09.24.2023 Editorials As town elections approach, much is at stake for all of us “Democracy is the worst form of government — except for all the others that have been tried.” — Winston Churchill As we go full-bore into election season for Southold...
09.10.2023 Editorials Editorial: Asking the question, ‘What do we want?’ We posed that question in last week’s editorial. It referred to a comment overheard at a classical music concert, on the very day of another murderous shooting spree, this...
09.03.2023 Editorials Editorial: ‘What do we want?’ That question was posed Saturday night by a woman sitting with a friend at a classical music concert at McCall Vineyard in Cutchogue. Despite the serene setting, the sentiment...
08.27.2023 Editorials Editorial: The North Fork wine industry is a success On Saturday night, winemakers from across the region celebrated the remarkable success of Long Island’s wine industry, commemorating the beginning of the endeavor on the North Fork. In 1973,...
08.20.2023 Editorials Editorial: One storm took $1.7 billion in sand from Fire Island We have used this space several times in recent months to address climate change and how this rapidly unfolding process has already affected the North Fork. In the coming...
08.13.2023 Editorials Editorial: Water conservation bill must be approved Last September, public officials urged North Fork residents to cut back on water usage, as a severe drought was underway. Earlier that month, the Suffolk County Water Authority, in...
08.06.2023 Editorials Editorial: Gov. Hochul, please sign this bill New York State Senate Bill 4804, sponsored by state Sen. Anthony Palumbo and Assemblyman Fred Thiele, passed both houses in Albany earlier this year. The bill has yet to...
06.16.2023 Editorials Editorial: Juneteenth reminds us freedom is everything On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and informed its Black residents that they were a free people. The 246 years of slavery that began in Virginia...
06.11.2023 Editorials Editorial: State Legislature votes unanimously for truth In a Riverhead courtroom in 1910, a state Supreme Court justice looked out at a room filled with Montaukett men and women and said, in so many words, that...
06.04.2023 Editorials Editorial: This summer, experts predict a bad tick season Ticks and tick-borne diseases have been a widely discussed health problem across the East End for decades. Lyme disease, carried by the common deer tick — which is transported...
