After Hurricane Sandy caused the play’s postponement last weekend, partial proceeds from the East Hampton High School production of “Pygmalion” will go to a good cause. A cast and crew of almost 40 students have been preparing for the production since mid-September and last week decided to donate a portion of the show’s proceeds to the American Red Cross.

    Performers include Yori Johnson as Henry Higgins, Julia Tyson as Eliza Doolittle, Josh LeClerc as Alfred Doolittle, and Robert Priel-Gelb as Colonel Pickering. The show is directed by Serena Seacat, who has “done more than 40 shows in the district in the past decade,” according to Deborah Mansir, the school’s program coordinator.

    The plot, which involves social expectations and class, tells the story of a professor who makes a bet with a friend that he can take a guttersnipe flower girl and pass her off as a duchess. Originally a 1912 play by George Bernard Shaw, it was adapted into the 1956 Lerner and Loewe musical “My Fair Lady” and a 1964 film starring Audrey Hepburn. It inspired the 1990 film “Pretty Woman.”

    Shows will take place tomorrow and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Admission is $10, $5 for senior citizens and children under 12. The school can be called directly at 329-4130 for more information.

    After unsuccessfully challenging their neighbors’ plan to build a second house almost as big as the first one at their East Hampton Main Street property, Gordon and Amanda Bowling told the village zoning board of appeals on Oct. 26 that they will build their own family compound next door.

    Their neighbors, John and Suzanne Cartier, applied to the board for variance to build a 2,486-square-foot “accessory dwelling” on their two-acre property, after having been denied a building permit to do so in 2010, but they learned in the course of hearings on the application that they did not need the variance. The hearing was closed, but reopened to clarify that the house did not need to be limited to only 250 square feet.

    “We always believed that there were restrictions that would preclude us from constructing a guesthouse,” Mr. Bowling said Monday. “We’ve since contacted an architect and builder, after discovering that we were wrong.” In a letter to the zoning board, he wrote: “Since the village does not care about this open space . . . my wife and I have decided we are not going to be the fools who stayed on the ship while it sank instead of leaving when they could.”

    Mr. Bowling said he was disappointed that neither the zoning board nor the village board had addressed the issue of a scenic or large-lot easement, that appears to have been attached to the Cartier property when the abutting Osborn-Jackson House was transferred to the village in 1976. That house is headquarters for the East Hampton Historical Society.

    Mr. Bowling posed a rhetorical question: “Why should we let our own property be devalued by a similar large lot easement not respected by the village?”

    Also on Oct. 26, the zoning board heard from J. Paul Amaden III and his wife, Christine B. Amaden, who plan to build a two-car garage at their Meadow Way property. The proposed structure would be 10 feet from the Amadens’ front property line, when the required setback is 15 feet.

    Mr. Golstein said the board is usually “sympathetic” to properties like the Amadens’, where space for a garage is limited, but “this structure would be so in the face of the streetscape,” and for that reason the proposal as it stands would be rejected, he said. “You can’t just put a garage in the front yard.”

    Lysbeth Marigold, a board member, called the atmosphere on Meadow Way “delicious” because it has “open lawns and few houses.”

    Ms. Amaden, who agreed to come up with an alternative plan, said the garage would have to be placed at the front of the house “no matter what.”

    Frank Fleming, a neighbor who lives on “the most affected property” on Meadow Way, added salt to the Amadens’ wounds, saying the board should not grant a variance because it would be “too much of a radical departure from the law.” He also called the architectural drawings and supplementary application materials “misleading and incorrect” because they do not detail whether the garage will contain gas, electrical, hot water, or similar services, and he said the Amadens’ assumption that the garage won’t alter the character of the neighborhood unfounded.

     Carl Darenberg knows Montauk, probably better than anyone else. He is at every party, event, festival, and fishing contest that’s held. And, on the following morning, he shares photos with the rest of the world in cyberspace, including Facebook.

    There’s no doubt that by Saturday morning, Montauk Chamber of Commerce’s end-of-season party tomorrow night honoring him as Person of the Year will be posted.

    But you can beat him to it by attending the party. It will be held at East by Northeast from 6:30 to 11 p.m.

    There will be a cocktail hour with open bar and then a full course dinner with music. Testaments to his character, some good, some as “roasts,” will be heard. Tickets are $75 in advance from the chamber or $85 at the door.

     Mr. Darenberg was nominated for the honor by John Keeshan and it was approved unanimously. He is receiving the honor, Laraine Creegan, the executive director of the chamber said, because he not only supports the fishing industry and promotes Montauk businesses but is a hands-on type of guy that asks only when and where he may be needed and jumps in. “I have never heard him say no to anyone,” Ms. Creegan said.

    An owner of the Montauk Marine Basin, Mr. Darenberg has been a member of the chamber’s board of directors for 22 (nonconsecutive) years and its treasurer for the last eight. He is also the chairman of the chamber’s harbor committee and is affiliated with many other Montauk organizations.

    The East Hampton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 550 and the Sag Harbor V.F.W. Post 9082 will honor veterans on Sunday — Veterans Day — with parades in each village.

    The East Hampton parade will kick off  at the Citarella market at 10 a.m. and proceed to Hook Mill for a solemn ceremony. At 11 a.m., the American Legion Post in Amagansett will perform an annual 11th Hour Ceremony to remember all who have served in the wars.

    The parade honoring veterans in Sag Harbor on Sunday will begin at 9 a.m. at the Civil War monument, proceeding through Main Street to the American Legion Hall on Bay Street. There, Roger King, the commander of the Sag Harbor V.F.W., will introduce Stephen Peters, a Vietnam veteran and Sag Harbor native, as guest speaker.

    Mr. King has asked the community to remember that Veteran’s Day is intended “to honor America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.”

    Veterans will also be remembered tonight, when an honorary escort will go through the village and over the Jordan Haerter Memorial Bridge to welcome home Col. Frank Kestler from Afghanistan, weather and gas permitting.

    Colonel Kestler has served in the Army Reserve for over 21 years. He became a Gold Star father in June of 2010 when his stepson, Lt. Joseph Theinert, was killed in action.

    Colonel Kestler is to be greeted at Long Island-MacArthur Airport and escorted by motorcycles to Shelter Island, where he lives and practices dentistry. A reception at the Shelter Island American Legion Hall will follow.

    The Springs School also recognized veterans this week during its morning spirit meet at 8:25.

    Veterans  Day began with the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. The name, Armistice Day, was later changed.   

    A crew from the Montauk Coast Guard Station plucked a man from his smoldering boat Tuesday night, minutes before it was engulfed in flames. The 44-foot sportfishing boat, Island Girl, sank.

    Its captain, whose name has not been released, received first aid and was taken to Southampton Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

    Petty Officer Ismael Velasquez, coxswain of one of Montauk’s two 47-foot motor lifeboats, said the station got the call at about 7 p.m. Within 20 minutes, he and his five-person crew were on scene near Cerberus Shoal approximately five miles north of the Montauk Harbor Inlet.

    “It was hard to see, then we saw him on radar. When we got closer all we could see was smoke. We got the man off and three or four minutes later the boat was consumed by flames,” Mr. Velasquez said. He kept his boat at a safe distance until the Island Girl sank

    Mr. Sea Crest is a lovable feral cat who lived for at least eight years at Sea Crest on the Ocean, a resort on Napeague. That is, until he was hurt and did everything in his power to let the people taking care of him know that he needed help. He had a scratched eye that caused cloudiness and a bad limp that developed suddenly. It is thought he may have been hit by a car.

    Davida Rothberg, who has owned a unit there for more than 20 years, made arrangements for the orange tabby to be taken to the East Hampton Veterinary Group, where it was determined he could not be released back into his outdoor environment. Ms. Rothberg put out a call to the media to find someone who might be willing to adopt an older, but no less loving, cat.

    It turns out Mr. Sea Crest is so lovable that Dr. Paul Hollander at the veterinary group decided to keep him as an office pet. Ms. Rothberg, who had been paying for the cat’s care, was told she could stop.

    “It was an amazing act of kindness for him to do that. But Mr. Sea Crest is so lovable and such a sweetheart that Dr. Hollander and I decided that if anyone wants to adopt him they could bring him home. He deserves a warm, loving home and someone he can cuddle up with,” she said.

    Through the years that Ms. Rothberg has spent time at her Sea Crest unit she has found homes for more than 40 cats. It started one day when she noticed a mother cat with seven kittens by the side of the road near the resort. Instead of entering her unit, she turned right around and went to buy food for the hungry feline.

    With a full tummy, Mama Cat looked at Ms. Rothberg and conveyed with her eyes love and gratitude. Ms. Rothberg fell hard. She began taking care of the cats. As the kittens got older, though, they moved on. Mama cat remained, sunning herself daily, getting fed on Ms. Rothberg’s deck. She turned on the purring machine so loudly that Ms. Rothberg had no choice but to adopt her and take her home to her other residence in Westchester County.

    But those kittens, now cats, were smart enough to know a good thing when it’s placed in a bowl and smells like fish, so found their way back to Ms. Rothberg at Sea Crest on the Ocean. She kept all but two of them and still has them. Mama Cat died when she was 17 years old.

    Since then, Ms. Rothberg has been known as the woman who takes care of the feral cats. Even when she is not on the South Fork, she provides money for the colony’s cat food and arranges for feedings.

    Ms. Rothberg said people tend to look at older cats with disdain and think they cannot put them in homes, and as a result many of them languish in animal shelters.

    “I disagree. Eight of my cats were all homeless but are now lap cats and have made great pets. They know how to show their love and devotion to the person who takes care of them,” she said. “My message is to open your heart to both people and animals who need you and you will be the beneficiary.”

    The Hurricane Sandy cleanup is estimated to cost East Hampton Village “considerably more” than the $200,000 Hurricane Irene did a year ago, according to Larry Cantwell, the village administrator.

   Mr. Cantwell blamed pavilion damage at Main Beach, buckled surfaces in the parking lot at Georgica Beach, and more downed trees than in last year’s storm. The confluence of a full moon, high tide, and winds in excess of 70 miles per hour contributed to the ocean’s surge over parking lots at Georgica, Wiborg, and Main beaches.

    Sandy caused “severe erosion” along the ocean, said Mr. Cantwell, but the village will rely on nature to renew the beaches. Inland, no landmarks or significant structures were harmed.

   Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. declared a state of emergency within the village from noon Saturday to today, calling for voluntary evacuation and enlisting the help of the American Red Cross to operate a shelter at East Hampton High School. The shelter opened at 8 a.m. Sunday and at its peak housed more than 100 people.   

    East Hampton Village will make it a little easier for nonresidents to park at village beaches next summer.

    The village will increase the number of nonresident daily parking passes available at Main and Two Mile Hollow Beaches on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from 25 to 40. The passes cost $25 per day.

    In addition, the number of seasonal parking permits available to nonresidents will increase from 2,900 to 3,000 in 2013. The change stems from a September meeting between Larry Cantwell, East Hampton Village administrator, village police, and Department of Public Works officials. “After a thorough analysis,” Mr. Cantwell said, “we figured an extra hundred cars could be accommodated.”

    Nonresident seasonal passes usually sell out early in the year.

    In other village news, the village plans to correct vague “alternate relief” provisions that govern how to calculate front, side, and rear-yard setbacks on shallow, narrow, or oddly shaped residential lots. The current methods determine average width or depth by taking measurements throughout the lot, without specifying how many measurements should be taken. Consequently, surveyors often skewed results by taking the amount of measurements necessary to achieve desired results. A hearing on the change is scheduled for Nov. 16 at 11 a.m. at the Emergency Services Building on Cedar Street.

    If the changes are approved, the average lot depth will be calculated by measuring 10 equidistant chords drawn perpendicular to the front lot line.

    Following written complaints of excessive speeds and noise from Howard and Teddy Waltham of Baiting Hollow Road, and after a hearing on Oct. 19, the village board voted last week to decrease the speed limit on Baiting Hollow Road from 30 to 25 miles per hour.

    President Obama declared New York State a major disaster area this week, making municipalities and individuals in Suffolk and other metropolitan-area counties eligible for federal funding. Requests will be prioritized by federal agencies, with health and safety and infrastructure needs placed first.

    Assistance to residents can include grants for temporary housing for those whose residences are unlivable, funds for home repairs and to replace essential household items not covered by insurance, or to help meet medical, dental, funeral, transportation, and other needs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and unemployment payments for workers who temporarily lost jobs because of the hurricane and who do not qualify for state benefits, such as those who are self-employed. 

    State and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations may be eligible for federal funds to assist with the costs of debris removal and emergency measures to protect health and safety.

    Residents and business owners who sustained losses can apply for assistance by registering online at disasterassistance.gov, or by calling 1-800-621-FEMA.

    East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson said yesterday that costs to the town for emergency response, including road rebuilding efforts, would be significant. “I would not hesitate to say it would be, minimally, hundreds of thousands of dollars,” he said. The efforts were necessary regardless of whether the town will be reimbursed with federal money, he noted. Mr. Wilkinson said he had appointed Charlene Kagel, an accountant for the town, to compile photographs, receipts, and other data for submission to FEMA.

    The supervisor said he wished to give “accolades to the entire municipal management” for their pre- and post-hurricane efforts.

    David Kronman and Curtis Sachs, representing Cape Advisors, which has acquired the Baron’s Cove property on Water Street, moved closer at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Sag Harbor Village Planning Board to special exception approval of a plan to construct an 87-seat restaurant and 8-seat bar as an “accessory use to a resort motel.” The men were prepared and assisted by Richard Warren of InterScience Associates in responding  to a letter from Timothy Platt, the village’s building inspector. The property is zoned for resort motel use.

     Mr. Platt’s letter said that the application from Cape Advisors “meets all of the requirements for an accessory restaurant as set forth” in the village code. The presence of a bar in the proposed accessory restaurant “is not unlike every other restarurant” in Sag Harbor, he said. He also listed a number of concerns that needed to be addressed.

    Neil Slevin, the chairman of the planning board, had asked for Mr. Platt’s opinion in September. A large group of neighbors had attended that meeting, expressing opposition to a large ground-floor lobby area and bar in the plans. They indicated that they feared the property would become another Rocco’s, a nightclub at Baron’s Cove, which had caused nighttime disturbances.

     Mr. Slevin, going over Mr. Platt’s letter, said that where the bar was sited was “not relevant to anything.” The village code and concessions the applicant is willing to make would protect the community from a “repeat Rocco’s fiasco,” Mr. Slevin said. Mr. Platt had written that the restaurant did not constitute a “tavern, bar, nightclub, or discotheque,” which have different code requirements.

    “We feel we’ve adequately addressed issues raised and volunteered unprecedented restrictions to the community who worries,” Mr. Sachs said on Tuesday night. With no public comment, the hearing was closed. Mr. Warren then quickly read through Mr. Platt’s concerns so the board could review the changes the applicant has agreed to make before taking action.

    The revisions are in regard to a poolside concession stand, where serving alcohol will not be permitted, and in regard to lighting, landscaping, handicapped accessibility, sanitation, and parking, although there are now 20 more spaces than the code requires.

    Mr. Kronman asked Denise Schoen, the village attorney, to draft a determination for possible approval at the board’s next meeting, if Mr. Platt approves the revisions. Gregory Ferraris, a board member, agreed. Ms. Schoen said she would have a draft for the Nov. 27 meeting.

    The building is adjacent to the long-vacant condominium owned by East End Development, which recently claimed bankruptcy.