08.29.2026 Editorials Editorial: Tick tactics for the front line Terms such as “a war” or “an explosion” to describe social conditions or medical emergencies are often used by public officials and, yes, journalists — at times to sensationalize...
08.22.2026 Editorials Editorial: You’re being watched The novelist/prophet George Orwell famously created a police state with an authoritarian dictator running a country where surveillance was a method to ensure total mind and body control of...
08.15.2026 Editorials Editorial: Eagle shows Greenport its past — and its future For a few glorious days last weekend, Greenport looked like Greenport ought to look. Blue skies and warm breezes greeted families crowding into Mitchell Park and the docks to...
08.08.2026 Editorials Editorial: August Hang in there, we’re almost out of the woods. Or should we say out of the kennel? Next Tuesday, Aug. 11, we’ll have come through “the dog days of...
08.01.2026 Editorials Editorial: SCWA’s better route still leaves Riverhead in a rut Give the Suffolk County Water Authority credit: It listened. It listened at last enough to recognize that digging up Sound Avenue for its massive North Fork pipeline was a...
07.25.2026 Editorials Editorial: Bring back Claudio’s Amalfi at Claudio’s flamed out quicker than a Roman candle on the Fourth of July. In just one week, it went from a splashy new waterfront concept to the...
07.18.2026 Editorials Editorial: Patriot games Patriotism has become another political test. These days, people are judged not by how they treat their neighbors or whether they respect the law, but by the signs they...
07.11.2026 Editorials Editorial: Rising to the challenge The Fourth of July in Riverhead started with the banging of drums and ended with a freak storm that tested the resolve of the town’s local heroes. The day...
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