04.23.2021 Around the Island Column: The autistic brain “Your child has autism” is a statement made to parents for one in every 54 births in the United States. Though highly prevalent, autism remains a mystery to many,...
08.02.2019 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: summer chores After cutting the hedges in the front of my house in May, I ached for a good two weeks. And it wasn’t from using my new DeWalt battery powered...
01.16.2016 Columns Richard’s almanac: Dealing with winter’s SAD I was speaking with Reporter Editor Ambrose Clancy the other day about a winter affliction that many of us should watch out for: SAD. That’s the acronym for Seasonal...
07.22.2014 News Tick target: New Lyme vaccine in clinical trials If you can’t easily eradicate ticks or rid the Island of their deer hosts, the medical community has returned to a Lyme Disease vaccine, now that the numbers...