05.29.2020 Columns Guest Column: A survival plan for downtown Greenport Many will recall when Greenport was a place few people wanted to come to, with vacant stores littering Front and Main streets and derelict and burned-out wrecks blighting the...
05.28.2020 Columns Column: Drive-in movie night was a throwback at a time we needed it most My earliest movie-going memory is seeing “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at the old Rocky Point Drive-In. I couldn’t tell you much about the experience, but to this day, I can’t...
05.24.2020 Columns Column: A special grave marker for ‘Pop-Pop’ Something was missing. When 10-year-old Namiah Santacroce looked down at the gravesite of his late great-grandfather, Tom Santacroce, there was no indication at all of who was buried there....
05.23.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Flags should still be placed at the national cemeteries Decoration Day began in 1868 as a means of honoring Union soldiers who died in battle during the Civil War. For decades, it was believed that 612,000 soldiers on...
05.17.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: This is now the time to reimagine our hamlets We are moving, step by step, toward reopening the North Fork economy to some degree. It is not yet around the corner, but as reopening moves closer, hundreds of...
05.16.2020 Columns Guest Spot: Amid pandemic, another threat looms large for next generation “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” Well, young friends, you’re in trouble. No, it isn’t coronavirus that will make your...
05.10.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Density is not your friend Last weekend, as the sun came out and warmed the land around us, people left their homes and went outdoors. They went shopping, they bought ice cream, they walked...
05.03.2020 Columns Guest Column: Please remember to wear a face covering when out in public spaces On Saturday and previous weekends, I take a few drives around the village to observe the activity down the street and other areas of the village. This Saturday was disheartening...
05.03.2020 COVID-19 Editorial: Tentatively, government plans for the new normal as unofficial start to summer nears During his daily briefing Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out specific circumstances under which businesses in the state will be allowed to reopen and life can begin a wary,...
05.02.2020 Columns Guest Column: The challenges of remote teaching during COVID-19 As a worker, are you essential, nonessential or front-line? COVID-19 has sorted us into categories we don’t usually contemplate. And what is essential work anyway? Excluding some people from...
