I have a special place in my heart for The New York Times. Not only am I a longtime reader of this n...
Author: Dan Rattiner
Every morning around 7 a.m. for the past two weeks, crowds of protesters, sometimes as many as 150 b...
Week of November 12–18, 2015
Riders this past week: 7,942
Rider miles this past week: 76,909
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Last Friday afternoon, November 6, the temperature rose to 73° in Bridgehampton.
Besides the fac...
A few years ago, the Presbyterian Church of Southampton automated the beautiful bells that sound in ...
The biggest issue in local affairs this past summer was East Hampton Airport and the noisy helicopte...
Week of November 5–11, 2015
Riders this past week: 8,412
Rider miles this past week: 92,388
D...
The U.S. Army is in downtown Montauk this week, overseeing the start of an enormous $9 million Army ...
Week of October 29 – November 4, 2015
Riders this past week: 9,412
Rider miles this past week: 9...
Today, here in America, the only time you are likely to see fighter jets come thundering low overhea...
Did you know the Hamptons had a witch? She lived in colonial times on eastern Long Island. And wheth...
The last time the eastern end of Long Island had a major league baseball player of heroic proportion...
Week of October 22–28, 2015
Riders this past week: 8,713
Rider miles this past week: 83,412
D...
Last Friday, just before 8 p.m., I heard a very loud and very large aircraft come rumbling in low ov...
If you go to Paris, you’re in Paris. If you go to London, you’re in London. If you go to Timbukt...
Since the days of Carl Yastrzemski, the eastern end of Long Island has not had a true baseball star...
I am a great believer in the American way of life. America is a land of opportunity. Work hard and y...
Week of October 16–21, 2015
Riders this past week: 11,827
Rider miles this past week: 114,720
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You may not have looked particularly closely at this, but when a bumblebee approaches a flower he go...
Nearly half a century ago, I fought a battle and lost. The recent announcement of the sale of Cablev...