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East End Notebook: Muslim Caddie Sues Course; Blues Fest Off

Catch up on the week's past news from around the East End.



NORTH FORK

Mayor: No 'Back Door Agreement' Over Village Dock Barter
Tempers flared over dockage issues concerning a fireboat and trustees utilizing village docks at the Greenport board meeting Tuesday night.

Commercial fisherman Sidney Smith began by blasting the idea of docking the fireboat, currently tied up at Mitchell Park Marina, at the railroad dock, citing safety and liability concerns.

RIVERHEAD

Blues Fest Sings the Blues
The  curtain has come down on the Riverhead Blues Festival.

The popular event will not take place by the Peconic Riverfront as usual this year, Bob Barta, president of the board of the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall, said Thursday.

But, Barta said, the show might still go on -- in a new, indoor format, possibly as a series of music events.

EAST HAMPTON

Memorial Day Weekend: A Success Despite the Rain

Despite all that cold, wet weather that descended on the South Fork, local businesses reported a successful Memorial Day weekend.

Stephanie Tekulsky, the owner of Steph's Stuff in East Hampton Village, which just moved a few weeks ago, said she saw a 25 percent increase in sales over the holiday weekend. If this weekend was any indication, she is looking forward to one of the busiest summers in years. 

Customers still found ways to enjoy the beach. 

WESTHAMPTON-HAMPTON BAYS

Principal: Unlikely East Quogue School Will Pierce Cap Again

A week after East Quogue voters failed to approve a cap-busting, $23 million budget by seven votes, East Quogue School District officials are working on a new budget proposal that Principal Robert Long, said will "unlikely pierce the tax cap."

SOUTHAMPTON

Muslim Ex-Caddie Sues Atlantic Golf Club

A Muslim man is suing the exclusive Hamptons golf club where he worked as a caddie for 13 years, claiming that he was discriminated against, and even threatened, based on his race and religion.

In a lawsuit filed earlier this month against Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton, Javed Khan, of Riverhead, said the harassment escalated when he complained — and after he witnessed disgraced financier Bernie Madoff's golf clubs stolen.
Khan is of South Asian descent and was born in Guyana in South America, according to the lawsuit.


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