11.05.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Budget battles at top of county government The top fiscal watchdogs in Suffolk County government are critical of County Executive Steve Bellone’s recommended $2.96 billion county budget for 2017.
10.23.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Getting to know Al Krupski Al Krupski is a man of the land of Long Island — a fourth-generation farmer. He’s a champion of open space and farmland preservation. And he well understands the...
10.15.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Is the county doing enough to treat wastewater? Suffolk County government for years delayed considering advanced wastewater treatment systems — to be installed at homes and featuring new technologies that reduce nitrogen discharges to a fraction of...
10.09.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County wars over dollars and sense County Executive Steve Bellone (D-Babylon) has proposed a record-high budget for Suffolk County government for 2017 — $2.96 billion, 1.5 percent higher than this year’s. Mr. Bellone says the...
10.02.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: The urge to merge by bridges Before this year is out, allow me to tell the story of the climax in 1966, 50 years ago, of the effort by then Suffolk County Executive H. Lee...
09.03.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Madness on the L.I.E. Driving on Shelter Island is a pleasure. But off the Island and on what has been called “Long Island’s Main Street,” a.k.a the Long Island Expressway, it’s truly another...
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.
07.22.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: ‘We are all one family’ The racial strife of recent weeks in the U.S. has reverberated in Suffolk County. “I’m really pleased with the turnout,” said Vanessa Vascez-Corleone, an organizer of a demonstration in...
07.14.2016 Editorials Suffolk Closeup: Sacrificing green for green That’s what cutting down woodland and using farmland to erect solar power systems is about.
07.02.2016 Environment Suffolk Closeup: In Jamesport, they’re looking out for turtles It’s tough being a turtle on Long Island. “Turtle Rescue,” answered Karen Testa last week on the “emergency line” at the century-old farmhouse at 111 Manor Lane in Jamesport,...