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Compliments of Volume 62 | Issue Two FREE Fire Island’s Longest Running News Source since 1957 June 8, 2018 INSIDE: Green Lawns, Archives SAGE Defoliate Brown Tide Acquired Turns 40 Dunes? Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com THE FIRE ISLAND NEWSPAPER • June 8, 2018 • PAGE 4 Volume 62 | Issue Two EDITOR’S WINDOW by Shoshanna McCollum [email protected] Fire Island’s Longest Running News Source since 1957 June 8, 2018 IN THIS ISSUE COMMUNITY IN EVERY ISSUE 9 FI EATERIES ADOPT COLUMNS 47 ADULT COLORING PAGE SURCHARGE 13 KISMET Lauren Stevens Timothy Bolger Bradlee White 6 AROUND & ABOUT 11 INTERVIEW: RORY ALLEN 14 SALTAIRE Lorna Luniewski 39 ADVICE COLUMN Hugh O’Brien Camille Mercogliano 12 GREEN LAWNS, 16 ATLANTIQUE 38 BOOK REVIEW BROWN TIDE, AND Kirsten Corssen Rita Plush A THIN GRAY LINE Anika Lanser 17 OCEAN BAY PARK 35 CALENDAR Barbara Placilla Lorna Luniewski A Note on the Vote 15 SALTAIRE VILLAGE I THINK IT IS FAIR to say we had a whirlwind VOTES AND MEETS 18 OCEAN BEACH AREA 54 DAY IN THE LIFE couple of weeks. Starting Memorial Day Weekend, MEMORIAL DAY Joey Macellaro OF FIRE ISLAND when a dead whale washed up on the beach, and WEEKEND 20 CHERRY GROVE Reader Contributed Photos Emma Boskovski Robert Levine 24 DINING REVIEW: reporter Danielle Lipiec was ready at a moment’s THE PANTRY notice to cover it. And since it was Memorial Day 19 HOT MESS: OCEAN 21 FIRE ISLAND PINES Weekend, it makes sense to mention one of our veter- Robert Levine Shoshanna McCollum BEACH ELECTION 2018 an writers – what a happy surprise it was to learn EXAMINED 36 EYE ON FI Shoshanna McCollum Timothy Bolger that our own Robert “Rose” Levine was crowned Cartoons by Eric Pedersen Homecoming Queen! In addition to his communi- 22 BITING THE BULLETS: 50 FIRE ISLAND ty columns, do check out his nimble reporting of the WHAT FINS AND NPS BUSINESS DIRECTORY 40th Anniversary of SAGE. HAVE BEEN UP TO 42 ENVIRONMENT Then there is Emma Boskovski, who ventured Shoshanna McCollum Karl Grossman over to Saltaire to cover their election and village 26 THE PAINTED LADY: 45 HEALTH & WELLNESS meeting that weekend, and did a super job! It is not LAUREN STEVENS Donnie DeSanti the only election we cover in this issue. I rarely use Danielle Lipiec 43 HISTORY this space to discuss my own writing contributions 30 SAGE TURNS 40 Thomas McGann to the paper. It’s a forum to give praise to what our Robert Levine other writers have accomplished. However on June 1, 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR 31 DEAD WHALE WASHES because I was the only reporter in town that night, I UP ON BEACH OVER 46 NYC THEATRE assigned myself coverage of the Ocean Beach elec- HOLIDAY WEEKEND Leonard Feigenblatt tion. It took me days to wrap my head around what Danielle Lipiec 49 POLICE BLOTTER went down, as I quietly consulted with neighbors I Timothy Bolger & respect and trust. None of them are mentioned by 33 DEFOLIATE DUNES? Shoshanna McCollum Savannah Doviak name in my write up, but I thank them all for their 37 FIN ARCHIVES 8 SHOPPING AROUND thoughts and advice. ACQUIRED 40 SYBIL SEZ This editor is also an Ocean Beach voter, as Shoshanna McCollum Sybil Bruncheon are the owners of the publication who I answer to. Credit must be given to Chris and Laura Mercoglia- no for distancing themselves from the local politics they are invested in, and never steering a single word PUBLISHER .................................... Craig Low I wrote in covering the election outcome. I don’t EDITOR .......................................... Shoshanna McCollum know if their decisions in the voting booth were the DESIGN/PRODUCTION ................ Coree Chambers FIRE ISLAND NEWS same as mine, but it doesn’t matter. This publica- and Pamela Gurman for 260 Montauk Highway tion operates on the round table principal of mutu- Fat Cat Graphics Bay Shore, New York 11706 al respect. REPORTERS ................................... Emma Boskovski, 631-583-5345 Anika Lanser [email protected] and Danielle Lipiec www.fireisland-news.com MANAGING EDITOR .................... Lorna Luniewski PHOTOGRAPHERS ........................ Lauren Chenault, Sean Fitzthum, James Hardy and Robert Sherman AD DESIGN................................... Joey Macellaro OPERATIONS COORDINATOR .... Erin Ilchuk DISTRIBUTION COORDINATOR ... Emma Boskovski SALES REPRESENTATIVES .............. Bessi Dion and Beth Errico ON THE COVER: ACCOUNTING .............................. Mariluz Valdez Photo by Lauren Founding publisher Jay Garfield Trien and the Official Paper of Record Chenault FOR INFORMATION ON ADVERTISING: Suggestions and comments Bamboo is Back! CALL: 631-583-5345 are important to us! or EMAIL: [email protected] Please share how you feel Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com THE FIRE ISLAND NEWSPAPER • June 8, 2018 • PAGE 5 Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com THE FIRE ISLAND NEWSPAPER • June 8, 2018 • PAGE 6 AROUND & ABOUT >> Peony Tour at Sagtikos Manor, Bay Shore – June 3, 2018 Photos by Sean Fitzthum Let’s start with some rhododendrons, shall we? Peonies! A single bloom. The peacock fountain. Arts Project Cherry Grove Homecoming “Year of the Rose” – May 27, 2018 Photos by Susan Kravitz Contestant Victoria Falls Rose Levine appearing on stage with Bella and contestant Victoria Falls. performing on stage. 2017 Homecoming Queen Ginger Snap awaiting decision of the judges. Contestant Mother backstage. Panzi, Mother, Queen Rose, Victoria Falls, and Bella, at Homecoming Queen election. Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com THE FIRE ISLAND NEWSPAPER • June 8, 2018 • PAGE 7 AROUND & ABOUT >> Continued Memorial Day Ocean Beach Fire Ceremony, Ocean Department Blood Drive – Beach – May 27, 2018 May 26, 2018 Photos by Lauren Chenault Photos by Robert Sherman Donors being refreshed. Hank Clemmens did his part. Bruce Danziger gives the gift of blood. Memorial Day Parade, And Also… Downtown Bay Shore – May 28, 2018 Photos by Sean Fitzthum Parker Sargent held by strong women of the Grove: Bobbie Green, Susan Atkins, Andi Porzio, Martha Pitkin, Doreen Rallo, Denise Samide, Sue Panzer, Ellen Biggers, Monika Kost. Stay tuned for “Grove Girls” at the Cherry Grove Archives Film Festival later this summer! (Photo by Susan Kravitz) Pictured with her father Chris, FIN Reporter Anika FIN van at FI Lighthouse… Lanser graduated from Vassar last weekend with Some things are worth Sociology Department Honors, and as a member of sharing twice! the International Sociology Honor Society, Alpha (Photo by Craig Low) Kappa Delta. Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com THE FIRE ISLAND NEWSPAPER • June 8, 2018 • PAGE 8 SHOPPING AROUND >> DOUBLEHEADER: Northwell’s vintage ambulance cruises by Mars Auto Parts during the Memorial Day Parade in Bay Shore. (Photo by Sean Fitzthum) DOUBLE TRACKS: It may have been a gray, rainy Sunday over Memorial Day WELCOME DOORS ARE OPEN! Say hello to our newest advertisers, Castaway, Weekend, but Maguire’s Bayfront Resturant let the sun shine in with Rob and The Landings restaurants. (Photos by Lauren Chenault) Hammel and Rene Carlson playing American tunes! (Photos by Robert Sherman) Your Source for Summer News on the South Shore www.fireisland-news.com THE FIRE ISLAND NEWSPAPER • June 8, 2018 • PAGE 9 LETTERS >> FI Eateries Adopt Surcharge By Timothy Bolger To the Editor: From my perspective as a fire police officer in the Fire Island Pines Fire Department as well as a flotilla commander in the Untied States Coast Guard Auxiliary, it is a season-critical matter to address the potential for damage from one of nature’s most powerful forces – fire. Very recently, it has been brought to the attention of many that several popular models of fire extinguishers that are typically installed in boats, and homes and businesses, are defective and in need of immediate replacement. These units, usually colored red in homes and white when installed in boats or personal watercraft, need to be inspected right now, before they are (hopefully never) needed. I urge your readers not only to know where their fire extinguishers are but to replace them if expired or defective. This quick and easy action can result in potentially life and property saving benefits in case there is ever the need for fire extinguishing. All that need be done is to call Kidde Product Support at 1-800-880-6788, and give the operator the serial number and the quantity of the fire extinguishers you have in your home, business, boat or watercraft, and Kidde will send you a brand new replacement for FREE!!! I have SOME FIRE ISLAND RESTAURANTS are giv- in New York is between $7.50 and $10.85 hour- already replaced all of ours. ing patrons a taste of a new 3 percent surcharge ly while the minimum wage for everyone else is Perhaps at the same time, it also will be good that restaurateurs say is needed to offset recent New $10.40 to $13.50. Variations for each depend upon disaster planning to mark the closets, cabinets or York State-mandated minimum wage increases for location and industry. areas where the extinguishers are located with a tipped employees. The Labor Department is wrapping up the last of plaque (available online or at many retailers) and Nine of the 11 restaurants in downtown Ocean a series of public hearings on the issue this month be sure to let any family and friends that frequent Beach are serving the fresh fee this summer. Some as it considers additional increases. On Long Island, your home or business know where they are. find it tough to swallow, but the Ocean Beach the minimum wage for tipped food service work- Aboard your boat or watercraft, I highly Restaurant Association (OBRA) says it cooked up ers may increase to $10 hourly by 2021, according suggest that the location of any and all fire and first the added cost to make up for losses stemming from to the state.