11.18.2018 Columns Suffolk Closeup: A look back, a look ahead What a midterm election — in Suffolk County and the nation! When I entered my polling place, a poll-watcher commented about how it had been an extremely busy day....
11.07.2018 News Election 2018: Zeldin wins third term, defeats Perry Gershon in 1st District Voters in New York’s 1st Congressional District re-elected Representative Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) to a third term Tuesday as the congressman defeated Democratic challenger Perry Gershon.
11.04.2018 Editorial Reporter endorsement: Perry Gershon for Congress On election night 2016, Republican Suffolk County Chairman John Jay LaValle praised Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) by saying he had gone to Washington, D.C., and become “a national TV...
11.02.2018 Politics Local candidates running unopposed: Races for Congress and state seats Shelter Island voters will have only two local candidates on next Tuesday’s ballot and both are running unopposed. Mary-Faith Westervelt is seeking another term on the bench at Shelter...
10.27.2018 Columns Codger column: Stop the bleeding Codger was in a room of the Shelter Island school stuffing gauze into a gaping wound, hoping to staunch the gush of blood before the victim’s life ran out....