From the hot-topic budget vote in Montauk to the town-village rift, there’s plenty to talk about.

Two recent events, both involving water, on nearly opposite ends of the South Fork provide a look into the future for our coastal communities, and it is not encouraging.

It’s nice to be paying less at the pump, but, once again, South Forkers are feeling the gouge, and can expect to keep on paying more than $4 a gallon for regular.

In the days since news of the illegal air attack that killed two men clinging to blown-up wreckage in the southern Caribbean, I have been thinking a lot about Lee Zeldin.