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Education
School car wash canceled
May 24, 2013
Don’t forget to vote: Polls open until 9 p.m.
May 20, 2013
Obituaries
Obituary: Reporter staffer David Lee Draper
May 20, 2013
Obituaries: Draper, Rodgers
March 7, 2013
Real Estate
ZBA: Both yes and no on controversial house
May 23, 2013
High end real estate deals escalate
May 1, 2013
Opinion
Gimme Shelter: The baby of the family
May 24, 2013
This week's letters to the editor
May 24, 2013
Posts by Karl Grossman:
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Column: When the IRS tried to muscle me
President Barack Obama got it right and wrong last week when he stated, “If you’ve got the IRS operating in anything less than a neutral and nonpartisan way, then that is outrageous, it is contrary to our traditions.” He was right in declaring it was “outrageous” for the IRS to target...
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Column: Staring history in the face
The exhibit now at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead is a chilling and disturbing presentation on racism toward African-Americans. “Hidden and Forbidden: Art and Objects of Intolerance, Evolving...
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Suffolk Closeup —The vicious cycle of police pay
What’s new in the system of arbitration that sets police salaries is more money is now involved. “The people of Suffolk County can’t afford this,” declared Suffolk County Legislator Joseph Rizzo...
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Column: Winning, losing and outsourcing blame
Outsourcing is a hot-button issue, which was especially hot in the bitter election contest of 2012 between Congressman Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and Randy Altschuler. It was the race that drew...
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Suffolk Closeup: The battle of Plum Island
The proposed replacement of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center by a “National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility” in Kansas has moved forward in the new year, with Hurricane Sandy providing...
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Suffolk Closeup: County’s new receipt ban
It’s what the Suffolk County Legislature is noted for — passing first-in-the-nation laws. And the panel has done it again, passing a measure that bans receipts coated with the chemical BPA,...
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Suffolk Closeup: Stop the lawyering and leave Spota be
The judge’s determination couldn’t have been stronger. “Without reservation and without doubt,” declared Supreme Court Justice Ralph Gazzillo, “it is beyond the power of a county to restrict the number of...
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Suffolk Closeup: Breaking down the 2012 election
In analyzing Election 2012 in Suffolk County, the race in the First Congressional District was the nastiest I’ve ever seen in my 50 years observing and writing about contests in...
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Suffolk Closeup: Not too early to learn from Sandy
As I write this (last Sunday), electricity is still out for thousands of homes and businesses in Suffolk County — and out, too, for thousands of people in Nassau, New...
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Suffolk Closeup: Electing LIPA’s trustees
The legal papers crackle with verbal lightning. Those bolts are aimed at the Long Island Power Authority and, especially, the maneuver that jettisoned the democratic system under which LIPA trustees...
