Villages

An East Hampton Town official and a representative of Concerned Citizens of Montauk both confirmed this week that they have received reports of foul odors at Ditch Plain and people experiencing skin, eye, and sinus irritation after taking a dip in the water there in the last two to three weeks.

This year the competition has been named the Mike Diveris Battle of Southampton in honor of one of the founding fathers of the town lifeguard program, who died on June 17 at the age of 72. 

After several beachgoers attempted to free a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net off Town Line Beach in Sagaponack on Monday, the whale, which had been trapped for hours 75 feet from shore, ultimately freed itself.

The National Parks Service, the federal agency that oversees the preservation of historic structures and districts, last week added the Sag Harbor communities of Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Subdivisions (known as SANS) to the National Register of Historic Places.

The 15th annual Soldier Ride the Hamptons will return to the South Fork on Saturday with a community bike ride to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. Riders will bike alongside wounded veterans on a 25.6-mile route that starts and finishes at Amagansett Farm and passed through Amagansett and East Hampton Village on the way to Sag Harbor.

A whale that was entangled in fishing net in the waters off Town Line Beach in Sagaponack has freed itself, Southampton Town police said Monday evening. 

Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. formally announced his resignation as East Hampton Village Mayor at the village board’s organizational meeting on July 3. His resignation will take effect on Dec. 31, more than six months before his term is to expire.

The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation will honor Ms. Bertello, the owner of the Baker House 1650, at its Hamptons Happening fund-raiser Saturday night in Bridgehampton.

Mr. Grimes will be honored Sunday evening as the Fishing Legend of the Year at the 19th annual Montauk Mercury Grand Slam fishing tournament in recognition of his many decades of involvement and volunteerism in the community.

Item of the Week From the East Hampton Library Long Island Collection

The structures at 81 Ocean Avenue in East Hampton Village, a one-acre parcel bordering Hook Pond and the Main Beach parking lot, are being demolished this week before East Hampton Town buys the property for $4.8 million.

Ethel Henn, the treasurer of the Springs Historical Society, was at her desk in the Springs Library last week, opening the mail and chatting with a visitor, when she suddenly gasped and exclaimed in delight. From an envelope postmarked Henderson, Nev., she had just withdrawn a check for $200, with “For the Springs Library” on the memo line.