From the Lighthouse: Life Wants to Find A Way
“The one who plants trees, knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade, has at least started
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Opinion
Editorial: Behind the Eight Ball
The rallying cry to “Save What’s Left” of the unique character of the East End is one that many of
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Editorial: It’s Safe Downtown
All eyes are on Riverhead these days, as the town at the meeting place of the Twin Forks is in
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Editorial: Fix Housing? Fix Schools?
Pictured Above: The Cottages in Mattituck, a 22-unit affordable community, while under construction in 2007. | New York State Housing
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Opinion: The Beacon’s Fifth Birthday Looms
Five years ago this month, as we began to hatch the idea to add this print edition to complement our
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Editorial: Talk About Climate Change: Your Neighbors Are Listening
The truth when it comes to climate change is that talk is a form of action. We are all observing the weather changing around us, whether we simply make mental note of it or even if we change the channel when we see extreme weather on television. It seems almost futile to even bring this situation up with our friends and neighbors. After all, we may think, there’s nothing any one of us can do to change the situation.
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Editorial: Hope Over the Horizon
Most local weekly newspapers take a well-deserved break between Christmas and New Year’s Day, but one of the great things
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Editorial: Get Ready for What Comes After Another Covid Winter
This season of thanks, now two years into a global pandemic, is one inevitably tinged with sorrow. You don’t have
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Letters to the Editor: Thanks for Attention to Deer Overpopulation
Big THANKS to North Fork Civics, North Fork Environmental Council and the North Fork Deer Alliance for joining together as
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Letter: This EPCAL Deal Must Be Terminated
by The Riverhead Neighborhood Preservation Coalition What is “EPCAL” and what’s happening there? Well, a little over 20 years ago,
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Editorial: Water We Going To Do
Pictured Above: Peconic Green Growth’s map of East Marion. Groundwater from the areas in pink reach the adjacent surface waters
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