The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.
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May 23, 2025, 2:00 p.m. Eastern time

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Three teenage boys photographed from a super-low angle so they appear to be toweringly tall. All three hold newspapers open in front of them. Above (or maybe behind?): the most perfectly blue sky there ever was, with just a few cotton-candy puffs of clouds skittering politely by.

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The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.

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