Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home will close in December for as long as three years while the popular tourist destination undergoes a $6.2-million rehabilitation.

It will be the largest construction project at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site since Roosevelt built the Victorian mansion in Cove Neck in the 1880s.

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Theodore Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill home will close in December for as long as three years while the popular tourist destination undergoes a $6.2-million rehabilitation.

It will be the largest construction project at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site since Roosevelt built the Victorian mansion in Cove Neck in the 1880s.

A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports. Credit: Newsday Staff

'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.