08.30.2025 Editorials Editorial: Starting anew Maybe it’s something in the air — it definitely was this week when it was cool and sunny — or maybe it’s in the way kids seem to be...
08.30.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Thanking good Samaritans Aquebogue Thanking good Samaritans I was driving down Hubbard Avenue in Riverhead when I got a flat tire. My spare was flat, so I took the tire off and...
08.23.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Learn the rules Laurel Learn the rules It has become very dangerous to drive on Peconic Bay Boulevard and Laurel Lane because of walkers and bicyclists who either don’t know the rules...
08.22.2025 Editorials Editorial: Four-year terms for county legislators Two-year terms? Four-year terms? Term limits? No term limits? Clearly, various legislative bodies have reached different conclusions about what works best. Suffolk County legislators are currently elected for two-year...
08.17.2025 Opinion Guest Spot: Anna Pozamantir Will AI hire us? You’re a young professional and you’re looking for a job. Who do you think will be across the table when you sit down for a...
08.17.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Keep the Clean Pass Orient Keep the Clean Pass Did you get that letter about the Clean Vehicle Pass program ending? Unless Congress acts, it’ll be gone after Sept. 30, 2025. This has...
08.15.2025 Editorials Editorial: What the record will show “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.” So said Abraham Lincoln, and the sad truth is that we often forget it until forced to confront it. History, as manifested by...
08.10.2025 Editorials Editorial: Getting involved A recent report by a Suffolk County task force on “coastal resilience” warned, yet again, that our precious land resources are in danger from rising tides. It estimated that...
08.10.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Beach decline at Indian Island Riverhead Beach decline at Indian Island Long Island residents are blessed with amazing beaches; however, beach fees have become out of reach for many. There are very few free...
08.03.2025 Editorials Editorial: Midsummer dreaming The Dog Days of Summer descended on us July 3 and will last the Biblical length of 40 days, or until Aug. 11. Why Dog Days? Some have said...