After a presentation this week, the East Hampton Town Board now has more data to back up what residents have been saying for years: “Man, helicopters are annoying!”

Plans for a sculpture area celebrating the history of the L.G.B.T.Q.+ community on the Wainscott Green — once the site of the Swamp nightclub — received support at a town planning board meeting on April 8, as it has from the town board and architectural review board.

Emily Fisher, an experienced hand with the town, has been appointed the new head of its Human Resources Department.

What some thought could be military ordnance found on Two Mile Hollow Beach turned out to be military in nature, but not an imminent danger.