Reader comment, the Thanksgiving edition.

In a town where just getting a permit to build a deck can take six months or more, taking time to get things right should be seen as just part of the deal.

Here’s what we are most grateful for on Thanksgiving eve, 2024.

At Thanksgiving it seems appropriate to think about eastern Long Island’s very first land flip, which began 383 years ago when the Manhanset Indians were robbed of the place we know today as Shelter Island.