11.01.2018 Around the Island Library Panel: Keeping the First Amendment alive The Shelter Island Library hosted a lively discussion on press freedoms on Thursday, October 25.
09.07.2018 News Reporter is banned from boat excursion The Gary Gerth administration, which has made transparency with the public a priority, got tripped up Tuesday, taking advice from a project manager handling an application for a dock...
07.13.2017 Editorial Shelter Island Reporter Editorial Have you ever had the experience of attending a public meeting only to be baffled because officials are referring to documents only they have access to? So have we,...
04.02.2017 Columns Suffolk Close up: Government gets a ‘C’ for transparency The Press Club of Long Island (PCLI) has conducted an unprecedented investigation into compliance by 195 governments and government agencies on Long Island with the New York State Freedom...
08.27.2016 Columns Suffolk closeup: Sunshine is the best disinfectant I tell my journalism students the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was the best thing to come along for journalists since the typewriter. For nearly 40 years in my...