The annual Lighting of the Lighthouse, involving thousands of lights, happens on Saturday from 4 to 7:30 p.m.

Dennis E. McGuire, a landscaper for Mike’s Landscaping in East Hampton and “a man with a gentle soul and a huge heart,” died on Nov. 14 at the Kanas Center for Hospice Care. He was 58.

Ken Kalbacher, a surfer, sailor, kite-surfer, and contractor, died on Nov. 2 at the Southampton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing at the age of 66.

The East Hampton Village Board heard a pitch for the creation of 10 affordable apartments allocated to village employees, an effort to bridge a large and growing demand and a vanishingly small supply.