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Kristen Goodwin, Aglaia Stalb and Claire Dowling at a recent SAIDO session
Announcements Greenport Health Recent

Innovative Peconic Landing Memory Care Program Is Honored as First in New York

Beth Young
Peconic Landing's memory support neighborhood, Harbor South, has been recognized for an innovative learning program that is helping people living with dementia build new connections, both in their community and between the synapses in their brains that their memories together. Pictured Above: SAIDO Supporter Kristen Goodwin, Aglaia Stalb and Claire Dowling at a SAIDO session in Harbor South in the fall of 2025. The retirement community announced this week that
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An “Unprecedented” Second New York Summer Blood Shortage Emergency

East End Beacon
The New York Blood Center announced Wednesday that the state is experiencing an unprecedented second blood emergency this summer after the regional blood supply fell to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic. Our favorite local NYBC blood drive, brought to you by the good firefighters of the Flanders Fire Department, is this Saturday, July 11 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (19 Firehouse Lane, Flanders). Visit NYBC's Donor Portal
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New York Blood Center Seeks Donations Ahead of “Trauma Season”

East End Beacon
The New York Blood Center is urgently calling on New Yorkers to donate blood ahead of Memorial Day weekend as the region faces dangerously low blood collections at the start of the summer "trauma season." Hospitals often see a rise in serious injuries and emergency procedures during the summer months due to increased travel, outdoor recreation, and holiday activity, says the Blood Center, and trauma patients "can require dozens, sometimes
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Greenport Health Recent

North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer’s Hopes to Break Records This October

Beth Young
by Beth Young The Alzheimer's Association is kicking off fundraising efforts for its fourth annual North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer's at Peconic Landing in Greenport Oct. 3, with the hopes of beating its record-setting 2025 total of $123,000. The walk — one of 600 throughout the country, raises funds for an organization that is the world's largest funding of research on Alzheimer's and other dementias, and also provides support for
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Health Recent Riverhead

PBMC Celebrates Mid-April Opening of Neurosciences Center

East End Beacon
Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch Neurosciences Center, which will enable PBMC to be the first and only hospital in Eastern Suffolk County that can perform advanced procedures to restore blood flow to the brain during strokes. The new 1,545 square-foot center is expected to be open and accepting patients in mid-April 2026. The hospital's announcement comes
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Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital, in Greenport, is working to become a vital link in crucial rapid care for strokes.
Greenport Health Recent

It’s Official: Greenport Hospital is Now a Stroke Center

Beth Young
Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport announced Thursday that it has achieved Primary Stroke Center designation from the Joint Commission, enabling first responders to take stroke patients in need of immediate care there for treatment The Joint Commission is an independent organization that accredits and certifies healthcare organizations. "Achieving Primary Stroke Center designation reflects the dedication and coordination of our entire stroke team," said Paul Connor, Chief Administrative
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Community Featured Health Shelter Island

Shelter Island Pharmacy No Longer Filling Prescriptions

Beth Young
Update Oct. 8: Colonial Drugs in Greenport will be able to deliver to Shelter Island seven days a week, said Town Supervisor Amber Brach-Williams as the Town Board updated the public on issues related to the pharmacy closure at its Oct. 7 work session. She added that, at Sunday's community forum, "the biggest takeaway is that people want a pharmacy on Shelter Island and we need to continue to work
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Announcements Community Health Southampton

National Mental Health Conference to be Held in Southampton

East End Beacon
In communities across Long Island and beyond, conversations about mental health are no longer whispers in the background — they are urgent calls for change. From the quiet struggles of seniors to the unspoken fears of young migrant children, from families navigating displacement to professionals wrestling with burnout, the need for compassionate, accessible, and culturally responsive care has never been greater. The East End is answering that call. This Saturday,
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Kirsten Goodwin and two SAIDO learners during a mid-September session at Harbor South.
Community Greenport Health Southold

Pathways to Successful Aging, Even With Alzheimer’s

Beth Young
It takes a certain quiet determination to wake up each day, when you’re either living with or helping someone face cognitive decline, and find a way to push through the plaques and tangles of neurodegeneration to reach the world around you. Having a purpose each day is the hallmark goal of the Harbor South memory care unit at Peconic Landing, a continuing care retirement community in Greenport. Residents at Harbor
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Photos: Third North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer’s — A Fundraising Juggernaut and a Poignant Reminder of All The Disease Takes

Beth Young
The North Fork turned out Saturday, Sept. 27 for the Third Annual North Fork Walk to End Alzheimer’s to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. More than 400 walkers came to Peconic Landing on the sunny morning, raising more than $123,000 for research, advocacy and support for people living with and caring for loved ones with dementia. But more than raising the money, they found a community of people bound together by
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ELIH Walk to Recover Will Be Held Sunday at Indian Island

East End Beacon
When you're on the road to recovery from substance use, the support of a family can be a crucial key to whether you will be successful. The support of a community can have an even bigger impact. That's the theory behind Eastern Long Island Hospital Foundation's ninth annual "Walk to Recovery" 5K Walk/Run, which will be held on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 at 9 a.m. at Indian Island County Park
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