Still unhappy with the pace at which new accessory dwelling units are being built in East Hampton Town, a committee charged with keeping tabs on them made four recommendations to the town board Tuesday that it hopes will spur some construction action.

Proposed changes to the East Hampton Town Zoning Code, which, among other things, would slash the allowable maximum house size from 20,000 to 10,000 square feet and require portions of basements and attached garages to be counted toward a structure’s gross floor area, were aired at a well-attended, nearly three-hour hearing.

East Hampton has over 300 miles of roads, and his officers write about 5,000 traffic summonses a year, Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo told the town board this week as he once again urged its members to ask permission from New York State to lower speed limits in several places. “The enforcement is there, to the extent it can be without having officers sit on your road all day,” he said.

Over the past five-plus years, Peconic Bay scallops have suffered mass die-offs blamed on an infectious parasite, but researchers at the Cornell Cooperate Extension have found a source of scientifically informed hope: genetic diversity.

Work on a boardwalk to connect Windmill Beach and the John Steinbeck Waterfront Park in Sag Harbor has begun, and one clear sign of that was the removal last week of a large but invasive tree in its path.

The East Hampton Historical Society broke ground on a climate-controlled collections-storage center at the Mulford Farm last Thursday. It will unite the historical society’s 20,000 archival items — now stored at five separate sites — under one roof.

“In 1910, New York State Judge Blackmar ruled that the Montaukett Tribe no longer existed, yet the Montauketts remain resilient and continue to seek rightful recognition,” read the proclamation that East Hampton Town Supervisor Kathee Burke-Gonzalez offered to Chief Robert Pharaoh and Sandi Brewster-walker.

A wake for Fran Morey of East Hampton, who died on Wednesday, will be held on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Yardley and Pino Funeral Home in East Hampton. A funeral Mass will be said on Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Mrs. Morey was 95.

Even with recently updated guidance from the federal Fish and Wildlife Service on the endangered northern long-eared bat, no change to the construction protocol for the East Hampton Town Senior Citizens Center is necessary, the town's acting planning director told the town board this week.

After a contentious two and a half years for the shuttered Springs General Store, an applicaiton to renovate the 1844 building and convert a storage shed into a small retail wine shop was finally deemed complete and will get an East Hampton Town Planning Board hearing on Dec. 4.

A pecan tree that might have been planted well before the American Revolution and is located right in the circle of the Ladies Village Improvement Society, has been recognized by the State Department of Environmental Conservation as a state champion, the tallest of its kind in New York.

Paid parking, a sore subject for many in Sag Harbor, was again on the table at a village board board meeting. Aidan Corish, a board member, reported that “the total paid parking take for the month of October was $4,332,” and proposed that October be removed from the paid-parking season. “The aggravation that it caused, versus the minimal income that it provided, doesn’t seem to be worth it,” he said.

Loralee Ryan and Michael Brown were married on Oct. 20 at Bill Miller’s Castle in Branford, Conn. The bride’s sister, Robin Ryan, officiated.

Louisa Sidney White and Eliot Graeme Sperling of Washington, D.C., were married on Saturday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. The Rev. Dr. Adam Shoemaker officiated.

In 1970 a trawler’s crew members were surprised to find a full bottle of Indian Hill bourbon whiskey in a trawl eight miles off the coast of Montauk, one of them declaring the “Prohibition stuff” to be “strong as hell.”

At a Springs School assembly for Veterans Day on Nov. 7, 22 members of different branches of service visited the school to be recognized for their service. Eight were from the Army, three from the Navy, two from the Marine Corps, five from the Coast Guard, and four from the Air Force.

On Nov. 23, the American Legion will host a Bonac clam chowder dinner from 4 to 8 p.m., with proceeds going to two veterans in need who have been out of work because of serious injuries.

East Hampton Village police pulled a vehicle over on Woods Lane after a report that it had been tailgating an ambulance. Police issued a warning after the driver apologized and said it was his wife in the ambulance.

A course for prospective babysitters, a visit with a fairy tale princess, and another from a Native American storyteller from the Center for Environmental Education and Discovery are just a few of the offerings for kids and teens this week.

Phyllis Baker Hammond of Springs, a sculptor who worked in stoneware and metal, died on Oct. 23 in Los Angeles. She was 94.