letters to the editor Archives - Riverhead News Review

09.05.2022 Editorials

Featured Letter: Proposed firearms facility to provide benefit to law enforcement

Apparently I have done a terrible job of explaining the “training” component of the Berlin/Niosi Firearms Training Academy. In the intense focus on a prospective location, the value to...

03.07.2021 Editorials

Editorial: Ground rules for political letters this election season

Town nominating conventions have been held and with them comes another early start to the election season. With that in mind, we’ve also dusted off our biennial editorial about...

02.18.2020 Letters

Featured Letter: When we were in need, first responders were there for us

To the editor: On the evening of Jan. 13, I got a call no husband or father ever wants: My wife and kids were in a car accident. As...

01.31.2020 Letters

Featured Letter: A trip to the DMV provides a glimpse to an onerous future

To the editor: So last week I drove to the DMV to get my license renewed. Wanting to get the new “enhanced” version so I can board a plane...

01.25.2020 Letters

Featured Letter: If Riverhead can clear land for shopping, it can allow for more solar farms

To the editor: I read the article in the News-Review of Jan. 16, 2020, concerning solar farms in Riverhead Town, specifically in the Calverton area. The thoughts that go...

09.08.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Once again, ground rules for this election season

On May 9, we published our “ground rules for political letters this election season” so everyone would know what we’re trying to accomplish at our newspapers as we head...