MEET JACKIE! Jackie is a three-month-old female doxie mix rescued from Puerto Rico and currently residing at Kent Animal Shelter, located at 2259 River Road...

By Barbara Beltrami The big game on Feb. 5 is normally one of the most exciting events of the winter season. Bisecting the drab doldrums...

By Linda Toga, Esq. THE FACTS: I am trying to help my elderly parents organize their affairs. They want things to be as simple as...

The Port Jefferson school district recently installed a bed of vegetation on the roof of the high school as a way to curb its...

SINGING VALENTINES They’re back! On February 12, 13 and 14, quartets from the Harbormen Barbershop Chorus will travel all around Suffolk County and beyond to...

WINTER REFLECTION Jason Whiffen of Port Jefferson captured this image of Porf Jefferson Harbor on Jan. 8 after a winter storm using his iPhone. Send your...

By David Dunaief, M.D. Autoimmune diseases are becoming increasingly common, affecting approximately 23.5 million Americans, with 78 percent of them women. These numbers are expected...

By Elof Axel Carlson There are millions of species of living things. Until the 1860s biologists divided them into two kingdoms, animals and plants. Louis...

By Daniel Dunaief  It’s like that old bus riddle. The bus starts out with 20 people. Six people get off, then eight get on, two...

By Matthew Kearns, DVM February is National Pet Dental Health Month; so I wanted to write an article on swellings of the oral cavity...