03.24.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Teacher layoffs as COVID aid ceases AQUEBOGUE Teacher layoffs as COVID aid ceases Always interesting that when it comes to cutting the budget, it seems teachers are the first to go. Assuming that the Riverhead...
03.24.2024 Editorials Editorial: Greenport is bellwether for regional issues In so many ways, the issues Greenport Village is facing — from affordable and workforce housing, to the challenges confronting small businesses in a tourist economy, to hiring and...
03.17.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Your editorial was misleading NORTHVILLE Your editorial was misleading I feel compelled to write to you in response to your March 3 editorial, “The answer can’t always be no.” Your assertion that opposition...
03.10.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: We are absolutely against this proposal ROANOKE LANDING We are absolutely against this proposal The homeowner’s association of the Soundview Meadow development on Sound Avenue has reached out to all its 55 homeowners concerning the...
03.10.2024 Editorials Confronting the realities of ‘affordable’ housing Last week’s Greenport Village Board work session on the issue of affordable housing in the small municipality saw members engage in a critical and much-needed discussion about a very...
03.03.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Gratitude for dog park refresh RIVERHEAD Thank you! I have been a resident of Riverhead for 12 years. I as well as many of the Riverhead community utilize the Duke Dog Park. A group...
03.03.2024 Editorials Editorial: The answer can’t always be ‘no’ Across the North Fork, as development projects are proposed and debated, the nearly universal response from most residents is an immediate, “No, that is not a good use of...
02.25.2024 Editorials Editorial: Maybe the sky is falling — so now what? A look at today’s real estate listings for single-family houses on the North Fork can take your breath away. The numbers suggest a new economic reality has taken hold...
02.25.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Let’s talk about our proposal CALVERTON Let’s talk aboutour proposal As the superintendent of Riverhead Charter School, I want to address Joseph Fortunato’s recent letter to the editor. I’ve had conversations with Mr. Fortunato...
02.18.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Textbook back-door politics at play AQUEBOGUE Textbook back-door politics at play I am writing this letter to express my outrage at what I have heard about the charter school on Sound Avenue and the...