Stony Brook To Livestream LGBTQ+ Health Talk For Pride Month - Three Village, NY - Panelists from the health system's three hospitals will speak on "LGBTQ+ Health Needs: Why it's different. Why it matters," on June 16.
This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. (Credit: Courtesy illustration)
COVID-19 cases countywide have dropped to about 2%, with a single new case on Shelter Island, Police Chief Jim Read told the Town Board at Tuesday’s work session. He said hospitalizations have also followed the same declining trend.
Wednesday, those who received a first Pfizer inoculation three weeks ago were due to receive their second shot.
The requests for vaccinations have declined, Supervisor Gerry Siller said, explaining why he declined the offer of a third inoculation event at Shelter Island School. To date, there have been 40,000 people on the East End who received vaccinations through Stony Brook Southampton and Stony Brook Eastern Long Island hospitals.
Frank A. Field Jr.
Frank A. Field Jr., a lifelong rail fan whose Peconic County Miniature Rail Road in Greenport delighted generations of riders for nearly three decades, died Feb. 14, 2021, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after a brief illness. He was 88.
Frank, a resident of Greenport, was born in the Bronx on June 15, 1932, the son of Frank A. and Alice (Weberg) Field, and grew up in New Rochelle and Floral Park, N.Y.
A graduate of Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, Frank led student government his junior year and subsequently attended Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Doris J. Robsky
Doris J. Robsky, born May 26, 1923, in Staten Island, N.Y., passed away Feb. 1, 2021, at the age of 97 in Greenport, N.Y.
Doris grew up in White Plains, N.Y., lived in New York City and retired to Southampton, N.Y. She moved to Peconic Landing in Greenport in 2002, and was one of its founding members. She was predeceased by her parents, Andrew J. and Mathilde (Marko) Robsky; her sister, Eleanor R. Beyer; and her twin brother, Richard S. Robsky.
She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business from Russell Sage College in 1945. She worked her entire career at B. Altman and Company department stores, starting as a sales clerk during summer breaks while in college and working full-time upon graduation. As her career moved forward, she worked in the human resources area, setting up benefits for employees and recruiting highly skilled professionals. She retired as director of the personnel department in 1987.
Editor’s Note:
The unique year we endured in 2020 led to a slight twist in our annual People of the Year. As a way to honor the extraordinary work done to combat COVID-19 over the past year at our local hospitals, Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital and Peconic Bay Medical Center, we present two Person of the Year stories here, including Dr. Lawrence Walser, who we also honor in our Riverhead News-Review edition.
A common theme began to emerge across America when the coronavirus pandemic struck and reality of the devastating effects caused by COVID-19 became all too clear: “Not all heroes wear capes.”