02.25.2018 Community Column: Life lessons from a first-time grandmother A new chapter of my life was written last September when I became a grandmother, aka Glam Mom (a moniker my sister bestowed on me). My world has tilted,...
02.18.2018 Columns Column: The all-consuming search for a new car I’ve never considered myself much of car person. I never hung photos of high-horsepower muscle cars on my wall as a kid or dreamed about driving a Ferrari one...
01.21.2018 Columns Column: Car accident led to grim prognosis for North Fork native They met through a mutual friend more than two decades ago. Cathy Monsell can recall the precise day she first met her husband, Kevin: June 18, 1993. Eleven months...
11.19.2017 Columns Column: A survivor fighting to raise awareness The diagnosis defied logic. Sure, there had been some chest pain and difficulty breathing. But the dreaded “C” word? Couldn’t be.
09.30.2017 Columns Column: Tracing back his love of history I’ve been trying to figure out why I’ve been on this “All in the Family” kick lately. You know “All in the Family,” the popular sitcom from the 1970s...
09.16.2017 Columns Column: Celebrating a nun’s 60 years of service Last Saturday night a large group of men, women, children and babies filled all the pews at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church in Greenport for the 8 p.m. Spanish...
08.31.2017 Columns Column: Harvey brings back memories of Katrina Twelve years later, the headline still stands out in my mind. I’ve read thousands of newspaper headlines since, written hundreds more, most of them easily forgettable.
08.26.2017 Columns Column: Enjoying the Great American Eclipse Standing amid a crowd of hundreds Monday afternoon, Fred Sandusky held a yellow Cheerios box with a tiny pinhole up toward the sun.
08.12.2017 Columns Column: 50 years after Grumman crash, still wondering ‘what if’ A half-century has passed since a fateful test flight at the Grumman base in Calverton claimed the lives of Charles “Buck” Wangeman and Ralph “Dixie” Donnell.
07.23.2017 Columns By the Book: Yes, there are some things he won’t read Some time back, I wrote about different things we do or don’t read, citing movie credits as an example of something we mostly don’t.