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 …

Bills Would Send Teen Cannabis Users to Counseling, With Parents

Assemblyman Keith P. Brown has introduced legislation that would require teens caught vaping to attend a counseling program with their parents or guardians. Brown said that the two pieces of legislation he has proposed are designed to address problems that have grown out of the legalization Read More …

Teen Attacked in Parking Lot

Suffolk County Police confirmed that an employee of the Five Guys restaurant was attacked Friday night by several other teens in the nearby Applebee’s parking lot in Huntington Station. The 17-year-old victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. No arrests have  Read More …