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ABC's 'The Chew' cameras visit Glen Cove afterschool program
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Holding a cafeteria tray, Patrick Grecco, 9, lined up with other children to grab lunch — a ham and cheese sandwich, bag of apple slices, milk and juice boxes and a peach.
It was like any other lunch he and about 100 of his peers receive at the Glen Cove Youth Bureau’s “Glen Cove After 3” summer program, but on Thursday, he was being filmed.
As part of an upcoming summer feature on childhood...
Read more »Higher penalties for Plandome zoning offenses
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Village of Plandome trustees voted Tuesday to hike the maximum penalties for zoning and other offenses, while holding off on tweaking its noise ordinance to allow for generators to run during power outages.
The village increased the maximum penalty from $250 to $1,000 for violations of the village code at its meeting. It also voted to double the maximum fines and civil penalties for violations...
Read more »What's on your bucket list?
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Got a bucket list item that you’re about to cross off? Let us tag along.
We’re launching a video series next month in which we follow Long Islanders as they accomplish major lifetime goals. These are things you’re already planning to do -- and do them on Long Island.
Sky-diving and running your first marathon are obvious choices. But maybe you have some other challenge in mind. How about...
Read more »Renovated PAL clubhouse unveiled in New Hyde Park
This summer at the clubhouse in New Hyde Park: full court basketball games.
Camp is in session at New Hyde Park’s Police Athletic League on Denton Avenue, which suffered programming disruptions caused by major floods in 2005 and 2007. The basketball floor buckled and for a time camp was relocated. Eventually a makeshift wall was installed midcourt. But membership fell, officials said, from...
Read more »Sag Harbor's village board, chamber to discuss public toilets
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Sag Harbor’s village board has agreed to meet with the village Chamber of Commerce to discuss a small but key summer issue — why the public toilets in Village Hall are closed on weekends, when the resort village fills with tourists.
A sign on the Village Hall directs tourists and local residents to use the public toilet facilities by the docks on Bay Street, a short walk from the Village Hall...
Read more »Former Long Beach councilman Michael Fagen freed from jail
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Former Long Beach City Councilman Michael Fagen was released from jail after serving 17 days of his 30-day sentence in a larceny case.
Fagen, who faced up to 4 years in prison, was sentenced on June 12 by Justice Meryl Berkowitz in Nassau County Court in Mineola. He served his sentence in the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow until he was released on June 28.
Fagen was...
Read more »Renovations begin on Northport American Legion post
Renovations were to begin Wednesday to make American Legion Post 694 in Northport Village more accessible to aging veterans.
Most of the Northport Legion membership fought in the Korean War, and are reaching their 70s and older, said chairman Jim Mahoney. The $1.17 million renovation will add an elevator, in addition to other minor updates. Town of Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson and...
Read more »Feature film to detail superstorm Sandy recovery in Long Beach
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The New York-based independent production company Blacktop Pictures is to begin shooting the feature film “Waterline” in Long Beach next month.
The film will tell the story of how members of a coastal town rebuild their community following the devastation of superstorm Sandy.
“There are going to be a lot of documentary films coming out about Sandy and that’s great, but a narrative film...
Read more »Oyster Bay household waste, drug collection set
The fourth of eight 2013 Household Hazardous Waste Disposal (S.T.O.P.-Stop Throwing Out Pollutants), electronic waste and drug collection programs for Oyster Bay Town residents is scheduled for Saturday at the Old Bethpage Solid Waste Disposal Complex at 101 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Rd. in Old Bethpage.
The hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The S.T.O.P. program is now in its 28th year. For...
Read more »Symphonic band to perform free Bay Shore concerts
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The Symphonic Band of Bay Shore-Brightwaters is scheduled to perform a series of free summer concerts this month, officials said.
The concert series “Summertime in the Park,” sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Bay Shore and the Bay Shore Business Improvement District, is scheduled to hold its inaugural concert tonight at 7:30 at the Band Shell Performing Arts Center at Dr. George...
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