Newer boats with bigger outboard motors are causing some changes down at the docks in the Village of Sag Harbor. Plastic floating docks are supplementing wooden ones as a way for boaters to board their vessels more safely.

Robert Bori, the harbormaster, said he is seeing bigger outboards on new boats, and with the way the public docks are configured, boaters either have to walk a wooden plank from the dock to the stern or scale the railings at the bow. The village docks, which are at least 20 years old, were built when inboard motors were more common on boats of 30 to 45 feet, he said.

Shayne Dyckman, who owns the Flying Point Surf School and has a charter boat that he keeps at a Marine Park slip, found a solution after he and his customers had difficulty boarding his new 35-foot boat this summer. He purchased two pieces of EZ Dock, a polyethylene floating modular dock, and connected them to the stern of his boat. Configured in an L-shape, the two pieces are each 40 inches wide and 15 inches in height, and 5 and 10 feet long.

He failed to obtain permission before installing the system, however, and asked for approval afterward. The retroactive request found its way to the village board last week, and while it was ultimately approved, at least two members were less than pleased.

Mayor Sandra Schroeder said she was “perturbed” that Mr. Dyckman had set up the floating docks on his own, and then when he said he would remove them while his request was being reviewed, he didn’t. “The issue isn’t having them. The issue is taking it upon yourself and saying, ‘I’ll do whatever I want.’ We have too much of that,” Ms. Schroeder said.

Mr. Dyckman had told the board that the harbormaster advised him to leave the docks and plead his case to the board. Ken O’Donnell, a board member who is the new liaison to the harbormaster’s office, told the board the floating docks were “going to become a necessity.”

During a tour of the docks on Tuesday, Mr. Bori said he had done a lot of research on the EZ Dock systems and found they are “so much safer than planks. It’s just the wave of the future.” He has already received requests from three other boat owners who want to install them, and a 43-foot boat at the B Dock, off West Water Street, now has one.

EZ Dock sells a wide variety of dock systems, in many shapes and sizes, that are described as “versatile, durable, and virtually maintenance-free” on the company’s website. Designed to remain stable in changing water levels, they are slip-resistant, too, and easily removable.

The alternative, Mr. Bori said, is for the village to pay to install narrow wooden finger docks, “but that would be a fortune.”

Ms. Schroeder said she realizes an EZ Dock system might be a necessity to those who have certain kinds of boats with big outboards, but added that Mr. Dyckman was well aware the slip wouldn’t work for him. “He could have had his boat moved. He knew what the configuration of the dock was before he bought that boat,” she said.

While installation of the floating docks is at the harbormaster’s discretion, the mayor remains concerned about safety. “What about the liability? What if they’re not sturdy and somebody falls off? I’m going to have to mention it to our insurance agent and see what their opinion is,” she said this week.

Barry Rosenstein, the founder of Jana Partners, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund, who reportedly paid $147 million for property at 60, 62, and 64 Further Lane in East Hampton Village, was granted variances from the village zoning code that will allow him to replace the historic Dominy clock and woodworking shops on his 16-acre property with an accessory building he is calling “Dominy Pavilion.” The historic structures are to be returned to their North Main Street site, near the Emergency Services Building.

With Linda Riley, the Z.B.A. attorney, absent, the decisions on Mr. Rosenstein’s application were the only ones announced on Friday. Several other determinations were postponed and two hearings were held over.

Several generations of the East Hampton Dominy family, including Nathaniel IV, his son Nathaniel V, and grandson Felix, were renowned for furniture and clock-making skills. Two shops, dating to 1797 and 1850, were moved in 1946 and merged into one building by the late Dudley Roberts, who owned the property at 62 Further Lane. They are now designated by the village as timber-frame landmarks and cannot be torn down.

Mr. Rosenstein’s acquisition of the single-family house on the three oceanfront parcels was said by Forbes magazine to be the most expensive in United States history. The house has now been torn down and a massive foundation readied for a new one. The property had belonged to the late Christopher Browne, who bought it in 1996 for $13.4 million.

The variances Mr. Rosenstein received concern code prohibitions on insulation, heating, and floor area exceeding 250 square feet in accessory buildings, in this case a pool house. Variances were also granted allowing the pool house to be 16 feet high rather than 14, and to fall within a side-yard setback. Just before the hearing, Mr. Rosenstein responded to the village’s newly adopted ordinance limiting the size of basements by cutting his proposed 1,150-square-foot basement almost in half.

The variances were granted on the condition that the East Hampton Village Design Review Board approves the relocation of the landmark structures and that the new building will have no cooking equipment or sleeping accommodation. The board was expected to have the property on its agenda yesterday. 

The new accessory building’s footprint will match that of the combined Dominy shops. It is to include an ocean-view terrace and an outdoor fireplace, with two rooms and a bathroom on the first floor and an additional 650 square feet of finished space at the basement level.

 One of the hearings scheduled on Friday, on an application to allow the continued existence of accessory structures that do not meet the zoning code’s setback and lot-coverage requirements at the 10 Buell Lane Extension property of Thomas A. Piacentine and Kathleen Ryan, was held open. It is scheduled to resume at the board’s next meeting, on Friday, July 24.

After receiving much support from village residents, the Sag Harbor Village Board unanimously passed a temporary moratorium on construction of most new single-family houses and major improvements on existing ones.

The board, led by Sandra Schroeder, who was presiding over her first regular meeting as mayor, received a round of applause from the audience, which packed the Village Hall meeting room for a hearing on the matter and spilled out into the hallway.

The message from most who came out in support of the six-month moratorium was summed up by William Pickens of Ninevah Place, whose family has been visiting Sag Harbor for over 100 years. “This village is being assaulted. My only advice to you is don’t let developers pillage our village.”

By hitting the pause button on major residential construction, the board will have an opportunity to strengthen the building code. In recent years, the village has been inundated with building applications, and several old structures on small lots have been demolished to make way for much larger houses that many feel are changing the character of the village.

Carol Olejnik lives next to one of those houses on Main Street. The owner essentially tore down the house and rebuilt it even though it was considered a renovation. One of the issues, Tom Preiato, the building inspector, has said, is that there is no definition of a demolition. The village code also deals mainly with lot and building coverage, and not gross floor area. “It’s too late for me, but you have got to fix it so it doesn’t happen to other people,” Ms. Olejnik told the board. “You have to define everything in this law,” she said.

Georgette Grier-Key, the director of the Eastville Historical Society, spoke out about a house at 11 Eastville Avenue that was also recently demolished and lamented that no archaeological investigation was done. She urged the board to ensure the village maintains its cultural and historical heritage, which is a part of the community’s shared history.

Save Sag Harbor, a community organization that began as an effort to stop big chain stores from running out mom-and-pops, also supported the moratorium, according to Bob Weinstein of Jefferson Street, who is on the board. He repeated a phrase from Ada Louise Huxtable, a renowned architecture critic who once wrote, “And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.”

Tim Martin of High Street has been visiting Sag Harbor since he was a child. He lives in a 1,600-square-foot house next to a “behemoth with six air-conditioning compressors.” He said that while many had touched on the character of the village, he believes character is also described by that of the people living there. “I personally don’t want to live in a village with people who want to live in McMansions with Range Rovers.”

The moratorium would allow for exemptions for new construction if the size and scope of the project is deemed appropriate for the lot based on floor area and lot area. Renovations would be exempted if they are not considered substantial improvements. A substantial improvement is considered to be any change where the cost equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the house before construction begins.

Anthony Vermandois, an architect who lives on Union Street and does a lot of work in the village, said he does not object in principal to the moratorium, or the board’s intent to enact a floor-area ratio during the moratorium as other villages have done. “The one thing you don’t want is to pick North Haven’s version or Southampton’s version and implement in Sag Harbor,” he said.

Fred W. Thiele Jr., the village attorney, agreed. Other villages “don’t have anywhere near the number of small lots that we have. We really need to take a careful look at those small lots,” he said. Rich Warren, the village consultant, will be “doing a lot-by-lot analysis of what’s out there,” Mr. Thiele said.

With under a week to go and about $14,000 raised, the Montauk Chamber of Commerce still had a lot of ground to cover before the Fourth of July Stars Over Montauk Grucci fireworks show.

Between June 23 and June 29, it nearly doubled its money, from $7,978 to about $14,000, thanks to the donations of 27 local supporters, including Gosman’s restaurant and the Royal Atlantic Beach Resort. Even with this influx of generosity, though, the chamber was roughly $10,000 short. 

The difference was closed on June 30 by Drew Doscher, co-owner of the popular beachfront restaurant and nightspot the Sloppy Tuna. With his contribution of $10,000, Mr. Doscher received the status of a “diamond donor” as well as the gratitude of the chamber, and not for the first time. According to Laraine Creegan, the chamber’s executive director, the Montauk businessman donated the same amount in 2012 and 2013.

Last summer, a year in which Mr. Doscher’s support was absent, funding only reached $10,819, not even half of what the show costs the chamber. The chamber had to account for the $14,000 balance with money from its treasury, causing the organization to warn that 2015 might have been the last year for spectators to witness these stars soar over Umbrella Beach.

When asked if the chamber will hold the 19th annual Stars Over Montauk next year, Ms. Creegan said, “There’s no guarantee. We’re planning to; let’s put it that way.” Without the continued support of the local community, the tradition could still see its final year in the near future.

Jacqueline Bitonti, the new children’s librarian at the Montauk Library, is bursting with energy and full of ideas for the hamlet’s children and teenagers, a group she would like to get more involved with the library.

With just one week on the job, she said on Tuesday that she has noticed the first thing children do when they enter the children’s section is go right to the pint-sized computer station directly across from her desk. With that in mind, she is looking to add more digital experiences for the little ones, especially during story time.

An animal lover, especially of dogs, she wants to engage the children by talking and reading about their pets. She would like to invite members of the service-dog community to the hamlet to discuss with the children guide-dog programs.

At 28 years old, she already has a lengthy résumé under her belt that includes working with the New York State attorney general’s office as a consumer fraud mediator. She has also worked with the Suffolk Cooperative Library System in member services and as a special projects coordinator. Until recently, she was a part-time substitute children’s librarian at the North Babylon Library and worked last summer as a part-time youth services librarian in the Huntington Library. She has also been a book discussion moderator at various libraries on Long Island.

Before she was hired in Montauk, Ms. Bitonti was a reference librarian at the Callahan Library at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue. She lives in Ronkonkoma but hopes to find a new place closer to Montauk soon.

She is hoping to meet with teenagers and get ideas from them about how to make the library a more inviting place. “If it’s something they’re interested in, someone else will also be interested,” she said, adding that she would be open to staging a pop-up library at a beach.

When school starts, she plans to meet with the Montauk School librarian and see if they can coordinate on interactive programs.

On Tuesday, Denise DiPaolo, the library’s director, popped in to say hello to a visitor who was talking to Ms. Bitonti. “She’s a gem,” Ms. DiPaolo said. “She’s got a lot of good ideas.”

Ms. Bitonti said she really can’t wait to see what the fall and winter bring when she has a chance to spend more time with the children, who she (correctly) surmised are now spending their days at the beach instead of the library.

Laura Tuttle Traphagen and Catherine Ann Yelverton of Manhattan and East Hampton were married at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in East Hampton on July 2. The Rev. Denis C. Brunelle of St. Luke’s officiated, and a reception followed at the Maidstone Club.

Ms. Traphagen is the daughter of Barbara T. Traphagen of Manhattan and East Hampton and the late Ross E. Traphagen Jr. A fourth-generation summer resident of East Hampton, she graduated from the Gunnery School in Connecticut and earned a bachelor’s degree from Denison University in Ohio. She is a pilot.

Ms. Yelverton is the daughter of the late Ann Buford Yelverton and Eugene J. Yelverton Jr. A graduate of the University of Mississippi, she has had a 30-year career in banking and credit trading and was most recently the head of loan trading at HSBC in London. She is also a former national amateur tennis champion and an accomplished golfer. The couple are members of the Maidstone Club.

They met through a friend 14 years ago.

Ms. Traphagen was escorted down the aisle by her brother, Judson B. Traphagen of New York City. Ms. Yelverton’s uncle, William F. Fenoglio Jr., walked her down the aisle. Her brothers, Edward C. Yelverton and Eugene J. Yelverton III of Mississippi, served as ushers along with Michael P. Clifford and George W. Ahl III of New York City. Brian P. Brady and Anne H. White gave readings, and Elizabeth B. Curtis of Beverly, Mass., and Tori Dauphinot of New York City were the witnesses.

Tim Bishop, who represented New York’s First Congressional District for six terms until his defeat in November, will speak about dysfunction in Congress on Saturday at the East Hampton Library.

The talk is part of the library’s Tom Twomey Series, which was established in memory of the late chairman of the library’s board of managers. The free programs begin at 4 p.m. with a wine and cheese reception, and presentations, which start at 4:30, are followed by question-and-answer sessions. Chuck Hitchcock, a member of the library’s board and retired dean of Southampton College, will host the program.

Mr. Bishop, a Democrat, is a 12th-generation resident of Southampton. Seeking a seventh term last November, Mr. Bishop was defeated by Lee Zeldin, a Republican who had run against him unsuccessfully in 2008. In March, he was named distinguished professor of civic engagement and public service on the Long Island campus of St. Joseph’s College.

Those wishing to attend have been advised to R.S.V.P. by visiting the series’ website, TomTwomeySeries.org, calling the library at 324-0222 ext. 3, sending an email to [email protected], or by visiting the adult reference desk at the library.

When the Sag Harbor Village Board reconvenes next week — its first formal meeting under new leadership — the board will hold a hearing on a proposal that would halt some development.

Mayor Sandra Schroeder led the charge last month, before the election, in favor of a temporary moratorium on construction of most new single-family houses and improvements on existing ones.

With the village a hotbed of development in recent years, particularly in the historic district, the board wants an opportunity to reconsider existing regulations. “Many of these dwellings are at a size and scale that are inconsistent with the historic and rural character of the village,” the public notice of the hearing states.

“We have to slow the whole process down,” Mayor Schroeder said. “It’s been going crazy. Our whole Building Department — forget it. We need double the personnel to handle what’s going on there.”

How long the moratorium would last was not established when it was first introduced, but the processing or approval of most applications would be halted for six months. “If we’re done before that, so is the moratorium,” Mayor Schroeder said.

The moratorium would allow some exclusions, however, mainly for new construction based on floor area and lot area. An application for a new house on a lot of 20,000 square feet or less where the floor area does not exceed 3,500 square feet would be processed, as would an application when the lot is larger than 20,000 square feet and the floor area is not bigger than 5,000 square feet. The village board would have to entertain an exemption request, however.

Exclusions would also apply to renovations that are not considered substantial improvements on existing one-family detached houses. A substantial improvement is considered to be any change where the cost equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the house before construction begins. This would not apply to undertakings to correct code violations.

The mayor believes she has board support and that the moratorium will be approved after the hearing. It will be held in the Village Hall meeting room on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Sandra Schroeder, the newly elected mayor of the Village of Sag Harbor, took office on Monday afternoon, taking the helm from Brian Gilbride, who did not seek re-election after 21 years on the board. The new mayor quickly got to work.

Her first order of business was appointing someone to serve out the next year of her term on the board. She chose James L. Larocca. Mr. Larocca, who had been on the village planning board, has a long resume that the mayor called “mind-boggling.” He is a former dean of Southampton College and retired as the commissioner of the New York State Public Service Commission in 2013 after a long career in state government.

“He seems a perfect fit. He’s intelligent. He has a very calm demeanor. He has been involved in everything from soup to nuts. . . . He’s considerate. He’s everything you want in a board member,” Mayor Schroeder said.

She said she had the full support of the board — “I meant it when I said the power shouldn’t be in one hand,” she said of making good on a campaign promise. “I’m just looking forward to working with everyone for the village.”

In that same vein, the board agreed on her appointment of Janine M. Rayano as the acting justice for a one-year term. Ms. Rayano was the recommendation of Justice Andrea Schiavoni, who did not seek re-election for another term. Justice Lisa R. Rana, who also serves in East Hampton Town Justice Court, had been the acting justice but was elected in a three-way race for the top position last month.

Ms. Rayano is an attorney and senior partner with Rayano & Garabedian and has an office on Division Street. While she has no judicial experience, she has a strong background in zoning law, the mayor said. She also serves on the board of Mashashimuet Park.

Robby Stein, who was Ms. Schroeder’s opponent in the mayoral race last month, has a new title of deputy mayor, a position Ms. Schroeder held for the past year under Mr. Gilbride.

The mayor also made some changes on the advisory boards, which are getting some new and old faces. Replacing Mr. Larocca on the planning board is Neil Slevin, who was once its chairman. He will serve the rest of Mr. Larocca’s term until July 2019. Michelle Cottrell was made an alternate member. Gregory Ferraris, a former village mayor, was reappointed as the planning board’s chairman.

Perhaps the biggest shake-up was on the board of historic preservation and architectural review, which works to retain the village’s historic character in the face of booming development. Anthony Brandt, who was the chairman of the board when it was first formed in the mid-1980s, and Christopher Leonard, also a former chairman, were both asked to come out of retirement. Mr. Brandt, whom the mayor called “a guiding light,” will be the chairman, replacing Cee Scott Brown, a longtime member, who has stepped down.

“We’re stacking the deck and bringing back what worked, pretty much,” Mayor Schroeder said. While Mr. Brandt was given a three-year term, Mr. Leonard will fill the unexpired term of Penni Ludwig through July 2017.

Joining them will be a newcomer, Dean Gomolka, a landscape architect. Bethany Deyermond, the wife of Ed Deyermond, a village board member, has been on the board for six years and will be back for another three-year term. Christine Patrick’s term doesn’t end until 2017.

Mayor Schroeder also brought back a historic consultant for the A.R.B. to call upon, a practice that had gone by the wayside over the years, she said — Zachary N. Studenroth, an architectural historian and museum professional who is the Southampton Town historian and a consultant for the Village of Southampton.

When it comes to the harbor committee, John Shaka, who was appointed to the committee after an unsuccessful run for village board, is its new chairman, as Stephen L. Clarke Jr. is getting ready to move out of the village. Mr. Clarke will remain on the board until he moves.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Peters, a longtime member who had remained on the harbor committee as a holdover despite Mayor Gilbride’s declining to officially reappoint him two years ago, was given a three-year term retroactively. He will continue to serve until July 2016. Jerry Bramwell was appointed as an alternate member. They join Joe Tremblay and Mary Ann Eddy.

The zoning board of appeals got a new chairman in Tim McGuire, who had been its vice chairman. Anthony Hagen, a former chairman, will remain on the board. Jennifer Ponzini and Scott Baker were reappointed to five-year terms, and Brendan Skislock remains a member.

All of the boards’ chairmanship appointments are one-year terms.

Also, Beth M. Kamper was given a two-year term as the clerk-administrator. Fred W. Thiele Jr. will again serve as the village attorney, and the Law Office of Denise R. Schoen will act as the attorney for the advisory boards and a village prosecutor, along with Tarbet & Lester. William D. Yardley Jr. was reappointed as the superintendent of public works.

Mr. Deyermond and Ken O’Donnell, who were re-elected to the village board after running unopposed last month, were sworn in for two-year terms after Mayor Schroeder took her oath of office. Mr. Larocca was also sworn in Monday.

The mayor designated each board member as liaison to various village departments. The mayor will work directly with the Police and Fire Departments. Mr. O’Donnell will be the liaison to Public Works and Harbor and Docks, and Mr. Larocca will work with the ambulance corps. Mr. Stein, the deputy mayor, will oversee village grants, special projects, and act as liaison to the park board.

Mr. Deyermond will look after the Building, Code Enforcement, and Sewer departments. (He had been the liaison to fire and ambulance services, but he gave that up because of his new position as the clerk of North Haven Village, which contracts for those services.)

Kathleen Loraine Kelly of Montauk and Manhasset and Francis Joseph Hurley of Ridgefield, Conn., were married on June 18 at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church in Montauk. They celebrated afterward at the Montauk Lake Club. Msgr. Kieran Harrington of the Diocese of Brooklyn officiated.

The bride grew up spending summers in Montauk with her extended family and friends. Her grandfathers and uncle have a pew and stained glass named for them in St. Therese. The couple became engaged on the ocean beach at Kirk Park in that hamlet, making it “important to celebrate their wedding in Montauk,” the bride wrote.

The bride’s parents are Gail and Brian Kelly of Montauk. Mr. Hurley is the son of Kathleen and Robert Hurley of Manhattan. They both graduated from Villanova University, where they met, and both work in finance in New York.