Villages

Two federally mandated programs requiring village employees in the Department of Public Works to receive training on safe handling of hazardous chemicals and on responding to emergencies involving hazardous materials were adopted by the East Hampton Village Board on Friday.

New ideas and new management will birth a new culture at LTV, said Michael Clark, the public-access broadcaster’s new executive director.

The Long Island Rail Road will install a new, taller railroad trestle across Accabonac Road in East Hampton Village on Monday, according to a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns the L.I.R.R.

Linda and Jerry Sheehan of Springs have announced the engagement of their daughter, Shannon Lee Sheehan, to Nicholas Ray Samot, the son of Karen Drolet and Raymond Samot of East Hampton.

Randy Johnston, a former professor of accounting at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who will speak at the East Hampton Library on three consecutive Saturdays starting this week, moved to East Hampton Village in April and has been trying to raise awareness about environmental issues ever since.

The owners of nearly six acres of reserved land in Amagansett who have been prevented from cutting down trees, preparing a farm, or doing any other work there since the Peconic Land Trust initiated a lawsuit against them in August, asked the court last week to dismiss the suit and filed counterclaims against the land trust.

A connection between the two points is among the goals outlined in the draft Montauk hamlet study. It is hoped that the 5,000-linear-foot multiuse path will encourage train travel to Montauk and a consequent reduction in vehicular traffic, particularly during the summer season.

Jerry Larsen, the former East Hampton Village police chief who is running next June for village mayor, offered proposals for revitalizing the commercial district last Thursday, at a campaign event with business owners at Babette’s restaurant.

In a move that could set a precedent allowing the owners of condominiums to expand their units, and over the objection of East Hampton Town Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc, Suffolk County has paved the way for a unit at the Montauk Shores condominium complex to be replaced with a larger one.

The season’s first northeaster had come and gone by Sunday, and a perfect early autumn day greeted the crowd gathered on the grounds of the Lamb Building in Amagansett for the East Hampton Town Trustees’ 29th annual Largest Clam Contest.

East Hampton Village is in strong fiscal health, according to an annual review from Moody’s Investors Services, which gave the village an Aa1 bond rating, the company’s second highest, and one that is above the median rating for American cities.

Three historical sites in Amagansett will offer special events on Saturday for a formal observance of the hamlet’s maritime heritage.