The second annual Shoreline Sweep, a cleanup of ocean beaches from Montauk Point to Wainscott, is set for Saturday. Dell Cullum, a wildlife removal specialist and nature photographer who serves on East Hampton Town’s recycling and litter committee, has once again called for volunteers to help in the effort.

Mr. Cullum has asked that participants meet no later than 9 a.m. at any of 16 ocean beaches between Montauk Point and Beach Lane in Wainscott, west of Georgica Pond. He has also asked people to send an email to [email protected] listing their preferred beach, or to call him at 377-6555 on Saturday morning.

A map depicting the locations is at Mr. Cullum’s website, imaginationnature. com. He will provide updates at the website until the morning of the cleanup. The rain date is Sunday.

Volunteers have been asked to take their own gloves and two or three garbage bags, as well as pokers and grabbers, if possible. They should fill and tie the bags and leave them on the beach for pickup.

A gathering to thank participants for their efforts is planned later on Saturday at Hoie Hall, on the grounds of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Refreshments donated by local businesses will be served, and there will be live music.

Mr. Cullum is a longtime advocate for anti-litter initiatives. Last month he told the East Hampton Town Trustees, who oversee most of the beaches in town, that providing trash receptacles at beaches “gives lazy people more opportunity to be lazy,” and causes overflowing bins and more litter in the long run. “The year of the garbage can accommodating the trash fallout is history,” he said. “I hope we can be more attentive this year.”

The trustees have endorsed a pilot program, proposed by the litter committee, in which the town would remove the garbage receptacles from Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett and adopt a “carry in, carry out” policy there. The town board will discuss the proposal at its work session on Tuesday.

After a winter hiatus, a $13.8 million project to repave and repair 15 miles of Montauk Highway between East Hampton and Montauk is under way again.

The New York State Department of Transportation’s project, stretching between Buell Lane in East Hampton and South Etna Avenue in Montauk, started up again this week. In the fall, state contractors had repaved some of the worst sections between East Hampton and Amagansett, with the exception of both downtown areas. They are now working west to east on the remaining sections ane expect the project to be complete by May.

Lane shifts on shorter sections of the highway are being employed so that one direction of travel remains open to drivers during the work. Roadwork is being done during off-peak daytime hours, Monday through Friday, between 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., when possible. The top layer of pavement is being removed and replaced with new asphalt and pavement markings, including more visible pedestrian crosswalks, the D.O.T. said.

At busy intersections and the downtown areas of East Hampton Village, Amagansett, and Montauk work will be done at night.

Aside from this bigger project, the D.O.T. is evaluating the most damaged sections of all state roads, including Route 114 in East Hampton, where potholes abound, particularly under the railroad trestle in East Hampton.

Montaukers will soon have a new doctor to call their own. Southampton Hospital has announced that Michael Genereux, a doctor of osteopathy, will work out of the Meeting House Lane Medical Practice’s offices on Montauk Main Street this summer, filling the vacancy left by the departure of Dr. Anthony Knott late last year.

Dr. Genereux will complete his residency in the Montauk office, working under Dr. Lara DeSanti-Siska, who is certified in family medicine, and Dr. Elizabeth White-Fricker, D.O., both from Meeting House Lane Medical’s office in Wainscott; they have been working in Montauk one day a week. Dr. Genereux will start full time on July 1. He is already familiar with patients in the Montauk office, having worked with Dr. Knott for two and a half years.

Dr. Knott, who practiced in Montauk for 10 years, left in November. A month later, Ken Dodge, a popular physician’s assistant, left the office as well.

The Meeting House Lane Medical Practice, an affiliate of Southampton Hospital, has offices in several locations on the South Fork. Its Montauk office is at 699 Montauk Highway.

Several weeks ago, when Elke Grimm, 85, slipped and fell on a hardwood floor at her home overlooking Fort Pond in Montauk, her major concern was not to frighten her great-granddaughter, Parker, who is 4. Parker was the only one with her that day.

The little girl told Mrs. Grimm, “I will help you, Oma,” (German for Grandma). She tried as hard as she could to help her great-grandmother up, but couldn’t. She then brought Mrs. Grimm her walker, both of them hoping she could hoist herself up with it, but she wasn’t able to.

Mrs. Grimm told Parker to get the phone, an easy task. But then she had to ask the child to find a piece of paper with “big numbers on it,” the phone numbers of family members. After searching the house, Parker found the paper and brought it to Mrs. Grimm, who called her grandsons first.

There were no answers. She then called Debbie Coen, her home health companion. Ms. Coen was on her way out the door when she received the call and drove right over to the house on Endicott Road. When she arrived she found great-grandmother and great-granddaughter sitting up, leaning against a wall, reading children’s books while waiting for help.

“She didn’t want to scare Parker and tried to stay calm,” said Ms. Coen.

Mrs. Grimm is a slight woman, but even Ms. Coen wasn’t able to lift her. So she tried again to call a grandson. This time she was able to reach Carl Grimm, who was lifting his first beer to his lips after a long day of work.

The young man hurried over and they got Mrs. Grimm up to her bed, where Ms. Coen gave her a quick going-over. She had hit her head pretty hard, but was lucid and asked them not to call an ambulance, saying she didn’t want Par­ker frightened by police officers and emergency medical technicians coming into the house.

On Tuesday, Mrs. Grimm reported that she was fine and praised Parker for her calmness during the ordeal. “I don’t know what I would have done if she wasn’t here,” she said, hugging the little girl tight.

The Maidstone Club, which last year was granted special and freshwater wetlands permits and area variances to upgrade the irrigation systems on its 18 and 9-hole golf courses, was back before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday.

The club now seeks to build a 1,102-square-foot structure with a 214-square-foot patio, to be used for golf instruction in conjunction with an existing practice facility. The project would require a special permit as well as variance relief to allow an accessory building on a lot that does not have a main-use structure.

The building would need several other variances as well. It would be too close to a side property line, and, at 19 feet 6 inches high, it would exceed the 14-foot maximum for an accessory structure. Also, its gross floor area would exceed the allowable 250 square feet.

David Eagan, an attorney representing the club, argued that the structure would be the principal building on its 6.5-acre parcel and therefore ought not be subject to the restrictions on accessory buildings.

With respect to the setback, Mr. Eagan told the board, the parcel was merged with an adjoining private road, both of which were conveyed to the club by the same deed. “On that basis, the setback should be measured from the far end of the private road, which gives us more than enough,” he said. “So we don’t believe that variance is necessary.” Regardless, Mr. Eagan added, if the board did not accept his analysis, he had submitted ample evidence showing there was no detriment to the neighborhood that would outweigh the benefit to the club.

The building would be heated, he said, and there would be some off-season use of it, “but this is not available to the membership to use on their own.” There would be no restrooms, sleeping facilities, or parking. Club members would walk to it “like any other use of the range.”

Unlike the irrigation upgrade, an application that was before the board for more than two years, the practice facility raised few concerns. “It’s set into a hollow,” noted Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, “so it works very well with the topography.” The board closed the hearing and will issue a determination at a future meeting.

Another hearing that was considered and quickly closed concerned an application by the East Hampton Historical Society, which seeks to accept the donation of the Hedges Barn, a timber-frame building constructed in 1795, and move it to the Mulford Farm on James Lane. The plan is to disassemble it at its current site, on property owned by Helen Rattray, publisher of The Star. It would be reassembled in the fall. The project requires a special permit, as the Mulford Farm qualifies as a museum, and area variances, due to its proposed relocation 10 feet from a side property line, where the requirement is 33.64 feet. At 887 square feet, it also exceeds the maximum allowable gross floor area for accessory buildings.

Citing the “rare survival of 18th-century farm structures in the village,” Richard Barons, the historical society’s director, told the board that it was important to preserve the barn. He suggested that at Mulford Farm it could be used to display 18th and early 19th-century farm vehicles and equipment, most of which are now in storage.

With Robert Hefner, the village’s historic preservation consultant, Mr. Barons examined photographs taken before the 1938 Hurricane, as well as etchings made by the Impressionist painter Childe Hassam, to determine the barn’s optimum placement on the Mulford Farm grounds. “We realized that there were six or seven other sheds and barns that were over along the church side of the property,” he said, referring to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, “all of them destroyed during the hurricane. We realized that if we were able to put the barn close to the edge of the property, the streetscape would change very little.”

The Rev. Denis Brunelle of St. Luke’s sent a letter in support of the proposed project. All neighbors, Mr. Barons said, had been notified to ensure that there were no objections to the barn’s reassembly.

The board also announced one determination. Alfred and Stephanie Shuman were granted variances to allow the continued maintenance of improvements made to their poolhouse, on several conditions: No beds or sleeping will be permitted in its lower-level rooms, and the applicants will record a covenant to that effect with the Suffolk County clerk before a certificate of occupancy is issued. The covenant will also authorize annual inspection of the lower level of the poolhouse by the code enforcement department, on 24 hours’ notice.

Variances were also granted for the continued existence of a 1,152-square-foot swimming pool with 2,225 square feet of stone deck and landscaping; the construction of a new deck over the poolhouse with an access ramp; a new generator, and the relocation of existing pool fencing and deer fencing, all within the dune setback area seaward of the required 25-foot setback. The Shumans will remove a 225-square-foot storage shed, as well as lighting and irrigation, within the dune setback area. Their property is at 33 Windmill Lane.

The East Hampton Village Board is expected to grant Starbucks an easement so that the sanitary system at its Main Street location can be upgraded. A resolution to grant the easement may be voted on at the board’s meeting on April 17 and the work is likely to be done in the fall.

Like a number of other buildings along Main Street, Starbucks has a septic system under the Reutershan parking lot that “goes back decades, before the village acquired that property as a parking lot,” Linda Riley, the village attorney, said  yesterday. “There’s nothing in writing, but it’s been there forever.”

At a March 25 meeting at Village Hall, Starbucks representatives told Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. and the board that because of planned interior modifications to increase storage space, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services is requiring a septic system upgrade. The interior work will not add to seating or the building’s maximum occupancy, but will allow for more efficient operation during the store’s peak summer season, the board was told.

The requirement that the company obtain an easement for the septic system has delayed the interior work, Ken Collum, the village code enforcement officer and fire marshal, told the board. A building permit for interior changes expired in December, he said, so the company must reapply.

The installation now has three leaching rings, but it is not covered by an easement, Ms. Riley said. Additional space would be allotted in the easement to allow a potential fourth ring, but such a ring would be subject to the board’s prior approval.

The company would be compelled to provide liability insurance naming the village as an insured party, Ms. Riley said, and would have to restore the area to the satisfaction of the superintendent of public works.

“We support Starbucks,” the mayor said, but “we just don’t want to see an encroachment or, somehow, further advancement of the retail footprint.”

Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. noted, as the East Hampton Village Board gathered on Friday, that spring would officially begin that evening. With yet another snowstorm looming, however, the few members present read through a quick agenda.

An unfinished new house on the Gardiner home lot, at 36 James Lane, drew attention as the board agreed to advertise for bids on its relocation or demolition. The house is behind the timber-frame house that was built in 1750. Bids will be opened on April 13 at 2 p.m. at Village Hall.

After a request from the village board, the town purchased the Gardiner home lot last year from Olney Mairs Gardiner, using money from the community preservation fund. The parcel also contains the historic Gardiner Windmill, which dates to 1804.

“It was always the intent to remove that new building,” Robert Hefner, a historic preservation consultant, wrote in an email, “in order to restore the agricultural land and setting of the mill and mill cottage.” The hope, he said, is that someone will move it offsite. Failing that, it is hoped that its windows, doors, and other usable components will be recycled prior to demolition.

The board also announced public hearings to be held at its April 17 meeting that would amend sections of the village code by instituting new fees for violations. Fines pertaining to beaches, garage sales, noise, peace and good order, peddling and soliciting, solid waste, streets and sidewalks, and zoning would increase after failure to pay for 30, 60, and 90 days.

The amendments, said Rebecca Molinaro, the village administrator, would also allow the village to prosecute a summons in instances when someone failed to appear in court; it would previously have been dismissed. This, Ms. Molinaro said, would provide the village with the ability to follow up on unpaid summonses, which it cannot do now. The proposed fee structure and procedure is identical to that followed by the town, she said.

While there were no outward indications of the spring to which the mayor had referred, one sign of warmer weather appeared in a budget item on the agenda. The purchase, for $11,495, of tickets for the machines in the Robert G. Reutershan and Barns Schenck parking lots was unanimously approved. Parking between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. in the two lots is limited to two hours from May 1 through Dec. 31.

On behalf of the East Hampton Village Board, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. sent a letter to East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell last week in which he commended the town board’s effort to address what he called “a long-standing and difficult issue,” that of the noise of air traffic on routes to and from the East Hampton Airport.

The mayor’s letter drew attention to the legislative intent of proposed restrictions on use of the airport, specifically a passage stating that the town board “is committed to balancing the need to address the impact of the aircraft noise on the town’s environment and the equally important need to maintain an economically viable and safe airport for East Hampton.” The village board, the mayor wrote, supports that commitment.

Additionally, the mayor recommended that a close review of any enacted legislation’s impact happen after the summer season, “to see if the anticipated goals were met and if any amendments are warranted either to ease restriction or impose more.”

The town board will resume discussion of airport regulations at its meeting next Thursday.

Terry Watson will be the grand marshal leading Montauk’s 52nd St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday. The festivities will begin tomorrow, when she will be honored at the annual grand marshal lunch from noon to 3 p.m. at Gurney’s Inn. This year’s host is Joan Lycke, the 2011 grand marshal, who is taking over for John Behan, who had hosted the lunch for many years.

At the event, Ms. Watson, a member of the Montauk School Board from 1984 to 2013, will be given her top hat and shillelagh and will hear some good-natured teasing. Tickets cost $50 in advance or $55 at the door and can be purchased at the Montauk Laundromat or by calling 668-3381. Reservations have been suggested and can be made by emailing [email protected].

The annual cocktail party will be held at Gurney’s Inn on Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m. Booga Sugar will provide the tunes for dancing. There will be a buffet dinner and open bar. Tickets, which cost $65 in advance, are available at the Montauk Chamber of Commerce, Becker’s Hardware, Atlantic Wines and Liquors in Amagansett, or online with a credit card at montaukfriendsoferin. com. They will cost $75 at the door.

The drawing for the Pot of Gold raffle will take place at the party, with remaining tickets sold right up until the winning stubs are pulled. The raffle tickets cost $100, and only 350 will be sold. The grand prize is $10,000, second prize is $1,000, and the third and fourth-place prizes are $500 each.

The St. Patrick’s Day parade will start on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. near the Montauk train station on Edgemere Road. It will end near the Montauk I.G.A. There will be more than 60 contingents, including marching bands, humorous floats, boy scouts and girl scouts, and fire departments.

Before the parade begins, the Montauk Chamber of Commerce will help warm the crowd with a soup sale starting at 11 a.m. Each commemorative cup will cost $8. A variety of soups donated by local restaurants will be available. The proceeds help defray the cost of the parade.

Officers from several police departments will be on hand and on the trains to monitor the crowds and enforce the open-container law, which if violated means a $250 fine.

Andy and Jane Graiser won a reprieve of sorts when the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals reopened the hearing on their application to add an eyebrow window to the roof of their house at 42 Mill Hill Lane, which is under construction. As indicated at prior meetings, however, there was no change of heart: The window cannot be installed.

Patrick Gunn, an attorney representing the Graisers, told the board that one component of his clients’ application, to build a detached garage in a nonconforming location, had been withdrawn. Though there has been no written determination or vote, the board, along with neighbors who testified in writing or in person, had looked unfavorably upon its proposed location.

Owing to a time-sensitive construction schedule, Mr. Gunn asked the board to vote on the eyebrow window, which he said it had “tentatively approved” though it does not comply with a section of code aimed at controlling the mass of the upper third of a house.

“This window is simply an aesthetic addition to the home,” Mr. Gunn said. “It doesn’t make the house any bigger, does not increase the gross floor area. The purpose is only to provide light to the attic.” There would be no detrimental impact on the neighborhood, he said, nor does it violate the spirit of the ordinance in question, which was added in 2012 to curtail “the expanded mass and bulk of the upper third of houses that have been built on smaller lots,” according to its legislative intent.

“It’s clear that the house is not liked by some,” Mr. Gunn said. “I ask the board not to punish the applicant for building a conforming home that’s unpopular, or to curtail their ability to get an aesthetic modification that might normally be granted just because this is an unpopular construction.”

But other residents of Mill Hill Lane, as well as board members, feel that the house is already imposing on the neighborhood. As she has at previous meetings, Mary Busch of 50 Mill Hill Lane referred to the “extra mass and bulk that was appearing in new construction in the village” that the 2012 ordinance intended to address. That part of the zoning code, she said, has been in effect “without any request to this board for relief. In fact, numerous new homes conforming to the code have been built and fit well into the small-lot neighborhoods” such as her own.

“If I could just add,” she said to Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, “I’m a little distressed that the comment could be made that this is a house that people on the street don’t like. It has nothing to do with whether we like the house or not. It has to do with the code that’s in place, what we’re trying to do with our streets in the village, and to guarantee that neighbors have a degree of privacy and can enjoy their homes.”

Mr. Newbold also read a letter from James Berlanti, an adjacent neighbor of the Graisers. “The roof design already has an imposing effect on the neighborhood as it is not in keeping with traditional roof styles,” he read. “The house and neighborhood would benefit from more simplified forms and help the house feel more contextual.”

Pam Bennett, the board’s deputy clerk, polled the board members sitting on the application. Mr. Newbold, along with John McGuirk, Craig Humphrey, and Christopher Minardi, were unanimous: There would be no eyebrow window. Linda Riley, the village’s attorney, said that she hoped to have a written determination for a formal vote at the board’s next meeting, on Friday, March 27.

The board also announced five determinations. Jeffrey Suchman, who owns the building at 71 Montauk Highway that housed East Hampton Bowl, was granted a variance to construct a 9,906-square-foot retail building and site improvements including parking spaces. This will result in coverage of 74.1 percent, where the maximum permitted is 60 percent, but it will reduce the coverage on the lot, which is 80.6 percent now.

The Watson family of 14 Huntting Lane was granted variances to allow additions to an existing dwelling that will result in gross floor area approximately 720 square feet above the allowable maximum, one of which will fall within a minimum required setback. They were also allowed lot coverage approximately 250 square feet in excess of the maximum permitted, provided the parking area at the front of the property is revegetated.

Noam Gottesman of 61 North Briar Patch Road received a freshwater wetlands permit to allow pool fencing approximately 10 feet landward of the edge of wetlands on the condition that there is no clearing of the natural vegetation in the adjacent area, and that he replace any lost or damaged vegetation caused by the fence’s installation.

Nasser J. Malik of 39 Mill Hill Lane was granted variances to allow a new step on the side of his house, conversion of a portion of a detached garage, and the construction of a fireplace with a chimney on the condition that he installs a six-foot stockade fence along the rear property line. Lastly, George W. Murphy of 36 Meadow Way was granted variances to keep a swimming pool, pool patio, pool equipment, liquid petroleum tanks, and a walkway, all built within minimum required setbacks.