Q. We leased a store that used to be a personal trainer and are putting in a retail space to sell health supplements and goods. We were told that we need a permit when we called to ask the building department, but . . .
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By Monte Leeper
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11/5/21
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Six months ago, Yolanda Sanchez had a routine breast exam at Mercy Hospital, in Rockville Centre, and got life-changing news when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After a whirlwind half-year, she was honored at the hospital on Oct. 18 for being proactive about her disease, as physicians say women across the country should be.
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By Tom Carrozza
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10/28/21
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Hospital patients are often not the only ones who need support — many times their caregivers do also. To help provide for their emotional needs, Northwell Glen Cove Hospital last week opened a new Caregiver Center for patients’ families.
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By Jill Nossa
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10/14/21
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Two years after its founding, the Saving Lives Five Towns Drug and Alcohol Coalition is launching a new campaign to “Lock, Inventory, Dispose” of prescription medications in an effort to reduce access to drugs.
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By Jeff Bessen
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10/7/21
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On Aug. 30, infant Zion Oliver Moleon was finally discharged after 110 days in Mercy Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The 15-bed unit became a second home for Zion’s mother Corin Moleon, who spent almost every single night at the facility with her little boy.
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By Tom Carrozza
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9/9/21
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New York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul, made it clear in the days leading up to her ascension to the state’s highest office that she would like to see a statewide mask mandate for schoolchildren and their teachers. Thank you, Governor.
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8/26/21
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Back in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.”
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8/5/21
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How to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on.
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8/5/21
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On June 17, a team from Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital donated more than 22,000 pounds of food to a variety of local nonprofits in an effort to combat food insecurity on Long Island.
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6/25/21
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As North Shore middle and high school students pass through their hallways, making their way from class to class, staff and administrators may not pick up on whether those students feel a sense of belonging, or if they’re getting enough sleep.
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By Jennifer Corr
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6/11/21
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