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The initiative is aimed at promoting the safe disposal of expired or excess prescription drugs to protect seniors, children, pets and the environment.

The Pickle Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the John Gardiner Farm. Admission/donation is $5 and children under 12 are free.

The Blaze, which runs from Sept. 22 through Nov. 7, features more than 7,000 hand-carved jack o’lanterns and elaborate pumpkin sculptures at the walk-through experience.

The in-person art fair will be held Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 at the Southampton Arts Center, however, the fair’s online viewing room is now open.

The solar field, along with fuel cells and harvested methane gas, will be part of an energy park at the landfill, which stops accepting waste in 2024 when it will be capped and closed.

The CM Performing Arts Center, which had been shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, is open again for its 47th season.

The farmers markets, open every Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. through Oct. 30, follow a “youth market model” and are staffed by Westbury teens, some paid and some volunteer.

The tasting event, which will feature craft beers from local and national breweries plus a selection of wine and hard cider for sampling, takes place at Belmont Park on Saturday, Oct. 2.

The money, from the federal government, will be used to resurface Runway 15R/33L and Taxiway Sierra.

The beach party takes place from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, August 7 on Gin Lane beach.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Among the works in the exhibition are three of Avery’s works from the collection of Academy Award-winning actor Peter O’Toole.

Hosted by the Museum of American Armor, the parade will feature an operational collection of tanks and other historic military vehicles.

The museum, the former home of Robert Townsend, who was a member of George Washington’s Culper Spy Ring, is opening a new education annex to expand its learning experiences.

The free festival held on Main Street in downtown Riverhead features live music, artists, street performers, vendors, local craft beverages and wine, and activities for all ages.

The carnival, presented by Law Enforcement Against Drugs, runs from Tuesday, June 22 through Sunday, June 27 and is open from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Living historians will portray President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Britain’s Winston Churchill, and Soviet Russia’s Joseph Stalin in the museum’s World War II enactment presented on Saturday, June 19 and Sunday, June 20.

Fifth Street in East Meadow has been renamed for Joseph Hatzelman, a FDNY firefighter who died last year of a 9/11-related illness.