07.13.2025 Editorials Editorial: Ignoring the facts The United States has taken a U-turn away from producing clean, sustainable energy and back to a near-total focus on burning fossil fuels. The vehicle for this return to...
07.13.2025 News Letters to the Editor: ‘Delighted’ for Dorothy Southold ‘Delighted’ for Dorothy I was delighted to see the article about Dorothy Konarski, “Mrs. Farmer Mike” (“Still at hr post after 53 years, July 3). She is being...
07.06.2025 Opinion Reporter’s Notebook: Jinx! You owe me a soda! It’s something most of us can recall from our childhood — muttering something coincidentally in unison with a friend over lunch or when spotting a punch buggy. My first...
07.05.2025 Featured Story Letters to the Editor: Acts of kindness Southold Acts of kindness There are so many negative letters that I thought I would share something nice. I was recently having dinner with a friend at the North...
07.04.2025 Editorials Editorial: Independence Day 2025 On July 4, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation: “All through our history, our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us that the real...
06.29.2025 Editorials Editorial: Those damn kids The mini-rant above, was an opinion Socrates had about 2,500 years ago. He was a wise and tolerant fellow, but everyone’s entitled to a bad day now and then....
06.29.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Awful road conditions Greenport Awful road conditions While paying my considerably increased Greenport Village taxes, I asked who I should voice my concern with regard to the condition of many village streets,...
06.22.2025 Editorials Editorial: Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
06.22.2025 Letters Letters to the Editor: Industry threat to farmland Cutchogue Industry threat to farmland The draft zoning code threatens a priceless Cutchogue resource. It changes the definition and approved uses of what is now the Light Industrial zone...
06.21.2025 Guest Spot Guest Spot: Enforcement requires transparency As a police commissioner for the Town of Southold, I feel compelled to speak out against the dangerous escalation of operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and...