I admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys. more

With students returning back to school this week for the first time since Covid-19 struck in March, the role of school nurses has become more important than ever. Tara Algerio-Vento, family nurse practitioner at Rockville Centre School District, is rising to meet the time’s most pressing challenges. more

Amid the still-serious threat of the coronavirus, local senior centers and libraries have tightened restrictions and adjusted to a new normal. more

Mount Sinai South Nassau has unveiled never-before-seen video footage of front-line staff sharing their compelling stories as they answered the call of duty to serve patients while juggling the challenges of personal and professional life throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. more

Double amputee Patricia Lewis acted quickly when a fire started in her basement on April 10. She put on her artificial legs and got out of her Rockville Centre home before the Lakeview Fire Department arrived to put out the fire. more

Paragon Management, with facilities in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Westchester counties, including Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing, has launched a Post Covid-19 support group that will offer emotional and psychological assistance to those who have survived the coronavirus. more

Kara Constantine has been caring for residents at Maple Pointe Assisted Living in Rockville Centre for the past two years, but her job became distinctly more challenging this spring. Despite the physical and mental exhaustion of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, Constantine, a registered nurse and the center’s program director, has continued to do her job as she always has, and her efforts have not gone unnoticed: She was named Nurse of the Year by the New York State Center for Assisted Living, an industry group supporting long-term-care and assisted-living facilities across the state. more

Rockville Centre School District staff members have banded together to donate vital personal protective equipment to hospital workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. more

In recognition of National Nurses Week, Stop & Shop donated more than 30 pallets of essential groceries to 500 nurses and other frontline workers at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside. more

Mother-daughter nurse teams are fighting Covid-19 side-by-side at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside as Mother's Day approaches. more