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Obituary: E.Y. Clark
April 26, 2012
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April 23, 2012
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April 18, 2012
Opinion
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Suffolk Closeup: Big fight for 1st Congressional District this year
The normal campaign season in eastern Long Island’s First Congressional District is still months away. But there’s George Demos in blistering attacks on Randy Altschuler as he seeks to grab the Republican nomination from Mr. Altschuler in a primary. And there’s Mr. Altschuler, who never stopped vying for the position after...
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Prose & Comments: Helping when the end is near
By Deborah Grayson Although my father died in a hospice program in Los Angeles eight years ago, it was not that experience that drew me to hospice’s compassionate end-of-life alternative to dying in a clinical setting. It was my training to be a registered dietician. In that role, 15 years ago, I...
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Slice of Life: On the road in search of a failure
BY SARA VERWYMEREN All of my life, I have expected too little of myself. A lot of people say the opposite. They say, “I expect too much from myself, and then I get disappointed.” I would venture to say that we expect too little. Let me explain. Today was a milestone in...
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Editorial: Just hold it?
After all the work Councilwoman Chris Lewis has put into the effort to see a public portable toilet made available to summer visitors on Bridge Street, and the apparent agreement of Town Board members to go ahead with the plan, it was a shocker to hear her announce at Tuesday’s...
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Letters: Memorial Day events on the Island and more
Memorial Day events To the Editor: On behalf of the members, auxiliary and boosters of American Legion Mitchell Post 281, I extend an open invitation to the 2012 Memorial Day Parade, beginning at 10 a.m. Monday, May 28. (Prior to the parade in the Center, there will also be a Lost Sailor...
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Column: Not as easy as it looked on television
What was I thinking? It seemed like such a great project to tackle on Memorial Day Weekend. Three days was enough time to transform my kitchen from dark, dated and dingy to fresh and bright! All I needed was some paint, right? I mean, that’s how it happens on those...
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Suffolk Closeup: Media scourge on Rupert Murdoch
He’s a huge force in media in this region and the world. And in this region, he could have been an even bigger player. Just four years ago, Rupert Murdoch came inches away from acquiring Newsday, Long Island’s only daily newspaper. In 2008, he moved to buy Newsday for $580...
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Editorial: Still a nursery?
Suffolk County National Bank was the only bidder when it auctioned off the Shelter Island Nursery on St. Mary’s Road last Friday. It will now try to do what the bank’s mortgagees Erin and Sean McLean, on whom the bank foreclosed, tried to do unsuccessfully for years: sell it, presumably as...
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Letters: Eklunds thank community for its support
Love, kindness To the Editor: We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been so supportive during the past seven years. Without your love and kindness things would have truly been unbearable. We cannot express how much this has meant to us and that we will be forever...
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Suffolk Closeup: Maria’s nightmare
Maria, an honor student at Suffolk County Community College, lives in fear of being thrown out of the country she knows and loves — the United States. Coming here was not her choice. Her father came in 1996, leaving a troubled Argentina. His lifelong dream was to come to America, “which...
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Column: Who we owe for winning those awards
It was great for the Reporter to win some significant awards at the New York State Press Association’s spring convention last month in Saratoga. I hadn’t expected us to. Contest rules required us to compete in a category of bigger papers with bigger staffs and more of the kind of gee-whiz...
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Letters: Flags, Citizen of the Year and swimming
LEGION'S FLAGS To the Editor: As the Post 281 commander, I would like to thank you for your excellent and accurate article regarding the flags in your April 26 edition. Our American Legion post has been busy with the issue for the past few years. I would, however, like to clarify the...
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Editorial: Holding firm
In a small town like this, life can be tough on public figures. Decisions they make are bound to annoy somebody and that somebody might be a friend, a relative or a next-door neighbor. They can’t go to the post office or the market without a chance that somebody passing...
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Letters to the Editor: Week of April 26, 2012
Eroding respect To the Editor: The rule of law, including its uniform enforcement and explicit consequences, is a fundamental principle of civil society. But respect for the rule of law is eroding, as these local examples illustrate. Shelter Island’s Justice Court is in the habit of erratic and inconsistent enforcement of statutory law,...
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Suffolk Closeup: Pine Barrens blaze
What the Long Island Pine Barrens desperately need is a management plan that allows for something called “prescribed burning.” Otherwise, huge blazes like the one last week that roared through 1,000 acres of Pine Barrens in Manorville and Ridge can be expected, along with damage to homes and businesses and...
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Street Talk: How do you feel about Suffolk County and its swimming ban?
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From the Slow Lane: The infrequent flier: a tale of frustration
At the risk of sounding like a frequent-flying whiner (as opposed to the occasionally flying whiner that I am) I miss the days of flying the friendly skies when the only question a flier had to answer was “coffee or tea?” Either I have a face that screams “guilty!” or I...
