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Adelphi University's Relay for Life raises more than $30G
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As Melissa Etheridge’s “I Run for Life” blared over the speakers, a group of cancer survivors circled the makeshift track in Adelphi University’s Center for Recreation and Sports on Friday night with a crowd of more than 600 applauding them.
The proud survivors hugged and laughed as they participated in the university’s first Relay for Life fundraiser; some carried a large white banner with...
Read more »Retro 80s dance party raises money for Drew 'Doobee' Hansen
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Six-year-old Drew “Doobee” Hansen would rather sing along to Nickelodeon's “Victoria Justice” than Madonna’s “Material Girl”.
But that didn’t stop the Southold girl from taking a step back into the 80s on Friday.
Donning a blue jean jacket, ruffled mini skirt and her curly hair pulled in a ponytail with a pink scrunchie, she was the center of attention at the Soundview Restaurant in...
Read more »Cheerios box becomes tribute to Long Island woman
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Fundraising was something Susan Galligan excelled at.
So it didn’t surprise her co-workers at the West Babylon ShopRite when Galligan was chosen as one of the 91 employees nationwide to be recognized for raising money for the company’s “Partners in Caring” event last October.
In recognition of the store’s fundraising efforts for local banks such as Long Island Cares and Island Harvest,...
Read more »Southampton Town hall to soon offer free Wi-Fi
Southampton Town will soon have a Wi-Fi system installed at its town hall location, and it will be free to the public.
Officials say the Wi-Fi, which will allow wireless access for communication devices such as cellphones and iPads, will be available free of charge to anyone in the building.
The town wireless service was first proposed as a capital project in 2009, but was not immediately...
Read more »Applications open for Babylon Town interns
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The Town of Babylon is accepting applications for its summer internship for minority high school students.
The Ujima program is a five-week, part-time, paid internship and mentoring program for students of color who will be starting their junior or senior year in high school in September.
Ujima is a Kiswahili word meaning collective work and responsibility.
According to the town,...
Read more »Victory parade for Harborfields hoops postponed
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The victory parade for Harborfields High School's state champion boys basketball team is postponed until Sunday.
Due to the possibility of inclement weather, the parade originally scheduled for Saturday was moved to noon Sunday, according the the school district’s website.
The Harborfields Tornadoes won the state Class A title game at the Glens Falls Civic Center on March 18, becoming...
Read more »Jewish police plan Passover food drop
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A delegation of Jewish police volunteering for charity are planning to deliver a week’s worth of kosher-for-Passover food on Sunday to poor people, their families, shut-ins and the elderly.
Bags packed with matzoh, eggs, gefilte fish, fresh vegetables, grape juice, matzoh-ball soup mix and more will go out to some six dozen recipients across Long Island so they can observe the Passover holiday,...
Read more »Glen Cove mayor sees future for vacant school
Photo credit: James Escher, 2011
The vacant Coles School building in Glen Cove, named in a city deficit reduction plan last year as a nontaxable property that could potentially be sold to private developers, is to remain under city ownership, Mayor Ralph Suozzi said.
Suozzi at Tuesday’s city council meeting said he envisions several possibilities for the space that include moving the senior center, youth center or library...
Read more »North Shore-LIJ chosen for Massapequa Park center
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Massapequa Park officials have chosen to partner with the North Shore-LIJ Health System in bringing an emergency care facility to the Massapequas, which Mayor James Altadonna Jr. said has been underserved since an Amityville hospital closed in 2005.
North Shore-LIJ would design and finance the construction of what Altadonna Thursday said is to be a stand-alone emergency center that can accept...
Read more »Brentwood residents oppose school bus plan
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Residents living near a property slated to become a school bus dispatch facility servicing the Brentwood School District spoke out against the proposal at an Islip Town planning board hearing Wednesday night.
Suffolk Transportation Service, which contracts to numerous school districts, has four main facilities for bus storage in the town, but needs more space because the company wants to discontinue...
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