Editorial
Reduced BOCES funding is wrong step for state
      We have begun the annual dance in New York State that sets the tempo of school funding for the coming year. This year's numbers, announced by G. Eliot Spitzer, sound, at first beat, to be optimistic.
More ...

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
by Kevin Eastwood
Read the Story...

Environmentalist says Suffolk can do better in handling of plastic bags
      DearEditor: Although I applaud any recycling effort, this law is just another lukewarm measure that does not seriously address the environmental and economic concerns caused by the continued manufacture and use of plastic bags (not to mention the moral/ethical issues as it relates to the global c...
More ...

Employees should have money and motivation
      In reference to your story, "Babylon Town and CSEA ink new contract," (Front cover, Jan. 10), you quoted Mr. Kluesner: "We will still be competitive because we continue to offer competitive salaries with holidays, vacation and sick days" to CSEA employees.
More ...