On Saturday night well after hours, when most lifeguards are home and dry, Thomas Casse was at a dinner party at the Montauk Shores Condominiums just east of Ditch Plain when another attendee, Sophie Walton, first heard a faint cry for help.
Joseph John Raffel Jr., 89, a craftsman, painter, miniaturist, and bird carver who retired in 1992 from a 35-year career with the Long Island Lighting Company, died of lung cancer on July 22 at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Katherine Lathrop McSpadden, an artist, teacher, and gardener who was known as Kate, spent every summer of her life until her mid-20s in Amagansett. She grew up sailing on Gardiner’s Bay at the Devon Yacht Club, riding at Stony Hill Stables, and her landscape paintings were inspired by the ocean vistas on Bluff Road, her family said.
Dozens of writers were on hand Saturday night for the East Hampton Library’s annual Authors Night, a celebration of all things literary.
