60 Summers
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‘The Most Interesting Dan in the World’ Celebrates 60 Summers of Dan’s Papers
This year, Dan’s Papers founder Dan Rattiner celebrates 60 Summers of publishing the Hamptons’ favorite newspaper. After all, he is…
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60 Summers Throwback: TV Listings from the Early July 1964 Montauk Pioneer
My, how times have changed! When The Montauk Pioneer published its July 4 issue in 1964, DVR was not a thing.…
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60 Summers Throwback: Nude Bathers Beware, from July 4, 1980
From the July 4, 1980 issue of Dan’s Papers: At some beaches, nude bathers will be arrested and taken away to…
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60 Summers Throwback: Dan’s Papers Traffic Report, from August 10, 1984
From the August 10, 1984 issue of Dan’s Papers: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, this is Dan Rattiner in the Dan’s Papers Learjet…
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60 Summers Throwback: The White Line in the Middle of the Street, from May 26, 1977
From the May 26, 1977 issue of Dan’s Papers: Well, the Hamptons have finally made it big. For the first time…
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60 Summers Throwback: Chic Injuries, from June 14, 1991
From the June 14, 1991 issue of Dan’s Papers: I think it is important, if you are going to hang around…
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60 Summers Throwback: Feds Investigate Dan’s Papers, from October 16, 1981
From the October 16, 1981 issue of Dan’s Papers: When a distinguished-looking gentleman arrived at the Bridgehampton office of Dan’s Papers and…
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60 Summers Throwback: 29-Foot Shark Stolen, from June 15, 1979
As published in the June 15, 1979 issue of Dan’s Papers: Someone has made off with the shark. The twenty-nine…
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News 12 Features Dan’s Papers and Our 60 Summers Celebration
News 12 Long Island’s Doug Geed aired a lovely story about Dan’s Papers and our 60 Summers celebration on Monday morning,…
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60 Summers Throwback: What Kind of Year Will It Be? – from May 6, 1983
In the 24 years I’ve been writing this summer newspaper, I’ve never seen such optimism about a coming summer season.…
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60 Summers Throwback: Dan’s Hard Sell – from the June 1966 Montauk Pioneer
For our 60 Summers celebration, we look back at Dan’s Papers founder Dan Rattiner’s June 1966 Montauk Pioneer story describing…
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60 Summers Throwback: Andy Warhol Painted Dan’s First Glossy Cover
As hard as it is to believe, the cover of Dan’s Papers was not always a gorgeous, glossy work of…
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60 Summers Throwback: Dig In to Dan Rattiner’s Many Books
During these past 60 years, I have written more than a dozen books, ranging from Albert Einstein’s Summer Vacation, about…
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60 Summers Throwback: Me and Movies Made in the Hamptons
The Hamptons, because of its Old New England towns, bays and beaches, has often been chosen by Hollywood as a…
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60 Summers Throwback: ‘East Hampton Summer Sun’ Circa 1979
In our ongoing Dan’s 60 Summers celebration, we continue to look to the past with weekly Dan’s 60 Summers Throwbacks.…
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60 Summers Throwback: South O’ the Highway 20 Years Ago
Our celebration of the past six decades would not be complete without a tip of the famous hat to the…
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60 Summers Throwback: Donald Trump and Others Praise Dan’s Papers
Since Dan Rattiner published the very first issue of Montauk Pioneer in 1960, fans from all walks of life have…
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60 Summers Throwback: Interviewing Donald Trump in 1996
In the early 1990s, Donald Trump opened a helicopter service called Trump Air to ferry those who could afford it…
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60 Summers Throwback: Flight to Portugal Hoax Made Real
Sometimes when the news in the Hamptons got boring, I’d spice things up by writing a hoax. One April, after…
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60 Summers Throwback: Naming Werewolf Path & More Hamptons Roads
In the years before GPS and Waze, motorists got where they wanted to go by consulting road maps. There were…
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Photos
Dan’s Papers 60 Summers Celebration Kicks Off on the East End
The Dan’s Papers 60 Summers celebration is going to be a year-long party, and the fun has kicked off in…
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Beach Reads
Dan’s Papers’ 60 Summers Celebration Begins in 2019
Keep the champagne corks popping! The holidays are done, sure, but now that the calendar has flipped, we have entered…
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