07.29.2018 Columns Column: Discovery sheds light on history of slavery In 1940, when Southold was preparing to celebrate its 300th anniversary, restoration work was done on The Old House in Cutchogue. During that process, something was discovered under a...
07.01.2018 Columns Column: The most dreaded time of year for dogs I believe my dog is American, but boy does he hate the Fourth of July. As the celebration of our nation’s independence approaches next week, we’ll enjoy with barbecues,...
06.24.2018 Columns Column: Food and wine belong together When I visit our local wineries, I almost always — like 99 percent of the time — spit out the wines I taste. Even when I like the wine....
06.17.2018 Columns Column: Amazing what the beach will give up Last week my dog, Mabel, found a starfish on a Shelter Island beach. I measured, Googled and identified it as a knobby starfish, native to Malaysia. It was so...
06.02.2018 Columns Column: Tragic deaths provide a reason to help On Saturday, Dec. 1, 1979, Allan Glover was working in a potato barn in Mattituck when his former wife, Nancy, came to find him. He could see something was...
05.13.2018 Columns Column: Mom always kept the nest in order This is the sixth spring I’ve looked out my office window at a small open-sided metal box under the eaves with a stiff wire protruding from it. Picture a...
04.22.2018 Columns Column: Majestic ospreys face challenges after long journey north A strange wailing noise startled Elizabeth O’Reilly at her East Marion home late Saturday afternoon. She walked back on her deck, with a few neighbors, and looked up toward...
04.02.2018 Sports Sports Desk: Welcome to Winter, Part II As I sit here at home, peacefully tapping onto my keyboard Monday morning, I glance up occasionally to look out beyond a snow-covered balcony and see what looks to...
03.04.2018 Columns Equal Time: There’s more to the story on the Old House than one study I am writing, not to argue “who came first” to Southold and Southampton, as debated in your article “So, who was really here first?” (Feb. 22), but to challenge...
03.03.2018 Columns Column: Remembering the whalers of a bygone era For Sandi Brewster-Walker, connecting names and histories to the men who worked on whale boats in the 19th century is a passion.