11.09.2016 Columns Parpan Column: Notes from a historic election night Shortly before my head hit the pillow at 2 a.m. Wednesday, I scanned Facebook to see how my friends were reacting to the news that Donald Trump would likely...
03.26.2016 Columns Parpan column: Howabout these for Facebook reaction buttons? My initial reaction to the news a few weeks back that Facebook had added six new reaction buttons to serve as alternatives to “liking” posts was that it was...
07.04.2014 Columns Parpan Column: So that’s where baby caps come from At 4 a.m. the morning after my son was born, a nurse ducked into the room as my wife and I were falling asleep and gave him his first...
08.02.2013 Columns Column: Will the real Tony Coates please stand up? I like a lot of what Anthony Coates is saying in his campaign for Riverhead Town Board. A bright guy with a gift for gab, he’s painted an opponent...
07.06.2013 Columns Parpan Column: Best of times, worst of times in Riverhead I often tell people there’s no greater place to cover news than in Riverhead. This town has it all: diversity, a downtown in flux, agriculture, silly politics, great local...
06.29.2013 Columns Parpan Column: Nervous ramblings from a father-to-be My eyes lit up when the doctor gave us a canvas bag full of goodies at the end of our first appointment. Surely, somewhere beneath all the samples of...
06.07.2013 Columns Column: No, sir, you are a resident of Brooklyn The residency requirement to run for New York State Assembly is defined very briefly on the NYS Board of Elections website. In fact, the definition is only one sentence...
02.24.2013 Columns 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...