Long Island Arts Alliance wins New York Emmy Award
The award was given for its short documentary on Layla’s African Dance and Drum of Valley Stream, part of the LIAA’s Back in the Spotlight: Cultural Dance series with Waldo Cabrera.
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PSEG Long Island employees raise $58K to fight breast cancer
As a flagship sponsor of Long Island’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks, PSEG Long Island, its employees and their families have raised more than $639,000 over the last decade.
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CMA holds annual Comedy Night Fundraiser
The event honored Mark and Joann Engel and the New Leader Award was presented to Nick and Siobhain Fusco.
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Town renames street to honor music icon Billy Joel
Joel was presented with a key to the town and the street in front of his motorcycle shop, 20th Century Cycles, was renamed Billy Joel Way.
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Hundreds walk for CRPS awareness
The event, which was held for the first time since the pandemic, was hosted by the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association.
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Halloween Parade returns to Farmingdale
The free event is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28.
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National campaign funds projects at two Long Island schools
The initiative funded dozens of educational projects at schools across the country.
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Free Family Fall and Halloween Festival
The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 at Marjorie R. Post Community Park in Massapequa.
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Habitat for Humanity’s gala to be held at Cradle of Aviation
The annual fundraising event is scheduled for 7 p.m. through 11 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9.
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Canine Companions to honor 5 veterans at Salute Independence event
The event is scheduled for Wednesday evening, Nov. 8 at the Inn at New Hyde Park.
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Brookhaven opens applications for down payment help
The program, administered by the Long Island Housing Partnership, can provide eligible first time homebuyers with up to $39,000.
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Italian Food Festival coming to Lindenhurst
The event is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 on the Great Lawn at Babylon Town Hall at 200 East Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst.
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Autism Speaks Walk steps off at Jones Beach
The annual Autism Speaks Walk will be held at Jones Beach on Sunday, Oct. 8.
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Walls raised for Habitat for Humanity home in Wyandanch
The new affordable home being constructed at 30 Jackson St. will be the new home of Glenda and her family.
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Masquerade Ball fundraiser for Little Shelter
The gala is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23 at the Westbury Manor.
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“The Wizard of Oz” opens at Northport’s Engeman Theater
Part of the Youth Theater Series sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, “The Wizard of Oz” runs from Saturday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 29.
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Volunteer first responders can now get up to $50K in housing grants
The Employer Assisted Housing Program grant, which can provide a maximum of up to $26,000 in down payment assistance for the purchase of a home plus $24,000 to improve the property.
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Long Island sanctuary added to the state Birding Trail
The Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center in Oyster Bay is one of 12 new locations just added to the state’s trail.
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PSEG Long Island employees support environmental education group
The donation will support the group’s pollinator project, an effort to replenish the area with plants and flowers that attract bees.
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Health & Wellness Fair set for Huntington
The free event will take place from Noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6 at the town’s Flanagan Senior Center.
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Forte Construction donates stocked backpacks for Helping Hands
Helping Hands, a Huntington Station nonprofit, runs its annual Best First Day program each August, an initiative designed to equip Huntington residents facing economic challenges with backpacks and crucial school supplies.
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