French-style bakery and market Le Petit Café debuts in Farmingdale
The new bakery/cafe/market offers fresh-baked French pastries, breads, cookies, cupcakes, croissants, pound cakes as well as breakfast, lunch and more.
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Author: The Long Island Times
Planting program blooms at The Bristal
Developed by The Bristal Assisted Living communities and the Long Island Alzheimer’s & Dementia Center, the two-part class in planting will be held via Zoom and guide participants through the project.
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Drive-in movie becomes a pet project
On Monday, June 29, the series created by Long Island event producer Starfish Junction, will be showing “The Secret Life of Pets 2” and $10 from each ticket sold will be donated to Bideawee to assist in its local pet-protection efforts.
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Drive-in concert and fireworks at Point Lookout
The concert, headlined by Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot, begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 27 and will be followed by a fireworks show to celebrate Independence Day.
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PinkTie food drive boosts pantries, feeds families
The PinkTie Delivers program encourages people to leave grocery donations on their doorstep, which are then picked up and dropped off at partnering food pantries.
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Long Island Nets and veterans group team up for mask giveaway
At the event, held Saturday, June 13 in the parking lot of NYCB LIVE, Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, volunteers from the Nets front office were joined by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other local officials distributed the free masks to senior citizens and veterans who drove through to receive them.
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Town launches drive-in concerts at the beach
The shows feature a wide variety of Long Island’s most popular tribute bands, including the New York Bee Gees, Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot, Dr. K’s Motown Revue, Freebird and many more.
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PPE vending machine takes off at MacArthur Airport
The Clean & Safe Travels vending machine, owned and operated by Chula Vista, Calif.-based Prepango, offers face coverings, sanitizer, wipes and more.
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Pop-up drive-in set to screen new Disney film for charity
A pop-up drive-in screening of Artemis Fowl will benefit several East End nonprofits and food pantries.
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Hope Foundation gives $300K to America’s VetDogs
America’s VetDogs will use the funding towards the future renovation of its on-campus service dog training center.
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Academy Charter School holds graduation caravan
The Academy Charter School celebrated its first ever high school graduating class this week with a 200-car police-escorted caravan parade through the streets of Hempstead.
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FCA gets $20K grant for pandemic response
The grant was given by the COVID-19 Long Island Philanthropic Response Fund at the Long Island Community Foundation, according to a FCA statement.
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Drive-in services extended at East Hampton beach
After a successful drive-in Shabbat service last week, the Jewish Center of the Hamptons announced it will continue the services all summer long.
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D-Day event to unveil ghost soldiers memorial
The Museum of American Armor will mark the 76th anniversary of the D-Day invasion this weekend with the unveiling of a new permanent memorial.
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When will Long Island enter phase two of reopening?
Long Island will begin the second phase of reopening sooner than later this month under the state’s ‘NY Forward’ guidance.
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Garden bounty feeds healthcare heroes
Kristin and Barney Fortunato, who have 16 raised garden beds with 700 square feet of growing space in their backyard, organized a huge plant sale and donated the nearly $700 in proceeds towards meals for healthcare workers.
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Applications open for affordable rentals in Greenport
Located at 62600 North Road in Greenport, the 50-unit Vineyard View Apartments contains a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom rentals.
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NYCB LIVE extends its drive-in movie series
The Coliseum will be showing DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon.” Last weekend’s drive-in showing of “Trolls” was sold out.
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Long Island begins phase one of reopening
Construction, manufacturing, and agricultural businesses are allowed to resume operations, while retail businesses are allowed to open for curbside pickup.
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Huntington seeks to help small businesses get back on track
The town announced on Wednesday that it is taking several measures to accelerate economic recovery, including temporarily allowing businesses to reserve up to three metered parking spaces in front of their stores for curbside pick-up and delivery.
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Nassau Coliseum pivots to drive-in movies
Movies will be displayed on a large backlit LED screen outside the coliseum facing Hempstead Turnpike, with audio made available through a partnership with Hofstra radio station WRHU.
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