I cannot believe that it’s almost the end of another school year. How time flies! The students at Remsenburg/Speonk Elementary School have been making the most of their last moments... more
Challenger Greg Doroski, running on the Democratic and Working Families lines, has apparently defeated incumbent Catherine Stark, who was on the Republican and Conservative lines, for Suffolk County Legislature in the 1st District. With 55 of 56 districts reporting or partially reporting, Doroski had received 52 percent of the vote to Stark’s 48 percent, according to unofficial results from the Suffolk County Board of Elections. Incumbent Ann Welker easily defeated Republican challenger Raheem Soto to retain her seat representing the 2nd District in the Suffolk County Legislature. According to unofficial tallies from the Suffolk County Board of Elections, Welker received ...
by Stephen J. Kotz
For a common vegetable, the cauliflower is high maintenance. It asks a lot — first, a long growing season that resists direct seeding, so it must be transplanted. Cauliflower does not like it hot; it wants plenty of moisture and nutrition. If the farmer can arrange a splash of boron, so much the better. Each cauliflower wants plenty of room and requires dedicated weed control. Finally, when the crop is a field of deep green hues, anchored so firmly in the rich earth, its broad leaves have been satisfied. Down deep within, the desired “fruit” takes shape: The cauliflower forms. ...
by Marilee Foster
As the Mayo Clinic describes it: “Kratom is a supplement that is sold as an energy booster, mood lifter, pain reliever and remedy for the symptoms of quitting opioids, called withdrawal. But the truth about kratom is not so simple. And there are safety problems linked to its use.” The article continues: “Kratom is an herbal extract that comes from the trees of an evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa. The tree grows in Southeast Asia.” However, “some kratom sellers add more of the active ingredient than kratom naturally has. … Depending on the amount of active ingredient in the product ...
by Karl Grossman
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on Jun 7, 2010