An application to raise an oceanfront house in the Beach Hampton section of Amagansett nearly 10 feet, ostensibly to meet FEMA regulations, was met with circumspection at the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals last week.

Despite holdouts, there are comfortable majorities on both the East Hampton Town Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals that favor allowing the 108-year-old Devon Yacht Club, at 300 Abram’s Landing Road in Amagansett, to proceed with its plans to renovate and reconstruct its buildings and amenities.

Two South Fork institutions — the Children’s Museum of the East End and the Watermill Center — have big events planned for families on Saturday, and both are free.

The Springs School Journalism Club’s final meeting of the year last week was also the last meeting for Rafaela (Rafa) DeMartis, a dedicated member of the club since September 2023, who is graduating in June.

The basketball careers of Howard and Kenny Wood, who are to be inducted into the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame tonight, will be celebrated Friday as well at a party at the Clubhouse in Wainscott from 5 to 7 p.m.

A woman who reported property damage on James Lane in East Hampton Village Saturday evening told police she’d found bird droppings and tree debris on her car. Asked whether she usually parks under a tree, she responded, “Sometimes, but I think people might be putting these things on my car.”

A dispute in a Sag Harbor building resulted in multiple calls to police last week.

East Hampton Town police charged a Boston man with a felony over the holiday weekend.

A 24-year-old East Hampton man faces two weapons-related felony charges following his arrest a little after 3 a.m. on Friday.

A memorial service for Thomas Ferreira, a Montauk mechanic and noted litigant against the town, will be held on Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at Edward Vincent Ecker Sr. County Park in Montauk. Mr. Ferreira died in September.

As he took photos and gave high-fives at the CardVault by Brady opening at Herrick Park, the legendary QB won me over. He was genuine.

It felt like getting whacked in the forehead by a two-by-four. The dramatic increase in the population over Memorial Day weekend was staggering.

Thunder strikes in 1925, thieves strike in 1975, and the P.O. drops the ball in the year 2000.

There’s much to discuss, nationally and locally, so let’s dig in.

A senator dresses down Lee Zeldin, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator.

The demolition of important Modernist houses continues apace.

Cerberus, my 1979 Cape Dory sloop, is progressing toward a July Fourth launch.

It’s been an interesting spring in family newspapering.

Arcades and mini golf and open-air alcohol. ’Twas ever thus.

Memories of midcentury New York and an important figure in a woman’s life — the fun aunt.