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...
09.08.2024 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...
03.03.2024 Editorials Editorial: The answer can’t always be ‘no’ Across the North Fork, as development projects are proposed and debated, the nearly universal response from most residents is an immediate, “No, that is not a good use of...
02.11.2024 Editorials Editorial: From crisis comes a greater cause Each week, we try to publish stories in our newspapers that people will take the time to read and talk about with family and friends. Some carry more emotional...
01.28.2024 Editorials We welcome your letters — but let’s be civil We’d like to remind our readers of some basic rules for writing letters to the editor for publication in the Suffolk Times. First, we want to stress that we...
12.17.2023 Editorials Editorial: People who power small businesses are leaving N.Y. A new report by the Manhattan-based Fiscal Policy Institute reads like the proverbial canary in the coal mine story — something that signals danger ahead to anyone paying attention....
12.10.2023 Editorials Editorial: Indicted officials should not hold public office On Friday, George Santos was expelled from the House of Representatives by a vote of 311 to 114. That 114 congressional representatives could vote against expelling Mr. Santos is...
12.03.2023 Editorials Editorial: A veteran is buried and the American spirit is rekindled In our newspapers last week, we wrote about the burial in Calverton National Cemetery of a soldier, Sgt. Bernard Sweeney, whose remains were first found near where he went...
11.26.2023 Editorials Editorial: Gov. Hochul once again snubs Native history In June, we published an editorial praising the New York State Legislature, and in particular Sen. Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk), for the unanimous passage of a bill that restored...
10.29.2023 Editorials Editorial: Do the most American thing — vote! Each election cycle we encourage candidates to write letters introducing themselves to our readers. These letters are not meant to be political advertisements or attacks on opponents, but simply...
