07.27.2015 Government As Anti-Bias Task Force objects, Town Board members stand by statements Members of the Riverhead Town Anti-Bias Task Force say recent comments made by some members of the Town Board may “undermine the work that we’re doing to try to...
05.02.2015 Business Riverhead biz owners have questions for immigration attorney Though President Obama’s executive actions on immigration reform have stalled in federal court, the policies’ potential impacts on a local level is still much on the minds of some...
07.27.2014 Columns Guest Column: Immigration coverage overlooked key facts I was sorry, but not surprised, to see The Suffolk Times parroting the leftist party line regarding its coverage of the “border children” arriving in Riverhead.
07.19.2014 Columns Column: Remove hate speech from immigration debate It was a sunny August afternoon last year when we at the paper got word of police activity — a possible drug bust — in Mattituck. It turned out...
07.17.2014 Government ‘Border children’ reach Riverhead, reunite with family A misty Independence Day morning rekindled hope for a Riverhead family that was reunited for the first time in 11 years. “I’m so happy,” said Marta, a Guatemalan immigrant...
10.03.2013 Letters Featured letter: What’s wrong with this picture? On your story regarding the problem North Fork farmers are having in hiring people to help with the crops and the harvest, this is just a small part of...
09.27.2013 News Special Report: A dwindling workforce for local farmers Constantine Curup’s life as a farm worker would hardly be considered enviable. The Guatemalan immigrant left his family in 2002 to work in the fields of Long Island. “It’s...
09.27.2013 News Farm was no stepping stone for this immigrant While many immigrants to the U.S. look at agricultural work as a stepping stone into other industries, 28-year-old Seferino Cotzojay of Mattituck has achieved big things by staying put...