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Vol. 128 No. 16
APRIl 17 - 23, 2026
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What to do when you’re feeling ‘SAD’ but I am glad that you are here with us, and we’re going to have hopefully a very engaging Anxiety, de pression and conversation” stress touch nearly everyone at Vazquez-Casals, who has a some point in life, and recogniz- Ph.D. in counseling psychology ing the warning signs early can and works in the physical medimake a critical difference. That cine and rehabilitation departwas the messa g e ment at Glen Cove neuropsychologist Hospital, said the Gonzalo Vazque zdiscussion is to help Casals told attendees people better underTuesday evening at stand conditions the Grenville Baker that are often misBoys & Girls Club of understood. Locust Valley. “All of us . . . have The presentation, had a relationship titled “A Conversawith any of these t i o n o n A n x i e t y, things, stress, anxiDepression and ety or depression,” Stress,” was part of he said. “That’s part the club’s Communiof the human expety Cares Conversarience.” tion series, held in GoNzAlo He pointed to the par tnership with VAzquEz-CASAlS importance of disGlen Cove Hospital. tinguishing between Glen Cove Hospital Melissa Rhodes, healthy emotions the club’s executive and clinical disordirector, opened the event by ders. Vazquez-Casals noted that welcoming residents and thank- temporary sadness or nervousing Vazqeuz-Casals for continu- ness does not necessarily indiing the community health ini- cate a mental health disorder. tiative. During the presentation, he “He is addressing a very outlined the major components important topic that I think we of anxiety, including emotionall have some kind of connec- al, cognitive, behavioral and tion to — stress, anxiety and physical symptoms. de pression,” Rhodes said. “There’s an emotional com“We’re using the acronym SAD, Continued on page 7
By WIll SHEElINE
wsheeline@liherald.com
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Courtesy North Country Garden Club
the north Country garden Club has maintained the earle-Wightman House garden, in oyster Bay, for decades, and dedicated two benches there in a ceremony in 2018.
A hidden gem gets a new shine Gardeners begin another year at Earle-Wightman House By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
As spring growth begins to emerge behind the historic Earle-Wightman House, on Summit Street in Oyster Bay, members of the North Country Garden Club are continuing a major restoration of the site’s 18th century-style garden. The club has cared for the garden, behind the 300-year-old house that is now the home of the Oyster Bay Historical Society, for five decades. According to the club, members first designed the five geometric flower beds surrounding the backyard’s central sundial in 1975. The space was redesigned in the early 1990s, and underwent its latest refurbish-
ment last summer, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the club’s stewardship. “We’ve had our 50th anniversary this past fall, to celebrate 50 years of maintaining the garden, and we redid it,” Liz Mocorrea, the club’s vice president, explained. “We put in all these new boards, new fence, new gravel, new irrigation.” The latest redesign is meant to mimic a garden of colonial times, with designated areas for practical and educational uses. Organizers said the new planting plan includes a medicinal garden, a culinary section and a sensory area for children. The restoration effort has also become an important training ground. The club uses Continued on page 6
ll of us … have had a relationship with any of these things, stress, anxiety or depression.