As emergency dredging of the Lake Montauk Inlet to a depth of 12 feet officially got underway this week, Representative Nick LaLota on Tuesday confirmed that plans are still on to dredge the inlet to a full depth of 17 feet later this year. "Local projects like this are exactly what we need to get the return on investment of our federal tax dollars," Mr. LaLota said.

Summer will bring artist-made furniture, a solo show by Mary Heilmann, and site-specific environments by Almond Zigmund and Joel Mesler to Guild Hall.

It was hard for our reviewer to get past the cover of Colm Toibin’s latest, “Long Island,” but get beyond it he did, and inside he found an unwanted pregnancy, thundering silences, and his own skepticism.