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While the eyes of the world were on the riots in Iran over the weekend, another shocking miscarriage of justice almost went unnoticed closer to home in East Hampton—but thankfully a reporter for Plum TV was on hand to bravely document Saturday night's panic at the shitshow. In the middle of a rainstorm, a crowd waiting for their cars and others clamoring to get inside were huddled under the awning outside Georgica, a "hotspot" run by promoter Matt Levine, whom you may recall from his work at Lower East Side tool magnet The Eldridge.

Suffolk police say that a wealthy NJ man shot his wife before killing himself in their East Hampton estate yesterday morning. Lester Stockel, who Newsday describes as the "founder of a successful enterprise involving the processing of credit-card receipts for businesses," and his wife Georgiana were found his their bedroom by East Hampton Town police, who were responding to various 911 calls. Neighbors were shocked, saying they never heard the couple argue--Stockel, 64, was described as friendly while Georgiana Stockel, also 64, was more "reserved."

Thank goodness for alcohol crackdowns in the Hamptons, or else the Post and Daily News wouldn't have covers today! East Hampton gallery owner Ruth Vered (of the Vered Gallery) is featured on the front pages of both tabloids being hauled away by the police for serving alcoholic drinks without a license on Saturday night.

Comedian and car enthusiast Jerry Seinfeld managed to walk away "without a scratch" after his 1967 Fiat BTM flipped in East Hampton over the weekend.

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a hostage situation on East 124th St. in Manhattan, a carjacking on Undercliff Ave. in the Bronx, and a home invasion robbery on East 18th St. in Brooklyn.
• For a few thousand dollars a month, one can join the LL Yacht Club at Chelsea Piers and East Hampton and enjoy access to their selection of luxury yachts to head to and from the Hamptons.
• Ball State University in Indiana will be naming its new communications building after alumnus David Letterman. The Late Show host's mother Dorothy expressed pride in her son, saying "He's a very special young man."
• Five months after the City Council symbolically banned the "n-word" in New York, complete with a burial service for the slur, Brooklyn Councilwoman Darlene Mealy is introducing similar legislation to ban the words "b--ch" and "ho" from the city.
• A collection of perspective-based artwork that only takes shape from a single vantage point.
• A Florida woman adopted 11 children in New York between 1993 and 1996, then kept them as underfed, uncared for, and abused prisoners in her Port St. Lucie, FL home, as she collected as much as $180,000 a year from the state for their care.
• Plans are underway for the construction of a 19-story luxury hotel in Harlem that will be on 5th Ave. between 125th St. and 126th. St.
• The judge in the divorce case of former NJ governor and current gay-American Jim McGreevey and his estranged wife Dina lectured the pair that they did not have the financial means to undergo a protracted and contentious divorce case.

The NY Sun details Senator Hillary Clinton's fundraising agenda in the NY area. Most notably, she and former President Bill Clinton will be on a "48-hour, six fund-raiser blitz" in the Hamptons that includes events at billionaire Ron Perelman's East Hampton home and Entenmann's heir Robert Entenmann's North Fork vineyard. From the Sun:

The Hamptons trip highlights just how crucial New York's wealthy donors are to Mrs. Clinton, and to all of the 2008 presidential candidates. Not only do they write large checks, but they serve as rainmakers who can secure donations from their wealthy network of friends.

Continue reading "Clintons Follow the Money and Head to the Hamptons"

wherein Paul Giamatti discovers someone mysterious in the pool of the apartment complex he manages. The trailers want it to be both a horror story and an eerie children's fable, but it doesn't seem like it could really be both simultaneously.

On Sundays Gothamist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in New York and reviews of recent books and performances. The judgments expressed below are entirely those of the author.

Gothamist loves to hear about animals that can do crazy tricks. Gerbils that dance, cats that are potty trained and birds that can count in pig-latin are truly fabulous feats of talent. But last night, Gothamist heard of perhaps the greatest animal trick yet – a dog that can tell if the wine is good by sniffing the cork. Apparently if the wine is good, this brilliant Weimaraner will chew on the cork, but if is it bad, it will drop the cork on the floor. While we did not get to see the dog in person, our waiter who has witnessed the act on many occasions at the Della Femina Restaurant in East Hampton swears that the dog has 100% accuracy.

with the issues of delusion and grandeur is the subject at large. Combining elements of Allen’s real life sharing a cubicle with one such ostensibly daft, but possibly brilliant woman, and her fascination with Little Edie Beale of Grey Gardens, Allen embodies that woman you never quite understood but are completely fascinated by.

Kurt Wenzel, Novelist

The Post talks to Ty Wenzel about her new book, Behind Bars: The Straight-Up Tales of a Big-City Bartender. Wenzel was a bartender in the East Village for 10 years, but now lives in East Hampton with husband and child. She categorizes bar regulars thusly: Expert, Name-Dropper, Snacker (noshes olives and cherries out of the garnish tray), Babbler (chats obliviously through a rush at the bar), Big Spender (blows cash on everyone except the bartender - "Wall Street types and frat boys. They act like they're made of money - until the tip") and her favorite, Floorshows ("People always try to get them drunk to see what they'll do")