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10.18.2020 Editorials

Editorial: The difficult decisions we continue to make

The year 2020 has been filled with hard decisions we’ve all heard a lot about. Much has been reported about the tough choices businesses had to make in closing...

10.11.2020 COVID-19

Editorial: Poor timing for rally to loosen COVID-19 restrictions

The timing of a rally last Friday in Hauppauge urging loosening of COVID-19 restrictions couldn’t have been less opportune. As the news spread across the nation that President Trump,...

09.27.2020 Editorials

Editorial: America’s political split roars onto the North Fork

Last Sunday was an interesting day on eastern Long Island, where the bitter division that has engulfed America was on full display, just a little more than a month...

09.19.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Effects of climate change will only get worse

The North Fork sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean and on a map resembles a bony, arthritic finger. Salt water is all around. You can see areas such as...

09.13.2020 COVID-19

Editorial: Inauspicious start to new school year as districts try to navigate COVID-19

Sunday and Monday of Labor Day weekend were a roller coaster for students and parents in both the Riverhead and Southold school districts. Both sent notes to students’ families...

09.06.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Tolerance is our only path forward

In the hyper-ugly political moment we are living in, it’s certainly part of the climate that someone, or some group, could be so horribly offended by political signs for...

08.30.2020 Editorials

Editorial: East End community newspapers, recognized for excellence, deserve and need your support

Each year community newspapers across New York State enter their best work in the New York Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. This year’s winners were announced virtually, as NYPA’s...

08.22.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Voting and post office are central to democracy

When President Trump came right out and said he wanted to withhold funding from the U.S. Postal Service as part of an effort to cripple its ability to process...

08.13.2020 Editorials

Editorial: PSEG shows us what failure looks like at a very high level

When Tropical Storm Isaias hit last Tuesday and the power began shutting down across the North Fork, not many residents would have predicted that a week or more would...

08.06.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Vineyard View debacle underscores need for affordable housing

The emails arrived quickly after the Vineyard View affordable housing lottery last week. They expressed confusion, frustration and heartbreak. It was not at all what you might have expected...

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