Editor's Note:  This is the first official installment of the "Meet the Merchant" series, which profiles businesses providing goods and services we use here. To read the story that helped bring the idea about, click here. 

BY MATTHEW MERITT

One could say Warren Eng’s love of racquet sports has at least a little to do with his successful Horseheads dental practice, now in its 33rd year. 
 
While still in dental school in Baltimore, Dr. Eng broke his two front teeth during a racquetball match. The root canals eventually required to save them added a perspective not all dentists can claim. 
 
“I understand what a trauma-induced toothache feels like,” he said, recalling the unusual sports injury during a conversation at his Horseheads Dental office on Westinghouse Road. ​

​BY MATTHEW MERITT

There are some things one might not notice until they’re needed. That’s when Amy Pencola comes in with a little boost for those on a challenging journey.
 
The proprietor of the Hairy Bean Wig Boutique recalls a teenage girl at her Elmira Heights shop. Though cancer and chemotherapy couldn’t quell the young lady’s spirit, it had left her without hair – and it not much seemed to be growing back.