RN Kristen Hansen gives Peconic Bay Medical Center’s first dose of the COVId-19 vaccine to Dr. Nicholas Palamidessi last month. (Credit: Steve Wick)
On Tuesday morning, just 24 hours after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in New York State, a UPS truck arrived at Peconic Bay Medical Center to deliver a single box of the first doses to the North Fork.
Nine months and a week after the coronavirus arrived, forcing local residents to battle for their lives and livelihoods, the weapon to win the war, as the vaccine has been described, is here.
“This is an amazing, historic day,” said PBMC president and CEO Andy Mitchell. “It’s a great tribute to science that this was accomplished so quickly.
Elizabeth “Betty” D. Casey of Peconic Landing in Greenport died on Dec 8, 2020. She was 95 years old.
Born in Marlborough, Mass., Betty was raised and attended schools on Long Island. She worked for 13 years in the public relations department of AT&T in downtown Manhattan, where she was associate editor of the company magazine.
After marriage in 1952, she and her husband, Robert, settled in Garden City, where they lived and raised their family for 33 years. In the ’70s she owned and operated a small printing and mailing business in Garden City.
Following her husband’s retirement in 1988, they moved to Southold when Bob retired. Betty was a member of the St. Patrick R.C. Church Rosary Altar Society and was a volunteer at Eastern Long Island Hospital.
Lillian Agnes Baglivi
Lillian Agnes Baglivi of Greenport passed away on Dec. 4, 2020, at the age of 93.
Lillian was born in New York City to Albert and Josephine (Upton) Dobson. She was the youngest of four children and the last surviving family member. She adored her parents and her siblings, Robert, Katherine and Madelyn. She described herself as “a sort of doll child drawing pictures mostly.” She loved to listen to the Yankee games with her Pop and remained a lifelong Yankee fan. They summered in a bungalow in the Rockaways.
She was the salutatorian of the Class of 1946 at Washington Irving High School, where she completed the fine and applied art course of four years. She continued her education at The Cooper Union School of Art in Manhattan and later became art director of fashion and accessories of Macy’s and Sterns in New York City. She modeled for many pictures that appeared in their ads.