10.09.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County wars over dollars and sense County Executive Steve Bellone (D-Babylon) has proposed a record-high budget for Suffolk County government for 2017 — $2.96 billion, 1.5 percent higher than this year’s. Mr. Bellone says the...
09.03.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Madness on the L.I.E. Driving on Shelter Island is a pleasure. But off the Island and on what has been called “Long Island’s Main Street,” a.k.a the Long Island Expressway, it’s truly another...
08.21.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County’s financial bind leads to cut bus routes Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s administration intends to eliminate eight Suffolk County Transit bus routes as of Oct. 3, including several on the East End.
07.22.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: ‘We are all one family’ The racial strife of recent weeks in the U.S. has reverberated in Suffolk County. “I’m really pleased with the turnout,” said Vanessa Vascez-Corleone, an organizer of a demonstration in...
07.02.2016 Environment Suffolk Closeup: In Jamesport, they’re looking out for turtles It’s tough being a turtle on Long Island. “Turtle Rescue,” answered Karen Testa last week on the “emergency line” at the century-old farmhouse at 111 Manor Lane in Jamesport,...
05.13.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Pay-for-play politics part two With one bill — the Campaign Finance Reform Act — already before the Suffolk Legislature and aimed at corruption in the county’s electoral process, a group of Suffolk legislators...
05.06.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Preventing pay-for-play politics With money corrupting the democratic process becoming a major issue in the United States, Suffolk Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Fort Salonga) has introduced a bill to limit campaign contributions from...
04.29.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A water pollution solution In an effort to reduce the amount of nitrogen getting into bays and other water bodies and to protect groundwater, Suffolk County Legislator Bill Lindsay (D-Holbrook) has introduced a...