Villages

Trees and how to care for them will be the subject of a panel discussion on Monday at 3 p.m. in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Hoie Hall organized by the Ladies Village Improvement Society. Experts will take questions about all things trees. The panelists will be Deborah Green from Bartlett Tree Experts, Mike Gaines from CW Arborists, Charlie Marder from Marders, and Mariah Whitmore from Whitmore’s.

Local Montauk Notes

With the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War coming later this year, the John Jermain Memorial Library will present “Legacies of World War I” on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The program will examine America’s role in the war and its aftermath.

News of our local villages

Lauren M. Hersh and Kevin M. Starke were married on Saturday at Firefighters Park in Great Neck. The Hon. Neil R. Finkston, a justice in the Village of Great Neck, officiated, and a reception followed at Wild Ginger Asian Fusion restaurant, also in Great Neck. 

The bride is the daughter of Brenda Hersh of New York City and East Hampton and Robert M. Hersh of Roslyn Heights. The groom’s parents are Sandra J. Starke and Roy H. Starke of Great Neck.

For Kathy Keller, this year’s grand marshal of the Montauk Friends of Erin St. Patrick’s Day parade, leading the parade on Sunday is part of a family tradition.

Approximately 80 groups are expected to participate, including marching bands, whimsical and sometimes zany floats, many bagpipers in kilts, and fire departments from across Long Island.

After spending decades looking after the beautification of East Hampton Village at large, the Ladies Village Improvement Society focused on a project even closer to home this winter, refurbishing its headquarters and thrift shops at 95 Main Street.

Plant fanciers interested in unusual flora will want to stop by Wittendale's Florist in East Hampton, where the rare large bloom of a corpse flower is currently filling the greenhouse with its distinctively pungent odor.

Can East Hampton Village enact its proposed law regulating large events without ruining the plans of couples who already have booked venues for weddings? That question was the focus of the village board’s work session last Thursday, while it also discussed a village-wide ban on Styrofoam and a proposal to install a device on the roof of the pavilion at Main Beach designed to free frequencies for use by the Navy.

Daniel Okin of this hamlet has been named to the dean’s list at Emerson College in Boston for the fall 2017 semester. He is majoring in marketing communications. To make Emerson’s dean’s list, a student must carry a grade-point average of 3.7 or higher.

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Rotary Dinner

The East Hampton Rotary Club will host its annual spaghetti and meatball dinner on Sunday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children. A vegetarian option will be available.

“Killer Bees,” a film that details the storied history (including nine state Class D championships) of Bridgehampton High’s basketball team and students’ relationship to the larger community, will be screened at the Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center on Saturday at 5 p.m.

Sarah Conway will sing at the Montauk Community Church’s coffee house on Sunday at 7 p.m. The show is open to the public, and admission is free.

The Southampton Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking night at the Southampton Publick House from 5 to 7 this evening.

David Raymond Flickinger and Jane Hamilton Urness were married on Nov. 4 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

Joe Bloecker and Cheryl Ecker Bloecker of Montauk have announced the engagement of their daughter, Fallon Ann Bloecker, to James C. Nigro, the son of Joe and Marjorie Nigro of Montauk.

Mary Augusta Frost Graham, the daughter of Arthur and Katherine Graham of East Hampton, was married to Benjamin Joseph Pevarski on Dec. 9 at the Josephine Butler Parks Center in Washington, D.C.

As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the National Weather Service increased its predicted snowfall for most of Long Island and southern Connecticut to between 8 to 12 inches.

A winter storm warning for eastern Suffolk and the Connecticut shoreline was issued by the National Weather Service, with as much as 10 inches of snow and high winds expected.

Heather Lee Hall and Johnny MacWhinnie of Amagansett were married aboard the Carnival Pride cruise ship on Nov. 15 while it was docked in Port Canaveral, Fla.

Three days before the one-year anniversary of the Main Street fire that destroyed Sag Harbor’s iconic movie theater, the Sag Harbor Partnership and the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center announced that their fund-raising goal of $8 million, needed to purchase the cinema from its current owners, has been surpassed.

Gift Sale

A holiday gift sale organized by the Southampton Soap Company will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Water Mill Community House. Many handmade goods will be available from a range of East End artisans.

Watermill Center Tour

Jennifer Georges took away a Sunshine tender sailboat raffled on Saturday by the East End Classic Boat Society at its holiday open house.

Santa at Firehouse

On Sunday, before heading back to finish his holiday chores, Santa will pay a visit to the Montauk Firehouse. He will meet with children, listen to Christmas wishes, and pose for pictures. Before the jolly one arrives by fire truck at 1 p.m., there will be a bouncy house, games, and crafts for the kids to enjoy.

Jingle Bell Hop

Ian Hawkshaw Bock, who was raised in East Hampton, and Colleen O’Shea Makary, who was raised in Stowe, Mass., were married on Oct. 18 at the New York City Marriage Bureau.

As of this month, East Hampton and Southampton residents and businesses can sign up for free energy audits through a program sponsored by PSEG Long Island.

Santa has come early for both Guild Hall and Ashawagh Hall, in the form of gifts bequeathed by a Springs woman.

Allison Lisa Lien of East Hampton and Robert Anthony Biscardi of Springs were married on Oct. 28 in an outside ceremony overlooking the water at Cowfish Restaurant in Hampton Bays.

Eight months after hiring a new executive director, the East Hampton Historical Society is beginning the search for her replacement.

A celebrated, if unusual, component of East Hampton’s history will be dispersed, one piece at a time, starting Friday at 10 a.m. when an estate sale is held at Grey Gardens.