Villages

       When a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound? You bet it does, when it happens in environmentally friendly Montauk.

       PSEG Long Island, the company that took over from the Long Island Power Authority on Jan. 1, has started what it calls an “aggressive” project to remove trees and branches that could obstruct power lines across 2,600 miles of Long Island.

       The ongoing work to upgrade electricity transmission lines at the Long Island Power Authority’s Amagansett substation has residents upset about the aesthetic character of the facility near the hamlet’s Long Island Rail Road station.

       The upgrade project, intended to improve service reliability by making the transmission grid more resilient to extreme weather, necessitated the removal of much of the vegetation on and around the 2.34-acre site, leaving it and a chainlink fence that now rings 20,130 square feet of it highly visible to passers-by. 

       Kristin Laura Andrews, the daughter of Carol and John Andrews of Sag Harbor, was married on Sept. 15 in Lake Placid, N.Y., to Christopher Alvaro Lemos. Mr. Lemos is the son of Nancy D. Lemos of North Bethesda, Md., and Emilio Alvaro Lemos of Pontevedra, Spain.

       The ceremony took place at the Adirondack Community Church with the Rev. John Martin officiating. A reception, with music by Talking Machine, followed at the Lake Placid Club.

       Money that will be earmarked to provide work force housing for Sag Harbor residents can now be deposited with the Sag Harbor Community Housing Trust. The village board took the necessary steps on Tuesday to allow the trust to receive money now that substantial progress is being made on the transformation of the former Bulova building into upscale condominiums.

December’s weather brought “no ice-skating, no sledding, no snowballs or snowmen. Sorry, but that is weather,” Richard G. Hendrickson, the United States Cooperative weather observer in Bridgehampton, wrote at the close of last month.

That was soon to change, and he knew it. He wrote: “From now on there should be the snow for the children and some ice-skating. Our wind should be from the northwest; 40 m.p.h. and higher is not unusual for January. Maybe Mecox could freeze for a few days for ice-boating.”

       Kiley Sabatino wants you to be healthy in the new year. That’s why the former social worker has organized Hamptons Wellness Week, a weeklong community celebration of health and wellness. The event will take place from Jan. 12 to 17, from Westhampton to Montauk, to “kick the new year off on the right foot, a win-win for both local folks and businesses alike,” said Ms. Sabatino, whose website onehealthyhamptons.com is described as “a destination for all things healthy and happy in the Hamptons.”

       As of New Year’s Day, the task of providing Long Island and the Rockaways with electricity has been assumed by PSEG Long Island.

The construction of a rock revetment at Georgica Beach remains in limbo pending resolution of the East Hampton Town Trustees’ lawsuit against Mollie Zweig

East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell and Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc received a warm welcome, and an earful, from the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee on Monday

       Renee Ann Forsberg and Roberto Angel Salomon were married on Sept. 15 at the Montauk Point Lighthouse. Former East Hampton Town Justice James R. Ketcham performed the ceremony, and a reception followed at the Navy Beach restaurant in Montauk.

       Unless someone steps up to the plate, Montauk could be a little less merry and bright next Christmas.

       After decorating the 70 small pines that run on both sides of Montauk Highway in downtown Montauk for the last 12 to 15 years, Jimmy Daunt, an owner of the Albatross Motel, and his crew of employees that includes his brother Richie Daunt, his cousin Joseph Horton, and his office manager, Cindy Dess, have decided it is time to step down from the project that was started 20 years ago by John Keeshan when the old-fashioned light posts were installed.

       The results of a survey conducted by the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation says that the majority of the 800 Montauk households that answered want a pool — and soon!

       The survey was sent out to more than 1,600 households in early fall. It was put together by several board members, including Tom and Helene Griffin and Wendy and Jeff Samuelson, all of whom have worked in marketing and for other not-for-profit projects.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals has  announced that a revised draft environmental impact statement submitted by the Maidstone Club for a new irrigation system is complete and ready for public review. A copy will be available at Village Hall and online at easthamptonvillage.org.

       After distributing 363 meals for Thanksgiving at its East Hampton and Amagansett locations, the East Hampton Food Pantry on Tuesday was estimating that it would distribute 400 food parcels to its clients for Christmas dinners.

       Reached that afternoon, Gabrielle Scarpaci, the pantry’s executive director, said that the pantry, which was running short of money as Thanksgiving approached, is starting to receive donations in response to its annual appeal letter.

John Reinbold, a summer resident of Montauk, was the lucky winner of the East End Classic Boat Society’s annual raffle, which took place at the society’s holiday open house on Dec. 7. Mr. Reinbold won the Goeller dinghy that the society’s volunteer members had constructed at the Community Boat Shop.

The society is planning another boat to construct for next year’s raffle, a sailboat modeled after the Cape Cod Oyster Sloop, a popular boat in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It will be called the East End Sharpie.

    Jeanie and David Stiles of Albertine’s Lane, East Hampton, and New York City have announced the marriage of their daughter, Lief Anne Stiles, to Thomas Yates Catlett, a son of Richard and Barbara Catlett of Richmond, Va.

    They were married in a civil ceremony on Nov. 21 in Manhattan. The bride wore an ivory-colored Valentino gown and carried matching roses.

    The bride has a degree in art history from Duke University and a master’s degree from Columbia Teachers College. She works as a private reading specialist in Manhattan and Southampton.

    Joe Lenahan, who will be sworn in as the next chief of the Montauk Fire Department on Jan. 1, has written and illustrated a book called simply “Fire House.” The book, though entertaining, was written to show children what happens at a firehouse and what types of tools are used to fight fires.

    Since he was a little boy, Mr. Lenahan always knew he would someday be a fireman, and 27 years ago he accomplished that dream, following in the footsteps of his father, Robert Lenahan Sr., to whom the book is dedicated.

    Even if you’ve never seen Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” you’ve probably had its most iconic song, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” stuck in your head at some point this holiday season. Two local companies will present their versions of the Christmas classic this weekend.

“November is often our wettest m1onth of the year,” but this November, we had less than two inches of rain, Richard G. Hendrickson wrote in his monthly weather report from Bridgehampton. “There are many years when a November month has given us our four inches, and sometimes over six inches of rain and some snow.”

Mr. Hendrickson, a United States Cooperative weather observer for eight-plus decades, reported rain on six days last month, for a grand total of only 1.79 inches.

       East End Cares, which was formed on the heels of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and Gurney’s Inn in Montauk are joining forces to host a fund-raiser on Friday, Dec. 13, to benefit victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which caused massive destruction in the Philippines last month.

       The event, East End Cares for Leyte, will run from 7 to 11 p.m. and feature music by local bands, Filipino-inspired hors d’oeuvres prepared by local chefs, wines donated by Osprey Dominion, and raffles. Tickets are $25.

    Lori and Bob Reich of Montauk have announced the engagement of their son Robert Reich Jr. to Amy McMahon, the daughter of Laura and Norman McMahon of Philadelphia.

    The couple met through mutual friends in Montauk. A September wedding in Stone Harbor, N.J., is being planned.

For just the second time in 38 years, Vinnie’s Barber Shop in Amagansett is moving.

Representative Tim Bishop has joined a bipartisan group of 38 House and Senate lawmakers urging Congressional leadership to include fishing disaster relief in the final budget to fund government operations in 2014.

In a release dated Nov. 14, Mr. Bishop said that the group, which includes Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, represents fishing communities in 10 states and is asking that $150 million in funding for collapsed fisheries be made available quickly.

The Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor is hosting Typhoon Relief for the Philippines, a night of music by East End musicians, on Sunday beginning at 7. Among the participants are Lola, the Vandettas, Nancy Atlas, Inda Eaton, the Hoodoo Loungers, Rick Davies, Joe Delia and Thieves, and Gene Casey, with more performers expected.

Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman and Bonnie Grice of WPPB 88.3 FM will co-host the event. The suggested donation is $25, though any amount would be appreciated. A raffle will raise additional money.

With the holidays fast approaching, the food pantries that serve East Hampton Town residents see the number of people they serve increase and their need for money to help keep their shelves stocked increase as well.

Those who would like to donate to a local pantry can send checks, money orders, or gift cards from local grocery stores to the following addresses:

East Hampton and Amagansett

East Hampton Food Pantry

219-50 Accabonac Road

East Hampton 11937

       Bengt Hokanson and Trefny Dix, glass artists who recently moved back to East Hampton after several years in Durango, Colo., have launched a Kickstarter project to raise the money they need to move their glass studio from Colorado to East Hampton.

       Cynthia Wilder and Giovanni de Moura of Springs and New York City were married on Sept. 3 at the Bronx Courthouse, with his brother, Lou de Moura, and their friend Marirene Heisler as witnesses.

       They will celebrate their nuptials on Saturday at the Abigail Adams Smith House in New York with friends and family, including each of their five children, who are coming from as far away as Australia. This is the second marriage for both of them.

       Nicole Marie Nessel and Gregory Austin Martin were married on Sept. 21 at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. The Rev. Michael Rieder officiated, and a reception followed at East by Northeast restaurant.

       The bride is the daughter of Janice and Richard Nessel of Montauk. Mr. Martin’s parents are Diane and Thomas Martin of East Hampton.

       She is an accounting service representative at Cook Maran and Associates. He is an East Hampton Town police officer.

       Fishermen who pack out their catch from a commercial fishing dock on West Lake Drive in Montauk learned last week that a $120,000 Empire State Development agency grant was approved for the restoration of a packing and distribution building that a fire gutted in May 2012.

“October was so beautiful in many respects it is hard to realize just how fortunate we have been,” Richard G. Hendrickson wrote in his monthly weather report from Bridgehampton. “First, there were no heavy rains, therefore no flooded cellars, no washouts, or deep gullies in our large potato fields, no gullies that eroded severely for public transportation. Our roads, walkways, and cellars were all spared a flood, yet during our next month it could happen.”