Kathleen Mulcahy called for a village administrator position for Sag Harbor, improved communication between the mayor and the public, and more long-term planning.

What started last year as a Sag Harbor athlete’s cross-country bike trip in memory of friends who died from opioid overdoses has grown into a full-fledged nonprofit that promotes physical fitness as a way to reach natural highs instead of using drugs.

The EH Fusion Party, a new hybrid, has filed a nominating petition for a ballot line in the Nov. 5 general election, ahead of the deadline.

Local school districts collectively ordered hundreds of Spanish-language ballots for last week’s budget vote and school board elections, and manned the polls with translators, in response to federal election mandates requiring schools to expand access for voters who predominantly speak Spanish. For most districts, it was the first time they had done so.

The East Hampton School District plans to offer a dual-language program in English and Spanish to native speakers of either language starting in kindergarten in the 2019-20 school year.

Stephen Taylor of Springs, who had a long and varied career in computer technology, writing, film criticism, and academia, died on April 26 at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Southampton. He was 80 years old. Death was attributed to cardiopulmonary arrest.

Justine Barch Marco, who had a career in the fashion industry in New York City and Florida and later an antiques and interior design business in Bridgehampton, died on March 26 at Rosary Hill Home in Hawthorne, N.Y., at the age of 73. She was diagnosed with cancer three years ago.

The East Hampton Library’s grandfather clock, with its imposing presence and beautiful bell-like tones, takes us back to another time, but not much seems to have been known about it until just a few years ago.

Now They’re Cooking!

Kids 3 to 6 and their grown-ups will learn how to make quick cucumber pickles in a cooking workshop on Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton. The cost is $19, which includes museum admission, $5 for members.

The race, coming up on June 15, has always “combined the excitement of an elite field with the everyday runner.” So far, more than 1,000 have signed up.

While the Maidstone Market still appears to be the team to beat in the 7-on-7 soccer league, it is being challenged by two younger squads.

A look back at the Ross Gload-era Bonac baseball team and the heyday of boys track.

Men’s slow-pitch and soccer ramp up, while Bonac tracksters head to the state qualifier meets Friday and Saturday.

The Bonac on Board to Wellness 5K, a rite of spring, attracts 600-plus middle schoolers, while East Hampton’s Ryan Fowkes and Kal Lewis of Shelter Island go down to the wire in the 1,600.

These are more like suggestions and guidelines than recipes. Right now you should be finding spinach, arugula, baby lettuces, radishes, asparagus, and kale at your local farmer’s market or your own garden.

Jeffrey Sussman has dug up an all-star roster of low-life scum for our reading pleasure, but at least they had some style.

There seem to be new cafes and restaurants popping up everywhere you turn, and they are often intermeshed with the movement in local, sustainable farming that has grown up here.

I hope I can become a successful, knowledgeable, and mindful gardener; it would just go so nicely with my love of cooking.

HIFF focuses on caddies, Montauk Library celebrates female composers, Brazilian jazz at SAC, chamber music at Perlman

Solo shows at Duck Creek and Drawing Room, new gallery in Amagansett, big show in Sag Harbor church, Frank Wimberley in Chelsea, much more