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If someone texts you and you don’t respond, how long before they become antsy, annoyed or worried? In the modern world of instant gratification and instant communication, we expect people in our inner ...

The breakthrough Dr. Gautier discovered involved recognizing an extra chromosome, one of the microscopic strands of DNA that carry a person’s genetic blueprint, in people with Down syndrome. While ...

Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH) has received national recognition from Healthgrades for its outstanding clinical care in stroke, cardiac, and joint replacement services. Each year, the health ...

Stony Brook University’s Simons Center for Geometry and Physics on the West Campus (see directions below) presents a lecture titled “Randomness” by celebrated and Abel prize winning mathematician Avi ...

This week’s featured shelter pet is Fletcher, a one-year-old tabby cat up for adoption at the Smithtown Animal Shelter. This sweet and handsome boy was found as part of the shelter’s TNR program. He ...

Residents’ colorful, personalized pumpkin designs now adorn Gurwin’s own “Pumpkin Patch” in the Simon Rainbow Room, serving as a cheerful reminder of the special day for residents, staff and visitors, ...

Sweetbriar Nature Center, 62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown presents First Steps Into Nature for children ages 2 to 4 on Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 at 9:30 a.m. Little ones will learn about nature through hands ...

Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in Selden on Nov. 5. Victoria Hutson was walking on the northbound shoulder in front of ...

Celebrating three decades of keeping American traditional circus alive, the legendary Bindlestiff Family Cirkus brings its diverse roster of the world’s finest circus, sideshow, vaudeville, and ...

PSEG Long Island says they are prepared for a weather system that is expected to bring potentially high winds into the service area today, Nov. 5 through tomorrow afternoon, Nov. 6. Peak gusts could ...

People’s Arc of Suffolk, which provides program and services to children and adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities on Long Island, hosted its Annual Candlelight Ball at Villa ...