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WWII Vet in Laurel looks back on 100 years John Harrison in the kitchen of his Laurel home Tuesday, the week before his 100th birthday. (Credit: Steve Wick) As he nears his 100th birthday, John Harrison looks back and sees nothing but good fortune. From growing up in Brooklyn to his marriage in 1943, while he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, it’s all been a great journey. “I attribute it all to my Irish luck,” he said. Perhaps the most dramatic chapter in his long life were the months he spent on a Navy vessel during the battle over the ...

WWII Vet in Laurel looks back on 100 years John Harrison in the kitchen of his Laurel home Tuesday, the week before his 100th birthday. (Credit: Steve Wick) As he nears his 100th birthday, John Harrison looks back and sees nothing but good fortune. From growing up in Brooklyn to his marriage in 1943, while he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, it’s all been a great journey. “I attribute it all to my Irish luck,” he said. Perhaps the most dramatic chapter in his long life were the months he spent on a Navy vessel during the battle over the ...

From left, Carla Caccavale, Lindsay Ezikian, Leanne Simonsen and Sal Khan with K9 Reis. (Credit: Courtesy of Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office) On a warm Saturday afternoon, Leanne Simonsen met a pup whose work with the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department will be made safer because of a foundation established to honor her fallen husband, Brian. At a ceremony outside the department’s administration building in Riverhead, Reis, a 2-year-old Dutch Shepherd and his handler, Deputy Sheriff Jason Korte, were presented with a ballistic vest specially made for Reis, with th...

At Peconic Recreation Center, a day long in the making as 1,000 doses of vaccine administered Residents received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the Peconic Recreation Center. (Credit: Steve Wick) For the hundreds of people who lined up at the Peconic Recreation Center Thursday morning to receive their first COVID-19 vaccination, the day was a miracle long in the making. In fact, “miracle” was a word used by several people who heard about Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital doing a one-day, pop-up vaccination center in the to...

(Credit: Steve Wick) Although there was a notice of COVID-19 vaccine being available at Stony Brook, the reality for Shelter Islanders remains that nothing is close and with more than 400 people registering their desire to get the vaccine on the Police Department’s Code Red site, only 60 so far have received the vaccine, Supervisor Gerry Siller told the Town Board at its Wednesday work session. There are still 383 people signed up who have not managed to get inoculated, he said. In terms of eligibility, no matter which groups are currently allowed to be inoculated, t...