Dan Rattiner
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Dan Rattiner's Stories
Autumn in the Hamptons: Key Events from 1665–1992
The peacefulness of autumn in the Hamptons allows for the reflection of the summer just past. Traffic returns to normal,…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of September 5–11, 2019
Week of September 5–11, 2019 Riders this past week: 38,221 Rider miles this past week: 143,032 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Sports, Fitness & Wellness
Meet Dr. Jan Linhart of Linhart Dentistry
Over the summer, you might see a bright red 1993 Land Rover Defender being driven around the Hamptons. Its driver…
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Digging Down: Learning What Earth Is Made of as It Sails Through Space
When I was a little boy, my best friend Mark and I got out some shovels and dug a hole…
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The Pencil Story: Amazon Told Me More About Buying Pencils Than I Care to Know
When I draw a cartoon, which I do occasionally, I get a piece of paper and sketch it out with…
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Grand Prix 2019: The Most Dramatic Hampton Classic Conclusion Ever
There was $300,000 at stake for the concluding Grand Prix competition in Bridgehampton on the final Sunday of the Hampton…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 29–September 4, 2019
Week of August 29–September 4, 2019 Riders this past week: 66,666 Rider miles this past week: 217,812 DOWN IN THE…
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Vistas Gone: We Used to See Hamptons Pastures and Oceans Forever
A local judge issued a temporary restraining order two weeks ago after a clear cutting of what has been estimated…
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Hamptons Sold? Greenland, Denmark, the Hamptons, USA and France
Dan’s Papers exclusively learned late this morning that France has contacted the White House with a lucrative offer to buy…
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Osprey Tower: People Think It Was Built for Morse Code Communications. They Be Wrong
People who come out to the Hamptons for the first time often ask about the 300-foot-tall steel tower that looms…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 22–28, 2019
Week of August 22–28, 2019 Riders this past week: 47,831 Rider miles this past week: 168,412 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Hey, Look Here! Billboards OK on Hamptons Vehicles, Unless There’s Nothing But Signs?
There’s been a significant uptick in the number of mobile billboards traveling the roads of the Hamptons. They are very…
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Frothingham’s Herald: Sag Harbor Publisher of LI’s First Newspaper Vanished Without a Trace
Last summer, various authorities in this area gathered in front of the historic former home of David Frothingham on Main…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 22–28, 2019
Week of August 22–28, 2019 Riders this past week: 49,999 Rider miles this past week: 165,712 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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The Search: A $9 Million Budget and Lots of Choices in the Hamptons
So how did you make out? Great! They showed me 11 houses. All in our $9 million price range. I…
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Look Up! Dan’s Kite Fly Returns to Sagaponack This Saturday
“There were kites made out of inflatable rubber tubes, Chinese dragon kites, long Japanese kites with forty foot tails and…
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Artists Beat Writers 10–8 and Bill Clinton Umpires First Inning
The Artists vs. Writers Softball Game was contested this past Saturday afternoon. This is an annual summer event, held on…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 15–21, 2019
Week of August 15–21, 2019 Riders this past week: 53,972 Rider miles this past week: 168,988 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Jupiter Catastrophe: Meteor Hit Is Seen from Earth, but Jupiter Didn’t Flinch
Something hit Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, last week. Nobody knows exactly what it was because Jupiter is so…
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60 Summers
60 Summers Throwback: The Artists & Writers Softball Game MVP Goes to…
In 1969, I received, second-hand, the prize for Player of the Game. Every year, after the game ended, the players,…
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The Shinnecock Monument: Hamptons Outrage Always Fades
The uproar about the 62-foot-tall billboard put up by the Shinnecock Indians on the Sunrise Highway has subsided. Nearby is…
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Hamptons Tax: $5 a Day Tax on Motorists Is Rescinded for Now
As I am sure you know, the special Hampton Luxury Tax went into effect August 1. Every day, the license…
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Local Boys: Two Long Island Players Now in Mets Pitching Rotation
Ever since Bridgehampton-born Carl Yastrzemski became a baseball star, won the Triple Crown and entered the Hall of Fame in…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 8–14, 2019
Week of August 8–14, 2019 Riders this past week: 48,813 Rider miles this past week: 182,822 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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60 Summers
60 Summers Throwback: You Read It First in Dan’s Papers, from March 18, 1988
From the March 18, 1988 issue of Dan’s Papers: Originally, with Democrats anyway, they were called the seven dwarfs. A…
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Chalking Tires: Is an $80 Parking Ticket Headed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
I wrote a story about a month ago urging fancy New York lawyers to do pro bono work to help…
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The Captive: Illegal Helium Balloon Finds Its Way into Our East Hampton Living Room
For the last five days, we have had a lone helium balloon floating nine feet up in the center of…
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Heatwave Weekend: Sharks, Yachts, Whales and Dan’s Taste of Summer
On Thursday, July 25, a bolt of lightning hit a crowd of beachgoers in Clearwater, Florida, injuring six and, with…
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60 Summers
The First Hamptons Subway Newsletter: November 4–11, 2007
Every week for the past decade, I’ve been running a column in the paper called “The Hamptons Subway Newsletter,” which…
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60 Summers
Classic Dan’s Papers Hoax: The Great Ecuadorian Eel, from Dec. 1999
This article originally ran in Dan’s Papers in December 1999. Peconic County Public Safety Commissioner Thomas Brody held a press…
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