07.13.2025 Editorials Editorial: Ignoring the facts The United States has taken a U-turn away from producing clean, sustainable energy and back to a near-total focus on burning fossil fuels. The vehicle for this return to...
07.13.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Protecting the new Town Square Riverhead Protecting the new Town Square On Tuesday, July 22, the Riverhead Town Board will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on whether J. Petrocelli is qualified and eligible to...
07.06.2025 Opinion Reporter’s Notebook: Jinx! You owe me a soda! It’s something most of us can recall from our childhood — muttering something coincidentally in unison with a friend over lunch or when spotting a punch buggy. My first...
07.05.2025 News Letters to the Editor: Acts of kindness Southold Acts of kindness There are so many negative letters that I thought I would share something nice. I was recently having dinner with a friend at the North...
07.04.2025 Editorials Editorial: Independence Day 2025 On July 4, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation: “All through our history, our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us that the real...
06.29.2025 Editorials Editorial: Those damn kids Young people are materialistic, in love with luxury, have atrocious manners, no respect for others, are self-absorbed and obsessed with chatter. The mini-rant above, was an opinion Socrates had...
06.29.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: The real Riverhead High School Riverhead The real Riverhead High School Why do we focus on the negative instead of recognizing the positive? Riverhead High School is often looked down upon, but the truth...
06.22.2025 Editorials Editorial: Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
06.22.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: ‘Outrageous’ plan Riverhead ‘Outrageous’ plan As official as it may sound, SCWA is an independent corporation in the business of selling water and related materials. It is not an agency of...
06.21.2025 Guest Spot Guest Spot: Enforcement requires transparency As a police commissioner for the Town of Southold, I feel compelled to speak out against the dangerous escalation of operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and...