Invited to speak to the Wainscott Citizens Advisory Committee on Saturday, Sagaponack Village Mayor Donald Louchheim said incorporating in 2005 "saved our village," but concluded that "every potential village is different, and it's really only going to work if people can pull together."

The spat-on-shell crustaceans are juvenile oysters grown on recycled oyster shells at the cooperative extension's shellfish hatchery.