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View ArticleGlimpsing the gem that is Gardiners Island
Journalist discusses ‘time capsule’ For residents of Shelter Island, who regard Gardiners Island as a distant, somewhat mysterious cousin, there can be few guides as well-acquainted with this...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup — Early voting begins Oct. 26
An historic event is coming to Suffolk County and the rest of New York State in coming weeks: early voting. Instead of going to your polling place on Election Day, you’ll be able to go to a variety of...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: A job well done by DuWayne Gregory
That’s a wrap for DuWayne Gregory as a Suffolk County legislator. Until the start of this year, he had been presiding officer of the Legislature, first elected to the post in 2014 by his fellow...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Offering farewell to retiring Senator Ken LaValle
The thing about State Senator Kenneth LaValle, who just announced he will not be running for re-election, is that above all he is an educator. He’s been a senator since 1977, indeed he is the longest...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Former missile base may be designated a Superfund site
A former U.S. Air Force missile base in Westhampton — created to use nuclear-tipped missiles to shoot down Soviet bombers feared to be flying over or near Long Island to bomb New York City and other...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Shinnecocks fight to save burial site
Indigenous people the world over have been — and still are — victims of persecution. Flying to South Dakota several years ago to meet American Indian Movement leader Russell Means, I couldn’t believe...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: County’s agricultural history deserves respect
Farming on Long Island deserves to be appreciated. Among public officials from Long Island who very much do appreciate agriculture here, and throughout the state, is New York State Comptroller Thomas...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Trump’s saber rattling in space
A while back Newsday ran a story with the headline “Trump’s ‘space force’ could offer opportunity for LI firms, officials say.” The article began: “Space is emerging as a potential battlefield and a...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: How the county is looking to address the issue of bullying
There’s been a “dramatic rise in bullying,” declares Robert Colarco, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, in the opening pages of a report issued last month by a Suffolk County Youth...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: County police unions wield great power
It was quite a blast at the power of the Suffolk police unions in The New York Times last month — two full pages with the headline: “The County Where Cops Call The Shots.” The county is Suffolk, and...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: How did Lyme Disease start?
The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed a measure calling for a federal investigation into any link between the “possible weaponization of ticks” by the U.S. military and Lyme disease....
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Watering the lawn after stormy times
It would seem to be a no-brainer: a Suffolk County titled, “Law To Establish Requirements For Automatic Irrigation Systems.” Have you had the experience of driving in Suffolk on a rainy day and...
View ArticleSuffolk Closeup: Changing Face of Healthcare
Dr. Edmund Pellegrino as Stony Brook University’s vice president of health sciences created Stony Brook University Hospital and what is now Stony Brook Medicine. It and Northwell Health under Michael...
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