From Lance Richardson comes a hefty helping of biography on Peter Matthiessen, novelist, pioneering environmentalist, advocate for native peoples, bayman, Zen teacher, Sagaponacker.

Both incumbent Democrats on the East Hampton Town Board, Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, held onto their seats Tuesday night, warding off a challenge from J.P. Foster on the Republican line. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez ran unopposed for her second term.

The two westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway over the Shinnecock Canal Bridge reopened in time for evening rush hour Tuesday, according to a statement released by a spokesman for the New York State Department of Transportation. Additional work will continue Wednesday.

The Met: Live in HD will return to Guild Hall with Puccini’s “La Boheme,” and Site-Specific Dances will perform a new dance-theater work there based on letters between John Cage and Merce Cunningham.

LongHouse gets illuminated for winter, “Harmonic Rhapsodies” in Montauk, poetry, art, and bossa nova in Bridgehampton, jazz at the Masonic Temple, and an open call in Quogue.

Paid Notice: Oskar Pahwul, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and cherished member of the Sag Harbor
community, passed away peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of art, beauty, and joy that
continues to inspire all who knew him.

Sandell and Solow at Ashawagh Hall, three painters at Tripoli, lecture on James Howell at the Parrish, Joe Overstreet survey in NoHo, group show at White Room, Church and Slater at Lucore.

The Sagaponack General Store is now taking orders from its Thanksgiving catering menu, and Park Place Wines and Liquors will celebrate Tuscany's super reds.

The East Hampton Town Board has appointed Russell Young, an ordinance enforcement officer in the Code Enforcement Department since 2022, to be the department's new director.

The East Hampton/Bridgehampton football team earned a trip to the Suffolk County Division III playoffs last Thursday with a 35-0 win over Rocky Point and will face Islip on Friday night.