Leslie Gettling and her mother, Ingrid Castillo, let me into their lives as housekeepers on the front lines of Peconic Bay Medical Center during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Their candidness made this story feel so immersive, like I was shadowing them from afar — and I am so thankful to them both for it.
Keep loving and supporting each other, everyone.
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COVID-19 has forced disability agencies on Long Island to shutter day programming, cancel all special events and, worse, impose a mandatory lockdown for residences — a difficult concept for many of the residents to grasp.
But as they acclimate to their new normal, the concern is not limited to the health threat that they face. It is also a threat assumed by the direct support professionals who care for them — essential employees who show up, day in and day out, despite the risks.
And despite earning just above minimum wage to do it.
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Across the country, parents and teachers are grappling with maintaining a sense of normalcy as education has moved entirely online and in-home, leaving students to navigate an endless portal of Zoom video calls, YouTube lessons and Google Doc assignments that have become status quo — except for the nearly 7 million students nationwide who have a disability.
This is a look into their new normal.
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DJ Vivy is a sassy firecracker, and at just 8 years old, she donated over $1,000 to the Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance.
Thanks for the hilarious interview, Viv, even though I know you only did it because you were bored.
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The restaurant industry looks a whole lot different these days. But for owners with seasonal food trucks in storage, they have an interesting opportunity — and they wasted no time starting up their engines.
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During a time when connectivity is more difficult than ever, East End schools have gone above and beyond to keep school spirit and community alive.
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I caught up with three amateur coronavirus trackers on the East End, and had them weigh in on what they see in the numbers.
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Across the East End, what were once seasonal neighborhoods are now bursting with life, evidence of a recent exodus out of New York City by second homeowners and renters desperate to live more comfortably and simultaneously escape the epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis — despite pleas from public health officials to shelter in place.
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A special Business section, published by the Express News Group, explored how local restaurateurs, managers, storeowners and more have adapted to a new normal, due to COVID-19.
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It was three days after the final performance of his March 2018 production, “Beauty and the Beast,” at Southampton Cultural Center that Michael Disher first met with a neurologist about the loss of sensation in his left arm. The director had assumed it was a pinched ulnar nerve, and would ultimately correct itself.
He never imagined it would be a malignant brain tumor the size of a baseball.
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