02.15.2020 Columns Guest Spot: A fire commissioner reflects on his time I went into the job knowing how much I had to teach them. I came out of it realizing how much I had learned. There was a vacancy on...
12.14.2019 Columns Guest Spot: Proposed hotel in Southold doesn’t fit hamlet’s character The peaceful hamlet of Southold is about to be “South Forked.”
12.07.2019 Columns Guest Column: Greenport needs to rethink this project A photo of a man in India standing waist-deep in water was on the front page of The New York Times the morning after the Greenport Village Trustees meeting...
11.24.2019 Columns Guest Column: Childhood storybooks brought to life Down on my hands and knees, I was building a little moat around a recently transplanted hydrangea. My hands molded and patted down the dirt, moving quickly to build...
11.09.2019 Community Guest Column: Learning and caring can go hand in hand Recently, the Southold Historical Society curated an exhibit on the lives of enslaved persons in Southold Town, and we read with interest The Suffolk Times editor Steve Wick’s Sept....
10.07.2019 Columns Guest Column: The time for action is now on rising seas Southold Town faces countless issues that are highlighted weekly in the local papers and on social media. Amid all the controversy, the coastal discussion often seems lost.
09.10.2019 Columns Guest Column: Remembering the fateful, horrific day As we approach another anniversary of Sept. 11, I’d like to thank our local fire departments, in particular the Southold Fire Department, for the yearly display of remembrance, reflection,...
07.28.2019 Columns Guest Spot: This is not normal; these are not our values These presidencies — Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush (41), Clinton, Bush (43) and Obama — are the 12 administrations I’ve lived through so far. I...
06.30.2019 Columns Guest Column: Supervisor candidate says it’s time to turn the page in Southold On a busy corner in Mattituck, near the dangerous turn into Love Lane, sits a vacant piece of land. In May 2018, Brinkmann Hardware Corp. submitted a site plan...
03.03.2019 Columns Guest Column: The importance of Black History Month During Black History Month we are reminded of the success and accomplishments we in the black community have achieved. However, we must realize that success is not by chance....