Suffolk County Legislator Ann Welker, a Democrat who is seeking a second term in the 2nd District, and her Republican challenger, Raheem Soto, spoke of their records and policy agendas in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters on Monday.

Michael Hansen, a Democrat, and Jeff Miller, a Republican, made their pitches to Wainscott voters as they run to succeed Carole Brennan as town clerk, while Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte of the town board addressed issues of local concern.

The East Hampton Town Board awarded Bistrian Materials the bid to provide sand for the Ditch Plain dune restoration project. The company’s bid of $1,215,000 was the lowest received.

Unseasonably warm weather and the promise of hard clam delicacies including chowder, pies, and clams on the half shell drew what was likely the largest crowd in the history of the East Hampton Town Trustees’ annual Largest Clam Contest to the Amagansett Life-Saving and Coast Guard Station Museum.