Theresa Roden of I-Tri awarded, two races in Montauk this weekend, and a Project Most tennis benefit Saturday at Hampton Racquet.

From the Montauk Triathlon and Montauk Mile to the East Hampton High School athletic awards

When it comes to the weather, I sometimes think that the Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan summed it up just right: “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” It is famously featured in his song “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” While Dylan does not hold a degree in meteorology, it’s kind of hard to argue with the meaning of those simple lyrics he penned over 50 years ago.

Last week was a busy one on the South Fork. I received an email with a photo from Mariah Whitmore of a sandhill crane near Multi Aquaculture Systems on Napeague. I immediately informed Terry Sullivan and a few other birders. Terry went out to see shortly after and came back with more wonderful pictures of the crane. Readers of “Nature Notes” may recall reading about the last sandhill crane to visit the South Fork a few years ago, accompanied by Terry’s photo of it.

Some of you may believe that French cuisine is the most complex. Many think the multi-layered pastries of Vienna are the height of refined cookery. But until you have tasted the mysterious and complicated mole sauces of Mexico, you have no idea how complex and refined a dish can be.

In his new novel, “Assassin of Shadows,” Lawrence Goldstone offers an alternative theory to the events of the McKinley assassination.

When the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed by the United States Congress, abolitionists nicknamed it the “Bloodhound Law” for the dogs that were used by bounty hunters to track down runaway slaves. Not only were runaways pursued, but the law also resulted in the kidnapping and conscription of free blacks into slavery.

Andromeda, as the classical Greek myth goes, was the victim of the hubris of her mother, Cassiopeia, and the god Poseidon’s rage, and in the end was saved from a sea monster by the hero-god Perseus. But along the way, one never really hears from Andromeda herself.

A gray and rainy spring did little to uplift the spirits, but it bodes well for the gardens of Landscape Pleasures, the annual horticulture event of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. This year, in addition to the usual Saturday symposium and Sunday garden tours, a related workshop and film screening have been added to the offerings.

New in Montauk

The owners of Pulcinella, a pizzeria and restaurant in Massapequa, have opened Pulcinella East on Edgemere Street in Montauk. The menu features pasta dishes such as pappardelle Bolognese for $29, and spaghetti with clams for $38, as well as chicken, veal, and seafood entrees.

We are accustomed to seeing “small works” shows in the winter around the holidays, when people are thinking about gifts. The high season is typically known for larger, even colossal works, both in size and spirit.

When he was 23 and just out of New York University’s musical theater program, Walker Vreeland took a job as a lead singer for Norwegian Cruise Lines, never suspecting that the voyage would last a decade and include a stopover at John Hopkins Hospital’s Mood Disorder Psychiatric Ward.

Levain Bakery’s chocolate chip walnut cookies should probably come with a warning label: These cookies are known by the State of New York to be highly addictive. Huge and gooey and packed with chocolate chips just this side of melting, they have been named to just about every best cookie list in New York, which helps to explain the famously long lines outside of Levain’s 74th Street and Amsterdam Avenue locations.

One of the high season's traditions for fans of the documentary film genre, the Hamptons International Film Festival's SummerDocs series returns for its 11th year on June 29 with a screening of the "Maiden" by Alex Holmes. It will continue with Mads Brugger's "Cold Case Hammarskjold" in July and Rachel Mason's "Circus of Books" in August.

AMAGANSETT            

M. Cohn to E. and C. Fagan, 39 Wyandanch Lane, .52 acre, Jan. 10, $2,750,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

R. Miller to J. and J. Finestone, 18 Bridge Hill Lane, 1.07 acres, March 8, $1,850,000.

J. Mansfield Trust to M. Picozzi, 857 Ocean Road, .94 acre, March 28, $3,900,000.

EAST HAMPTON

R. and C. Antoneck to J. and G.

Accabonac Harbor in Springs and Northwest Creek in East Hampton will receive a new degree of scrutiny after an expansion of a water testing program run by Concerned Citizens of Montauk.

AMAGANSETT

P. Solomon to E. Lubnina, 6 Phelan Court, 1.69 acres, March 8, $1,282,500.

R. and T. Schaefer to Wattiker and Carfrae, 10 Shore Road, .55 acre, Feb. 22, $3,900,000.

P. Goditsch to R. Greenberg and C. Kane, 68 Windmill Lane, .76 acre, Jan. 8, $600,000.

A. Jaffee to J. Vineis, 24 Wyandanch Lane, .23 acre, March 7, $1,630,000.

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New at Roy Greenberg

Thomas Crouch has joined the office of Roy Greenberg Esq. as an associate. 

Prior to joining Mr. Greenberg’s East Hampton firm, Mr. Crouch represented plaintiffs in labor and employment litigation in New York City and Long Island at the Garden City firm of Borrelli & Associates, P.L.L.C.

I have never had so many reports of grosbeaks in town in the 37 years or so I have been writing my column for The Star.

Bates Masi + Architects of East Hampton has won a National Housing Award from the American Institute of Architects for the second year in a row.