01.06.2019 Columns Guest Column: Early challenges for county executive The leading political contest in Suffolk in 2019 will be the race for county executive, the top post in Suffolk County government.
07.16.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A green, and tasty, future for Long Island’s wine region Long Island, with a centuries-long history of farming, has undergone an agricultural revolution in just a few decades, sparked in 1973 by a pair of pioneers in planting grapes...
08.21.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County’s financial bind leads to cut bus routes Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone’s administration intends to eliminate eight Suffolk County Transit bus routes as of Oct. 3, including several on the East End.
01.21.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Environmental follies “We live on an island built on sand.” That’s how Suffolk County Legislator Al Krupski accurately describes Long Island.
12.01.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Twomey was never, ever giving up Tom Twomey, the founder of the East End’s biggest law firm, had many accomplishments. But the most important can be seen on a drive along Sound Avenue on the...
11.23.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A post-mortem for Dems This space was devoted last week to the negative advertising, the “attack ads” or election by character assassination, which dominated the 2014 election in Suffolk County, the state and...
11.02.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Long Island’s role in American Revolution Long Island is known for, among other things, beautiful beaches, the site of the first “mass-produced” suburb in the U.S, the resort areas of the East End, notably the...
10.14.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cash, credit prices and a gas bill defeated I should have been suspicious last month driving into a gas station off the Long Island Expressway to fill up. I’d written a column in May about the effort...
10.06.2014 Columns East Hampton begins quiet campaign on helicopters: Suffolk Closeup At long last an East Hampton Town Board is moving on a situation — commercial helicopters, flying low and loud between Manhattan and East Hampton -— that has plagued...
09.28.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Democrats sent a message in primary election On Shelter Island, Zephyr Teachout defeated Governor Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor. Shelter Island Town Democrats “are not far-left liberals by any means,” said Heather Reylek,...
