08.20.2023 Editorials Editorial: One storm took $1.7 billion in sand from Fire Island We have used this space several times in recent months to address climate change and how this rapidly unfolding process has already affected the North Fork. In the coming...
08.13.2023 Editorials Editorial: Water conservation bill must be passed Last September, public officials urged North Fork residents to cut back on water usage, as a severe drought was underway. Earlier that month, the Suffolk County Water Authority, in...
07.30.2023 Editorials Editorial: Once again the Legislature does the wrong thing As of Tuesday night, July 25, the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act, years in the making, will not be on the November ballot. A majority of the Suffolk...
05.07.2023 Editorials Editorial: Two local groups are saving land and history Across the East End, the Peconic Land Trust has preserved more than 14,000 acres of fertile farmland and open space. Our farmland is the rich loam the glaciers left...
04.28.2023 Editorials Editorial: Fentanyl-related arrests hark back to local horrors In August 2021, a scourge of overdoses traced to fentanyl-laced cocaine led to six deaths in Southold Town and Shelter Island. Four of them occurred on just one day....
04.21.2023 Editorials Editorial: Senate Bill 4804 would help control local deer herd Estimates vary of the numbers of white-tailed deer in Riverhead and Southold towns, but a good guess from people who study the issue is approximately 7,000. Perhaps 3,000 of...
04.14.2023 Editorials Editorial: Some ground rules for letters and guest columns Every once in a while we want to remind our readers that we welcome your guest columns and letters to the editor. Even as we say we welcome them,...
04.07.2023 Editorials Editorial: State DEC report on minority communities is important It might not come as a surprise to many who closely follow environmental issues impacting the region, but state officials have formally designated 87 mostly minority neighborhoods in 40...
