09.05.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Housing crisis demands collaboration Every year, as Sept. 11 approaches, our nation reflects on collective grief and resilience. We honor the lives lost and the bravery of first responders. Yet for those of...
08.29.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Your body is keeping score. Are you listening? There’s no better place to be active than eastern Suffolk County in summer and early fall. The trails through the Pine Barrens and along the bluffs fill with hikers....
08.22.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: When it makes sense to gift your house Many people own second homes on the North Fork that, in the right circumstances, can be used to make gifts and reduce the portion of their estate subject to...
08.15.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: SCWA defends North Fork water main plan Your July 30 editorial regarding the Suffolk County Water Authority North Fork Water Main project omits key facts and misrepresents the intended process and cost The editorial suggests SCWA...
08.08.2026 Columns Guest Column: Savoring the sailing experience A recent column by Jonathan Russo brought back a flood of memories from another era of boating, and sailing in particular. Jonathan has a wonderful way of writing about...
07.25.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Legal realities behind 8647 inquiries The recent visit by the Secret Service to the homes of certain residents of eastern Long Island raises troubling...
07.18.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Preserving parental decision-making rights One issue that resonates with many North Fork parents is the loss of control over decisions involving their children...
07.11.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Greed Madonna’s 1985 anthem “Material Girl” seems very quaint in 2026. As she sang that “the boy with the cold...
07.04.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: David Magaña Hello world — er, East End Every so often, while on a walk with Henry, an 88-year-old widower who has become my close friend, technology sneaks into our conversation....
07.04.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Open letter to Congressman Nick LaLota I am writing as executive director of OLA of Eastern Long Island, Inc. (Organización Latino Americana), a nonprofit Latino-focused advocacy organization working in the five East End towns of...
06.27.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Mary Bess Phillips Gratitude for Greenport In moments when our conversations feel heavy or divided, I think it’s important to pause and remember who we are as a village — not in...
06.20.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: You didn’t ask, but … Congratulations to the Class of 2026. Not counting pre-K, you’ve been in school for 13 years — 72.2% of your entire life. Wow! That’s a lot of learning. Some...
06.13.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: Do I need a will? Can I do it myself? Whether you need a will is not as simple to answer as you may think. And if you do need one, should you save money by doing it yourself...
06.06.2026 Guest Spot Guest Column: D-Day and the baby of the family He was the man I never knew, the man who gave me my name. He was brought closer to me through a phone call I got one afternoon. An...
05.30.2026 Guest Spot Guest column: What’s become of gambling? When I was a kid there was just Las Vegas. Grownups could go out there and play blackjack or craps and gape at high rollers and women with high...
05.25.2026 Opinion Guest column: Memorial Day is not a day off for cemetery caretakers Where Memorial Day is not a day off A few years ago, just days before Memorial Day, I ran into a guy, Glenn Addario, who had left his home...
05.16.2026 Guest Spot Guest column: How executors and trustees protect families Since you care about your family, it’s important to choose the right people to help them when doing your estate planning. That’s where an executor or trustee comes in....
05.09.2026 Columns Column: Travel tips Do we travel just so we can come home again? This question seemed to be answered in the affirmative by the faces my traveling companion (MTC) and I looked...
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