Allen Maietta, a summer resident of Montauk for many years who was affectionately known as Big Al, died on Oct. 13 in New York City.

Michael Christopher Regan enjoyed living in East Hampton but never lost his love for his hometown in Ireland. Mr. Regan, who was 94, died of cardiac failure on Oct. 5.

A single-vehicle crash Saturday night at the southbound curve of Hampton and Division Streets in Sag Harbor sent the driver and a passenger to the hospital with injuries and left a house at the crash site with a shocked resident and damage to its second floor. The incident has also spurred neighbors to lobby for traffic safety in that area.

Outside East Hampton Town Justice Court last Thursday, friends and family members of David Peralta were seen and heard shouting words of support in Spanish.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reclassified two areas in East Hampton waters to restrict the harvesting of shellfish.

With two dredges and a culling board laid across the stern of my boat, it was time to see if the upcoming season would be boom, bust, or perhaps something in between. Sadly, it did not take long to see that the hope for a bountiful harvest of scallops would very much mimic the unfortunate events that have unfolded in the black cloud that is 2020.