Free To ChooseGovernor Kathy Hochul deserves credit for giving New York State residents a shot in the arm, figuratively and literally. The mess that is the federal Health Department has effectively muddied the waters on COVID vaccines. This is to be expected:...
On the WaterfrontVisionary and groundbreaking legislation designed to protect commercial enterprises operating along the waterfront was signed into law, with deserved pomp and circumstance, by Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine earlier this week along the commercial docks in Greenport. The legislation sets...
Trash CollectionsSouthampton Town Highway Superintendent Charlie McArdle isn’t wrong when he says that his department shouldn’t bear the cost of emptying the sidewalk trash cans along the main street business districts in Hampton Bays, Bridgehampton, East Quogue and Water Mill. Quietly...
A Wise InvestmentThe Southampton Town Board’s decision to spend $15 million in Community Preservation Fund revenue to purchase the 2.5-acre “Bridge House” property in North Haven is more than a land deal — it is a statement about values. At a time...
Be HeardThe Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council is accepting comments until October 3 on its new striped bass management plan. As our fishing columnist, Mike Wright, urged last week: Every angler, both commercial and recreational, should take a few minutes to...
Three ProblemsThe days since the September 10 murder of Charlie Kirk, an influencer and activist on the right, at a Utah college campus have brought an avalanche of reactions. Observers on both sides have tried to use the event to score...
Cannabis ChaosLast fall, at an Express Sessions event, then-State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. compared New York State’s rollout of its cannabis laws to the rollout of the Titanic — unfavorably. Today, if possible, it looks even worse. Not every municipality...
A Lifesaving PlanLast year, 24 fatal drownings were recorded in Suffolk County, a number that is concerning in and of itself but even more alarming when you consider that it was a 60 percent increase from the year prior. Many of these...
