By Barbara Beltrami We who are both cooks and chief pot and bottle washers love one-pot meals. How nice to throw everything into a big...

MEET ANGEL! This week's shelter pet is Angel, a 7 year old Blue Nosed Pit Bull that has been at the Smithtown Animal Shelter for...

By Daniel Dunaief The current signal works, but not as well as it might. No signal makes everything worse. Something in the middle, with a...

Micronutrient focus may reduce cravings By David Dunaief, M.D. If we needed any more proof, this past year has been a good reminder that many things...

By Bob Lipinski Historically, liqueur is derived from the Latin word liquefacere and means to dissolve or melt, a fitting term since the process of...

NORTH SHORE WINTER Gerard Romano of Port Jefferson Station snapped this serene photo on Feb. 14. He writes, ‘Color our world white these days. I...

One thing that’s special about a community paper is that we are covering the stuff national or larger media corporations aren’t talking about.  We’re covering...

By Daniel Dunaief I have a surprising amount of “found time” these days. I still have numerous responsibilities and deadlines, but the time between activities, when I’m...

By Leah S. Dunaief It seemed like a good idea in the moment. The clock on the oven read 7:00 p.m., and I wanted to...

Black History Month, which initially started as a weeklong commemoration in the early 20th century, has been a way to remember and celebrate important...