Villages

At just over 30 minutes, Friday’s meeting of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals was unusually crisp. Equally uncommon, four applications were heard and four applications were closed. The board, absent Frank Newbold, its chairman, and John McGuirk, also announced several determinations.

The Montauk Blessing of the Fleet, an annual tradition now in its 62nd year, will take place on Sunday by the Montauk inlet, with clergy posted near the town dock to bless those who work on and sail the local waters.

The ritual, which draws boats of all sizes and can be seen from just about anywhere in the harbor, is quite a spectacle. “It’s a lot of work to organize it, but it is well worth the effort,” said Capt. Frank Braddick, who has organized it for 27 years. Drawn to the event soon after arriving in Montauk, his passion for it remains steadfast.

Virginia Anna Haller and Ryan Royce Ehrensberger of Montauk were married on the beach at the Windjammer Landing Villa Beach Resort on Labrelotte Bay, Castries, St. Lucia, on May 5.

Three candidates running for two open Sag Harbor Village Board seats will gather for a forum at the John Jermain Memorial Library on Saturday morning from 9 to 10:30.

East Hampton Village is poised to expand Herrick Park, following an East Hampton Town Board public hearing last Thursday on the proposed purchase with community preservation fund money of three parcels, totaling 2.78 acres, at 14 and 16 Pleasant Lane and 25 Muchmore Lane.

The Village of East Hampton will be the recipient of a $16,000 rebate from the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Municipal Zero-Emission Vehicle rebate program for the installation of an electric vehicle charging station in the long-term lot located off Lumber Lane.

Cyanobacteria, which is known as blue-green algae, has been confirmed at Mill Pond in Water Mill and in Roth Pond at the State University’s Stony Brook campus.

It has been a little over a year since The Star discussed dyslexia with Helen Roussel, a Sag Harbor resident, mother of an 11-year-old dyslexic boy, and an indefatigable campaigner for increased awareness and improved educational approaches for children who suffer from the disorder.

In the June 20 East Hampton Village election, two candidates are running for a single seat on the village board.

Philip O’Connell, who was appointed to the board after Elbert Edwards’s death in October, will try to keep the seat for the one remaining year in the term. Arthur Graham, a member of the village’s planning board and the East Hampton Historical Society and the secretary of the Thomas Moran Trust, is challenging him. 

“Every now and again we have a special day where a village employee is going to be recognized. That’s going to happen today,” Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. said at a brief East Hampton Village Board meeting on Friday.

Richard Lawler, a member of the board who serves as commissioner of the East Hampton Village Police Department, then joined the mayor at the lectern, announcing that P.J. Cantwell, a longtime dispatcher, would be promoted to supervisor. Michael Tracey, the acting chief of police, followed him.

Should your travels take you south of Montauk Highway, you no longer have to worry about detouring around the Sagg Bridge.

Mayor Sandra Schroeder is unopposed in seeking re-election, but there are three candidates for the two open seats on the board.

The possibility of bus service in Montauk this summer moved close to reality on Tuesday when East Hampton Town Board officials agreed to advertise for proposals from transportation companies to provide it.

With the new fiscal year beginning on Aug. 1, the East Hampton Village Board presented a tentative 2017-18 budget at its work session last Thursday.

The Sag Harbor School Board sent its vice president, Tommy John Schiavoni, to the village board meeting on Tuesday night to discuss the village’s recent ban on parking on streets near the schools.

Despite a dozen hearings on its agenda, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals moved swiftly through its meeting on Friday, closing most hearings after the applicants had satisfied its concerns or requests.

The board’s effort to maintain the historical character of the village’s neighborhoods was underscored in a new hearing, in which the Corwin family of 25 Cooper Lane sought variances to alter and construct additions to the house and add a second story to a detached garage located in the front yard, where garages are prohibited.

Christine Sampson and Jason Nower have Guild Hall and the John Jermain Memorial Library to thank for bringing them together, Ms. Sampson said.

The two first met at a WordTheatre benefit for the Pushcart Prize held at Guild Hall in July 2015. Ms. Sampson was a guest and Mr. Nower was a crewmember working at the event. They reconnected more than a year later, in September 2016, at a board game night at John Jermain in Sag Harbor.

The next trip to Washington, D.C., for Honor Flight Long Island on Saturday will include not only World War II veterans but Korean War veterans, as well. Honor Flight Long Island, which has escorted over 1,300 veterans to view the war memorial for the first time over the past 10 years, has been expanded to include the Korean War veterans.

Priority is still being given to the aging World War II population, but applications are now being accepted for those who fought in Korea. Funded by donations, the not-for-profit organization takes the veterans to the nation’s capital for free.

A fund-raising campaign is underway to assist Dell Cullum, an East Hampton wildlife removal specialist, anti-litter activist, and nature photographer who was injured on Friday while trapping raccoons at a house on Napeague.

Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island has hired Gabriela Cabrera for the newly created position of civic engagement coordinator.

A day of films, fun, and conversations about water quality, sustainability, and conservation is set for Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Guild Hall.

Southampton Town’s spring cleanup begins today. Highway Superintendent Alex Gregor said leaf bags and brush placed on the side of the road will be hauled away as highway workers make their rounds.

The East Hampton Village Board received word that the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority may designate the village a “Clean Energy Community.”

Charlotte Binstead and Derek Smith, who met at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, were married in February more than 3,200 miles away, in Barrow-in-Furness, a town in Cumbria in the northwest of England, near the bride’s childhood home.

Their Feb. 24 wedding was at Abbey House and Gardens, with Debra Jessett officiating. There was a reading by Ms. Binstead’s brother Andrew. Megan Leese sang “Your Song” for the couple.

One of the 20 floats in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was presented by Montauk’s St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church.

The aquatic area at the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter closed on Sunday for repairs and is expected to reopen on May 13. The RECenter will remain open for use of the other areas of the building.

A festival and street fair proposed for May 20 on Newtown Lane by the executive director of the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce became official on Friday when the East Hampton Village Board voted to approve a special live entertainment permit.

Organizacion Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island has hired its first development and outreach associate. Itzel Nava, who grew up primarily in Southampton, is a recent graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising and marketing comunications.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals, meeting on Friday, was adamantly against allowing an outdoor patio at the Service Station restaurant to continue to be used for dining, as it has been for many years.

Jill Malusky has been named the new executive director of the East Hampton Historical Society. She will succeed Richard Barons, who has served in that role for the last 11 years, on March 21. Mr. Barons, who announced his retirement last year, will continue in the role of curator during the transition.

Ms. Malusky is director of visitor engagement at the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg, Ky. She grew up on a historical farm in rural Ohio, and previously managed a medieval hall in England.