"This doesn't mean that it's going to be out on the streets for everyone; in fact, it'll be off the streets," Nicole Ricci, a board member of New York Small Farma told the crowd at a Tuesday rally in Sag Harbor in support of the state's marijuana legalization. The event addressed details of the law, and encouraged people to take an active role in developing local regulations for the use and sale of marijuana.
Bernard Ray, a 15-year member of the Montauk Fire Department and a veteran of the United States Navy, was "a kind and caring person with both people and animals," his wife said. He died at home in Montauk on April 5 of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A funeral for R. Alice Johnson will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Amagansett. The 94-year-old East Hampton resident died on Friday in Southampton. An obituary will appear in a future issue.
Reggie Jackson was an early mountain bike enthusiast whose love of the sport was sparked at BikeHampton in Amagansett, where he worked in the mid-1970s. He "elevated the welding of bicycles into an art form," his family said. He died of sudden complications from a spinal chord injury sustained during an October mountain biking accident in California that left him almost completely paralyzed.
