08.23.2026 Featured Story Suffolk Closeup: Safe alternatives to forever chemicals As an article in Smithsonian Magazine began: “On April 6, 1938, a group of chemists at DuPont gathered around part of their latest experiment: a plain metal cylinder. It...
08.10.2026 Featured Story Suffolk Closeup: New research on ticks With ticks and tick-borne diseases now a national plague in the United States, SciLine, an educational program based at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, last month...
07.26.2026 Featured Story Column: New York was wrong on 4-poster policy A “roadblock” is what veteran Suffolk County journalist Peter Boody, a former reporter and editor, and now a public official, calls the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s...
06.28.2026 Featured Story Hochul advances nuclear development New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has just issued a statement headed: “Governor Hochul Announces Major Milestone to Facilitate New Advanced Nuclear Development.” It repeats her declaration in her...
06.07.2026 Featured Story Suffolk Closeup: John Steinbeck’s House Suffolk County has been the home of many literary giants, including Walt Whitman, James Fenimore Cooper, Kurt Vonnegut, James Jones, Truman Capote, Betty Friedan, Edward Albee, E.L. Doctorow, Joseph...
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