Austin Allen and Tucker Bock, rising seventh graders at the Springs School, are pursuing their passion for race cars at the Riverhead Raceway and beyond in small cars called Bandoleros that are powered by lawn tractor engines and can reach speeds of 70 miles per hour.

"Make no mistake, East Hampton Town Board, we will not take this sitting down," Jacki Esposito said on Monday evening, as around 50 of her Springs neighbors murmured in agreement during a backyard meeting on Crandall Street, where a campaign to thwart the town board's proposal to site a 185-foot monopole for emergency and wireless communications equipment in an adjacent wooded area was gathering strength.