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David E. Rattray
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  • The Mast-Head: Montauk Classic
    It had been some time since we last thought about the Montauk Monster around the office. But on Tuesday, our memories were refreshed by a query from a National Geographic television program producer looking for images for an upcoming program.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • Candidates Argue About Airport, Disagree on Affordable Housing
    In an event hosted by Concerned Citizens of Montauk at the hamlet's firehouse, Tom Knobel, the Republican Committee chairman and its candidate for supervisor, said several times that the town board had worked too often on new laws behind closed doors and held too many executive sessions.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • Court Report Urges Judge to Reject Montauk Beach Suit
    While observing that both East Hampton Town and state polices favor so-called soft erosion control, a court magistrate said that an Army Corps determination had concluded that the project "does not run afoul of those restrictions.”
    By: David E. Rattray
  • Airport Money Flows To One Side
    Financial filings with the New York State Board of Elections indicate that roughly three-quarters of the money raised by East Hampton Republicans since June has come from businesses and individuals with ties to the town’s airport.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • The Mast-Head: Wash Your Hands!
    Lisa said it would get worse before it got better and she was right. There is a rule of etiquette that says that it is impolite to talk about one’s health, but if describing the cold that has been working its way through our household will convince one person to go scrub their hands, it will have been worth it.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • Anna Pump Remembered For ‘Style, Simplicity’
    Anna Pump, who was nationally known for her “Loaves and Fishes Cookbook” and its successors, as well as her Sagaponack gourmet food shop of the same name, was remembered this week after being struck by a truck on Montauk Highway in Bridgehampton on Monday.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • The Mast-Head: Wanna Go to the Movies?
    The film festival opens here tonight with a screening and party. Lenny Gail, an old college friend, and his family will arrive tomorrow to take in an impressive number of films with a little lunch and dinner squeezed in somehow.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • The Mast-Head: A Better Option
    By: David E. Rattray
  • A Beautiful Saturday for a Grueling 26.2-Mile Run
    With a time of 2 hours, 39 minutes, and 7 seconds, Steve Tranter, 36, of New York City was the winner in Saturday’s Hamptons Marathon.
    By: David E. Rattray
  • A Teacher Is Charged
    An inspector’s sworn statement alleged that the house at 14 Hoover Court was rented by a group of eight people for several days around Aug. 11; the town code allows the rental or use of a property by no more than four unrelated people.
    By: David E. Rattray

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