The program, called Double Up Food Bucks, doubles the value of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that is spent at participating farmers markets, mobile markets, corner stores, small retail locations, farm stands and grocery stores.
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Exterminators in Suffolk County will be prevented from killing honey bees without first calling a beekeeper to safely remove them.
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Organizers are asking people to bring new and boxed school supplies to any of Islip Town’s drop-off locations by August 20.
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The grant will be used to expand the FREEdom Garden, which provides a work readiness program that gives individuals hands-on agricultural skills that can prepare them for a variety of employment opportunities.
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Since 2013, the effort has added up to more than 10,000 new and gently used sports gear items donated to the nonprofit.
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The beach party takes place from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, August 7 on Gin Lane beach.
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Hempstead Town is hosting its first-ever field hockey camp next week at Oceanside Park. The camp kicks off Monday, July 19 and runs through Thursday, July 22.
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The theme of the show will be “Country Lifestyle Fashion,” with a runway show to celebrate Scottish, Native American and outdoor lifestyle and culture.
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NICE (Nassau Inter-County Express) Bus is now outfitting its 60-foot buses with front-end bicycle racks on selected routes.
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The soon-to-open Topgolf entertainment center in Holtsville is seeking to hire staff and offering hiring bonuses of up to $1,000.
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The June 30 event to celebrate Pride Month was hosted by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County and its 4-H Youth Development initiative.
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Members of Central Islip Connect for Change constructed planter boxes and planted flowers at the Central Islip Recreation Center in an effort to spruce up the facility.
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Half Hollow Hills East senior Soledad Jean and Newfield High School senior Lorenzo Selini were recently honored with the Butch Dellecave Award.
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For more than three decades, FCA’s Mission Moment Scholarship Fund has aimed to guide local youth toward successful futures by enabling at-risk individuals to pursue higher education and improve their lives by matching them with donors.
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The effort, called “Power to Feed Long Island,” will organize food collection at six local supermarkets in July, August and September.
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The bricks can be inscribed with up to three lines of 14 characters each to honor someone’s memory, celebrate an important event or mark a birthday or anniversary.
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A band of medical staff from Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital were the stars of a fundraiser last week at the North Fork Road House in Mattituck.
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Among the works in the exhibition are three of Avery’s works from the collection of Academy Award-winning actor Peter O’Toole.
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Isabella Weber was one of 10 winners in this week’s drawing of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ‘Get a Shot to Make Your Future’ initiative, which rewards 12- to 17-year-olds for getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Stop & Shop’s Food for Friends campaign raised more than $2 million for its 12 regional food bank partners, breaking all previous years’ donation records.
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Hosted by the Museum of American Armor, the parade will feature an operational collection of tanks and other historic military vehicles.
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