Harborfest 2014, Sag Harbor’s annual celebration of its maritime history, will launch tomorrow at 5 p.m. with “A Whale of a Party” at the Whaling and Historical Museum and continue throughout the weekend with a jam-packed calendar of events for people of all ages.

New this year is the Beach Blast concert. Previously held on Shelter Island, the show, which will feature live performances by Gene Casey and the Lone Sharks, the Hoodoo Loungers, Hopefully Forgiven, and others, will start rocking Havens Beach on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

The Whaling Museum party will include Cromer’s Market fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, salads, and desserts, Driftwood Ale from Montauk Brewing Co., wine from Water Street Wines and Spirits, and music by D.J. Carlos Lama. Individual tickets are $50, $25 for children.

Both Saturday and Sunday will feature an arts and crafts fair in Marine Park; a sidewalk sale in the business district; children’s amusements on Long Wharf, including games, activities, a bouncy house, and, new for this year, a dunking tank; live music on Windmill Beach; a Taste of Sag Harbor, and whaleboat races.

The Sag Harbor farmers market will be open for business on Bay Street Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and tours of a Coast Guard cutter docked at Long Wharf will be offered from 10 to 2 that day. Bay Street Theater will present its All Star Comedy Show Saturday night at 8.

Other activities will include walking tours, food tastings, a corn shucking contest for kids, a clam chowder contest, a lobster roll eating contest, tug of war and sack races for children, dog and cat adoptions, Pilates on Windmill Beach, and roving clowns, musicians, face painting, and a stilt walker.

Havens Beach will be the site of free, unlimited parking and serve as home base for free shuttle service to points of interest throughout the village. A complete schedule of events is available at sagharborchamber.com.

A benefit will be held Saturday for the Donald T. Sharkey Memorial Community Fund, established in honor of the late East Hampton Town building inspector.

The day will begin with the community fund’s fourth annual motorcycle ride with the Red Knights Chapter 25. Registration will take place at 9:30 a.m. at the Bridgehampton Fire Department, with coffee and bagels provided by Goldberg’s. A ride to Montauk Point will begin at 11 a.m. A donation of $30 per rider has been requested.

At 12:30 p.m. at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, a memorial tree for Mr. Sharkey will be dedicated, and food and beverages served. A 50-50 raffle will raise more money for the organization’s community projects.

In case of rain, the events will postponed to Oct. 5.

There were hugs and tears at a Tumbleweed Tuesday celebration sponsored by the Montauk Chamber of Commerce on the downtown green. But the show of emotion was not a happy one celebrating the end of the season and the departure of the tourists — it was pure grief over the death on Monday of Carl Darenberg, a member of the Montauk chamber and all-around chronicler of Montauk life.

The close-knit community has been hit hard with the news of his death. Known for taking pictures at almost every event and weekend party, Mr. Darenberg was also a significant presence on Facebook. Weekend partyers anxiously visited his Facebook page on Mondays to see if their pictures had been posted. As of yesterday, his Facebook page had more than 1,000 pictures posted and was full of glowing testaments to him, with many thanking him for his help over the years.

In recent years as Montauk became more of a surfing mecca focused on the downtown area and ocean beaches, Mr. Darenberg made it his mission to get people back to the harbor area, as it had been all but forgotten by tourists. And he helped establish an annex of the chamber’s building on Main Street to honor the history of the fishing industry. His mission was accomplished, with barely a parking spot available near the docks on summer weekends.

The expression Tumbleweed Tuesday was born years ago when it was said that the day after Labor Day only tumbleweeds could be seen blowing through the near-empty town. At Tuesday’s celebration, which was dedicated to Mr. Darenberg, the Nancy Atlas Project played his favorite song, Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds,” which has the lyric “?’Cause every little thing gonna be all right.” Ms. Atlas then raised a red Solo cup of cheer toward the sky and asked the crowd to join her, saying that he would be missed and is at peace.

As tears ran down her cheeks, Laraine Creegan, the chamber’s executive director, who worked closely on numerous projects with Mr. Darenberg, said there was never any thought given to canceling the event. “Carl loved a party,” she said. “He would never have wanted us to cancel it.”

Ryan Scott King and Rosemarie Elizabeth Cicalese of Montauk and Williamsburg were married on June 14 at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk by the Rev. Michael Rieder.

The weather started out foggy that day, then turned beautiful before the wedding, a blessing the bride and groom attributed to his late mother, Debra King, and her late father, Patrick Cicalese. An outdoor cocktail hour and tented reception at the Montauk Lake Club followed the ceremony.

The groom’s father, Wayne King, lives in Montauk. The bride’s mother, Linda Quinn Cicalese, lives in Seaford.

The groom is the founder and president of King Integrated Solutions. He graduated from East Hampton High School and earned an associate’s degree in applied arts in audio production from the Art Institute of Seattle and then a bachelor’s degree in professional studies in audio engineering from Five Towns College in Dix Hills.

The bride is a vice president at JPMorgan, where she has worked for the past 10 years. She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy in West Hempstead and earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering management from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J.

The couple knew each other from a young age. Her family spent summers in Montauk at the Montauk Shores Condominiums, and he grew up in Ditch Plain. They reconnected at a show by a mutual friend’s band in New York City in 2007.

The bride’s twin sister, Erin Cicalese of New York, was her maid of honor. She was also attended by the groom’s sisters, Heather King of Montauk and Jamie King of Naperville, Ill., and by Meghan Finazzo of Montauk, Melissa Montineri of Glastonbury, Conn., Aubrey Farnham of Santa Cruz, Calif., Elizabeth Lubnina of New York, and MaryAnne Eskandani of Warren, N.J. The groom’s niece, Kaylee King, was a junior bridesmaid.

The bride wore an ivory mermaid-style gown with a single shoulder strap and carried ivory and pink flowers. Her attendants wore navy blue gowns and carried similar bouquets.

Mr. King’s best man was his brother, Wayne King Jr. of Naperville. His groomsmen were the bride’s brother, Patrick Cicalese of Seaford, and Charlie Weimar of Montauk, Washy Duke of East Hampton, David Jankowski of Jay, Vt., Ryan Persan of Montauk, Ray Houseknecht of Massapequa, Tom Mahl of New York, Shawn Eckhardt of East Hampton, and Frank Tuma of Montauk. His nephew, Parker King, was the ringbearer.

The bride’s friend Kelly Corcoran of New York was the vocalist at the church. At the reception, the bride surprised her new husband by serenading him with their first song, “Heaven” by Bryan Adams. The best man and maid of honor gave speeches, and Mr. Houseknecht performed a comedy act.

The newlyweds honeymooned in Bali.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals has ruled that Howard D. Schultz, the chief executive officer of the Starbucks chain, has an accessory structure on his property that violates the village code and cannot be maintained in its present condition.

A hearing that stretched across several months was concluded on Friday with the denial of an appeal Mr. Schultz made to reverse a determination denying a certificate of occupancy for the structure, which contains a garage and caretaker’s apartment. The board found that the building contained habitable floor area in excess of what a prior zoning board had allowed. The board also denied Mr. Schultz’s request for the apartment’s continued existence.

In 1986, nine years before the Schult­zes bought the property at 14 Gracie Lane, the board approved a 650-square-foot apartment attached to a four-car garage in a single-story structure. Subsequently, three garage bays were converted by the prior owner into three additional bedrooms, more than doubling the size of the apartment.

In 2012, the Schultzes were granted a variance and coastal erosion hazard permit to add two bedrooms and two bathrooms to their main house. The building inspector, however, noted that the accessory structure did not match the description in the certificate of occupancy, and the zoning board asked that the caretaker’s apartment be reduced to its original size, a condition to which the applicant agreed, but did not honor. Most recently, however, the Schultzes applied for a special permit, offering to remove two bedrooms and two bathrooms but adding another bedroom and bathroom. “Is that so unreasonable,” asked Leonard Ackerman, an attorney representing the Schultzes, “for people who acted in good faith?”

Board members apparently thought that it was. The board’s determination on Friday was that the apartment must be restored to its original 650 square feet and that the additional bedrooms be reconverted to garage bays and storage areas.

Mr. Ackerman did not return a call seeking comment. He may, however, take the matter to court. The violation could remain during litigation, Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, said in an email.

The board also denied an application by Paul and Rena Stallings to permit the conversion of a third-story attic to living space at 9 Lockwood Lane. The conversion would have resulted in 1,464 square feet of habitable space on that floor and a gross floor area of 6,232 square feet, one-third more than the code allows. The code also restricts single-family residences to two stories.

On the other hand, the board approved an application by its former chairman, Andrew Goldstein, to allow the continued maintenance of a shed within front and rear-yard setbacks at 87 Jericho Road. The board had granted a variance for the shed in 2008, but it was installed in the wrong location. The board agreed on Friday that the shed causes no detriment to the character of the neighborhood.

The board also gave its approval of the continued maintenance of slate pavers and walkways, arbors, and a brick barbecue at 48 Huntting Lane, although they are within property-line setbacks. A variance was also granted to permit 512 square feet of excess lot coverage.

An article in The New York Times on Tuesday reported that J. Darius Bikoff, the multimillionaire owner of Vitamin Water, is among the principals of ED40, a limited liability corporation that purchased the East Deck Motel at Ditch Plain in Montauk in the fall for a reported $15 million. It seeks to develop the property as a private club with a restaurant, spa, 8,000-square-foot pool, underground parking, and other amenities. None of the names of the corporation’s shareholders had been made public.

Mr. Bikoff owns an oceanfront trailer at the adjacent Montauk Shores Condominium and keeps a boat at the Montauk Marine Basin. He is said to surf at Ditch Plain, and Lars Svenberg of Main Beach Surf and Sports and Scott Bradley of Paddle Diva have been the public faces of the corporation. It is represented by Andy Hammer of Biondo and Hammer, a Montauk law firm.

Several Montauk residents have said they had been asked to sign nondisclosure agreements, by which they agreed not to talk about any work they may have done for Mr. Bikoff. Mr. Svenberg, Mr. Bradley, and Mr. Hammer did not return calls for comment this week, and Mr. Bikoff could not be reached.

ED40, which has applied to the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals for the various permits that would be required for construction, has an application pending to trademark the East Deck name. Approvals are also being sought from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. C.C.O.M. has asked town officials to require a full environmental impact statement under the State Environmental Quality Review Act.

The Z.B.A. application states that the club would have 179 members, who would be allowed to have guests. The new East Deck would be a two-story building, and it would have parking for 136 vehicles. Its septic system would be designed to handle the waste of 537 people, and 3,661 cubic yards of fill would be required to elevate  it.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk, which has 1,300 members, and the Ditch Plains Association, with over 350 members, are protesting the project. The Ditch Plains Association posted an online petition on Aug. 18, which had almost 2,000 signatures as of Wednesday, asking the town to deny the application. It can be viewed at ditchplainsassociation.com.

Protesters are concerned that the new East Deck would encroach on the public’s use of the popular surfing beach and block the view of those living across the street. On Saturday, a group of over 100 surfers will protest in their own way — by paddling out in front of the motel.

In the heart of East Hampton Village, a plan to build a tennis court angered one neighbor and, when its proposed location was changed in response, drew an objection from another neighbor. The tennis court is to be built on the former Gardiner estate, at 127 Main Street, which is now owned by Shahab Karmely. His property and that of the first neighbor who objected, Kenneth Kuchin of 123 Main Street, are for sale.

The appeals board resumed a hearing on the application at its meeting on Friday. The initial location was on the west side (or back) of the 5.4-acre parcel, a deep lot that runs from Main Street to the John M. Marshall Elementary School’s playing fields. At the prior hearing, Mr. Kuchin worried about its proximity to a cottage he uses for meditation, massage, and reading. The new location, which is to the east, however, drew objection from Thomas J. Osborne, who owns adjacent vacant property. Both proposed locations would require setback variances.

“We did explore a conforming lot area and determined that it would have an unnecessary impact to the historic Gardiner house setting,” Andy Hammer, an attorney representing Mr. Karmely, said. He noted that the new location would spare several mature trees. The court must be built in a north-south configuration, according to the applicant, because an east-west layout would render it unplayable for most of the day due to sunlight.

Mr. Karmely “has been a very good steward to this property,” Mr. Hammer said, referring to the applicant’s reported $10 million renovation of the house and grounds. “This stewardship ethic is why we’re here asking for a variance rather than just trying to comply with the village zoning code.”

Referring to the potential for noise, Mr. Hammer said, “We’d submit there is much less, if any, disturbance” from what would be the backcourt area. The new plan would also sink the court four feet below grade and feature a Har-Tru surface to minimize noise. Adjacent lots are screened with hedges and mature landscaping, and Mr. Karmely would consider additional screening if the board deemed it necessary, Mr. Hammer said.

But Mr. Osborne’s objection was noise. The land he owns is vacant, but buildable. “We don’t have a house there; someday someone will,” he said. “We’re looking at it from the point of view of, ‘what would a reasonable person think of having the court where it is,’ and we think it would be objectionable.” The applicant’s proposed noise-mitigation measures would be insufficient, Mr. Osborne said. “I’ve played a lot of tennis in my time. I know the noise it creates.”

Regardless of the board’s decision, however, Mr. Karmely said that a court would be constructed because an east-west configuration, although less appropriate, would not require a variance. Therefore noise would not be eliminated if the application were denied, he said, although he added that in any case noise would be minimal. He also challenged Mr. Osborne’s concern. “Did you consider that when you subdivided your property and sold off a piece on which there is a big house right on your property line? That house . . . creates far more noise on a regular basis than a court that is screened and sunken and is played on occasionally would.”

Lys Marigold, the board’s vice chairwoman, said noise is a fact of life in the heart of the village. “I would actually want to consider moving it back to your original location, which is next to the playing field,” she told Mr. Karmely. John McGuirk and Larry Hillel, other board members, agreed.

Both the Gardiner estate and the Osborne family property go back to East Hampton’s original settlement. Of the Osbornes, Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, said, “They have certainly paid their dues there.” The board’s purpose, he said, is to uphold standards. “Mr. Osborne feels there would be a strong impact on his building lot. In the rear location, Mr. Kuchin felt his meditation room would be disturbed. So we are in a quandary.” 

The hearing was closed, and a determination is expected at the board’s next meeting, on Sept. 12.

In what is perhaps one of the most unusual fund-raising efforts among the many that occur during the summer season here, Peter Honerkamp, an owner of the Stephen Talkhouse club in Amagansett, and his friend Dan Tooker have embarked on a “Hampton Bar Crawl” across East Hampton Town.

They have promised to have one drink in every bar here, and for each one he has, Mr. Honerkamp will donate $10 toward the cost of “Welcome to Soldier Ride,” a documentary about the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride program, which grew from an idea hatched at the Talkhouse.

After a 2003 fund-raiser there for a Rocky Point soldier who was injured in Iraq, Chris Carney, who was a Talkhouse bartender, embarked on a cross-country bicycle trip the next year to raise money and awareness for wounded soldiers. His 4,400-mile trip began in Montauk and ended when he dipped his bicycle tire in the Pacific Ocean. He was accompanied by another Talkhouse employee, Tek Vakalaloma, who drove a slow-moving support vehicle the entire way. The trip raised more than $1 million.

The next year Mr. Carney reversed the journey, riding from west to east, and was joined by two soldiers, Ryan Kelly, a single amputee, and Heath Calhoun, a double amputee. The idea of Soldier Ride as not only a fund-raising vehicle but a form of mental and physical rehabilitation for veterans injured during their service took shape.

Under the Wounded Warrior Project, Soldier Ride now offers 20 bike ride programs across the United States. More have taken place overseas, in England, Germany, and Israel. The events raise more than $200 million a year; more than 45,000 soldiers have participated.

The film centers on the 2005 cross-country trip. It was created by Nick Kraus, a Soldier Ride co-founder, and Matt Hindra, both of East Hampton.

Mr. Honerkamp and Mr. Tooker are documenting their fund-raising effort on a Facebook page of that name. The quest began on Aug. 15 at Inlet Seafood in Montauk. With a 15-minute stop to down one drink at each watering hole, the team went on that day to the Fish Bar, Rick’s Crabby Cowboy Cafe, the Crow’s Nest, and the Star Island Grill.

The mission continued the next day at Cyril’s, with the drinkers again heading east. As of earlier this week, they were still working their way through the many bars in Montauk, and had hoisted an elbow in 36 of the 42, Mr. Honerkamp said.

Daily and ongoing itineraries are posted on the Facebook page, so that those who would like to raise a glass with the fund-raisers may find and join them. They have pledged never to leave a bar before the stated time. The quest continues each Monday and Tuesday.

Soldier Ride “just changed and empowered a lot of people,” Mr. Honerkamp said. “It revolutionized how we treat the wounded.”

Twenty-two veterans reportedly commit suicide each day in this country, he said, and several Soldier Ride participants have told him they had been contemplating taking such a step before their participation in the ride, which profoundly affected them.

Members of the Talkhouse staff will join Mr. Honerkamp as he works his way through the bars in East Hampton Village, between 5 and 7 p.m. on Labor Day. Friends and supporters have been invited to join them.

Additional information, and an opportunity to make a tax-deductible  donation, can be found at welcometosoldierride.com.

Columbia Law School announced this week the receipt of a $3.5 million gift from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation to support and expand its Center for Climate Change Law. The center, which will now be known as the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, was established five years ago with the help of funding from the Sabin foundation.

Mr. Sabin, an environmentalist, philanthropist, and longtime resident of Springs and Amagansett, is the president and sole owner of Sabin Metal Corp., a global precious-metals refinery company. The founder of the South Fork Natural History Museum, which celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this summer, he has a species of frog, discovered in New Guinea, named for him: Aphantophryne sabini.

The Sabin Foundation is headquartered in East Hampton. Mr. Sabin’s gift, Columbia said, will expand the climate center’s groundbreaking work on climate change law, allow it to hire a full-time executive director, and, among other things, support the annual Sabin Colloquium on Innovative Environmental Law Scholarship.

Labor Day weekend brings not only the end of the summer rental season but also the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s annual powwow, which will take place on the reservation from tomorrow through Monday.

The event, said to be the 68th in the tradition, features drum and dance contests, authentic native dress, and over $50,000 in prize money. The Shinnecocks will welcome members of many other tribes as well as the general public, and native arts, crafts, and foods will be for sale. There will also be raffles and a sunset fire-lighting.

The powwow will begin tomorrow at 3 p.m., with dancers and dignitaries making a grand entrance at 7. On Saturday and Sunday, the grounds open at 10 a.m., with “grand entries” at 12:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. both days. On Monday, dancing, featuring dancers from the Teacopan and Aztec dancers, begins at 12:30 p.m.

The powwow goes on rain or shine. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors, the disabled, and children ages 6 to 12. Children under 5 are free. Pets are not allowed on the grounds.

The entrance to the reservation is on West Gate Road, off Montauk Highway in Southampton Village. Parking is free.