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Column: Riverhead must do better by its orphaned dogs
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | Reko, an American Staffordshire Terrier, at the dog shelter in 2010. He was later sent to the Kent Animal Shelter for adoption. Animal lovers. Animal activists. Cat...
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Column: ‘Kramering’ your way into newspapers
MICHAEL WHITE PHOTO | The Cecil Whig editors weren’t sure what to call me when I was showing up every day without ever being hired, so they went with ‘Whig Correspondent.’ I wasn’t sure if the young...
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Column: Long Island radio the way it oughta sound
FLICKR PHOTO/cogdogblog Personality. There used to be a lot of it in local radio. It wasn’t just about the music, but the jocks, the people between the tracks. They shopped at the same stores we did....
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Column: Getting back into the swing of things
The namesake Great Rock at the 10th hole of the course in Wading River. (Courtesy photo) Last year was a tough one for golf courses in Riverhead Town. Three closed, including Long Island National,...
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Column: Remove hate speech from immigration debate
Migrant farmworkers at a North Fork vineyard. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch, file) It was a sunny August afternoon last year when we at the paper got word of police activity — a possible drug bust — in...
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Column: How the ‘nephew effect’ works for white people
You wouldn’t want to see your teenage nephew’s life derailed. You’ve watched him grow up. You know he’s a smart kid with a ton of potential; he’s just run into some trouble at home lately. At this...
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Column: So here’s a column for the boy, too
Kids, by nature, are scorekeepers. Meaning they’re constantly comparing what they have — or more specifically, what they don’t have — with other kids, and keeping track. I know this because I was a...
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