Top photos from around LI from May 2022

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The Geico Skytypers perform at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

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Valerie Volcy, 15, of Uniondale, center, her mother Windie, left, a teacher at Uniondale High School, and Janine Bradley, an Assistant Principal at Uniondale High School, right, comfort each other during a during vigil in solidarity with the shooting victims of Buffalo and Texas, held in Uniondale on May 25, 2022.

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Jaleah Dendy, 10, left, and Olivia Mcpershon, 11, on Adventureland's new ride called Fireball on May 17, 2022 in Farmingdale.

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Cub scout Ian Meyer, 8, from Holtsville places flags on veteran headstones at Calverton National Cemetery Annual Memorial Day Flag Placement on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

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Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich; host of the PBS programs Lidia’s Kitchen, and Lidia’s Italy, helped judge Northwell Health’s 11th annual Chef’s Challenge, Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Glen Cove Hospital. The annual culinary cook-off gives team members from Northwell’s Food and Nutrition departments at various hospitals the opportunity to showcase their culinary talents. The teams that competed in the Chef’s Challenge this year represented Syosset Hospital, Northern Westchester Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center and Huntington Hospital.

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The Geico Skytypers perform at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Saturday May 28, 2022.

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Gizem Marino, left, of Holbrook, takes a selfie with her mother Selma Eren, of Levittown, and her sister Selin Eren, of Levittown, at the Waterdrinker Farm in Manorville on May 8, 2022.

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Nina Tribble, of West Hempstead, protests the leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding Roe V. Wade in front of the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on May 3, 2022.

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Boy scout Carl June, 12, from Selden, places flags on veteran graves at Calverton National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

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Cub scout Ian Meyer, 8, of Holtsville, places flags on veteran headstones at Calverton National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

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Skylar Strouse, 4, of Coram, places a flag on a veteran's grave at Calverton National Cemetery on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

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The Blue Angels takeoff at Republic Airport for a practice run of the Jones Beach Air Show on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Farmingdale.

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The Blue Angels takeoff at Republic Airport for a practice run of the Jones Beach Air Show on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Farmingdale.

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2022 Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, May 28, 2022 in Wantagh, NY.

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People drop off flowers at the scene of the fatal car crash that claimed the lives of three people in New Hyde Park on May 23, 2022.

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Aiden Hanifi, 8, of Roslyn, enjoys time at Christopher Morley Park in Roslyn on May 3, 2022.

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Capt. David Wigley manning the C-47 at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale on May 11, 2022.

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Nassau Police hold a memorial ceremony for fallen officers on May 18, 2022 in Mineola.

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Dix Hills resident Qun Shi at a rally supporting a bill to fight against hate against Asian people at Firefighters Park in Great Neck Saturday May 21, 2022. Advocates and legislators are pushing to add more Asian American history to New YorkÕs K-12 school curriculum,

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Howard Simmons

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Mighty Madison Way is unveiled in Massapequa on May 22, 2022, in memory of a 9-year old Madison Faith Milio lost to brain cancer. Madison’s grandmother Judy Celenski , center right, is hugged by friend Jessica.

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Amelia Kogan, 3, Roslyn, with her grandmother Jeriann Abbondandelo, as she looks at the plaque for her grandfather Brian at the Nassau Police memorial ceremony for fallen officers on May 18, 2022 in Mineola.

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Spectators attend the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on May 28, 2022.

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Great Neck residents Yan Lan with her daughter Been Lan supporting the fight against hate during a rally at Firefighters Park in Great Neck on May 21, 2022.

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The Geico Skytypers perform at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Saturday May 28, 2022.

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Capt. David Wigley manning the C-47 at the American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale on May 11, 2022.

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Mighty Madison Way is unveiled on May 22, 2022 in Massapequa in memory of Madison Faith Milio, a 9-year old lost to brain cancer. Her best friend and classmate Natalia Mona, 9, hugs her little sister Avalina Faith Mona, 15 months.

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70 year-old Jane Harris, of Brooklyn, is reunited with FDNY paramedic, Sadikov Parviz, on May 18, 2022 during the 26 Annual Second Chance Ceremony in Brooklyn. Parviz provided CPR and inserted a breathing tube as she was having a heart attack in October 2019.

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Mt. Sinai's Daniella Sofia reacts after scoring a run against Miller Place in a Suffolk League VI softball game on May 3, 2022 at Mt. Sinai.

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Fourth-grader Jada Marshall, left, at Lawrence Middle School on May 2, 2022, works on a Chromebook as part of a one-on-one computer program in which every student and teacher in the district is assigned their own.

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Kelsie Whitmore, the first female baseball player to start in the Atlantic League on the Staten Island FerryHawks, waits in the dugout before her game against the Long Island Ducks at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in CentraI Islip on May 17, 2022.

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Kelsie Whitmore, of the Staten Island FerryHawks, warms up before her game against the Long Island Ducks at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in CentraI Islip on May 17, 2022.

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Brodie Miller, 3, of Lindenhurst, jumps for joy on his first beach day of the season with mom, Carolyn, in Long Beach, May 18, 2022.

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Dylan Milio, 13, center, at street sign re-naming of Mighty Madison Way on May 22, 2022 in Massapequa in memory of his sister Madison Faith Milio, who was a 9-year old lost to brain cancer.

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70-year-old Jane Harris, of Brooklyn, is reunited with members of EMS Station 31who saved Harris as she was having a heart attack in October 2019 at the 26th Annual Second Chance Ceremony in Brooklyn.

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Brandon Cumbo, of Bay Shore, celebrates warm weather by strolling down Main Street in Bay Shore, playing original music on his guitar on May 11, 2022.

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The Geico Skytypers perform at the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Saturday May 28, 2022.

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Spectators attend the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on May 28, 2022.

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Portrait of Kelsie Whitmore of the Staten Island FerryHawks in the dugout before her game against the Long Island Ducks at Fairfield Properties Ballpark in CentraI Islip. Kelsie, who both pitches and plays outfield, is the first female baseball player to start in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (Atlantic League) May 17, 2022

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Pre-schoolers Rodney Pickney, center, Alina Mejia, left, and Matteo Cardona, top left, receive toys when the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation makes a delivery of approximately 1,000 toys to the Manhasset-Great Neck Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. on May 9, 2022 in Manhasset.

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Fred Blount, of Farmingville, catches a blue fish in the Great South Bay near Smith Point County Park on May 17, 2022.

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Howard Simmons

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Blue Angels performat the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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Blue Angels performat the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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Randee Daddona

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Blue Angels performat the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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Blue Angels performat the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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During a moment of silence during a Memorial Day Ceremony at Brentwood Cemetery, a woman bows her head down on a fence in Brentwood Cemetery on Monday, May 30, 2022.

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Chris Kozak, of East Meadow, gets some sun in Eisenhower Park before heading to Memorial Day BBQ’s, May 30, 2022.

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L-R, WWII US Marine Nick Haridopolos, 97, of Northport, WWII Air Corps pilot Paul Fazio, 98, of East Northport, and WWII Navy veteran Mortimer Roberts, 96, of East Northport, stand up and sing God Bless America at Huntington Veterans Plaza, Huntington Town Hall, May 29, 2022 in Huntington, NY. Commemoration of Memorial Day, wreaths are placed at the World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and Women’s Veteran Monuments. This year’s ceremony honors World War II “Ghost Army Soldiers” of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. This top-secret unit of 1,100 artists, designers and sound engineers accomplished a unique mission by staging elaborate ruses to divert the enemy.

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Randee Daddona

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Scene on Jones Beach at the start of the Bethpage Air Show, Sunday, May 29, 2022.

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Lucianna Mennella, 6, center, hugs her grandfather Vietnam War veteran Louis Mennella, 78, of Melville, right, after she touched his name on a monument wall dedicated to the men and women from the town of Huntington that served our country with pride and honor during the Vietnam War, May 29, 2022 in Huntington, NY. His grandsons Luigi Mennella, 6, left, and Lorenzo Mennella, 3, far right.

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Commemoration of Memorial Day at Huntington Veterans Plaza, Huntington Town Hall, May 29, 2022 in Huntington, NY. Wreaths are placed at the World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and Women’s Veteran Monuments. This year’s ceremony honors World War II “Ghost Army Soldiers” of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. This top-secret unit of 1,100 artists, designers and sound engineers accomplished a unique mission by staging elaborate ruses to divert the enemy.

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Janice Tuzzo, right, and Tara Sammis in the The Robert M. Kubecka Memorial Organic Garden in Greenlawn, the Garden is the oldest of its kind on Long Island and is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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Brentwood Family Scout 371 march in the Memorial Day Parade on Washington Avenue in Brentwood on Monday, May 30, 2022.

Long Island sisters Amy Lynn and Danielle Safaty each had both breasts removed in their 20s, before they had any signs of breast cancer. Newsday family reporter Beth Whitehouse reports. Credit: Newsday/A.J. Singh

'Almost nearly eliminate your risk' Long Island sisters Amy Lynn and Danielle Safaty each had both breasts removed in their 20s, before they had any signs of breast cancer. Newsday family reporter Beth Whitehouse reports.

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