Your Turn
Your Turn: Trail to Eagle winds through our community
By Robert DeStefano
You don’t have to walk too far along the Setauket-Port Jefferson Station Greenway Trail before you notice an Eagle Scout project. Maybe...
Your Turn: The Chanukah story lights the path to togetherness
By Rabbi Joshua Gray
Chanukah is definitely not the “Jewish Christmas,” but the first of our eight nights does happen to coincide with Christmas day...
Your Turn: A Year of Progress — Building a safer, more affordable Suffolk County
By Ed Romaine, Suffolk County Executive
After 12 years as the Brookhaven Town Supervisor, in 2023 I decided to run for Suffolk County Executive to...
Guest editorial: Vote ‘yes’ for clean water!
By George Hoffman
This Election Day, voters face an important ballot question: Proposition 2, the Clean Water referendum. If passed, this measure will fund crucial...
The sun shines on historic All Souls Church at annual race in Stony Brook Village
By Daniel Kerr
The sun shined brightly on the 200+ folks (not including the marching dogs) that gathered in front of Stanford White-designed All Souls...
Your Turn: In memory of Max
Ellen Mason, a volunteer at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport, has reported that Max, the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum cat who greeted...
Your Turn: Solutions required to tackle extreme weather
By John Avlon
This past week’s extreme weather is yet another wake-up call that we can’t afford to ignore.
Touring the damage in Port Jefferson village,...
Perspective: Restore and protect Stony Brook Mill Pond
By Steve Englebright
In the dark early morning hours of Aug. 19, almost 11 inches of rain descended like a cataract upon the central North...
Your Turn: Stony Brook Mill Pond – a warm childhood memoir
By Kurt Johnsen
To say the least, it was a gut punch when I heard and saw the footage that Harbor Road and the dam...
Your Turn: Keep Social Security intact for millennials, Gen Z and future generations of American workers
By Thomas M. Cassidy
According to a new CNBC poll, Social Security is a top issue for most American voters, so let’s strengthen this vital...
