01.27.2024 Opinion Suffolk Closeup: Protecting the free press “I love the Press Club of Long Island,” said Brian Stelter. “I love journalism organizations. We need more of them. We need them to be healthy and vibrant.” He...
12.22.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: East End leads in wind power “We celebrated ‘First Power’ today when the first wind turbine, 35 miles off the Montauk coast, was turned on and began transmitting electricity to the Cove Hollow substation,” declared...
12.15.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: How and why Long Island developed Lawrence R. Samuel has written a book about Long Island which, as the invitation to his presentation last month at the Hampton Bays Public Library said, “charts how the...
12.04.2023 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Putting power — literally — in the hands of Long Islanders The Legislative Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority, a bipartisan eight-member panel, has concluded that LIPA should be a full public utility and operate the...
12.03.2023 Government Suffolk Closeup: Lying as a way of life George Santos, expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives last week, was a bizarre member of Congress. By his serial deceit, Santos obtained a national reputation for being a...