Coast Guard Station Montauk will soon be without its 87-foot cutter, Bonito, it was revealed at the town board’s Dec. 19 meeting. A personnel shortage is blamed.

Low spawning levels have spurred the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to put forth a comprehensive management plan to rebuild the stocks of striped bass.

Each year, only about 220 students from across New York State schools are selected for the New York State School Music Association’s all-state choir to take part in the festival, which culminates in a performance at the historic Eastman Theater in Rochester. To achieve it once is a capital-A Achievement. East Hampton's Nick Cooper did it twice.

The next children’s theater workshop at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor is an adapation of the classic Disney musical “101 Dalmatians,” kicking off Jan. 20 with a culminating performance on March 16. Plus: kids' movies, video games, sewing club, and more coming up this week.