I can most certainly relate to the phrase “old habits are hard to break,” especially as it pertains to bay scallops. No matter how much I read year after year about the dire predictions for the five-month scallop season, which opened at daybreak on Monday morning in state waters, I still make plans to be on my Rock Water with six iron dredges in tow on opening day.

A writer looks back at one of the most iconic pickup basketball games on the South Fork, a long-running Sunday morning affair that drew all sorts of players from all walks of life.