12.26.2021 COVID-19 Editorial: As year ends, COVID-19 just won’t say goodbye As 2021 comes to an end, a new and record-breaking wave of the virus we can’t seem to get rid of sweeps over the country once more. The possibility...
12.17.2021 Columns Column: There was no one quite like Seth His name never appeared in a byline or photo credit in one of our newspapers. You wouldn’t find his name in the masthead. But for more than a decade,...
12.12.2021 Editorials Editorial: Schools face increasing risk of cyberattacks When school districts have discussed security measures in recent years, much of the focus has understandably been about fortifying the buildings themselves. Whether the strategies involve a camera system,...
12.04.2021 Columns Column: Two minutes is all it takes in a house fire We see reminders about fire safety so often that they can become like white noise. The reminders to change batteries in smoke detectors. Or to plan an evacuation route...
11.25.2021 Editorials Editorial: Holiday is a good reminder to help people in need History will record 2020 as the year when everything changed practically overnight, when in March the nation woke up to a health crisis not seen in 100 years. And...
11.25.2021 Columns Column: A year after pandemic-altered Thanksgiving, traditions new and old return When Thanksgiving plans came up for discussion at the weekly family video meeting, my mother asked if we could celebrate this year like we did not last year. At...
11.07.2021 Editorials Editorial: After Election Day, ‘what do we do now?’ At the end of the movie “The Candidate,” a newly elected senator from California, played by Robert Redford, is stunned that he has beaten a powerful incumbent. He can...
10.28.2021 Editorials News-Review Endorsement: Supervisor The supervisor’s office in Riverhead Town has been a revolving door in recent years. Sean Walter lost reelection in 2017, ushering in Laura Jens-Smith for one term before she...