Best-read man picks 10 best books, for the best year-end list you’ll find.

At the East Hampton Town Board’s final meeting of 2023, there were fond farewells upon the retirement of Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc and Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, and a proclamation for Rebecca Morgan Taylor, the executive director of Project Most, recognizing her nearly two decades of service to the children and families of the town.

Work continues this month on a $1 million New York State effort to prevent wildfire spread at Napeague and Hither Hills State Parks in Amagansett and Montauk.

Coast Guard Station Montauk will soon be without its 87-foot cutter, Bonito, it was revealed at the town board’s Dec. 19 meeting. A personnel shortage is blamed.