10.25.2019 Around the Island Richard’s Almanac: On your feet By the time the average person reaches 65 he or she has walked some 46 thousand miles just going about daily activities.
06.12.2019 News Island doctor rejected by Stony Brook for Medical Center NYU-Winthrop Hospital has served notice it’s not going to continue its affiliation with Dr. Peter Kelt on Shelter Island. Stony Brook University Hospital, which is taking over management of...
10.05.2018 Around the Island Richard’s almanac: How to beat the blues I was watching my granddaughter’s JV volleyball team play a tense game against Port Jefferson at the school gym last Friday when I began saying to myself, “This is too...
01.19.2018 Education School administrative costs could rise 4.1% In the second of a series of school budget meetings, district business official Idowu Ogundipe told the Board of Education Tuesday night administrative costs could be $1.3 million, up...
08.06.2017 Around the Island At the Library: Let’s talk health care After seven-plus years of legislative debate, voting, media focus and public discussion on health care for Americans — not counting “The Original Medicare” (Medicare and Medicaid) legislative enactment and...