Editorials

The high school classes of 2024 walk across the stage in the June sunshine in the coming week, diplomas in hand and mortarboards hurled skyward and step across an invisible Rubicon into an adult future that, at this precise moment, feels uncertain at best and possibly perilous.

A proposed traffic circle at the intersection of Long Lane, Stephen Hand’s Path, and Two Holes of Water Road in East Hampton is a road sign of sorts pointing at the unintended effects of growth. 

More than 56 years after he first wrote for this newspaper, Jack Graves will be inducted into the Long Island Journalism Hall of Fame by the Press Club of Long Island at an awards banquet in Woodbury.

According to an insurance group’s study, fatal accidents at intersections dropped by almost 25 percent in cities where the use of stop-light cameras was widespread.

The Justice Alito flag scandal reminds us how the Supreme Court is different and answers only to itself.

Nick LaLota will say anything it takes to stay in the convicted felon ex-president’s favor and not anger First District voters.

What makes the health risks at South Lake Drive Beach in Montauk so unfortunate is that they have chiefly affected kids.

It was with profound befuddlement that news was received in this office, last week, that John Drew Theater at Guild Hall had been renamed.

We’re not sure how likely it is that that the Protect Our Pedestrians Act will be able to sidestep the usual Albany roadblocks, but the issue it reflects is an increasingly important one.

It’s a sign of a healthy community when you have good people vying for a public position, especially one that can be relatively thankless, like that of school board member. Barbara Dayton, the Springs School Board’s president who lost her seat in Tuesday’s election, is an example of an upstanding citizen who has worked hard, achieved much, and deserves a tip of the hat.

The Cranberry Hole Road bridge in Amagansett has been closed for repairs for a year. And, from appearances, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is in no hurry to reopen it.

Back in 1992, when the state turned a few wild turkeys loose in the woods, few people, if any, anticipated how well they would do. These days they are as common as deer but somewhat less destructive. In ecological terms, wild turkeys are a good thing.