03.21.2020 Columns Column: In one moment, all can feel normal. The next, reality sets in A young couple smiled and laughed as they tossed a frisbee late Sunday afternoon at Greenport’s Mitchell Park. A pair of fluffy samoyed dogs hung their heads out the...
03.17.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Home from Italy, and staying at home Last month my traveling companion and I were in Milan when the first cases of the coronavirus were reported in northern Italy. We responded by modifying our itinerary to...
03.07.2020 Columns Guest Column: Blood clots can strike anyone. Here’s what you need to know March is a time of year to look forward. Soon winter will be over, the clocks will move ahead, birds will come back, daffodils will begin to pop up...
02.23.2020 Columns Equal Time: We are a ‘perfect imperfection’ I thought the editorial “A month of learning is great, but we need to do more” (News-Review, Feb. 13) was well balanced and I really enjoyed the following section:...
02.22.2020 Columns Guest Column: The challenge of raising ‘screenagers’ As a mother and as an educator, I am regularly thinking, reading, discussing and keeping up to speed on the ever-evolving topics of child rearing, child development and educational...
02.11.2020 Columns Guest Column: Reforms that create justice for all of us Nobody wants career criminals who pose a threat to society on the streets while they wait for trial. We also do not want to see a 19-year-old sit in...
02.09.2020 Columns Featured Letter: At this time of year, we need more than reflection It’s that time of year when the powerful speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fill the airwaves and events in his honor are plentiful as precursors leading into...
01.24.2020 Columns Column: Backlash over New York’s bail reform fueled by fear With family members by his side, Thomas Murphy walked out of a Central Islip courtroom Tuesday, free to return home ahead of his March 17 sentencing. Since his initial...
01.20.2020 Columns Guest Column: New board must revisit this project A new year, a new decade, a new supervisor, new board members — but the same old question of whether it is in Riverhead’s best interest to have the Ghermezian...
01.16.2020 Columns Column: He mastered the craft of sports photography For more than two decades, Garret Meade has been a fixture on the sidelines of high school sporting events on the North Fork, capturing remarkable action shots of athletes...
12.22.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Zeldin doesn’t support lower property taxes Our representative in Congress is supposed to listen to the working people of Long Island and put our interests first. Last week, Rep. Lee Zeldin once again failed to...
12.21.2019 Columns Guest Spot: New York State’s bail reform poses public safety risk Public safety and the safety of our law enforcement officers are at risk. Effective Jan. 1, sweeping new criminal justice reforms will take effect that include the elimination of...
11.09.2019 Columns Guest Column: Learning and caring can go hand in hand Recently, the Southold Historical Society curated an exhibit on the lives of enslaved persons in Southold Town, and we read with interest the News-Review editor Steve Wick’s Sept. 9...
10.23.2019 Columns Equal Time: No, I don’t support a jetport, despite what Democrats say I suppose I should be flattered that my Democratic opponents have chosen to spend their campaign funds on taking a full-page ad out against me in the Riverhead News-Review.
10.19.2019 Columns Guest Column: Housing crackdown will fix overcrowding Recently, the Riverhead school board introduced a bond referendum to borrow $100 million to construct new classrooms at the existing schools within the district. (The proposed cost has since...
