06.14.2013 Columns Equal Time: No, sir, the North Fork is indeed my home In politics, there is an old axiom about news coverage: It doesn’t matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right. Even so, I...
06.07.2013 News Maertz vows to primary for NYS Assembly nod Rocky Point attorney Jennifer Maertz will try to accomplish through a primary what she couldn’t do through political conventions, namely gain the Democratic Party’s nomination in this year’s special...
06.07.2013 Columns Parpan Column: No, sir, you are a resident of Brooklyn The residency requirement to run for New York State Assembly is defined very briefly on the NYS Board of Elections website. In fact, the definition is only one sentence...
04.22.2013 Government November Assembly election looks likely There have already been two special elections this year involving the North Fork, but apparently a third isn’t on the horizon. Political leaders on both sides of the aisle...
03.21.2013 Editorials Editorial: Election should coincide with school vote More than a week has passed since Dan Losquadro was sworn in as Brookhaven Town highway superintendent and still no date has been set for a special election to...
03.13.2013 Government GOP preparing for Assembly race that might not happen It’s looking as if the Republican nomination in the upcoming special election for the 2nd District seat in the New York State Assembly could come out of Southold Town....
03.05.2013 News Losquadro wins Brookhaven highway race; Assembly seat open Get ready for another election. If preliminary results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections hold up, North Fork State Assemblyman Dan Losquadro will be the next Brookhaven Town...
12.03.2012 Columns Monday Briefing: Call it the year of the election Last week, we learned that January 15 will be the date of the special election to fill the vacant 1st District seat for Suffolk County Legislature. Now it appears...
03.12.2012 Government New Assembly redistricting plan keeps Southold, Riverhead together A newly revised set of New York State Assembly District maps puts Southold back in the same district as Riverhead and places Shelter Island in the South Fork’s Assembly...
02.10.2012 News VIDEO: Losquadro speaks out against East End redistricting plan Shelter Island’s first-term Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R-Riverhead) on Thursday spoke against a state redistricting proposal that would shift his district to extend from Riverhead to the west and remove...