Concerned Citizens of Montauk and officials of East Hampton Town’s Natural Resources Department held an “open house” at South Lake Drive in that hamlet on Friday, where they detailed efforts to restore Lake Montauk’s water quality.

In the last week, dozens of pelagic seabirds that that seldom come to land have washed up on East End beaches either dead or in very poor condition.

Jack and Fran Levy, who own the circa-1895 G.A. Strong House on Georgica Road, an early East Hampton “summer colony” residence that is on the National Register of Historic Places, brought an unusual proposal before the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals on Friday.

East Hampton Village’s proposed 2022-23 budget — at just over $25 million — will be the subject of a public hearing Friday at 11 a.m.

In celebration of East Hampton High School’s graduation, this week’s “Item of the Week” features the 1959 East Hampton High School yearbook, Sand ‘n’ Surf. On June 21, 1959, 60 seniors received their diplomas during graduation ceremonies on the front lawn of the high school.

Two major transitions at the Springs School this year, a return to a nine-period schedule and the implementation of a “restorative justice” discipline policy, have met or exceeded expectations, school officials reported during a school board meeting on Tuesday.

James Farrell of East Hampton and Troy Remkus of Sag Harbor are the latest local teens to achieve the highest honor the Boy Scouts community has to offer — that of the Eagle Scout.

The East End Fund for Children, a coalition of seven local nonprofits dedicated to meeting the needs of the community’s most vulnerable, will once again partner with Citarella, the gourmet food market, in a fund-raising campaign between June 23 and Labor Day weekend.

The fact that Our Fabulous Variety Show’s latest tap-dance production happens to coincide almost exactly with Juneteenth is not intentional, but it does, perhaps, make it a good time to talk about the origins of tap dancing.

Drag queen story hour, summer reading at libraries, movie screenings, and more fun stuff coming up for kids and teens.

Residents of Hampton Waters, off Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton, have been rattled by a pit bull attack that injured one of their neighbors on the afternoon of May 31, and the community is still wondering just whose dog it was that bit Stuart Strauss hard above one eye, inflicting bloody scratches and bruises.

A man described to police as “a drunk 20-something,” wearing black shorts and T-shirt, was staggering through traffic on Flamingo Road around dinnertime on June 8, prompting a call to police. He was gone by the time they arrived, and a search yielded no results.

A Springs man was charged with aggravated drunken driving, a misdemeanor, on the morning of June 6, after a 911 call reporting a man passed out in a car on Cedar Ridge Road in that hamlet.

Lt. Chelsea Tierney was among five officers of the East Hampton Town Police Department who were recently promoted. Lieutenant Tierney, along with Lt. Daniel Toia, Detective Sgt. Ryan Hogan, Sgt. Ryan Fink, and Detective Luke McNamara, took the oath of office in the main meeting room at Town Hall on Tuesday.

William Arthur Dreher Sr. of East Hampton Village, a life trustee of Guild Hall, died on June 5 of metastatic prostate cancer. He was 91.

A writer, musician, athlete, filmmaker, skateboarder, and scientist, Brendan Clavin of Hampton Bays died unexpectedly at home on Friday at the age of 33. His cause of death has not yet been determined.

Jim Ruthenberg, who lived and worked for many years in East Hampton, Montauk, and Amagansett, died on May 25 at UPMC Cole, a hospital in rural Pennsylvania near where he lived in Port Allegany. He was 76.

Carmela Winslow, a resident of Amagansett since 1955, died at home on May 21. She had had heart problems, but was seriously ill for only two months.

Whether in the beauty industry, as a real estate broker, or in language sales and consultations, Joan C. Laufer enjoyed working with people from diverse backgrounds, and she loved to travel. Ms. Laufer, who was 86, died of heart failure on June 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Barbara Lynn Weinman, a real estate broker who lived in East Hampton for more than 40 years, died on Sunday at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan. Ms. Weinman, who was 74, had lymphoma.