04.24.2016 Health Health: At ELIH, she’s in a ‘multi-hat position’ Between evolving dress codes and a shift to electronic record keeping, Cathy Sepko, R.N., has adapted to considerable change during her 40-year career in nursing at Eastern Long Island...
04.10.2016 Health Health Column: Adjusting to new state prescription rules Roughly two weeks after a New York State mandate took effect requiring that all prescriptions be transmitted to pharmacies electronically, local doctors and pharmacists say they’re adjusting to the...
04.03.2016 Health Health Column: Kids can get an early start on swimming Not long ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook news feed when I came across a photo of my year-old niece attending her first swimming lesson. “Aww, that’s cute,”...
04.02.2016 News Riverhead Free Library celebrating its 120th anniversary During its first 68 years, Riverhead Free Library relocated frequently before eventually finding a permanent home on Court Street.
04.01.2016 Libraries Riverhead library director Joy Rankin resigns; new interim director accepted Following the seemingly abrupt resignation of Riverhead Free Library director Joy Rankin, the organization’s board of trustees has appointed Kathy Richter of East Marion as interim director.
03.28.2016 Business Where have all the drive-ins gone? As uniquely American as rock ’n’ roll or apple pie, drive-in movie theaters once dotted the nation, their popularity fueled by suburbanites who enjoyed the convenience of not having...
03.27.2016 Health ‘Dying to Live’ fundraiser to help families with drug rehab costs It wasn’t difficult for Laura Soviero of Wading River to settle on the name “Dying to Live” for her nonprofit, which was founded last year and provides emotional and...
03.20.2016 Health Health Column: This screening test could save your life March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. And if you’re reading this column, it’s likely that you or someone you know has been affected by the disease, which is...