Lamenting changes to Sag Harbor, lamenting the housing problem, lamenting the mess that is our politics. Our readers unload.

Judging by the relative calm on Main Street at midweek since Labor Day, East Hampton’s population has returned to the seasonal, weekend-versus-midweek, boom-and-bust pattern of pre-Covid-19 days.

Hurricane Helene’s path from the Gulf of Mexico to Appalachia is a stunning reminder of how little separates much of the United States from massive weather disasters.

We salute the people who make the elections run so well in difficult times.