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<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;">See inside the 2024 Fall/Winter Fun Book with guides to u-pick apple orchards, pumpkin farms, holiday festivals and more.</span></p>

Guide to fall fun

It's that time of year, when the fun starts to move inside. Here's where you can sing karaoke, play arcade games and more. 

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Any moment this year, sky watchers will have a blast looking up and see a star they couldn't see before.

Long Islanders can see comets, meteors this fall 

Turkey trots have long been an annual holiday morning tradition in communities across Long Island. 

Schedule of turkey trots, 5k runs

Discover apple picking spots on Long Island. Visit top farms like Hank's, Harbes, and Lewin for a fun fall day.

Where to go apple picking 

The park offers special events including the annual Great Jack-o'-lantern Sail, the Holiday Tree Lighting and more. 

Rent a pedal boat or attend a Halloween event this fall at this state park

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits Belmont Lake State Park in West Babylon.

Exploring Belmont Lake State Park: 'We're more than just a picnic park'

On your marks, get set and go to these races all over Long Island.

Running races, walks schedule for fall

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While most farms offering corn mazes are east of Yaphank, there are choices to the west.

3 corn mazes to explore without traveling far

Here are autumn tours to introduce a slice of Long Island you, too, might have a taste for.

From foodie to bike tours: 5 tour excursions to join

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Discover pumpkin picking spots on Long Island. Visit farms like Elwood, Schmitt's, and Stakey's for a fun fall day.

Where to go pumpkin picking this fall

State law requires children younger than 14 to wear helmets.

Where to go bike riding: Trails, boardwalks and more 

Long Island tennis centers offer athletes and newbies a space to play and learn the sport. 

Singles, doubles and more: Where to play tennis 

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Rob Cervoni, owner of Taglio in Mineola, teaches Newsday food writer Erica Marcus how to make a pizza.

Making pizza at Taglio in Mineola

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano learns all about seasonal color analysis, a method used to determine the palette of colors that best complement your natural features.

Color analysis TikTok trend reaches Long Island: How to find your perfect shade

Spas in Brightwaters and Garden City offer pumpkin skin treatments for the fall season. NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano reports. 

'This is the best from the massage world and hydrating world'

When you're a restaurant critic, however, the chills come all year long, and every dinner has the potential to morph into fright night.

Food critics dish on Long Island dining nightmares

An inside look at local Long Island businesses getting in the spook season spirit

Here's where to get fall themed treats on Long Island

Halloween is soon upon us and fall festive pop-up experiences are appearing on Long Island.

These Halloween inspired pop-ups are coming to Long Island

Emmy Winner: What happens when strangers eat together? Newsday's Scott Vogel invited four random people to dine at the communal table at Barrique Kitchen & Wine Bar in Babylon.

'Will you come eat with me?'

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits Per Tutti in St. James, an Italian language and cultural center that offers classes for children and adults of all backgrounds.

'This was always my dream'

Emmy Winner: The Shinnecock Kelp Farmers are 6 indigenous women who work to re-seed the bay. But for them, while it's important to help rid the waters of toxins, it's also a way for them to stay connected with 10,000 years of their cultural heritage.

WINNER For the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers, reseeding the bay is a way to keep ties with cultural heritage

NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano visits Sea Cliff to see what's new.

4 places to visit in Sea Cliff 

The dynamic duo created 'Our Filipino Grandma' with over a million followers across platforms.

This lola and her grandson spread memes, positivity and Filipino culture on TikTok

Customers of Dang BBQ in Seaford may recognize the seating booths, which are from the diner that was originally at this location. NewsdayTV's Elisa DiStefano checks it out.

'I loved the retro look of the old 50s-style diner'

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