01.16.2020 Columns Column: He mastered the craft of sports photography For more than two decades, Garret Meade has been a fixture on the sidelines of high school sporting events on the North Fork, capturing remarkable action shots of athletes...
12.22.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Zeldin doesn’t support lower property taxes Our representative in Congress is supposed to listen to the working people of Long Island and put our interests first. Last week, Rep. Lee Zeldin once again failed to...
12.14.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Proposed hotel in Southold doesn’t fit hamlet’s character The peaceful hamlet of Southold is about to be “South Forked.”
12.07.2019 Columns Guest Column: Greenport needs to rethink this project A photo of a man in India standing waist-deep in water was on the front page of The New York Times the morning after the Greenport Village Trustees meeting...
12.01.2019 Columns Column: Rising seas, storms present growing challenge for Trustees Here’s a story about what the rising water level in our bays has managed to do in just the past few years.
11.24.2019 Columns Guest Column: Childhood storybooks brought to life Down on my hands and knees, I was building a little moat around a recently transplanted hydrangea. My hands molded and patted down the dirt, moving quickly to build...
10.18.2019 Columns Column: Friendship formed in competition Suzy Heffernan and Kristen Neimeth met in 2015 while competing in the Deep Pond Triathlon in Wading River. Both were relative newcomers to the sport and were at similar...
10.07.2019 Columns Guest Column: The time for action is now on rising seas Southold Town faces countless issues that are highlighted weekly in the local papers and on social media. Amid all the controversy, the coastal discussion often seems lost.
10.03.2019 Columns Guest Spot: On impeachment, we must move forward The current impeachment inquiry is necessary to protect our status as a democracy with unfettered free elections. While impeachment is a difficult process that will forever stain our nation’s...
09.29.2019 Columns Guest Spot: About all those comments … this is who I am I would like to directly respond to the attacks that I have been receiving online and on social media in recent days. In the past weeks I have been...
09.21.2019 Columns Guest Column: Help us answer critical questions on addressing mental health services How do we, as a community, interact to expand local efforts addressing mental health and substance use disorders for our youth and our families?
09.15.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Will Lee Zeldin stand up for our troops? Donald Trump is stealing from veterans and endangering the lives of their children to pay for his wall. Only Congress — and Lee Zeldin — can stop him. Mexico...
09.14.2019 Columns Equal Time: They say, ‘We can do better.’ Prove it Those of you who know me, know that I am not the type of person to sit down and write one of these letters to the newspaper during campaign...
09.10.2019 Columns Guest Column: Remembering the fateful, horrific day As we approach another anniversary of Sept. 11, I’d like to thank our local fire departments, in particular the Southold Fire Department, for the yearly display of remembrance, reflection,...
09.08.2019 Columns Column: A dear friend who never, ever gave up Joe Townsend Jr. was the third person we met when my wife, Joan, and I moved to the North Fork in 1977. That’s because he was the nephew of...
