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The case for term limits

by Mar 13, 2014
Last August, on stage at the Suffolk Theater, as a candidate for Town Board, I was witness to the rarest of moments in a...

Proud to be an American

by Sep 11, 2011
I was at the World Series in Atlanta. I had signed a coupon with my paycheck from Fleet Investment and sent it back not...

The way it ought to be

by Jul 29, 2011
While they slug it out in Washington, in a most uncivilized way, a very noble thing occurred here in Riverhead yesterday, when Vince Tria...

Giving up the last shrimp

by Jul 8, 2011
My kids finally finished school for the season and so we decided to take an extended rest/break out east and that meant a day...
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News sites should not allow anonymous comments

by Jun 25, 2011
I read a very personal attack today about a community activist in the comment section of another local online news publication. The statement...

Lessons in Livingston

by Jun 18, 2011
I'm not one of those, "it was meant to be" people. I'm pretty sure Derek Jeter is going to get 3,000 hits because he...

It can all change in an instant

by May 31, 2011
If you are on this website right now you have probably been following the story of Michael Hubbard a 14 year old Riverhead boy...

Where were you on 9/11?

by May 16, 2011
I was in Connecticut. I was up early at my home computer monitoring and trading the financial markets as I do every morning. I...

A walk down Main Street

by Apr 23, 2011
Plink, Plop, Plop, Plunk, Plunk is the sound rain makes as it begins to fall on a valley of warm concrete on a humid...

Saturday Night…Dead

by Jan 18, 2011
I have been known to be too sentimental with some items I own. I had a blue blazer that was one of the most...