03.31.2019 Columns Suffolk Closeup: County Exec race heating up Facing each other in the top election race this year in Suffolk County for county executive are the incumbent, Steve Bellone, seeking a third four-year term, and County Comptroller...
05.30.2018 News New York Farm Bureau honors Thiele Assemblyman Fred Thiele Jr. (I-Sag Harbor) has been named to the New York Farm Bureau Circle of Friends for his work during the 2017 legislative season.
07.16.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Cheers! Long Island, with a centuries-long history of farming, has undergone an agricultural revolution in just a few decades, sparked in 1973 by a pair of pioneers in planting grapes...
07.02.2017 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Half a century of reporting recognized Memories sprang into my head as I walked into the meeting room of the Suffolk County Legislature last week to receive a proclamation from the Legislature honoring me for...
12.18.2016 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Environmentalists sue preservation program A local environmental organization has brought a lawsuit challenging the implementation of the Suffolk County Farmland Preservation Program, a visionary concept that has been the key to saving an...