The Montauk Village Association, the group that keeps flowers abloom throughout the hamlet, will host its annual Greenery Scenery party on Friday, Aug. 15, at the Montauk Lake Club from 6 to 9 p.m.

This year the group will honor James Grimes of Fort Pond Native Plants for “his many years of service and commitment to Montauk,” said Nancy Keeshan, the president of the M.V.A.

Ms. Keeshan said that Mr. Grimes helped establish the M.V.A.’s memorial garden on the downtown green, and along with Mickey Valcich, last year’s honoree, offered to clean and weed areas in 2013 when money was not available for the work. She said that Mr. Grimes, while operating a successful landscaping business and nursery, has always stepped in without any hesitation when help was needed.

“We wanted to honor him for his spirit of community and personal interest in caring for Montauk,” she said.

The M.V.A. also maintains the trees and shrubs in the downtown area. Each year it fills teak planters with geraniums and roses that spill over the sides. “It’s not summer without those beautiful flowers that adorn our streets,” Ms. Keeshan said.

There are still some tickets left, at $25 apiece, for the group’s Go Green Big Bucks raffle. The first place prize is $10,000, second is $1,000, and there are two third-place prizes for $500 each. Tickets will be sold at the party right up until the drawing and winners do not need to be in attendance. Prizes will be prorated, depending on the amount of raffle tickets sold.

At the party there will be music, food and drinks. Tickets cost $125 per person and are available at Keeshan Real Estate on the south plaza and at Pospisil Real Estate on the north plaza.

The Maidstone Club’s more than two-year effort to modernize and expand the irrigation system on its 18 and 9-hole golf courses ended on Friday when the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals approved area variances and special and freshwater wetlands permits for the project, albeit with two of the five members voting to deny the application.

Public hearings on the application began in May of 2012. The approvals granted Friday will allow the conversion of a test well into a third irrigation supply well, the installation of a .42-acre irrigation pond, construction of an 850-square-foot pump house, and the addition and/or replacement of subsurface irrigation piping. Approximately 18,884 linear feet of piping will be added and another 15,500 linear feet replaced within the 125-foot setback from Hook Pond set by the village code. The irrigation pond will require clearing 1.58 acres in the middle of an approximately 5-acre area on the private club’s east course. Pumping will be increased from 9.2 million to 25 million gallons of water per year.

Larry Hillel and Craig Humphrey, the members who voted against the application, cited neighboring residents’ opposition to the location of the pump house. “One property owner said that both she and her husband thought this is an inappropriate use of land because it’s industrial use in a residential area,” Mr. Humphrey said on Monday. “That feeling was not isolated to that couple.”

According to the village code, before issuing a special permit for the pump house, the board was to “give consideration to the character of the existing and probable development of uses of the district and the suitability of the proposed use within that district.” Mr. Humphrey said people were referring directly to that statement when they asked “to have other locations on the Maidstone property identified and considered, or they’re not willing to accept an industrial land use in their residential neighborhood.”

The final environmental impact statement set some design parameters for the pump house, such as lowering its elevation, partially burying or bunkering it on three sides, limiting access to one door, and installing a system that would disable the pumps if the door were left open.

Other conditions were attached to approval, which were meant to alleviate neighboring property owners’ concerns, among them a requirement for site plan approval by the design review board, which is to include a revegetation plan for the area around the irrigation pond.

The club also will be required to submit annual reports for the first three years following the new system’s use that is to include soil testing. It also must maintain a 10-foot buffer between the irrigation pond and fencing that will surround it, and submit a report to the village’s code enforcement officer stating that no noise emanating from the pump house is audible at any property line. Construction is also to be tightly controlled so that dust, mud, and soil erosion will be minimized.

The Diamond in the Rough Gala, the Montauk Playhouse Community Center’s most elegant and largest fund-raiser of the season, will be held under a lighted tent on the Playhouse grounds on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. A full-course meal will be served, with an open bar and music by the Nancy Atlas Project.

This year’s auction during the event has a slew of impressive prizes, including a private sail on the Mon Tiki, a shopping spree at the menswear designer John Varvatos’s shop in East Hampton, a one-week stay in Cancun with airfare for four, a round of golf for three at the South Fork Country Club in Amagansett, a guitar signed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a sunset cruise aboard Jimmy Buffett’s boat, a private tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with dinner, and much more.

This year the honorary co-chairmen are Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and his wife, Nancy Mack, and the actress Julianne Moore and her husband, Bart Freundlich. Playhouse officials will honor Alice Houseknecht and Christine Iu and Andrew Suckling for their philanthropic contributions.

Tickets, which are selling quickly, with not many left, cost $250 per person and can be purchased at Willow on the south Plaza or online at montaukplayhouse.org.

In other Playhouse news, its annual FamilyFest starts next Thursday at 7 p.m., with a performance of “Peter and the Wolf” by the Hampton Ballet Theatre School and the Hampton Festival Orchestra. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15 per person.

On Aug. 18, the National Circus Project will conduct an arts-in-education circus camp for children from 1 to 5 p.m. The fee for each child is $150. On Aug. 21, the circus performers will put on a show in which the circus camp students will demonstrate the skills they have learned. Admission is $15 per person at the door.

Meghan McNelis Rooney of Pittsburgh and Jonathan Graham Foley of Montauk were married on July 12 at Immaculate Conception Chapel at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa. The Rev. Paul Taylor officiated. A reception followed at Klein Immergrun, a family estate in Loretto.

The bride wore a silk satin dress by Johanna Johnson, an Australian designer, a veil of her own design, and shoes from Landin. She carried white peonies, English garden roses, and pink spray roses.

The bride is an editor of an online magazine. The groom is a financial advisor with the Seaport Group.

The couple met at Villanova University, where the bride graduated in 2009 and Mr. Foley graduated in 2008. They both earned degrees in communications.

After a wedding trip to Hawaii, the couple is back at home in New York City.

The groom’s parents are Catherine Mary Foley and Stuart J. Foley of Montauk. The bride’s parents are Greta Mary Rooney and Art J. Rooney II of Pittsburgh.

The two maids of honor were the bride’s sisters, Mary Greta Rooney and Annie Rooney of Pittsburgh. The bridesmaids were the groom’s sister, Summer Foley of Montauk, Lauryn Galda of Montvale, N.J., Maggie Scott of Greenwich, Conn., and Hannah Levinson, Ali Rudolph, and Noelle DiGioia, all of Pittsburgh. The two best men were Michael Hunter Foley and Maxwell Stuart Foley of Montauk, the groom’s brothers. His groomsmen were the bride’s brother, Daniel Rooney of Pittsburgh, William Grandi of West Palm Beach, Fla., Tam Campbell of Basking Ridge, N.J., Matt Panneton of Albany, Chris Macdonald of Westfield, N.J., and Ryan Holloway of Philadelphia.

Amanda Bono and James Bennett were married on May 10 at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Steven Howarth officiated. A reception followed at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett.

The bride is a daughter of Betsy and Thomas Bono of Eau Claire Street in Springs. Mr. Bennett was raised by Regina and Stephen Lynch of Cooper Lane in East Hampton. His parents are Clint Bennett of East Hampton and Patty Eames of Arizona.

The bride’s maid of honor was her sister, Emily Bono of Springs. She was also attended by Kaitlin Gatlin of East Hampton, Nicole Lipani and Shayla Denton of Springs, and Kaitlin Steyert of Connecticut.

Mr. Bennett’s best man was Paul Lester of Amagansett. His groomsmen were Danny Lester of Springs, Stephen Lynch Jr. and Kyle Lynch, whom he considers brothers, and Matt Bennett, a cousin, all of East Hampton.

The Bennetts honeymooned in the Poconos and are now back at home on Oakview Highway in East Hampton.

Both the bride and groom graduated from East Hampton High School. She was a member of the class of 2005, and he was in the class of 2001. They met at a beach party.

Mr. Bennett works at Riverhead Building Supply in East Hampton. His wife is a secretary with the East Hampton Town Police Department.

Though the Ladies Village Improvement Society Fair has many longstanding traditions — it turns 118 on Saturday — there will be quite a few changes to this year’s festivities.

For starters, this year’s L.V.I.S. Fair committee, led by Vickie Lundin, chose a theme that was inspired by Karen Klug?lein’s artwork for the fair poster, titled “Cedar Point Rocks.”

“We wanted to take that theme of the beach rocks and carry it through to the barbecue,” said Ms. Lundin, referring to the L.V.I.S. and Lion’s Club barbecue from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. “We are going to have beach rock centerpieces on the tables.” A clam bar will open at 2 p.m., with barbecue takeout available starting at 3 p.m.

This year’s silent auction is stocked with prizes, including tickets to an Eminem and Rihanna concert, Louis Vuitton luggage, and golf packages at private clubs. There will also be a paper auction booth, new this year. Each item in the auction will have its own ticket pool, and participants will be able to enter tickets to win specific items.

This year, the ladies have arranged a free shuttle to take people from the parking lot at the John M. Marshall Elementary School on Gingerbread Lane to the fair on Main Street, a big bonus for people who may be scared away by the village traffic. The bus will run to and from the fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In past years, the Lumber Lane long-term parking lot has filled up completely by mid-morning.

Playland, the children’s section of the fair, will see the addition of a D.J. this year, as well as a hair braiding booth, with braiding offered by a volunteer who donated her time after reading the organization’s annual report. As always, there will be a carousel, face painting, a petting zoo, a toy booth, cotton candy, and games.

A few of the community’s younger members will be helping out on fair day this year. An honor guard unit of Boy Scouts will perform a flag ceremony, and Amanda and Caiti Jo Fiorello, sisters and residents of East Hampton, will sing the national anthem at noon.

Fairgoers can expect to see the vintage clothing, flower, baked goods, and gourmet foods booths and there will be jams and cakes, hot dogs, ice cream, and other foods available for purchase. The L.V.I.S. Bargain Box and Bargain Books stores will be open on fair day, too.

Ms. Lundin is particularly impressed with the sense of community that is felt before and on fair day. She said, “It’s so upbeat and I think that’s what’s so dynamic. It’s all the women coming together for one cause for the community, and we have amazing, brilliant, creative, diligent, energetic, women working together.”

The L.V.I.S. fair will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the L.V.I.S. grounds at 95 Main Street in East Hampton.

The East Hampton Village board will hold hearings next Thursday on laws that would prohibit feeding wildfowl in certain areas and would restrict parking on a section of Newtown Lane.

The village is proposing a ban on feeding geese, ducks, swans, or other wildfowl within 200 feet of the shorelines of Georgica and Hook Ponds. Violations would be subject to a fine up to $250 or imprisonment for up to 15 days, or both.

Feeding of bread and crackers to wildfowl is blamed for excess nitrogen in the waterways, which is detrimental to their ecological health. Uneaten bread rots and can lead to algae growth that threatens fish and other wildlife, and is also blamed for attraction of rats, mice, and insects, which can harbor additional diseases.

Responding to residents’ complaints at a recent meeting, the board is also considering restricting parking to two hours on the west side of Newtown Lane between the intersection of Sherrill Road and 20 feet west of the Conklin Terrace intersection between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Also next Thursday the board will close out the 2013-14 fiscal year.

The meeting is at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street.

Fei Shao and Peter W. Emmerson were married on July 6 at their house on Kirk’s Place in Northwest, East Hampton. The Rev. Denis Brunelle of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church performed the ceremony, and a reception followed at the house.

On their wedding day, both men wore cream linen suits and white shirts. Their best men, Frank Burnes and Kevin Truex, both of East Hampton, wore navy blazers, white shirts, and cream trousers.

The flower girl, Rosie Symons of England, wore a cream-colored, embroidered silk dress with green ribbon and a floral head garland. She carried a moss basket of white dendrobium orchids. The ringbearers, Elliot and Alfie Reed, also of England, wore cream linen jackets, blue-and-white-striped shirts, and navy shorts. They carried ringbearer pillows of green Kermit mums.

Mr. Emmerson’s sisters, Janette Reed, Susan Wright, and Anne Brooks, all of England, carried nosegays of white peonies and freesia.

Mr. Shao is the son of He-feng Xu and Xing-sheng Shao of Qingdao, China. Mr. Emmerson’s parents, the late Marian and Henry Emmerson, lived in New Malden, Surrey, England.

Mr. Emmerson is retired, and Mr. Shao is a student. The two met in Manhattan in 2010.

The 10th anniversary of Soldier Ride, the cycling and rehabilitative event benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project, will be marked tomorrow at 8 p.m. with a screening of “Welcome to Soldier Ride,” a film documenting its origin and inaugural cross-country ride, at Amagansett Square.

On Saturday, a 30-mile ride in honor of Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter, a Sag Harbor resident who was killed in Iraq at the age of 19, will depart from Ocean View Farm in Amagansett. The 9 a.m. ride will follow an opening ceremony at 8:30. A community picnic will be held at the farm at noon.

Five-kilometer fund-raising walks will also happen on Saturday morning in Amagansett, from Ocean View Farm, and Sag Harbor, starting at Marine Park. Participants can register for the ride or walks at soldierride.com/thehamptons.

The Wounded Warrior Project helps injured veterans recover and readjust to civilian life. Interactive programs, rehabilitative retreats, peer support, and professional, educational, and employment assistance services are among the programs it offers.

Soldier Ride was conceived late one night at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, “after too many cocktails,” said Chris Carney, a former employee of the bar and nightclub. In a forthcoming oral history of that storied venue, he and other participants recall how an offhand comment gave rise to an event that has raised millions for the Wounded Warrior Project, propelling that one-man venture to the nation’s top veterans’ care organization.

Mr. Carney, who owns Railroad Avenue Fitness in East Hampton, was working as a bartender at the Talkhouse when Peter Honerkamp, one of its owners, organized a fund-raiser for John Fernandez, Ian Lennon, and Hector Delgado, Long Island residents who had been wounded in Iraq. “We raised a little bit of money,” Mr. Carney said, “but there was overhead.”

“We raised a good amount of money for them and their families,” said Tek Vakaloloma, a native of New Zealand who works at the Talkhouse. “But because of the number of people, we had to do it at the Patchogue Theater.”

“It wasn’t selling very well,” remembered Nick Kraus, a promoter at the Talkhouse. “For all the work we were putting into it, the payoff was going to be minor, especially split between three wounded warriors. That’s when Chris came up with the idea.”

After the concert, said Mr. Carney, “We were sitting around late at night. The week before, I had done a multiple sclerosis ride in the city where they had thousands of people do a 60-mile ride. I said, ‘What if, instead of having thousands of riders do a short distance, one rider goes thousands of miles, and see if we can get the same type of sponsorship?’ I thought it was a far-fetched idea that would be laughed at and quickly dismissed. But Peter said, ‘Wait a second, that could work.’ He actually took me up on it.”

A donation jar was put at the Talkhouse entrance, and the money needed to meet the expenses of the cross-country trip was quickly realized. “It was kind of scary,” said Mr. Carney, “because it went from being an idea to something I actually had to do.”

John Melia, said Mr. Honerkamp, was a Green Beret who was in a helicopter that caught fire and exploded over the Red Sea off the coast of Somalia in 1992. “Four of his friends were killed,” he said, “and he was one of 14 wounded, suffering burns over 20 percent of his body.”

Mr. Melia, said Mr. Carney, “had a $10,000-a-year budget and a one-room office in Roanoke, Va.” He made regular visits to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., where he would distribute backpacks filled with “comfort items — stuff he wished he would have had when he was hurt. A pair of shorts, T-shirt, sweatpants — the most luxurious thing you would find would probably be an old-school Walkman. That was the Wounded Warrior Project.”

Mr. Fernandez, said Mr. Carney, had suggested the Wounded Warrior Project as Soldier Ride’s beneficiary. “We got in touch with [Mr. Melia] and he invited us down to Walter Reed,” he said. “We got to follow him around while he handed out backpacks.”

“As soon as the elevator doors opened, my heart dropped to my stomach. We were surprised that we got invited, just from having this idea at 4 a.m. at the Talkhouse. Suddenly I was being let into Walter Reed, walking past generals and into rooms of kids that were 18, 19 years old and had lost their legs. The gravity and seriousness of where we were was such a sledgehammer. We became galvanized, and there was no turning back.”

What struck him the most, Mr. Kraus said of that visit, “was that everybody’s attitude was just so positive. People were thanking us for coming to see them, and we hadn’t even done anything, except one little fund-raiser and a couple thousand dollars. They were just appreciative that we were there, thanking us for organizing this bicycle ride.”

Mr. Carney, with Mr. Vakaloloma driving a support vehicle, made the trip from Montauk to San Diego, logging more than 5,000 miles and raising more than $1 million. Suddenly, Mr. Melia had the resources to accomplish so much more.

At various points, Mr. Carney said, Mr. Melia arranged to have a wounded soldier join him for a weekend to maintain the media’s interest and, he said, “to keep up my morale and remind me why I was doing it.” In Colorado, Heath Calhoun, a double-leg amputee, and Ryan Kelley, a single-leg amputee, rode with him, the former using a prosthetic limb and the latter riding a hand cycle.

“As I kept riding toward San Diego, they got to talking,” Mr. Carney said. “They joined me in San Diego and asked if I’d be interested in doing a ride going back the other way — they wanted to do the whole ride.” The occupational therapist at Walter Reed, he said, began sending wounded soldiers to participate in the ride. “By the time it finished, we had ridden with over 35 soldiers.”

“We slowly realized the power it had as a rehabilitative event. For a lot of the guys, everything takes longer in the slow-motion world of having an injury: getting dressed, taking a shower, eating. You get on a bike and go down a hill and the wind is in your face, and you have a little bit of that feeling like you were 12 years old again. To drag these guys through back roads and everywhere else and make them sweat, and just to make fun of each other, have a good, hard day on the road and a couple beers and some pizza at the end of the day in a hotel room was nice, it was bonding for everyone. We realized the power of that.”

The cross-country ride was repeated in 2005, and shorter-distance Soldier Rides are now organized throughout the continental U.S. and have taken place in Hawaii, Germany, England, and Israel. Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces who were wounded during military duty will participate in Saturday’s ride. They will be brought to New York by Friends of the IDF, which is partnering with the Wounded Warrior Project for the occasion.

“It’s pretty amazing to see where it’s gone,” said Mr. Kraus. “It’s really changed the way everybody looks at rehabilitation, how the American public can look at how we treat our vets.”

“I wouldn’t trade it for anything,” Mr. Vakaloloma said of the experience. “It was one of the pinnacle things in my life that I knew I’d never forget.”

More than 25 interior designers will participate in this year’s Hampton Designer Showhouse in Bridgehampton, which will open with a preview cocktail party on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

This year’s house will be on Paul’s Lane, with designers to include Allison Hennessy, Anne Tarasoff, Caleb Anderson, Elsa R. Soyars, Gil Walsh, Greg McKenzie, India Hicks, Kate Singer, Mecox Design Services, Melanie Roy, Patrik Lonn, Phoebe Howard, and many others.

The showhouse’s regular hours begin Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be open through Labor Day with admission of $35. The preview tickets are $225 each. Proceeds benefit South­ampton Hospital.