Approximately 1,400 of the 3,000 nonresident parking permits for East Hampton Village beaches had been sold as of Monday, one week after they went on sale. The permits, which cost $375 for the season, are available on a first-come-first-served basis for nonresidents. Permits are free for village residents. They must be displayed on vehicles that park at Georgica, Main, Wiborg’s, Egypt, and Two Mile Hollow Beaches between May 15 and Sept. 15.

Nonresident permits can be purchased between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Village Hall, by mail (attention Sue Dayton), or online at easthampton.permits.basgov.com. Starting Memorial Day and on weekends through June, and daily thereafter, remaining permits will be sold between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Main Beach office.

To obtain a permit, residents and nonresidents alike must provide a valid vehicle registration, a telephone number, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope if applying by mail. Residents must also provide a street address, proof of residency, and the name of the owner of the property as listed on tax bills. Nonresidents, who can pay by check or money order, must provide a copy of the driver’s license of the person writing the check or buying the money order.

Parking by the day at Main and Two Mile Hollow Beaches costs $25 and can be paid for only at the entrance to the Main Beach parking lot. Daily parking tickets are available every day but are limited to 40 on weekends and holidays.

Valid parking permits must be displayed in order to park at East Hampton Town beaches, with nonresident permits available, as they are in the village, for $375. The town has no limit, however, on the number of nonresident permits, which must be purchased annually. Beachgoers can pay by the day at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett on weekdays only, excluding holidays. The cost is $20.

Town parking permits are available in person between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Town Hall, or by mail, addressed to the town clerk. Residents and nonresidents alike must provide a copy of a valid vehicle registration, a copy of their driver’s license, a telephone number, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope if applying by mail. Residents must also provide the street address and owner of the property as listed on a tax bill, as well as proof of residency. Year-round renters must be registered to vote or have their local street address on their vehicle registration.

After her mother died last April, London Rosiere spent the summer in Montauk, challenging herself athletically, spiritually, and creatively. The experience was so nourishing that she decided to model a series of programs for children on the kinds of activities that had inspired and rejuvenated her.

The result is Camp SoulGrow, a nonprofit that  offers free classes, outdoor adventures, and creative workshops for children 7 and older with help from community businesses and volunteers.        Starting last summer, Ms. Rosiere put together such children’s events as a costume party at the Montauk Juice Factory, a T-shirt and seining workshop at Whalebone Creative, horseback riding at Deep Hollow ranch, a cooking class at the Crow’s Nest, yoga at the Love yoga space, a gardening program at Fort Pond Native Plants, and an all-ages pool party at the Montauk Beach House. Camp SoulGrow offered a Montauk archaeology program in August, a fall foliage walk at Amsterdam Beach in October, and gingerbread decorating in December at the Candied Anchor.

“I want kids off their cellphones,” Ms. Rosiere said Monday. To do that, she is tapping into the strengths and talents of the Montauk community to “teach kids new things for free.” As her website says, her program “integrates local businesses, promotes local culture, honors local history, and brings the community together in an organic way for the growth of our future.” 

Next up for Camp SoulGrow is a series of children’s workshops over the February school break at Gurney’s Inn. Tuesday, a k a Fat Tuesday, will bring cake decorating with help from the Candied Anchor. Wednesday it’s painting with Martine Langatta. Next Thursday, Fort Pond Native Plants will lead a gardening workshop, and Ms. Rosiere, a dancer, will lead aerobics and hip-hop sessions on Friday and Saturday. All will run from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

And in case you didn’t catch it the first time, all of Camp SoulGrow’s activities are free. Space is limited, however, so advance registration is a must at [email protected].

To help cover her own costs and build the program, Ms. Rosiere, a New Orleans native who relocated to New York after Hurricane Katrina, is drawing on her Louisiana roots for Camp SoulGrow’s first fund-raiser, a Mardi Gras party at East by Northeast, a Montauk restaurant, on Tuesday from 7 to 10 p.m.

The party will include all-you-can-eat Cajun food prepared by the restaurant’s chef, Jeremy Blutstein, king cakes by Dawn’s Delights of Montauk, and beer from the Montauk Brewing Compamy. Hopefully Forgiven will provide the music, and there will be Mardi Gras beads and trinkets along with an auction. The suggested donation is $20 per person.

“I plan to have a hub this summer,” she said, and is working to pin down a space. Camp SoulGrow will also have its own bus by summer. “I’m learning as I go through it,” Ms. Rosier said. “It’s a one-woman show, but my philosophy is if you build it they will come, and I’m just building it with all my heart.”

Michelle and Mark Sucsy of East Hampton have announced the engagement of their daughter Marielle Soleil Sucsy to John Herbert Ingram Jr.

Mr. Ingram is the son of John H. Ingram of Olivebridge, N.Y., and the late Yolanda Dale Greene.

The couple met at the State University at Cobleskill. She attended Delaware Valley College before transferring to earn a bachelor of technology degree in large-animal science. Mr. Ingram has a degree in agricultural engineering from Cobleskill. They both live and work in East Hampton.

An August wedding is planned.

Since Montauk is still without a full-time doctor at its medical care facility, Meeting House Lane Medical Associates, it’s all hands on deck in the nearby medical community. Dr. George Dempsey of East Hampton Family Medicine is now offering hours on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at his East Hampton office and will soon add evening hours.

Prior to January, Dr. Dempsey ran East Hampton Urgent Care on Pantigo Road. Meeting House Lane, an affiliate of Southampton Hospital, has moved into that building and is now offering urgent care five days a week. Dr. Dempsey moved his staff to his practice in the health care facility a bit farther west on Pantigo Road and is fully prepared to handle any overload from Montauk, he said on Monday.

The 15 employees include Dr. Maryellen Benito, Jerry Simons and Steve Neveroski, both of whom are physician assistants, and Erin McKay and Linda Faszczewski, nurse practitioners. Dr. Dempsey’s office also offers substance-abuse programs and counseling and smoking-cessation programs, as well as a social worker and a dietitian.

Drs. Lara DeSanti-Siska and Elizabeth White-Fricker of the Meeting House Lane practice in Wainscott are each practicing one day a week in the Montauk office. Additionally, Nancy Kegan, a nurse practitioner, joined the staff last week. Meeting House Lane doctors are computer-networked so that patients can visit any of its facilities and their medical records are instantly available to the attending physician or practitioner.

Jay Levine, a Montauk resident and member of Southampton Hospital’s board of directors, said Monday that Meeting House Lane is very close to recruiting a physician for the Montauk office. “However, a contract has not yet been signed, so it’s premature to say anything further. Nevertheless, we are confident this arrangement will be finalized shortly,” he said.   

Friends of a young commercial fisherman who was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Montauk last month have organized a fish fry fund-raiser for Wednesday to help him during his recovery.

Henry O. Sjoman, a 24-year-old living in Montauk, suffered a traumatic brain injury on Dec. 14 when the A.T.V. he was riding crashed into another one driven by his friend John R. Veitch, 31. Mr. Sjoman had facial reconstructive surgery last week and is showing signs of improvement, though the long-term effects of the brain injury are still unclear, Vanessa Wynn, his sister-in-law, said. “They are still monitoring his brain pressure and bruising closely as it continues to heal.”

“He’s also on his way out of the I.C.U., which is really wonderful,” his friend Mara Certic said by email this week. “But there’s a really long road of recovery and rehabilitation in front of him, and his family needs all the help they can get.” He did not have health insurance.

The fish fry will be held at the Point Bar and Grill in Montauk on Wednesday from 6 to 11 p.m. Local boats, including the Kimberly, which Mr. Sjoman was working for, are donating the fish. There will be a cash bar, music from the 3Bs, and a raffle and a silent auction. Admission is $20.

More than $20,000 has been raised so far through a GoFundMe.com page. Donations can also be made to the Henry Sjoman Fund by mail, in care of Emily Sjoman, Mr. Sjoman’s sister, at 80 Orchid Drive, Kings Park 11754. No formal fund has been set up yet for Mr. Veitch.

The East Hampton Village Board’s deer-sterilization program has been under way for two weeks, but village officials are offering little information about it.

The board appropriated $30,000 for the program, in which does are captured, sedated, and sterilized in a surgical procedure. The Village Preservation Society, citing a proliferation of deer fencing, the destruction of landscaping, deer-vehicle collisions, and tick-borne diseases, had urged the board to take action to reduce the deer population and donated $100,000 toward the effort.

In September, the village hired White Buffalo, a nonprofit organization that works to preserve native species and ecosystems, to carry out the program, at an estimated cost of $1,000 per doe.

Asked to comment, Becky Molinaro, the village administrator, emailed that “once the program is complete we will release the results, but the village is confident the desired outcome will be achieved and will remain committed to this as a multiyear program.” She declined to disclose the location or locations in which the captures and surgeries are being conducted, and said that the final costs would not be known until the project has been completed. The sterilization program will continue for a few more weeks, she said.

Barbara Borsack, the deputy mayor, referred questions to Ms. Molinaro, but did express satisfaction with the program to date. “We think it’s going very well,” she said yesterday. “I know they’ve gotten quite a few, but I don’t know what the latest numbers are.” Anthony DiNicola of White Buffalo, Ms. Borsack said, “is pleased, and we’re pleased as well.”

John v.H. Halsey, president of the Peconic Land Trust, also praised the program. “The deer population on the East End continues to grow, and we applaud the village for taking proactive measures to address the issue,” he wrote in an email. “We understand that wildlife management programs can be controversial, but we all need to take a balanced approach and look for solutions.”

While groups as disparate as sportsmen and animal-rights activists have opposed the town’s efforts to cull the deer population — members of the East Hampton Group for Wildlife led a rally outside Town Hall on Saturday to protest expanded firearms hunting this month — Ilissa Meyer of Equine Sport Science, whose husband is Dr. James Meyer, a large-animal veterinarian, criticized the village’s sterilization program. In September, Ms. Meyer told the board that veterinarians in the town and village were concerned about White Buffalo’s involvement in the effort, which she called an experiment. The American Veterinary Medical Association, she said, has called sterilization both expensive and ineffective.

Ms. Meyer cited a 2009 program by Cornell University to reduce the deer population through sterilization of does. While it decreased the number of fawns, it had the unintended consequence of attracting bucks to the area, and five years after implementing the program the deer population was unchanged, according to a September report in The Washington Post.

Ms. Meyer also questioned the ethics of performing surgery in subzero weather, and said, in a letter to the editor in this issue, that the anesthetics used are intended for non-food animals. Sterilized does are tagged for identification, but “tags can easily fall off,” she said.

“The sedatives used on the deer are ones specifically used to minimize recovery time,” Ms. Molinaro said.

At its meeting on Friday, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals briefly revisited the application of Mollie Zweig of 11 West End Road. In October 2013, Ms. Zweig received approval to construct a rock revetment on the ocean beach in front of her house over the strong objections of the East Hampton Town Trustees, who asserted jurisdiction. The revetment was constructed in November of that year, and the trustees filed an Article 78 court challenge to that determination.

In November, Judge Andrew G. Tarantino Jr. ruled in State Supreme Court in Riverhead that the zoning board’s State Environmental Quality Review Act determination had been incorrectly categorized as a Type 2 action, meaning the project had been found to not have significant adverse environmental impact. Instead, it should have been categorized as an unlisted action, requiring further review.

In light of that ruling, the board voted on a new environmental assessment form prepared by the applicant and Gene Cross, a consultant to the village, reaching the same conclusion it had in 2013: The revetment project “will not result in any moderate-to-large impacts, and therefore will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment,” Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, said. The board voted unanimously to adopt a negative declaration pursuant to SEQRA, ending the review process.

As three of the town trustees looked on, Brian Matthews, an attorney with the firm representing the trustees, insisted on addressing the board. The only public hearing notice issued with respect to the application, he said, listed the now-invalidated Type 2 designation. “Therefore, it’s our view that you have not held a proper public hearing,” he said. A zoning board’s public hearing notice must fully state all the facts, circumstances, and relief sought in an application, he said, “and to issue a negative declaration in the span of five minutes” does not meet the board’s obligation to conduct a proper environmental review, including the holding of a proper public hearing on the application.

Mr. Matthews submitted a letter responding to the new environmental assessment form. “Our counsel will review it,” Mr. Newbold told him.

Stephen Angel, an attorney representing Ms. Zweig, then insisted on offering a rebuttal of sorts. “I didn’t think it appropriate for him to speak,” Mr. Angel said from the floor. Once at the lectern, he said that no public hearing on the determination was required. “All the causes of action asserted by the trustees that dealt with the substance of your determination . . . were specifically dismissed,” he said.

After some prompting from members of the Montauk Historical Society, the East Hampton Town Board has agreed to hire Robert Hefner, a historic consultant, and Drew Bennett, an engineer, to work with the society and define a restoration plan for the hamlet’s Second House Museum. East Hampton Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell made the announcement on Monday.

The building, which is owned by the town and managed by the historical society, has been closed to the public for the last two years. Prior to that tours were available. The tours became especially popular after Victoria magazine used the site for a photo layout and redecorated it, using ivy-covered textiles and fresh coats of white paint. Although pretty, the decor was not historically accurate.

A renewed interest in preserving the building gained traction last winter when the Save Second House Committee was formed to help the town raise money for repair. The building sits at the entrance to Montauk, on the northwest corner of Second House Road.

In summer, roses of several varieties tumble over the wood shingles and an arbor. An heirloom garden is maintained in the backyard. Hydrangea bushes flower bountifully on the entire property. The site hosts many outdoor activities, including craft fairs, movie nights, and, in fall, an archaeology festival.

Greg Donohue of the Montauk Lighthouse Committee, another arm of the Montauk Historical Society, has been working with the Save Second House Committee and went before the town board in December to ask for a structural report on the building. He said prior work there had been shabbily done. Shingles are missing from the roof and some parts of the structure have been boarded up, he said.

Mr. Donohue said this week that not only did a raccoon gain entry to the museum last winter, it looked as if it had stayed there a while. He said the building and its grounds should be brought back to the level of years ago. “Bringing in Robert is the significant way to go,” he said.

At the back of the property another museum, which will honor the hamlet’s earliest Native American settlers, is close to ready. Lawrence Cook, a Montauk resident and collector of early American artifacts, has been working toward that goal.

According to Honora Herlihy of the Save Second House Committee, fund-raisers held last summer for that project were well received and will continue through this year. “We look forward in the near future of having two aesthetically and properly functioning museums on the same premises for a great tour,” she said in an email. “This community has waited long enough for its only historical district to function properly.”

The Peconic Land Trust has issued a request for proposals to lease the Amagansett Farmers Market on Main Street in that hamlet. The lease, most recently held by Eli Zabar, the New York-based owner of restaurants and grocery and specialty food stores, has expired.

The longtime landmark was opened in 1954 by Pat Struk. In 2008, the land trust, a nonprofit organization that works to conserve working farms and natural land, announced an agreement under which it would lease the property from Margaret de Cuevas, who had purchased it from Ms. Struk for $5.5 million. At that time, the Town of East Hampton purchased development rights on 7.56 acres of the 9.33-acre property. Amber Waves Farm, a not-for-profit educational farm that serves farmers markets, restaurants, and a 150-member Community Supported Agriculture membership, occupies that land.

Mr. Zabar had been the lessee since the land trust’s 2008 agreement with Ms. de Cuevas. His first lease expired in November 2011. “His [current] lease expired at the end of the year,” Pam Greene, vice president of the trust, said last week. “He knows we’ve put out proposals. I don’t know yet whether he is reapplying or not.” In order to lease the market again, she said, “He would have to reapply like everyone else.” A call to the corporate office of Eli Zabar seeking comment was not returned.

Calling the market “an important community asset,” John v.H. Halsey, president of the Peconic Land Trust, said his group was “committed to seeing the property continue as a market that serves the community by providing access to local produce and products. During his six years at the market, Eli Zabar actively reached out to our local farmers and included seasonal local produce as part of the markets’ offerings. Going forward, our goal is to continue that opportunity for our local farmers and the community.”

Responses to the request for proposals are due by Tuesday.

Denise DiPaolo started working as the director of the Montauk Library on Jan. 2. On Tuesday, amid a flurry of activity — shelves were being rearranged, a computer was acting up — she was already the calm in a storm.

A resident of Sag Harbor, Ms. DiPaolo worked for the Shelter Island Library for seven years before she accepted the position in Montauk to replace Karen Rade, who retired at the end of last year. When the news that she was leaving circulated through the tiny island, this newspaper received a letter from a patron there telling Montauk residents how lucky they were to be getting her.

Ms. DiPaolo believes her experience working in an isolated area was the key to her hiring. “I think the board during the interview process was comforted by the fact that I get it; I was prepared for isolation. You can’t get any more remote than that,” she said of Shelter Island.

Surrounded by water, Montauk, she said, emits good energy. “It’s magical. I love it,” she said, adding that the people she has met since working in the hamlet are also impressive. She said people have been extremely welcoming, even visiting her office to say hello and introduce themselves.

And she has high praise for the Friends of the Montauk Library, a group that holds fund-raisers to supplement the state funding the library receives, allowing it to offer a wider range of programs and training.

The director’s position is full time with flexible hours, which she plans on using to attend the many programs the library offers outside of its regular business hours. So far, she has even managed to power through three audiobooks during her commute.

Before she worked on Shelter Island, she was the librarian supervisor at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton. She majored in English at the State University at Albany and double-minored in business administration and rhetoric and communications, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in 1988. She received her master’s degree in library and information science from Long Island University in 1991 and was certified in supervisory skills for managers through Stony Brook University in 2002.

As the director, Ms. DiPaolo looks forward to getting more involved with local organizations, such as the Montauk Chamber of Commerce, the Montauk Lions Club, and the Montauk School. She also attends various meetings with other library directors throughout New York State to share and learn about new trends and technology. “You’re a perpetual student in the library business,” she said.

“It’s a dynamic industry; there’s always something new. A library director wears many hats,” she said. Even when she is not working, library functions are a major part of her life. Indeed, her partner is Dennis Fabiszak, the director of the East Hampton Public Library.