09.29.2024 Editorials Editorial: Troubling signs It’s not news that politics has become something close to a blood sport in the United States in recent years, starting at the top with national elections, and lately...
09.22.2024 Editorials Editorial: Celebrating our true colors In a time when so much energy is being focused on how divided we seem to be as a country — and notions of who should live here or...
09.15.2024 Editorials Editorial: RIP agri-resorts After months of heated debate, the much maligned proposal to rezone a large swath of the Sound Avenue corridor linking Riverhead and Southold to allow for the development of...
09.08.2024 Editorials The kind of September It happens outside, in the stillness of early morning, or as the light shifts in late afternoon and lingers in the tops of trees, that we suddenly see summer...
08.18.2024 Editorials Editorial: Farewell to the Dog Days Well, we made it. Sunday, Aug. 11, marked the official end of “The Dog Days of Summer,” which descended on us on July 3 and lasted the Biblical length...
07.28.2024 Editorials Editorial: Stay sober, stay alert, stay alive Another summer weekend on the North Fork, another fatal car crash. This sad and all-to-familiar refrain played out again Friday on Main Road in Aquebogue, just east of Union...
07.21.2024 Editorials Editorial: Our take on opinions Every once in a while — okay, once a year — we like to remind our readers that we welcome and appreciate your guest columns and letters to the...
07.14.2024 Editorials Editorial: Safe boating saves lives Along with this season of family, friends and fun come all the other things that make this time of year on the East End so memorable. And yet, the...
07.04.2024 Editorials Editorial: Lessons — and gifts — for July 4th “All through our history, our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us that the real obstacle to moving forward the boundaries of freedom, and the...
06.30.2024 Editorials Editorial: Pride and pomp Whether it’s a middle school moving-up ceremony, a high school graduation or a college commencement, it’s always the same tune: “Pomp and Circumstance.” Written in 1901 by English composer...
06.23.2024 Editorials Editorial: The drums got us moving “When the drummers start drumming, they’re calling the people together,” the Rev. Natalie Wimberly said Saturday as she stood atop the steps at Clinton Memorial AME Zion Church in...
06.13.2024 Editorials Editorial: A time to celebrate — together “June is a love song written by nature.” So wrote London-born poet Winnifred Emma May, better known by her pen name, Patience Strong, a popular mid-20th century poet and...
06.09.2024 Editorials Editorial: New septic systems are needed — but at what cost? We have published stories in our newspapers recently on the environmental impacts of traditional home septic systems, and what experts are saying about the new — and expensive —...
06.02.2024 Editorials Editorial: Across the North Fork, crowds came out to honor our war dead Memorial Day celebrations are among the best days on the calendar as we head into summer. Fourth of July is great, too, but Memorial Day is different. On July...
05.26.2024 Editorials Editorial: This Memorial Day, let’s take a moment to remember A few years ago, we profiled a remarkable group of men who had served their country in Vietnam. We’re thinking about them again as we celebrate this Memorial Day, which began...
