THE WAY WE WEREN’T: So, you think the proposed offshore wind turbine farms are the worst idea to ever menace the Island’s eastern horizon. Nay.

I came upon a mindboggling story while looking at the first-ever edition of The SandPaper, July 1, 1976. The lead-off story was headlined “Nuclear Plant Generates Debate” with the subhead “Little Egg Site Has Conflicting Safety Claims.”

To me, the story first came across as a satirical fantasy, based on the building of two nuclear power plants … atop the…