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...
06.22.2025 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...
06.15.2025 Editorials Editorial: Father’s Day 2025 In America, many families have, over several generations, seen a sea of change in how masculinity is defined. The changes in the way fathers have taken active roles in...
06.08.2025 Editorials Editorial: Staying safe on the water in summer Along with this season of family, friends and fun come all the other things that make this time of year on the East End so memorable. And yet, with...
05.26.2025 Editorials Editorial: Our duty to remember Our editorial pages applauded President Donald Trump’s move, during his first term, to extricate U.S. Armed Forces from Afghanistan. And we applauded President Joe Biden for making the policy...
05.18.2025 Editorials Editorial: Support our schools and vote Next Tuesday, local voters will make decisions critical to the future of area schools by casting ballots on their respective districts’ 2025–2026 budgets. Over the years, we have consistently...
05.09.2025 Editorials Editorial: The month of hope “May is the month of expectations, the month of wishes, the month of hope.” Though not found in any of her writings, that quote is commonly attributed to 19th-century...
04.27.2025 Editorials Editorial: Lend a hand to support our local libraries With so much attention focused on the noisier disruptions happening at the federal level — from tariff turmoil to teetering T-bills — it’s easy to overlook some of the...
04.20.2025 Editorials Guest Spot: Greenport Historic Preservation Commission Is it time to expand Greenport’s historic district? For most Greenport Village residents, their home or business is their biggest investment — protecting that value matters. One way to...
04.06.2025 Editorials Guest Spot: Jack Gibbons Protecting our troops Once again, the breach of classified information by politicians is in the news. As a former naval officer responsible for the control of classified documents and...
03.30.2025 Editorials Guest Spot: Federal workers are not your enemies I’m sitting with my pop as he tells me (for the 100th time) about his days as a military man in Limestone, Maine. He jokes about the boys hanging...
03.23.2025 Editorials Guest Spot: Tijuana Fulford Stand with us against hate I write this with a heavy heart, deeply disturbed and outraged by the racial slurs directed at The Butterfly Effect Project — an initiative...
03.09.2025 Editorials Editorial: Checking the trolls At the height of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1960s, the term “outside agitator” became something of a rallying cry for opponents of equal rights. It was...
03.02.2025 Editorials Editorial: Highs and lows Late last week, no shortage of area dog walkers, birders and avid fishermen were a bit taken aback by the unusually low tides along the Peconic Bay shoreline. And...