Coleridge's mariner live in Montauk, plus the '86 Mets, surf shorts, and Gardiner's Island onscreen

Jazz ensembles to perform in Sag Harbor, Bridgehampton, and Southampton this week, plus Hopefully Forgiven among the vines

Ray Samot, the butcher at Cromer's Market in Noyac, keeps his customers happy with everything from house-smoked kielbasa to butterflied leg of lamb.

The East Hampton Library's budget vote will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is open to registered voters from the East Hampton, Springs, and Wainscott School Districts.

Bacteria levels in water bodies surveyed by the Concerned Citizens of Montauk were generally low this week, likely owing to limited rainfall. But eight of 24 sites surveyed in Montauk, Amagansett, Springs, and East Hampton showed medium or high levels of enterococcus.

Bridgehampton Day, a gathering to celebrate community, is coming back on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bridgehampton School.

Citing the highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19, East Hampton Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc announced Thursday that the town board will return to virtual meetings as of Tuesday. The variant "is significant within the community at this time. It’s spreading rapidly, and people need to really take this seriously,” he said.

The horrific tragedy that befell the open boat named the Pelican II, which took place 70 years ago this weekend, still resonates with many here who have firm roots in Montauk and beyond. 

The Hampton Classic dodged the bullet when it came to Tropical Storm Henri, though the footing in the Grand Prix arena, where the turf was replaced following the 2018 Classic at a cost of $1 million, proved to be a problem for entrants in the first big jumping class.

Practice for East Hampton High's 11 fall teams began 10 days ago, and the prospects for most of them are, if the past is prologue, good.

When Pete Barylski's South Fork Giants and Tim Pilinko's Harbor Kraken went at it in the Hamptons Adult Hardball league's final series at Sag Harbor's Mashashimuet Park, the Kraken emerged as the inaugural season's champion.

Lee Zeldin, eastern Long Island's four-term representative in Congress, has begun his New York gubernatorial campaign strong, raising over $4 million in all, with over a third of the total coming from out-of-state donors.

Nia Dawson said she was in "big-sister mode" on Saturday, wanting to protect her 11-year-old brother, when a conflict erupted over who would get to sit on a bench in front of the Sag Harbor Launderette — she and her brother, who were there first eating frozen yogurt, or the owner of the launderette, where she was washing her clothes.

A 64-year-old Bronxville, N.Y., man was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital after being thrown from his Vespa scooter last week at a bend of Ocean View Road near Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett.

The Springs Fire District has reiterated its offer to the town to install a 100-foot communications tower at the Fort Pond Boulevard firehouse to improve wireless coverage. And a spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County said the company handling a tower application for Camp Blue Bay is negotiating with the town "to increase the size of the tower to provide space for emergency services equipment."

In a unanimous vote, the Suffolk Legislature has passed a local law to preserve honeybee colonies in the county. The resolution is expected to take effect in a few weeks, according to Bridget Fleming, its co-sponsor with Al Krupski of the North Fork.

East Hampton Town police handed out several misdemeanor charges in the last week, including alleged reckless endangerment, driving while intoxicated, and criminal possession of drugs.

East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc has come out in support of state legislation that would pave the way for a dedicated affordable housing fund, according to a statement from Town Hall. 

East Hampton Town's first solar-plus-battery storage system is being installed on the roof of the Parks Department building at the Town Hall campus. The 75-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system will generate clean, renewable power and charge a 137-kilowatt-hour battery that will allow the town to sell excess power to the grid when demand and prices are at their peak.

The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the first contract of the Fire Island to Montauk Point reformulation project (FIMP), to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, for nearly $47.5 million, a milestone toward getting the long-delayed project under way.