We can only hope that the more than 1,200 people who signed a petition demanding fast action for the eroded Montauk ocean beaches now begin to understand the folly in waiting for the federal government to save the day.

Sag Harbor Mayor Kathleen Mulcahy put it well during a public forum last week when she said that the village has the power to control the use, size, and character of development.

A new cleaning service on the Circle, inns offering books for your bedside reading pleasure, and a new gym store.

Nothing screams “suburban streetscape!” quite so loudly as Belgian block.