After finishing dinner on our outdoor patio overlooking Shelter Island Sound the other day, we noticed a canoe with a man, woman, and child in it moving rapidly on the strong incoming full-moon tide. It was getting dark and they were too far from the beach.

The Jones Beach lifeguard team topped 17 other entrants from beaches all over Long Island, including half a dozen from East Hampton, in last Thursday’s Main Beach invitational tournament, winning both the men’s and women’s divisions.

The East End Ospreys laid a hurtin’ on the Kraken at the Bridgehampton School’s field last Thursday evening, pummeling the former two-time champion 10-2 to win the deciding game of the Hamptons Adult Hardball League’s best-of-three final series.

Edmar Nateras, a 17-year-old Sag Harborite who runs with East Hampton High School’s boys winter and spring track teams, won Jordan’s Run Sunday, a 5K based at Pierson High School in Sag Harbor, where he runs cross-country.

At the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro on June 21, Summer Romeo told her fellow hikers that she could never do the climb again. “We were literally crying from sleep deprivation, agony, headaches, and nausea.” But by journey's end, she was already thinking ahead to her next adventure.

In a converted 1988 Airstream he calls the Gratitude Bus, Stephan Cesarini has been traveling the country on a mission to collect dreams. “The dream question is just a prompt to create human connection. That’s what this bus represents,” he said.

Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine is lobbying New York State for the county to get its fair share of money and resources. With that push, he said, come plans to address some of the most pervasive issues on the South Fork: the suffocating traffic on County Road 39, gaps in public transportation services, water quality improvements, and long-term plans for individual towns to handle municipal solid waste.

On the website of the federal Citizenship and Immigration Services agency, these words appear in big letters, announcing an even bigger policy shift: “Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families.” For undocumented residents of the U.S. who have lived here for at least 10 years and are married to American citizens, that means there will be a new opportunity to lawfully obtain a green card.

A service for Carol H. Rogers of Montauk will be held on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Amagansett.

Mina Ellen Cory Kahofer, an executive assistant at Community United Methodist Church in Jackson Heights, Queens, for 23 years, and a Wainscott resident for 30, died at home on July 21. She was 90.

Ruth Schiffman, an author and retired teacher who for many years split her time between East Hampton and New York City, died in New York on June 9. She was 99.

Victoria Montague Helmuth, a native of East Hampton, died on Nov. 7 in Minnesota. She was 78.

Julian Schnabel is being honored with an exhibition of his artworks at Guild Hall and a film retrospective at the Sag Harbor Cinema.

A Canadian artist’s Instagram account led to a residency in East Hampton to paint the Pollock-Krasner and Elaine de Kooning Houses.

East Hampton Town on Tuesday announced that it has replaced an old, outdated Marine Patrol boat with a stateof-the-art vessel. Everything about it is new, except for its name: It is named in memory of the late Sgt. Ryan P. Lynch, a town police officer who died in 2005.

Tommy John Schiavoni of North Haven, who is running on the Democratic ticket for New York State Assembly, picked up a big endorsement last week when Senator Chuck Schumer announced his support for the Southampton Town councilman’s candidacy. 

Moody’s Investors Service Inc., whose credit-rating system is widely used by lenders working with municipalities and school districts, has once again awarded its best possible rating to East Hampton Town. 

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton has announced that, for the fifth year, it is awarding thousands of dollars in grants to local organizations through its grassroots High Impact Community Outreach program. 

The earliest iteration of the Hampton Jitney began traversing the roads of the South Fork 50 years ago, on the heels of the first oil shock, which sent gas prices soaring and had people looking for alternatives to their cars. Half a century later, it’s hard to imagine the South Fork without the Hampton Jitney, especially if you’re a commuter or part-time resident.

Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelly, Dubin & Quartararo, a law firm with five offices across Long Island, has hired Jesse Frost as a new associate attorney. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frost worked at a law firm in New York, where he specialized in estate law and tax planning.