Morton Pete Fischer, who started the Fischer Bearing Company of Mamaroneck, N.Y., and ran it for more than 45 years, died of colon cancer on Jan. 15 in North Carolina. Mr. Fischer, who had lived on Gravesend Avenue in Montauk, was 86.

The most detailed justification to date of the size, design, and cost of East Hampton Town’s new senior citizens center was aired before the town board on Tuesday, as several residents continued to question and voice skepticism about the need for a 22,000-square-foot, $31.6 million building.

Anxious Sag Harbor residents did not get to have their say on Adam Potter’s 11 Bridge Street L.L.C. project this week, but there was news of a smaller plan at another property owned by Mr. Potter, where Michael Gluckman and his wife, Lila Beudert-Gluckman, are hoping to create a 23-seat “Smashburger”-style restaurant.