06.16.2017 Editorial Reporter Editorial: Doing our part for clean water The newest town committee has a name that would make an old Soviet Union official proud. Ready? The Water Quality Improvement Projects Advisory Board. The committee in its abbreviated...
03.29.2015 Columns Prose & Comments: Expand CPF to improve water quality BY RICHARD AMPER On April 2, East Enders will be celebrating the Community Preservation Fund’s having generated more than a billion dollars and preserved more than 10,000 acres of...
03.29.2015 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Chopper meeting wrap up The battle over noise from helicopters flying between Manhattan and East Hampton Airport is reaching a governmental crescendo.
09.12.2014 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial: Opening eyes We live in a time when words such as “crisis” or “disaster” are common currency spent by the media and elected officials every day. It was ever thus. But...
02.19.2014 Around the Island A look back: This week in Shelter Island history 50 YEARS AGO An obligation An editorial in the Reporter 50 years ago this month celebrated the fact that the Suffolk County Board of Supervisors allocated money to purchase...