Time For The Next Adventure by Greg Sleter

So it’s happened. For the first time I have left a job not by choice. I’ve been downsized. Sure it stinks. Well, actually it sucks, but truth be told it was not a surprise. When I joined Patch.com three years ago as a Regional Editor covering the southwest/south central portion...

Teacher’s Pet or Scurvy Elephant? by Cloris Kylie Stock

A scurvy elephant. This term might mean nothing to you unless you’ve listened to Dr. Wayne Dyer’s lectures. Dr. Dyer usually tells the story about the day he told his foster mom that the teacher had called him “scurvy elephant.” When the foster mom called the school, she learned that...

Keep Glen Cove Hospital Open by Dr. Eric Hochberg

The field of healthcare is rapidly evolving. Changing reimbursement patterns and a renewed focus on preventive services has already resulted in the reduction of in-patient hospital services. This has been a huge issue for Long Islanders – one that will become greater as changes in the healthcare market are accelerated...

Five Cheap Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses by Sara Collins

From restaurants to travel agencies, many small businesses start up each day and every single one makes marketing a top priority. When someone decides to start their own business, they want to provide a product or service people want or need, and to make consumers aware of their presence, business...

When Was It Decided That Marriage Needed Defending? by Greg Sleter

  It was 17 years ago when President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevented married same-sex couples from receiving benefits available to other married couples under federal law. Ironic, too, that it was Clinton, whose own marriage is not exactly the poster child for healthy...

Heroic Acts by Teachers by Greg Sleter

  The classrooms have fallen silent. Kids have traded their backpacks for swimsuits and teachers have closed their lesson plans and headed off to summer vacation. While these are familiar scenes at the end of any school year, 2012-13 saw teachers go above and beyond the call to protect students...

How To Write A Guest Blog Entry By Lisa Gordon, VP of HJMT Public Relations

Blogs are just as influential as traditional media outlets. Why? Read my article, "Six Reasons To Have Blogs On Your Media List." However, unlike traditional media contacts, many times bloggers have "day" jobs. Keeping a blog up-to-date and current can be difficult especially when bloggers only have the hours before or...

Brooks Running Survey Finds Majority Believe Running as a Couple Steps up Sex Life

A new survey from Brooks Running Company, the leader in performance running, found 66 percent of runners believe they have more sex when they run with their significant other. Men (71 percent) are more likely than women (62 percent) to think that a couple that runs together has more "hanky...