“It’s a popular beach, a beautiful beach, and there’s no reason we should have an unprotected stretch of beach in the village,” East Hampton Village's deputy mayor, Chris Minardi, announced on Friday.

The water level at Town Pond remains low, to the consternation of East Hampton Village officials. The new pump installed in early January is right now unable to pump properly, David Collins, superintendent of public works, told the village board at its meeting on Friday. Somehow, air is getting into the pump, preventing it from “holding the prime,” he said.

Lisa Ann O’Sullivan, who grew up on Long Lane in East Hampton and graduated from East Hampton High School, died on Dec. 30 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. The cause was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 69.

A man wearing a ski mask, dark-colored jacket, white sweater with a dark stripe, and dark pants robbed an East Hampton store on Wednesday at about 5 p.m., town police have reported.