07.04.2020 Editorials Editorial: A note from our publisher We are now in Phase 3 of the NY Forward reopening plan and more and more businesses, big and small, are trying to adapt, reinvent and find their way...
06.27.2020 Editorials Editorial: Maskless and in a crowd is a bad look for Zeldin Few observers of American and New York politics could question the statement that 1st District Congressman Lee Zeldin is an ardent supporter of President Trump and all things Trump...
06.14.2020 Editorials Editorial: This struggle will also be waged in our town On April 12, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others were arrested in Birmingham, Ala., on charges that their peaceful demonstration against police brutality and segregation violated a...
05.31.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Adhering to guidelines will be critical during multi-phase reopening Well, it’s finally here: Phase 1 of the NY Forward reopening plan has arrived, with the seven metrics required for the state’s Long Island region to move into Phase...
05.23.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Flags should still be placed at the national cemeteries Decoration Day began in 1868 as a means of honoring Union soldiers who died in battle during the Civil War. For decades, it was believed that 612,000 soldiers on...
05.17.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: This is now the time to reimagine our hamlets We are moving, step by step, toward reopening the North Fork economy to some degree. It is not yet around the corner, but as reopening moves closer, hundreds of...
05.10.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Density is not your friend Last weekend, as the sun came out and warmed the land around us, people left their homes and went outdoors. They went shopping, they bought ice cream, they walked...
05.03.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Tentatively, government plans for the new normal as unofficial start to summer nears During his daily briefing Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out specific circumstances under which businesses in the state will be allowed to reopen and life can begin a wary,...
04.26.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: COVID-19 casts a bright, if harsh, light on our society The tumultuous recent months — with America largely shut down and millions of us sheltered in our homes — has highlighted many different aspects of the society in which...
04.18.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: ‘While we have time, let us do good’ All around us, as COVID-19 cuts its way daily through our communities, our state and our country, we see examples of extraordinary selflessness in people who put their own...
04.12.2020 Editorials Editorial: During a pandemic, Holy Week arrives via internet Passover began Wednesday, April 8, with the first Seder, during which Jews tell the ancient story of the Exodus from slavery in Egypt. The second Seder was Thursday and...
04.05.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Gov. Cuomo, Main Street needs a hand from Albany COVID-19 has completely changed the way we all live. But along with worrying about keeping themselves and their families healthy, thousands of small business owners across New York State...
03.30.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: The story of a community that got it done If we listen to each other in our communities, if we tune out the blather coming out of the nation’s capital and if we do our best to support...
03.24.2020 Editorials Editorial: Be safe, everyone. Be strong. We are just at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis that has arrived in our country, our towns and our families. While there are still those who think the...
03.06.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: We need to hear from real experts on COVID-19 The coronavirus is here, with 22 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York State as of Thursday and more than 160 nationwide. So far there have been 11 deaths,...
