Student Cuts a Path to Helping Others With Mental Health

Today’s adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis declared a “national emergency” by the American Academy of Pediatrics.  According to CDC data from 2021, 42 percent of high school students experienced “persistent feelings of sadness” in the past year. The issue is particularly pronounced among Read More …

Volunteers Work to Provide Veterans’ Basic Needs

At a Westy storage facility in East Northport, Lonnie Sherman stacks boxes of underwear from floor to ceiling. The boxes will soon be in the hands of some of the hundreds of homeless veterans living on Long Island. It started 15 years ago, when Lonnie Read More …

A Sea of Green Marks Irish Heritage

Gold confetti, the smell of cigar smoke, and the sounds of bagpipes and sirens filled the air at Huntington’s 90th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.  For the members of this vibrant community, the parade is an opportunity for a fun tradition that has something to Read More …