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...
03.24.2024 Editorials Editorial: Greenport is bellwether for regional issues In so many ways, the issues Greenport Village is facing — from affordable and workforce housing, to the challenges confronting small businesses in a tourist economy, to hiring and...
03.17.2024 Letters Letters to the editor: Your editorial was misleading NORTHVILLE Your editorial was misleading I feel compelled to write to you in response to your March 3 editorial, “The answer can’t always be no.” Your assertion that opposition...
07.30.2023 Editorials Editorial: Once again the Legislature does the wrong thing As of Tuesday night, July 25, the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act, years in the making, will not be on the November ballot. A majority of the Suffolk...
05.05.2023 Letters Featured Letter: The phrase that made me shudder An expert on surviving school shootings credits luck or God’s protection with keeping Long Island from a school shooting (“Expert: Adopt ‘run, hide, defend’ strategy,” April 28). “We have...
11.06.2022 Editorials Endorsement: Vote yes on two propositions The New York State Proposition 1 would enable bonding to fund efforts to ensure clean water and clean air and to create green jobs. Nothing is closer to the...
09.18.2022 Columns Guest Column: A climate change briefing for students As a new school year starts, let’s update our understanding of climate change. Here on our idyllic North Fork, we suffer from a malaise that I’ll call “back porch,...