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Greg Blass: What ails Riverhead schools and what should be done to fix them
A secretive board of education, a powerful teachers union, an apathetic and disengaged electorate combine to create a senseless burden for taxpayers and a failing school system.
Looking back on 50-plus years reporting the news in Suffolk County
In the rear-view mirror: Karl Grossman reflects on his decades of reporting on Suffolk County issues, government and politics.
Greg Blass: There is power in positivity
"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of hell, or a hell of heaven."
Denise Civiletti: Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision on interracial marriage
Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of felonies for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act. In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court in a unanimous decision invalidated laws banning interracial marriage.
In My Opinion: Walter’s ‘hush-hush’ approach on Luminati deal should be raising red flags
There are too many unanswered questions about the big land deal at the Calverton Enterprise Park.
Greg Blass: Education should stoke, not stifle, free thought and free expression
Are our centers of learning molding future generations to push away those who have a different point of view, or philosophy, or belief system?
Suffolk Closeup: Keys to a successful congressional campaign according to this district’s longest-serving congressman
Otis Pike's campaigns were notoriously frugal, hard-hitting, intelligent and witty — like the congressman himself. He represented the NY-1 from 1961 to 1979.
Denise Civiletti: Remembering PFC Garfield M. Langhorn
PFC Garfield M. Langhorn was a true American hero, whose valor was recognized posthumously in 1970 President Richard Nixon with a Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military honor. Why has Langhorn been recognized so little over the years by his hometown of Riverhead?
Denise Civiletti: Before doing anything on Luminati, Riverhead has some work to do
Right now, according to the rules adopted by town board resolution and currently in effect, a prospective buyer like Luminati is required to submit its proposal to an entity that was dissolved by the town 11 years ago.
Greg Blass: The fix is in: Party bosses, not voters, decide who will be Suffolk County’s next district attorney and sheriff
Voters and elections are mere afterthoughts when the party bosses meet behind closed doors to pick candidates and cut cross-endorsement deals.
