these artists who are older, like me, and a couple younger artists whose work I like and admire, and everybody says it’s really brilliantly done,” she continued. “I was already thinking that — before I even knew it was done

by Nathaniel Kahn, whose documentary ‘My Architect’ is one of my all-time favorite movies, period.”

Kahn grew up in a family of artists — his mother, landscape architect Harriet Pattison, and his father, the late architect Louis Kahn and subject of the aforementioned documentary — and came on board the HBO documentary after producers Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch and North Haven resident Carla Solomon had already conceived the idea.

“Jennifer had been steeped in the art world for over three decades — passionate about art and was the president of the Guggenheim Foundation for 10 years. It’s the air she has lived and breathed for a long time,” Solomon said.

“She felt something had changed, some indefinable something. The boundaries between art and brand and luxury goods seemed to be blurring, and it felt like a different art world from the one she had come into. So she wanted to do a documentary about this, and we reached out to Nathaniel — the perfect person to direct this film, being immersed in that world himself.”

Starting in the spring of 2016, interviews with artists, collectors, auctioneers and critics quickly came together, and a common theme soon emerged: “the increasing monetization of art and, in general, everything in our society, and what that means for the world,” Kahn said.

“There’s something completely revolting, terrifying about that, but you’re also drawn to that story like a moth to the flame,” he said.

“It’s fascinating. What does this even mean about us as a culture, if this is what we’re doing? And what does it mean for the artist and this pressure to keep making the thing that’s selling?”

Oscar Wilde once depicted a cynic as “a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing,” but in the film, collector Stefan Eldis uses the phrase to describe some of the power players in the art world — of which he is not, he said. During a tour of his collection, he shows off the Jeff Koons “Rabbit” that he bought for $945,000, now estimating its worth to be $65 million.

Koons himself brings the film crew into his studio, where he makes no attempt to hide an army of assistants reproducing Renaissance masterpieces for his “Gazing Ball” works — paintings he never touches himself, yet still fetch millions — while artist Gerhard Richter wonders aloud if one of his multi-million-dollar paintings is courtesy photos actually worth the sticker price.

“It’s not good when this is the value of a house, it’s not fair,” Richter says. “I like it, but it’s not a house.”

To top-earning artists, painter John Alexander says, “Good for them. I’m not even angry about it.” But, like many, he is concerned about a “top-sidedness” in the art market — and more specifically, its arbitrary nature. continued on page B2

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The Root of Sweetness

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uring the winter I turn to root vegetables often, roasting beets for hearty salads, mashing celery root to serve with short ribs, pureeing carrots for spicy soups, and oven-frying sweet potatoes. After I made a focaccia dough recently, incorporating a mashed russet potato to give the bread a fluffy texture and moist crumb, I got to thinking about other ways to use root vegetables in baked goods. It was time to make a root vegetable cake.

The idea wasn’t to sneak something healthy into an ostensible treat.

Neither did I want to bake a cake that was instantly recognizable as rutabaga-flavored. It would be nice, I thought, to use vegetables from the Saturday farm market in Riverhead, close to my new house in Cutchogue, to bake a moist, wholesome cake that was sweet, spicy, and earthy all at once.

Today’s root vegetable cakes descend from World War II-era government recipes, disseminated to help citizens deal with sugar shortages by baking with the sugar-rich produce including carrots, sweet potatoes, and parsnips, from their Victory Gardens. Carrot cake made with vegetable oil and whole wheat flour gained popularity in the U.S. during the “health food” craze of the seven-

LAUREN CHATTMAN is a food writer, cookbook author and fan of small town life.

ties. But instead of going the way of the lentil loaf and macrobiotic sprout salads, it stuck around, solidifying its standing in the American baking cannon. Root vegetable desserts and sweets have been popping up on restaurant menus and at bakeries for several years now. Local foods advocate Dan Barber likes to serve purple sweet potato and carrot sorbets at his Blue Hill restaurants. Closer to home, farm-to-table chefs and bakers are putting their money where their mouths are. The carrot-ricotta pancakes at Bruce & Son in Greenport are garnished with fried parsnip.

Carissa’s Bread in East Hampton sells sweet potato brioche made with local tubers. Baking with root vegetables brings together several current chef obsessions: Using seasonal and local ingredients, referencing old-fashioned comfort recipes, and displaying one’s kitchen economy as a sign of virtue and good taste.

After considering beets, carrots, and sweet potatoes, I settled on parsnips for my cake because of their sweetness and bright flavor, which is a little nutty with hints of celery and parsley (parsnips are related to both).

I used melted butter in my one-bowl recipe, not only for farm-fresh taste but because I don’t love the spongy texture of cakes made with oil. And I spiced up the batter with a combination of cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom and cloves.

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Parsnip Spice Cake with Brown Butter Icing Serves 9 For the cake: 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground black pepper ½ teaspoon ground cardamom ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 2 large eggs ¼ cup milk ½ teaspoon vanilla 1 1/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ½ cup finely chopped toasted walnuts 2 cups peeled and grated parsnips (2 or 3 parsnips, depending on their size)

harvested on Long Island until October or November, since they get sweeter as the weather gets colder, their starches converting to sugars after a frost or two. Shop for parsnips at a reliable natural foods or farm market with a reasonable turnover (supermarket parsnips can be very old). Although they will keep in a cool (35 to 45 degrees) root cellar for months, parsnips will become limp and lifeless after a few weeks in the refrigerator. Avoid gigantic specimens, which may have woody cores.

It would be nice, I thought, to use vegetables from the Saturday farm market in Riverhead, close to my new house in Cutchogue, to bake a moist, wholesome cake that was sweet, spicy, and earthy all at once.

For the icing: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces 1 ¼ cups confectioners’ sugar Pinch salt 3 tablespoons heavy cream ½ teaspoon reserved spices from above Make the Cake 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Coat the inside of an 8-inch square baking pan with cooking spray and dust with flour,

knocking out any extra.

2. Combine the cinnamon, pepper, cardamom, and cloves in a small bowl. Transfer ½ teaspoon of the spice mixture to another small bowl and reserve for icing.

3. Whisk together the butter and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl. Whisk in the eggs and then the milk and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt, and remaining spice mixture until combined. Stir in the walnuts and parsnips.

4. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Bake the cake until it is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, invert it onto a wire rack, and then turn it right side up on a rack to cool completely.

Make the Icing Heat the butter over medium heat in a small skillet until the milk solids on the bottom are a dark chocolate brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly. Whisk together the confectioners’ sugar, salt, cream, and reserved ½ teaspoon spices. Whisk in the brown butter and whisk until smooth. Spread frosting over the top of the cake and let stand until set, about 30 minutes, before slicing into 9 squares and serving.

Exploring the seemingly arbitrary value of art continued from page B1 “That’s very troubling. It’s so random. It makes no sense,” he said.

“How something goes from $20,000 to $200,000 to $10 million, it’s perplexing. It’s a good thing to let people understand what’s happening in the art world. There’s a real danger with everybody being priced out.”

Among the wealthy, the missing link in the film was a contemporary artist who had risen to the top, but then fallen — now perhaps holing up somewhere in upstate New York, Kahn mused. He wanted someone who was a bit cantankerous with a lot to say, and a good head of hair wouldn’t hurt.

Little did he know, he was describing Larry Poons.

“We went up to his house and Larry started in immediately — walked off the porch with a coffee cup in his hand and the footage you see with him talking in the woods is literally 10 minutes after we met him,” Kahn said. “He just started right in. It was this wonderful three-, four-hour conversation that went on and on, and I

was afraid to go into the studio.

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, I love this person so much, he’s such a marvelous character, he’s such a marvelous person. I really hope the art, somehow, lives up to this great conversation.’”

It most certainly did, Kahn said — “In fact, it was just a complete shock,” he laughed — and in that moment, the director found his anchor for a film that explores the origin story of the contemporary art world, delves into the public versus private debate, and questions what art truly is, straddling awe and absurdity at every turn.

“Pricing has gotten so unrealistic and I think even the collectors will tell you that — that it is taking many of them out of the thing. When you’re talking about $100 million paintings, that’s an enormous amount of money,” Alexander said. “And, so often, the paintings are bought and stored, and not even bought to be looked at.

They’re bought as investments and the painting disappears. I don’t care what goes on in the contemporary art world, whether Jeff Koons gets

all this money. I don’t care. But I do care about the really great works of art that public venues can’t get. That’s what troubles me the most.”

For Gornik, art needs to ultimately be seen. It has the power to move. It can offer a different lens into the world. And, at its best, it makes souls expand, and connects people to one another.

But now, that can come at a steep price — one often out of reach.

“The art market has managed to make what had been a very circumspect, careful, well-educated activity into this astonishingly vulgar behavior — everything wrong with society,” she said. “And then there are people who can’t afford art, but they’d love to have it. As an artist, you feel like you’d love everyone to have your art, and on the other hand, you feel kind of jealous that somebody else is going for way more than your work, like, ‘Why shouldn’t I?’” In the film, up-and-coming Nigerian artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby merely shrugs as one of her pieces flips for just shy of $1.1 million at So-

theby’s New York — a piece she originally sold to a collector for a fraction of the cost, and a profit she would never personally see.

There is power in those numbers, Kahn and Solomon insist, and it is time for the artists to take it back.

“We want this film to spark the conversation of the role of art in our world. We want it to spark the conversation of what art is telling us about the current state of our world and how we commoditize everything today,” Kahn said. “It should be a potent reminder, I hope, that without artists making art, none of the rest of this hoopla exists.

“It ultimately all comes back to the artist — the artist who is willing to risk everything by painting that empty canvas and create something that didn’t exist,” he continued. “That’s really what it’s all about. And artists actually have the power and need to take more of the power.”

The course of action is easier said than done, noted Alexander, who will lead a talkback with Kahn and Solomon following the screening. But

conversation is progress, he said, and he imagines it will be a lively one at Guild Hall.

“I certainly don’t have any answers and I don’t have an explanation. I think that should be one of the most interesting things that would compel people to care about the cultural fiber of our country — that they would want to come to this event because, hopefully, we can get answers.

“We don’t have to talk about how well the film did and how beautiful it is and how much pride [Kahn] should have in making this little masterpiece, but rather, where do we go from here?” he continued. “What’s next? Is Andy Warhol going to sell his paintings for $1 billion a piece? Nothing makes any sense.”

“The Price of Everything” will screen on Saturday, January 26, at 6 p.m. at Guild Hall, located at 158 Main Street in East Hampton. A talkback with director Nathaniel Kahn, artist John Alexander and producer Carla Solomon will follow. Advance tickets are $10, or $15 at the door. For more information, visit sagharborcinema.org.

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set? What do you do with that energy that anger is? Anger, you can either turn it against yourself and let it eat you up inside, or you can allow it to be fuel for something.”

That fire is not only fueling the album, but also her career — fanning her mission as a musician, one she feels compelled to follow now more than ever.

“It’s a real privilege to have been able to do this for the length of time that I’ve been able to do it,” she said.

“It’s amazing to think that I was this little girl growing up in Kentucky in this nowhere little town and have been able to have this work that takes me all around the world and has a positive impact on people’s emotions and people’s lives. I think there is nothing better to do in the world.”

Joan Osborne will play a concert on Friday, January 25, at 8 p.m. at the Suffolk Theater, located at 118 East Main Street in Riverhead. Tickets range from $50 to $65, and doors open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call (631) 727-4343 or visit suffolktheater.com.

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Formerly Jungle Pete’s — located at 15 Fort Pond Boulevard in Springs — the now-Springs Tavern will host a threecourse menu taken from the pages of Robyn Lea’s book, “Dinner with Jackson Pollock” — featuring Cross-Country Johnny Cakes, whiskey-soaked chicken with collard greens, and brandied peaches.

The cost of the dinner is $40 for either the 6:30 or 8 p.m. seating. Reservations are required. For more information, call (631) 527-7800 or visit pkhouse.org.

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illiam Merritt Chase first came to Southampton in 1891 as the founding director of the Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art, and he and his family spent summers in Shinnecock for the next 25 years.

In photographs taken with a Kodak box camera, the artist’s wife, Alice, began to record these summers, capturing a largely unknown history in blue-toned cyanotype, revealing the bonds that grew among Chase, other “summer colonists” and the people of the Shinnecock Reservation.

This cross-section of relationships will be the topic of conversation between Alicia G. Longwell, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator at the Parrish Art Museum, and Shinnecock historian David Bunn Martine on Friday, January 25, at 6 p.m. — drawing from the exhibition “William Merritt Chase: The Shinnecock Years,” currently on view at the Water Mill museum.

“This exhibition has given us a wonderful opportunity to shed light on a history that has been little considered in the story of William Merritt Chase’s years in the Shinnecock Hills,” Longwell said in a press release.

The exhibition presents six paintings, dating from 1894 to 1900, of iconic scenes from the area, and detailed wall texts illustrated with archival images, from both the Parrish’s William Merritt Chase Archives and from Martine’s family collection, depicting the confluence of the two communities.

Over the years, the Chase family and the community relied on their Shinnecock neighbors for everything from food to domestic support. Many of the women on the Reservation were skilled seamstresses and laundresses and, in their abundant market gardens, the Shinnecock grew produce to sell to the summer community — along with eggs, broiler chickens and Muscovy ducks.

Martine remembers his grandmother Alice Martinez saying, “We canned a lot of vegetables. And Father [Charles Bunn, David Bunn Martine’s great-grandfather] used to store cabbage in the basement in sand,” a press release said.

The Shinnecock were also a part of the summer colonists’ leisure activities. Men from the Reservation built the Shinnecock Hills golf course, as depicted in an image dated around 1900. Others, well known for hunting and fishing skill, were sought-after guides. This association is revealed in a copy of Bunn’s advertisement for “Instruction of Young Boys in Handling Firearms,” as well as Chase’s painting “The Pot Hunter,” and the hunting scene “Captain Harlow’s Lot, Southampton” by his student Reynolds Beal.

Admission is $12 and free for members, children and students. For more information, call (631) 283-2118 or visit parrishart.org.

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it was either do it yourself, or just sit around and wait, and I was not one to really want to do that.”

Ultimately, Osborne decided to sign with major label Mercury Records and, soon after in 1995, she dropped her first studio album, “Relish.” With it came success that she never fathomed, she said, watching her songs “One of Us,” “St. Teresa” and “Spider Web” climb the charts.

“It was exciting because we started playing all over the country and we traveled all around,” she said. “When you’ve worked on something and it starts having an impact and reaching an audience and having some meaning for people in their lives, that’s an incredible feeling — and that’s what you want as an artist. That part of it was great.”

But suddenly, she was under the watchful eye of the public and forced into the vanity of the industry. And that was never the reason she got into music, she said.

“I had no desire to be famous or any of that stuff,” she said. “There’s certainly a part of it that gratifies your ego, but the amount of work that goes into maintaining something like that and sitting in makeup chairs for hours and having people stuff you into outfits and doing photo shoots and doing endless interviews, it was all kind of beside the point.

“I felt like my job was, instead of to be myself, it became to sell myself,” she continued. “And I didn’t love that.

I also didn’t love losing the ability to just hang out and be a person in the world, because everywhere I went, people recognized me and would follow me down the street. I would be at the corner store trying to buy tampons, and somebody would be coming up behind me and it was a little uncomfortable. Thankfully, that’s not the situation anymore. That was just a moment, and that moment passed.”

These days, Osborne has a tight grip on what she loves about the music industry, and is at work on her tenth studio album, due to drop sometime next year. Though the overall tone is upbeat, it does address the current state of the country, she explained.

“Music for me has been a real lifeline, and a lot of the songs that I’m writing are a direct reflection of that,” she said. “Some of them are my feelings and my opinions about things that are going on in the world, and some of them are wanting to create something that people can grab onto,

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Her new song, “Hands Off,” is a response to the corruption Osborne is seeing in the world right now and the product of raising a teenage daughter in the wake of the #MeToo movement — and the egregious events that preceded it, and followed, she said.

“It just makes me really mad,” she said. “And what do you do in the face of that? What kind of example do you

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Beer lovers and countrymen, lend the Indian Wells Tavern your ears.

Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, January 25, the Amagansett dive pub will host its first-ever Craft Beer Tap Night, bringing in some of the most sought-after and exclusive brews in the Northeast — from Grimm Artisanal Ales of Brooklyn to Maine Beer Company of Freeport, not to mention local beer legends like the Montauk Brewing Company.

“We hope you will join us in kicking off our monthly craft beer series,” a press release said.

“We look forward to introducing the local East End community to some of the finest taps from around the U.S.” Smokin’ Wolf BBQ will serve up complementary food and local musicians will provide the entertainment, with various prize giveaways throughout the night.

“The first 30 attendees will even be given Montauk Brew Co. goodie bags,” the release said.

“The catch? We can’t really figure it out. For only $6 a beer, you won’t see this anywhere else on Long Island.”

Indian Wells Tavern is located at 177 Main Street in Amagansett. For more information, visit indianwellstavern.com.

Five-Course Dinner Shines Spotlight on Belgian Beer

Without a doubt, Belgian beer has a very distinct taste and presentation, unlike anything from Germany, Ireland or the United States.

There is a reason for that — and it’s all in the yeast.

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Lulu Kitchen & Bar hosts a Belgian beer dinner next week.

coming five-course Belgian beer dinner on Thursday, January 31, starting at 6 p.m.

The meal begins with mussel consommé and sea urchin raviolo with grilled lemon, paired with Wittekerke Authentic Belgian White, followed by woodfired and drunken quail with cous cous and grapes, paired with Piraat Triple Ale. The third course is roasted venison chop with parsley root mousseline, sweet and sour cranberry, crispy Brussels sprouts and royal sauce — paired with Gulden Draak 9000 Quad — followed by a surprise course featuring Chimay cheese.

The cost for the evening is $65, plus tax and gratuity, and reservations are recommended.

The Sag Harbor hot spot — featuring an open kitchen centered by a wood-burning grill — will also feature $1 Montauk pearl and Peconic gold oysters from Mondays through Thursdays, 25-percent off bottles of wine every Wednesday, and a three-course dinner prix fixe for $29.95 on Sundays through Thursdays.

Appetizers include a choice between escargots tartine, tomato soup or Bibb lettuce with avocado and white balsamic

dressing, followed by a main course of poulet frites, Margarita pizza, or pappardelle Bolognese. For dessert, finish off the meal with either crème brûlée or profiteroles.

Lulu Kitchen and Bar is located at 126 Main Street in Sag Harbor. For more information, call (631) 725-0900 or visit lulusagharbor.com.

Baker House 1650 Sets the Scene for Romance

Baker House 1650, located at 181 Main Street in East Hampton, is pouring on the love this Valentine’s Day week.

From February 11 to 15, the inn will offer a special Romance Package, to include a bottle of champagne and chocolatecovered strawberries, a couple’s Swedish massage and one hour of private use in the Baker Spa, and a late 1 p.m. checkout.

Weekday rates start at $1,060, or $1,217 on the weekends, for a two-night stay. Guests must use the promo code “WinterDiscount” to receive the package, and 24-hour advanced booking is required.

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etting outside is the goal. Staying warm and dry is the challenge.

Those with a penchant for the outdoors are particularly critical of winter wear, especially when the East End’s icy shorelines are part of the landscape. Fit, fabric, and, at times, environmental consciousness factor into what an adventurer is looking for in the answer to the big question: how does one stay warm without feeling bulky? With locations on both forks, Mark Zucchero’s Flying Point Surf and Sport outfits summer bodies even in the coolest of months.

One of the key components to dressing for winter weather is the layer that touches your skin. A proper base layer is of the utmost importance, something that is made of merino wool or silk rather than cotton. Most of these layers are fairly thin, often the opposite of what people think of when choosing winter clothing. “It’s not about thickness,” says Daniel DeChiaro, director of operations for Flying Point. “It’s about materials. People think warm clothing for warmth, but when you’re outside for a while it’s best to get moisture off your skin quickly.”

The right socks can make all the difference, too. When spending significant time outdoors, forgo heavy cotton socks, which will make your feet sweat, wet, and then freeze, for a merino wool blend that are warm and wick moisture without sacrificing mobility. Darn Tough socks, manufactured in Vermont, make for a practical product that can be used whether hiking in the fall, running in the summer, or skiing in the winter.

Layers can also be important in winter surfing. Just last week, six to seven-foot waves made for one of the best surfing days in the last 12 months, according to DeChiaro. This time of year is prime time for the hardcore surfers to get out on the water regardless of bone-chilling tempera-

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Mark Zucchero in one of his several Flying Point Surf & Sport stores.

tures. The right wetsuit is key, with proper fit equaling proper function. A wetsuit should feel tight; first-timers often mistake uncomfortable tightness for being too small. On the brutally cold days, a base layer of polypropylene serves a surfer well, as do boots, gloves and a hood.

Environmental consciousness in fashion is a growing trend regardless of season.

This winter, Flying Point began carrying Save the Duck, a sustainable Italian coat company dedicated to removing animal products from winter wear. Citing a common goal of living in an animal cruelty free world, the company states they saved more than 3 million ducks in 2017.

“They’re really heavy into removing animal products and the number of ducks they have saved,” DeChiaro says of Save the Duck, which outfits men, women and children. “It’s been very popular and everyone is very interested in saving animals.

Most winter coats are duck-filled. Save the

Duck uses Plume Tech, which is their own proprietary product. It’s synthetic and breathable, actually more breathable and warmer than traditional down. We even had people coming in and asking for it out of the blue. It was a really great surprise for us.”

Save the Duck has been a top seller for Flying Point, staff included. Bickley + Mitchell accessories are also popular at the shops, including hats, gloves and scarves.

Basically, anything that is giant, comfy and cozy has East Enders surviving the winter months. “Bickley + Mitchell makes these cool, giant, oversized hoods that pullover,” DeChiaro said. “We sell a ton of those.”

Flying Point is owned and operated by Zucchero — who opened his first store in Southampton in 1996 — and his wife Shannon. Just over two decades later they have expanded to open stores in Sag Harbor, Montauk and Greenport.

For more information, visit flyingpointsurf.com.

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The Current OUTDOORS SAT JAN 26 Narrow Lane Cleanup, 8 to 9 a.m., meet on Narrow Lane and east corner of Norris Lane, Bridgehampton, BYO gloves. (631) 745-0689.

Duke Preserve Hike, 10 a.m., meet at the parking area on Springy Banks Road, just south of the intersection with Hands Creek Road, East Hampton. (917) 797-6265.

Maple Swamp Hike, 10 a.m., meet on Pleasure Drive, Flanders. (631) 4816228.

SUN JAN 27 Whiskey Hill Hike, 10 a.m., meet on Mill Path, off Lopers Path, Bridgehampton. (516) 994-5947.

FOR THE KIDS THU JAN 24 Rhyme Time, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Baby Beats, 10:45 a.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Chess: Grades K-6, 4 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, registration required. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Magic: The Gathering, 7 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

FRI JAN 25 Babies and Books, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Baby Playtime, 10:30 a.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

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GAMED Embrace the tabletop revolution with game master Noah Salaway for this month’s game night session on Monday, January 28, at 6 p.m. at Guild Hall, located at 158 Main Street in East Hampton. Admission is $10 and $8 for members, age 16 and up only. For more information, call (631) 324-0806 or visit guildhall.org.

Food Over Fiction Book Club: “North of Happy,” by Adi Alsaid, 4 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Make Winter Animals, 4 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Hamptons Got Talent Auditions, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., also February 5, Flanders Community Center, 655 Flanders Road, Flanders. (631) 7022425 or southamptontownny.gov/ youthbureau.

SAT JAN 26 Saturday Story Time, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Movies at the Library: “Incredibles 2,” 2 p.m., John Jermain Memorial

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(631) 287-4377 or scc-arts.org.

SAT JAN 26 Screening: “The Price of Everything,” 6 p.m., followed by talkback with director Nathaniel Kahn, artist John Alexander and producer Carla Solomon, Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, $10 or $15 at the door.

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MON JAN 28 Screening: “Plimpton!” with author Linda Francke, 7 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary. org.

WED JAN 30 Wednesday Films: “No Postage Necessary,” 1 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, free. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

THU JAN 31 Screening: “Monterey Pop,” 7:30 p.m., Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, West-

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Create a Photobook, 7 to 8:30 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, $10. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

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Jimi Hendrix in a scene from “Monterey Pop.”

Monterey Pop “Monterey Pop” will screen on Thursday, January 31, at 7:30 p.m. at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, located at 76 Main Street in Westhampton Beach, as part of the “Toasted Thursdays” series. Tickets are $10. For more information, call (631) 288-1500 or visit whbpac.org.

Orleans

ALL THAT JAZZ Orleans returns to the stage on Saturday, January 26, at 8 p.m. at the Suffolk Theater, located at 118 East Main Street in Riverhead. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets range from $49 to $59. For more information, call (631) 727-4343 or visit suffolktheater.com.

hampton Beach, $10. (631) 288-1500 or whbpac.org.

LECTURES & CLASSES

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THU JAN 24 Tai Chi with John Turnbull, 12:30 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Chair Yoga, 4:30 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 5370015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Beginner ESL Class, 6 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

FRI JAN 25 Adult Chess Class, 11:30 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

SAT JAN 26 Knitting Know-How, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, BYO yarn and needles. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Long Island’s White Shark Research Program Update with Greg Metzger, 10:30 a.m., South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 BridgehamptonSag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton.

(631) 537-9735 or sofo.org.

“Why Worry About the Birds? Thomas Merton’s Ecological Vision” with Thomas Petriano, 4 p.m., Canio’s Books, 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor.

(631) 725-4926.

“Buying Your First Telescope: What You Need to Know” with Ed Anderson,

FRI JAN 25 The Curator’s View: Alicia Longwell and David Bunn Martine on “William Merritt Chase: The Shinnecock Years,” 6 p.m., Parrish Art Museum, 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, $12 or free for members, children and students.

(631) 283-2118 or parrishart.org.

MUSIC & NIGHT LIFE THU JAN 24 Local Jam Session, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton. (631) 2830774 or myrml.org.

FRI JAN 25 Joan Osborne, doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m., Suffolk Theater, 118 East Main Street, Riverhead, $50 to $65. (631) 727-4343 or suffolktheater.com.

SAT JAN 26 Orleans, doors open at 6:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m., Suffolk Theater, 118 East Main Street, Riverhead, $49 to $59. (631) 727-4343 or suffolktheater. com.

Fireside Sessions with Nancy Atlas: Choir Night with Danny Keane, Jonny Rosch and the Fireside Choir, 8 p.m., Bay Street Theater, 1 Bay Street, Sag Harbor, $35. (631) 725-9500 or baystreet.org.

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7 p.m., stargazing to follow weather permitting, Custer Observatory, 1115 Main Bayview Road, Southold, $5 suggested donation and $3 for children under 12. (631) 765-2626 or custerobservatory.org.

SUN JAN 27 Banish the Winter Blues with Aromatherapy and Essential Oils, 3 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, $10, registration required. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Book Discussion: “The Faraway Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life,” 3 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse, 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. (631) 725-4926.

MON JAN 28 Prepare for the Naturalization Test, 1 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor.

(631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Intermediate ESL, 5:30 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

English Conversation, 6 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

TUE JAN 29 English Conversation Class, 5 to 7 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

“The Power of Intention: How Will You Manage the New Year” with Kathleen Bradley, 5:30 p.m., Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton. (631) 283-0774 or myrml.org.

WED JAN 30 “RML Connect: Learn Our Website” with Steve Alcalde, 1 p.m., Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton. (631) 283-0774 or myrml.org.

Intermediate ESL Class, 6 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

THU JAN 31 Tai Chi with John Turnbull, 12:30 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Chair Yoga, 4:30 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 5370015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Beginner ESL Class, 6 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

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SHOOT FOR THE STARS Ed Anderson will break down what you need to know when buying your first telescope on Saturday, January 26, at 7 p.m. at Custer Observatory, located at 1115 Main Bayview Road in Southold. Stargazing will follow, weather permitting. The suggested donation is $5 and $3 for children under age 12. For more information, call (631) 765-2626 or visit custerobservatory.org.

Jackson Pollock Birthday Dinner, 6:30 or 8 p.m., The Springs Tavern, 15 Fort Pond Boulevard, Springs, $40.

(631) 527-7800 or pkhouse.org.

MON JAN 28 “Nourishing a Healthy Heart” Workshop, 9:30 a.m., Ed & Phyllis Wellness Institute at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, free, registration required. (631) 726-8800 or southampton.stonybrookmedicine.edu.

Guild Hall Game Night, 6 p.m., Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, $10 or $8 for members. (631) 324-0806 or guildhall.org.

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THU JAN 24 Early Risers’ Book Club: “Underground River” by Martha Conway, 9 a.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Fiction Writers Critique Group, 5:30 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, registration required. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

FRI JAN 25 Senior Ping Pong Meet-Up, 10 a.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, registration required. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

North Fork Chamber of Commerce Eighth Annual Snowflake Gala and Awards Dinner, 6 to 11 p.m., Raphael Winery, 39390 Main Road, Peconic, $120 or $225 per couple. (631) 7653161 or info@northforkchamber.org.

SAT JAN 26 Infant Massage Workshop, 6:30 p.m., Ed & Phyllis Wellness Institute at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, 240 Meeting House Lane, Southampton, free, registration required.

(631) 726-8800 or southampton.stonybrookmedicine.edu.

Love Bites: An Annual Tasting Event, 7 to 10:30 p.m., The Muses Southampton, 111 Saint Andrew Road, Southampton, $100. Katyscourage.org.

SUN JAN 27 French Club, 3:45 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

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(631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

SUN JAN 27 Birds & Beaks, 10:30 a.m., South Fork Natural History Museum, 377 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-9735 or sofo.org.

DIY Spa Day, 1 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, registration required.

(631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

MON JAN 28 LEGO Challenges, 4 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Teen Writing Workshop, 5:15 to 6:30 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

TUE JAN 29 Play-a-palooza, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 5370015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Hot Chocolate Talk, 3:30 p.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

“Express Yourself!” Pollock Painting, 4 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, registration required. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Pajama Story Time, 5:30 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

WED JAN 30 Toddler Time: Songs and Stories, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton, registration required. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary.org.

Lego Master Builders, 3:45 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 7250049 or johnjermain.org.

Coding Club, 4:45 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

THU JAN 31 Rhyme Time, 10 a.m., Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. (631) 537-0015 or hamptonlibrary. org.

Baby Beats, 10:45 a.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

Chess: Grades K-6, 4 p.m., John Jermain Memorial Library, 201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, registration required. (631) 725-0049 or johnjermain.org.

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