10.22.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: History, politics and what might have been He could have been, and should have been, a contender for Suffolk County executive. But Patrick Vecchio had to settle for staying on as a town supervisor. And did...
07.23.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Saving Suffolk’s farms “America has been losing over 40 acres of farmland every hour to development,” said the letter I recently received from the American Farmland Trust. “This land — the most...
07.02.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Half a century of reporting recognized Memories sprang into my head as I walked into the meeting room of the Suffolk County Legislature last week to receive a proclamation from the Legislature honoring me for...
08.30.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Going ‘wild and crazy’ for preservation The model for the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund, which has become a key to the preservation of eastern Long Island and reached $1 billion this year, got its...