01.06.2019 Columns Guest Column: Early challenges for county executive The leading political contest in Suffolk in 2019 will be the race for county executive, the top post in Suffolk County government.
07.16.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A green, and tasty, future for Long Island’s wine region Long Island, with a centuries-long history of farming, has undergone an agricultural revolution in just a few decades, sparked in 1973 by a pair of pioneers in planting grapes...
08.21.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County’s financial bind leads to cut bus routes Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s administration intends to eliminate eight Suffolk County Transit bus routes as of Oct. 3, including several on the East End.
04.16.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A journey from Congressman to clergyman Former Congressman Mike Forbes, long on a political path, is now on a spiritual path, and he sees a clear connection between the two.
01.21.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Environmental follies “We live on an island built on sand.” That’s how Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski accurately describes Long Island.
12.01.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Twomey was never, ever giving up Tom Twomey, the founder of the East End’s biggest law firm, had many accomplishments. But the most important can be seen on a drive along Sound Avenue on the...
11.02.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Long Island’s role in American Revolution Long Island is known for, among other things, beautiful beaches, the site of the first “mass-produced” suburb in the U.S, the resort areas of the East End, notably the...
10.14.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cash, credit prices and a gas bill defeated I should have been suspicious last month driving into a gas station off the Long Island Expressway to fill up. I’d written a column in May about the effort...
