By GREGORY ZELLER // Funding for two Long Island drinking-water projects is included in a comprehensive water-infrastructure initiative flowing through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. Combining short-term financing…
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline will get easier next month, when its current 10-digit number (1-800-273-TALK/8255) becomes a three-digit emergency call (9-8-8). The easier-to-remember, easy-to-dial…
By GREGORY ZELLER // The U.S. Congress appears ready to advance national gun-safety laws for the first time in decades – small steps that can’t come fast enough for Northwell…
By ANNALEA TRASK // June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer face numerous health disparities in comparison to those who identify…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new federal law governing Chinese imports bodes very well for a leading Long Island innovator. Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences – a DNA-based supply-chain authenticator that’s…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A popular writer with a penchant for poetry, an itch for education and close ties to a top Long Island university is storming shelves again. Kentucky-raised,…
By TERRY LYNAM // They’re often held to higher standards, but doctors and other medical professionals are mere mortals, just like the rest of us. Unlike the rest of us,…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s newest university and a Farmingdale-based coffeemaker with a heart of gold are teaming up to promote regional workforce development. A $2 million donation from…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A next-generation surgical center uniquely suited to women’s physical and psychological needs is heading to Glen Cove. Community leaders joined top Northwell Health brass and Glen…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Which of these Clean Energy Business Incubator Program companies is not like the others? It sounds like a children’s game, but Plainview-based Edgewise Energy truly stands…
By DEBORAH STANLEY // It has been clear for years that high-speed Internet access is not a privilege, but a necessity that provides the key to academic, professional and personal…
By DAVID HAMILTON // Spring has fully sprung and summer is near – and that means sunny mornings, high pollen counts … and farmer’s markets! Farmer’s markets have become a…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University researchers are reporting significant gains in the war on cancer – specifically, an anticancer drug showing real potential to reduce cancerous tumors. That’s…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Hamptons art gallery is putting itself on the front lines of the Russo-Ukrainian War. With a nod to eminent Sag Harbor art advisor and curator…
By GREGORY ZELLER // An international organization on an oceanic rescue mission is holding up Shinnecock Bay as a dual example of pristine ecology and hard work. Mission Blue, a…