07.08.2020 Government Ahearn declares victory, will take on Palumbo in State Senate race Democratic Senate Candidate Laura Ahearn has declared victory in a five-way primary to win the party’s nomination to run for State Senate this November. In a statement Wednesday, Ms....
01.16.2020 Government Former supervisor Laura Jens-Smith to run for Assembly Former Riverhead supervisor Laura Jens-Smith said she plans to seek the Democratic nod for the 2nd Assembly District currently held by Republican Anthony Palumbo in this fall’s elections. “I...
08.25.2018 Editorials Editorial: Politics get uglier and uglier As weeks go, this one has been a real doozy so far. On Tuesday, 12 jurors in a federal courtroom in Virginia showed us that American democracy works because...
04.09.2016 Columns Column: Political ‘parties’ aren’t much fun at all Sometimes I wish my politically moderate opinions were as sexy as the extreme ones some use to elicit a strong response from people. I just don’t share those views....
11.04.2015 Government Walter toasts to victory in three-way Riverhead supervisor’s race In the end, it wasn’t about how many, or which, political parties endorsed him. Or which didn’t endorse him. It wasn’t about how much money he raised or how...
08.03.2015 Columns Column: It seems like Riverhead is turning into Washington. Enough! I’m generally skeptical of politics. So the good news is, I guess I’m in the right line of work. The bad news is, I think my skepticism is justified.
03.27.2015 Government He’s in, he’s out, he’s in? Coates screens for supervisor After saying he was screening for supervisor, and then saying he was not screening, Anthony Coates actually did end up screening with the Riverhead Democratic committee after all Thursday night....
03.24.2015 Government Coates backs out of bid for supervisor; DeVito steps up A few days ago, Anthony Coates was planning to screen for the Riverhead Democratic Committee nomination for supervisor and Angela DeVito wasn’t planning to run for any office at all...
