Where and When:

The 56th annual Montauk Friends of Erin parade starts on Edgemere Road at noon on Sunday and winds south along Edgemere, turning west on Main Street to pass before the grand stand — under the eye of Rick White, the master of ceremonies, and gathered worthies and float judges — before ending at the Montauk I.G.A. about two hours later. Approximately 80 groups are expected to participate, including marching bands, whimsical and sometimes zany floats, many bagpipers in kilts, and fire departments from across Long Island. For many children, a highlight is grabbing the candy and bead necklaces handed out by many of groups as they march.

Warming Up:

From 11 a.m. on parade day, the Montauk Chamber of Commerce will be selling hot soup and chowder in commemorative cups in front of the chamber building, Main Street from the grandstand. The 2018 specialty mugs will be available for purchase as early as tomorrow (Friday) at the chamber's headquarters.

Crowds:

The Montauk parade is considered the second largest in New York State, after the annual march down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue — which was held last weekend — but it is hard to put a reliable number on it. In 2003, the East Hampton Town Police reported that their estimate of attendees at Montauk numbered as high as 45,000; in 2016, estimates were more like 20,000. Suffice it to say that tens of thousands will be there, and a lot depends on the weather. Also, thanks to a coordinated effort between police and the organizers, it is a much more calm and family-friendly crowd than it was several years ago, when young rowdy revelers poured off the Long Island Rail Road in various states of inebriation. (See details on L.I.R.R. sobriety, below.)

Getting There:

Expect Edgemere Road to be closed to automobile traffic from about 10:30 a.m. (Parade participants are asked to access the staging area by taking Second House Road and then Industrial Road over to Edgemere.) Main Street will close when the parade steps off at noon, and probably won't open again until 2:30 or even later.

Those taking the Long Island Rail Road should be aware that no liquids at all will be allowed on the Montauk-bound trains on parade day. This is part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's continued effort to discourage the unruly behavior that used to be a feature of the parade but that has greatly declined in recent years, as a calmer decorum has been enforced. If the M.T.A. Police find a passenger with a beverage container on the train or the platform, the container will be confiscated.

The Long Island Rail Road has added two extra eastbound trains on Sunday. In addition to the regularly scheduled trains to Montauk (leaving Pennsylvania Station at 7:45 and 11:45 a.m.), there will be an extra St. Patrick's Day special run from Penn Station at 6:45 a.m., and another departing Babylon at 8:56 a.m.

Eating After the Parade:

Among the convivial spots where you can keep up the holiday spirit, and warm up your chilly bones, is O'Murphy's Restaurant and Pub, down by the marinas on West Lake Drive. They will be serving a lunch and dinner of corned beef and cabbage, with Irish music "all day and night," plus Guinness, of course, and Irish coffees.

Sammy's restaurant, also on West Lake Drive, is offering a St. Patty's prix fixe, with three courses — and an entree choice of corned beef, roast cod, roast beef, chicken potpie, or braised lamb — for $24.95; reservations are at 631-238-5707.

Shagwong, the old tavern on Main Street, will surely be thronged with happy revelers. And the Montauk Brewing Company can be relied on for an assortment of locally brewed stouts, ales, and lagers.

On Friday, just two weeks and a day before her son’s wedding reception at the Hedges Inn in East Hampton, Joanne Lester O’Brien learned that East Hampton Village had denied a permit for the March 31 event and five others planned at the inn this year. 

“When my son got engaged last summer, it made all the sense in the world for us to have this wedding with our friends instead of at an UpIsland wedding factory,” she told the village board on Friday. Her son had signed a contract with the inn months ago. She found out that the plans were in jeopardy just an hour before Friday’s village board meeting.  

Linda Riley, the village’s attorney, and Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. insisted that the decision was not based on a proposed amendment to the village’s mass assembly law that would enact more stringent permitting guidelines for special events at private residences and commercial properties and prohibit the village’s inns from holding events outdoors or in tents. Rather, Ms. Riley said, the permits were denied because special events at the inn are not consistent with village code, the property’s certificate of ccupancy, or with the legally-established pre-existing nonconforming uses for the site. 

Nevertheless, Ms. O’Brien joined members of the clergy, the lawyer for the Hedges Inn, and others who had events planned there in speaking out against the proposed amendment at a hearing on Friday. 

Christopher Kelley, the inn’s lawyer, said that the Hedges had received a letter the evening before the meeting informing it that six permit applications it had submitted for events this year had been denied. “This letter we got last night reverses the history of the last several years where the village has granted permits and recognized this special events use at this site,” said Mr. Kelley, who added that he was particularly concerned that the permit denials would upend plans for wedding receptions scheduled to take place at the inn, including that of Ms. O’Brien’s son, Kevin O’Brien. 

As Ms. O’Brien spoke, she sounded near tears as she told the trustees about the now-tentative plans for the wedding and about how her friendship with Jennifer Lilja, the general manager of the Hedges Inn, and Ms. Lilja’s mother had swayed the family’s decision on the venue.

“How can they do this to us based on a change in the law that hasn’t taken effect yet?” she asked later in the week. 

Charlotte Sasso, the owner of Stuart’s Seafood Market in Amagansett, also spoke at the hearing in opposition to the proposed law. Ms. Sasso had held a party for her son’s bar mitzvah at the Hedges Inn last April, after applying for and receiving a permit. She told the board that she really had no other choice of venue for her event, which, she said, had approximately 135 guests in attendance. “It was April 1, so a lot of places were not open. The only solution was to put up a tent on the Hedges property,” she said. 

Stu Kaitz, the father of a bride-to-be whose wedding reception is on the books for June 9 at the Hedges Inn, expressed dismay that the village was suddenly changing course on allowing events to take place there. “We’re 84 days away,” he said. “All the plans are in place. I didn’t think I’d be sitting here, when I have a contract with the Hedges Inn, talking about can we have our event. So many events have been had there successfully,” he said. 

Among other things, the proposed law requires that a permit application be submitted at least 21 days in advance for anyone holding a gathering of 50 or more people that takes place in whole or in part outdoors. That drew criticism from East Hampton clergy and others who expressed concern that the law might abridge people’s right to practice religion. 

Leonard Ackerman, an attorney and an East Hampton Village resident, wrote a letter to the board, read by his neighbor Andrew Goldstein, that described how the proposed law would have impeded his ability to practice the proper Jewish rite of mourning, following the death of his wife, Judy, last August.   “The number of people who came to pay their respects exceeded 50,” wrote Mr. Ackerman, who noted that many of his guests spent time outside in his garden. “If the new law is adopted I would have been in violation.”

Rabbi Joshua Franklin of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons attended the meeting, along with the Very Rev. Denis Brunelle of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and the Rev. Scot McCachren of the East Hampton Presbyterian Church as representatives of the East Hampton Clericus. All echoed Mr. Ackerman’s concern that the proposed law does not explicitly provide an exemption for events with a religious purpose either at an institution or at a private residence. Mr. Brunelle also wanted to make sure that his church’s annual fair would not be negatively impacted by the law.

Three days after the board meeting, Mr. Kelley, the lawyer for the inn, said that he and the village were working together to try to find a way to allow all of the inn’s 2018 events to take place. When reached to discuss both the board meeting and the potential deal, Becky Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator, declined to comment. 

“We will take all the comments made under advisement,” said Mayor Rickenbach after every member of the public had a chance to speak. The mayor kept the hearing open until the board’s next meeting, on April 5. “It’s not an easy one to grapple with,” he said. 

In other business, the board approved a special event permit for the Chamber of Commerce’s spring fair to be held on May 12, and resolved to hold a public hearing on April 20 in regard to a proposed ban on polystyrene containers. It also extended an agreement with the East Hampton Historical Society to allow the organization to operate its headquarters at 101 Main Street, which is a village-owned building, as a museum through 2023.

Grey Gardens is in a state of upheaval. The house’s front porch has been removed, the chimneys have been taken down, and the entire structure is set to be lifted off its foundation to allow for the existing crawl space to be transformed into a full basement.

The extent of the ongoing work was noted with alarm on social media last week, with, for example, one East End resident posting front-yard images and expressions of anxiety over its fate on Facebook. Anyone passing by 3 West End Road in East Hampton, the official address of the house made famous by its most eccentric inhabitants, Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith Bouvier Beale, might indeed assume that it was in the midst of a drastic re-envisioning, but that is not the case, said colleagues of its newest owners.

In the fall, when the new owners bought the property for $15.5 million from Sally Quinn — a journalist who was married to the late Ben Bradlee (played by Tom Hanks in The Post, the recent Academy Award contender) — they used a limited liability company, which concealed their identities. They remain anonymous. However, Frank Newbold, an associate broker at Sotheby’s International Realty who represented the buyers during the purchase, vouched for his clients, describing them as “a young family who know and love East Hampton and who are eager to respect and restore Grey Gardens.” Mr. Newbold is also the chairman of the village’s zoning board of appeals.

Kevin Hummel, a partner in the firm John Hummel and Associates Custom Builders, has been hired by the owners to oversee the renovation. He said last week that he has been tasked with salvaging as much of the original structure as possible. “They’re adamant about saving every piece of trim and paneling,” he said. “When we took down the chimneys, we saved the original bricks to be reused.” After the house is lifted, and the basement expanded, “the house will be put back down in its original position on a new foundation,” added Mr. Hummel. “Nothing is changing with the aesthetics. The owners have been researching books and documents about the house for years. They really want this house to go back to the way it was 100 years ago. They don’t even want it to look like a new paint job was done.”

Building plans for the house, which are on file at the East Hampton Village Building Department, feature a series of demolition notes that contain directives such as “salvage wainscoting and all decorative trim in dining room for reuse,” and “remove existing gravel driveway and salvage existing bluestone edging for reuse.”

The building plans also show that some high-end adjustments are in store for the classic shingled structure. Hydronic radiant floors are slated to be installed in all the bathrooms, the kitchen, the sun room, and the master bedroom. The new basement has been designed to contain a wine room, an exercise room, and a recreation room. 

  If the plans come to full fruition, the house will end up with a total of 33 rooms, including seven bedrooms, eight full bathrooms, and two half-bathrooms.

Outside, on the 1.7 acres of land Grey Gardens is set on, the documents lay out a plan for the rectangular backyard pool to be replaced with a circular one. Three gates will be installed on the perimeter of the property, two on West End Road and one on Apaquogue Road. 

As for the house’s infamous landscaping — which reached a state of picturesque wildness and overgrown neglect before the Beales were confronted by village code inspectors back in the 1970s —  Mr. Hummel said the owners were also intent on reviving its past. “They’ve hired a landscape architect to bring the garden back to what it originally looked like,” he said.

After months of back and forth, the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals and Ronald Perelman, the billionaire owner of the Creeks on Georgica Pond, agreed on Friday that some illegally built structures on his 58-acre estate would be eliminated or reduced in size and use. 

In 2012, the village discovered that Mr. Perelman had constructed and altered multiple buildings at the property at 291 Montauk Highway without building permits and in violation of code. It was also discovered that he had illegally cleared some 70,000 square feet of vegetation on the property. After the East Hampton Village Board rejected a proposal to create a new zoning district that would effectively legalize the structures, he came to the Z.B.A. 

Mr. Perelman sought to legalize the enlargement of a small synagogue to 1,275 square feet, where the maximum permitted for an accessory building is 250 square feet, and to keep its 15.1-foot height, where the maximum is 14 feet. He also sought variances to legalize 160 square feet of additions to the main residence and for the earlier extension, expansion, and alteration of nonconforming accessory buildings containing cooking and living facilities. The additions are 100 feet from wetlands, where a 150-foot setback is required.

He also sought variances to legalize a 5,802-square-foot barn with cooking and living facilities, which he proposed in exchange for converting a 4,217-square-foot carriage house, also containing cooking and living quarters, into an accessory building with storage space. Area and wetlands setback variances were also required to legalize six pieces of art and sculptures installed within the rear-yard and wetlands setbacks, the nearest being directly on the rear-yard lot line and wetlands. 

On Friday, the fourth meeting at which the application was considered, Frank Newbold, the board’s chairman, and Leonard Ackerman, an attorney for Mr. Perelman, detailed the proposal on which the board will make its determination. 

Mr. Newbold highlighted concerns about the ecological health of Georgica Pond, which has experienced several toxic algal blooms in recent years and led to the board’s insistence that a vegetative buffer between the property and the pond, and nitrogen-reducing septic systems covering the entire property, be included in the mitigation offered in exchange for variances legalizing some of the structures. 

“As in all applications before this board, it’s a question of balancing the mitigation offered against the variances requested,” Mr. Newbold said. “Particularly, since this property has more frontage on Georgica Pond than any other, we’re concerned for the impact on the neighborhood, and in particular the water quality of Georgica Pond.”

Mr. Perelman will be required to remove the six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and cooking facilities in the carriage house and convert it to unconditioned space to be used only for storage. A shower is to be removed from the synagogue, with two half-bathrooms allowed to remain, and a covenant to be filed with the village will prohibit cooking facilities or use as a residence, including overnight dwelling. A portion of a swimming pool cabana that was added to include a workout room must be removed, and a shower must be removed from a pool house. Fences that encroach into wetlands must also be removed. 

Along with the 70,000 square feet of vegetation that had been illegally cleared, Mr. Perelman will revegetate additional land, for a total of 133,756 to be planted with native species to form a natural buffer between the property and Georgica Pond. It is to be maintained without pesticides or fertilizers. 

“Finally,” Mr. Newbold said, “the applicant has proposed agreement to a nitrogen-reducing septic system for the entire property to be installed within two years, which will benefit the pond and leave it in healthier condition going forward.” A covenant stating that the applicant will apply to the Suffolk County Health Department for that upgrade within 60 days of the zoning board’s determination will be filed with the village. 

The hearing was closed, and the board’s determination will be announced at a future meeting. 

Also at the meeting, a hearing was opened, and quickly closed, for six properties surrounding Lily Pond. Bruce Horwith, a conservation biologist, detailed a plan to remove phragmites from wetlands and adjacent areas by cutting with hand-held equipment at properties on Lily Pond Land and Apaquogue Road, which collectively cover 22.3 acres. A seventh property, also on Lily Pond Lane, will be added to the project once a survey, wetlands flagging, and paperwork have been completed. “The idea will be to approach the whole pond holistically with one project,” Mr. Horwith said.

The project, projected to span four years, requires approval of the town trustees, which Mr. Horwith said has been given, and a permit from the State Department of Environmental Conservation, which is pending. Billy Hajek, the village planner, recommended that the board require the applicants to submit reports to monitor the project’s success in controlling phragmites and the re-establishment of native species, and to notify the village’s Code Enforcement Department when the project is to commence. Mr. Horwith agreed. 

Two determinations were announced at the meeting. The board denied an application from Georgia Benevicks to install a powder room in a 436-square-foot detached garage, where bathrooms are prohibited, at 75 Mill Hill Lane. The survey submitted with the application depicts a proposed swimming pool, but no building permit application for a pool has been submitted; and, the board noted, the applicant characterizes the structure as a garage and not a pool house or recreational room. 

Richard Furlaud Jr. was granted variances to legalize alterations of a nonconforming detached garage in the front yard at 79 Hither Lane. One variance legalizes a 361-square-foot finished studio room, where 250 square feet is the maximum permitted; another allows the studio room to remain insulated, and a third allows the installation of another garage door. The board, however, denied Mr. Furlaud’s request that the structure have a heating and cooling system and an indoor shower.

It has never been confirmed that Spain blew up the U.S.S. Maine on Feb. 15, 1898, but the explosion that killed more than half the American battleship’s officers and crew members as it sat in Havana Harbor set off the Spanish-American War. 

The war marked the first time that American soldiers were sent overseas to fight, and many would die in Cuba of tropical diseases such as yellow fever, typhoid, malaria, and dysentery. Looking for a site on the Northeast coast of this country that could accommodate between 22,000 and 29,000 sick troops, Secretary of War Russell Alger chose 5,000-plus acres in Montauk as an ideal place to quarantine soldiers while they convalesced. It was named Camp Wikoff after the first United States officer killed in the Spanish-American War. 

Jeff Heatley and Richard Barons will speak about Camp Wikoff and both its East End and national impact at Clinton Academy on Friday, March 23, at 7 p.m. Their talk, “Fever in Montauk: Camp Wikoff and the East Hampton Community,” is the last in the East Hampton Historical Society’s winter series “Doctors, Housecalls, and Hospitals: Keeping Well in Old East Hampton.” It will be preceded by refreshments at 6:30. 

Mr. Heatley edited “Bully! Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders & Camp Wikoff,” a compilation of 1898 newspaper articles on the war and its aftermath here, with help from the late Russell Drumm and the Montauk Historical Society. “Bully!”, published in 1998, details the quarantining of the 5th Army Corps in Montauk, including many of Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and sick soldiers who had been waiting at Army posts in the South to be shipped out to Cuba. Mr. Heatley said that one of the reasons he did the book was that “the journalism from newspapers of the 1890s . . . was stunning.”

Aside from the climate and relative isolation, what also helped seal Alger’s decision on Camp Wikoff’s location was the extension three years earlier of the railroad to Montauk. South Fork residents were not happy at the prospect of so many sick men convalescing in Montauk, however. Many young women from both forks received training from the Red Cross to be able to nurse the soldiers; some of these women got sick and some died.

In the end, 350 soldiers died in Montauk, some of starvation because once they became really ill, they could not digest the rations given them and because of red tape, the food they might have been able to eat, such as eggs, milk, chicken, and fresh vegetables, did not get there in time, Mr. Heatley explained recently. By the end of August 1898, there were 20,000 men in the camp, 2,100 of them in hospitals.

The talk by Mr. Heatley and Mr. Barons is free.

After spending decades looking after the beautification of East Hampton Village at large, the Ladies Village Improvement Society focused on a project even closer to home this winter, refurbishing its headquarters and thrift shops at 95 Main Street. 

The structure, which was built in 1740, had not been renovated since 1987, when the L.V.I.S. first purchased it, and years of wear and tear had left the building in a state that was often not in compliance with the village’s building codes. 

In the fall, the L.V.I.S. hired Lee H. Skolnick and Paul Alter, from the Lee H. Skolnick Architecture and Design firm, to reimagine the space, with one of the major goals being to make the thrift shops more user-friendly. 

The demolition phase took place in mid-January, and Ben Krupinski, the owner of Ben Krupinski Builder, donated the construction costs for the ensuing six-week renovation. 

On March 6, the L.V.I.S. held a grand opening of its Bargain Box and Bargain Books thrift stores and debuted the makeover to the public. The result is a redesigned floor plan for the shops, featuring more elbow room for customers. The menswear shop and the bookshop have partially traded places. The backdrop of a fresh paint job gives the space a sleeker aesthetic, leaving the shops in perfect shape for the summer season. 

The shops are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Can East Hampton Village enact its proposed law regulating large events without ruining the plans of couples who already have booked venues for weddings? That question was the focus of the village board’s work session last Thursday, while it also discussed a village-wide ban on Styrofoam and a proposal to install a device on the roof of the pavilion at Main Beach designed to free radio frequencies for use by the Navy.

Under the proposed law requiring permits for events with 50 or more people, village hostelries, such as the Hedges Inn and the Maidstone Hotel, which are nonconforming businesses in a residential district, would be prohibited from holding events outdoors or in a tent. The dilemma for board members was how exactly to define the term “already booked.” 

“I’ve thought a lot about it,” said Linda Riley, the village attorney, who seemed dubious about the proposal. “I don’t know how we determine what’s truly booked or not. There’s a lot of wiggle room in ‘booked,’ ” she said. Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., however, seemed intent on finding a way to keep nuptials on track, at least until a specific date in the future. “I think we can make an exception with a time frame,” he said. 

Becky Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator, explained that some tweaks had been made to the proposed law since its introduction last month. Language has been added to make it clear that locations open to the public, such as churches, museums, and libraries, would not be prohibited from having large gatherings either indoors or outdoors. 

The law’s definition of a charitable organization was revised to include political committees and charities based outside the village as eligible to apply for a permit. 

The proposed law makes a distinction between the terms social occasion and special event. According to Ms. Hansen, a social occasion is defined as a commonplace event, such as a birthday party, which would be likely to take place at a private residence. A special event is a gathering that is not part of the normal course of business, whether at a residence or a commercial property. Although both social occasions and special events with 50 or more people would require permits, the fees for them might differ. 

The language was also changed to make it clear that security deposits and liability insurance would be mandated only for events on village property. Homeowners who hold parties at residences would still be required to reimburse the village for the cost of any public services, such as additional traffic control, that the village deemed necessary. 

Moving on to an environmental concern, the board appeared eager to enact a law to prohibit the use or sale of Styrofoam. Last month, the Village of Patchogue banned Styrofoam takeout containers and packing peanuts. The members of the East Hampton 

The village board apparently wanted to go further by adding Styrofoam coolers to the list. “A cheap Styrofoam cooler ends up in the landfill a lot quicker than a nice one does,” Arthur Graham, a village trustee, said.  

The board also turned its attention to a proposal from Federated Wireless, a mobile communications company, and its business partners, to install a device with “environmental sensing capability.” The sensor would detect when it was necessary to free federal cellular frequencies for use by the Navy during land or sea operations. Commercial users would then be directed to other wireless bands. 

According to the proposal, such sensors are being installed every 20 to 25 miles across all of the country’s coastlines. After requesting that the design review board sign off on the installation, since Main Beach is located in the Ocean Avenue Historic District, the board agreed to allow the installation.

Work on the roundabout being constructed at what is known as the five corners intersection of Route 114 and Buell and Toilsome Lanes in East Hampton Village may have seemed a bit dormant this winter, but the project has been making progress off site with the fabrication of granite and concrete curbs for the circle and its splitter islands. “We’ve just completed phase two and we expect phase three to begin by early next week,” Becky Molinaro Hansen, the village administrator, said on Monday. “The goal is to have it completed hopefully by mid-May but certainly by Memorial Day.”

Phase three will include the installation of the center island, curbs, sidewalks, light poles, signs, and fixtures. There may be intermittent traffic snarls at the location due to work being done, Ms. Hansen said, but added that she does not ever expect a complete shutdown. “We anticipate being able to have at least one lane open at all times,” she said. Another key part of phase three will be the landscaping. On that front, Ms. Hansen said the village had already reached out to the Ladies Village Improvement Society and the Garden Club of East Hampton for their advice. “We want it to look like a beautiful finished product,” she said. 

The other major traffic-related project in the village involves the replacement of the railroad trestles that cross North Main Street and Accabonac Road. The trestles, which are renowned for being rammed by too-tall trucks, will be raised from 11 to 14 feet high with the installation of new bridges. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which operates the Long Island Rail Road, is in charge of the project, which is expected to take 18 months to complete, finishing in mid-2019. 

Work on the retaining walls used to prop up the bridges will begin in the coming weeks, Ms. Hansen said. The walls will be constructed out of concrete blocks that “will look like rocks and vary in size and shape,” Ms. Hansen said. At a meeting in September, the village board questioned L.I.R.R. officials about whether the blocks could be dyed to a color that is aesthetically appropriate to the village’s character. The railroad officials were initially doubtful that could be accommodated, but Ms. Hansen said that the board and Robert Hefner, the village director of historic services, ultimately did get to sign off on the earth-toned shade of the blocks. “Everyone’s happy with the color,” said Ms. Hansen, who revealed that its official name is Federal Standard. 

The trestle removal and replacement process, which will take about 10 days, was slated to happen this fall, but Ms. Hansen said that has been pushed back to next February. “The North Main Street bridge will be first and then five days later the Accabonac bridge,” Ms. Hansen said. “We anticipate road shutdowns during the actual removal and replacement of each trestle. The L.I.R.R. will develop a traffic control plan and review it with the village and other stakeholders.”

Steven Ringel, the executive director of the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce, laid out plans for the village’s second annual spring street fair before the village board’s work session last Thursday.

Describing last year’s event as a huge success, Mr. Ringel said the game plan for the 2018 fair, which is slated for May 12, a Saturday, was largely to remain the same, with approximately 50 booths featuring artisans from the area and nonprofit groups set up back to back down the center of Newtown Lane stretching from Main Street to Park Place.

One big change from last year: The board has decided to allow the village’s retail stores on both Main Street and Newtown Lane to have sidewalk sales during the event. “The stores didn’t have their best day last year,” said Mr. Ringel. “This is a way to dissolve the line between the stores and the festival.”

Another new feature will be a designated food area, complete with picnic tables, bathroom facilities, and a cleanup crew, set up in the entryway to the municipal parking lot alongside Capital One bank. The time frame of the festival will be moved up by an hour, to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., because “the village’s restaurants really needed their parking back,” Mr. Ringel said.

American Legion Post 419 of Amagansett will host a casino and karaoke fund-raiser at Legion Hall on Friday, March 9, for a young woman who is facing rare blood disorders and a long regimen of treatment and recovery.

In August, Jessica Greene, who is 26, was diagnosed with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, a life-threatening disease characterized by the destruction of red blood cells, blood clots, and impaired bone marrow function, as well as aplastic anemia, which causes deficiency of all three blood-cell types. 

Ms. Greene’s parents are Rob Greene Jr. of Springs, a member of the American Legion, and Gina Mulhern of Montauk. Ms. Greene, who lives in Manhattan, needs a bone marrow transplant, according to her aunt, Lisa Mulhern Larsen of East Hampton, and she recently received word that four, and possibly five, donors had been identified, and all were willing to donate.

Treatment, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, involves embryo cryopreservation, a procedure that will allow her to have children in the future, followed by radiation and chemotherapy.

The transplant will require six to eight weeks of hospitalization and Ms. Greene will then be quarantined for two months needing around-the-clock care. She will be unable to work for approximately six months as her immune system recovers. 

Disability insurance will cover only a portion of the many expenses to come. Neither the embryo cryopreservation nor the donor search process, for example, is covered. 

A campaign on the YouCaring website had raised more than $107,000 through Feb. 28. The campaign, Support Jess Greene in Her Fight Against PNH and SAA, is at youcaring.com/jessgreene. 

The fund-raiser at Legion Hall will include food, a 50-50 raffle, Chinese and silent auctions, and a cash bar. Tickets are $30 and will be available at the door. 

Ms. Greene has posted regular updates on Facebook. “There are no words to express how grateful I am to have such an amazing support system, my boyfriend, my family, friends, co-workers, and everyone in between,” she wrote on Jan. 24. “This is just the beginning of my journey but the amount of support and love I have received in just this past week, it’s honestly one of the most amazing things I’ve ever witnessed. I can’t thank every single person enough.”

“To my EH/AMG/MTK family, when things get tough I know that our community comes together and it’s times like these I really can’t imagine growing up anywhere else.”

“The world does still have such incredible people in it,” she wrote, “and I couldn’t be more grateful to these people . . . but most of all, I am just so thankful, for everything.”