07.31.2016 Health Health Column: A more precise way to remove cataracts Cataract removal surgery recently became more cutting-edge at Eastern Long Island Hospital, where ophthalmologist Dr. Lawrence Buono has been performing what hospital officials are calling a “breakthrough” technique since...
07.24.2016 Health Health Column: They refuse to be defined by epilepsy “Epilepsy is what you have, not what you are,” reads a flier advertising monthly meetings of a Riverhead support group for people with the neurological condition. “Epilepsy is part...
07.17.2016 Health Health Column: Free rides to NYC oncologists for cancer patients It goes without saying that anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer must contend with a seemingly inexhaustible number of challenges. Hampton Jitney and the Sag Harbor nonprofit Fighting...
07.15.2016 Community Cutchogue playwright’s ‘SEVEN’ to benefit local charities When Cutchogue playwright Gail Kriegel first met Anabella de Leon at Miami’s luxurious Biltmore Hotel around 2004, the Guatemalan congresswoman was flanked by four bodyguards and wearing impossibly high...
07.10.2016 News Volunteer-led home repair organization forms local group The 12 men and women who comprise the North Fork team of Rebuilding Together Long Island, a volunteer-led organization that provides free home repairs to neighbors in need, are...
07.10.2016 Health Health Column: Protect yourself from these ‘poison’ plants During the summer, considerable emphasis is placed on ways to safeguard against tick bites. Less discussed but also important is how to avoid the omnipresent threat of poison ivy,...
07.03.2016 Agriculture Real Estate: The man with the ‘gold thumb’ He retired from his job as an electrician in 1999, but Nick Ranieri still averages an eight-hour workday. Each morning, the 78-year-old Mattituck resident rises around 7 a.m. An...
06.12.2016 Health Health Column: Martial arts is more than self defense Whenever I tell someone I have a black belt in karate, his or her eyes invariably widen. Seconds later, I’m usually subjected to the following half-joking inquiry: “Could you...
06.10.2016 Education With Tractor Day, 20-year-old prank becomes Mattituck tradition At 6:40 a.m. Friday morning, Matthew Wells left his 1985 Chevy K10 truck at home, opting instead to drive his family’s John Deere tractor — which tops out at 13...
06.04.2016 Health Health Column: On a mission to end Alzheimer’s disease One of downtown Riverhead’s newest arrivals isn’t a pizzeria or performance hall. Instead, it’s the second location of the Long Island chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.