06.13.2013 Letters Letter: Six months after Newtown, still no progress To the editor: It’s been six months since 20 first-graders and six teachers were shot to death in Newtown, Conn. While there’s nothing we can do to guarantee a...
04.13.2013 Columns Column: More tears for Newtown massacre Yes, it’s true: I’m a crybaby. I cry at movies (“Shane,” “Cast Away,” etc.), I cried for two weeks straight as an 11-year-old at summer camp and I cried...
02.01.2013 Education Ten steps taken to secure North Fork schools Here’s a summary of what North Fork schools and the Southold Town Police Department have done since the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn. 1. Southold Town police...
02.01.2013 Education Special Report: School safety after Sandy Hook The door is locked. You push a button, identify yourself through a video camera and you’re buzzed in. A greeter asks you to sign a book, put on a...
02.01.2013 Editorials Editorial: Rising to the challenge The North Fork was “discovered” some time ago, and people from elsewhere, especially those with young families, came east in search of a better — read quieter and decidedly...
12.20.2012 News Editorial: What follows Newtown shootings? Suddenly, all the hoopla about the upcoming special election to fill the North Fork’s vacant seat in the county Legislature seems a petty, meaningless distraction. As interesting as an...
