Having observed what has happened to Montauk, members of the East Hampton Town Planning Board may have been extra sensitive to proposed changes to the Springs General Store involving on-premises alcohol consumption.

New York politics is nothing if not the land of the unexpected.

East Hampton Town Hall took a defensive posture after news this week that the private Montauk Airport had been sold to an undisclosed buyer.

Cerberus was later getting into the water than I had expected this year.