Walking And Wagging For A Cure
Join the Husky Brothers and friends at a fundraising walk in Farmingdale. A Plainview woman is helping Farmingdale go to the dogs this September—for a good cause. For the second year in a row, Jodi...
View ArticleSyosset Group Gets Seniors Online
Project Milo members deliver computers to the Cold Spring Hills Center. Project Milo, a Syosset-based student charity group that rebuilds and donates old computers, has just completed their latest...
View ArticleFire Academy Trains LI’s Next Heroes
The Fire Academy has provided firefighter training for more than 50 years. (Photos by Chris Boyle) If your home—or your life—has ever been saved by the heroic men and women of your local fire...
View ArticleGroup Ramps Up Coat Collection
It’s time to start gathering coats for winter donations. Though summer is still here, it is never too early to start thinking about helping the less fortunate stay warm when the winter chill hits Long...
View ArticleSyosset Teen Helps Feline Friends
Rachel Haft was honored by the Golden Paw Society. A Syosset youngster put her paws to work this summer and helped some furry friends in need of a home. The Golden Paw Society of Huntington held its...
View ArticleLeave ‘A Lasting Mark’
Join A Lasting Mark to raise funds for research on linear scleroderma. Linear scleroderma is a rare chronic autoimmune disease that affects children and has no cure. It is characterized by hardening of...
View ArticleTrucks Take Over Local Road
The state DOT redesignated South Oyster Bay Road to allow big rigs. Local residents shifted their concerns into high gear after learning the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) quietly...
View ArticleGlimpse Syosset’s Storied Past
A stagecoach in front of Syosset’s train station in the early 1900s. (Photo Courtesy of Pamela Boslet Buskin) Syosset is a hamlet with a rich and fascinating past, with roots that can be traced back to...
View ArticleRunners Will Address Club
Bill Benson and Bert Jablon Running enthusiasts are invited to Plainview this month to get some insights from two veterans of the Long Island Running Club. The featured speakers at the Tuesday, Sept....
View ArticleJericho Jewish Center Praised
The Jericho Jewish Center has earned praise for running “one of the most consistent and successful Israel Bonds campaigns on Long Island,” according to bond officials. At a recent event attended by...
View ArticleJericho Fire Open House
The Jericho Fire Department Trident Engine Company no. 3 invites the community to its open house at station no. 2 on Cantiague Rock Road on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Taking place next...
View ArticleTown 9/11 Memorial Ceremony
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto invites all residents, their families and friends to attend the town’s 9/11 Memorial Ceremony to honor the memory of those lost on September 11, 2001. The...
View ArticleJericho Library Advances Technology
Carlos Munozospina and Barbara Kessler of the Jericho library (Photos by Chris Boyle) For years, the Jericho Public Library has prided itself on riding the cutting-edge of technology. And now the...
View ArticleLocal Author Shows There Is No Place Like Home
Author John Logerfo with Zorn’s Merrill Zorn. (Photos by Cynthia Paulis) Storm clouds loomed over B.K. Sweeney’s in Bethpage where first time author John Logerfo was holding his book launch for...
View ArticleSenator Pushes Tech Jobs Bill
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (center) visits Plainview touting a new jobs bill. Standing at the Composite Prototyping Center in Plainview, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced new legislation to help small...
View ArticleCivil War Weekend Coming To Area
Johnny comes marching home again on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12 and 13, at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration as Company H 119th New York Volunteer Historical Society hosts a Civil War weekend. The...
View ArticleFree Rabies Vaccinations
The Town of Oyster Bay will hold a free rabies vaccination clinic for dogs, cats and ferrets on Sept. 19th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to town Councilwoman Michele M. Johnson. The clinic, which...
View ArticleRestaurateur Faces Menu Of Charges
Harendra Singh A Bethpage-based restaurateur faces a 13-count indictment in federal court after officials charged him with a litany of schemes, including allegedly paying bribes and kickbacks to a Town...
View ArticleJericho Goes Back To The Old School
A formal portrait of the students attending the second Jericho Public School, circa 1930, on Cedar Swamp Road (Route 107). They are seated on the lawn in front of their two story, four room school...
View ArticleUnder The Stars At The Temple
Attendees enjoyed live music at Temple Or Elohim. Under a moon-lit sky and against a backdrop of stained glass windows, Temple Or Elohim conducted Friday night services in the temple’s parking lot...
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