Lance Richardson, the author of a new Peter Matthiessen biography, will discuss it with Alex Matthiessen, the late author’s son and the head of the Peter Matthiessen Center, at the Ram’s Head Inn on Shelter Island.
From Lance Richardson comes a hefty helping of biography on Peter Matthiessen, novelist, pioneering environmentalist, advocate for native peoples, bayman, Zen teacher, Sagaponacker.
Both incumbent Democrats on the East Hampton Town Board, Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, held onto their seats Tuesday night, warding off a challenge from J.P. Foster on the Republican line. Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez ran unopposed for her second term.
The two westbound lanes of Sunrise Highway over the Shinnecock Canal Bridge reopened in time for evening rush hour Tuesday, according to a statement released by a spokesman for the New York State Department of Transportation. Additional work will continue Wednesday.
