More than 2,800 athletes descended on Southampton Village on a clear and virtually windless Saturday morning for the Hamptons Marathon, Half-Marathon, and 5K.

Paid Notice: A memorial service for Susan Comey Dayton will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 11 a.m.

In the fall of 2000 a big blow off the coast was a boon to surfers, and a lucky break for the fishermen they saved after a boat capsized. And more dramatic and not-so-dramatic snippets from our past coverage.

This week sees early salvos in the coming town election. And, as ever, much more.

On Oct. 18, the L.V.I.S. landmarks committee will host a fund-raising lunch at the Maidstone Club, and speaking will be Allison McGovern, an anthropological archaeologist who will share insights from the Mapping Memories of Freetown Project and the Freetown Neighborhood Cultural Resources Survey.

The fast slide toward a post-constitutional dictatorship was on display Tuesday as the president and defense secretary addressed a perhaps unprecedented gathering of the nation’s top military leaders.

Each intense storm provides a tree-pruning service. We are overdue for another.

A curmudgeon may be someone who hates change when change is for the worse, hates trendiness, but a curmudgeon is also someone who plays a useful role as cultural watchdog.

Jeff VanderMeer redeems an entire literary genre. Make that several.

A lifelong Red Sox fan says the enemy Yankees made him a better loser. You might say even a good-will ambassador.

The Hamptons. They’re all about real estate. Herewith, newly reported transactions.

Alan Ceppos, who is about to open as the lead in an Off Broadway comedy, began acting as a child and has continued to pivot between TV and film work and several other businesses.

The first "Churchennial" exhibition features work by more than 40 participants in The Church's residency programs of the last three years in Sag Harbor.

The Southampton Cultural Center will host free jazz jam sessions on the first Sunday of every month through December.

For National Hispanic Heritage Month, “Second Skin,” a group show featuring 30 or so works from the 1950s to the present, will open at the Southampton Arts Center on Saturday.

Charlie King and Rick Burkhardt, both known for their satirical protest songs, will perform at the community room at East Hampton's Windmill Village II.

Comedy at Bay Street, a horticultural round table in Bridgehampton, the psychedelic '60s and '70s at LongHouse, and Hampton Theatre Company subscriptions are now available.

Portraits at the Drawing Room, outdoor workshops in Montauk, handmade furniture in Bridgehampton, painting workshop at LongHouse.

The Artists and Writers series returns to Almond restaurant, and Art of Eating’s food truck will pop up in Bridgehampton, while the Cookery in East Hampton has closed its store but still takes orders.

Alex Davis returned from an early-season hamstring injury just in time to lift East Hampton High School’s football team to a 50-10 homecoming win over Wyandanch on Friday night at the Fred W. Thiele Jr. Recreational Facility.