Villages

On Saturday evening, a crowd gathered on Main Street in Sag Harbor to witness the ceremonial relighting of the iconic “Sag Harbor” sign on the recently restored facade of the Sag Harbor Cinema.

Kathleen Mulcahy called for a village administrator position for Sag Harbor, improved communication between the mayor and the public, and more long-term planning.

It was May 1779 off the Connecticut coastline. Edward Conkling, the captain of the privateer sloop Eagle was cruising off Stonington, perhaps looking for another ship to capture to aid the rebel patriots’ war effort, when the Eagle was taken by a Loyalist ship.

Lauren Katz and Thomas Martin of Montauk were married on May 3 at Gosman’s restaurant there. Marie Villeneuve, one of the bride’s best friends from college, officiated.

Montauk voters overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 million renovation and expansion of the Montauk Library on Tuesday, voting 245 to 81 in favor of the library’s bond proposition.

The Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library’s Long Island Collection

As part of its mission to protect, enhance, and restore the ecological integrity of Accabonac Harbor and its watershed, the Accabonac Protection Committee will have three forums this summer, all at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.

Donald Horowitz, the co-owner of Wittendale's Florist and Greenhouses on Newtown Lane, told the board he and about 12 other shopkeepers had met with Mr. Ringel to register their complaints about the fair.

The East Hampton Village Board has proposed an operating budget of $22,957,802 for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, an increase of $778,872, or 3.5 percent, from last year.

Visitors heading east for the unofficial start to summer this Memorial Day weekend will be surprised to see two giant billboards under construction on both sides of Sunrise Highway, just west of the Shinnecock Canal.

Montauk School District voters will have an opportunity to vote on a nearly $7.5 million expansion and renovation project next week.

A long-held plan to improve the westbound bus stop in Amagansett recently came to fruition when a flat brick surface was installed on Main Street in front of Gansett Green Manor. Two new benches accommodate waiting passengers.