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Dan Rattiner's Stories
Trump Chaos: The President Will Visit the Hamptons on Friday
Donald Trump is coming to the Hamptons on Friday, August 17, to do what he always does. He will be…
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The Hamptons Has Different Food Prices for the Rich and Everyone Else
There are two distinct price ranges for identical food items in the Hamptons. One is at the markets for the…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 10–16, 2018
Week of August 10–16, 2018 Riders this past week: 39,923 Rider miles this past week: 202,864 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Police Blotter
Hamptons Road Rage Rally Attracts Stiff Competition from Out-of-Towners in 2018
The Hamptons Police have released stats revealing the mid-season state of play in their annual summertime Road Rage Rally, the…
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The Coffee Carafe: Drones, Caffeine, Cracked Glass, Jeff Bezos & Luminous Paint
My wife made coffee this morning. Or thought she did. When she took the carafe full of coffee out from…
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A Bridgehampton ‘Killer Bees’ Movie Review Gets It Right
The movie that local boys Ben and Orson Cummings made about the Bridgehampton School Killer Bees basketball team premiered on…
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Trump and the Media: New York Times Chooses Wrong Time to Write Wrong Thing
Ever since Donald Trump was elected president a year and a half ago, I have been reading biographies of presidents,…
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Lemonade from Lemons: Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center Parking Solution
Since August 2, access to the popular Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center on Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs has been restricted…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of August 3–9, 2018
Week of August 3–9, 2018 Riders this past week: 35,233 Rider miles this past week: 179,933 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Police Blotter
Hamptons Glampers Revolt at Northwest Woods Campground
The Hamptons Police Department responded late Saturday night to calls reporting a disruption at Kozy Korners campground in Northwest Woods.…
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Naming Issue: How ‘Dan’s Papers’ Got its Name in the 1960s
It’s an odd name for a newspaper. At various times over the years, we have dealt with people calling to…
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Losing a Park: Southampton Town Trustees Bargain Half of It Away to a Neighbor
In 1928, a farmer named David Halsey donated a .61 acre piece of waterfront to the Town of Southampton as…
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Meet the New Montauk Lighthouse Keeper: Former Businessman Joe Gaviola
The Montauk Lighthouse was ordered built by George Washington in 1796. The war was over by that time and he…
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Donald Trump’s Blazing Speech to Congress After Pearl Harbor
It is not generally known, but Donald Trump was President on December 8, 1941, one day after Pearl Harbor. Here…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of July 27–August 2, 2018
Week of July 27–August 2, 2018 Riders this past week: 43,911 Rider miles this past week: 186,913 DOWN IN THE…
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Police Blotter
Hamptons Police Get ‘Incredible Offer” for Free Interrogations by Russian Forces
Hamptons Police spokesman Larry Hirsch confirmed this week that the department had received and accepted a secret offer from Russian…
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Reincarnation: I Hope to Modify My Contract with the Lord
As global warming continues, the East End is in ever increasing danger of severe flooding. The early stages of this…
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18th Century Mystery: Giant Cannons from British Man o’ War Scuttled Off Montauk
On July 24, 1781, a resident of Groton, Connecticut named Joseph Woodbridge wrote a brief letter to General George Washington…
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Deadline for 2018 Dan’s Literary Prize Contest Extended to August 8
For the last three months now, writers have been scribbling away to complete essays about the time their grandfather took…
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The Connection: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Adolph Hitler and Charles Lindbergh
Regarding Trump’s meeting with Putin early last week, I think nobody is seeing what they are looking at. Putin’s operatives…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of July 20–26, 2018
Week of July 20–26, 2018 Riders this past week: 46,812 Rider miles this past week: 200,001 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Police Blotter
Hamptons Dress Code Enforcement Raid Wedding for Formal Attire
Members of a Sag Harbor wedding party arrested for excessive formality have lodged an official complaint against the Hamptons Police…
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Two Neighborhoods: Protect Sag Harbor’s Azurest and Nineveh
There are two lovely historic neighborhoods in Sag Harbor. One is the area where the residents of the town, mostly…
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Deepfakes Videos: Not Being Able to Believe Anything Could Solve the Problem
Some time before the end of this year, people up to no good will be able to produce videos of…
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July 4th Forever: Looking Back at 10 Days of Patriotic Hamptons Fireworks
Here are a few leftover stories from the Fourth of July. Dan’s Hamptons Media, which publishes Dan’s Papers, held the…
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Eating in the Hamptons: From Camaraderie and Alcohol (1958) to Food as Art (2018)
This year in the Hamptons, for the first time, there are two high-end restaurants so exclusive that you can’t make…
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The Hamptons Subway
Hamptons Subway Newsletter: Week of July 13–19, 2018
Week of July 13–19, 2018 Riders this past week: 42,303 Rider miles this past week: 199,998 DOWN IN THE TUBE…
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Police Blotter
Hamptons Police Respond to 4:50 a.m. Fireworks Display on July 8
The Hamptons Police Department was overwhelmed with calls in the early morning hours last Sunday as residents of Lazy Point…
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Spalding Gray Honored with Plaque at Former Sag Harbor Home
A plaque has been placed on Spalding Gray’s Sag Harbor home to designate it a literary landmark and to honor…
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Coming to America: Like Many, Trump’s Grandfather Came Here Unannounced
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a short article about my grandfather, Franz Rattiner, who emigrated from Romania as…
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