A 1951 dance for servicemen from the base in Montauk, Dr. Valenti’s fight for a Napeague fish farm, and summertime house shares. Behold the past.

From war to fossil fuels to potholes, this is our readers’ latest outpouring.

Regarding “beautifying” Amagansett’s Main Street, do less, don’t do nothing.

Whether the next project along Springs-Fireplace Road is a long-proposed car wash or something else, the potential redevelopment south of Abraham’s Path is massive.