08.03.2015 Columns Column: It seems like Riverhead is turning into Washington. Enough! I’m generally skeptical of politics. So the good news is, I guess I’m in the right line of work. The bad news is, I think my skepticism is justified.
03.27.2015 Government He’s in, he’s out, he’s in? Coates screens for supervisor After saying he was screening for supervisor, and then saying he was not screening, Anthony Coates actually did end up screening with the Riverhead Democratic committee after all Thursday night....
03.24.2015 Government Coates backs out of bid for supervisor; DeVito steps up A few days ago, Anthony Coates was planning to screen for the Riverhead Democratic Committee nomination for supervisor and Angela DeVito wasn’t planning to run for any office at all...
11.15.2014 Columns Parpan Column: Suffolk Dems looking mighty blue these days When I began reporting on Suffolk County politics back in February 2006, the Democratic party here was on the rise. In Brookhaven Town, where I was assigned at the...
07.23.2014 Government Disbanded committee run by New Suffolk woman under fire in N.Y. Times report In mid-September, the three co-chairs of a high-powered commission aimed at rooting out corruption in state politics arranged for a meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who set up the...
07.14.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: GOP primary postmortems It was one bitter Republican primary battle between Lee Zeldin and George Demos ending last month.
04.27.2014 Opinion Guest Spot: Let’s put party politics aside, people Forty years after Nixon’s resignation and 25 after the Berlin Wall fell, why does Riverhead deserve the dubious distinction as a place completely out of step with people’s hunger...
10.10.2013 News Town Board candidates debate in Calverton When it came to issues like town finances, Route 58 planning, Town Board bickering, and redevelopment downtown and at the Enterprise Park at Calverton, Republican incumbents largely saw the...