Villages

Sarah Margaret Donohue and Patrick Joseph Cumiskey of White Plains, N.Y., were married on May 27 at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook, N.Y.

Excavation has begun and signs have been approved for a new CVS Pharmacy at the 71 Montauk Highway site of East Hampton Bowl, which closed in 2013 and was demolished last year.

While there is no competition in Tuesday's election, there is a lot at stake for the Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which is looking to increase its pension-like incentive program.

Many Amagansett residents, East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell among them, were out and about on Monday night, either at a history program on the Nazi submarine landing off Atlantic Avenue Beach or at the monthly meeting of the Amagansett Citizens Advisory Committee, where at least a dozen extra chairs were commandeered to accommodate a good-sized crowd.

East Hampton Town residents interested in producing a show at LTV, learning the ins and outs of video production, or becoming a local television producer have been encouraged to attend a free orientation session on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.

An application from the Everit Albert Herter Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which owns the property on Montauk Highway that the Highway Restaurant and Bar is on, drew a renewed warning from the East Hampton Village code enforcement officer when the zoning board of appeals met on Friday.

Because Suffolk County’s new, additional area code, 934, goes into effect on June 18, residents will need to begin dialing 10 digits when they pick up their phones to make a call beginning that same day.

A brief work session of the East Hampton Village Board last Thursday saw a return visit by a critic of the village’s efforts to reduce the white-tail deer population through sterilization.

The show could go on, however, if $60,000 can be raised to cover its expenses within the next several weeks.

Renewable Energy Long Island, a not-for-profit organization that promotes clean, sustainable energy generation and use, will host an educational forum on building a renewable and resilient energy system for the South Fork on Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m., in Studio 3 at LTV Studios in Wainscott.

Part of a fading era in Montauk came tumbling down on Friday, as a wrecking crew began demolishing the iconic East Deck Motel at Ditch Plain Beach.

Erika Gomez refuses to let epilepsy define her life. Right now, the cheerful 20-year-old said she simply considers it a road block, albeit a big one, that has lately included doctor and hospital visits, medication, and even surgery.

Sag Harbor Village officials held off on deciding whether to tear down the derelict Morpurgo house after receiving word at a hearing on Tuesday that the foreclosed property is to be sold at auction in just under a month.

Joel Zweig, an attorney for Atlanta View Holdings, the mortgage holder for 6 Union Street, appeared before the village board with a court order in hand directing that the property be auctioned on June 24, on the steps of Southampton Town Hall.

Wondering what to do with the kids this weekend or how to keep them busy after school? From puppet shows to story times, art workshops to science explorations there's always something going on. 

The Sag Harbor Masonic Lodge will open its doors to the public on June 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., offering a rare look into the society’s inner sanctum, where the Masons have held rituals, meetings, and ceremonies for well over a century.

Representatives of PSEG Long Island updated the East Hampton Village Board about upcoming maintenance work in the Town of East Hampton at the board’s meeting on Friday.

The East Hampton Historical Society’s annual party for members, their guests, and interested others will take place this year at Ivy Cottage, where visitors can enjoy what the society says is the “ambience of a Devonshire manor house,” on Saturday, June 4, from 6 to 8 p m.

For Kim Field and Randy Weinstein, the biggest challenge of Saturday’s performance and presentation at the East Hampton Library will be to pack as much information, and wailing, bluesy sounds, into a single hour.

A Suffolk Supreme Court judge has ruled that the Village of Sag Harbor cannot hold a property owner to new zoning and wetland laws created after two recent moratoriums in the village, at least for the next three weeks.

Justice W. Gerard Asher granted a temporary restraining order barring the village from applying five different code amendments to Marius Fortelni’s Bluff Point Road property, pending a hearing on June 8. Mr. Fortelni is claiming also that the new laws, passed on April 21, are illegal.

A few residents had considered a bid for mayor or trustee, or encouraged others to do so in the wake of some controversial moves in the last year.

Only two people handed in nominating petitions by Tuesday’s deadline in order to be on the Sag Harbor Village ballot for the June 21 election, according to Beth Kamper, the village clerk.

Perry Santanachote and Alastair Coy Wallace have announced their engagement and are planning a July 10 wedding in Boulder, Colo.

Mr. Wallace’s parents are Jamie Coy Wallace of Mill Hill Lane in East Hampton and Edward B. Wallace Jr. of Kansas City, Mo. Ms. Santanachote is the daughter of Oranuch and Paul Santanachote of Denver.

The eastern Long Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting oceans and beaches, has scored victories near and far in recent months.

Guests at an East Hampton Shellfish Education and Enhancement Directive fund-raiser at Bay Kitchen Bar on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. will have the opportunity to learn about growing oysters and have a bunch of them on the half shell, if they are so inclined.

No nominating petitions from others, who might be considering opposing them, had come in by press time, although they can be filed through Tuesday.

The Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons annual Pet Celebration Day will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the ARF Adoption Center, 91 Daniels Hole Road in Wainscott. Leashed dogs and cats in carriers will be welcomed, along with their owners, for treats, contests, and no-cost microchip identification tags (for the animals).

The Suffolk County Planning Commission has asked East Hampton Town to investigate the impact of potential traffic generated by a proposed bowling alley and miniature golf course at the East Hampton Indoor Tennis Club on Daniel’s Hole Road.

The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals pondered a multifaceted application from the Everit Albert Herter Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Montauk Highway on Friday.

Those up for re-election in the Village of Sag Harbor hope to stay put come June.

The carcass of a dead humpback whale that ran aground in Gardiner's Bay off Napeague has been towed to Little Albert's Landing Beach and will be removed sometime on Wednesday.