Most people associate March Madness with basketball, but in the Springs School, the sport of chess, particularly the season’s final tournament, is a big deal in March too.

Only two school districts, Amagansett and Springs, will see challengers to school board incumbents running for re-election on May 20. Elsewhere, incumbents are running unopposed, and where they are not seeking re-election, new faces are also unopposed.

A serious accident occurred on Pantigo Road on the afternoon of April 15 when a pickup truck collided with a Mercedes van that then rolled over onto its side.

A highlight among Springs landmarks, here is a storied eatery and watering hole that served countless of the hamlet’s residents, including the Abstract Expressionist painter Jackson Pollock.

Josephine Crasky, an Amagansett resident for most of her life, died on April 11 at the age of 101, three months after a birthday celebration that saw a congratulatory proclamation from East Hampton Town and a lively party at the town’s senior citizens center.

Margaret Ora-Lee Capozzola of Montauk, a homemaker who spent many sunny days in her vegetable and flower gardens, died on April 15 at San Simeon by the Sound Nursing and Rehabilitation in Greenport. She was 88.

Despite keeping fishing notes in my logbook since 1975, I can’t precisely determine the exact date I first met Vincent (Butch) Maher, but I do know it happened at some point in May of 1986, according to my haphazard writings, when I climbed aboard the Lazybones.

The Pierson Whalers defeated Elwood-John Glenn 8-6 Saturday before some 250 Mashashimuet Park spectators who had earlier seen Kyle McGowin, a Pierson grad and former Washington Nationals pitcher, presented with a plaque that is to be displayed in the school’s trophy case.

At her father’s Body Tech fitness studio on Pantigo Road the other day, Alyssa Bahel said she’d run the Paris Marathon in 3 hours, 10 minutes, and 15 seconds — her best time to date.