Three Plastic Bags in the Car
He hit a tree and was found "unresponsive and having difficulty breathing," then police said they found three small plastic bags of a “white rock-like substance,” later determined to be cocaine, in the car.
Steve Haweeli, Founder of WordHampton, 68
Steve Haweeli, whose WordHampton Public Relations firm in Springs became the pre-eminent promoter of restaurants and hospitality companies here and across Long Island, died on Aug. 23 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan of complications from Covid-19.
Maralyn Rittenour, Veteran Traveler
Maralyn Rittenour was traveling in Italy over the summer when she started feeling unwell. It was lymphoma, she learned when she returned home to Springs. She died on Aug. 18 at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital at age 84.
Richard Smith, 92
Richard W. Smith Jr., a past president of the Maidstone Club, died at his Borden Lane residence in East Hampton Village on Aug. 20. The cause was cardiopulmonary arrest.