As a Health Republic subscriber after state directs ‘hold’ on payments, is my care covered or not?
“This is, quite honestly, a bowl of spaghetti that’s congealed and you just have to unwind it," State Senator Ken LaValle told me Friday.
LOCALs win a Best Website award from Press Club of Long Island
A thank-you message from RiverheadLOCAL editor and co-publisher Denise Civiletti, on RiverheadLOCAL and SoutholdLOCAL being honored with a Best Website award in the Press Club of Long Island 2015 Media Awards.
‘Do you stand by your mother?’ and other inexcusably stupid questions reporters ask after tragedies
A 90-year-old man is struck and killed on Main Road. A 65-year-old teacher is charged with DWI in the crash that killed him. TV reporters and cameramen pounce on her son as he leaves the courthouse, seeking his comment on the tragic events.
Our hijacked congressional debate
Reflections on how RiverheadLOCAL's good-faith attempt to provide a forum for political discourse in the local community became a campaign rally for one candidate and an arena for an angry mob.
