04.28.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: What are you eating? It’s fitting that Suffolk County, with some of the richest soil in the world and still on the New York State’s list of its top agricultural counties (number 4...
04.13.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Contaminated Plum Can Plum Island, the 843-acre island, a mile-and-a half off Orient Point, be safely preserved as a “national monument” with public access, as is being advocated by a grouping...
03.21.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Bail-reform battle My first beat as a reporter at the daily Long Island Press was covering cops-and-courts in Suffolk County. Back then, the bail issue was a vexing one in Suffolk,...
03.11.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County getting serious about water Environmentalist John Turner calls them “13 magic words.” They are 13 words that have been added to a measure likely to be voted on in a countywide referendum in...
02.09.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: $600,000? That number above is what the “median home price” in Suffolk County had risen to — a record high — as was reported late last year based on data...