The Hippocratic Oath has been passed down through the ages because it contains some perennial wisdom: I will keep the sick from harm and injustice. I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asks for it, nor make a suggestion to this effect.
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9/21/18
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The images of destruction caused by Hurricane Florence last week were particularly frightening for Long Islanders, many of whom are still reeling from the havoc and devastation that Hurricane Sandy wrought six years ago.
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9/21/18
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Stacey Sager was diagnosed with breast cancer in the late 1990s, at age 30. She fought the disease, undergoing a double mastectomy, and survived. She reported in 1999 on her diagnosis and treatment …
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By Scott Brinton
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9/7/18
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Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D’Esposito was at the intersection of Cedar Lane and Elm Street on Friday and scolded New York American Water on the state of the fire hydrants across …
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By ANTHONY O’REILLY and TYLER MARKO
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9/6/18
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In the Lakeview Peace Garden, water trickles down a fountain into the ground, where it is recycled back up to the fountain. For years, Nassau County paid $50 a month to keep that water running — …
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By Anthony O'Reilly
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9/6/18
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Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D’Esposito was at the intersection of Cedar Lane and Elm Street on Friday and scolded New York American Wter on the state of the fire hydrants across Woodmere.
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By Anthony O'Reilly and
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Strummin' and Drummin' brings their funky vibe to Planting Fields State Park.
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8/30/18
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Newspaper writer Erasmus Wilson was, no doubt, an über-male chauvinist. In an 1885 Pittsburgh Dispatch column, he joked that American families should kill their baby girls, as was common in China then.
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8/24/18
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Finally, enough residents got together to complain about New York American Water, and their unreasonably high water bills, and didn’t let up until they caught the state’s attention.
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8/23/18
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More than 430 customer complaints have been logged by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s office as of Aug. 3, on the issue of exponentially higher water bills and poor response to the problem from New York American Water.
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By Jeff Bessen
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8/9/18
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