02.02.2017 Editorials Editorial: Riding is believing with North Fork train service promises It’s time for words like “could” and “might” to be stripped from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s vocabulary when discussing additional Long Island Rail Road service to and from the...
01.31.2017 Government Thiele: Additional North Fork train service coming by the end of 2017 An effort to increase train service to the East End has come one step closer to fruition, State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) announced in a press release Monday.
12.16.2015 Environment Cuomo OK’s changes to CPF regs; referendum coming next year The Community Preservation Fund, which has been used to protect over 10,000 acres of land on the East End since it was signed into law in 1999, will now expand...
12.14.2015 Government Politicians continue to push back against changes to Riverside Barracks Backed by a trio of politicians, residents in Flanders, Riverside and Northampton continue to push back against the upcoming changes to the New York State Police Barracks in Riverside.
11.10.2015 Government Politicians urge state to keep Riverside barracks open to public Political leaders are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reverse the decisions to lock the public out of the New York State Police barracks in Riverside and funnel calls through...
05.13.2015 Government Thiele calls tax relief ‘top priority’ for State Legislature The most important priority the State Legislature needs to concentrate on in its remaining five weeks is to provide real property tax relief, Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor)...
03.27.2015 Editorials Editorial: Let’s keep the ‘bay’ in goals of Peconic Bay CPF The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund has never been just about protecting agriculture, farms and open space. At its heart, the program, which took effect in 1999, has always...
11.21.2014 Editorials Editorial: A quality water-quality idea Because it’s not something that’s very visible to the untrained eye — or even, really, the trained eye — deteriorating water quality can go overlooked and underemphasized. When you...