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East End Notebook: Civil Suit After Fatality, Wind Farm Planned & More

Also this week, an alleged drug ring operating out of a Riverhead neighborhood was dismantled.

 

EAST HAMPTON

An offshore wind farm may soon be built 30 miles from Montauk Point, bringing renewable energy to stabilize electricity prices and improving air quality on Long Island.

The Deepwater Wind Energy Center, situated between Long Island and New England, would be the nation's first 200-turbine, 900-megawatt offshore regional energy center. Deepwater Wind, the Rhode Island-based project developer, estimates that the energy center will produce enough electricity to power 350,000 homes — about 10 percent of Long Island's electricity needs — and displace over 1.7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.

The wind project is located in the federal waters of the Atlantic Ocean on the Outer Continental Shelf, about 30 miles east of Montauk and 15 miles southeast of Martha's Vineyard. The company says the turbines won't be visible from land.

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

Civil Suit Against Drunk Driver that Struck Teen Gets Underway

The family of a Hampton Bays teen killed by a drunk driver in August, 2009, says a civil suit against the Mattituck resident who hit him is now underway in court.

, 15, was struck by a car driven by Mattituck resident Caroline Goss while standing with his bicycle and talking with friends  at the corner of Ponquogue Avenue and Argonne Road.

A press conference was held Tuesday morning outside Suffolk County criminal court by Edmond Chakmakian, the attorney for the Marino family, to announce that the civil suit has started.

RIVERHEAD

The "kingpin" behind a major drug ring that distributed cocaine across the East End was operating out of his Riverhead home, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said on Tuesday.

"This was clearly a multimillion dollar operation," Spota said.

Robert Love, 58, of 29 Oakland Drive South, was allegedly involved in a Bronx-to-Riverhead drug ring delivering up to 3 kilos a week of powder cocaine; hidden "traps" were used to hide drugs in cars during runs, police say.

Spota held  to announce the dismantling of the ring.

SOUTHAMPTON

Vice President Joe Biden is coming to the Hamptons Aug. 24 to attend a fundraiser hosted by Nathan Lane for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, according to an invitation.

James Taylor will provide musical entertainment during the East End for Obama event at the home of Ellen Chesler and Matthew Mallow in Bridgehampton.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, of New Jersey, and Rep. Tim Bishop, of Southampton, will also be in attendance at the fundraiser, which promises guests that they can share refreshments and conversation with the vice president.

NORTH FORK

Heather Domino, the 23-year-old daughter of Michael Domino, a Southold Town Trustee and local environmental activist, died in an apparent drowning in a Southold swimming pool on the afternoon of July 31,reported.

Domino was found unconscious in a swimming pool at 5:49 p.m. at 3950 Old North Road in Southold, police said. Members of the and Southold Town Police Department responded, recovered her body from the pool and attempted to resuscitate her. She was transported by ambulance to Eastern Long Island Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The incident is under investigation by the Southold Town Police Detective Division.

Bob Hazel August 4, 2012 at 10:15 am
Now THIS is going to be a blast to watch. How great it is that some profiteer wants to shut everyone up with a dopey wind farm - that's good for the easily swayed. But the rub will be that he wants to put it in our beloved ocean close to where everyone is fishing and recreating. The environmentalists will be fighting against themselves on this one and I would politely request that you pass the popcorn.
Jeff August 4, 2012 at 10:39 am
good idea
Frank T August 4, 2012 at 02:47 pm
Any protests planned for August 24?
matt stutterheim August 4, 2012 at 02:55 pm
Look at the map: the wind farm is far on the other side of Block Island and much closer to Martha's Vineyard than Montauk.
I figure that the nearest windmill is 35 miles from the Montauk lighthouse. Maybe they could turn them towards the Hamptons and reverse the generators to make them into motors and send some nice ocean breezes our way (might make Block Island uninhabitable, though)
Peter Winchell August 4, 2012 at 07:17 pm
Hopefully there will be a protest because there will be scant media attention of the botoxed gaffe-machine hob-knobbing with the hedge-fund and thoroughbred set in the Hamptons hosted by Ms. Chessler ex long time director and program director of the Open Society Institute, founded by George Soros. In fact, I'm the first one to mention this factoid sure to upset every intellectually honest lefty on the Patch on the entire world wide web. Yup, right here on lil old SH Patch, we've outted Obama sending Biden with his hand out to George Soros and his left hand gal-pal. Then we have her partner Matt Mallow, big time retired attorney now general counsel for Black Rock, the largest global investment firm in the world. Its a $32 Million Estate by the way. Big Wall Street, Big Broken Promises, Big Fossil Fuel Burners, Big Deep Knee Bend for the 1%, itsy bitsy story buried in the weekend edition east end notebook. Shocker.
Frank T August 4, 2012 at 07:40 pm
Peter, thanks for the info, the mass media conveniently leaves out these important details about Democrat fundraisers.
ViralGrain August 4, 2012 at 09:29 pm
Lets take a poll. What would you rather see? 5 billion dollars spent on solar panels to be constructed and given to home owners across Long Island that would lower not only large percentage of their electric consumption but also lower the costs of other Long Island residents who's homes are not ideal for solar panel placement, or 5 billion towards a wind farm in the middle of the ocean that will surely need costly continuous up keep and most likely have a grater carbon footprint then going the solar panel rout.
So Solar Panels or Wind Farm? Let exercise our democratic rite while we still have one, and vote on it intelligently and make it happen.
Lady L August 4, 2012 at 09:51 pm
1)Since the non-taxpayer funded wind farm will not be visible from land, that should please quite a few, but the real question is how will they protect the sea birds?
2)I'm anxious to see all the OWS and SEIU come out in their 3 buses, as they did for Romney, and to see if Biden will THIS time pay for the expense of security.
ViralGrain August 4, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Your applying that the funding is free since its non tax paying money being fronted to build this disaster waiting to happen? Why do we have one of the highest electric rates in the country already? Do we really need to give LIPA or what ever they want to call them selves who provide our electric another excuse to jack up our rates like they did with Shoreham? Make no mistake this would wind up costing all of us and the bigger you are the more it will cost you. I'm all for renewable green energy. But the liability aspects of constructing something off shore are huge. Think about the carbon foot print the construction and continued maintenance will create. We aren't going to use sail boats to build and maintain them or non pollutant mines for the metals, and trucks and cargo freighters for their components. Think about the hurdles that sort of environment will produce.
ViralGrain August 4, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Ever own a boat? They are expensive to maintain because the salt air and environment destroys rubber, steel and basically anything else. The more moving parts you have on any devise the more likely you will have future repairs and defects. Solar panels do not have moving mechanisms like a wind turbine. Isn't it more cost effective and more eco-friendly to put cheap efficient solar panels units on millions of square feet of roof tops across the island where Long Islanders can see personally for them selves the difference they are making from those panels with the simple meter that is provided in those kits or should we continue to trust what we are told by people who work behind closed doors. We can even build our own panels here to do this creating more jobs and better self sufficiency. It may not be coming from taxes but it is coming from our pockets and our Mother Earth one way or another.
Saul T. Dogg August 7, 2012 at 05:26 pm
I vote that the government not confiscate the $5,000,000,000 to give to their friends in the first place.
BOB PALADIN August 8, 2012 at 11:16 am
wind farms are a stupid stupid idea . the cost of erection vs the total savings minus maintaining of it is a joke... the only source of cheap energy is a simple tidal turbine system...its just so simple the powers that BE will never let it happen....ever wonder why Long Island cannot get the extension from the Hydroelectric power generated from Upstate...
thatgirl August 8, 2012 at 09:44 pm
need this be a zero-sum game? why wouldn't both be helpful? given the volume of energy needed to sufficiently offset current sources, we'd be better advised to make both happen.
bigger carbon footprint on a wind farm? try to back that up with some science, please?

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Maud Nordwald Pollock June 18, 2013 at 04:37 pm
Sid you must be a shill it shows by your ignorance.
Sid Viscuous June 18, 2013 at 05:19 pm
What's the matter, Maud, didn't think anyone would call you out on your lunatic conspiracy theory?Read More Your entire thesis is steeped in teaparty bs and supported by links to youtube nuts and right wing organizations. You dispute global warming because you are a shill of corporat liars who use your ignorance to promote their agenda. Yours is at textbook case of science denial "There are a number of areas of science where the evidence has become so overwhelming that a scientific consensus forms. For example, the consensus on the link between smoking and cancer, that HIV causes AIDS or that humans are causing global warming. Where there is a scientific consensus, there are often movements that deny the scientific evidence. All of these denialist movements have been found to share 5 common characteristics, including cherry picking, conspiracy theories and fake experts."
K9SAR June 18, 2013 at 06:17 pm
Maud, Thanks for the info. I looked it up online. Very scary stuff. The Town of Southampton isRead More playing with fire with plans for Sustainability. Just another word for Agenda 21. What fools would want to go along with this scam? Guess they want to rule our lives just like the U.N. wants to do with our property rights, food, and fuel.