The Diamond in the Rough Gala, the Montauk Playhouse Community Center’s most elegant and largest fund-raiser of the season, will be held under a lighted tent on the Playhouse grounds on Saturday from 7 to 11 p.m. A full-course meal will be served, with an open bar and music by the Nancy Atlas Project.

This year’s auction during the event has a slew of impressive prizes, including a private sail on the Mon Tiki, a shopping spree at the menswear designer John Varvatos’s shop in East Hampton, a one-week stay in Cancun with airfare for four, a round of golf for three at the South Fork Country Club in Amagansett, a guitar signed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a sunset cruise aboard Jimmy Buffett’s boat, a private tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with dinner, and much more.

This year the honorary co-chairmen are Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and his wife, Nancy Mack, and the actress Julianne Moore and her husband, Bart Freundlich. Playhouse officials will honor Alice Houseknecht and Christine Iu and Andrew Suckling for their philanthropic contributions.

Tickets, which are selling quickly, with not many left, cost $250 per person and can be purchased at Willow on the south Plaza or online at montaukplayhouse.org.

In other Playhouse news, its annual FamilyFest starts next Thursday at 7 p.m., with a performance of “Peter and the Wolf” by the Hampton Ballet Theatre School and the Hampton Festival Orchestra. Tickets can be purchased at the door for $15 per person.

On Aug. 18, the National Circus Project will conduct an arts-in-education circus camp for children from 1 to 5 p.m. The fee for each child is $150. On Aug. 21, the circus performers will put on a show in which the circus camp students will demonstrate the skills they have learned. Admission is $15 per person at the door.

The Montauk Village Association, the group that keeps flowers abloom throughout the hamlet, will host its annual Greenery Scenery party on Friday, Aug. 15, at the Montauk Lake Club from 6 to 9 p.m.

This year the group will honor James Grimes of Fort Pond Native Plants for “his many years of service and commitment to Montauk,” said Nancy Keeshan, the president of the M.V.A.

Ms. Keeshan said that Mr. Grimes helped establish the M.V.A.’s memorial garden on the downtown green, and along with Mickey Valcich, last year’s honoree, offered to clean and weed areas in 2013 when money was not available for the work. She said that Mr. Grimes, while operating a successful landscaping business and nursery, has always stepped in without any hesitation when help was needed.

“We wanted to honor him for his spirit of community and personal interest in caring for Montauk,” she said.

The M.V.A. also maintains the trees and shrubs in the downtown area. Each year it fills teak planters with geraniums and roses that spill over the sides. “It’s not summer without those beautiful flowers that adorn our streets,” Ms. Keeshan said.

There are still some tickets left, at $25 apiece, for the group’s Go Green Big Bucks raffle. The first place prize is $10,000, second is $1,000, and there are two third-place prizes for $500 each. Tickets will be sold at the party right up until the drawing and winners do not need to be in attendance. Prizes will be prorated, depending on the amount of raffle tickets sold.

At the party there will be music, food and drinks. Tickets cost $125 per person and are available at Keeshan Real Estate on the south plaza and at Pospisil Real Estate on the north plaza.

The East Hampton Village Board closed out the fiscal year last Thursday, adopting six code amendments, accepting several bids, and approving employment agreements. Barbara Borsack, the deputy mayor, presided in the absence of Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr.

No one commented on the proposed amendments, which were quickly adopted. In what Ms. Borsack called “a buttressing of existing provisions,” the board amended the zoning code to clarify that only one single-family residence is permitted on a lot. A number of village residents have sought to legalize accessory buildings that do not conform to the code; a provision allowing secondary dwellings on some large parcels was rescinded last year.

Another amendment to the village code prohibits feeding ducks, geese, swans, and other wildfowl within 200 feet of the shorelines of Georgica and Hook Ponds. Violators will be subject to fines of up to $250 or imprisonment of up to 15 days, or both. Bread and other foods given to wildfowl is blamed for excess nitrogen, which is detrimental to the health of the waterways. Uneaten bread also leads to algae growth that threatens fish and wildlife, and it attracts rats, mice, and insects.

Four of the amendments were related to stormwater management and erosion and sediment control. Stormwater, which almost invariably contains pollutants, flows into waterways, wetlands, and groundwater. One of the four amendments institutes a $500 application fee plus a review fee of 10 cents per square foot of site disturbance for any project regulated by that chapter of the code. The others will require applicants for freshwater wetlands or coastal erosion management permits to include a storm-water pollution prevention plan.

The employment agreements approved were with Ken Collum and Dan Reichl, who are code enforcement officers, Scott Fithian, the superintendent of public works, Robert Hefner, the director of historic services, Chief Gerard Larsen and Capt. Michael Tracey of the Police Department, and Rebecca Molinaro, the village administrator.

The board also announced public hearings on code amendments scheduled for its Friday, Aug. 15, meeting. One would prohibit parking on the north side of Newtown Lane from the intersection of Conklin Terrace westerly for a distance of 20 feet. Another would limit parking between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. to two hours on the north side of Newtown Lane between Sherrill Road and Conklin Terrace, and from the point 20 feet west of Conklin Terrace westerly for a distance of 300 feet.

A third proposed amendment applies to a section of the code devoted to the preservation of dunes. It would exempt property owners who add beach-compatible sand, beach grass, or elevated walkways for pedestrian use to the dunes from the existing provisions, which now prohibit digging, dredging, excavation, or depositing material in the area within 150 feet of the southerly edge of the beach grass on the ocean beach, clearing or damaging vegetation, or replacing it with lawn, sod, or turf, as well as building or placing any structure within dune setbacks.

Meghan McNelis Rooney of Pittsburgh and Jonathan Graham Foley of Montauk were married on July 12 at Immaculate Conception Chapel at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pa. The Rev. Paul Taylor officiated. A reception followed at Klein Immergrun, a family estate in Loretto.

The bride wore a silk satin dress by Johanna Johnson, an Australian designer, a veil of her own design, and shoes from Landin. She carried white peonies, English garden roses, and pink spray roses.

The bride is an editor of an online magazine. The groom is a financial advisor with the Seaport Group.

The couple met at Villanova University, where the bride graduated in 2009 and Mr. Foley graduated in 2008. They both earned degrees in communications.

After a wedding trip to Hawaii, the couple is back at home in New York City.

The groom’s parents are Catherine Mary Foley and Stuart J. Foley of Montauk. The bride’s parents are Greta Mary Rooney and Art J. Rooney II of Pittsburgh.

The two maids of honor were the bride’s sisters, Mary Greta Rooney and Annie Rooney of Pittsburgh. The bridesmaids were the groom’s sister, Summer Foley of Montauk, Lauryn Galda of Montvale, N.J., Maggie Scott of Greenwich, Conn., and Hannah Levinson, Ali Rudolph, and Noelle DiGioia, all of Pittsburgh. The two best men were Michael Hunter Foley and Maxwell Stuart Foley of Montauk, the groom’s brothers. His groomsmen were the bride’s brother, Daniel Rooney of Pittsburgh, William Grandi of West Palm Beach, Fla., Tam Campbell of Basking Ridge, N.J., Matt Panneton of Albany, Chris Macdonald of Westfield, N.J., and Ryan Holloway of Philadelphia.

Amanda Bono and James Bennett were married on May 10 at the Amagansett Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Steven Howarth officiated. A reception followed at the American Legion Hall in Amagansett.

The bride is a daughter of Betsy and Thomas Bono of Eau Claire Street in Springs. Mr. Bennett was raised by Regina and Stephen Lynch of Cooper Lane in East Hampton. His parents are Clint Bennett of East Hampton and Patty Eames of Arizona.

The bride’s maid of honor was her sister, Emily Bono of Springs. She was also attended by Kaitlin Gatlin of East Hampton, Nicole Lipani and Shayla Denton of Springs, and Kaitlin Steyert of Connecticut.

Mr. Bennett’s best man was Paul Lester of Amagansett. His groomsmen were Danny Lester of Springs, Stephen Lynch Jr. and Kyle Lynch, whom he considers brothers, and Matt Bennett, a cousin, all of East Hampton.

The Bennetts honeymooned in the Poconos and are now back at home on Oakview Highway in East Hampton.

Both the bride and groom graduated from East Hampton High School. She was a member of the class of 2005, and he was in the class of 2001. They met at a beach party.

Mr. Bennett works at Riverhead Building Supply in East Hampton. His wife is a secretary with the East Hampton Town Police Department.

The East Hampton Village board will hold hearings next Thursday on laws that would prohibit feeding wildfowl in certain areas and would restrict parking on a section of Newtown Lane.

The village is proposing a ban on feeding geese, ducks, swans, or other wildfowl within 200 feet of the shorelines of Georgica and Hook Ponds. Violations would be subject to a fine up to $250 or imprisonment for up to 15 days, or both.

Feeding of bread and crackers to wildfowl is blamed for excess nitrogen in the waterways, which is detrimental to their ecological health. Uneaten bread rots and can lead to algae growth that threatens fish and other wildlife, and is also blamed for attraction of rats, mice, and insects, which can harbor additional diseases.

Responding to residents’ complaints at a recent meeting, the board is also considering restricting parking to two hours on the west side of Newtown Lane between the intersection of Sherrill Road and 20 feet west of the Conklin Terrace intersection between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Also next Thursday the board will close out the 2013-14 fiscal year.

The meeting is at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street.

Though the Ladies Village Improvement Society Fair has many longstanding traditions — it turns 118 on Saturday — there will be quite a few changes to this year’s festivities.

For starters, this year’s L.V.I.S. Fair committee, led by Vickie Lundin, chose a theme that was inspired by Karen Klug?lein’s artwork for the fair poster, titled “Cedar Point Rocks.”

“We wanted to take that theme of the beach rocks and carry it through to the barbecue,” said Ms. Lundin, referring to the L.V.I.S. and Lion’s Club barbecue from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. “We are going to have beach rock centerpieces on the tables.” A clam bar will open at 2 p.m., with barbecue takeout available starting at 3 p.m.

This year’s silent auction is stocked with prizes, including tickets to an Eminem and Rihanna concert, Louis Vuitton luggage, and golf packages at private clubs. There will also be a paper auction booth, new this year. Each item in the auction will have its own ticket pool, and participants will be able to enter tickets to win specific items.

This year, the ladies have arranged a free shuttle to take people from the parking lot at the John M. Marshall Elementary School on Gingerbread Lane to the fair on Main Street, a big bonus for people who may be scared away by the village traffic. The bus will run to and from the fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In past years, the Lumber Lane long-term parking lot has filled up completely by mid-morning.

Playland, the children’s section of the fair, will see the addition of a D.J. this year, as well as a hair braiding booth, with braiding offered by a volunteer who donated her time after reading the organization’s annual report. As always, there will be a carousel, face painting, a petting zoo, a toy booth, cotton candy, and games.

A few of the community’s younger members will be helping out on fair day this year. An honor guard unit of Boy Scouts will perform a flag ceremony, and Amanda and Caiti Jo Fiorello, sisters and residents of East Hampton, will sing the national anthem at noon.

Fairgoers can expect to see the vintage clothing, flower, baked goods, and gourmet foods booths and there will be jams and cakes, hot dogs, ice cream, and other foods available for purchase. The L.V.I.S. Bargain Box and Bargain Books stores will be open on fair day, too.

Ms. Lundin is particularly impressed with the sense of community that is felt before and on fair day. She said, “It’s so upbeat and I think that’s what’s so dynamic. It’s all the women coming together for one cause for the community, and we have amazing, brilliant, creative, diligent, energetic, women working together.”

The L.V.I.S. fair will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on the L.V.I.S. grounds at 95 Main Street in East Hampton.

Fei Shao and Peter W. Emmerson were married on July 6 at their house on Kirk’s Place in Northwest, East Hampton. The Rev. Denis Brunelle of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church performed the ceremony, and a reception followed at the house.

On their wedding day, both men wore cream linen suits and white shirts. Their best men, Frank Burnes and Kevin Truex, both of East Hampton, wore navy blazers, white shirts, and cream trousers.

The flower girl, Rosie Symons of England, wore a cream-colored, embroidered silk dress with green ribbon and a floral head garland. She carried a moss basket of white dendrobium orchids. The ringbearers, Elliot and Alfie Reed, also of England, wore cream linen jackets, blue-and-white-striped shirts, and navy shorts. They carried ringbearer pillows of green Kermit mums.

Mr. Emmerson’s sisters, Janette Reed, Susan Wright, and Anne Brooks, all of England, carried nosegays of white peonies and freesia.

Mr. Shao is the son of He-feng Xu and Xing-sheng Shao of Qingdao, China. Mr. Emmerson’s parents, the late Marian and Henry Emmerson, lived in New Malden, Surrey, England.

Mr. Emmerson is retired, and Mr. Shao is a student. The two met in Manhattan in 2010.

Bridgehampton’s Main Street was the site last Thursday of an impassioned protest that drew some 40 people who are hoping to keep a CVS pharmacy and convenience store from going up at the intersection of Main Street and the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike. Calling themselves Save Bridgehampton Main Street, the group expressed contempt in no uncertain terms for the planned two-story building, which is to have 9,000 square feet of retail space and a 4,400-square-foot basement.

Those who turned out seemed for the most part to be year-round residents hoping to get seasonal residents to join the fight. Many said they did not have anything against CVS itself, which has stores in Southampton and East Hampton, but thought such a large store in that location would exacerbate traffic and detract from Bridgehampton Main Street’s charm.

The building is to go up on a vacant lot at 2510 Montauk Highway, formerly home to a beer store, on the northwest corner of Main Street. Four roads, Lumber Lane and Ocean Road in addition to Main Street and the turnpike, converge at the intersection, as does an access road for the building that houses Starbucks.

Carey Millard, an organizer of the demonstration and former co-chairwoman of the Bridgehampton Citizens Advisory Committee who lives on Ocean Road, said, “I live down that road and it takes me three traffic lights to get through this intersection. And to have a huge chain store open from 8 a.m. to 11 at night! I like CVS and their anti-cigarette campaign, but they were turned down from Sag, and I don’t see why we should be stuck with them.”

The Topping Rose House, an upscale restaurant in a historic building, the 1840 Nathaniel Rogers House, which is being restored, and Almond restaurant, in another one of Main Street’s oldest buildings, are on three of the corners of the intersection. A petition from Save Bridgehampton Main Street calls for commercial development to be prohibited on the corner.

The CVS plan would need to go before the Southampton Town Planning Board for review, but no plans have yet been submitted, according to a staff member. The building would require a special exception permit because the town code limits stores to 5,000 square feet. Nevertheless, Ms. Millard said it appears as if the proposal will go through. Paul Kanavos of BNB Ventures, which owns the property, did not immediately return a call for comment.

“We’re a charming hamlet that ­doesn’t need an oversized store that is way out of proportion to the town,” said Julia Douglas, who had just waved a “Honk!” sign at a large truck, which did so.

“Bridgehampton should have a nice entrance to town like East Hampton. We are working hard to get the town to buy it and make a park out of it. This is a historic street; it’s just not appropriate, we have a shopping mall already,” Peter Sughrue said, manning one end of a long sign reading, “Chainstore Here?”

Saying the new building would be “a terrible eyesore,” Otis Pearsall, who has lived in Bridgehampton all his life, asked, “Did you know that this used to be the site of a historical tavern, Wick’s Tavern? They knocked it down in the ’40s, but it stood here in my childhood.”

“Already, it is a nightmare for traffic — if there is an enormous store there, which has very little parking, it is going to be mind-numbing,” Ms. Millard said before the protest, adding that Lumber Lane, “a lovely residential lane that already has traffic backed up on it,” is going to fare even worse.

“I think people are just horrified that the historic town is being threatened with a huge chain store in the middle of town, when it should be in the mall,” she said, referring to Bridgehampton Commons to the west, where there is already a Rite Aid. “We know that CVS was turned down in Sag Harbor . . . now we’re being picked on and we don’t want them either. I think we want to go on record with that.”

For more photos from the protest, click here.

On Thursday afternoon, a group of seven children from New York City eagerly stepped out of a bus that arrived in the Lumber Lane parking lot in East Hampton, excited to begin a weeklong vacation that promised outdoor adventures and an escape from the city in the summer. As part of the Fresh Air Fund’s summer hosting program, the children will stay with volunteer host families in East Hampton and elsewhere on the South Fork.

Each year the Fresh Air Fund sends 4,000 children from low-income neighborhoods in New York City to suburban or rural communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine, and even Canada. The organization aims to give city children, many of whom rarely or never get to leave home, an experience outdoors.

It is not uncommon for Fresh Air Fund host families to host the same child for many years in a row, and such was the case for some of the children who arrived on Thursday. Many were met with hugs from host parents and host siblings and exclamations of how big they had grown since last summer.

The children go home with stories every year. "It's hilarious to hear about their stories on the way back and they always show us their pictures," one of the volunteer chaperons said Thursday.