Jim Ruthenberg, who lived and worked for many years in East Hampton, Montauk, and Amagansett, died on May 25 at UPMC Cole, a hospital in rural Pennsylvania near where he lived in Port Allegany. He was 76.

Carmela Winslow, a resident of Amagansett since 1955, died at home on May 21. She had had heart problems, but was seriously ill for only two months.

Whether in the beauty industry, as a real estate broker, or in language sales and consultations, Joan C. Laufer enjoyed working with people from diverse backgrounds, and she loved to travel. Ms. Laufer, who was 86, died of heart failure on June 6 at Stony Brook University Hospital.

Barbara Lynn Weinman, a real estate broker who lived in East Hampton for more than 40 years, died on Sunday at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan. Ms. Weinman, who was 74, had lymphoma.

Dennis Samuels, a textile stylist and full-time resident of Springs since 1997, died of respiratory illness at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on June 2. He was 87 and had been ill for four weeks.

On the local fishing scene, the action has generally been good in many locales, and anglers of all ages have taken part.

A hoped-for duel between Shelter Island’s Kal Lewis and East Hampton’s Ryan Fowkes didn’t come about in Sunday’s Montauk Mile, but Fowkes made the most of it. Dylan Cashin, a sophomore here, won the women’s race.

Since trimming his widespread tennis management business, Steve Annacone has been much less harried, and happier. Now with MyHamptons Pro, "a concierge tennis instruction and coaching service, I turned to what I like to do, my passion."

Two Peconic Hockey Foundation-sponsored youth ice hockey teams ended the spring season with fine showings in a regional tournament in Rhode Island recently.