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Education
HS students honored with journalism awards
June 14, 2013
Business
7-Eleven stores reopen and customers return
June 18, 2013
Community
Town to open first ADA compliant playground
June 19, 2013
Southold teen named Strawberry Queen
June 15, 2013
Photos: Hulling Night at the Strawberry Festival
June 15, 2013
Obituaries
Harriet Hull Aherne
June 18, 2013
Kathleen M. Oates
June 18, 2013
Prince memorial set
June 18, 2013
Eastern Long Island Hospital
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ELIH celebrates National Nurses Week
Eastern Long Island Hospital is participating in National Nurses Week by honoring its staff and celebrating their hard work. The annual tradition began in 1996 and runs between May 6 through May 12, which is Florence Nightingale’s birthday. The English nurse is considered to have been a pioneer in the field...
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Consumer Reports ranks local hospitals top in county
Known for rating everything from cars to cribs, Consumer Reports released updated hospital safety ratings last month, giving two East End health care facilities the highest scores in the county. Southampton Hospital led the county with a score of 58, followed closely by Peconic Bay Medical Center with 56. Both hospitals...
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Hospitals reach deal with Empire Blue Cross
The three East End Hospitals and the Empire Blue Cross insurance company have announced an agreement that puts the health care facilities back into the Blue Cross network. The hospitals — Eastern Long Island Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center and Southampton Hospital — announced the deal on their websites Saturday. They...
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Mixed grades for hospitals on patient surveys
Hospitals routinely ask patients for feedback on their inpatient experiences. Since 2006, that effort has included a standardized patient survey developed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that allows both statewide and nationwide hospital rankings and comparisons. That survey, known as the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and...
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ELIH in ‘dire need’ of blood donations
Eastern Long Island Hospital has declared a blood shortage emergency and is in “dire need of blood donations,” according to the hospital. The hospital will hold a blood drive Thursday, Feb. 7, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the conference room. For an appointment, call 477-5100, but walk-ins are also...
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Nominations being accepted for next “Woman of Distinction”
The search is on for the next "Woman of Distinction." In May, super-volunteer Toni DeMeo of Eastern Long Island Hospital was named 2012's "Woman of Distinction" for the 1st Senatorial District. Now, Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) is seeking nominations for this year's award, which honors exceptional achievement, personal excellence and outstanding, courageous...
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Local doctors report increased cases of flu, which peaked early
Local hospitals and doctors are seeing a jump in flu cases as reports from across the North Fork and Suffolk County show this year’s influenza season started earlier and is hitting harder than last year’s, medical professionals said. According to the latest Centers for Disease Control data, 49 of the nation’s...
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ELIH workers help collect and distribute supplies for hurricane victims
Health care workers at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport have been volunteering to help collect and transport supplies to Hurricane Sandy victims. "Early on, ELIH served as a hurricane relief collection site," according to ELIH Human Resource Director Daniel Kearney. "The outpouring of support from employees was enormous. The Sandy...
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ELIH celebrates new ambulatory care center
With a quick snip from a pair of oversized scissors, officials on Monday celebrated the opening of East Long Island Hospital's new ambulatory care pavilion, one of the largest expansion projects in the hospital's 107-year history. Called the Frank J. Adipietro Jr. Invertentional Pain Center, after the hospital's pain management...
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ELIH cutting ribbon on new ambulatory center
The public is welcome to attend the ribbon cutting of Eastern Long Island Hospital's new Ambulatory Care Pavilion at 1 p.m. today. The pavilion includes nine pre-op and post-op surgical bays, wall mounted digital TV’s, private locker rooms, an extended nurses station and a spacious and waiting area with views of...
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With no power, residents flock to local Emergency Rooms
Peconic Bay Medical Center is at capacity in the days following Hurricane Sandy as power outages and clean-up related injuries have brought many locals to the hospital. Peconic Bay CEO Andy Mitchell said many people are visiting the emergency room because they can’t operate their electronic medical support equipment. Mr. Mitchell...
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Letters: Maybe it’s cats plotting for a dogless future
PECONIC The plot of a cat The recent anti-dog rhetoric, be it based on aggressive attacks on hapless beachgoers, unprovoked slobbers on the unreceptive or the dreaded scourge of dog poop, has a fishy smell to it. Everything poops; birds, deer and worst of all the countless humans who have encroached on every...
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Cops: Teen fell asleep at wheel, struck tree in Cutchogue
A Nassau County teen was taken to Eastern Long Island Hospital Sunday night after he fell asleep at the wheel and struck a tree in Cutchogue, Southold Town police said. William King, 17, of Manhasset was traveling eastbound on Route 48 in a 2006 BMW when he fell asleep at the...
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Cops: 2 hospitalized in Greenport crash involving unlicensed driver
Two people were treated at an area hospital Thursday night after a tw0-car crash in which one driver blew a stop sign and smacked into a pickup truck on Main Road in Greenport, Southold police said. The pickup truck's driver was then ticketed for operating a vehicle without a license, police...
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Ferry makes donation to Greenport hospital in John Romanelli’s name
Cross Sound Ferry raised a record $17,000 during this year's annual fireworks benefit cruise and has donated almost all of that to Eastern Long Island Hospital in memory of John Romanelli, the businessman and former town councilman who died in January. Mr. Romanelli's family — his wife Heather; children Ethan and...
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Eastern Long Island Hospital Golf Classic rescheduled for Monday
Eastern Long Island Hospital’s 20th Annual Golf Classic at Gardiner's Bay Country Club that was slated for today, has been rescheduled for next Monday, due to inclement weather. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a shot-gun start at 1 p.m. Gardiner's Bay Country Club is a par-70...
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Eastern LI Hospital volunteer wins high honor
Toni DeMeo is no stranger to helping out and, this year, that’s won her some serious recognition. The 89-year-old Cutchogue resident, who has volunteered at Eastern Long Island Hospital for more than 15 years, was recently named 2012’s “Woman of Distinction” for the 1st Senatorial District in recognition of her efforts...
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Cops: Delivery driver stole from Eastern Long Island Hospital
A delivery driver and his helper were caught stealing more than $5,000 worth of items from Eastern Long Island Hospital Tuesday morning, Southold Town Police said. After making a delivery to the hospital around 11 a.m., Fabian Rojas, 42, of Hempstead and Kevin Green, 31, of Jamiaca, NY, stole an exhaust...
