Opinion
Guest Column
Finding Doug Warner: an appreciation
My past is now tinged with a bittersweet gratitude: knowing that, by simply being me — proudly gay and loving life — I was fulfilling a promise that Doug Warner made to the world. A column by John Fallot to mark National Coming Out Day and LGBTQ+ History Month.
Suffolk Closeup
New book explores Nazi spy rings on Long Island
In “Nazis of Long Island,” historian Christopher Verga details how Nazi spy rings infiltrated communities on Long Island and NYC, "posing as housewives, engineers…or even your neighbor next door." An important Nazi recruitment camp was located in Yaphank.
Letters
Think, speak to each other, and listen
If people would simply speak to one another, listen to each other and respect each other, we could get along despite our political differences: Letter to the editor.
Denise Civiletti
The political ‘silly season’ just got sillier
The first candidates forum of Riverhead’s 2025 "silly season" took place with three empty chairs where the derrières of the Republican incumbent Town Board members would have been parked in more ordinary times.
Letters
‘Solidly non-partisan, entirely pro-Riverhead’
Heart of Riverhead civic association president Cindy Clifford responds to Supervisor Tim Hubbard's statements about political bias of local civic groups.
Letters
Civic association candidates nights provide important service for local voters
Calverton Civic Association president urges residents to attend candidates nights hosted by civic groups, which provide an important opportunity to meet and ask questions of people running for local office.
Letters
‘The height of hypocrisy’
Supervisor Hubbard calling the civic association forums 'inherently biased' is the 'height of hypocrisy,' writes Ron Hariri of Aquebogue.
Guest Column
Jamesport Civic’s candidate forum is not a debate — and it’s not biased.
Greater Jamesport Civic Association Vice President Steve Green responds to Supervisor Tim Hubbard's column regarding neutrality of the civic and allegations of bias in the forum.
Guest Column
Hubbard: Forum hosted by civics led by Dem leaders would be ‘inherently biased’
Supervisor Tim Hubbard at the July 16, 2025 Town Board meeting. RiverheadLOCAL/Alek Lewis
Denise Civiletti
Local officials seeking re-election should attend civic group ‘meet the candidate’ nights
There’s been a lot of talk about the need to “dial it back” and engage in civil discourse. Our Town Board members stood together and prayed for this on Sept. 11. Attending meet-the-candidate forums is their chance to put those words and prayers into action.
