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.

The Met: Live in HD will return to Guild Hall with Puccini’s “La Boheme,” and Site-Specific Dances will perform a new dance-theater work there based on letters between John Cage and Merce Cunningham.