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Historic Harvest Day Keeps Long Island’s Farming History Alive
This article was a joint effort between myself and Pamela Wong. It was originally posted on The Osprey. The original piece includes an interactive graphic. The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County hosted their fifth annual Historic Harvest Day at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center this past Sunday. The festival aims to educate children about
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A Second Christmas for Delivery Drivers
My father arrived home from his job as a UPS driver just before 11 p.m. Without greeting anybody, he unlaced his work boots and took off his brown company-issued button down shirt. “Long day again?” I asked. “Yeah,” he said. “Another long one.” He walked into the kitchen of our Holtsville home and set his
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Searching Sewage for the Coronavirus
This piece was originally published on Stony Brook Transformed. Cheng-Shiaun Lee sat in his office at Stony Brook University’s Center for Clean Water Technology, resting his elbows on the only clear spot on his desk. His neatly parted hair, thick-rimmed glasses and plain gray sweater complimented by a red lanyard around his neck didn’t match the