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....
06.23.2022 Columns Guest Spot: At Cutchogue’s Dave Allison Park, safety was the issue Much has been said recently about the use of vehicles in Dave Allison Park. The Cutchogue-New Suffolk Park commissioners wish to clarify the facts regarding this matter in an...
06.10.2022 Columns Guest Spot: Let’s move ahead on Cutchogue Woods According to The New York Times, the buzz in real estate circles is that the North Fork is the next Hamptons. That brings to mind the story Abe Lincoln...
06.08.2022 Columns Guest Spot: Greenport Village needs smarter planning methods The North Fork Experience. It’s not a four-letter word but for some it is a four-word problem. I understand that, for longstanding and perhaps generational Greenport residents, the growing...
05.29.2022 Columns Column: Dignity, respect on hallowed ground at Calverton National Cemetery Rich Hilts enlisted in the U.S. Army right after graduating from high school in upstate Rome. His first day of basic training was Sept. 11, 2001. “We didn’t believe...