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10.28.2020 Around the Island

Richard’s Almanac: Losing your way

“Are you having a senior moment PopPop?” That was the question posed by a grandchild last week as I got totally lost trying to get her to school in...

10.27.2020 Columns

Just saying: Peace in the park despite the pandemic

It was an October day for the ages. An exuberant thought for sure, but October so routinely delivers such sublime days that it’s easy to forget the last, best,...

10.25.2020 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: Pandemic pushes county to financial edge

Suffolk County government is in terrible shape financially. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic — as it has for governments widely — has had a huge impact on Suffolk, more so...

10.25.2020 Around the Island

Richard’s Almanac: Standing corrected

“Newspapering is an inexact science.” I remember the long-ago editor and publisher of this newspaper, Bob Dunne, saying this whenever there was a mistake of some kind in the...

10.16.2020 Columns

Codger’s Column: Orange Man blues

Several months ago, even before President Trump totally unmasked himself, Codger furloughed — with an option to fire — a friend of almost 40 years. It was not a...

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10.12.2020 Columns

Richard’s Almanac: Fire marshall offers safety tips

Fire Marshall Mike Johnson addressed the seniors at the Senior Center last Wednesday with helpful facts for “Fire Prevention Week.” The Silver Circle had just finished lunch in the...

10.12.2020 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: How the county is looking to address the issue of bullying

There’s been a “dramatic rise in bullying,” declares Robert Colarco, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, in the opening pages of a report issued last month by a...

10.04.2020 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: National Grid moving ahead with major expansion of the transport and distribution of fracked gas

Despite New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, passed last year and setting a goal of 70 percent renewable energy in the state by 2030, and the...

10.03.2020 Columns

Richard’s Almanac: Stop complaining

As I examine my behavior I find that I seem to complain a great deal. I wonder whether complaining comes with old age or is it a basic part...

09.29.2020 Around the Island

Charity’s column: Trash talk

I enjoy a little competition in my life, so after six months with every athletic fundraiser moved online, no 10K, no 5K, and not even a Snapper Derby, I’ve...

09.27.2020 Columns

Suffolk Closeup: LIPA’s poison pill

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) is preparing legislation to require the Long Island Power Authority to allow all Long Islanders to make use of Community Choice (CCA)...

09.25.2020 Columns

Just saying: The saga of Grandpa Spruce

When we bought our Island place nearly 20 years ago, two beautiful red maples commanded the entrance to the driveway. But once you got beyond them, the true commandant...

09.24.2020 Around the Island

Richard’s Almanac: A trip to the Recycling Center

I’ve always been a dutiful and scrupulous recycler here on the Island. And most of the people I know regard recycling as a good thing and something that we...

09.19.2020 Columns

Codger’s column: After the fall

Codger has always loved this time of year, from Labor Day when the air whooshes out of the Shelter Island beach ball to Thanksgiving, his favorite holiday, a week-long...

09.18.2020 Around the Island

Richard’s Almanac: The Senior Center is open

“Wonderful! Great!” were the words of excitement from folks at the Senior Center. “This socializing is great and seeing all my friends is fun,” said Betty Ann Morritt at...

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