The East Hampton Town Board has hit turbulence on its plan to briefly close East Hampton Airport and reopen it four days later as a private-use facility with restrictions on flight activity, following its receipt of a letter from the Federal Aviation Administration warning that “it may take approximately two years to restore the current capability to the airport if it is deactivated” depending on potential environmental analyses.

The yellow-rumped warbler, also known, colloquially, much to my 10-year-old’s delight, as a “butter-butt,” is our only regular winter warbler and our region’s most abundant.

The East Hampton High School boys basketball team, without its star guard, Luke Reese, evened its league record at 3-3 with a 43-32 win over Sayville last week.