Greg Blass

Suffolk can and must do much more to grow the aquaculture industry in its bays: 600 acres out of the 110,000 in the Peconic Estuary is comparable to the size of a postage stamp.

Why all East End residents need to embrace local agriculture, support it and promote it.

Less than half of all kids in the U.S. today live with both biological parents until they reach adulthood. The impacts of this— on the children and society as a whole — are legion. Here's what parents who live apart need to do to help their children thrive. Advice from former family court judge Greg Blass.

PC worries prevent meaningful discussion of the very real impacts of illegal immigration on local schools.

Riverhead's long, unsatisfying history is poised to take a big step in the right direction. Officials at all levels of government, starting with the governor, must pull together to make sure things finally do move forward.

"With malice toward none, with charity for all...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds... to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

In too many instances, we are favored with furtive antics from some (certainly not all) in OUR government whom we have hired to serve and share with the public. At question is how to tackle what's increasingly clear: "We the People" are time and again, "outta the loop."

The dawn of a new year brings with it the irresistible urge to take stock and look ahead. Whether you call it a resolution or something else, chances are you're thinking about that fresh start and what you'll do — or not do in the year ahead.

It's an all-too-familiar script, reminiscent of the Shoreham nuclear power plant, the Southwest Sewer District and multi-town garbage authority. They all have a lot in common, including the end result: Long Islanders will pay big time.

An uninvolved public and the district's rubber-stamp school board foster a system lacking in oversight and accountability — and one that's destined to fail.