Health and Lifestyle
“Deadly Driving is No Accident:” Local Leaders Call for Changes to Impaired Driving Laws
One of the most devastating tragedies a family can endure is the loss of a loved one to a selfish, preventable act. Every day, lives are changed forever when a loved one is killed...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Amazon, once its own phenomenon and currently a true convenience to most people, is, as they say, both a blessing and a curse. You can quite literally order something and have it delivered the...
New President at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
A new president has taken the reins at St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown. On August 14, Declan Doyle, MBA, took over at the hospital, after previously serving as Senior Vice President of...
Falling for Fall
This is the start of a weekly column for the month of October that looks to help readers enjoy the season of autumn by providing the best tips and information on scenic parks, fall-favorite...
Falling for Fall
This is the start of a weekly column for the month of October that looks to help readers enjoy the season of autumn by providing the best tips and information on scenic parks, fall-favorite...
New York Ranked Most Expensive City in the World
As New Yorkers, there is one thing we are all conscious of: we are among the most expensive cities in the world. It’s not a secret, and it is certainly not something we try...
Financial Literacy – The Path to Financial Security
According to Merriam Webster, to be literate is to be “educated, to have the ability to read and write.” However, to be functionally literate, one must understand how to process information, ask appropriate questions,...
Energy Fitness’ Community Health Fair: ‘The First of Many’
This past Saturday, September 9, in the heart of St. James, Energy Fitness hosted its first annual Community Health Fair welcoming the public to meet tons of local vendors who are dedicated to health...
A Season to Look Forward To
Even though summer doesn’t technically end until the autumnal equinox on September 23, summer is typically declared legally dead at the end of August, which, if the back-to-school commercials and general malaise at the...
Mannino’s Opens Commack Building
An ongoing conversation in Smithtown has been that of revitalization and rebuilding. Through recent successes of sewer projects, as well as construction of apartments on Main Street, local government has been all in on...
NYSNA Nurses at St. Catherine’s Vote to Ratify Contract
After nurses at St. Catherine’s of Siena Hospital in Smithtown voted powerfully to authorize a strike, Catholic Health Services joined the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at the bargaining table on Thursday, August...
St. Catherine’s Nurses on Verge of Striking: ‘It’s All About the Patient in the...
This past week, 98% of nurses at St. Catherine’s of Siena Hospital in Smithtown voted in favor of a strike to protest lack of safe staffing and low wages.
As the lowest paying hospital in...