A proposal to build a 4,373-square-foot house with about 3,000 square feet of decking, a pool, and attached garage at 20 Bendigo Road, the last parcel in a four-lot subdivision created in 1975 in the Devon area of Amagansett, was approved by the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals on Aug. 5, despite concerns about the extent of temporary clearing necessary for the construction.

After 20 groundbreaking years, Edsel Williams of the Fireplace Project in Springs has mounted his final show, featuring work by 95 of the more than 320 artists who have exhibited there.

Ken Miller’s novel “High Finance” sends up Wall Street culture while exploring weighty matters — among other things, the grim wreckage of the crash of ’08.