Opinion
Letters
Congressman LaLota: We need your help to hold Navy and Northrop Grumman accountable for groundwater contamination in Calverton
A member of the Calverton Restoration Advisory Board asks Rep. Nick LaLota to come to the board's meeting to learn firsthand about contamination emanating from the Navy/Grumman site in Calverton and work to ensure it's remediated.
Editorial
The buck stops with the board.
School board members don’t have the luxury of blaming departed administrators for budget, faculty and staff cuts. Nor should they, because they hired those administrators and were responsible for their oversight.
Letters
What’s being done about overcrowded rentals?
To the Editor:
Many of what's supposed to be single family residence are becoming rentals, with an excessive amount...
Letters
Honorary flag displays should have separate flagpoles
It would be nice to have a separate flag pole for honorary displays in the proper manner, i.e. at the same height.
Letters
Riverhead Charter School board president: We will look elsewhere to build new high school
"Due to the direct attacks on our students, which have threatened their psychological safety, we are making the tough decision to withdraw our bid on Potato Acres."
Letters
Teachers union president: Funding inequities, charter school and IDA are to blame for teacher layoffs
We cannot have a conversation about the fiscal state of the district without being honest about the significant, ongoing impact of state aid shortfalls, the Riverhead IDA, and the Riverhead Charter School on our students, our school and the taxpayers.
Letters
‘Tin City’ was a ‘fascinating and unsettling’ story
To the Editor:
Couldn’t let another day go by without commending you on this incredible piece of writing ("Tin...
Letters
‘I’m glad this story was told’
To the Editor:
Regarding "Tin City: Riverhead's forgotten slums" (Feb. 29): Great article. As a life-long Black American...
Letters
‘Tin City’ story reminiscent of 1960 Babylon neighborhood: stunning, all-invasive poverty
To the Editor:
I came across this piece on Facebook via an old friend who lives in Riverhead. ...
Editorial
The people have the right to know. We have the right — and the duty — to inform them.
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote more than a century ago, "Sunshine is the best disinfectant." Cronyism and corruption thrive in the cover of darkness. Our job is to open the blinds and let the sun shine in.
