Notes from the Summer Colony, and more from the days of yore.

East Hampton Town officials are beginning to practice what they have long preached when it comes to wastewater by installing modern wastewater systems at public restrooms and elsewhere. It’s high time.

With smartphone maps, there are no back roads anymore, and more tie-ups are the result.

It is my opinion that so long as they are fed, their tank is relatively clean, and they are around some kind of action for entertainment, goldfish become part of the family.

So much of our time, especially in the summer, is taken up with running into proof positive that strangers are total idiots.

Pretty much everything that makes life worth living has been axed in the Wainscott School District as the result of two budget turndowns.

From East Hampton to Southampton — over two dozen L.L.C. transactions.