East Hampton’s boys cross-country team had a fine finish in the Section XI championships at Sunken Meadow State Park, with its top runner, Jasper Samuelson, a sophomore, coming in sixth.

Five swimmers qualified to compete at the New York State championship meet in Rochester on Nov. 21 and 22.

The Dock Closing Race, from the Montauk Post Office to the Dock restaurant on Montauk Harbor, has become one of the premier 5Ks on Long Island and symbolizes the end of the season for the popular bar and restaurant. 

The opening of bay scallop season in state waters on Nov. 3 was a particularly sad day for me.