Long-awaited improvement in the water at 27 houses at Montauk’s Camp Hero will be in sight at a public hearing at  East HamptonTown Hall tonight on the reconstruction of the water system there at a cost of $200,000.

Residents of Camp Hero, a former Air Force Base transferred to the town in 1984, have coped with brownish, undrinkable water and stained clothing for years. At one point, the water was found to be contaminated and daily deliveries became necessary. Even now, homeowners are advised to run cold water for at least three minutes each morning before using it.

Relief will come at a cost to homeowners, who will be responsible through a special taxing district for the debt service on bonds the town expects to authorize for the work following the hearing.

East Hampton Town Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc said in an email this week that the cost to households on a debt of $200,000 for 20 years at 2.5-percent interest would be about $480 per year. However, he said his figures were estimates and the cost could be lower, or $330 per year, if the term of the bonds was 30 years.

The work planned includes reconstruction of the the facility’s upper and lower pump stations, its leaching pools, other furnishings or equipment as found necessary, and related engineering and other costs.

The Suffolk Water Authority monitors the site daily, having taken it over from the town on the condition that the system be updated. Lombardo Associates subsequently designed the project, which is an unlisted action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, based on an evaluation that the environmental impact on the area, which is about a mile west of the Montauk Lighthouse, will be negligible.

 “It has had continuing problems that will now be addressed through this bond authorization,” East Hampton Town Councilwoman Sylvia Overby said in a message yesterday.

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.

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.

Finally, after years of confusion at the intersection in Montauk’s harbor area where West Lake Drive meets Flamingo Avenue, signs have been posted notifying drivers heading north and south that cross traffic from the east and west does not stop.

Suffolk County workers posted the signs earlier this month after Legislator Jay Schneiderman, a Montauk resident, visited a meeting of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee and heard concerns about confusion at the intersection. Drivers unfamiliar with the route seemed unaware that those heading east to west had the right of way while north-to-south drivers were required to stop, committee members said at the meeting, held in the fall.

Also at that meeting, Lt. Chris Hatch of the East Hampton Town police said that in addition to a slew of accidents at the site over the years, there had been many near misses.

Years ago Henry Uihlein of the nearby Uihlein’s Marina rallied residents for a traffic circle at the intersection, but county officials at the time said it wasn’t feasible and that the area was not wide enough for one.

Although the new signs should help, Mr. Schneiderman said on Tuesday that what he would really like to see there is a one-way loop in which cars would turn right near the Montauk Marine Basin from West Lake Drive and exit by looping around Soundview Drive through the north side of the intersection. Drivers would still be able to enter the harbor area from the south, as is currently possible.

“Then we wouldn’t have as much traffic at the intersection and there’d be only three points of egress,” he said.

If that were to happen, Mr. Schneiderman said, it would allow for additional head-in, on-street parking on the north side of the road near Gaviola’s Market and Uihlein’s Marina, which is needed more than ever since several new and successful businesses have opened in the harbor area.

Speak Out, an opportunity for Sag Harbor community leaders to hear from teenagers about activities and resources they would like the village to provide, will take place Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Bay Street Theater. The event is free, refreshments will be provided, and, because the program is recommended for young people in eighth grade and above, parents will not be admitted to the theater.

Sponsored by the Sag Harbor Coalition, the Youth Resource Center of Sag Harbor, and the Sag Harbor Youth Committee, the event will have on its panel Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman, and Sag Harbor Village Mayor Brian Gilbride.

Similar events were held in 1997 and 2000, when adults learned that local teenagers were unhappy about a lack of activities for them in the village. Those forums resulted in the Safe Summer Beach Program at Long Beach and several others initiated for teenagers at the John Jermain Memorial Library and Bay Street Theater.

Eric Bramoff, who is the athletic director of the Bridgehampton School and a Pierson graduate, will moderate the discussion. Other panelists will include Tracy Mitchell, executive director of Bay Street; Diane Patrizio, director of human services for East Hampton Town; Catherine Creedon, director of John Jermain; Gregg Schiavoni, board president of Mashashimuet Park; Lisa Field, president of the Sag Harbor Chamber of Commerce; Kathryn Menu, co-publisher of The Sag Harbor Express; Tom Fabiano, chief of the village’s Police Department; Nancy Lynott, director of the Southampton Town Youth Bureau, and from the Sag Harbor School District either Katy Graves, the superintendent, or Jeff Nichols, the middle-high school principal.

With an application in the works by East Hampton Town for a state permit to install four-poster deer feeding stations, the East Hampton Deer and Tick Management Foundation will hold a forum on the stations on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Babette’s restaurant in East Hampton. Refreshments will be served.

The stations treat deer for ticks with a pesticide in order to reduce the ticks’ overall number. They have been used successfully on Shelter Island for the last six years, according to Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Mike Scheibel, a wildlife biologist, will outline their use at the event.

State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr., who is expected to attend, has, along with Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, made the five East End towns eligible for up to $100,000 in state funds earmarked for four-poster stations. Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell will also attend.

The foundation has proposed a partnership between East Hampton Town and the state for a pilot program this spring on land in Northwest Woods and Springs and is seeking private donations to help get it going. The stations would be purchased with public funds but donations would be needed to cover the approximately $3,500 a year it would cost to stock them with corn, provide the pesticides, and maintain each unit.

Although the stations can be placed on public lands, private property owners or associations with control of tracts of at least 40 acres — the minimum size needed to establish a deer feeding and treatment program, according to the D.E.C. — can request a feeding station on their land provided they are willing to underwrite the operating costs. Possible locations for this year’s four-poster program can be added to the town’s application for another few weeks.

Reservations are required to attend the Sunday event, as seating is limited. They can be made by calling Randy Parsons at 329-8239. More information can be obtained by writing the foundation, c/o Randy Parsons, P.O. Box 480, East Hampton 11937.

The midwinter doldrums can be shaken off, at least temporarily, tomorrow night when the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett roars back to life to host the sixth annual Mr. Amagansett Pageant, a fund-raiser for the Donald T. Sharkey Memorial Community Fund.

The event traditionally showcases the good, the bad, and the downright weird in a lighthearted competition to benefit the fund named for a former East Hampton Town chief building inspector who died in 2009. The fund benefits the community in myriad ways, including financial assistance to families in need, a scholarship, and donations to fire departments. It also makes an annual donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, the veterans-care organization that has been the beneficiary of many fund-raising events held by Talkhouse employees and patrons.

In a twist on previous years’ pageants, the contestants, numbering at least eight, will face a panel of male judges. Also new this year is a silent auction with more than 30 prizes, including a private plane ride over East Hampton, a two-night stay in New York City, gift certificates to some of the South Fork’s finest restaurants, and sewing, tennis, and golf lessons.

“I’m proud to be a part of it, proud that the community has continued to keep his memory alive,” Nick Kraus, a promoter at the Talkhouse, said. Mr. Sharkey, he said, was “bigger than life in life, so it’s nice to keep him in our thoughts. Good things are happening around town even without him here any longer.”

Mr. Kraus, a former winner of the pageant, is ineligible to be crowned again, “but for some odd reason I’m allowed to enter again.” He promised to continue a tradition of competing via video, presenting “a winter version of the Showtime show ‘The Affair,’ ” he confided.

Other contestants will include Town Councilman Peter Van Scoyoc, last year’s winner; Gordon Ryan, who previously performed as part of a duo called Boo Bonac and the Plague but promised an all-new act, and, said Tina Piette, one of the event’s organizers, “a local character” sponsored by American Legion Post 419.

“It’s going to be the event of the winter,” said Britton Bistrian, another organizer. “Some regulars, some new blood, much laughter.”

The Talkhouse will open at 6 p.m. tomorrow, with the pageant beginning at 7:30. The cost to compete or to sponsor a contestant is $250. Admission is $20.

Laura Michele Mastandrea and Paul Jason Novack, both of Sag Harbor, were married on Oct. 4 at the Oceanside Beach Resort in Montauk. Southampton Town Justice Edward Burke Sr. officiated. A reception followed the ceremony under a tent.

The wedding took place on the 50th anniversary of the bride’s parents, Vincent and Rosemary Mastandrea of East Meadow. The groom’s mother, Jeannette Novack of Montauk, and the bride’s grandmother, Irene Ambrosino of Rockville Centre, helped them all to celebrate.

The groom, who has been surfing Montauk waves for over 35 years, has worked at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor for 18 years. He holds a bachelor of science degree in food service management and an associate’s degree in culinary arts from Johnson and Wales University. He has also worked at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan and locally at Dave’s Grill, Shagwong, and World Pie restaurants. The couple met at World Pie, in Bridgehampton, in March 2011.

The bride, who will keep her name professionally and will otherwise be known as Ms. Mastandrea Novack, is an independent real estate broker on the South Fork. She is also the director of the Montauk Seafood Festival, a radio co-host on Peconic Public Broadcasting WPPB 88.3FM, and a Samba Boom! drummer. She graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Florida State University.

She wore a white strapless Sincerity mermaid gown and carried a bouquet of white calla lilies and yellow daisies. Patricia Duffy Elliott of Seaford, a friend for over 25 years, was her maid of honor. Townley Cozad of Fairfax, Va., Kathie Mullin of Sag Harbor, Laura Scurro of Commack, Kathy Duffy of Chicago, and Laura Thimm of Hampton Bays were bridesmaids. They wore navy blue Sangria boutique gowns.

Bruce Mueller of East Islip, a friend of Mr. Novack’s from childhood, was his best man. The groomsmen were Jimmy Red Colbert of Sag Harbor, Irish Chris Maxwell of Montauk, and the bride’s brother, Sam Mastandrea, of Brooklyn.

The Town of East Hampton Anti-Bias Task Force has invited members of the public to two free movie nights in the coming weeks. Both center on the civil rights movement and will be shown at LTV Studios in Wainscott at 7 p.m.

At each screening, the winning entries in a short-film contest sponsored by the task force will also be shown.

On Friday, Feb. 27, the feature will be “Mighty Times: The Children’s March,” an Academy Award-winning documentary. It tells the story of young people in Birmingham, Ala., who braved arrest, fire hoses, and police dogs during a 1963 march for justice.

On March 6, “A Time for Justice” will be screened. Also the recipient of an Academy Award for documentary film, it offers a history of the civil rights movement, told through historical footage and narration by Julian Bond, a leader of the movement, and Representative John Lewis, who was also involved.

Following each of the screenings, the Rev. Katrina Foster of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Amagansett will lead a panel discussion on the issues portrayed in the films and their relationship to today’s society. Home-baked treats and other refreshments will be served.

Approximately 1,400 of the 3,000 nonresident parking permits for East Hampton Village beaches had been sold as of Monday, one week after they went on sale. The permits, which cost $375 for the season, are available on a first-come-first-served basis for nonresidents. Permits are free for village residents. They must be displayed on vehicles that park at Georgica, Main, Wiborg’s, Egypt, and Two Mile Hollow Beaches between May 15 and Sept. 15.

Nonresident permits can be purchased between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Village Hall, by mail (attention Sue Dayton), or online at easthampton.permits.basgov.com. Starting Memorial Day and on weekends through June, and daily thereafter, remaining permits will be sold between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Main Beach office.

To obtain a permit, residents and nonresidents alike must provide a valid vehicle registration, a telephone number, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope if applying by mail. Residents must also provide a street address, proof of residency, and the name of the owner of the property as listed on tax bills. Nonresidents, who can pay by check or money order, must provide a copy of the driver’s license of the person writing the check or buying the money order.

Parking by the day at Main and Two Mile Hollow Beaches costs $25 and can be paid for only at the entrance to the Main Beach parking lot. Daily parking tickets are available every day but are limited to 40 on weekends and holidays.

Valid parking permits must be displayed in order to park at East Hampton Town beaches, with nonresident permits available, as they are in the village, for $375. The town has no limit, however, on the number of nonresident permits, which must be purchased annually. Beachgoers can pay by the day at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett on weekdays only, excluding holidays. The cost is $20.

Town parking permits are available in person between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Town Hall, or by mail, addressed to the town clerk. Residents and nonresidents alike must provide a copy of a valid vehicle registration, a copy of their driver’s license, a telephone number, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope if applying by mail. Residents must also provide the street address and owner of the property as listed on a tax bill, as well as proof of residency. Year-round renters must be registered to vote or have their local street address on their vehicle registration.