09.02.2024 Columns Bringing history to life She’s a renaissance woman in Suffolk County and the broader region. Georgette Grier-Key, Ph.D., is the executive director and chief curator of the Eastville Community Historical Society of Sag...
08.13.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Gov. Hocul is slow-walking renewable energy “Whether New York can reach the 70% goal by 2030 is a matter of social and political willpower. It is not a question of technology or economics,” says Dr....
08.04.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Destroying 400 million years of L.I. life “We are destroying this incredible living fossil, chopping it up for bait,” New York State Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick (D-NYC) told me in an interview last week. Ms. Glick...
07.13.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Kids growing up online Nearly a dozen Long Island school districts in recent weeks have joined in a lawsuit in federal court charging that social media giants including Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat are...
07.06.2024 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Lithium batteries need regulation The Suffolk County Legislature this month unanimously passed a measure “to add a certification requirement to the sale of lithium-ion storage batteries for electric-assist bicycles and other powered mobility...