Villages

A complaint from an Montauk retailer echoed East Hampton Village shopkeepers' responses to a spring fair held on Newtown Lane in May.

“This is about us,” the speaker told a gathering in East Hampton last Thursday. “There’s a global issue, which we’re all aware of, but East Hampton is going to change dramatically if we don’t turn this around and start doing the right thing.”

The annual Blessing of the Fleet will start at 5 p.m. on Sunday in Montauk Harbor.

Local clergy will be posted at the town dock aboard the Ebb Tide, near the Dock restaurant, to bless those who work on and sail the waters. The ritual, which features gaily decorated boats of all kinds, can be seen from anywhere on the harbor area and the jetties.

Portions of East Hampton Airport and the surrounding area have been named to a state Superfund list in an ongoing crisis caused by chemical contamination of groundwater.

On Saturday evening, a crowd gathered on Main Street in Sag Harbor to witness the ceremonial relighting of the iconic “Sag Harbor” sign on the recently restored facade of the Sag Harbor Cinema.

Kathleen Mulcahy called for a village administrator position for Sag Harbor, improved communication between the mayor and the public, and more long-term planning.

Montauk voters overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 million renovation and expansion of the Montauk Library on Tuesday, voting 245 to 81 in favor of the library’s bond proposition.

As part of its mission to protect, enhance, and restore the ecological integrity of Accabonac Harbor and its watershed, the Accabonac Protection Committee will have three forums this summer, all at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.

The Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection

It was May 1779 off the Connecticut coastline. Edward Conkling, the captain of the privateer sloop Eagle was cruising off Stonington, perhaps looking for another ship to capture to aid the rebel patriots’ war effort, when the Eagle was taken by a Loyalist ship.

Donald Horowitz, the co-owner of Wittendale's Florist and Greenhouses on Newtown Lane, told the board he and about 12 other shopkeepers had met with Mr. Ringel to register their complaints about the fair.

Lauren Katz and Thomas Martin of Montauk were married on May 3 at Gosman’s restaurant there. Marie Villeneuve, one of the bride’s best friends from college, officiated.