Follow us:

World War II — Archive

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 12.05.21 PM

Hamptons Flying Ace Shot Down By Train

(April 5, 2013) What do a train to the East End, a heat wave and a flying ace have in common? More than... More

einstein4

Einstein’s Letter: What He Wrote the President from Southold

(April 4, 2013) Albert Einstein summered on eastern Long Island. It was in 1939 and he was then an older man, a professor... More

Screen Shot 2013-03-01 at 4.46.15 PM

WHBPAC Has a Wide Range of Performances For March

(March 6, 2013) As the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (WHBPAC) prepares to celebrate its 15th anniversary of serving the East End, in... More

Screen Shot 2013-02-13 at 11.54.37 AM

Little Stories: Gold Bars, North Korea, World War II Is Over and Wedding Disasters

(February 14, 2013) There is apparently a debt ceiling escape hatch we can wriggle through while going over the fiscal cliff. This would... More

cat

Hamptons Police Blotter: McGumbus Saves Cats

(January 13, 2013) On Shelter Island, Old Man McGumbus rescued a group of cats this week, but he claims he still hates them.... More

christmas-presents

Hamptons Police Blotter: Public Nudity, Stolen Presents and Batteries

(December 16, 2012) Police in the Hamptons were busy in the last week after some wild activity took place, including a naked Old... More

Dec7GuestFKT Sr. gravestone 2

Dan’s Papers Guest Essay: Cedar Lawn

(December 7, 2012) Maybe I should clean the headstone, I thought. There’s lots of moss on it. I always did have trouble finding... More

Spitfire-Pair-(2)-01

Burma Spitfires and Carrier Pigeons

(December 1, 2012) Two World War II mysteries have been revealed in the last two weeks, one involving the burial of as many... More

ted_williams_pilot

Remembering My Uncle Danny

(May 28, 2012) In February my family lost our last relative who served in World War II, my Uncle Danny Maus. He was... More