After years of effort, accelerated recently because of dangerous conditions, the inlet at Lake Montauk will undergo emergency dredging, perhaps by the end of the month. At the East Hampton Town Board meeting on Tuesday, Councilman David Lys announced the development during his liaison reports, saying he was "very pleasantly surprised."

Next up in the Artists and Writers dinner series at Almond is Jackie Hoving, an artist, curator, and co-director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery in Brooklyn.