A whale that was entangled in fishing net in the waters off Town Line Beach in Sagaponack has freed itself, Southampton Town police said Monday evening. 

David M. Alpern, a reporter and senior editor at Newsweek magazine for 40 years, will play excerpts from his long tenure as a "Newsweek on Air" radio interviewer on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.

It's never too early to think of autumn and all of the things that come with the falling leaves, ebbing crowds, and cooling temperatures. One such highlight is the Hamptons International Film Festival, which has announced its honorees and poster artist for the 2019 festival, which will take place over Columbus Day weekend.