Monthly Archives: February 2010

Former nursing home employee charged with endangering welfare of paralyzed patient (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)

A former member of the nursing staff at the Hamptons Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is accused of rolling up a bedsheet and using it to cover the mouth and nose of a quadriplegic male patient, severely restricting his breathing … Continue reading

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‘Bummer’ rental (New York Post)

Two hundred grand apparently doesn’t buy what it used to. A real-estate big claims in a lawsuit that he paid $195,000 for six weeks in a luxury Hamptons home that turned out to be a total dump. In papers filed … Continue reading

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Somerset’s Rubenstein Sues Over Southampton Rental (Update1) (BusinessWeek)

Keith Rubenstein, co-founder and principal at New York-based Somerset Partners LLC, sued the owner of a Hamptons beach house, claiming the “deluxe seasonal rental” he booked last year was an uninhabitable “nightmare.”

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Real estate honcho sues over shabby summer rental in the Hamptons (New York Post)

A real estate big was shocked to discover his $195,000 six-week summer rental in the Hamptons wasn’t a good deal. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Keith Rubenstein says the swanky digs he and his family thought they were … Continue reading

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Real estate big Keith Rubenstein says $195K, six-week Hamptons ‘luxury’ house a hellhole; sues owner (New York Daily News)

A real estate honcho who paid $195,000 for a six-week summer rental that he says was a Hamptons hellhole is suing the property’s owner.

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Flanders, Turner win Half at the Hamptons (Portsmouth Herald)

HAMPTON BEACH — A final tune-up for the Boston Marathon. That’s how Keith Flanders looked at Sunday’s Half at the Hamptons race.

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The Minimalist: Yakisoba: Leeway Among the Noodles

There are thousands of ways to make yakisoba, many of them good. All contain noodles and vegetables, and usually some protein.

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Appetite: Twice-Baked Potatoes: The Classy Side of the Family

A recipe for twice-baked potatoes that are an elegant antithesis to mall-food memory.

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Food: Field Report: Plow Shares

Crop Mob’s barn raising for the Facebook generation.

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Is this the most miserable movie ever?

OK, we go to a lot of film festivals, and film festivals are renowned for laying it on thick with miserable, tough, gritty dramas. You get used to getting up in the morning, going to a screening where death and … Continue reading

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Urbanite (amNewYork)

So how’s the campaign going, governor? It was just a week ago that David Paterson, long identified with Harlem, traveled to his real hometown of Hempstead, Long Island, and declared himself a candidate for governor of New York.

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