They say it’s “the beautiful game,” and yet some teams that play soccer in a less beautiful, even ugly fashion, can win as often as not — as Half Hollow Hills West did here on Halloween — through untrammeled will.

From affordable housing to adoption, here’s the last raft of reader comment written before the midterm election.

Among the highlights of yore? The day the New York-style Deli-Maven, with seating for 60, came to town, its menu offering “53 overstuffed sandwiches.”