Liquor Licenses Out of Sight
In Montauk last week, an East Hampton Town Police officer made the rounds of bars and restaurants that serve alcohol, inspecting the locations as well as certain records that are supposed to be readily available.
On the Police Logs 07.25.19
Police received word that “an older man” sitting in a Toyota Prius at Two Mile Hollow Beach had exposed himself to another man at about 6:30 p.m. on July 17. Police found an 89-year-old man sitting in his Prius. He denied any wrongdoing and left. The caller did not want to press charges.
Kids Culture 07.25.19
The Children’s Museum of the East End will host a Friday Night Drop-Off Dance Party for children ages 3 and up next week.
George L. Kaplan, Civil Engineer, 95
George L. Kaplan, a decorated veteran and civil engineer who worked on the New York State Pavilion for the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens, died on July 7 at MorseLife senior care facility in West Palm Beach, Fla. The resident of Amagansett and West Palm Beach was 95 and had cancer.
Jarvis Slade, 93, Investor, Patriarch
Jarvis James Slade, a part-time resident of Middle Lane in East Hampton Village and a retired investment banker and venture investor, died yesterday at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City of complications of a stroke. He was 93.
Stephen A. Lesser
Stephen A. Lesser, an architect who had lived in East Hampton for more than 30 years, died on July 12 at the Westhampton Care Center of complications of cerebellar ataxia and biliary cancer. He was 74 and had been ill for seven years.
For Raymond Marisette
A celebration and remembrance of the life of Raymond Marisette that was to take place on July 21 will instead take place this Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Dock restaurant in Montauk. Mr. Marisette, who was known as Cheech, died on July 21, 2018. On Sunday his ashes will be spread on the roots of a tree that will be planted, and there will be a Budweiser toast in his honor.
Judge Calls Driver 'Danger to the Community'
Robert K. Futterman was high on marijuana and took clonazepam before an accident in Bridgehampton on Tuesday, a Suffolk County assistant district attorney said on Wednesday.
A Matter of Politics
The Trump re-election campaign recently began selling 10-pack plastic drinking straws after the president seized on the paper versions as a sign of liberal overreach. This followed media outrage from the right earlier this year after plastic ones were banned for takeout drinks in Washington, D.C.
Crying in the Wind
What is it, really, about wind that pushes otherwise reasonable people over the edge? Certainly, there is no equivalent outcry when gas lines or water mains are installed or replaced. And if those vigorous in their opposition to the Orsted Deepwater South Fork Wind Farm far out in the ocean truly wanted to do something about the cost of electricity, they could advocate for the various “demand-reduction” programs that have had some success and have room to grow. No, for all the position papers and public statements, the intense opposition cannot truly be explained.