Dan Rattiner

East Hampton, Southampton, The Hamptons

Editor-in-Chief at Dan's Papers

Founder and Editor at Behind The Hedges

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Mysterious Man Wanders Hamptons Subway Tunnels

6 days ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

SCENE ON THE SUBWAYNaomi Watts was on the East Hampton platform Saturday at noon. We couldn’t tell if she’d just gotten off or was waiting to get on. Our spotter, who had to pick up her daughter at the preschool could not stay to find out. Later that afternoon, author Robert Caro was seen on the subway heading to Sag Harbor from East Hampton. He was sitting there reading a book. Close Get the Full StoryNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.
The Night Nazis Landed in Amagansett

1 week ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

On a dark foggy night at 12:10 a.m. on June 13, 1942, a German submarine carrying four Nazi saboteurs surfaced 200 yards off the Atlantic Avenue beach in Amagansett and launched the men in a rubber boat toward shore. They intended to blow things up in America. Targets would be aluminum plants, aircraft factories, railroad junctions and department stores.
Hamptons Subway Plans July 4 Celebration

1 week ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

SCENE ON THE SUBWAYAlec Baldwin was seen riding the subway from Sag Harbor toward Bridgehampton last Monday at 6 p.m. Close Get the Full StoryNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.
Encounters with WiFi, AI, High Five & Me

2 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

I had some encounters with AI and Wi-Fi yesterday and none of them went particularly well. The first happened around 2 p.m. in the afternoon. I often run out of gas about that time and lie down for a short nap. On this particular day I was home, my wife was in town, so I wandered into a bedroom and, taking my cell phone out of my pocket, flopped down on my side. TikTok would escort me to la-la land.
Hamptons Real Estate Stories: A Legendary Fight & Teardown

2 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

One time, about 20 years ago, I watched two men angrily get into a shoving match at the annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. It was in the aisle where the summer people and the locals stroll to see the pretty bonnets and other fancy clothes of those also attending. The shoving match was short lived. But it was intense. Apparently the summer person, thinking to make a new friendly connection, had discovered he knew the house where the local lived. It was one of the teardowns.
1775 War Reenactment Aboard Hamptons Subway

2 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

DOWN IN THE TUBEFood writer Katie Lee Biegel was spotted on the Hamptons Subway between Water Mill and Southampton Saturday after the Dan’s Papers’ Rose Soiree which she hosted, carrying groceries and listening to music on her AirPods. Biegel’s purchases, which included a two-pack of Bounty paper towels that were sticking out, were in two brown paper bags, in compliance with the new Southampton town law which bans the use of plastic bags in that town.
Musk, Dog Dock Diving & More East End Fun

3 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

I really miss Elon Musk. He was cute, charming and full of good humor, and for a long time talked to me whether I liked it or not whenever I opened my cell phone. He’d tell me how to get the important things in life. He’d done it. He was so rich. The richest man in the world. He’d say something like “A penny saved is a penny earned,” or “People who throw stones shouldn’t be treated unkindly.”His voice was calming, assured.
Crazy Hamptons Real Estate Stories: Dog Dies

3 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

2 minute 06/02/2025 Have one? Want to share? Contact me and we’ll publish it here in this weekly column. – DanSo I spent six months trying to sell this mansion on Further Lane. It’s owned by an older couple. She’s all for it. He’s waffling. But it gets listed. Finally, in the seventh month after I’ve knocked myself out with open houses and promotions, I get an offer for them. It’s just 5% below asking. It’s a go. Handshakes are made. Contracts are drawn up. But my seller – the man – won’t sign.
Chinese Businessmen Seen Touring the Hamptons Subway

3 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

SCENE ON THE SUBWAYMadonna was seen on the Hamptons Subway between Bridgehampton and Water Mill traveling with someone who looked like First Lady Melania Trump, it was said. Or maybe it was JLo. Close Get the Full StoryNews, events, culture and more — delivered to you.
The Hamptons Longest Shortcut Race Results Are In!

4 weeks ago | danspapers.com | Dan Rattiner

As we do every year in the paper the week after Memorial Day, we hereby present the results of our annual Dan’s Papers Longest Shortcut Race with the starting gun fired at 9 a.m. on Friday, the first day of the holiday weekend. You know how people brag that they know all the back roads in the Hamptons and can easily drive east from one end of the Hamptons to the other on Memorial Day Weekend — fast — while everybody else is stuck in traffic?