Monthly Archives: February 2010

Southampton Town Board candidates face off in final debate (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)

Town Board candidates Bridget Fleming and Bill Hughes faced off at the LWV debate on Wednesday night. WIIL JAMES PHOTOS

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Calendar 2/25 to 3/7/10 (The Sag Harbor Express)

“The Chalks,” a musical-in-progress,” takes the Bay Street Theatre stage February 27. Outdoors SAT FEB 27 “Eastern Tiger Salamander Search” led by Andy Sabin and the South Fork Natural History Society Museum. 7:30 p.m. in Bridgehampton. $7/$5. 537-9735 to reserve … Continue reading

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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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Don’t Miss! Martin Scorsese: Mean Streets (East Hampton Independent)

The Hamptons International Film Festival and Guild Hall in East Hampton present a screening of Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets hosted by Alec Baldwin Saturday at 7:30 PM. The 1973 film stars Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, and David Proval.

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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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Time to make concert halls more democratic?

It’s an age-old conundrum. Should members of an audience move from the cheap seats to the better ones if those with the prime view remain empty during the performance? You didn’t pay for them, so bums off. They’re empty, so … Continue reading

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$25 and Under: Baohaus

This tiny Taiwanese spot on the Lower East Side is the latest contender in the pork-bun wars.

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Food: Field Report: Plow Shares

Crop Mob’s barn raising for the Facebook generation.

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