01.26.2025 Editorials Editorial: Sounding the alarm The numbers are in, and the news isn’t pretty. Virtually all of the area’s volunteer fire departments reported an increase in emergency call responses in 2024, with several hitting...
01.06.2025 Editorials Editorial: Unsung heroes In this week’s paper, we are proud to reveal our 2024 People of the Year honorees, an annual celebration of the public officials, civic leaders, educators, business owners and...
12.22.2024 Editorials Editorial: What is up with the drones? As community journalists, the most important part of our job is to do our utmost to ensure we provide accurate information — because a well-informed community is better able...
12.08.2024 Editorials Editorial: The gift of charity As the holiday season picks up steam — and the attendant barrage of party invites, festive light shows and can’t miss shopportunities accelerates — it can be easy to...
11.29.2024 Editorials Editorial: Giving thanks and giving back What is the truth about Thanksgiving and what is the myth? Of course, there’s nothing more true than the truth, but the myth is also true, if you take...
11.24.2024 Editorials Editorial: Our first responders need more help A devastating Tuesday morning house fire in Mattituck tragically took the life of Edy Herrera, a dishwasher at a local eatery who would have celebrated his 27th birthday the...
11.17.2024 Editorials Editorial: Moving on Thankfully, it’s over. That was the likely reaction of many U.S. citizens when the polls closed last Tuesday, the final counting of votes commenced and the winners of the...
11.10.2024 Editorials Editorial: Call for 2024 People of the Year nominations With election season at long last winding down (we hope!), it’s time to turn our attention to less contentious matters and cast the spotlight on the friends, neighbors, teachers,...
11.03.2024 Editorials Editorial: ‘It’s up to you’ “Treat with utmost respect your power of forming opinions, for this power alone guards you against making assumptions that are contrary to nature, and judgments that overthrow the rule...
10.13.2024 Editorials Editorial: Say a prayer — and stay prepared As the aftermath of devastation of Hurricane Helene across the Southeast and the Carolinas becomes shockingly clear, and as Floridians brace for potential (as of press time) catastrophe with...
