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Volunteers, from left, Sandra Graves, Karen Mobley and Sabrina Burroughs-Scott at Sharon’s Food Pantry.

Sharon’s Food Pantry, Anti-Racism Project meeting needs a year on

More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, food insecurity and financial worries have made Sharon’s Food Pantry, at the Rockville Centre Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, an … more

By Tom Carrozza | 4/22/21

Support the Mother Nature Bond Act

At the turn of the 20th century, environmental protection meant preserving wilderness so future generations might know nature as the great environmentalists Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir knew it — bountiful and largely pristine. Some 120 years later . . . more

4/15/21

Dogs on Long Island get a leg up on Covid

While many humans are still waiting in lines for the Covid-19 vaccine, an unusual initiative has put our four-legged friends at the head of the pack. more

4/1/21

Dianne Cattrano attached crocheted pieces known as “granny squares” to a wheelbarrow in the Baldwin community garden two years ago. Similar activities will soon take place outside the Baldwin Public Library as part of the “yarn bombing” community art project.

Baldwin embraces ‘yarn bombing’ beautification

By April 11, most of the exterior of the Baldwin Public Library building will be covered in colorful knitted and crocheted fabrics, as a part of a “yarn bombing” community art … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 3/25/21

Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved the $439 million Bay Park Conveyance Project on March 4. Construction will begin in the spring and is expected to last three years.

Cuomo approves $439M Bay Park Conveyance Project

Construction on the $439 million Bay Park Conveyance Project is set to begin in the spring after Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved it on March 4. With the significant milestone completed, Western Bay Constructors Joint Venture was selected as the design-build contractor for the project. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/18/21

Lynbrook High School sophomores, from left, Nathan Santoli, Jesse Jean and Max Cordes logged 48 miles each in two days to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Lynbrook students run 48 miles in two days to aid wounded veterans

Three boys, two days, 144 miles. From March 5 to 7, Lynbrook High School sophomores Max Cordes, Nathan Santoli and Jesse Jean completed the David Goggins 4x4x48 Challenge, an international event in which participants run four miles every four hours for two straight days to raise money for the charity of their choice. more

By Julia Swerdin | 3/18/21

Hanna Carey, 18, a member of Girl Scout Troop 3432 in Wantagh, is collecting food and supplies for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. She set up a donation box at the Wantagh Fire Department on Feb. 28, which Capt. Chris Dolley christened with its first donation.

‘Hunger Warriors’ go to battle Wantagh Girl Scout is fighting food insecurity

Since she was a child, Hanna Carey has valued community service. Carey is putting these lessons in service toward her Gold Award project with Girl Scout Troop 3432. Dubbed “Hanna’s Hunger Warriors,” the project aims to collect 2,000 pounds of food and supplies to donate to Island Harvest Food Bank in Bethpage. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 3/17/21

Frank Ferrera played a soulful rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” during LYNP’s fundraiser.

Love Your Neighbor Project raises funds for future projects

The Love Your Neighbor Project, a Sea Cliff-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing supplies and services to Long Islanders struggling through the coronavirus pandemic, held a successful … more

By Mike Conn | 3/11/21

Lynbrook resident Kaden Rogers collected and donated cleaning supplies and household items to the Hatzilu Rescue organization as part of his mitzvah project.

Lynbrook 12-year-old donates to Baldwin kosher pantry

When 12-year-old Kaden Rogers saw that the Covid-19 pandemic left some local families hungry and in need of household supplies, he collected donations to benefit them as part of his mitzvah project, … more

By Bridget Downes | 1/28/21

Resolve to monitor your mental health in 2021

Let’s say it like it was: 2020 was miserable. It was a horrid year for us all. Everyone — everyone — was affected to one degree or another by . . . more

1/7/21

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