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Bits and Pieces 10.30.25

Tiler Peck to talk at Guild Hall, an auction of Tony Walton memorabilia, and Halloween fun at the Sag Harbor Masonic Club and Southampton Arts Center.

The Art Scene 10.30.25

Visionary architecture at the Bridgehampton Museum, Man Ray and more in Southampton, a group show in Sag Harbor, and painting workshops on Shelter Island.

News for Foodies 10.30.25

Long Island Restaurant Week is back, Day of the Dead specials at La Fondita, an Artists and Writers dinner with Fitzhugh Karol at Almond, and new sauces from Loaves and Fishes.

Dr. John J. Cossentino

Paid Notice: Dr. John J. Cossentino, age 93, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and formerly of Fort Myers, Fla., Brooklyn, Malverne, Rockville Centre, Montauk, and Southampton, sadly left our world on October 5, 2025, after a life richly lived in service and kindness.

On Bridging Our Divisions: A Healing Forum

The public has been invited to “Times That Try Our Souls — Let the Healing Begin,” which will bring together leaders from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, on Sunday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton.

Football Game Went West Islip’s Way

Joe McKee, East Hampton’s head football coach, had nothing but good things to say about his team in its 31-28 loss to West Islip High School on Saturday. 

Bonac Swimmers Eye Postseason

East Hampton High’s girls swimmers endured an intense week of competition last week, with a win over Sayville and a loss to Connetquot.

East Hampton Golfers Are Going Strong

East Hampton High’s golf team owns a 9-1 regular-season record — good for a first-place tie with Westhampton Beach — and is riding a nine-game winning streak into the county team tournament, which is to begin Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Amagansett Golf Club. 

Dredging, Dune Work to Begin in Montauk

The East Hampton Town Board reported that work was imminent on two long-awaited projects in Montauk: the Ditch Plain dune reconstruction and the dredging of the Lake Montauk Inlet.

Prefab Houses Hold Promise

It’s been nearly a year since East Hampton Town asked builders to submit proposals to design and build houses for the affordable housing subdivision called Cantwell Court. All the estimates they got back were too expensive.

Staffing and Housing Highlighted in Candidate Debate

From the Building Department to the senior center, contrasts were drawn between the town board’s Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, incumbent Democrats, and J.P. Foster, their Republican challenger. 

Committee Pans Loss of Further Lane View

Monday’s Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee meeting saw an appeal for support from a resident of Further Lane whose new neighbor at number 370 has planted a double hedge along the lane, blocking a cherished vista. ACAC members were sympathetic.

Clarity on Scallop Season

The opening of scallop season in state waters is Nov. 3. In town trustee waters the date is Nov. 9. But the harvest may not be very good.

Where to Vote Early Here

In Suffolk County, early voting runs from Saturday to Nov. 2, locally at Windmill Village on Accabonac Road.

A Historian in His Apple Orchard

Research and memories are the underpinnings of Robert Hefner's bacykard orchard in Amagansett.

Item of the Week: The Not-So-Haunted House of Huntting Lane

This turn-of-the-20th-century photo shows the James Huntting house in the village in its original majesty, ghosts or no.

The Way It Was for October 23, 2025

It happened here, news junkies.

Kevin J. Reilly Sr.

Air Force Maj. Kevin Joseph Reilly Sr., formerly of Montauk, died on Sept. 16 in San Diego, where he had moved in March. He was 77.

Darlene M. Lancaster

Darlene Marie Lancaster, a former deputy East Hampton Town clerk and member of the Montauk Fire Department’s Ladies Auxiliary, died at home in Montauk on Oct. 16. She was 76.

Rabbi Franklin Announces He’s Leaving

Rabbi Josh Franklin will be leaving the Jewish Center of the Hamptons when his contract concludes in May, after nine years in the position.