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Dr. Ron Kaminer, who has dental practices in Hewlett and Oceanside, is offering his patients access to a COVID-19 test.

Hewlett dentist offering access to COVID-19 test

With testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a premium, given the number of tests available, the number of places administering them and available time slots, the Hewlett- and Oceanside-based dental practice of Drs. Ron Kaminer and Melissa Rosenfeld, Smiles by Design, is offering tests through MicroGenDx, a Texas-based dental supplier and laboratory. more

By Jeff Bessen | 4/2/20

The Oceanside SAFE Coalition met on Feb. 27 at the Oceanside Library. The group typically meets every third Thursday of the month.

Preventing substance abuse in Oceanside

In the years after Alison Eriksen graduated Oceanside High School in 2004, several of her former classmates struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues. Some of them died of overdoses or suicide. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 3/5/20

Signs of hope amid the opioid crisis

"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” So began Hunter S. Thompson’s 1972 drug-addled novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" . . . more

12/5/19

Long Beach Aware Executive Director Judy Vining.

Oceanside Safe Coalition to receive grant funding

Long Beach Aware will receive $625,000 in funds over five years to assist the Oceanside SAFE Coalition in involving and engaging the Oceanside community in preventing substance abuse among youth. more

11/20/19

Staying sober through the higher power of hope, and friends

I will have been sober for exactly 32 years this week. It’s a joyful anniversary, one that I’m sharing only to inspire others who may need to quit drinking but don’t think they can. more

8/30/19

Health insurers count on our silence

I didn’t attend many funerals in my childhood. One that I recall was for the father of a close childhood friend. more

By Andrew Malekoff | 5/3/19

It’s not socialism, it’s common sense

Once upon a time, the world around us moved at a modest pace. There were no fancy smartphones, laptops, E-ZPass, car navigation systems or ATMs. People bought daily newspapers and magazines . . . more

2/22/19

State must do right by mental health patients

Society has long looked down on mental health patients, according to Andrew Malekoff, executive director of the Roslyn Heights-based North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center. So it has been all too easy for insurance companies . . . more

1/24/19

Police: Homeless man charged in connection to string of larcenies

Police reported the arrest of a homeless man in connection to a spree of larcenies at various local drug stores and supermarkets including, most recently, at the Stop & Shop on Atlantic Avenue in … more

6/6/18

Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, center, introduced a program intended to help prevent prescription drug poisoning among children. Town Medical Director Dr. David Neubert, left, and Island Park school officials joined him.

D’Esposito introduces child drug safety program

Spurred in part by a study that linked the increased use and abuse of prescription opioids to a rise in pain-pill related poisonings among young children, Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito … more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/19/18

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