10.18.2021 Columns Guest Spot: What are ballot propositions all about? Don’t let the often-inscrutable ballot proposals dissuade you from deciding on them. And don’t approve any just because the wording seems sort of okay. The five proposals on the...
10.16.2021 Opinion Editorial: Affordable housing crisis even more critical now Of the many dramatic changes wrought by the pandemic, the sharp rise in housing costs is among the most detrimental. Anyone who sells homes on the North Fork will...
10.10.2021 Editorials Editorial: We failed with COVID; we can’t fail with climate change Local elections are coming around again and, among other races, town board seats are open in Riverhead and Southold and the supervisor’s seat is up for grabs in Riverhead....
10.03.2021 Editorials Editorial: Attend this Southold Town forum to learn about identity theft Nearly every week, our police blotter includes accounts of various scams that target the vulnerable and result in financial loss. Many of these scams are truly horrific, such as...
10.02.2021 Columns Column: A new way to look at history on the East End “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner In a voice touched with emotion, Donnamarie Barnes stood under a canopy of pine trees on a...
09.26.2021 Editorials Editorial: For this group, walking for ‘valor’ meant everything “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead Last Saturday morning, on...
09.19.2021 Editorials Editorial: Reinforcing op/ed ground rules during election season As the election approaches, we’ve dusted off our editorial about rules for the season. We ask those seeking office to stick to the issues and abide by our general...
09.12.2021 Editorials Editorial: Welcome, September It happens outside, in the stillness of early morning, or as the light shifts in late afternoon and lingers in the tops of trees, that we suddenly see summer...
09.05.2021 Columns Column: UFOs are no laughing matter For the record, I have never seen what I would call a UFO. Not that I don’t want to. I would love to. Beyond that, I would love to...
09.04.2021 Editorials Editorial: Remember the 13 service members who gave their life in Afghanistan As we approach the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, we wonder how future historians will remember this time. What will they write? What will high school students...
