It’s been nearly a year since East Hampton Town asked builders to submit proposals to design and build houses for the affordable housing subdivision called Cantwell Court. All the estimates they got back were too expensive.

From the Building Department to the senior center, contrasts were drawn between the town board’s Cate Rogers and Ian Calder-Piedmonte, incumbent Democrats, and J.P. Foster, their Republican challenger. 

Monday’s Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee meeting saw an appeal for support from a resident of Further Lane whose new neighbor at number 370 has planted a double hedge along the lane, blocking a cherished vista. ACAC members were sympathetic.

The opening of scallop season in state waters is Nov. 3. In town trustee waters the date is Nov. 9. But the harvest may not be very good.