In a joint Sept. 27 letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, and State Senators Kevin Thomas and Monica R. Martinez pressed the governor to direct the State Department of Environmental Conservation to end mining activity at the site.

It was a bad year to be a piping plover in East Hampton. In fact, the worst since at least 2008. While 32 pairs of plovers made East Hampton Town beaches their summer homes, only seven of those pairs were successful in fledging 15 young. Plovers in Southampton Town had a more successful summer.

What do Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia in Italy, Ikaria in Greece, Nicoya in Costa Rica, and Loma Linda in California have in common? They are considered by some health experts to be “blue zones” — places where people are living longer lives with fewer health troubles than in the rest of the world. Dr. David Luu thinks Sag Harbor Village is going to be on that list someday soon.

There was doubly good news Saturday afternoon: It didn’t rain and East Hampton High School’s football team ran through Amityville’s line like a knife through warm butter.