12.04.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Always tough and engaged, Arthur Tasker was a Greenport fixture It is with a heavy heart that I write to pay tribute to neighbor, citizen, political gadfly and Greenport Zoning Board member Arthur Tasker. We met Arthur and Lucia...
02.04.2017 Columns Guest Spot: It’s time for all of us to come together The neighborhood south of the railroad tracks in Greenport Village is called West Dublin because it was once inhabited by Irish people who came to work on the railroad...
03.06.2015 Letters Featured Letter: Time for village to focus on sewers To the editor: From Peconic Landing to Brewer Yacht Yard to County Executive Bellone’s initiatives on reducing nitrogen pollution in our waters, it seems everybody around here except Greenport’s...
10.26.2014 Columns Guest Spot: Argument rife with hypocrisy, xenophobia If you’re a person who believes we can’t possibly reduce gun violence with policies that outlaw guns in our communities, then you cannot also argue that somehow we will...
12.14.2013 Education Guest Column: What does Common Core actually mean? The term Common Core has been used in these pages and elsewhere to describe the new policies and practices schools are being asked to adopt by the State Education...
08.24.2013 Education Featured Letter: Get out of the way, Albany To the editor: Thank you for shining light on the potential effects of recent federal and state policies on our local schools. Common Core itself is nothing more than...
03.14.2013 Letters Letter: Despicable behavior at village debate To the editor: Monday evening’s Greenport trustee candidates’ forum was my first foray into village government. Thanks to Tim Kelly and The Suffolk Times for organizing and moderating the...