05.23.2023 Agriculture Guest column: Fifty years making ‘beautiful wine in a beautiful place’ In 1973, when Alex and I came to the North Fork looking for a place to plant grapes, make wine and start a family, we wanted to make beautiful...
03.31.2023 Columns Guest Spot: Supreme Court case could change our elections It is close to impossible for the average American to follow the decisions coming out of the Supreme Court of the United States. However, certain matters that come before...
03.10.2023 Columns Column: Changes to baseball? Do not get me started We are living in truly dark times. Our institutions and traditions, handed down in America through the generations, are now under assault and seem unsteady, not able to withstand...
02.14.2023 Columns Column: On Valentine’s Day, love’s labor’s won Billie Holiday, in one of her more poignant lyrics, wrote that “love will make you drink and gamble, make you stay out all night long.” Which leads me to...
12.09.2022 Columns Equal Time: CAST needs help as it helps others The Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation, formerly Community Action Southold Town, has been serving Town of Southold residents since 1965. We have a long history as a trusted...
12.02.2022 Columns Guest Spot: Transparency and accountability first It’s true, I didn’t support the request the Center for Advocacy, Support and Transformation recently made to the Town Board for $100,000 so it can meet the increasing demands...
12.01.2022 Columns Guest Spot: Greenport Village’s future is on the table In regards to a proposed building moratorium on commercial property in the village of Greenport, and a comment put forth by the mayor of Greenport in opposition to the...
11.16.2022 Columns Column: Research on local slave history bears fruit Two-and-a-half years ago, three people who are serious about local history got together to tackle a subject few before them had considered important: the history of slavery on the...
11.03.2022 Columns Sports Desk: After 30 years, it’s time to say goodbye Driving along a winding highway through the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York one memorable day in March of 1992, it occurred to me that the path of life...
10.07.2022 Columns Guest Spot: We can’t afford to lose our democracy There is no question that many hard-working Americans are experiencing significant economic pain in their lives. The cost of fuel, food and rent is causing immense financial stress. Millions...
09.18.2022 Columns Guest Column: A climate change briefing for students As a new school year starts, let’s update our understanding of climate change. Here on our idyllic North Fork, we suffer from a malaise that I’ll call “back porch,...
09.09.2022 Columns Column: Exhibit shines a light on labor camp More than any other artists, photographers rely on light to create their images. They are a team. People and landscapes are their canvas; light is the magic that brings...
08.19.2022 Columns Guest Spot: Enclaves understates impacts on traffic Many readers of The Suffolk Times will be aware of the Enclaves, a 44-room hotel and 74-seat restaurant project being proposed in the hamlet of Southold. The location, on...
07.14.2022 Columns Guest Column: DACA residents live in limbo in a worrisome age Donald Trump did not always despise all undocumented immigrants. In 2017 he declared, “We love the Dreamers,” young people protected from deportation by DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood...
07.04.2022 Columns Guest Spot: On July 4, let us celebrate freedom We are indeed so blessed to live in America. I’m saddened to watch a negative theme permeate our culture that suggests America is an evil country founded on hypocrisy....