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Snouder's Corner Drug Store occupied the historic space from 1884 to 2010. A renovation has preserved many of the building's key elements.
Boutiques are offering customizable jewelry with diverse charm selections.
The clubs help students sharpen their public speaking, engineering, programming skills, the teen said.
Seven elders, each representing a principle of Kwanzaa, marched to the sound of a hand-beaten drum toward the front of a crowd.
The veteran offensive lineman is playing close to home and enjoying being a dad.
The town plans to purchase new terminals for dispatchers, radio equipment and on a video wall to monitor footage from town facilities.
From Long Beach to Shelter Island, Long Island is a cool place if you want to delve into a Polar Plunge.
The classroom now features a witness stand and a judge's bench on a raised platform.
Alexia Rivera, a model who has Down syndrome, continues to break barriers in the fashion industry, representing inclusion and diversity in advertising campaigns.
Here's how some Long Island families are celebrating the three overlapping monumental religious and secular occasions, in chronological order of their occurrence.
The LI-based band will also release a new studio album next June.
Vintage cars circled Main Street as volunteers reenacted scenes from the classic holiday movie across seven locations in Patchogue.
LED lights, shows set to music and old-fashioned blow molds make these Long Island homes shine.
Musicians and volunteers performed Spanish songs at a Brentwood nursing home Saturday, before moving on to a Hauppauge law office and a residence in Bay Shore.
An East Rockaway firefighter since 1982, Neil Schloth has delivered hundreds of fire prevention presentations to local youth.
The couple, who are both teachers, dated for five years, including a year spent teaching in Cody, Wyoming, during the pandemic.
Tara Tubridy shares her journey of balancing motherhood and a demanding dance career at Radio City Music Hall.
The point guard for the No. 1 ranked team in the country, Zeigler leads the Volunteers into Madison Square Garden Tuesday for the Jimmy V Classic.
"It's probably the most storied competition in American history for sure," said the event's producer.
"Instruments should be touched, felt and heard before you buy them," the music store owner said.
A 45-minute presentation allows her to address her classmates' curiosity about her accident and answer questions they have.
College sweethearts Kate Hession and Will Fitzpatrick connected during their senior year and have been together ever since
"I just can't wait for the chance to play with Foxy again," Charlie McAvoy said Thursday.
A festive crowd in Flanders turned out to celebrate the annual holiday lighting of The Big Duck.
Community members say the facility, built in 1963, had started to show its age.
The Brentwood School District started the program with Plant Up, a Holtsville-based business.
Long Islanders cherish "A Christmas Story" as part of their holiday traditions.
The bikers' toy run to the Little Flower Children and Family Services campus has been an annual tradition since 1985.
"Both of those guys are huge contributors to the team," Long Island Nets coach Mfon Udofia said. "Both are high-level people, not just players.
For the past decade, the Plainview teacher has run the school's Grandpals Club, where preteens interact with residents at Atria Senior Living.
The emotional gathering took place in a Brooklyn firehouse.
Gene Levy served in WWII, where Jean Sklar lost family members to the Holocaust.
The boutique is geared toward the modern sophisticated and trendy woman.
The celebration will feature live musical performances, stand-up comedy, a visit from Santa Claus and more in Stony Brook.
The junior wrestler and former state champion will compete for the Tar Heels.
Together, retired earth science teachers Eugene Genova and Ron Russ travel far and wide searching for fossils.
From steakhouse sweet corn to chili-glazed Brussels sprouts, these LI chefs share their recipes.
The theater will replace the Charles of Glen Cove hardware store, which had been a community staple until it closed in 2020.
The New Visions School PTA hosted a dinner ahead of Thanksgiving for students, some of whom might not otherwise have one.
The chamber of commerce raised around $93,000, providing affected businesses with rent money and security deposits at new locations.
The Miller Place teen recently built three wooden structures meant to help expand the bee population and revitalize the plant life at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai.
Renee Weingarten founded the Facebook group Renee's Reading Club to share book recommendations. It has since grown into a global community of more than 57,000 readers.
Clarke's Rebecca Palumbo was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma last winter and recovered in time to play field hockey this season.
The nonprofit GlamourGals connects teenagers and young adults with older Long Islanders to help ease social isolation.
In less than two hours, the group of about 100 students assembled the meals through a partnership with the nonprofits Rise Against Hunger and Million Meal Project.
In other school news, Oceanside debuted a new life skills classroom, a Centereach High senior won a magazine cover design contest and there is a new principal in Kings Park.
More than 600 university students cleaned up at 64 homes and two parks Saturday in the annual Shake-A-Rake outing, organizers said.
Jayden Stroman, brother of Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman, will play on Long Island again this season.
Celebrate the season at Wyandanch Plaza with free ice-skating, holiday music and a new home for Black Santa.
Its signature item is Instagram-worthy cheesecake on a stick.
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