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Hamptons Real Estate On The Upswing

Crain's New York Business | Amanda Fung | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Economic Recession, US Recession, Hamptons Real Estate Recovers, Hamptons, New York Real Estate Recession, Hamptons Real Estate, Recession, Real Estate, New York Recession, Long Island, New York, The Hamptons, New York News

Home sales in the Hamptons--Long Island's beach oasis for the rich and famous--are making a comeback. Sales rose 32% during the third quarter from the...

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Norah Jones, Rufus & Martha Wainwright: The Hamptons' Concert of 2009 Is This Saturday

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Watermill Center, Robert Wilson, Rufus Wainwright, Norah Jones, Martha Wainwright, The Hamptons, New York News
Jesse Kornbluth

One event lures even people who loathe the Hamptons out to Long Island's East End on the last weekend in August --The Last Song of Summer, a benefit for the Watermill Center.

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New York's Ear-Splitting Restaurants

Erica Abeel | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Restaurants, Noise, The Hamptons, Michael Bloomberg, Subway, Barnes and Noble, Tribeca, Cannes, Mta, New York News
Erica Abeel

In the city's restaurants, it's apparently de rigueur to have women shrieking like banshees. Couldn't the mayor institute a stiff fine for screaming in restaurants, like the one for spitting in subways?

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Calvin Klein Demolishes Hamptons Mansion

New York Post | Selim Algar | Posted 06.22.2009 | Local

Read More: The Hamptons, Calvin Klein Home, Hamptons, Mansion Recycled, Calvin Klein Hamptons, Southampton, New York, Calvin Klein, Calvin Klein Mansion, Local News

Concrete rubble from the famed designer's Southampton manse Dragon's Head, which is being torn down, will be recycled and used to pave the village's r...

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Hey, President and Mrs. Obama, How About the Hamptons?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Michelle Obama, Susan Taylor, Martha Stewart, Star Jones, Obama's Summer Vacation, Obama Family Dog, Barack Obama, The Hamptons, Sean Combs, Barbara Walters, Tiger Woods, David Margolick, Evidence Dance Company, Obama Family, Kenneth Chenault, Reginald Van Lee, Diversity, Russel Simmonds, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

As recently as a few decades ago, the Hamptons were still saddled with a reputation for snobbish exclusivity.

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HOMELESS IN HAMPTONS: Day Laborers Live In Campgrounds

New York Post | Selim Algar | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: The Hamptons, Unemployment, Hamptons, Homelessness, Economy, Hamptons Homeless, Homeless, Recession, Homeless Hamptons, Business News

They are homeless in the Hamptons. No longer able to find work, Hispanic day laborers have forged a hidden network of about 20 cleared wooded campg...

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The Hamptons: Real Estate Selling At Deep Discounts

Wall Street Journal | LUCETTE LAGNADO | Posted 03.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Real Estate Hamptons, The Hamptons, Real Estate Hamptons Discount, Hamptons Real Estate, Long Island Real Estate, Hamptons Real Estate Discount, Business News

At first glance it's a gated mansion worthy of a Gilded Age: more than 14,000 square feet with eight bedrooms, 9.5 bathrooms, five fireplaces, a pool,...

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Celebrities' Hamptons Homes Slipping Into Ocean

New York Post | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Erosion, Extreme Weather, The Hamptons, Green News

Beachfront homes in the Hamptons hamlet of Wainscott - including the one belonging to cosmetics heir and former mayoral candidate Ronald Lauder - are ...

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Rich Town In The Hamptons Claims Poverty

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 09.08.2008 | Business

Read More: East Hampton, The Hamptons, Long Island, Business News

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — The social calendar is still a whirl of glamorous lawn parties, wine tastings, gallery openings, beach get-togethers and ga...

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Big Fish Saving a Small Pond (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Lake Agawam, Southampton, David Bohnett, Environment, Conservation, Long Island, The American Riviera, Buffer Zone, New York, The Hamptons, Green News
Tom Gregory

Southampton's Lake Agawam is a large pond to some, and a small lake to others; but to locals, this still-beautiful body of water is suffering under the stress of overpopulation and neglect.

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Woman Of Style Faith-Ann Young: Counterculture Is Back

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Slideshow, Faith-Ann Young, Lesley Blume, Hendrix, Vogue, Client 9, Birkin Bag, Jon Favreau, The Doors, Music, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Jim Morrison, Barack Obama, Bjork, The Hamptons, Counterculture, Style, Frida Kahlo, Ali Mcgraw, Designers, Fashion, Stephan Wuerth, Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Produced, directed, and reported by Lesley M. M. Blume Photography by Stephan Wuerth Photo assistant: William Taylor You can probably sense it: this...

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