07.26.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Why I oppose sanctuary laws Minerva Perez’s recent letter (“Open letter to Congressman Nick LaLota,” July 2) asks me to identify the specific provisions of East Hampton’s new sanctuary law that concern me. I...
07.19.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Preserving parental decision-making rights One issue that resonates with many North Fork parents is the loss of control over decisions involving their children once they turn 18. While we may know better, an...
07.12.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: What greed costs Madonna’s 1985 anthem “Material Girl” seems very quaint in 2026. As she sang that “the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right,” I am thinking that...
07.10.2026 Columns Guest column: Surviving the World Cup beat When friends hear that I am covering the World Cup, they invariably ask if they could carry my bags. Covering the Cup is far from a vacation. Since I...
07.05.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Open Letter to Congressman Nick LaLota I am writing as executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, Inc. (Organización Latino Americana), a nonprofit Latino-focused advocacy organization working in the five East End towns of...
07.05.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: David Magaña Hello world — er, East End Every so often, while on a walk with Henry, an 88-year-old widower who...
06.28.2026 Opinion Guest Column: You didn’t ask, but … Congratulations to the Class of 2026. Not counting pre-K, you’ve been in school for 13 years — 72.2% of...
06.14.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Do I need a will? Can I do it myself? Whether you need a will is not as simple to answer as you may think. And if you do...
06.07.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: D-Day and the baby of the family He was the man I never knew, the man who gave me my name. He was brought closer to me through a phone call I got one afternoon. An...
05.31.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Foggy facts cloud L.I.S.C. takeover talk The Riverhead Town Board recently held an eminent domain hearing regarding 111 East Main St., the planned home of the Long Island Science Center. Many residents spoke about their...
05.25.2026 Opinion Guest column: Memorial Day is not a day off for cemetery caretakers A few years ago, just days before Memorial Day, I ran into a guy, Glenn Addario, who had left his home in Coram and was on his way to...
05.17.2026 Guest Spot Guest column: How executors and trustees protect families Since you care about your family, it’s important to choose the right people to help them when doing your estate planning. That’s where an executor or trustee comes in....
05.10.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: PBMC already built a stroke solution I have spent nearly a decade practicing interventional cardiology in Eastern Suffolk County. Before that, the better part of my career was at some of the country’s most respected...
04.26.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Pant and water I was summoned to the kitchen window: “Look there, in the middle of the yard. I think your Miracle Tree has finally started to grow.” Oh, no. I wasn’t...
04.19.2026 Featured Story Guest Column: What to know about wills vs. trusts I am often asked about the difference between wills and revocable trusts. It’s one of the most common estate planning questions I hear, especially here on the North Fork,...
04.12.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Easter connections I must have been about 10, when a few days before Ash Wednesday, my mother asked me what I was planning to give up for Lent. Faking a thoughtful...
04.05.2026 Opinion Guest Column: Tim Leitch Tenacity, TSA and the travelers at Terminal 8 I left the North Fork in the middle of the night, heading to JFK for a 9 a.m. flight to London....
03.29.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Letters to myself A friend who took a writing course had an assignment to write a letter to her younger self, offering words of wisdom from her “older” self. I recently celebrated...