11.03.2020 Government LIVE UPDATES: Zeldin declares victory in race for Congress North Fork voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to do their part in choosing America’s next president. But several key local seats were on the line in state and...
10.29.2020 Government Meet the candidates running for local state, federal offices Election Day is Tuesday and early voting is already under way in Suffolk County. We put together brief profiles of each of the local candidates for Congress and the...
08.22.2020 Government Congressman Zeldin to speak at Republican National Convention Wednesday East End Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) will be among the primetime speakers at the Republican National Convention this week, his office announced Saturday. Mr. Zeldin will deliver his remarks...
07.08.2020 Government Ahearn declares victory, will take on Palumbo in State Senate race Democratic Senate Candidate Laura Ahearn has declared victory in a five-way primary to win the party’s nomination to run for State Senate this November. In a statement Wednesday, Ms....
01.16.2020 Government Former supervisor Laura Jens-Smith to run for Assembly Former Riverhead supervisor Laura Jens-Smith said she plans to seek the Democratic nod for the 2nd Assembly District currently held by Republican Anthony Palumbo in this fall’s elections. “I...
08.25.2018 Editorials Editorial: Politics get uglier and uglier As weeks go, this one has been a real doozy so far. On Tuesday, 12 jurors in a federal courtroom in Virginia showed us that American democracy works because...
04.09.2016 Columns Column: Political ‘parties’ aren’t much fun at all Sometimes I wish my politically moderate opinions were as sexy as the extreme ones some use to elicit a strong response from people. I just don’t share those views....
11.04.2015 Government Walter toasts to victory in three-way Riverhead supervisor’s race In the end, it wasn’t about how many, or which, political parties endorsed him. Or which didn’t endorse him. It wasn’t about how much money he raised or how...