04.23.2020 Health Riverhead Judge Allen Smith on the mend after suffering heart attack Last Sunday seemed in every way like a typical morning at Allen Smith’s Aquebogue house. Breakfast was underway and he was planning for the day ahead. As one of...
07.03.2019 Health Rescue at Stotzky Park highlights importance of AEDs On a recent Saturday morning, Randy Hintze watched as the next round of pickleball matches began at Stotzky Park in the weekly Ladder League hosted by Riverhead Town’s recreation...
10.09.2017 Health PBMC unveils new cardiac catheterization lab Peconic Bay Medical Center will unveil its new cardiac cath lab Monday, Oct. 16 — a facility that will bring “life-saving service” to the East End when it officially...
03.14.2017 Health PBMC receives final approval for new cardiac care center Peconic Bay Medical Center cleared its final hurdle for state approval of a new cardiac care center. New York State Health Commissioner Howard Zucker signed off on the plan...
12.06.2016 Health Overwhelming support for PBMC expansion at public hearing In November, more than 15 patients visited the emergency room at Peconic Bay Medical Center with heart attacks, according to PBMC president and CEO Andrew Mitchell.
12.01.2016 Government With public hearing pending, hospital and Town Board talk parking issues If you go by Riverhead Town’s code alone, Peconic Bay Medical Center has enough parking spaces. But the parking situation at the hospital — which both town officials and...
11.25.2016 Health PBMC, Southampton Hospital compete for cath lab approval Despite a recommendation to approve Peconic Bay Medical Center’s application for a cardiac catheterization lab in favor of one proposed for Southampton Hospital, a committee of state Public Health...
11.25.2016 Editorials Editorial: PBMC deserves its cardiac catheter lab When the Peconic Bay Medical Center board chose to merge last April with what is now known as Northwell Health, it meant the end of the East End Health...