03.14.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Dems battle to take on Zeldin While the leading election event in November will be the vote for president, for this area another important contest involves the House of Representatives.
11.09.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Big money doesn’t fly on the East End It was an off-year election in 2015 which carried an important message in Suffolk County: big-moneyed political intervention by special interests didn’t work here.
10.11.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Fighting for the future of Plum Island The 800-pound gorilla in the hearing room as local and state officials and environmentalists pushed last week for the preservation of Plum Island was the issue of toxic areas...
09.20.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Time to legislate against Lyme disease There’s a renewed push in the U.S. Congress for legislation to strengthen the federal government’s activities on Lyme disease, endemic on the North Fork, Shelter Island and all over...
09.01.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Why the Island stayed green Who knew that the program that has become integral to saving eastern Long Island from the sprawl that has overtaken much of the western portion of the island —...
07.28.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Speaking up for mute swans Lunch at The Dory on the Island has been brightened for my wife and me by the sight of swans gliding on Chase Creek. If the the New York...
07.06.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Hot enough for you? Global warming is here The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has become the first country in the world to declare that climate change is rendering it uninhabitable. Unfamiliar with the name? Try Gilbert...
04.20.2015 Opinion Grossman Column: A new watchdog for East End water The new Sag Harbor-based group, Defend H20, has emerged as a fearless environmental organization with a broad agenda. It not only has the toughness to engage in battles against...
03.16.2015 Opinion Grossman: A paramedic’s crusade against tailgating Ben Jones has for decades been on a crusade to get action on tailgating. Mr. Jones, a paramedic on Shelter Island — and at 92 the oldest paramedic in...
03.02.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Zeldin won’t back down from conflict with ISIS In Lee Zeldin, Eastern Long Island has sent to Congress someone who in just two months in office has become a national figure taking on radical Islam. The rapid...