Frederick Butti
Frederick Butti, a real estate broker, died of heart disease at home in East Hampton Village on Aug. 10. He was 75 and had been in declining health for a year.
Robert Badkin
Robert J. Badkin of Mulford Lane in Amagansett, who was fondly known to many as Robbie the Welder, died at home of a heart attack last Thursday.
David Rogers Osborn
David Rogers Osborn, a Wainscott farmer known as "the cabbage king," died of complications of cancer on Sunday at the Westhampton Care Center. He was 88.
James Hewitt
James F. Hewitt died last Thursday afternoon in Montauk at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Karen Hewitt. The cause was congestive heart failure. Mr. Hewitt was 79. Am obituary will appear in a future issue.
On the Police Logs
This week's stolen paddleboard belonged to Mike Lumi. The blue-and-white board, valued at $1,000, was last seen leaning on his front gate at 187 Essex Street.
Deer Crossing Injuries
A driver and passenger were taken to the hospital after car struck utility pole while avoiding impact.
Coke Found in Sunday Night Stop, Cops Say
A 48-year-old East Hampton man who police say fled following a Sunday night car accident is facing felony charges of drug possession and driving while intoxicated.
Noisy Parties, Angry Neighbors
There were as many as 90 unrelated people, not wearing face masks or maintaining required social distance, partying at 16 Industrial Road in Montauk on the night of Aug. 30, according to an East Hampton Town code enforcement officer who charged the tenant of the house with "willful violation of health laws and criminal nuisance in the second degree, creating conditions that endanger others."
Alleged Thief Sought in Sagaponack Grand Larceny
The Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Southampton Town Police Department detectives are searching for a man who stole a Rolex watch and a wallet containing credit cards from a vehicle parked at Gibson Beach in Sagaponack on July 30.
Changed Regulations Threaten Burgeoning Hemp Industry
New York State's hemp pilot research program has grown from two growers and 30 acres in 2016 to more than 500 producers and 20,000 acres this year, but is set to expire on Oct. 31, and participants in the state's budding hemp industry are nervous about changes in state and federal regulations that they say could have catastrophic consequences just as the industry is starting to thrive.