07.16.2023 Editorials Editorial: Training, teamwork and dedication saved lives In less than an hour on July 6, the lives of two teenagers floating in Long Island Sound were saved by a heroic group of first responders who worked...
06.16.2023 Editorials Editorial: Juneteenth reminds us freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
06.11.2023 Editorials Editorial: State Legislature votes unanimously for truth In a Riverhead courtroom in 1910, a state Supreme Court justice looked out at a room filled with Montaukett men and women and said, in so many words, that...
06.04.2023 Editorials Editorial: This summer, experts predict a bad tick season Ticks and tick-borne diseases have been a widely discussed health problem across the East End for decades. Lyme disease, carried by the common deer tick — which is transported...
08.07.2022 Editorials Editorial: At last, a new Justice Court plan is in place As Councilman Tim Hubbard began to discuss Riverhead Town’s planned acquisition of a new Town Hall building last week, he immediately mentioned the late Justice Allen Smith. It was...
11.14.2021 Editorials Editorial: The infrastructure bill will boost our region The passage by the House of Representatives of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill will be a game changer for this region. As a result, New York State will receive...
10.24.2021 Opinion Editorial: Who will you nominate for People of the Year? There are few bigger thrills for us as a media organization than our annual People of the Year awards. The winners’ stories of community service, dedication and perseverance are...
09.26.2021 Editorials Editorial: For this group, walking for ‘valor’ meant everything “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead Last Saturday morning, on...