Thomas Joseph Byrne, a retired chief petty officer with the United States Navy, died of heart failure on May 8 at home in Springs. He was 86. God, family, and country were driving forces throughout his life, his family said.

William Cuthbert, who died on May 11 of metastatic bladder cancer, was a sensitive, caring man of high principles, his partner of 21 years said.

For years I’ve noticed numerous symmetrical holes measuring about an inch in diameter in the sand near where I dock my boat in Sag Harbor Cove. Who created and resides in such dwellings?

The playoff news baseball-wise was not good for East Hampton High School’s team, which lost to Mount Sinai and Miller Place last week, and thus was ousted from the county’s Class A bracket. For the Pierson (Sag Harbor) Whalers, however, the news was good.