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Have you ever considered working for town government? If so, East Hampton and Southampton Towns would like to hear from you.

Nearly every hamlet or village boasts a cost-free resource that can be an enormous benefit to job seekers: the local public library. From Wi-Fi access, computers, printers, and fax machines to relevant workshops, test-prep materials, and librarian services both virtual and in-person, libraries really do have it all.

Drew Smith, who manages East Hampton Village's Main Beach and is the chief of the village's lifeguards, said recently that anyone looking to work this summer as a lifeguard, on the village beaches or on the East Hampton Town beaches overseen by John Ryan Jr., "should either contact me or John as soon as possible — I can't emphasize that enough. Reach out to us and let us know your interest."

Businesses looking to hire students for summer work are sought for a regional job fair at Southampton High School on April 11 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Uptick, anyone? The latest salvo from Real Estate World.

New realty transactions here.

After months of adjournments, representatives of the Huntting Inn returned to the East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals last week, continuing its quest to add a pool and hot tub behind its timber-frame guest house.

The Anchor Society of East Hampton, a nonprofit community group working to revitalize the village business district and return a warmer sense of community to Main Street and Newtown Lane, has issued a call for applications to its Winter Shops program, which will place pop-up shops in otherwise empty storefronts during the off-season.

And the hits just keep on coming. It’s the Hamptons real estate report.

The developer Harry Macklowe listed his Georgica Pond house last week for $38 million. Despite the legal costs Mr. Macklowe has accrued since 2019, when East Hampton Village first hit him with a stop-work order citing illegal clearing and improvements, he stands to make a tidy profit if he gets close to that number, having bought the property in 2017 for $10.35 million.

More South Fork real estate moves . . .

South Fork real estate transactions from the end of last year.

Last week, an excavator tore up the Reutershan Parking Lot at the end of Eastman Way in East Hampton Village as rings for a new sanitary system sat behind a chain-link fence, a sign of big changes to come downtown.

Is it just us, or has this list grown?

Three of the buildings that comprise Adam Potter's 11 Bridge Street Limited Liability Company in Sag Harbor — 23 Bridge Street, 12 Rose Street, and 8 Rose Street — hit the real estate market this week, raising the question of whether his plan for a large, mixed-use building there is dead.

La Dune, an iconic property in Southampton once listed for $150 million, was sold by Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions last month for $88.48 million in a bid placed over the phone. It was the most expensive property ever sold in a real estate auction on the South Fork.

Here’s what’s new out this way, real estate-wise.

The latest reported South Fork real estate transactions.

Mary Waserstein, named executive director of the Greater East Hampton Chamber of Commerce just this past fall, has resigned, saying that she hasn't been paid since starting with the group and has been unable to reach a consensus about compensation with its board of directors.

South Fork real estate news.

When the word “suffered” ends up in a year-end real estate home-sales report, you know it can’t be good. And while Judi Desiderio, the C.E.O. and president of Town and Country Real Estate, said “the worst is yet to come,” the rental market is showing strength, and the stock market is hitting new highs.

The Mill Hill Realty Corporation was in front of the East Hampton Village Design Review Board again this week with plans for its Toilsome Farms Restaurant and Brewery. Dubbed a “beer hall” by neighbors who oppose it, an owner described the proposed business as “a restaurant, not a rowdy party scene.”

New property transfers from across the South Fork.

Get your Hamptons real estate fix here, readers.

News of real estate moves, Montauk to Southampton Village.

Here. Now. Real estate.

A class-action court ruling on Halloween, stemming from an antitrust trial in Kansas City, Mo., is the talk of the town among real estate professionals here. A federal jury found that the National Association of Realtors and multiple large brokerage firms had “conspired to artificially inflate the commissions paid to real estate agents,” The New York Times reported that day, calling it “a decision that could radically alter the home-buying process in the United States.”

From Montauk to Southampton, a rundown of new property moves.

It was a good run for the health food and vitamin shop Second Nature — almost 52 years in East Hampton — but on Sunday the shop closed its doors here for good. It wasn't the high price of rent but rather the lack of foot traffic that drove the decision, an owner said. “Southampton is livelier.”

So many L.L.C.s . . . it’s the new South Fork real estate report.