09.01.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Why the Island stayed green Who knew that the program that has become integral to saving eastern Long Island from the sprawl that has overtaken much of the western portion of the island —...
07.28.2015 Columns Grossman Column: Speaking up for mute swans Lunch at The Dory on the Island has been brightened for my wife and me by the sight of swans gliding on Chase Creek. If the the New York...
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,...
09.22.2014 Columns Suffolk Closeup: The house doesn’t always win The closing of four and likely five of the dozen casino hotels in Atlantic City should cause public officials in Suffolk County and New York State to wake up.