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Waiting for what’s next: squirming, finger-pointing after county police chief’s plea deal with federal prosecutors
Accusations, I-told-you-sos, and demands for resignations followed the plea deal by Suffolk's ex-chief of police James Burke.
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Dowling College: a sad event in the history of higher education in Suffolk
The announcement last week of the closure of Dowling College in Oakdale, preceded a decade ago by the closure of Southampton College, are sad...
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Suffolk CloseupCelebrating Long Island’s most famous native, Walt Whitman
What we can (still) learn from Long Island's most famous native.
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Long Island still waiting for utility reform
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2013 "reform" package missed the mark by a wide margin, hitching Long Island's energy future to a utility company that's as bad as LIPA, if not worse. Opinion column by Karl Grossman
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Suffolk Closeup Suffolk office of public accountability? Proposal comes not a moment too soon
Legislator Kara Hahn's bill — still in the works — would create a county office to investigate corruption in county government in a county that has a long tradition of corruption.
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Suffolk Closeup Trotta’s campaign finance bill takes aim at Suffolk’s pay-to-play politics
The reform bill by Fort Salonga Republican Rob Trotta, a retired Suffolk police detective would put strict limits on campaign finance contributions to incumbents and candidates for county offices.
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Suffolk Closeup Limiting nitrogen at the source: county looks to regulate lawn fertilizer content
A bill that would limit nitrogen content in lawn and garden fertilizer is being drafted by County Legislator Bill Lindsay.
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Suffolk CloseupTime to end political party cross-endorsement deals once and for all
Cross-endorsement deals give Suffolk's Conservative Party far too much sway.
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From Congress to Catholic deacon: Mike Forbes reinvents himself, again
Former East End congressman Mike Forbes took an unusual path after leaving Congress.
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Suffolk CloseupTaming the Wild West of the Web
We desperately need sheriffs coming to our “global town” to bring law and order to the Wild West of the Web.
