Villages

Building political will for a livable world is a work in progress, according to Don Matheson, a builder who lives in East Hampton, but if his observations from last week’s international conference of Citizens Climate Lobby are accurate, that undertaking is nearing a tipping point.

Looking back on his 21 years on the Sag Harbor Village Board, first as a trustee and finally as mayor, Brian Gilbride said he has no regrets.

It seems as if Mother Nature has provided an au pair for a pair of Canada geese and their three downy goslings that hang out on Fort Pond near Second House Road and Industrial Road in Montauk.

The departure of Uber, the app-based car service, following a blitz of tickets given its drivers for lacking the required town taxi licenses, has two East End taxi company owners jumping into the breach.

Trustees want beach garbage cans removed from East Hampton Village beaches; village says they’re staying put.

The shops, circa 1797 and 1850, would be moved back to their original location, on North Main Street in East Hampton Village near the Emergency Services Building.

John Philip Jaxheimer, the son of Susan and John Jaxheimer of Amagansett and New York City, and Aimee Bridget Ruby were married on May 26.

Ed Deyermond, who was re-elected last week to another term on the Sag Harbor Village Board, is going to have a new 9-to-5 job as of next week, though it’s one with which he is very familiar.

A petition asking the East Hampton Town Board to deny permits for large events on Montauk’s downtown green has gathered over 200 signatures since Memorial Day weekend.

Favored stop for beer and soda to close.

The East Hampton Village Board formally adopted a budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year at its meeting on Friday.

AT&T wants a permit from East Hampton Village to install wireless service equipment here.

Todd Forrest of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx will be at the East Hampton Library on Saturday to discuss how its projects can motivate homeowners here.

Durham Washburn Finney and Sarah Elizabeth Yagerman of Manhattan were married at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk on Sunday.

Weekdays in Montauk this month have been almost as quiet as the days after Tumbleweed Tuesday, following Labor Day, when legend has it that the hamlet is so slow you can see tumbleweeds blowing through instead of people.

Sag Harbor Village officially has a new mayor, Sandra Schroeder, and a new village justice, Lisa R. Rana.

The East Hampton Village Board plans to adopt its proposed 2015-16 $20.53 million budget at a meeting on Friday, June 19.

An era ended last Thursday evening at the Shagwong Tavern in Montauk as Jimmy Hewitt, the longtime owner, turned the keys over to new owners during a farewell party.

In spite of her grief, an Amagansett mother who lost her son to a drug overdose is finding solace, even if fleeting, through helping others in her son’s name.

A spirited re-enactment of the historic events of June 13, 1942, is set for Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Amagansett Life Saving and Coast Guard Station and nearby on Atlantic Avenue Beach.

Tuesday’s election in Sag Harbor Village features two races, one for mayor and another for justice.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons will present the Amazing Amagansett Adventure, a history and art tour, on Wednesday.

The implications of climate change for the South Fork will be the topic at a climate change forum and benefit, scheduled for Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the South Fork Natural History Museum in Bridgehampton.

Hook Pond will not be returned to health unless more than 70 percent of its nitrogen and phosphorus is removed. That was the stark assessment given village officials and residents by a consultant on Saturday.

Diane McNally and Tim Miller of East Hampton have announced the engagement of their son, Adam Mamay, to Stephanie Clark.

The pipe organ that was in the home of the late Charlotte Rogers Smith, a well-known and esteemed Bridgehampton musician, is now making beautiful music in Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church.

The director of the Y.M.C.A. East Hampton RECenter, Glenn Vickers, on Tuesday told the town board that plans are in progress to revamp the center’s youth programs, but the ideas haven’t won unfettered approval.

The installation of a centralized wastewater system to serve properties in downtown Montauk will be the subject of a discussion on Monday night at the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee meeting.

A group of property owners around East Hampton’s Georgica Pond has raised $359,000 for a research project intended to identify the causes of the pond’s recent degradation and toxic algal blooms.

With a model that is part “cause marketing,” part crowdfunding, this East Hampton company’s goal is to connect businesses, nonprofits, and the community at large to accomplish beneficial projects.