In the ultimate presidential contest, which will hang on voter turnout, perhaps all you need to know about Joe Biden’s announcement Tuesday of Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate is this: It was the Biden campaign’s best hour of fund-raising to date.

It is a good question why the operators of so many resort properties and a restaurant or two do not believe local laws apply to them.

As part of their Covid-19 responses, East End towns and villages relaxed rules on outdoor restaurant seating and the sky did not fall.

Some people just will not wear masks. This struck me on the Cross Sound Ferry on my way back from Massachusetts.