07.26.2022 Around the Island American music concert at Sylvester Manor will celebrate diverse traditions A celebration of American musical diversity will welcome visitors to Sylvester Manor on Sunday, July 31 at 5 p.m. Together with the Rites of Spring Festival and The Jazz...
03.04.2022 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Russia past and present In addition to being on Long Island all my working life as a journalist, and later as a journalism professor as well, I’ve spent considerable time in Russia. But...
04.20.2021 News Marijuana: Will towns opt out? Municipalities have option to disallow dispensaries When Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to legalize recreational marijuana last month, towns and villages across the state faced a year-end deadline to decide whether to allow dispensaries within...
02.04.2021 Around the Island Black History Month on Shelter Island To kick off Black History Month, NBC-TV New York’s Greg Cergol interviewed Sylvester Manor Curator Donnamarie Barnes, and East Hampton Star Owner/Editor David Rattray of the Plain Sight Project...
10.26.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: For Shinnecocks, ‘it was that bad’ When the masterpiece of a documentary, “Conscience Point,” about the Shinnecock people, ended last week, a fellow who had been sitting next to me exclaimed: “I knew it was...
