multimedia
Sports
Eagles release Riverhead's Miguel Maysonet
May 20, 2013
Education
Voters' Guide: Riverhead Central School District
May 20, 2013
Voters' Guide: Shoreham-Wading River schools
May 20, 2013
Business
Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown
May 13, 2013
New vermouth, Atsby, made in Mattituck
May 13, 2013
Community
Laurel woman's novel published posthumously
May 19, 2013
Photos: Hallockville's Fleece and Fiber Fair
May 19, 2013
Hyatt Place staffers help clean up downtown
May 13, 2013
Obituaries
Christine Vega
May 15, 2013
Oleta Marie Melissari
May 14, 2013
Charles H. Bartlett Jr.
May 14, 2013
Real Estate
North Forkers preparing for boxwood blight
May 20, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 10, 2013
Real Estate Transfers
May 2, 2013
Opinion Columns
-
Pickersgill to zip liner: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
I read John Finnegan's column about his experience trying to site his zip line in downtown Riverhead. I thought the column was nasty and unnecessary. It reminded me of two truths learned while growing up. One, never be a cry baby. Two, as my father would say, don't let the door hit...
-
Guest Spot: Zip line guy on what downtown looks like to him
I spent the weekend thinking about Urban Jungle Zip Lines, Riverhead, and how I misjudged a couple things. I thought that a clean and green, and temporary, attraction by the riverfront would be appreciated and welcome as a great way to build awareness of the Peconic River and its natural beauty. I...
-
Column: Paying my dues — a tale of three unions
With the state Legislature upping the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour, and fast food workers agitating for a union, it brought to mind my own experience scuffling at low-paying jobs — and the three union cards I carried. I’ve seen unions from three distinct angles: the weird,...
-
Gustavson Column: Can’t convince me I had the worst job
An outfit named CareerCast recently released a list of the “worst jobs” for 2013. To earn a spot on the list, a job had to feature “low pay, high stress, challenging work requirements and a poor employment outlook.” The top 10 list included such jobs as lumberjack, enlisted military personnel, oil...
-
Column: A not-always-misspent life revisited
It’s a clear indication that you’ve reached a certain age when your social calendar, usually based on trips to the dump or the supermarket, now includes reunions. By definition, a reunion is a gathering of people who haven’t seen each other for an extended period of time, hence if you attend...
-
Column: Wow, what a newsman we have
My mother, borrowing some folk wisdom from the Disney film “Bambi,” routinely told me when I was a lad that if I couldn’t say anything nice, then I shouldn’t say anything at all. Obviously, at some point over the years, I stopped taking Mom’s (and Bambi’s) advice. And yet I have something...
-
Column: How to capture the northern dark
So there I was, standing on the Sound shore in Cutchogue Saturday night, looking out over the inky sky and black water, minding me own business and freezing me shamrocks off. Why, in the name of all that’s good and holy, am I out here by myself with a sharp wind...
-
Column: ‘Kramering’ your way into newspapers
I wasn’t sure if the young people in the classroom were going to get the “Seinfeld” reference. I figured the St. John’s University journalism students I was invited to speak with Monday had to be 5, maybe 6 years old when that show went off the air. I was in Queens...
-
Gustavson Column: More tears for Newtown massacre
Yes, it’s true: I’m a crybaby. I cry at movies (“Shane,” “Cast Away,” etc.), I cried for two weeks straight as an 11-year-old at summer camp and I cried again Sunday night as we were watching “60 Minutes.” But I wasn’t the only one crying Sunday night. Many of those being...
-
Column: What wine goes best with matzoh?
Did you know that the Beatles were not Catholic? It was a shock to learn that fact, which, as I recall, a sibling shared with 10-year-old yours truly on the way home from a trip to the barber shop one Saturday morning. Given that the old man served in the Army...
-
Column: One life ends, but another begins anew
This is one of those columns that’s pretty much going to write itself, I think. Sometimes I struggle to find a worthy subject (and sometimes I don’t find one), but this week there’s just one thing on my mind: the continuum of life. That subject is unavoidable due to the confluence...
-
Column: Pope’s concern for the poor is encouraging
Progressive Catholics are reportedly less than enthusiastic about the election to the papacy of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He is, after all, a 76-year-old conservative theologian who has spoken out forcefully and consistently against same-sex marriage, women in the priesthood, abortion and contraception But if these stands place him out of...
-
Column: The pipes were calling, but was it for me?
St. Patrick’s Day just isn’t the same anymore. For over a decade the annual celebration of all things Irish — and unfortunately things that have nothing to do Mother Eire (pronounced air-uh, not ear-ree) — meant riding a bus to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and onto Manhattan’s manic streets for THE parade....
-
Column: Booing never made sense, but neither does a ban
I’ve never been a big fan of booing. Maybe that’s because it’s such an unnatural reaction. Screaming, crying, laughing, that’s all real stuff. You do it both on your own and in a group. When have you ever seen someone sitting by himself, booing? Booing is something you do from a distance,...
-
Guest Spot: EPCAL group hammers out subdivision plan
The East End is breathtaking and precious, a heritage to be passed on to other generations. For years we have heard about the potential economic boon that can occur at the Enterprise Park at Calverton, and for years we have been disappointed. Many believe EPCAL has been stymied in a battle...
-
Column: Which way will downtown Riverhead break?
It was like watching protesters shouting and arguing with one another over a police barricade. You’re probably familiar with the images from nightly newscasts: “Equal Rights for Gays!” one side would yell. “It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve!” the other would retort. Except in this case, those who gather in...
-
Column: Quite a ride over 10 years for this newsman
Ten years ago this month, I was managing a video store in a Los Angeles suburb, still unsure where life would take me. One day on lunch break, I was sitting in my car reading a local paper when I noticed a classified ad for a part-time sportswriter. As a young man...
-
Last chance to win our annual Oscars contest
Yes, it’s true, ladies and gentlemen! You have arrived at our annual Academy Awards contest column, wherein readers of same are challenged to pick the winners of the 85th Academy Awards, which will be revealed on ABC-TV on Sunday, Feb. 24. Once again this year, due in no small part to...
