07.30.2014 Obituaries Ed Latham: ‘Wonderful person’ who love his family and farm Ed Latham spent his last moments of life in the same place he spent his first moments of life, his home of Latham Farms in Orient. He wouldn’t have...
07.28.2014 Health Statewide nonprofit names Peconic Landing VP ‘Pro of the Year’ The old adage that “hard work pays off” rings true for Peconic Landing employee Patricia Lutzky, who was recently awarded LeadingAge New York’s “Professional of the Year” award.
07.27.2014 Agriculture These young farmers will eat — and plant — their veggies “Eat your vegetables.” The phrase may generate a certain queasy feeling in your stomach and an innate desire to defy your mother. Uttered sternly by countless moms over the...
07.24.2014 Community L.I. Cares launches summer food program in Riverhead A 2010 study by food bank L.I. Cares showed that 39 percent of the 283,700 Long Islanders who receive emergency food each year are children under 18 years of...
07.19.2014 Community Mission accomplished. Woman completes swim from Greenport to S.I. She did it. Joan Archard of Patchogue accomplished her goal of swimming from Greenport to Shelter Island (and back again) this morning.
07.18.2014 Community Swimming in her grandmother’s wake The matriarch of the family — good old granny — always leaves a certain legacy behind. Whether it’s her perfect chocolate-chip cookie recipe or the slightly off-kilter jokes she...
07.16.2014 Health Help your neighbor recover from surgery with a letter When asked Wednesday what her son Michael would like most to help him recover from bladder and colon surgery, Kathy Petroski made a simple request. She said Michael, a...
07.15.2014 Government A new area code could be costly for some businesses The possibility of a new area code replacing 631 for part of Suffolk County may be viewed as an annoyance for some. After all, who wants go through their...
07.10.2014 Government USPS: Cutbacks likely coming in South Jamesport Oct. 1 The United States Postal Service — which derives all of its revenue from the sale of its products and services — has lost $26 billion over the last three...
07.09.2014 News 631 area code may soon be exhausted. Now what? Area codes. What began as the replacement for human telephone operators quickly turned into a disclosure of geographical locations, along with — in at least some instances — an...