Long Island Life
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PHOTOS: Meet the Long Islanders who bring the Colonial era to life
Newsday photographer Alejandra Villa Loarca spent time with reenactors to document their dedication to preserving Long Island's history.
6 Long Islanders who lived through the fight for American independence
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Brookhaven boy uplifts sick children with handmade cards
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Inside Long Island's 'Hogwarts': British boarding school wraps up first academic year in Oakdale
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'Live your life': 3 Long Island LGBT seniors on what coming out was like for them
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Teacher Spotlight: Levittown theater teacher gets her own round of applause with Broadway award
Levenberg won the Broadway Education Alliance Award for Excellence in Innovative Theater Arts Education.
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LI teacher's candy cart teaches kids practical skills
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Elmont teacher's Bad Bunny-inspired character encourages kids and adults to read
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Travel & Experiences
How to assist monarch butterflies on their epic treks
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Be one with the drum: Where to learn Taiko on Long Island
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Daniel Tiger and friends are coming to the Bronx Zoo this summer
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Where to find big roles onstage and off in LI community theater
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Right up your alley: Where to join a bowling league on Long Island
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Not far afield: 4 tulip festivals for a colorful day trip
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Love
I Do!: April showers couldn't dampen the day for these Riverhead high school sweethearts
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I Do!: Garden City couple wed not once, not twice, but three times
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I Do!: A proposal in a Dublin rose garden and a wedding in an Enniskerry church for this Dix Hills native
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I Do!: Their love began with a bite of her pizza crust during a Huntington bar crawl
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I Do!: She first caught his eye way back in Sabbath school
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I Do!: It all started because he was the 'Z' she needed to complete a scavenger hunt
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Retirement
A younger set of LI women is getting into this classic card game
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Give an hour, get an hour: At the Glen Cove TimeBank, hours are the currency, community is the payoff
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'It's like painting with flowers:' Teaching LIers ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement
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How 'reluctant retirees' are navigating forced retirement on LI
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'Senior Living' sung to the tune of Grease's 'Summer Nights': Musical 'Senioritis' to debut in Oakdale
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Advice from LI 'golden' couples: What these 6 pairs married 50+ years know about ever-lasting love
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Hometown Heroes
Brookhaven boy uplifts sick children with handmade cards
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For this teacher's final lesson, he walked 88 miles to 'The End'
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Mother and son save widow from burning home
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School security guard honored for saving choking student
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Locust Valley coaches honored for saving athlete who collapsed
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LI teacher organizes runs for those struggling with depression after losing both sisters
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More Long Island Life
A chimpanzee attack survivor, a football player turned cheerleader and more: Meet 10 Extraordinary Seniors
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With plans to attract new visitors, a Founding Father's house gets a refresh
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At 'Death Cafe,' end-of-life doula offers emotional support with a side of cake and coffee
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26 LI students win big at State History Day
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What is ube? All about the purple palate-pleaser in lattes and ice cream across Long Island
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How 3 LI moms make the work day work for them
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