08.01.2016 Police South Jamesport man stops burglary, kept suspect at scene until police arrived Since his neighbor’s house is listed for sale, Tyler Manning wasn’t surprised to see an unfamiliar truck parked in her South Jamesport driveway last week. He assumed the homeowner,...
05.09.2015 Columns Column: Special-needs kids reach new heights The students enrolled in the Vocational Independence Program at Central Islip’s New York Institute of Technology seem to adore their dean, Ernst VanBergeijk. All of the three dozen-plus college-age...
04.18.2015 Columns Column: So here’s a column for the boy, too Kids, by nature, are scorekeepers. Meaning they’re constantly comparing what they have — or more specifically, what they don’t have — with other kids, and keeping track. I know...
11.26.2014 Columns Column: It’s Thanksgiving and retailers are putting profit over families “We are offering our shoppers options so that family and friends can choose to come together Thanksgiving evening after they have enjoyed their celebrations,” announced Steve Tanger, president and...
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...
06.07.2014 Columns Column: The future of golf in Riverhead Town Last year was a tough one for golf courses in Riverhead Town. Three closed, including Long Island National, which was purchased in a bankruptcy sale. The other two were...
12.12.2013 Columns Column: Long Island radio the way it oughta sound Personality. There used to be a lot of it in local radio. It wasn’t just about the music, but the jocks, the people between the tracks. They shopped at the...
11.24.2013 Columns Column: Science Center is a place that ‘matters’ I couldn’t believe 60 first-graders could stay so captivated for so long. Every kid’s eyes were glued to the center of the room, heads tilted, little mouths agape. They...
