East Hampton’s boys cross-country team had a fine finish in the Section XI championships at Sunken Meadow State Park, with its top runner, Jasper Samuelson, a sophomore, coming in sixth.

Five swimmers qualified to compete at the New York State championship meet in Rochester on Nov. 21 and 22.

The Dock Closing Race, from the Montauk Post Office to the Dock restaurant on Montauk Harbor, has become one of the premier 5Ks on Long Island and symbolizes the end of the season for the popular bar and restaurant. 

The opening of bay scallop season in state waters on Nov. 3 was a particularly sad day for me. 

Cornell Cooperative Extension will conduct a bottom trawl survey from Smith Point Inlet, in Brookhaven Town, to Montauk Point. It is scheduled to begin on Monday and continue through Nov. 23. 

The East Hampton Town Board held two public hearings on its 2026 preliminary budget last week: one to allow it to pierce the state-mandated 2-percent cap on tax levy increases, and the other on the details of the budget itself. 

The East Hampton Town Building Department, which cut its hours in August, closing to the public on Wednesdays to attack a backlog of applications, announced another change. Building inspectors are now available at the counter and by phone from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, including Wednesdays.

"Fahrenheit 451" at Sag Harbor's Bay Street Theater, adapted by Ray Bradbury from his 1953 novel, depicts a future in which books have been banned and firemen burn any that are found.

For those who prefer a catered Thanksgiving, extensive to-go menus are available from Loaves and Fishes, Art of Eating, the Golden Pear, L&W Market, and Harbor Market and Kitchen.

The Parrish Art Museum has launched a curatorial partnership with the FLAG Art Foundation that will yield three exhibitions annually, starting in March with an Ellsworth Kelly show.