11.17.2019 Letters Featured Letter: For DACA recipients, homes hang in the balance To the editor: On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the future of the policy that has protected young people brought illegally to the U.S. as children...
04.13.2019 Columns Guest Column: Local schools adapt to changing populations Five years ago, when I was writing my book about Greenport’s immigrants, a parent asked me to translate into Spanish a notice from her child’s school. It announced an...
10.01.2017 Columns Guest Spot: Sad goodbye to Greenport’s Arcade When I first spent summers on Shelter Island, in the 1970s, a favorite rainy-day excursion was a trip to Greenport to shop at the Arcade. If we needed beach...
01.11.2016 Columns Guest Spot: Immigrants should be embraced, not excluded When I set out from Greenport last month for the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Brooklyn, I didn’t know what to expect.
09.04.2014 Letters Featured Letter: Older and low-wage workers need housing, too To the editor: It is indeed important that Southold Town take steps to promote affordable housing. Long Island is in the throes of a serious housing crisis, as a...
