Six years ago Shelley and Jeff Wojtkiewicz left Louisiana and moved to Mastic. They both work at Quantronix, a supplier of laser systems based in East Setauket. Shelly is their marketing manager and technical writer, Jeff is a laser scientist. Starting a new life in another part of the country is never easy, especially when [...]
Divorce and child custody issues were much different in the late 1980s when Sari Friedman, principal of The Law Offices of Sari M. Friedman, P.C., was in family court on a case and heard a father tell the judge, “Kids need dads, not visitors.” In 1990, inspired by that man’s sentiment, Sari began wo...
Last October just as Lori Ames, her husband and her only child, Robert, 22, were leaving on a much-needed vacation, Robert said he wasn’t feeling well. Thinking Robert might have a virus, she called his father to pick him up and Lori and her husband continued on their trip to Las Vegas. When she l...
Cynthia Finn was a certified public accountant right out of college in 1990 when she began her career at Sheehan & Company, a public accounting firm with offices in Brightwaters, Port Washington and Manhattan. Working her way up, Cynthia was made a partner in 2002, and was given a plethora of...
There are many different organizations and advocates for people with autism. Most of them deal with children, and not many support autistic adults. Dr. Phyllis- Terri Gold, or “P-T,” as she’s called, has founded an alliance called Helping Autistic Persons Participate Independently Through All Commu...
