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Weather it’s right or weather it’s wrong, balmy temperatures that mimic spring time have made this winter cha-ching time for many local

businesses – unless, of course, they sell snowplows and shovels.

More day trippers are visiting, restaurants and shops are hopping, landscapers are pocketing early cash

and realtors are already seeing would-be summer renters stopping by.

Last Friday Enzo Morabito from Prudential Douglas Elliman was ebullient when asked to weigh in on this winter’s unseasonable clime. “I’m doing great, I hope the snow stays away.” An “extraordinary” level of buying and selling has been a “total surprise” for his team so far this year. If the current pace keeps up, Morabito anticipates a banner year for Prudential. Gross commission income is up and calls from tenants looking for high-end houses for the summer are coming in. “It’s tough to figure there’s a recession,” he opined. “This warm weather couldn’t have come at a better time.”

The overall picture looks great and Morabito predicts an extraordinary Presidents weekend “especially if the

Giants win.” (which they subsequently did). He noted that usually at this time of year, something as simple as sinking a sign into a frozen lawn to show a house is tough, but this week he said, “I just got a listing on Dune Road and I’m going there this weekend to get a sign in.”

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My brain is fried.I can’t put two words together.Let me explain: I’m a N.Y. football

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happy the Giants won the Super Bowl and you had a few extra drinks and went to bed happy.

I went bananas.I disgraced myself at our Super Bowl

party by screaming every few minutes, “They’re gonna lose . . . they’re gonna lose . . .” I was hysterical, with my knees pulled up against my chest on every play, drooling and cursing Perry Fewell, the Giants’ inept defensive coordinator.

Quite a few women who watched the game with us went up to my wife, the beautiful Judy Licht, at the end of the game and offered their condolences.

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One woman, whom I’ve never heard utter a negative word about anyone, walked out of my house and looked back at me and mumbled to Judy, “You poor thing. He’s a f&$%ing Debbie Downer.”

What people didn’t understand is that 99 percent of fans love their team and always feel like they are going to win. Then there’s that one percent of us who are the real fans, who know better and who always think their team is going to lose.

My fears last Sunday started with the National Anthem. The Giants have a tight end named Travis Beckum, who I felt would be important this game. Beckum is brittle. I saw him singing along with the National Anthem and I feared he would try to hit a high note and give himself a hernia. As it was,

two minutes into the game he was writhing on the ground and had to be carted off. The other real fans and I who make up the one percent knew it was going to happen.

I told no one at my party about my superstition. I noticed at one point in the second half when the score was 17 to 12 in favor of the Patriots that every time I took a sip of vodka the Giants stopped the Patriots. So from then on when the Patriots had the ball I took a sip of vodka before each play. That’s a lot of vodka.

Don’t laugh. The Patriots didn’t score another point after I applied the Vodka Jinx.

My favorite story about a Super Bowl jinx was in 1991. We had about 40 friends over watching the game. The Giants vs. Buffalo. The room was filled with captains of industry, famous broadcasters, etc. etc. All in all, a pretty levelheaded, intelligent group.

The score was 21 to 19 in favor of the Giants with four seconds left to go. My son JT, age two, was a cute little toddler just starting to walk, and he kept coming in and out of the room.

Now Buffalo was lining up to try a field goal that would win the game. Scott Norwood, the Buffalo kicker, was about to come on to the field. Just then JT came into the room with a big smile and someone shouted, “Get that kid out of the room. He’s bad luck.” Someone else said, “Did you notice every time he comes in here, Buffalo gets a first down.”

Now everyone started to yell, “Get him out. He’s going to make them score.”

Someone, I think it was Judy, picked up the bewildered kid and rushed him out the door. He was out of the room and crying when Norwood started to kick. WIDE RIGHT! WIDE RIGHT! The Giants won.

Today JT is a Jets fan. Talk about bad luck.

Back to Sunday’s game, let me tell you about that Brady Hail Mary pass in the last five seconds. You saw it re-played a couple of times on television; by now you’ve forgotten it. I still see it every few minutes. I walk down the street and the play is right before my eyes. The ball goes up. I start to panic.

Sometimes in my imagination the ball hits the ground, as it actually did. One, maybe two out of 10 times, the ball pops up in the air and Gronkowski

dives and catches it. I hear the an-nouncer scream, “The Patriots win! The Patriots win!”

I didn’t get a minute’s sleep on Sunday night. I went to bed with my earphones in my radio listening to WFAN, hungry for anything I could hear about the Giants’ victory.

It was like being alone in an insane asylum. All I wanted to do was to listen to the call-ins about the game. Do you have any idea who calls a sports radio station about a football game in the middle of the night? Do you want to know who listens to WFAN at 4:30 in the morning? Drunks. There was Al from Staten Island, Sid from the Bronx, Paulie from Kings Highway . . .

Their voices were slurred. They just wanted to talk about the Giants. My favorite was Vinny from Mineola.

Vinny started, “Hello Jack. Dish ish Vinny from Mineola. Dish was the besssst er . . . er . . . football game ever. Jack, what do you know? I lisshen to you every ni ni ni night and jor a Washhhington Redssskinnns faan. Do you know why the ere r Giants . . . er . . . er . . . er . . . ” [silence].

Jack the announcer came on and said, “Vinny? Vinny? Oh, we’re hav-ing some technical difficulties with Vinny’s call.”

Baloney. There weren’t any techni-cal difficulties. Vinny had fallen asleep.

Jack came on and said, “Let’s go to Mary in Bayonne.” Mary was drunker than Vinny and still I listened.

I had just one hour’s sleep last night. I had a nightmare that Bran-don Jacobs was discussing his theory of relativity with me, and every time I looked confused he knocked me down. I woke up, went back to sleep and had the strangest dream of them all. Before I tell you let me assure you that I’m straight.

In this dream Eli Manning and I were living together as a couple in Indianapolis. We had decided to adopt a Chinese baby. I woke up with a start.

That’s crazy. Besides, what would we call the kid? Victor, after Victor Cruz? Or maybe Mario, after Mario Manningham? Has there ever been a Chinese baby called Hakeem?

Then I jumped out of bed. I just may never sleep again.

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These are no ordinary hockey moms. Sure, they supervise their kids and help them into the exten-sive gear the sport requires. They ferry them to the rink at Buckskill Winter Club in East Hampton. They share their kids’ passion for ice hockey . . . because they want to play, too.

Julia Prince, Stefanie Dec and Britton Bistrian have been talking about forming a women’s ice hockey league at Buckskill for a while now, according to Prince. “Four years ago I used to skate here with the kids every Saturday to keep fit and because I love hockey. Then I got elected and I didn’t have the time. Now, I’m trying to re-invigorate it,” Prince, a former East Hampton town councilwoman explained.

Men who participate on the Buck-skill team often meet at lunchtime for informal skating. The trio would like to establish a similar set up for women. “We can have pickup games, with no pressure. Just get on the ice and skate,” said Prince

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Hockey Moms Take Their Shotactually started a girls hockey team when she attended Rye Country Day School. When she went to Ham-ilton College in the late 80s/early 90s, ice hockey “wasn’t even on the radar” as a college sport for women. She played what’s known as “club” hockey against other schools.

With few exceptions, she said, all the women who played had never played before. “It was just a bunch of us who loved the sport and wanted to get on the ice.”

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s cap on municipal and school district spending is the first salvo in an ambitious plan to bring fiscal sanity to the state.

According to a study by E.J. Mc-Mahon for the Empire Center, the two-percent tax cap needs to be followed by additional cost cutting to make it workable in the long run.

The New York cap is modeled after Massachusetts Proposition 2 1/2½ enacted in 1980. It has been a rousing success, though it has been watered down over the years – about 1600 budget overrides have been passed over the years, and about

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McMahon warns, though, that to make it work the cap must not “be amended to allow automatic tax in-creases for fast rising compensation costs, especially pensions.”

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Schumer’s office announced that U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has publicly committed to finalizing regulations that mandate the use of an over the water, North Shore helicopter route, with the goal of having it enacted this summer. LaHood also stated, for the first time, that the Federal Aviation Administration will begin the process of establishing mandatory offshore routes for Long Island’s South Shore and create regulations that protect

by the town comptroller.Formal documentation regard-

ing the lien release from the IRS was received January 25, the day The Independent last went to press on the matter.

Wright came under scrutiny after the New Year, when the South-ampton Town Board’s Republican-Conservative majority’s decision was made to delay re-appointing her.

Some board members felt that it

was imperative for each of them to speak with Wright one-on-one. The comptroller was ultimately unani-mously re-appointed to her South-ampton position on January 10.

Sources in Brookhaven said that the town’s council members learned of the tax lien imposed on Wright in 2009 and asked her to bring docu-ments to town hall providing she’d been released. Instead, insiders say she produced a variety of corre-


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Rumblin’ and Stumblin’Those were some heels on

the Material Girl’s leather boots. Unfortunately, they weren’t the best footwear for dancing. And so it was Madonna almost fell on her finely toned backside. In fact, a couple more feet she would have fallen right off the stage. That would have been messy, and what’s worse, probably would’ve delayed the game.

Gene Simmons of Kiss warned Madonna before she even took the stage that performing “live” at the Super Bowl meant just that. Singing. Madonna taped her vocals nevertheless, and that turned the whole thing into a theater presentation, not real music.

Why is it women are so insistent on defending Madonna? The spectacle aside, her set sucked. “Better than watching the scraggy old Tom Petty,” one lady friend said to me. Really? He sang the songs

Scenes From The Stupor Bowlhe’s written and his band played them. He performed live. He’s sold 100 million records. Someone out there likes him.

Contrast Madonna’s set with the Rolling Stones a few years back. Mick Jagger danced like an 18-year old, his energy boundless, the band ripped through six great tunes, Keith Richards snarled his way through rock’s greatest power chords, and it all happened live. Is that too much to ask?

Pouty Lips, Potty MouthPoor Gisele Bundchen. She

probably didn’t know she was being recorded when she said “My husband cannot f****** throw the ball and catch it at the same time.” Oh . . . Jeez, and I thought most women didn’t know that. He, of course, is Tom Brady, the Patriots’ quarterback. Don’t worry, though, he holds one record that will never be broken: he impregnated two

supermodels in a single season.

The Fickle FingerThe singer M.I.A. almost upstaged

Madonna by giving the camera the finger and cursing during the halftime show. The moment has gone viral, with millions of hits on You Tube.

Officials expressed surprise and outrage. Why? Didn’t Janet Jacksion revitalize her career by flashing a nipple? Obviously, the word is out there is no better way to get yourself noticed than to do something outrageous on camera during the Super Bowl. Put another way, how many of you ever heard of M.I.A. before Sunday?

Then He Bowled A No-HitterKaren was on the phone Sunday

night after the game and I heard her say “And then all of a sudden Rick started screaming . . . I think Eli Manning hit a home run.” Actually, that was Reggie Jackson. Sadly, I’m not making this up.

Beer, Broads, and Junk FoodIt’s little wonder most people

around the world hate Americans. It’s because they think we are like the stereotypes you see on TV during football season. All the guys are kind of plain looking, but they have one thing in common: they drink beer, and lots of it. All the women – make that girls – are drop dead gorgeous, have big breasts that are partially exposed, and wear next to nothing, often

just a bikini. They have one thing in common – they dig the homely guys who drink beer, and lots of it.

There are constant parties, with unlimited beer, and the girls writhe (that’s supposed to be dancing) while the guys talk football and drink. They all eat Fritos and potato chips and crackers and Cheez Doodles.

Most everything is deep fried in animal fat. What ads don’t you see on TV? Nothing about soy bean or bean curd. No sushi. No cucumber of vegetable dip. No almond butter or fresh fruit. Why is it, do you think, that these products don’t take advantage of the huge TV ratings?

It’s the subliminal message boys receive watching sports on TV. Sissies eat healthy food. Real men drink and drive. If you want girls drink beer. Here, have some more chips and dips – sexy babes love it when you come on to them with a mouth full of smelly food.

And so we are indoctrinated at an early age game to reserve Sundays for watching the big game while munching on snack food. Then we have a son or two, and he gets into the flow to be like dad. Then one day, you look at yourself, you’re 250 pounds, your stomach hangs down to your knees, and the doctor told you to stop drinking beer and start eating soy beans. And if you get within 20 feet of some babe in a bikini she’ll have you arrested.

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Relay For LifeDear Editor,

The F.D. Ladies Relay for Life team would like to thank everyone who came to support our dance-a-thon on January 20. We will be continuing to fundraise for the American Cancer Society with a Buffet Breakfast at Springs Fire Department on Feb 12 from 7-11 AM. Also on March 3 we will be hosting a Ziti Dinner at the Amagansett Fire Department

from 5-8 PM. Please come show your support at our upcoming events.

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Done With Good DeedsDear Mr. Murphy,

I am writing to you to vent my anger over the treatment I received from the Traffic Control Officer here in East Hampton. The incident happened last summer on Sunday, July 3 near Waldbaum’s. First, I want you to know that during the summer months for the past 15 years, I have volunteered to assist summer workers from both here and abroad by offering my home to entertain them on

Sundays, their day off. I also would often give them a ride to go shopping or sightseeing.

On Sunday, July 3 about 4 PM, I picked up five ladies (here from London) to take them to my home from Waldbaum’s. They were waiting just outside the store. When they saw me trying to stop just before the ticket machine, waiting to get a ticket behind two other cars, they ran to get into my car even before I had fully come to a stop. Immediately the Traffic Control Officer hurried to my car and told me to move. I hesitated because the car door was already opened.

I explained the situation to this man but he proceeded to write me a parking ticket. I went to the Town Hall to ask for a dismissal. The man

at Town Hall never respected my explanation. He said I was “being dramatic.” I then asked for a trial. The day of the trial the officer who gave me the ticket was not present and the case should have automatically been dismissed. Instead, I was placed on a one-year probation.

At both appearances at Town Hall, I brought some of the ladies with me to verify my story but they were never allowed to testify! As a result of this unfair treatment, I have decided to forgo my volunteering because I was punished for my weekly good deeds.

DAHLIA FERRANDO AMAN

Megalomaniac MillionaireDear Rick,

The GOP continues to lose all credibility.After denigrating and insulting Mitt Romney

only a few months ago, and declaring he might have to run himself, The Donald has done an about face to endorse Romney - snubbing Newt, who at least consented to participate in Trump’s aborted “debate.” And all the candidates except Huntsman made pilgrimages to pay homage to this megalomaniac millionaire.

Trump recently said that other countries are laughing at us. No surprise here. They laughed when George Bush was elected not just once, but twice! How can they now take this circus masquerading as a political campaign seriously?

No surprise either, that periodically The Donald needs to insinuate himself into the rhetoric to garner publicity for his TV show.

PATRICIA MASON

Washington MarchDear Rick,

In America there has been a terrible hardening of sensibilities. Most of us on the beautiful East End of Long Island missed it but two weeks ago hundreds of thousands of Americans from all over our country marched for the right to life in Washington, D.C. Most of them were young people. We should be proud of them.

Heads In The SandIt would be sad to watch school boards squirming over the

upcoming two percent budget cap if it wasn’t so appalling.The state has been planning on imposing a spending cap

since the Spitzer administration. School boards knew last year that the cap would be in effect this year. Yet board members blithely continued their practice of spending recklessly with no regard for the property owners who foot the bill, as most have done for decades. Now, all of a sudden, board members are panicking as they realize they are hopelessly above the spending limit.

East Hampton is a perfect example. Board members feigned shock when they were told the school is about $2 million over the cap. This is the same group that spent $90,000 a few months ago to hire a Kindergarten teacher – twice the going rate. Another $1 million is earmarked for raises to the teachers, board members bemoaned. There is the big Duh . . . school boards negotiate teachers’ contracts. Why are board members never aware of the long-term consequences?

Things could be even worse in East Hampton had former superintendent Ray Gualtieri remained at the helm. Gualtieri wanted to spend $6 million on a garage; he also spent over $2 million on a senseless lawsuit that should have been resolved years ago.

In this issue we outline the finer points of Governor Cuomo’s plan to stabilize property taxes. In Suffolk County we pay the eighth highest in the country. Not coincidentally, teachers here are among the highest paid in the United States. More

relief is coming if Cuomo has his way – teacher layoffs based on merit, not seniority, and reeling in out of control health and retirement benefits. It is decisive action, most welcome, and it’s about time.

On the local level, municipalities and schools must henceforth force unions to pay a fair share of those costs that are crippling the entire state. And in this first year of the cap, it would be a welcome sign for our teachers and school officials to voluntarily accept a pay freeze to help the community cope with this new law. It’s happened in some districts – why not here?

Thanks to Governor Cuomo, significant reform is beginning that will force school districts to make fiscally responsible decisions. Faced with layoffs, perhaps even the unions will begin to see the light.

Civic PrideYes, it’s about beer and boobs, and the Super Bowl

extravaganza exposes everything that is crass about American society. That said, Lucas Stadium in Indianapolis was filled with New York Giants’ fans Sunday night, most there at considerable expense. It made a difference, possibly THE difference, as several players remarked after the game. For better or worse, this is our home team, and the euphoria felt in the corners of the state –- and in New Jersey –- is real. We rooted for our underdogs, we never lost hope, and after six grueling must-win games we have what no other team does -- the Super Bowl trophy.


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What did you think about the recent Navy Sealrescue of the hostages in Somalia?

Ulysses GonzalesI read about the rescue on Yahoo. The Navy Sealsare the best of the best. They are so well trainedfor these kinds of top secret operations. They workin small groups and no one knows their identity.They were amazing in the raid on Osama BinLaden.

Jennifer PalmerMy brother was in the Navy and my father was inthe Marines, in Vietnam. I’m well aware how muchour military does for us. I’m very proud of them.The Seals are the elite forces. They’re awesome.The rescue was quite amazing.

Barbara ShererThey’re awesome. I’ve always loved the NavySeals. They’ve become more prominent sincekilling Osama Bin Laden. I used to watch all the oldblack and white war movies. They used to callthem Frogmen. I guess they were the forerunnersof the Seals.

Teresa TalmageI admire the Navy Seals. They were awfully bravewhen they went into that compound and got BinLaden. I didn’t hear about this latest Somalia raidbut I think they were quiet about it until it happenedso that they could surprise the kidnappers.

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Yes, proud of those who marched, and ponder what has taken place in this country since most of these marchers were born.

Thirty-nine years ago Roe vs. Wade created an unrestricted license to abortion – a “right,” a “fix” to a so-called “dilemma.”

Since then there have been over 43 million children aborted in this land where we are “endowed by our Creator to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Wake up America! This slaughter of the innocents must stop – they have a right to life.

JACK MCGREEVY

Take Our Country BackDear Rick,

Is it not astounding, miraculous even, that

Some Soup For YouIt’s that time of year -- time for Relay for Life fund raising events,

projects and classes. “The Walk with Me Team has been very busy for several weeks brain storming and we have come up with the most creative fund raising events yet,” according to France Posener. “And many local wonderful, and generous businesses, chefs, stores and caterers are helping; so be prepared to have fun, be wowed, and in the end, know you are supporting a very needy cause -- The American Cancer Society, thru Relay for Life.”

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The Concerned Citizens of Montauk is offering six paid internships to East Hampton High School students interested in learning how to lead outdoor education bi-lingual trail walks for the East End community. The program is made possible by a grant from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation.

“CCOM believes the key to preservation is education,” explained CCOM President, Dr. Robert Stern. “Our goal is to ignite the interest of high school students and engage them in reaching out to East Hampton’s diverse community.”

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a small group of people brought freedom and liberty to America in 1776? Considering that one third of the colonists were against their efforts and one third were independents with no opinion, our Founding Fathers absolutely “pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat.” And that, fair reader, gives me hope.

Today, there are way too many Americans who still support the worst President in our history and too many “independents” with no opinion.

Thankfully, there are enough Americans who see the threat to our freedom and liberty, a threat greater than the Soviet threat of the Cold War years. Thankfully, these Americans do not want to leave to the next generation a nation less free than the one that we have had the privilege and blessing to enjoy.

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“We may have a little crisis on our hands.”

That was Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst’s response to the reported state of Mecox Beach, a Bridgehampton beach that may be holding on by a thread.

At Friday’s work session, town trustees, environmental consul-tants and analysts and other town representatives met with South-ampton Town Board to discuss the major erosion of the recreational area.

Marty Shea, the town’s chief environmental analyst, said ero-sion of the beach occurring over the past month has resulted in the loss of two thirds of the dune line, which now measures about 15 feet wide.

“We have what I would describe as an emergency situation,” he said. “My concern is there’s a good chance for storm events, which could mean damage to the park-ing lot,” adding that would be a detriment to the town come the summer months.

To rebuild the dune, according to Chris Bean, superintendent of the parks and recreation depart-ment, it would cost about $54,000, as long as they don’t have to pur-chase the sand.

“This is very important for the recreation of town residents,” said Bean.

Aram Terchunian, president of First Coastal Corp., an environmen-tal consulting and marine construc-tion company in Westhampton Beach, stressed the need to move quickly to restore the dune line before the summer.

“I’m ready to move immedi-ately,” he said.

Mecox Beach, located at the end of Jobs Lane in Bridgehampton, is a town-owned recreational facility and accounts for one third of the beach parking from Bridgehamp-ton to Sagaponack.

The town board looked to the trustees for a permit to restore the dune, with the town also asking the trustees to donate the sand. The sand would come from the Mecox cut, on property owned by the trustees.

The problem is not only the time factor, but if whether or not the trustees will in fact donate the 6000 cubic yards of sand needed.

“We’d love to give you the sand,” Trustee President Eric Schultz said to Bean.

Schultz explained the trustees are weary of giving the sand gra-tis. Recently the trustees won an

Town Looks To Trustees To Restore Mecox Beachongoing lawsuit involving Village of West Hampton Dunes residents, resulting in the trustees control-ling their own finances instead of being overseen by a town board.

The trustee president said that he didn’t want to make any deci-sions that could in turn jeopardize their legal standing, should West Hampton Dunes residents seek an appeal.

“This challenged us and our rights,” Shultz said. “We’re work-ing towards sound financial man-agement.”

Shultz also added that giving the

sand for free would be counterin-tuitive to the town’s new business model of chargebacks for town de-

partments. Trustees began selling sand commercially two years ago at $7.50 per cubic yard.

Schultz said that the town could donate services rather than make a cash payment in exchange for the sand.

“We’re talking about supporting a project that’s very dependent on support of beach stickers,” Throne-Holst said. “We’re asking you to look at this as a town partnership.”

If the sand has to be purchased, Shea said the project could cost over $100,000.

Shea said a decision needed to be made very quickly before the beach becomes even more eroded.

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The first gathering will be Sunday, February 19 at 1 PM.

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Southold police said a man stopped in Greenport Sunday night was arrested after he was found to have a warrant out for his arrest.

Brian Shelby, 45, of Southold, was wanted for outstanding vehicular vio-lations, police said. He was turned over to the Suffolk County Fugitive Squad.

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Mulling the notion of playing rather than just watching hockey, Amaden said, “It sounds like it could be fun . . . or it could be funny.”

The trio dispersed, with plans to start a lunchtime skate for women on Wednesdays. Bistrian and Dec went off to see their kids on the ice, while Prince tracked down Hudson, who’s just beginning to talk. All he says is, “Hockey, Da-Da. Hockey.”

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regulate helicopter noise throughout Long Island. He said the FAA is “100 percent committed” to finalizing regulations on the use of the North Shore route, which would require choppers to fly over water and at an altitude high enough to reduce noise. LaHood intends to have the regs in place before the Fourth of July.

The Transportation Secretary also promised to move forward with similar rules regarding a South Shore route, and said the FAA will consider “additional specificity” for the North route to protect communities that could be affected by entry and exit points.

Speaking to the town board, Cunningham worried the mandated North Shore route will result in more helicopters over East Hampton. “Georgica, look out, because it’s gonna hurt,” she predicted.

Councilman Dominick Stanzione, the town board liaison to the airport,

choppersCONTINUED FROM PAGE 11.

appeared less worried. The air traffic control tower the town is poised to erect will ultimatley work in combination with a mandated southern route to mitigate noise. The southern route, he said, will serve to disperse traffic. He promised to update the town board on the status of airport noise abatement efforts by the end of the month.

According to Oliver Longwell, Communications Director for Congressman Tim Bishop, his office has yet to see details of Schumer’s plan. (Bishop has been at the forefront of fighting to solve the chopper noise issue on the East End.)

“We applaud the effort of the FAA at the direction of Secretary LaHood, in recognizing helicopter noise is something it has to deal with, for a long time they’ve resisted it.”

As Cunningham suggested, Longwell noted, “If you make the situation better for someone, you could make it more difficult for somebody else. It’s a delicate act. We’re

trying to learn more about the plan . . . The real question is where will they cross the water and how direct will the route be from the water to the airport?”

In other town board news, a contingent of Lazy Point residents implored the board to help with their erosion situation. Steve Graboski, who appeared before the board last month, questioned a decision by Suffolk County to dredge the west channel of Napeague Harbor, rather than the east channel.

Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc informed that historically the east

channel was deep, but it’s filled in. During the 1950s the west channel was completely closed. Once it was opened, erosion ramped up. Van Scoyoc doesn’t believe county officials would be amenable to changing horses midstream and there is a need to “get the water flushing.” Long term, it would be great to get the east channel dredged deeply, but in the short term, the water needs to get moving, he said.

It was noted that the last time dredging occurred in the area, material derived from the work was stored on Hicks Island. Several speakers offered support for using that sand and gravel to renourish the shoreline in front of homes imperiled by erosion.

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A cocktail party hosted by the Amagansett Fire Departments 100th anniversary committee saw lots of folks getting down in the truck bays at the firehouse (top). Supporters Alex Tekulsky and Tina Piette (left) were all smiles, and Former Chief Dave DiSunno (right) was on hand to help out.


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Both Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst and Councilwoman Bridget Fleming said they were saddened by Wright’s decision to leave the town, with the supervisor saying she thought the reason was because of the re-appointing delay.

Wright assured that her decision to interview with Brookhaven Town was not because of Southampton’s hesitation in re-appointing her.

Brookhaven’s Town Board was scheduled to appoint Wright to the finance commissioner position yes-terday. It is anticipated that Wright will gain a $17,000 pay increase, thus earning $133,000 a year in her new two-year position.

Wright is scheduled to begin her new job on March 1.

The East Hampton resident was appointed to her current position of comptroller three times and has been serving Southampton for nearly four years. Wright has been credited with aiding the town to gain a sound financial state by work-ing closely with the supervisor and town board members.

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If you played Fantasy Football r ight down to the end, you probably know the perfect lineup for the Super Bowl using standard PPR scoring: it was Tom Brady QB, Ahmad Bradshaw RB, Danny Woodhead RB, Hakeem Nicks WR, Wes Welker WR, Aaron Hernandez TE, Lawrence Tynes K, and Giants Def.

I almost had a perfect score in the Fantasy Guru contest, opting for Brandon Jacobs over Woodhead and Steve Gostowski over Tynes. Oh well – it was a blast.

Who were the winners and losers in the 2011 season? Let’s take a look, excluding players who were felled by injuries.

Quarterback: Biggest Winner: Cam Newton. The youngster, only a rookie, quickly became a Fantasy powerhouse, with his arm and his feet. The Usual Suspects: Brady, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers did what they were supposed to do: post big numbers. Add Eli Manning to the list of top five quarterbacks as well: he had a huge season. And keep an eye on Mathew Stafford.

Losers: Michael Vick came back down to earth – hey, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Ditto Big Ben Roethlisberger. Hey, whatever happened to Philip Rivers?

Running Back: Biggest Winner: Marshawn Lynch went from Mr. Irrelevant to being a star – again. LeSean McCoy -- thar’s dynamite in them thar legs. Adrian Foster: cemented his position as Number One. Reggie Bush: and we thought the pampered superstar was soft.

Losers: Chris Johnson – what happened to that speed, dude? Shonne Greene: he never did develop into a reliable back. Rashard Mendenhall: he sucked even before he got hurt.

Wide receiver: Winner: Victor Cruz: from nobody to a god in two weeks. A.J. Green performed better than any rookie in memory.

Losers: Mike Austin – what a dud. Mike Williams – the Tampa Bay Mike Williams, that is, though the Seattle receiver with the same name also disappointed.

Fantasy Football WrapTight End: Winners: Gronk!

How well did Rob Gronkowski play? He had the best season of any tight end in the history of the NFL. In fact, he was the best receiver in the league, period. Jimmy Graham was almost as good as Gronk in this, The Year of the Tight End. Losers: it was sad to see Antonio Gates fall off the perch so fast.

Kicker: Winners: David Akers – remember him, Eagles’ fans? Bet you still wish you had him. Losers: Alex Henery – speaking of Philadelphia . . . the heralded rookie was supposed to be the most accurate kicker in the world

-- until the nerves got to him, that is.

N e x t w e e k p i t c h e r s a n d catchers report to spring training. With each ending comes a new beginning – Fantasy Baseball looms.


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that day, and Marc Lamaina at Butta Cakes Cupcakes and Comfort Food, reported a “huge uptick” of traffic. “I’m doing spring numbers,” he said, adding he’s expanded hours to five days, compared to last winter’s two.

In Westhampton Beach, JoAnn Rich of the Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce said she’d had people dropping in to the chamber on a regular basis this winter. “There’s more action than I thought I’d see,” the program administrator said. Like many others, she reported going out to dinner on a Saturday night, and “the place was packed.”

Shopkeepers aren’t the only ones seeing a chance to take advantage of the wonderful weather. “This

is fantastic for my business. I’m working,” Mark Fisher, who owns a self titled company specializing in upscale landscape design, enthused. “We’re at least six weeks to a month ahead of the game . . . We’re hitting it hard, doing masonry and regular landscaping.”

According to F isher, the unseasonably warm weather has “drastically” shortened the digging season for tree growers down south. Once trees leaf out, landscapers can’t dig them up for transport and replanting. “If they have a shortened season down south, people up north can reap the benefit of that,” Fisher explained.

Robert Smith of Hollenbeck and Smith Architects said he’d be happy if the weather stays warm for the rest of the winter. Of course it has a positive impact on the building

industry, he said. “It just keeps us going, we’re not slowed down.”

In the planning department in East Hampton, officials reported seeing an increase in activity that could be spurred by a spring feeling in the air. Principal planner Joanne Pahwul said site plan activity is busy and new applications are coming in. “People are coming in to finish up projects and really looking to get things done. It almost seems like the local economy is turning,” she said.

Not everyone agrees. Builder William Kalbacher observed, “The weather’s fine, it’s the economy that sucks . . . The people with deep pockets have short hands.” He said that while it has been a pleasure to work in warmer weather, he and his crew traditionally toil through the winter months regardless of conditions. “For people who want to work, the weather has no effect.”

East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson was also among those who didn’t see much of an upside to the warmer days. Asked if he thought the weather was proving a boon to the building industry, he replied, “What building industry. Perhaps if the banks would lend, we’d have one.”

Asked if the town itself is saving

money on heat and snow removal services, or if he could estimate how much the town spent last year on plowing roads compared to this year so far, he wrote, “more.”

“It has been delightful hasn’t it?” Assemblyman Fred Thiele wrote, offering a more optimistic view. “In addition to saving local governments on their snow budgets, I’m hearing that the weather has been a boon to the local economy on the weekends.

“I can say from firsthand experience that the restaurants have been very busy and that the downtowns have been crowded. Second homeowners have taken full advantage of the good weather. Business and the economy have benefited from the good weather.”

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