04.19.2026 Featured Story Guest Column: What to know about wills vs. trusts I am often asked about the difference between wills and revocable trusts. It’s one of the most common estate planning questions I hear, especially here on the North Fork,...
04.18.2026 Opinion Editorial: American moments In last week’s Q&A in our sister paper Shelter Island Reporter, we learned that after graduating from Clarkson University, Wyatt Brigham, a 2013 Shelter Island High School alumnus, was...
04.18.2026 Opinion Letters to the Editor: What’s the plan? Riverhead What’s the plan? A three-to-two majority of the Riverhead Town Board has renewed the effort to grab the Long Island Science Center’s property on East Main Street. After...
02.23.2025 Editorials Editorial: Big decision on bird flu As a community newspaper, we often have to weigh the value — or perhaps resist the temptation — of reporting on larger national issues as opposed to the hyper-local...
02.09.2025 Editorials Editorial: Collective chill “February made me shiver, with every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn’t take one more step.” Given the unrelenting barrage of head-spinning news of late...
02.09.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Editorial said it all SOUTHOLD Editorial said it all I believe the “Our View” piece in the Jan. 30 Suffolk Times says it all. Everyone should read it and think good and hard...
03.31.2024 Editorials Editorial: Setting the standard for public service There is so much to be cynical about in American politics these days, whether nationally, at the state level or even locally. Thankfully there are exceptions, and we are...
03.24.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Teacher layoffs as COVID aid ceases AQUEBOGUE Teacher layoffs as COVID aid ceases Always interesting that when it comes to cutting the budget, it seems teachers are the first to go. Assuming that the Riverhead...