From our vantage point overlooking Main Street, electric bicycles seem to have arrived, along with an increase in the number of traditional, pedal-powered bikes. We’ve seen a couple of electric scooters, too, which look like fun, but we are not sure that any of these belong on the sidewalk.

The humpback whale that became temporarily stuck in a commercial fishing net on Monday moved away before officials could determine if it may have remained tangled in a portion of the mesh and be at possible risk of greater harm, even death.

The distance between East Hampton and Southold is about 21 miles, and I am happy to say that despite the proximity, the latter has not been Hamptonized. Of course, even if you are traveling by ferry, it can take more than an hour to reach one town from the other.

At the risk of self-aggrandizing, let me tell you what I did early Monday morning.

‘We all have issues . . .” a fellow player said as he surveyed us, the three of us being well along in life, following a recent tennis doubles match. Heads nodded.

When Memorial Day approached, my thoughts turned to Henry David Thoreau. Like him, I “want but little.” Where better to get in touch with nature and contemplate the meaning of life than our house in the Hamptons?

Beverly Bartfeld, an interior designer, has opened Indy Home, a furniture and accessories store, at 71 South Elmwood Avenue in Montauk. The shop features a curated collection of contemporary beach house-style furnishings, including couches, chairs, tabletop items, and throw pillows. The store is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

After moving with her family to Sag Harbor from New York City last August, Patricia Assui Reed was planning to take some time to settle in to her new home before following through on her business idea: to open a retail store that sells clothing, housewares, and art created by women.

The Springs General Store, the historical market and gathering place on Old Stone Highway, is for sale for $2.9 million.

AMAGANSETT

A. Cohen and A. Hawker to Town of East Hampton, 34 Laurel Hill Lane, 1.76 acres (vacant), April 12, $950,000.

K. Wynne to 66 CHTD L.L.C., 66 Cross Highway to Devon, .9 acre (vacant), May 13, $750,000.

Still Remembered
Wainscott
July 15, 2019

Dear Editor, 

Hot, Hot, Hot! Cars, Cars, Cars! Nothing to do but grin and bear it, and observe nature.

An 11-year-old triathlete from Brooklyn, Macy Putka, who started off in the third wave, wound up winning the I-Tri program’s 10th youth triathlon at Noyac’s Long Beach on Saturday in 35 minutes and 59.27 seconds, besting a record turnout of 145 entrants.

Baker, fresh from a fifth-place finish in the badminton tournament at the national senior games in Albuquerque, played golf, basketball, and baseball at East Hampton High School, whose Hall of Fame he’ll enter this fall as a member of Bonac’s 1965-66 championship boys hoop team.

Surfers from 7 to 70 took to the waters at Ditch Plain Beach in Montauk on Saturday for the 21st annual Rell Sunn Surf Contest, with all proceeds going to local families “encountering financial hardships due to debilitating illnesses or other tragic circumstances.”

Going into the July 17 playoff semifinals in the 7-on-7 men’s soccer league, top-seeded East Hampton Soccer Fever, which was undefeated, and second-seeded Maidstone Market, which had one loss, seemed headed for a showdown in the championship game that’s to be played at East Hampton’s Herrick Park on July 24.

Two Shelter Islanders, Toby Green, the high school’s boys cross-country and track coach, and Tommy Cronin, set forth on Jet Skis from Wades Beach there on June 30 with two goals: to set a Guinness world unassisted Jet Ski distance record and to raise $50,000 on behalf of Cronin’s 8-year-old great-niece, who has a rare skin disease.

East Hampton’s traveling 11-and-12-year-old Little League all-star baseball team, which had won the District 36 tournament as a 9-10 entry in 2017, lost 5-0 to Longwood at the North Shore Little League field on July 10, finishing the season at 6-1.

Open water Ocean Challenge swims happen at Ditch Plain Saturday, and the Montauk Lighthouse Sprint Triathlon is Sunday.

The calendar reminded me that it was time to get back on the water, grab my rod and reel, and partake of the 19th annual Mercury Grand Slam tournament last weekend out of Montauk.