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More than 400 runners, walkers, volunteers and sponsors turned out for the event, which honored Randy Hight, long-time director of the Nancy Marx Cancer Wellness Center.

The Home Improvement Program provides forgivable loans of up to $35,300.

The grant, which provides $1 million for the next four years, will be used to establish Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.

PSEG Long Island’s Power to Feed effort raised the equivalent of 42,616 meals, nearly 43 percent more than its 30,000-meal goal.

More than 350 community members and 62 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from five local troops gathered on the Pinelawn grounds to participate.

The annual fundraiser will benefit nonprofits in the field of cancer research and care, including the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and East End Hospice.

Operation Warrior Shield and Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation have formed a partnership to provide companion pets for veterans.

The Long Island walk will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24 at Babylon Town Hall at 200 Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst.

Jericho-based Engel Burman gave the donation in recognition of the opening of The Bristal at Bethpage.

The shelter will waive the usual general adoption fees throughout September.

The food donation event took place at Deer Run Farms in Brookhaven.

The fundraiser, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will take place at Winters Bros. Waste Systems at 120 Nancy St.

The volunteers built planters and made improvements to outdoor flower beds.

Thousands of families will now be eligible for childcare subsidies as part of a $7 billion expansion of childcare funding in the state.

More than 100 veterans will be guests on more than 30 volunteer sailboats during the event on Sunday, July 31.

Hauppauge High School senior Jake Nielsen and Riverhead High School senior Ava Lily Sumwalt were recently honored with the Butch Dellecave Award.

The award is presented each year to one recipient who has made exceptional contributions over many years to enhance the growth, welfare and image of the sport of bowling.

The bike ride features three different course lengths for riders of all ages and ability.

This year’s Shootout for Soldiers is scheduled for Thursday, July 21 through Friday, July 22 at Burns Park in Massapequa.

A baby goose, who had a fishing lure stuck in its neck, was rescued by a state Department of Environmental Conservation officer in Babylon last week.

Hosted by the Winters Family Foundation, the event was attended by more than 200 people to celebrate the official opening of the 14,000-square-foot facility.