Sharon McCobb, a coach with I-Tri, an organization for at-risk adolescent girls, will lead a free triathlon-training event for those 17 and up on Sunday at Maidstone Park in Springs, beginning at 2 p.m. Ms. McCobb will provide tips and techniques for runners, particularly those planning to participate in I-Tri’s upcoming Turbo Tri race.

    The Turbo Tri, a mini-triathlon, will include a 300-yard bay swim, a 7-mile bike ride, and a 1.5-mile run. I-Tri hopes to raise $25,000 from the race through sponsorship and admission fees. Registration for Turbo Tri, which can be done online at www.itrigirls.com, is $100 and includes a swim cap, T-shirt, and dinner at an after-race party.

    Girls from I-Tri will follow the same course at the Maidstone Park Youth Triathlon later in the summer.

    Founded two years ago at the Springs School by Theresa Roden, a parent, and expanded this year to the Montauk School, I-Tri offers girls an opportunity to gain self-confidence and leadership skills through the sport of triathlon. The program combines weekly group lessons, focused on self-esteem building and other skills, along with a variety of fitness activities, training, and nutrition education for the entire family.

    The Ross School will mark its 20th anniversary on Saturday evening with its annual Live at Club Starlight gala, this year featuring a musical performance by Roberta Flack, a multiple Grammy-winning recording artist.

    The event, which benefits the Steven J. Ross Scholarship Fund, will honor Courtney Sale Ross, the school’s founder, and offers a cocktail reception, dinner, silent auction, and the live performance. The party will be held at the school on Goodfriend Drive in East Hampton, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Individual tickets for Ross family members begin at $375, and can be purchased on the school’s Web site, ross.org.

    On Monday, the League of Women Voters of the Hamptons will conduct a program in the Bridgehampton Library meeting room assessing the state of recycling efforts in East Hampton and Southampton Towns.

    A 7 p.m. screening of “Bag It: Is Your Life too Plastic” will be followed by a round-table discussion. Taking part are East Hampton Town Councilwoman Sylvia Overby; Christine Fetten, who is Southampton’s director of municipal works, and Skip Norsic of Emil Norsic and Sons Sanitation Service. The event is open to the public, and admission is free.

    The East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals is sending a clear message to those who would seek to expand beyond the prescribed gross floor area regulations or to edge over the allowable setbacks: Not on our watch.

    William Anderson of Farrell Fritz L.P. appeared at the podium on Friday to represent David B. and Diana Swartz of 32 Cottage Avenue. The couple, who are rebuilding a house that was demolished in 2006 by previous owners, were requesting a cathedral ceiling in the entranceway and living room, which put the coverage over by about 800 square feet. Ceilings above 14 feet are counted twice in the square footage, a point that was recently clarified in the village’s zoning code.

    Mr. Anderson told the board the house would not be visible by other neighbors, and “but for a pending revision in the village code, this would be permitted.”

    Apparently there had been an error when the property was measured, so that the applicants discovered they had less acreage than they had believed.

    Andrew Goldstein, the zoning chairman, paused. “You have a real problem, in my mind,” he said. “I’m not going to vote for it.”

    “I was a little flabbergasted to drive by and to see building going on,,” Mr. Goldstein said of the house, which is already framed. In his 15 years on the board, he said, “That’s never happened. And I’m not inclined to reward that.”

    “This house is going to look huge on this lot,” he said. “And the benefit is illusory. The benefit is ego.”

    The hearing was adjourned until the next meeting.

    Acacia Hamptons L.L.C., which owns property at 12 Marina Lane, was seeking an area variance to relocate a swimming pool outside the allowable setbacks. There was concern that noise might bother the neighbors.

    “There’s a slide into the pool,” Lys Marigold, a board member, said. “When you go down a slide, you scream.”

    Mr. Goldstein said that the potential detriment to the neighbors outweighed the benefit to the applicant. “It’s a big property,” he told Christopher Kelley, the attorney representing the owners. “There are a lot of alternatives.”

    That hearing was also adjourned for two weeks.

    The Concerned Citizens of Montauk has not only appointed Jeremy Samuelson as its new — and first — executive director of the 40-year-old environmental advocacy organization, but has also rented space for a walk-in office on South Elmwood Avenue, where the group hopes to establish a stronger presence in the hamlet. C.C.O.M.’s monthly meetings will now be held in the new space, whose walls will soon be hung with framed photo collages of days gone by and other artifacts.

    Mr. Samuelson has worked as an environmental advocate for the Group for the East End, becoming a consultant to C.C.O.M.. in 2009. Sitting in the new office, which has been freshly painted white and opened up, he said on Monday that he has always been concerned about the environment, and that concern has only progressed over the years.

     He wants to work with the schools, he said, sharing his expertise and learning more about their programs. He will focus in particular on protecting the quality of groundwater, preserving Lake Montauk, and urging East Hampton Town to use more of the community preservation fund to buy up smaller tracts of land. “We have to take a look at what’s left and the new challenges we’re faced with. Now that Montauk is built out, can we sustain its quality?” he asked. “I’d like to establish a connection with the fishing community and people that make a living depending on the natural resources of the area. Nobody wins if there are no fish out there.”

     “My understanding is that there is $20 million in the C.P.F.,” said Mr. Samuelson. “There’s a lot of good that can be done with $20 million.”

    Fort Pond House, a former residence on the banks of Fort Pond that was sold to the town at a reduced price for environmental programs, is also on his to-do list. The town proposed to sell the property to offset its cost and maintenance, and several groups have sued to reclaim it. The four-acre property and its house had been used by scout groups, school groups, and for educational and art programs. Mr. Samuelson said he hoped the town would “come to its senses and stop wasting taxpayer dollars” in fighting the litigation. “I’d  like to appeal to the town to return the land for public use,” he said.

    Bob Stern, the president of C.C.O.M., said yesterday that having a professional on board to represent the group at meetings and town board hearings will give them more leverage. When C.C.O.M. was first established it was all about land preservation, he recalled, but now there are many new challenges. “Now that things have become more dense, the issues in Montauk are not as subtle,” said Dr. Stern. “We needed a professional with the expertise and established connection to interpret scientific and legal coding issues for us. Jeremy has been a big player on many of the most significant environmental issues on the East End since 2007.”

    A graduate of Southampton College with a degree in cultural ecology, the new director has worked for the town planning department, been the spokesman for the Suffolk County Police Department, and worked local waters as a pound-trap fisherman. As a journalist, he covered ecological issues for The New York Times and The East Hampton Star, and has worked to create a buffer zone and management plans for communities situated near national parks, specifically in protected areas of Kenya, India, and Nepal.

    As a consultant, Mr. Samuelson helped create an internship program for East Hampton High School students to learn how to lead bilingual walks. Seven students have signed on so far; more, he hopes, will get involved. He helped oversee several other new programs, among them one held last weekend at Montauk Point with a noted biologist leading a seaweed scavenger hunt.

    Mr. Samuelson lives in East Hampton with his wife and two young children. He said he thought his new job might one day be created, and he hoped it would be his.

     “We all sort of knew in the back of our minds that I would make the full-time transition to C.C.O.M.,” he said. “It’s an amazing opportunity and a cool chance to get things done.”

    A full weekend of activities will commemorate Memorial Day in Montauk, starting on Saturday with a veteran’s fish and chips dinner at the Montauk Coast Guard Station on Star Island.

    The Montauk Memorial Committee has dedicated the weekend as one of remembrance in honor of all veterans, and has worked through the winter to make the event respectful and fitting to the occasion.

    Saturday night’s dinner will start at 5:30. Veterans will dine for free. Their guests are being asked for a donation of $20 per person and $14 for children 10 and under.

    By Saturday morning there will be 100 American flags set up near a stone memorial on the downtown green. Several weeks ago, the memorial committee posted five flags at the site, deeply embedded in a piece of driftwood, signifying the colors of the Army, Marines, Coast Guard, Navy, and Air Force. When night falls, the flags will be surrounded by lighted candles.

    On Sunday a parade will begin at noon, starting at the Oceanside Beach Resort, which is owned by Ken Walles, a key organizer of the event. It will head east through the downtown area, make a left into on Edison Street toward the Montauk Post Office, and circle back to the green for several presentations.

    The events will continue on the green on Monday at 8 a.m. with morning colors and a half-mast raising of the American flag. There will be a solemn service, prayer, and speeches. At 12:20 p.m. the flag will be raised to full staff.

    When the sun sets at about 8, taps will be played and the flag will be lowered and retrieved. A flag retirement ceremony will follow to which anyone can take torn, aging, or tattered flags for a proper burning.

    Antiques, collectibles, and estate pieces will go on the block in a benefit auction for the Old Whalers Church Community House Fund on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the church on Union Street.

    More than 300 lots will be available for bidding and put up by Paul Bailey, a certified auctioneer. A preview of the items will begin at 8 a.m. the day of the sale. The lots will include furniture, lighting, rugs, glassware, vintage toys, and other unique items. Objects offered will date from the late 19th century through the 1960s.

    No buyer’s premium will be charged, and, because the Community House Fund is a nonprofit entity, there is no sales tax. Checks, MasterCard, and Visa will be accepted.

    The auction will be held under a tent on the front lawn, weather permitting, or in the main sanctuary of the church. The preview will be on the lower level of the church. A café on the premises will open at 10:30 a.m., for cash sales of coffee, soft drinks, baked goods, and hot dogs throughout the day.

    Sunday service on two Suffolk County Transit bus lines on the East End will begin this week and run through Columbus Day weekend. County Legislator Jay Schneiderman sponsored the pilot program with County Legislator Ed Romaine.|

    The program, which affects the S92 and 10C lines, was approved by the County Legislature last year and implemented in July. The level of use last summer demonstrated a clear need for public transportation on Sundays, the legislators said.

    The county’s S92 bus line will run daily from the Orient Point ferry to the railroad station in East Hampton, making stops at hamlets on the North Fork, Riverhead, Hampton Bays, Southampton, Bridgehampton, and Sag Harbor. The schedule offers stops every half-hour during peak travel time, and hourly during off-peak times.

The 10C line, with stops at various locations in Montauk as well as Amagansett and Newtown Lane in East Hampton, runs every two or three hours.

     In a conversation on Tuesday, Mr. Schneiderman said he had to fight hard to keep the Sunday service running. Because of the county’s financial crisis, a 50-cent increase has been implemented on all bus lines in the county. Since the East End lines had an increase last year, he negotiated a 25-cent increase, with the county subsidizing the remainder.

     As shown on a schedule effective May of this year, a regular fare costs $2.25, with discounts for senior citizens, students, and those with disabilities. Children under 5 years old ride for free, with a limit of three children per adult.

   Two bicycle racks are on all Suffolk County Transit buses, available on a first-come-first-served basis. For children under 12, the use of the racks requires the supervision of an adult.   

    The East Hampton Village Board rolled out some recognition on Friday, starting with a certificate of appreciation for the Garden Club of East Hampton. There to accept the acknowledgment were Diane Paton, Calista Washburn, and Mary Clarke.

    “The Garden Club does a magnificent job at certain public areas in the village,” Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. said. People can see club members during the flowering season “studiously clipping the rose bushes” by the village train station, he said. The award was to recognize the work the Garden Club has undertaken on the village park in front of what is traditionally known as the Old Barn bookshop on Main Street, a space occupied by a Ralph Lauren store.

“The ladies give of their time so unselfishly, and we are the beneficiaries of all your good works,” the mayor said.

A public hearing on a proposed law banning empty or papered-over windows from the village’s commercial district met with no opposition. Ann Roberts of the Ladies Village Improvement Society’s landmarks and community awareness committee offered a request that the existing real estate signs be of uniform size and limited to one of the lower corners of the windows, rather than “dead center in the window,” she said.

     Upcoming hearings include one on the village budget, to be held on June 7, and then multiple hearings on June 15 related to public access for those with disabilities, and new parking configurations and hours on Main Street, Newtown Lane, and Pantigo Road.

    “This is only the second meeting in what I anticipate will be a somewhat lengthy process,” Andrew Goldstein, chairman of the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals, said when Friday’s meeting turned to a new irrigation system planned for the Maidstone Club’s 27-hole golf course.

    As the topic was brought forward, the board announced that it intended to hire its own consultant to study the plans and possible consequences. This did not assuage the dozen or so residents — golfers and environmentalists — who filed up to the podium to express concern. Some were alarmed about noise from a pump station that would be constructed, others about a proposed manmade pond, while still others worried about the irrigation system’s effects on Hook Pond, its denizens, and the long-term water supply.

    Speaking on behalf of the club, David Eagan, an attorney, told the audience that the applicant was “not doing anything to the wetlands. The whole purpose of this project is to act as a supplement to Mother Nature,” only operating when rain was scarce.

    James Sykes, who has lived near Hook Pond on Middle Lane for over 40 years, questioned the location of the new pond, which would be in a field that his property overlooks.

    “Maidstone has always been an exceptionally good neighbor,” he said. He mentioned the noise that would be made by compressors to be installed near the pond. A similar setup at the Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton, which Mr. Sykes had visited, creates, he said, “a tremendous amount of noise in an insulated and sheetrocked structure.”

    He was also concerned about the impact on trees and wildlife and the possible increase in mosquito activity, as a result of the pond.

    Stephen Angel, a lawyer hired by Michael Schulhof of Egypt Lane, also discussed noise, pointing to a report on  three irrigation pumps to be installed, which, he noted, was to have a proposed output of 96 decibels, equivalent, apparently, to the maximum noise level of New York City subway cars. “That’s a very dramatic noise in an area where there hasn’t been this sort of noise for centuries,” he said.

    Linda James, who has lived in a house on Hook Pond for 45 years, wanted the potential long-term impact “on the environmental resources so vital to East Hampton” considered, while Karen Earle and Polly Bruckmann objected to the plan in a different light.

    “Maidstone is a 100-year-old golf course, one of the top 100 courses in America,” Ms. Earle said. “For 100 years we’ve gone without this irrigation. Why do we need this now?”

    “I think if we took a vote of Maidstone members,” she continued, “you might find that this doesn’t make the cut.”

    Ms. Bruckmann, who has “played the Maidstone course for 40 years,” also saw little need for a new irrigation system. “Why do we have to be like every other course?” she asked. “Why? Are we trying to keep up with the Joneses?” She reiterated a point made by almost every speaker: “Hook Pond is home to many resident birds and amphibians. This should not be any compromise to the wetlands,” she said.

    And Telisport W. Putsavage, an attorney appearing on behalf of Bill Speck and Evelyn Lipper of Jefferys Lane, commented that a proposed well field would be “in relatively close proximity to the wetlands.”

    Janet Van Sickle — who commented, “I don’t have any skin in the Hook Pond issue” — spoke about the wider effects of the system.

    “They would be using the extra water at a time when it would be most absent, and needed, from all areas,” she said. “A decision now by the zoning board would have a very long-reaching impact.”

    “Why is the reservoir in that location and not closer to the clubhouse?” Howard Katz asked as the audience and the board laughed. “We are not in the business of suggesting alternatives,” Mr. Goldstein answered.

    “This is the start of the process,” he said. The hearing has been adjourned until June.