A proposed amendment to the East Hampton Town Code that would allow certain projects to be defined as “community resources,” and thus exempt from compliance with the town zoning, planning, and architectural review board review, received a warm, if at times cautious, reception from the town board this week.

The proposed 2025-26 budget for the Springs School District will fall within the property tax cap for the first time in two years. The budget was finalized at $38,411,791, a 1.58-percent increase over last year.

Jennifer Buscemi, the Sag Harbor School District’s business administrator, started off her budget presentation this week speaking about the federal grants the district receives — for this school year, the school was approved to receive $472,531.67 — and how the district would be affected if they were to be cut.

The Sag Harbor Village Board was receptive to a pitch on Tuesday to reduce single-use plastics, which the Surfrider Foundation says constitute the bulk of litter found at its beach cleanup efforts.