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01.24.2020 Columns

Column: Backlash over New York’s bail reform fueled by fear

With family members by his side, Thomas Murphy walked out of a Central Islip courtroom Tuesday, free to return home ahead of his March 17 sentencing. Since his initial...

01.19.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Investment in Brookhaven National Laboratory is win for entire region

Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton is one of the country’s premier scientific research facilities. Co-managed by Stony Brook University, it has attracted the world’s best scientists to Long Island....

01.05.2020 Editorials

Editorial: Do our synagogues now need full-time security?

The recent machete attack on Hasidic Jews at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, N.Y., was another reminder of the remarkably ugly times we are living in and yet another...

12.23.2019 Editorials

Editorial: An era between Post Truth and No Truth

This editorial is not really about anything. Or maybe it’s a year-end gathering of a few different strands of thought, or a look back from the end of a...

12.22.2019 Columns

Guest Spot: Zeldin doesn’t support lower property taxes

Our representative in Congress is supposed to listen to the working people of Long Island and put our interests first. Last week, Rep. Lee Zeldin once again failed to...

12.15.2019 Editorials

Editorial: Greenport residents should approve revised bond

Next week, Greenport voters will have an opportunity to take a major stand in favor of badly needed improvements at school facilities in the village.

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...

12.01.2019 Columns

Column: Rising seas, storms present growing challenge for Trustees

Here’s a story about what the rising water level in our bays has managed to do in just the past few years.

11.28.2019 Editorials

Editorial: A good day to express our gratitude

For many reasons, it feels like a particularly good time for the country to take a day off from the turmoil and celebrate Thanksgiving. To sit around the table...

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