Dan Rattiner
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Dan Rattiner's Stories
It’s In the Bag: My Adventure with a Washed-Up Treasure in East Hampton
Walking my dog on Main Beach in East Hampton last Monday afternoon, I looked down to discover a small, flat,…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 20–26, 2020
Week of March 20–26, 2020 Riders this past week: 3,821 Rider miles this past week: 46,371 THE FINDING Every year,…
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Walking Dunes: The Daring Attempt to Climb All the Way to the Top
Who can forget Tensing Narsik and his climb up to the top of the Walking Dunes in Napeague? The year…
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Real Estate
Rentals, Resilience and Reality for East End Real Estate Amid Coronavirus
“Our phones have been ringing off the hook.” The statement from Alan Schnurman of Saunders & Associates may, at first…
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Real Estate
Legally Speaking: 5 Real Estate Laws to Know in These Times
In the era of Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are living through both a health and a financial pandemic the likes of…
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Onward and Upward in NYC: Tallest Building Battle Fears
In recent years, extremely tall and thin skyscrapers have sprouted up like blades of grass just south of Central Park…
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Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 13–19, 2020
Week of March 13–19, 2020 Riders this past week: 18,512 Rider miles this past week: 69,960 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Sports Doldrum: The Long Wait from End of Football to Start of Baseball
I love watching baseball and football. For me, the NFL and MLB are our twin national games. I watch them…
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East Hampton Airport Agreement: Helicopter Noise Problem Is at an End
Helicopters thunder across the sky. Corporate jets scream as they come down into their approaches. Twin-engine private planes howl as…
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Beg Your Pardon: Presidential Reprieves and Southampton Bath & Tennis
Surely among the most controversial of all the folks who Donald Trump has pardoned or granted other forgiveness is former…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of March 6–12, 2020
Week of March 6–12, 2020 Riders this past week: 37,423 Rider miles this past week: 88,913 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Me and the Bottle: Rainy Day Thoughts on Pellegrino and Bubbly Water
I sit at my kitchen table in East Hampton with an hour to kill, slowly drinking a bottle of Pellegrino.…
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Official Seals: Good and Bad in East Hampton and Southampton Villages
The Village of East Hampton has come out with a new Village Seal. The old one, and I’ll get to…
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Poop Bags: Rights and Wrongs of Following Your Dog Around with a Bag
When I take my dog out for a walk, I usually take her into town to prance along the sidewalk…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of February 28–March 6, 2020
Week of February 28–March 6, 2020 Riders this past week: 38,422 Rider miles this past week: 109,434 DOWN IN THE…
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Charting the Banana Gap: Price Disparity Is Growing in the Hamptons
Our usual breakfast includes a sliced banana on cold cereal. Because fresh bananas go bad after seven days, bananas are…
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Terra Glamping Here: Luxury Camping at Cedar Point in the Hamptons
Last spring, I was told by a wealthy Hamptons resident that a Brooklyn firm was about to take over a…
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Then & Now: Two Encounters on Cartwright Island in Gardiners Bay
Someone asked me the other day if I could give an example of how things have changed in the Hamptons…
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House & Home
Here Comes the Inaugural Hamptons Home Show
Hamptons home professionals understand the importance of creating homes that are luxurious, attractive, durable, cost-effective, energy-efficient and technologically advanced. From…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of February 21–27, 2020
Week of February 21–27, 2020 Riders this past week: 52,352 Rider miles this past week: 142,811 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Sending Messages: How Gardiners Island Communicated with Mainland in the 17th Century
Gardiners Island was settled in 1639 by an Englishman named Lion Gardiner, who bought it from the Montaukett Indians. He…
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How Goes It? Report from Block Island About Their Offshore Wind Farm
The first offshore wind farm in America began to create electric power from wind four miles off the shore of…
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Oh, No You Don’t: Surfing, Signage, an Overweight Refrigerator Lady and a Stuffed Dog
There are numerous laws on the books of villages in the Hamptons that are from bygone eras that make little…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of February 14–20, 2020
Week of February 14–20, 2020 Riders this past week: 42,813 Rider miles this past week: 134,512 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Six Presidents in the Hamptons: Tyler, Arthur, TR, Nixon, Clinton, Trump
Over the years, there have been six presidents who graced the East End with their presence. One of them was…
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Keep It Safe: Captain Kidd Did Drop Off a Vast Treasure on Gardiners Island
Captain Kidd, the pirate, buried treasure on Gardiners Island. People have written about it from time to time. Often accompanying…
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Swooping In: Environmental Group from Afar Makes Off with Duck Pond Ducks
This appears to be a story that I made up. But it isn’t. It is what happened in late December…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of February 7–13, 2019
Week of February 7–13, 2019 Riders this past week: 43,913 Rider miles this past week: 99,723 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Wind Farms at Sea: Delaware Port Town Locals Weigh in on Proposal
I recently came across a story about a public meeting in the beach town of Fenwick Island, Delaware. As you…
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Montauk Playhouse: Community Center, Tennis, Livestock and Broadway
The largest community center on the East End by far is the 26,000 square-foot facility in Montauk, across from the…
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