Off the record, on the QT in WHB, and very hush-hush…
Updated 09/03/2010 – 01:56 pm
Near SRO this evening at the monthly meeting of the Westhampton Beach Board of Trustees.
At a glance it was the bad ol' days before the last election with everyone from Angelo de la Fuente and deposed Planning Board Chairman Ralph Neubauer, to local bund activists Irene Barrett and Bob Dillmeier, and J.P.O.E. hotdog Arnie Sheiffer. More...
From today's Southampton Press Western Edition in which Village Trustee Joan Levan makes "her position clear" on an eruv:
"We were elected by the residents of this village, and whatever we do, we do for the best interests of our residents. I think our residents were very clear that it's More...
This just in from Jewish Week, and it looks like Marc Schneier might be in for an inquisition:
Rabbinical Group Poised To Probe Marc Schneier
High-style rabbi declines RCA offer to resign; says bipolar condition to blame for unusual behavior.
"Unusual?" More...
Haven't done a This Week's Murphy Malfunction in awhile, so check out page 11 of today's East End Independent, "The Earl of Atlantic Strengthening," which contains:
"It could strike the mainland coast around Cape Cod and North Carolina by Friday, and then may well shoot up towards{sic} the New York metropolitan area." More...
More importantly, what's it made of?
With a fortnight left before the Republican Primary in New York's 1st Congressional District, to play off a line by author Thomas McGuane, as voters...
"...we are assaulted by carpetbaggers in squadrons." More...
Ten days ago OtBB called architect Nick Vero out on this disgraceful situation at Six Corners because the ball had been in his court More...
...the National Weather Service or your own lyin' eyes? Or in this instance, those of my on-the-scene wife!
At "11:23 am EDT, Sun., Aug. 29, 2010" The Weather Channel posted the following: More...
It arrived in the form of an E-mail tickler from Amazon.com:
"As someone who has purchased 'King Kong (Collector's Edition),' or other films of Robert Armstrong, you might like to know that 'Paid' is now available." More...
Updated 08/27/2010 – 15:45 pm
The scenario in which the East End Eruv Association could be seeking Long Island Power Authority approval in establishing the mostly symbolic religious boundary, took on greater credence as more information comes to light.
"Remember," a source familiar with the issue told OtBB, "all that is required of an entity to grant an eruv, is that it have the More...
It didn't take long for Jewish People Opposed to the Eruv, which has been unsuccessfully attempting to reinvent themselves as "Jewish People For the Betterment of Westhampton Beach," to raise the alarm about the most recent threat of an eruv in the area.
Early Thursday morning, alerted by Trustee Joan Levan, the following E-mail was circulated over the signature of J.P.O.E. Chairman Arnie Sheiffer: More...
Updated 08/25/2010 – 11:36 pm
...with fear at the Country Club, and that sound from the end of Notamiset Road in Quiogue will be nutburger Irene Barrett's head exploding.
The eruv lives! More...
It arrived earlier this month, and probably should be entitled "Where not to eat in Westhampton Beach."
"Crazy Dog Ice Cream - BooRah – 115 Montauk Hwy Westhampton Beach, NY 11978 – Restaurant Reviews for Westhampton Beach" More...
Which in this instance is preferable to NY Post or Daily News, either of which would have been about grousing in the goodie with Gitty.
Actually, it was a two-parter, with today's "A Short Second Life for a Building With History" concluding yesterday's "3 Years After a Windfall, an Unexpected Reality for the Genealogical Society." More...
Whatta week this past week wasn't!
I totally punted Wednesday's August Village Board meeting... it was mostly Bo Bishop's fault... but then so did the Empress of Oneck and Junior Palmer. More...
"The new marquee is already fabricated and ready to be installed as soon as I complete my end."
...and in an interview conducted August 5th, cited "the end of next week" (of August 8th) as his completion date. More...
...by one of his own, Marc Tracy, editor of Tablet Magazine's daily blog, "The Scroll:"
Does Marc Schneier Speak for Us?
Rabbi’s infidelity said to reflect on community
The community which Tracy references More...
...or not, depending on how much attention you've been paying over the past 18 months!
It is the time of year when the Westhampton Beach Police Benevolent Association makes its mail solicitation for "financial support." More...
...I say "to-mah-toe," and the Suffolk County Water Authority1 says "ka-Ching!"
The "Dog Days of August" arrived uncommonly early this year, sometime around the end of June, and while it has greatly reduced our lawn-mowing requirement, it has put a More...
While I'm am a columnist-turned-blogger, I still get some small satisfaction from scoring a "beat" on a professional news-gathering operation such as The Southampton Press or, even better, Newsday.
Never much thought about The New York Times, though... 'til now. More...
Headline last hour on 27East.com:
Westhampton Beach man accidentally shot in Calverton
The lead reads: More...
Although I have still officially foresworn the Detroit Lions, I still take note when they are involved in something newsworthy, as happened yesterday in Pittsburgh.
Angry NFL official’s expletives aired in stadium
During a pre-season NFL game encumbered by heavy rain and lightning, following a More...
...he's a stud, but then who among the penis-encumbered of us, hasn't fancied ourselves one at some point in our lives.
Unfortunately, even with four marriages and half-a-century beneath his size 52 belt, the globe-trotting Hampton Synagogue Rabbi has yet to learn the most critical element of indulging in hanky-panky: discretion. More...
...that everyone has been eagerly awaiting has arrived, safely, and even on its due-date!
Eleanor Ramsay, daughter of Jenn and Matt, granddaughter of Barbara and Stephen arrived around 5:15 pm at Southampton Hospital, weighing in at 7 lbs. 9 oz.
This is gonna be some kid!
Shocking Update: 08/13/2010 – 12:51 pm
Beach Bakery's Simon Jorma appeared before the Westhampton Beach Planning Board this evening with an old application for a Modification of Site Plan, but a new attitude.
As a result, there seemed for the first time in recent memory to be a genuine meeting of the minds between applicant and Board. More...
...as when it was spoken almost 70 years ago, perhaps even more so.
The speaker is stock player Barton MacLane in reply to Humphrey Bogart's patriotic exhortation in a relatively minor Warner Brothers release, "All Through the Night." More...
...include an aero-medivac from the Great Lawn to Stony Brook University Medical Center of a man injured in the surf at Rogers Beach.
Emergency apparatus, four each from Westhampton Beach Police and Fire Departments, and Westhampton War Memorial Ambulance Association plus miscellaneous vehicles from Quogue and Eastport, ringed the field More...
OtBB was all over the bookstores thing mid-May, and while it garnered some comments and a note of appreciation from The Open Book owner Terry Lucas, life progressed apace in downtown Westhampton Beach.
I thought of it again earlier this week when I spotted what looks to be a P.R. firm's release in The Wall Street Journal. More...
...and always on the corner of Mill and Main, backed up against the old Seaside building.
It's local artist and chronicler of our More...
...at Six Corners...
...with the "old," purely coincidentally, being the subject of some discussion at the August Village Board Meeting. More...
