Thursday, October 1, 2026
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Running a village requires consistency, not constant political uncertainty. Every election introduces the possibility of leadership changes that ripple throughout village government. Employees naturally wonder whether their positions will remain secure. Many update résumés and explore other opportunities. Even when nobody leaves, uncertainty affects morale, recruitment, retention and productivity. A stable workforce provides residents with better service than one distracted by annual political turnover.
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By Samuel Nahmias
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7/17/26
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Many educators walked away from the June exam with the same conclusion: The assessment did not accurately reflect the curriculum students had been taught.
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By Todd Winch
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7/17/26
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The house in Sag Harbor in which Steinbeck and his wife, Elaine, lived has been preserved. That’s thanks to donations to the Sag Harbor Partnership, the participation of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas (Elaine’s alma mater), $750,000 from New York state, $11.2 million from the Town of Southampton’s Community Preservation Fund, and individual contributions from folks in Sag Harbor.
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By Karl Grossman
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7/17/26
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Over the past 50 years, I have seen the Democratic Party tugged left and center by a number of forces, but in the end the moderates have always won the tug of war. The first big DSA win was in New York City, when Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. He has now been in office just over six months, and the political jury is still out on whether he will be able to hold on to his job for more than one term.
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By Jerry Kremer
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7/17/26
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Today, our world is in need of another act of creation. Russian President Vladimir Putin envisions a new Russian empire, beginning with the invasion of Ukraine. This was the first invasion of one sovereign European nation by another in the almost eight decades since World War II. This continuing attack threatens European stability and, as we should have learned from the two 20th-century conflagrations, America’s security is imperiled. The concept of Fortress America, with oceans protecting us, is outmoded, and potentially suicidal.
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By Peter King
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7/17/26
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So what can busy parents do to ensure that our kids are engaged in healthy summer fun that doesn’t involve excessive use of those simultaneously magical and diabolical screens? Here are some practical suggestions from an educator – and a mom who’s been there.
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By Jennifer Gallagher
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7/10/26
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Microplastics are everywhere in the modern environment. They’ve been found in oceans, in rain, in the food we eat and in some water supplies. The health effects are not yet fully understood, and the science is still developing.
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By Jeff Szabo
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7/10/26
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These products are packaged in bright colors, sold in sweet flavors, are easy to conceal and use and are quite difficult to quit. What begins as curiosity quickly becomes full-blown nicotine addiction.
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By Michaelle Solages
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7/10/26
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So much of what Jefferson wrote was in conflict with what he did. Clearly he was an enigmatic figure. How do we praise him for writing the Declaration of Independence, serving as governor of Virginia and ambassador to France, and becoming the third president of the United States? Yet he was an owner of 600 enslaved people, presumably fathering as many as six children with one of them, Sally Hemings, who was believed to be the half-sister of his deceased wife.
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By Edwin Fare
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7/10/26
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Because history teaches us the same lesson over and over again: It always starts with the Jews, but it never ends with the Jews. As the son of a Holocaust survivor and as a Long Islander of Italian descent, I understand that lesson all too well.
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By Ari Brown
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7/10/26
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